Category Archives: Film Festivals

Family Tree (L’arbre et la forêt)

Family Tree (L’arbre et la forêt) screens on Friday May 28 at 7:15pm at the ROM Theatre. Buy tickets here. Family Tree (L’arbre et la forêt) (Directors: Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau): Tackling issues of generational manifestations of repressed identity … Continue reading

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Plan B

Plan B (Director: Marco Berger): If ever there were an award given for most inappropriate lingering shots of snugly covered genitalia, it would surely go to Plan B, a movie that boasts multiple exchanges with little more than stationary close-ups … Continue reading

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Le roi de l’évasion (The King of Escape)

The King of Escape screens on Monday May 24 at 7:15pm at the ROM Theatre. Buy tickets here. Le roi de l’évasion (The King of Escape) (Director: Alain Guiraudie): Like any playful, surrealist French allegory, the title, The King of … Continue reading

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Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn

Shadow Play: The Making of Anton Corbijn (Director: Josh Whiteman): “Having your picture taken is like intimacy, it’s like having sex…I’ve been having sex with Anton for nearly 20 years now, since I was a boy.” That provocative line comes … Continue reading

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Thunder Soul

Thunder Soul (Director: Mark Landsman): Winner of the Audience Award at this year’s Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, Landsman’s profile of the Kashmere Stage Band and its iconic leader Conrad O. “Prof” Johnson wisely keeps the music front … Continue reading

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