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Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival | ||
South Asian cinema comes to Canada.
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Toronto Queer Film Festival | @ online | |
Representing the under-represented.
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Toronto Irish Film Festival | @ Lightbox | |
Cinema of the emerald isle.
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No Master Territories | @ Lightbox | |
Feminist nonfiction filmmaking creates new ways of
representing the female experience.
This week:
The Murmuring (1995, South Korea, D: Byun Young-Joo) -- Mar 23, 6:15pm; Mar 23, 8:40pm After Winter Comes Spring (1989, East Germany, D: Helke Misselwitz) -- Mar 26, 3:00pm |
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Reformation: Contemporary Quebec Cinema | @ Lightbox | |
Quebecois cinema continues to shine throughout 2000s,
addressing social issues with a strong visual sense.
This week:
Drunken Birds (2021, Canada/Mexico, D: Ivan Grbovic) -- Mar 24, 6:15pm; Mar 24, 8:45pm Genesis (2018, Canada, D: Philippe Lesage) -- Mar 26, 6:00pm |
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Canadian Film Fest | @ Scotiabank | |
New homegrown fare.
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One-Offs And Short Runs | |||
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Mamma Mia!
The songs of ABBA fuel a bride's determination to discover which of three men is her actual father. |
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I Like Movies
A neurotic movie-obsessed teen runs roughshod over professional and personal relationships. Director and producer in attendance! |
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The Manitou
Native vengeance! A San Francisco woman discovers her tumor is the reincarnation of a Native American spirit. |
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Louis Thomlinson: All Of Those Voices
Former One Direction member Louis Tomlinson makes the transition to solo artist. At Yonge & Dundas, Eglinton Town Centre, Vaughan and Winston Churchill. |
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Roman Holiday
Princess Audrey Hepburn falls for an American newsman. At Yonge & Dundas, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, Vaughan and Winston Churchill. |
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The Breakfast Club
"You see us as you want to see us ... in the simplest terms ... in the most convenient definitions." With Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy. |
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The Secret Garden
An orphan girl finds and restores a garden hidden in her uncle's castle. Seniors only! |
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A Thousand Cuts
The Duterte regime's crackdown on Filipino journalism is detailed. |
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The Breakfast Club
"You see us as you want to see us ... in the simplest terms ... in the most convenient definitions." With Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy. |
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Petite Maman
The Florida Project 1: A young girl visiting her deceased grandmother's house strikes up a friendship with a very familiar-seeming young girl she meets in the woods. 2: motel-dwelling children live a boisterous if meagre existence in the shadow of Disney World. |
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Shorts Not Pants: Comedy Shorts
Get briefed, comedically, with pets, revenge, jealousy, public transit and Noah's Ark. |
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2010: The Year We Make Contact
Getting literal with Kubrick's legacy bridges the American/Russian divide. 35mm! |
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Night Moves
L.A. private investigator Gene Hackman runs away from marriage troubles to follow the trail of a missing teen all the way to Florida. |
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Siren In The Shadows
A sniper-turned-geisha has a showdown with the masked leader of the dominant Skull clan. Recorded stage performance. At Yonge-Dundas. |
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Prayer For A Lost Mitten
The Family Of The Forest I Have Loved Living Here Eugenie Grandet Goodbye Happiness North Of Albany French-language film marathon! 1: The Montreal metro's lost and found department prompts a larger investigation into personal loss. 2: A family of Belgians give their lives to living in and off Quebec's boreal forest. 3: Denizens of a Parisian suburb share their stories. 4: A strong-willed daughter suffers a miserly father and his ill will towards her suitors. 5: Four squabbling brothers gather at the family summer house to pay their respects to their deceased father. 6: A Montrealer gets stuck in upstate NY when her car breaks down while fleeing repercussions from an incident back home. |
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Orfeas2021
The music of Monteverdi's 1607 opera L'Orfeo provides the backbone for this modern, Greek, queer take on the Orpheus myth. A Zoom Q&A with co-creator Foivos Dousos follows the screening. Free, but registration is required. |
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The Cat Came Back: Feline Familiars In The Horror Genre
Horror expert Alex West discussed the roles taken on by cats in our beloved scare flicks. |
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Bell, Book And Candle
Witch Kim Novak casts a spell on Jimmy Stewart at Christmas-time. |
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Dark City
A man on the run attempts to elude beings with the power to manipulate the very city he lives in. Plus: pre-show, intro by Anthony Oliveira and a live drag performance. |
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Robocop
Tammy And The R-Rex (Gore Cut) Brain transplants! 1: Cyborg Peter Weller takes a bite out of crime in dystopic Detroit. 2: A dinosaur with the brain of a murdered high school student reunites with his sweetheart. |
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The Room
The infamy. Bring spoons! |
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The Land Before Time
Cute little dinosaurs try to outrun both a T-Rex and the coming ice age. |
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Giant
Rock Hudson returns home to the ranch with new fiancee Elizabeth Taylor only to find a rival in James Dean. |
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Speedy
Harold Lloyd attempts to save his girlfriend's Dad's horse-drawn trolley from getting the axe. Live musical accompaniment by Tania Gill. |
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Sing Street
Romance in Ireland I. '80s Dublin teens try to better their dire circumstances by forming a band. |
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Single White Female
Bridget Fonda experiences severe roommate trouble when Jennifer Jason Leigh moves in. |
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Love In The Time Of Fentanyl
Active and former drug users run a renegade safe injection site in Vancouver. |
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Destry Rides Again
Gunshy deputy Jimmy Stewart tames the wildness out of the frontier town of Bottleneck, including its saloon singer Marlene Dietrich. |
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Once
Romance in Ireland II. An Irish busker and a Czech immigrant make beautiful music together. |
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Meek's Cutoff
Settlers on the 1840 Oregon trail find themselves lost in unknown country when their guide suggests a shortcut. |
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Leap Year
Romance in Ireland III. Amy Adams plans to force her boyfriend's decision by asking him to marry her on Feb 29th. |
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The Island Funeral
A rural road trip enlightens city dwellers about the conflicts taking place outside in their own country. |
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Calvaire
A traveling musician finds himself mired in a surreal, frightening ordeal when his van breaks down in rural France. |
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Assault On Precinct 13
Cops and prisoners reluctantly join forces when their precinct is attacked by a street gang. 4K restoration! |
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Brooklyn
Romance in Ireland IV. Irish immigrant Saoirse Ronan is caught between countries and romances. |
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Rye Lane
Two people still processing their respective romantic break-ups find connection in each other over a day together in South London. A teaser for TIFF Next Wave. |
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Blind Ambition
Zimbabwean sommeliers compete at the World Blind Wine Tasting Championships. A benefit for the Stephen Lewis Foundation's Grandmothers Campaign. |
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Enys Men
A volunteer's observations of a rare flower situated on an uninhabited island push her beyond reality. Also on the bill: Sara Cwynar's short Red Film. |
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The Fugitive
Harrison Ford is on the run! |
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Re-Sequencing Berio
Newly created concert films remember Luciano Berio's 1972 Toronto concert series while live performances of new commissions look forward. |
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Skies Of Lebanon
A Swiss woman moves to Lebanon for love but instead finds civil war. |
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