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06 Dec 2012The final installment of Doc Soup for 2012 rings in with the Canadian Premiere of The House I Live In (2011). Directed by Eugene Jarecky, The House I Live In has gained international regard, earning the Grand Prize Jury for Documentary at the 2012 Sundance International Film Festival. Jarecky boldly...
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30 Nov 2012As we warm up to this frosty season, cozy in our winter threads thinking of all the holiday classic films to watch, why not throw in the ol’ 1980s Christmas slasher? Just for good times. Rue Morgue Magazine gets into the spirit with a screening of Silent Night Deadly Night...Archived in Blog On the Scene
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23 Nov 2012Toronto Palestine Film Festival, Queers Against Israel Apartheid (QuAIA), and Beit Zetoun proudly present to Toronto the widely praised video essay Lacan Palestine (2012). This visual medley of found footage includes newsreels, documentary interviews and more. Hoolbloom weaves a story of the difficult history of Palestine, in turmoil, in a...Archived in On the Scene
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14 Nov 2012November’s Early Monthly Segments features the work of filmmaker Warren Sonbert. Best known for his diary-like story telling and his editing technique, Sonbert’s work develops with his own life transitions. This event runs over three days in seven screenings from November 15 to 17, 2012. Admission is $5.00 or free...Archived in On the Scene Screening Series
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11 Nov 2012The “Hard Look” Shorts Programme is a small collection of shorts that reveal disappointment, unfulfilled lives, sacrifice, sadness, marginalization, and miscommunication. The lived experiences exposed in these pieces can be difficult to watch, not because of any violence or gore, but rather because of the uncomfortable feeling of unmet expectations...Archived in Festivals Reel Asian
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11 Nov 2012From director Lee Yong Ju comes a story of first love and reunion. Former college colleagues Lee Seung Min (Uhm Tae Woong) and Yang Seo Yeon (Ha Ga In) meet after several years when Seo Yeon commissions Seung Min to build her dream home. Reflecting on their past, we’re taken...Archived in Festivals Reel Asian
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29 Oct 2012The October screening for Cineplex Classic Film Series features a double bill of classic horror! Watch Bela Lugosi in his infamous Dracula (1931) role and the one and only Boris Karloff as Frankenstein (1931). Two films that sparked a great love of tragic, horrific monsters and set the bar for...Archived in Blog On the Scene
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25 Oct 2012University of Toronto’s Cinema Studies Student Union offers a night of horror just in time for Halloween. Three Extremes (2004) is a trio of short horror films from the minds of three brilliant directors in Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan. Firstly, director Fruit Chan presents Dumplings, a seemingly delicious rejuvenating...Archived in Blog On the Scene
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10 Oct 2012This Thursday, October 11, 2012, the Regent Park Film Festival announces it’s 2012 Festival Lineup. With films not only from Regent Park but around the world, the launch also boasts interviews with filmmakers in the 2012 festival. This year being the 10th anniversary, festival programmers are boasting one of the...
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09 Oct 2012Yes, October is a busy month indeed, and most of us are engrossed in horror stories and Halloween. Another very special, hugely popular event is also going down; the 13th annual Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival hits screens October 10-14, 2012. Canada’s largest environmental film festival features premieres, gala...
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26 Sep 2012This Friday at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, the first half of the 4-part Headliners series promises to wipe any remnants of innocence your ears thought they still had with the comedy club experience inside a movie theatre. The evening consists of two screenings of stand-up docs, Sarah Silverman: Jesus...
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30 Aug 2012Revolution screens as part of the TIFF Documentary programme. It is the second feature-length documentary from award-winning Toronto native Rob Stewart. His first, Sharkwater made huge waves in 2006. Synopsis In his follow-up documentary, Revolution, Rob Stewart dives back under water and widens his lens to examine the factors endangering...
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14 Aug 2012Saturday, August 18, 2012, the 5th Annual Toronto International Queer West Film Festival comes back to town. Educating, entertaining, and enlightening the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered community and allies, Queer West Film Festival promotes LGBT themes, directors, and actors by bringing to the spotlight films that may otherwise have been...
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