#SUNDANCE: “HAPPENING”
By Amanda Gilmore
Adapted from Annie Ernaux’s Memoir, Golden Lion Winner Happening is set in 1963 France and follows Anne (Anamaria Vartolomei) a promising young university student who learns she’s pregnant. She wants to terminate but her doctor refuses because of the unsparing laws against abortion. As the week's pass, Anne seeks any means of ending the pregnancy in hopes of reclaiming her future.
Writer/Director Audrey Diwan brings us Anne’s harrowing journey with ...
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#SUNDANCE: “THE PRINCESS”
By David Baldwin
If you were alive in 1997, chances are you remember where and when you heard that Princess Diana died. Her life was cut short in a car accident in a Parisian tunnel and is the subject of the exhaustive Documentary THE PRINCESS. Academy Award nominee Ed Perkins has crafted a film that takes us through Diana’s life, from the moment the press found out the 19-year-old was being courted for marriage to Prince Charles (who was 12 years older), through their tumultuous marriage ...
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#NEWMUSIC: RALPH – “GASOLINE”
Toronto Singer/Songwriter RALPH is doing big things, with an upcoming US Tour. While her hit "Gravity" earned her a Juno nomination, she actually has quite a bit of range with a Pop repertoire that ranges from up-tempo Dance Pop to heartfelt Balladry. Her latest single "Gasoline" is gorgeous and just what we need to guide us through this dreadful winter. Was so looking forward to a Toronto show but the most recent lockdown came, but hoping for a reschedule show ...
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#SUNDANCE: “SPEAK NO EVIL”
By Amanda Gilmore
While on holiday in Tuscany, a Danish family becomes friends with a fellow travelling family from the Netherlands. Months later, the Dutch family invites the Danes to visit their countryside home. Once there, the hosts increasingly test the limits of their houseguests. However, the Danes continue to stay out of politeness but will that become their downfall?Speak No Evil is one of the most twisted films at Sundance '22. Writer-Director Christian Tafdrup serves-up a ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “MURDERVILLE”
Toronto's beloved Will Arnett is back in new Netflix series MURDERVILLE! The Series will feature appearances by Annie Murphy, Ken Jeong, Conan O'Brien, Kumail Nanjiani and more!
Synopsis:
Meet Senior Detective Terry Seattle (Will Arnett), Homicide Division. For Terry, every day means a new murder case and a new celebrity guest star as his partner. But here’s the catch: each episode's guest star isn’t being given the script. They have no idea what’s about to happen to them. ...
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#SUNDANCE: “ALICE”
By Mr. Will Wong
Those of you who saw 2020's Slavery Horror Antebellum, saw a nightmare realized right at the end as Janelle Monae's Veronica Henley escapes what she realizes was a Civil War re-enactment park where she was held captive as a slave. Writer/Director Krystin Ver Linden's directorial debut ALICE debuts at Sundance and was actually in development before Antebellum saw its release, though this Film begins where the imagined Antebellum, ends if you need a point of ...
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#SUNDANCE: “CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH”
By Mr. Will Wong
Writer/Director/Actor Cooper Raiff is at Sundance with his third Feature CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH, performing all three duties with equal dexterity. What he's crafted here is sure to be one of the biggest breakout hits of the Festival. The Film is a sensitive, beautiful and touching coming-of-age story about a 22-year-old man named Andrew, still figuring life out after his girlfriend goes off to Barcelona.
When we meet Andrew, he moves back in with his mom (Leslie Mann), ...
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#SUNDANCE: “HONK FOR JESUS, SAVE YOUR SOUL”
By Amanda Gilmore
First Lady Trinitie Childs (Regina Hall) and her husband Pastor Lee-Curtis Childs (Sterling K. Brown) are planning to reopen their Southern Baptist megachurch Wander To Greater Paths. The church was forced to close temporarily after they were disgraced after a scandal broke involving Lee-Curtis. They’re riding their hopes on a big comeback, but will their congregation return?In their Feature debut, the Ebo Twins (Writer/Director Adamma ...
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#SUNDANCE: “TO THE END”
By Amanda Gilmore
Following up on her Sundance Award-winning Documentary Knock Down The House, Director Rachel Lears gives us a thought-provoking Documentary about the Green New Deal, which has captured the imagination of millions with its promise for economic and environmental change.
Lears follows four young leaders and women of colour — US Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Executive Director of the Sunrise Movement, Varshini Prakash, Executive Director of the ...
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#SUNDANCE: “WATCHER”
By Amanda Gilmore
Julia (Maika Monroe) moves to Bucharest, Romania with her husband when he relocates for a new job. With no job of her own, she spends most of her days alone. When news serial attacker The Spider is suspected to be in her area, she becomes increasingly suspicious. She then notices her neighbour watching her from his apartment window and follows her around Bucharest.
Watcher is a slow-burnng Thriller with a great payoff. Writer-Director Chloe Okuno builds constant tension ...
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