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  • The Devil’s Driver @TIFF 2021

    The Devil’s Drivers has the formula of a Steve McQueen’s chase film as it follows Palestinian smugglers on high-speed trips to help workers cross the border. The film is an intimate portrait of a group of smugglers risking everything on high-speed trips to help Palestinians workers cross the border into Israel every day for work.…

  • ONE SECOND @ TIFF 2021

    Toronto International Film Festival 2021TIFF21 Closing Film ONE SECOND     by  Sally Warburton We can’t believe TIFF21 is over!!  The last day for TIFF21 was Saturday, September 18. TIFF’s Joana Vicente introduced the film and greeted the audience sharing the joy of having a successful TIFF21. The last film was Zhang Yimou’s “One Second”. …

  • THE GOOD HOUSE @ TIFF 2021

    TIFF Toronto International Film Festival 2021 #TIFF21   Film THE GOOD HOUSE    by Sally Warburton The beautiful Roy Thomson Hall was one of the main screening venues for TIFF21 films. A long awaited film release is that of THE GOOD HOUSE starring Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline. Audience members were thrilled to have Sigourney Weaver…

  • THE FLEE @ TIFF 2021

    TIFF Toronto International Film Festival 2021 #TIFF21  Film THE FLEE by Sally Warburton Events are starting to open up again and one of the main Toronto events is the Toronto International Film Festival. TIFF takes place every year in September. This year the TIFF team planned very creatively to offer a variety of film screening venues…

  • If you or anyone you know has an interest in body image issues, body dysmorphic disorder, or eating disorders, please don’t miss this program!  

    If you or anyone you know has an interest in body image issues, body dysmorphic disorder, or eating disorders, please don’t miss this program!  Please join The Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors for an important one-woman play, Does This Show Make Me…

  • Oscar Peterson: Black+White @TIFF 2021

    Born in Montreal, Quebec- Oscar Peterson rose to prominence with his influential piano playing. Barry Avrich’s celebration of the musician, Oscar Peterson: Black + White, charts Peterson’s rise to prominence and his legendary musicianship . Interviewing lifelong friends, relatives, and some of his legion of fans — from Quincy Jones to Billy Joel, who was…

  • Dionne Warrick-Don’t Make Me Over @ TIFF 2021

    Rising up to the top and losing it all, the ups and downs of her life, career and calling her own “shots “! Walk On By,” “Anyone Who Had a Heart,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” — are regarded as definitive. Her activist work for the Black and LGBTQ communities has had…

  • Dear Evan Hansen. @TIFF 2021

    The acclaimed Dear Evan Hansen, from stage production to the big screen, is a story of adolescence and awkwardness. High school student Evan Hansen struggles with his problems of social anxiety and with the guidance of his psychiatrist, tries something different to deal with his life by writing letters to himself about what is positive…

  • Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash!@TIFF 2021 !

    Not your run-of-the-mill martial arts story, Vengeance is Mine takes place in 1989 Indonesia as the setting for martial artists, a romance between an impotent “hit man” brawler, a female mafia bodyguard, and a ghost story. Based on Indonesian author Eka Kurniawan’s novel and directed by Edwin, Vengeance is Mine is a great throwback to the days…

  • The Trews Acoustic Trio, Corey Hart & The Tragically Hip’s Gord Sinclair Join Canadian Non-Profit Make Music Matter’s September 9th Exclusive Event, #UnpluggedTogether

    The Trews Acoustic Trio, Corey Hart & The Tragically Hip’s Gord Sinclair Join Canadian Non-Profit Make Music Matter’s September 9th Exclusive Event, #UnpluggedTogether Hosted by Alan Cross & Produced by 3x Grammy Winner David Bottrill, Series is in Support of Healing In Harmony — A Program for Trauma Survivors September 9th — The Trews Acoustic…

  • CineFAM Film Festival “5 Years of Limitless Imagination’’ – October 23rd-24th,2021.

    CineFAM Film Festival celebrates its 5th year October 23rd-24th, 2021.  The number 5 represents curiosity, freedom, and change. The festival theme, ”5 Years of Limitless Imagination” embodies this.  CineFAM was established in 2016 by award winning filmmaker and Academy member, Frances Anne Solomon.  CineFam Film Festival introduces audiences around the globe to bold and original stories by women and non-binary creators of colour.  This year’s list of events and films are…

  • AWARD-WINNING FILM FEATURES WORLD RENOWNED RESEARCHERS STUDYING PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS & PLANT-BASED MEDICINE

    AWARD-WINNING FILM FEATURES WORLD RENOWNED RESEARCHERS STUDYING PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS & PLANT-BASED MEDICINE From Area23a distributor of Fantastic Fungi and Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me comes…   AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY FEATURE AWARE: GLIMPSES OF CONSCIOUSNESS TO HAVE U.S. THEATRICAL RELEASE& CONSCIOUSNESS ROADSHOW STARTING 9/24 OPENS IN LOS ANGELES – LAEMMLE MONICA FILM CENTEROPENS IN SAN FRANCISCO – ROXIEFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 OPENS BOULDER – DAILY ARTS FILM CENTERWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 OPENS IN NEW YORK – CINEMA VILLAGEFRIDAY, OCTOBER…

  • TIFF 2021: International Premiere of THE PANTHERS | Created by Tom Hern and Halaifonua Finau | Starring Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and Lealani Siaosi | Exciting New Series Retells Story of How the Polynesian Panther Party was founded in 1970s Aotearo

    * INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE *  Created by Showrunners and Executive Producers Tom Hern (The Dark Horse, The Meg),  Halaifonua Finau (Jonah, Baby Mama’s Club) Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi and Lealani Siaosi star alongside Beulah Koale (Thank You for Your Service, “Hawaii Five-O”), Frankie Adams (Mortal Engines, “The Expanse”) and Roy Billing (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, “Underbelly”). 1974, Auckland, New Zealand: Will ‘Ilolahia, the black sheep of his…

  • IN NY, LA, PDX THEN EXPANDS – ‘THE CAPOTE TAPES’ documentary from director Ebs Burnough; Premiered at Toronto Intl Film Festival-TIFF

    OPENS IN NY, LA, & PORTLAND ON FRIDAY 9/10 PLUS: MANY NEW CITIES & THEATERSJUST ADDED – OPENING 9/17 AND 9/24 ‘THE CAPOTE TAPES’ ACCLAIMED TIFF DOCUMENTARY ON TRUMAN CAPOTE TO BE RELEASED IN THEATERS NATIONWIDE STARTING FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 WORLD PREMIERE – TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 95% FRESH SYNOPSISAnswered Prayers was meant to be Truman Capote’s greatest masterpiece, an epic portrait of New York’s glittering…

  • “Little Canada”- Toronto’s Newest Museum !

    By Sally Warburton It’s open! Little Canada, the miniature cities museum. This has been the dream of Jean Louis Brenninkmeijer ever since he emigrated to Canada. Planned and created by his team of artists and engineers over years and finally opened here in Toronto … Little Canada, Toronto’s newest museum. The museum of miniatures covers…

  • The Biggest Latinx Comedy Festival Returns to San Antonio: The Award Winning “HA FESTIVAL – THE ART OF COMEDY” is Set to Open September 17 -19, 2021 – Once Again It will be a Launchpad for Latinx Talent With The Finale to Air on HBO Max

    The Biggest Latinx Comedy Festival Returns to San Antonio The Award Winning “HA FESTIVAL – THE ART OF COMEDY” Set to Open September 17 -19, 2021 Second Annual Festival Hosted in San Antonio is a Launchpad for Latinx Talent With The Finale to Air on HBO Max Danny Trejo, Carlos Santos, Chingo Bling, Jessica Keenan,…

  • DesignerCon Returns to Anaheim, California In Partnership with Popshop Live-November 12th-14th,2021.

    DesignerCon Returns to Anaheim In Partnership with Popshop Live:Tickets On Sale For the Largest Art & Toy Convention In the US Friday, November 12 – Sunday, November 14, 2021Anaheim Convention Center800 W Katella AveAnaheim, CA 92802TICKETShttp://www.designercon.com Following 2020’s convention made possible by innovative virtual programming, DesignerCon in partnership with Popshop Live is thrilled to be returning…

  • The Friends Open Mind Program, “This is Your Brain on Food”

    Please join The Friends of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA and the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital Board of Advisors for an Open Mind program with Dr. Uma Naidoo, author of the groundbreaking new book, This is Your Brain on Food – An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, PTSD,…

  • Til September 18th, 2021: Looking with the Heart-The Little Prince 75th anniversary group show. New works from 65 artists from around the globe, all celebrating the theme “Looking with the Heart.”

    L-R: “The Domestication” by Huang Po Hsun, “Little Prince Boy” by Mayuka Yamamoto, “Lonely Prince” by Hikari Shimoda, and “A Child of the Heavens” by John Walker Presents LOOKING WITH THE HEART: THE LITTLE PRINCE 75th ANNIVERSARY GROUP SHOW “Le Petit Prince” by Kazuki Takamatsu OPENING RECEPTION August 14, 2021 | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm…

  • Sean Jones-“Soul In The City”@Casa Loma-Monday, August 23rd,2021.

    By Sally Warburton You’re out listening to LIVE music!  This was how Sean Jones started his R&B show on August 23. It’s been a long time but once Jones and his nine-piece band started we knew it was worth the wait!  A great collection of original songs as well as 90’s inspired R&B music. The…