Category: Reviews
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MELANIE DURRANT Brings The Voice With New Single “BAIT & SWITCH”
MELANIE DURRANT Brings The Voice “BAIT & SWITCH” Award-winning, Canadian R&B singer Melanie Durrant released her new single and music video, “Bait & Switch.” The soulful artist brings her signature edge to “Bait & Switch” produced by Mo’Jointz and CedSolo. Durrant takes on relationship struggles, the raw honesty of the pain and the joy with the artists vulnerability on full display. In the “Bait & Switch” video, directed by Toronto director…
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Contemporary Folk-Rocker Howard Gladstone Releases “The World’s Become A Warmer Place” from Concord Sessions Album
Watch “The World’s Become A Warmer Place” via YouTube Here A hybrid folk album that holds a disarming mirror up to human nature, Toronto-based contemporary folk-rocker Howard Gladstone has released his new album, Concord Sessions, and singles “Building A Fence” and “The World’s Become A Warmer Place” — available now! In the age of environmental…
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From the Ashes of a Global Pandemic Comes Ottawa’s TAMING SARI’s Electrifying & Timely “Crazy” New Rock Anthem
Watch “Crazy” via YouTube Here Speaking to the deep human desire of connecting with others, and how good it feels to let loose from it all, the timeliest of timely anthems has arrived from Ottawa rockers Taming Sari: “Crazy” is available now! Taming Sari’s signature splashy guitar work and thunderous drums guide the listener through…
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The Friends Open Mind Program, “Floating In The Deep End”
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 Patti Davis, author of the new critically acclaimed book Floating in the Deep End – How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer’s. In her poignant memoir, Ms. Davis, daughter of…
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Gravitas Ventures Day & Date Release on October 22nd of “The Subject” Starring Jason Biggs (“Orange is the New Black,” and “American Pie”), Aunjanue Ellis (“If Beale Street Could Talk,” and Emmy nominee for “Lovecraft County”)
Gravitas Ventures Acquires Lanie Zipoy’s Multi Award-Winning “The Subject” For Theatrical & TVOD/Digital Audiences Everywhere October 22nd, 2021 “The Subject” Starring Jason Biggs, Aunjanue Ellis & Anabelle AcostaMakes a Day & Date Release Across North America This Fall (Los Angeles,CA) Gravitas Ventures, a Red Arrow Studios company, has acquired worldwide rights to director/producer Lanie Zipoy’s (“17 Things I Wish I Could Tell You…
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Author David Binks Gathers Well Over a Thousand Story, Photo & Memorabilia Moments to Create an Archival for the Ages on Iconic Canadian Venue! 100+ Years of History Add Up to That Night At Massey Hall…
Featuring a Foreword from Grammy-Winning Musicologist Rob Bowman & Over 500+ Artists, That Night At Massey Hall is Available for Pre-Orders Now Pre-Order That Night At Massey Hall Website Facebook Instagram Twitter In an epic archival for the ages of one of Canada’s most iconic venues, author David Binks has written and compiled That Night At Massey…
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Julia @ TIFF 2021
Directed by: Julie Cohen and Betsy West, “Julia” presented a portrait of Julia Child, whose cookbooks and TV shows revolutionized American cuisine.Julia Child was a pinoneer of the 20th century. Born in 1912, she defied expectations for women of her time by travelling abroad, mastering French cuisine, and then, in her fifties, becoming a celebrity…
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Same as me Captures Sugar-Sweet Simplicity with “Just Right”
Watch “Just Right” via YouTube Here Just like candy or cake, that feeling of everything being ‘just right’ when you’re with that special someone is simple and sweet, and Toronto-based rapper and singer-songwriter same as me celebrates that pure and uncomplicated joy with her aptly-titled new single “Just Right” — available now. An easy-flow pop…
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The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival-October 19-24, 2021.
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts FestivalAnnouncesSeven Directions Shorts ProgramPLUS In Person Screenings Across CanadaHalifax, Montreal, Winnipeg, and Vancouver The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is proud to announce exciting live in-person and virtual events as part of the 22nd Annual Festival from October 19-24, 2021. imagineNATIVE will present select in person screenings at Cineplex Theatres in Halifax, Montreal, Winnipeg…
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Alt-Rock Duo BLACKOUT ORCHESTRA Delve into the Complexities of Non-Monogamous Relationships with “It’s Fine”
Watch “It’s Fine” via YouTube Here “It’s Fine” is the latest musical effort from the unique perspective of Canadian alt-rock duo Blackout Orchestra’s primary songwriter, Ben VanBuskirk, and singer Morgan Thompson-Reid — on whom the song is based. Available now, the catchy pop guitars and a dance beat are juxtaposed with unrelenting lyrics that emphasize…
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Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine @ TIFF 2021
A “rock n’ roll machine” who split up at the height of their careers during a run from the late 1970s through to the ’80s, the power trio from Toronto consisting of drummer-singer Moore, singer-guitarist Rik Emmett, and bassist-keyboardist Mike Levine defined an era of straight ahead Rock n’ Roll with hits including; ”Rocky Mountain…
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Jockey @TIFF 2021
Aging jockey Jackson Silva (Clifton Collins Jr.) is forced to come to terms with the limitations of his body’s deterioration from years of working through injuries, struggling to train for the final championship of his career. Longtime trainer and sometime friend Ruth (Molly Parker) lends a sympathetic ear and a sought-after horse to increase his…
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SEYRAN ATES: SEX, REVOLUTION AND ISLAM.Directed by Nefise Özkal LorentzenProduced by Jørgen LorentzenFeaturing the Outspoken and Fierce Seyran AteşOpening October 1st at Laemmle GlendaleWith San Francisco and New York to Follow
She is bold. She is fierce. She is love. Meet Seyran Ateş!Discover the life and work of Muslim feminist and human rights activist Seyran Ateş through the acclaimed film SEYRAN ATES: SEX, REVOLUTION AND ISLAM. The documentary, directed by Nefise Özkal Lorentzen, opens October 1st at the Laemmle Glendale and other cities including San Francisco and New York to follow. In the 1960s, the hippies…
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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.…
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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”. …
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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…
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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…
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Young Voices Toronto presents Conversations A New Choral Concept Album Out October 15, 2021
Young Voices Toronto is proud to announce that their new children’s choir album Conversations will be released on October 15, 2021. Performed by the Encore ensemble of Young Voices Toronto, choristers aged 12-18 explore themes that have arisen as a result of COVID-19 pandemic response across eight carefully chosen tracks. Conversations was created with artistic guidance and collaboration from Ontario’s first…
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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…
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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…
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