Monthly Archives: May 2011

Black Field (Mavro livadi)

Black Field plays as part of Inside Out on Saturday May 28 at 7:15pm at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Black Field (Mavro livadi) (Director: Vardis Marinakis): Continuing the recent trend in Greek cinema of presenting identity and sexuality as monstrosities … Continue reading

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Inside Lara Roxx

Inside Lara Roxx (Director: Mia Donovan): Lara Roxx became semi-famous back in 2004, but not for the reason she had intended when she moved to L.A. from Montreal at the age of 21 to work in the adult film industry. … Continue reading

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Inside Out 2011

Toronto’s Inside Out returns from May 19-29th, celebrating LGBT cinema in all its forms. This 21st edition of the festival is bigger and broader in focus than ever before. Some of the featured sections this year include: International Focus on … Continue reading

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Little White Lies (Les petits mouchoirs)

Little White Lies (Les petits mouchoirs) opens at the Varsity Cinema in Toronto on May 27th. Little White Lies (Les petits mouchoirs) (Director: Guillaume Canet): Let’s get this out of the way first. Nobody does character-driven summer vacation dramas like … Continue reading

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5 MDFF Shorts at the Royal Cinema

Earlier this spring I had the pleasure of meeting Kazik Radwanski (director) and Dan Montgomery (producer), the gentlemen behind Medium Density Fibreboard Films, or MDFF for short. Or shorts, as it happens, because short films are what they make. Kaz … Continue reading

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