Leo (Aaron Poole), a frustrated single dad and theatre director decides to take a chance and create a performance art project based on a weird dream that he had. The animals are the actors in his acting class wearing grungy looking rented animal mascot costumes. The project involves the animals wandering around Toronto dispensing free hugs or red balloons.
We spoke with Gaby Hoffmann (Crystal Fairy, Girls) about her role as the complicated heroine Laura in Goodbye World, post-apocalyptic life, Dorothy Day, watching Kid Cudi discover the joys of acting and her transition from child to adult actor. I don’t do much to prepare to be honest, it just hasn’t ever been a part of my approach.
I spoke with E.L. Katz on directing his first feature length film Cheap Thrills, what horrifies him in real life and how being a jack of all trades is the best training you can give yourself if you want to go into directing. How does it feel to make your debuted as a feature film director? I think where I’m sitting now it feels good.
12 O’Clock Boys is the stunning new documentary from Lotfy Nathan. He takes us past the clichéd Baltimore we know from shows such as The Wire and Homicide: Life on the Street and into the surprisingly beautiful world of dirt bike riding. The 12 O’Clock Boys are a gang of dirt bike riders who got their name from their ability to ride whilst doing an almost perfectly vertical wheelie.
The 2 nd Edition of the Toronto Black Film Festival will run from February 11-16. In addition to being an excellent way to celebrate Black History Month this year’s festival will also pay tribute to the late Nelson Mandela as well as marking several important anniversaries including 210 years of Haitian independence and the 5 th anniversary of Obama’s presidency.
Notes on Blindness is a short film that uses original audio recordings and re-enactment to tell the story of John Hull’s descent into blindness at age 40. Hull, a writer and theologian kept an audio diary for the first three years following his going completely blind. This is the first time that Hull’s recordings have been made public.
Notes on Blindness is a short film that uses original audio recordings and re-enactment to tell the story of John Hull’s descent into blindness at age 40. Hull, a writer and theologian kept an audio diary for the first three years following his going completely blind. This is the first time that Hull’s recordings have been made public.
In the 1996 film Hard Core Logo, the titular band reunites for the first time in five years to do a benefit concert for frontman Joe Dick's idol, Bucky Haight, who has been shot by a fan and is about to lose his legs. Things seem to be moving in a positive direction for the troubled group, but it.
