Emerging filmmakers are given the opportunity to showcase their recent work and connect with local artists and cinema buffs as the Niagara Indie Film Festival enters its sixth year in St. Catharines. With all screenings shown in Brock University's own David S.
Twenty-one days. A road trip. A rental car. Dead rock stars. Poisonous snakes. A story worth telling. Chuck Klosterman set out to write an epic feature for a little New York magazine called Spin, and ended up writing his third book, called Killing Yourself To Live: 85 per cent of a True Story.
Antony and the Johnsons I am a Bird Now The liner notes to Antony and the Johnsons' most recent album feature the journal writings of a young boy in a medical clinic for hermaphrodism and this album can be thought of as the soundtrack to his life. The opening track, "Hope There's Someone" features Antony's beautiful falsetto vocals accompanied only by a piano, which leaves the haunting impression of a pained young man striving to find himself.
I usually try to avoid movies that contain cross-dressing, professional wrestlers or sports. That's not to say I have a problem with any of the aforementioned subject matters, but history has taught me that with the exception of To Wong Foo: Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, Ready to Rumble, Happy Gilmore and Blue Chips, these topics lead to bad movies.
Many forests and tropical jungles have been criminally felled in order to give maximum coverage to the 'Bradgelina' phenomenon - a reason in and of itself for avoiding current summer blockbuster Mr. and Mrs. Smith. However, something funny happened on the way to Gigli-esque infamy ... the movie turned out to be a rather well done piece of satire that is also a silly, fun romp of an action movie.
Kicking off June 9 and rocking all the way through the weekend, the North by Northeast Music and Film Festival (NXNE) took place in Toronto with over 400 participating bands, 30 different venues, and premieres from acclaimed filmmakers from around the world.
