This year’s Queer Palm winner Portrait of a Lady on Fire received its Canadian Premiere at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday 5th September. After the screening the film’s writer/director Céline Sciamma took to the stage with her two leading actors Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel at Toronto’s Winter Garden to a standing... Continue Reading →
TIFF have announced that three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep (Kramer vs. Kramer, Sophie’s Choice, The Iron Lady) and three-time Academy Award–nominee Joaquin Phoenix (Gladiator, The Master, Walk the Line) will both be honoured with TIFF Tribute Actor Awards at this year’s inaugural Tribute Gala on Monday 9th September during the 44th Toronto International Film... Continue Reading →
Netflix announced today that Grace and Frankie has been renewed for a seventh season, which will be the last in the series. This this final 16-episode order will make the much loved series the longest running in Netflix history, with a total of 94 episodes. "It's thrilling and somehow fitting, that our show about the... Continue Reading →
Rotten Tomatoes, the go-to resource for many moviegoers and TV watchers announced today the results of several year-long initiatives aimed at broadening and diversifying the critical voices reflected in its Tomatometer rating system. In August 2018, Rotten Tomatoes revamped their critics criteria for its Tomatometer rating system with an increased focus on critics’ individual qualifications,... Continue Reading →
It was announced today that the Welsh-born, NYC dwelling artist Bright Light Bright Light, aka Rod Thomas, will open for the legendary Cher on various European dates on her current Here We Go Again tour. Bright Light Bright Light, who has previously opened for the likes of Elton John, Erasure, Scissor Sisters and Ellie Goulding will... Continue Reading →
Tony nominee Jonathan Groff, who can currently be seen on Netflix as FBI Agent Holden Ford in the second season of David Fincher’s Mindhunter, will star as Seymour in the Off-Broadway return of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s landmark musical Little Shop of Horrors. The complete cast for the production opening this fall at the Westside Theatre has just been announced.... Continue Reading →
Organisers of the Iris Prize have announced the 36 short films competing at the 2019 Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival. The winning director will be presented with £30,000 to make their next short film in the UK, supported by the Michael Bishop Foundation. 2019 Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival “This impressive shortlist represents the very best... Continue Reading →
The Broadway cast has been announced for the acclaimed gay themed two-part play by Matthew Lopez The Inheritance, which won the 2019 Olivier Award for Best New Play, as well as being honoured in the same category with an Evening Standard Award and London Critics Circle Award. Directed by Stephen Daldry, the Broadway production will... Continue Reading →
The 57th New York Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman on 27th September 2019. This year's festival runs until 13th October. Based on Charles Brandt’s nonfiction book I Heard You Paint Houses, Scorsese’s The Irishman features Joe Pesci as Pennsylvania mob boss Russell Bufalino, Al Pacino as Teamsters... Continue Reading →
