Sunday, June 11, 2017

Stars Cortellesi and Gullotta shine at the opening weekend of ICFF

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Story by Allan Tong Photos by Sally Warburton The Italian Contemporary Film Festival opened at Toronto's TIFF Bell Lightbox Th...
Thursday, June 8, 2017

Indivisibili tops this year's Italian film festvial, ICFF

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Indivisibili by Allan Tong After a decades-long slumber, Italian cinema may finally be waking. It's too soon to call this a golden...
Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Something New at this year's ICFF

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by Allan Tong You gotta love the Italians for opening their film festival, the ICFF on June 8 in Toronto , with a romantic com...
Monday, May 8, 2017

The Italian Contemporary Film Festival returns to Toronto with De Sica honours

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by Allan Tong The line-up of the sixth ICFF (The Italian Contemporary Film Festival) was unveiled at Toronto's Ritz-Carlton ea...
Monday, April 24, 2017

20 things I learned at the Toronto Screenwriting Conference

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by Allan Tong TV scribes and some film writers, descended on the Toronto Screenwriting Conference last weekend (April 22-23) to listen ...
Thursday, March 23, 2017

Sundance Now enters the streaming game

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by Allan Tong Sundance is entering the streaming game with a new service called Sundance Now. For US$6.99 a month, subscribers access ...
Sunday, March 12, 2017

A step forward for Canadian diversity at 2017 CSAs

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Tatiana Maslany (above) walked away with two big statues at Sunday's Canadian Screen Awards gala in Toronto. That's three if you ...
Friday, February 24, 2017

IDS 2017 warms up Toronto with design and dance

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by Allan Tong (last update: Feb. 24) Toronto is a frozen hell-hole in January. Besides paying off Christmas credit card bills and ...

Toronto mixes paint and party at the Artist Project

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The 2017 Artist Project exhibition opened Thursday night at the CNE's Better Living Centre with a party surrounded by beautiful crea...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Nominations announced for the 2017 Canadian Screen Awards

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The nominations for the 2017 Canadian Screen Awards were announced today in joint press conferences in Montreal and Toronto. Montreal dire...
Sunday, January 15, 2017

film review (Netflix): Miss Sharon Jones!

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Director : Barbara Kopple Featuring : Sharon Jones, The Dap Kings ChinoKino score: A- Review by Allan Tong Originally released before...
Friday, January 13, 2017

film review: Live By Night

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Director : Ben Affleck Writer : Ben Affleck Featuring : Ben Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Chris Cooper, Sienna Miller ChinoKino score: B Revi...
Tuesday, January 10, 2017

film review: Gold

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Director : Stephen Gaghan Writers : Stephen Gaghan, Patrick Massett and John Zinman Featuring : Matthew McConaughey, Édgar Ramírez, Bry...
Monday, December 19, 2016

film review: Harry Benson: Shoot First

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Directed by Matthew Miele & Justin Bare Review by Allan Tong You've likely seen this iconic image. But in February 1964, nobody...
Monday, December 12, 2016

5 cool things at IIDEX this year

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Story and photos by Allan Tong With a movie screening, walking tours, book signings, workshops, panels, awards and parties, IIDEX ,...