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SUMMARY:Glenn Gould: On and Off the Record
DESCRIPTION:A special screening bringing together two classic Canadian documentaries—both from 1959 and directed by Roman Kroitor and Wolf Koenig who were well know for their pioneering use of cinema vérité—that show different sides of legendary Canadian pianist\, Glenn Gould: \n\nGlenn Gould: On the Record follows Gould to New York City. There\, we see the renowned concert pianist kidding the cab driver\, bantering with sound engineers at Columbia Records\, and then\, alone with the piano\, fastidiously recording Bach’s Italian Concerto.\nIn Glenn Gould: Off the Record\, Gould enjoys a respite at his lakeside cottage. This is an aspect of Gould previously known only to the collie pacing beside him through the woods\, the fishermen resting their oars to hear his piano\, and fellow musicians like Franz Kraemer\, with whom Gould talks of composition.\n\nThe features will be preceded by MADE | NOUS: Stories That MADE Us episode 1: \nCross-Canada Road Trip with George Stroumboulopoulos (D: Alex Craig | Canada | 19 min)George Stroumboulopoulos travels through British Columbia and Alberta\, exploring iconic Canadian stories from The Beachcombers to Kim’s Convenience. As Tantoo Cardinal says: “Canada\, we got stuff!”
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/glenn-gould-on-and-off-the-record/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260726T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260726T173200
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SUMMARY:32 Meters
DESCRIPTION:Top #4 Audience Favourite – Hot Docs Festival 2026 \nIn a rural Turkish village where tradition still imposes strict boundaries between men’s and women’s roles\, Halime has little interest in staying on her side of them. In 32 Meters\, director Morteza Atabaki follows her determined effort to organize a women’s shooting competition—an idea many in the community greet with disbelief. Halime and her close friend Gönül work at the local gun factory and have already begun practising together\, fielding skeptical remarks from their husbands and other men who insist shooting isn’t appropriate for women. Atabaki quietly observes these conversations\, which reveal how deeply ingrained gender expectations continue to shape daily life in the village. Halime meets the resistance with dry humour and stubborn resolve\, gradually encouraging others to take part. As plans for the competition move forward\, the film becomes a heartwarming and gently defiant portrait of a woman determined to carve out space beyond the limits set for her—and to rally other women to do the same. Carmen Thompson\, Hot Docs \nIn Turkish\, with English subtitles.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/32-meters/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260725T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260725T173900
DTSTAMP:20260707T130126Z
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SUMMARY:Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
DESCRIPTION:If poetry had a pop icon\, Mary Oliver would be it. Celebrated bestseller\, Pulitzer Prize winner\, lover of dogs and long walks in the woods\, openly queer but intensely private\, Oliver was America’s unlikely contemporary mystic\, stalking the ponds and forests of Cape Cod for nearly 50 years in order to open herself\, and her readers\, to the known and unknowable world. From a lonely childhood to literary fame\, Oliver’s life was shaped by devotion to nature\, paying attention\, and the long journey toward learning to love and to be loved. Her poems inspire liberals and conservatives\, atheists and believers\, naturalists and urbanites\, speaking directly to contemporary anxieties about attention\, presence\, and the human relationship with the natural world—issues that feel especially pressing in an era of climate crisis\, digital distraction\, and social fragmentation. \nFeaturing interviews with her close friends\, including John Waters\, never-before-seen personal photos\, notebooks\, and correspondence from her archive\, and recitations of her work by Stephen Colbert\, Lucy Dacus\, Steve Buscemi\, and Oprah Winfrey\, Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World considers the poet’s long lifetime of work in context\, capturing the uniqueness of her world and the natural beauty that inspired her.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/mary-oliver-saved-by-the-beauty-of-the-world/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260724T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260724T204500
DTSTAMP:20260707T130121Z
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SUMMARY:Project Grizzly - 30th Anniversary
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to have Project Grizzly back at Hot Docs Cinema! This screening is being re-presented due to the epic blizzard which snowed out our last showing in January. \nAn inventor goes face to face with Canada’s most deadly land mammal\, the grizzly bear\, in this Canadian classic that gained cult status\, not to mention praise from director Quentin Tarantino and a loving parody on The Simpsons. After creating what he hopes is a grizzly-proof robo suit\, Troy James Hurtubise ventures into Alberta’s Rocky Mountains on a quixotic quest to face a grizzly bear\, testing his armour—and courage— along the way. \nJoin director Peter Lynch for a special post-screening Q&A. \nFilm provided courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/project-grizzly-30th-anniversary-2/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260719T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260719T214500
DTSTAMP:20260707T130113Z
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SUMMARY:Sherman’s March – 4K Restoration
DESCRIPTION:40th Anniversary Screening \nWinner—Grand Jury Prize\, 1987 Sundance Film Festival \nIn this classic doc from 1986\, director Ross McElwee sets out to make a film about a famous campaign during the American Civil War. But when a nasty breakup knocks him off course\, his historical investigation turns into a deeply revealing and hysterically unsuccessful search for love. The resulting “meditation on the possibility of romantic love in the South today” is a comedic delight\, an eclectic road movie propelled by McElwee’s wry narration and his eagle eye for offbeat Americana. In the 30 years since its initial award-winning release\, Sherman’s March has only grown in stature and influence\, securing a reputation as one of the great comedic masterpieces in the history of documentaries. It’s the crowning achievement of one of American cinema’s most original voices. Will Di Novi\, Hot Docs
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/shermans-march-4k-restoration/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260719T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260719T180000
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SUMMARY:An American in Paris - 75th Anniversary
DESCRIPTION:“Metro has another sock boxoffice winner in An American in Paris. Film is one of the most imaginative musical confections turned out by Hollywood in years\, spotlighting Gene Kelly\, Oscar Levant\, Nina Foch\, and a pair of bright newcomers (Leslie Caron and Georges Guetary) against a cavalcade of George and Ira Gershwin’s music. While it may not achieve quite the record runs racked up this season by M-G’s “Great Caruso” and “Show Boat\,” it will tag right behind them to help widen that new exhibitor smile even more. \nKelly is the picture’s top star and rates every inch of his billing. His diversified dancing is great as ever and his thesping is standout. But he reveals new talents in this one with his choreography. There’s a lengthy ballet to the film’s title song for the finale\, which is a masterpiece of design\, lighting\, costumes and color photography. It’s a unique blending of classical and modern dance with vaude-style tapping\, which will undoubtedly trailblaze new terp techniques for Hollywood musicals. British-made “Red Shoes” and “Tales of Hoffman\,” of course\, have initiated American art house patrons to such work but this one will hit the mass audience–and it’s going to hold ’em completely entranced.” – Variety\, Aug 29\, 1951 \nIn English\, French and German\, with English subtitles.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/an-american-in-paris-75th-anniversary/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260718T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260718T200000
DTSTAMP:20260707T130105Z
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SUMMARY:The Decline of Western Civilization - 45th Anniversary
DESCRIPTION:“A bracing\, stimulating and technically superb close-up look at the L.A. punk scene.” – Variety \nTheir message is brutally clear: Destroy the old and make way for the new. This is the punk’s violent revolution; their lawless world. This is The Decline of Western Civilization\, a riveting\, unflinching account of the punk rock phenomenon and its alienated\, reactionary subculture. Penelope Spheeris’ fierce\, bleak portrait documents L.A.’s infamous punk bands as they perform on stage and discuss their lives\, music and philosophy off stage. \nThrough interviews with punk fans\, music critics and club owners\, it is a crucial\, compelling statement of one of the most significant and influential youth movements and musical transformations. It is perhaps a prophetic glimpse of the forces that will inherit our world…. Witness THE DECLINE.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/the-decline-of-western-civilization-45th-anniversary/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260717T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260717T203500
DTSTAMP:20260707T130058Z
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SUMMARY:Better Go Mad in the Wild
DESCRIPTION:Official Selection – Hot Docs Festival 2026 \nKarlovy Vary Crystal Globe winner \n“Plays as part fever dream\, part paean to rural life\, all while focussing deeply on these brothers and their menagerie of animal companions and myriad mishaps.” – Jason Gorber\, POV Magazine \n“A film that will stay with you for sensory and philosophical reasons alike.” – Victor Fraga\, Dirty Movies \nA talking cow narrates the lives of identical twin brothers living alone on a remote farm in Czechia’s Šumava mountains. From the outset\, the film makes it clear this is no ordinary story. Based loosely on Czech journalist Aleš Palán’s book of the same name\, director Miro Remo’s Better Go Mad in the Wild is a wildly original portrait of Franta and Ondra\, whose days pass by in an offbeat rhythm of tending to their livestock\, arm-wrestling\, smoking joints and philosophizing about life. Their bond is both inseparable and volatile\, bound by a sometimes wordless connection only twins share. Yet even the smallest disagreements carry weight\, and through Remo’s lens their everyday routines and quarrels gradually take on an almost mythic quality. Blurring the boundaries between documentary observation and dreamlike invention\, Remo mirrors the pair’s eccentric existence with fantastical flourishes\, surreal humour and strikingly cinematic imagery. Deliriously absurd\, funny and unexpectedly moving\, this singular film invites audiences into a world suspended somewhere between reality and fable. Carmen Thompson\, Hot Docs \nIn Czech\, with English subtitles.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/better-go-mad-in-the-wild/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260712T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260725T204500
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SUMMARY:Steal this Story\, Please!
DESCRIPTION:#2 Top Audience Favourite\, Hot Docs Festival 2026 \n“Gives us insight into a truly inspirational woman. A career reporter who continues to lean into the hard stories when a lot of media is pulling away. May this film help us all to hold media accountable\, for its importance in shaping the world should not be taken for granted.” – In The Seats \nWith so much misinformation and bias in media reporting\, one thing that is fundamental to maintain is independent journalism. That’s where people like Amy Goodman and her independent news program Democracy Now! come into play. For decades\, Goodman has worked tirelessly to report unfiltered\, hard-hitting stories\, pressing upon those in power and trying to get to the bottom of some of the most newsworthy stories. Relentless\, brave and ambitious\, Goodman uses her platform to sidestep corporate media interference and discuss topics that polarize people around the world. No subject is off limits in her pursuit of truth. Academy Award nominees Carl Deal and Tia Lessin bring forth an intimate behind-the-scenes look at someone who upholds the highest media standards while eschewing the bias that results from paid-for news time\, and has made a career of trying to amplify accuracy and accountability. Gabor Pertic\, Hot Docs
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/steal-this-story-please-2/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260711T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260711T210000
DTSTAMP:20260707T130048Z
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SUMMARY:There'll Likely Be Michael Jackson Vigils Throughout the Night
DESCRIPTION:International Premiere \nThe shocking news of Michael Jackson’s death is witnessed through thousands of found footage video reactions in director Marcus Batto’s collage-tornado of a film. Remixing early YouTube vlogs\, news coverage\, song fragments and more\, There’ll Likely Be Michael Jackson Vigils Throughout the Night is both a potent exercise in modern internet archiving and a time capsule for a bygone era of the world wide web. More honest than any traditional MJ biopic could ever aspire to be\, Batto’s film defines Jackson through a web of the world’s wide-ranging POV’s in this one very specific moment in time: eschewing valourization while exploring the idea of celebrity deification. And it’s funny too! Get your graphic tees and your shutter shades on… we’re going back to 2009! \nThis international premiere will be followed by a Q&A with director Marcus Batto. \nThe feature will be preceded by the Toronto premiere of the short film Take a Look Around (D: Colby Richardson): an experimental doc about a video artist who brings a power drill camera contraption to the CNE.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/therell-likely-be-michael-jackson-vigils-throughout-the-night/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260711T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260711T174500
DTSTAMP:20260707T130046Z
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SUMMARY:Everybody to Kenmure Street
DESCRIPTION:“In the age of ICE and MAGA\, and the Trump-inspired nationalist movements in the UK\, it’s an amazing story of a community triumph… a morale-boosting film.” —The Guardian \n“A love letter to peaceful protest… a powerful testimony to a community’s ability to take control of their part of the story.”—Screen International \nFrom executive producer Emma Thompson comes an inspiring and profoundly moving portrait of what everyday citizens are capable of in the face of injustice. In May 2021\, a U.K. Home Office dawn raid triggered one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory. In Scotland’s most diverse neighbourhood\, hundreds of residents rush to the streets to stop the deportation of their neighbours. \nThe morning in Glasgow\, the first day of Eid\, started as any other. But when neighbors heard through community message networks that two local men were snatched up for deportation\, hundreds of people left their daily lives to rush down to Kenmure Street and put their bodies on the line. Though mostly strangers and with almost no planning\, this extremely diverse group organized themselves\, taking on essential roles to allow the collective to achieve their goal: protecting their own from government forces going after the most vulnerable among them. \nEverybody to Kenmure Street reminds us of the power that is always inherent in the people.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/everybody-to-kenmure-street/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260710T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260710T210000
DTSTAMP:20260707T130041Z
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SUMMARY:Peter Asher: Everywhere Man
DESCRIPTION:Everywhere Man is a feature-length documentary inspired by musician\, producer\, and manager Peter Asher’s celebrated cabaret show A Musical Memoir of the ’60s and Beyond. Like his stage performance\, the film traces an extraordinary life lived at the centre of modern music history. \nFrom his early years as a child actor in 1950s London to the Swinging Sixties\, Asher emerges as a Zelig-like figure in the culture of the era: one half of the pop duo “Peter and Gordon\,” recipients of four chart-topping hits penned by Paul McCartney; the first head of A&R at Apple Records; and co-owner of the Indica Gallery\, the epicenter of London’s countercultural art scene. \nAsher helped define a generation of singer-songwriters as producer and manager for James Taylor\, Linda Ronstadt\, and others\, cementing his reputation as one of music’s most influential behind-the-scenes forces of the 1970s and ‘80s. In the present day\, he remains a vital creative force\, still performing\, producing\, and most recently collaborating with Barbra Streisand on her acclaimed The Secret of Life duets album. \nFeaturing intimate interviews with James Taylor\, Linda Ronstadt\, Carole King\, Kate Taylor\, Lyle Lovett\, Natalie Merchant\, Marianne Faithfull\, Paul Jones\, Danny Kortchmar\, Waddy Wachtell\, Lee Sklar\, John Boylan\, Paul Shaffer\, and Paul McCartney [in voiceover]\, as well as cultural icons Steve Martin\, Eric Idle\, Twiggy\, and Pattie Boyd. Everywhere Man paints a vibrant portrait of a man whose life intersects with some of the greatest artists and moments of the last six decades. \nAnd the soundtrack\, woven from the timeless hits of those featured\, creates a score as unforgettable as the story.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/peter-asher-everywhere-man/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260705T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260705T204500
DTSTAMP:20260706T130017Z
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SUMMARY:Close-Up
DESCRIPTION:“Neither a documentary nor a drama but a provocative\, unconventional merging of the two\, a meditation on perplexities of justice\, social inequity\, and personal identity that also subtly interrogates the processes and purposes of cinema.” – Godfrey Cheshire\, The Criterion Collection \nInternationally revered Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has created some of the most inventive and transcendent cinema of the past thirty years\, and Close-Up is his most radical\, brilliant work. This fiction-documentary hybrid uses a sensational real-life event—the arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the well-known filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf—as the basis for a stunning\, multilayered investigation into movies\, identity\, artistic creation\, and existence\, in which the real people from the case play themselves. With its universal themes and fascinating narrative knots\, Close-Up has resonated with viewers around the world. \nIn Persian and Azerbaijani\, with English subtitles.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/close-up/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260705T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260712T174000
DTSTAMP:20260707T130050Z
CREATED:20260707T130050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260707T130050Z
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SUMMARY:Time and Water
DESCRIPTION:Official Selection – Hot Docs Festival 2026 \n“This poetic documentary from the Oscar-nominated director of Fire of Love makes the climate crisis immediate and intimate” – Murtada Elfadl\, Variety \nFor Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason\, holding onto memories of the past in order to preserve them for the future comes by way of family history and the landscape that surrounds him. On one hand\, he is mourning the loss of his grandparents and hoping to keep their stories alive. On the other\, he sees the rapid melting of the glacial landscape\, brought on by climate change. These two perspectives start to merge into one\, leading Magnason to contemplate the notion of time and how so much can be lost to future generations. Director Sara Dosa\, an Academy Award nominee and Hot Docs alum\, sketches a portrait of the author’s desire to put a time capsule together. Incredible archival footage\, stunning cinematography\, and fascinating folklore combine to tell a story of embracing history before it vanishes. Gabor Pertic\, Hot Docs \nIn Icelandic and English\, with English subtitles
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/time-and-water-2/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260704T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260704T204000
DTSTAMP:20260705T130017Z
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SUMMARY:You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine
DESCRIPTION:Singer. Songwriter. Poet. Icon. John Prine was an artist’s artist with a list of admirers and collaborators that cut across musical genres and generations. \nYou Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine captures a star-studded tribute to the legendary songwriter\, filmed in October 2022 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The event brought together acclaimed artists\, friends\, and family to share behind-the-scenes stories and perform classic songs\, honoring Prine’s enduring legacy. Prine\, widely celebrated as one of history’s greatest songwriters\, captivated millions of fans and earned the admiration of icons such as Bonnie Raitt\, Brandi Carlile\, Tyler Childers\, Lucinda Williams\, Dwight Yoakam\, Jason Isbell\, and Bob Weir\, amongst many others\, are featured in the film performing on the Ryman stage for this special celebration of his life and music. \nWith performances by Brandi Carlile\, Kacey Musgraves\, Tyler Childers\, the War and Treaty\, Lucinda Williams\, Steve Earle\, Bonnie Raitt\, Dwight Yoakam\, Jason Isbell\, Kurt Vile\, Lyle Lovett\, Allison Russell & JT Nero\, Valerie June\, Nathaniel Rateliff\, The Milk Carton Kids\, Swamp Dogg\, I’m With Her and the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/you-got-gold-a-celebration-of-john-prine/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260704T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260718T175500
DTSTAMP:20260707T130104Z
CREATED:20260707T130104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260707T130104Z
UID:10478310-1783180800-1784397300@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:Ask E. Jean
DESCRIPTION:100% score on Rotten Tomatoes! \nWinner of multiple festival audience and jury awards! \n“With the sharply structured documentary Ask E. Jean\, director Ivy Meeropol accomplishes the near-impossible\, telling the story of Carroll in a manner as consistently enthralling and unapologetic as its subject. How can one possibly fit the multiple electrifying lives that Carroll thrived in into 90-something compact minutes? Throughout her movie\, Meeropol shows the way with panache\, refusing to limit the main appeal of Carroll to her recent lawsuit wins against Trump. In that\, Ask E. Jean isn’t at all interested in painting a false sense of victimhood—instead\, it succeeds as a celebration of a singularly authentic person\, one that beat Trump not only against the odds and in spite of his powers\, but also thanks to who she has always been as a truth-teller in the male-dominated spaces of her career.” – Tomris Laffly\, Variety \nAsk E. Jean is the thrilling story of E. Jean Carroll’s life\, from her early days as Miss Cheerleader USA to her rise as a trailblazing journalist\, author\, and beloved advice columnist. Carroll broke barriers as the first female editor at Esquire\, Playboy\, and Outside\, helping to redefine women’s roles in media with her sharp wit and fearless voice. In recent years\, she reignited public discourse by standing up to power\, becoming the only woman to beat Donald Trump twice in court\, and sparking a national conversation about truth\, accountability\, and resilience. This film is a portrait of an indomitable woman who proved it’s never too late to reclaim your voice\, rewrite your story\, and change the world.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/ask-e-jean/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260701T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260705T193000
DTSTAMP:20260705T130019Z
CREATED:20260705T130019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260705T130019Z
UID:10473723-1782932400-1783279800@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:Toronto Turkish Film Festival 2026
DESCRIPTION:The first edition of the Toronto Turkish Film Festival presents a program dedicated to contemporary Turkish cinema\, bringing together film screenings\, conversations\, and special events in Toronto. As an independent\, not-for-profit cultural initiative\, the festival aims to create a space for critical engagement\, artistic exchange\, and cross-cultural dialogue through film. \nThe Toronto Turkish Film Festival will meet its audience between July 1–5\, 2026\, at various venues across downtown Toronto\, featuring a comprehensive program of contemporary independent cinema selections\, masterclasses\, and panels.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/toronto-turkish-film-festival-2026/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Cultural Celebrations,Festivals,Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260628T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260628T210000
DTSTAMP:20260629T182421Z
CREATED:20260629T182421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260629T182421Z
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SUMMARY:Prophet of Ecstasy - with Rick Doblin
DESCRIPTION:Explore art\, politics and consciousness through the improbable life of Michael Clegg\, the former Catholic priest who introduced MDMA to the world—a drug he would later dub “Ecstasy.” Prophet of Ecstasy takes viewers on a wild ride\, from Clegg’s life as an MDMA drug kingpin to his present-day transformation as an enlightened yogi. It also examines how the destinies of Michael Clegg\, chemist Carina Leveriza\, and psychedelics advocate Rick Doblin\, are inexorably bound with that of the socio-cultural explosion of MDMA through its epic journey of discovery\, criminalization\, and re-emergence from the shadows. \n \nJoin film subject Rick Doblin for a special post-screening Q&A. \nRick Doblin\, Ph.D.\, is the Founder and President of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). His professional goal is to help develop legal contexts for the beneficial uses of psychedelics and marijuana\, primarily as prescription medicines but also for personal growth for otherwise healthy people\, and eventually to become a legally licensed psychedelic therapist. He founded MAPS in 1986.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/prophet-of-ecstasy-with-rick-doblin/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260628T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260628T173000
DTSTAMP:20260628T130017Z
CREATED:20260628T130017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260628T130017Z
UID:10456115-1782660600-1782667800@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:To Catch a Thief - 4K Restoration
DESCRIPTION:Hitchcock’s superbly insouciant crime caper from 1955 must surely be one of the last movies in which the American super-rich are indulged so extravagantly and adoringly–the kind of people who stub their cigarettes out in fried eggs. The south of France is resplendent in all its cynicism and discretion. Diamonds are what the movie worships amid the sapphire-blue of the Mediterranean and cloudless skies; Hitchcock wittily begins by disrupting those tourist images with a scream of horror from a woman whose valuables have been swiped. Cary Grant is John Robie\, the reformed cat burglar living quietly on the Côte d’Azur\, under suspicion for carrying out a spate of daring jewel thefts in Nice and Cannes. He can only clear his name by collaring the real culprit–and while on this person’s trail\, he encounters the beautiful heiress Francie: the stunningly ice-blond Grace Kelly\, pampered\, bored and turned on by John’s reputation. Her own jewels are glittering symbols of sexual unavailability\, and there is something almost outrageously metaphorical in their verbal fencing in her suite at the Carlton hotel\, as the fireworks explode outside. Francie finds something inauthentic in Robie: “like an American in an English movie”. Well\, yes\, perhaps. But Grant’s debonair and oddly unlocatable mid-Atlantic identity is absolutely right for the part. Peter Bradshaw\, The Guardian \nIn English and French\, with English subtitles.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/to-catch-a-thief-4k-restoration/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260627T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260627T170000
DTSTAMP:20260627T130021Z
CREATED:20260627T130021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260627T130021Z
UID:10453766-1782574200-1782579600@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:The Adjuster
DESCRIPTION:Noah Render (Elias Koteas) is an insurance claims adjuster who attends to his clients’ every need—including their sexual ones. His wife\, Hera (Arsinée Khanjian)\, is a government censor who spends her days and nights obsessively watching pornography for both work and pleasure. When they become involved with Bubba (Maury Chaykin) and Mimi (Gabrielle Rose)\, a wealthy couple with a taste for kinky role-playing\, the Renders’ lives are turned upside down in this surreal puzzle from Atom Egoyan. Criterion Collection \nPair with Curious Minds // Toronto: Cinema City – with Eric Veillette – Week 3: Classified by the Ontario Board of Censors (Saturday\, June 20).
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/the-adjuster/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260626T221500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260627T000000
DTSTAMP:20260627T130019Z
CREATED:20260627T130019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260627T130019Z
UID:10453738-1782512100-1782518400@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:Troll 2 - with Peter Kuplowsky
DESCRIPTION:Screening in part of Low Sky Weekend\, a city-wide film series hosted by veteran curator (TIFF) and producer (In a Violent Nature) Peter Kuplowsky to announce his new film development company Low Sky Productions. Please click here for more details. \nA summer vacation turns into a feverish nightmare as a family find themselves the intended main course for a clandestine cabal of shape-shifting vegetarian goblins with designs to transform people into vegetables! It’s a wackadoo premise born from the mind of veteran Italian genre filmmakers Claudio Fragasso\, and executed with sublimely hilarious dissonance as the production deployed a non-English speaking crew to wrangle its non-Italian speaking cast of endearingly hapless American actors. Coronated as the “BEST WORST MOVIE” by the critically acclaimed and award winning documentary of the same name\, Troll 2 stands within a pantheon of “cult cinema” that defies all traditional preconceived notions of form\, aesthetics and taste\, and yet somehow cultivates one of the most entertaining and baffling movie-going experiences of all time. \nFeaturing with an introduction by curator/producer Peter Kuplowsky.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/troll-2-with-peter-kuplowsky/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260626T221500
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260626T234500
DTSTAMP:20260627T130019Z
CREATED:20260627T130019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260627T130019Z
UID:10453736-1782512100-1782517500@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:Low Sky Weekend: Troll 2 with Peter Kuplowsky
DESCRIPTION:For the past twenty years\, Peter Kuplowsky has championed genre and underground cinema as both a curator and independent producer. In 2026\, he founded Low Sky Productions\, a Toronto-based\, filmmaker-driven development company dedicated to discovering\, fostering and advancing original film projects into relationships with seasoned production companies. In tandem with its development stream\, Low Sky is also committed to championing gonzo media\, be they episodic\, feature\, narrative or non-fiction\, through year-round film screenings and festivals. \nTo mark the unveiling of its inaugural slate of productions\, from June 26th to June 28th\, Low Sky will be hosting a micro-festival of screenings across key venues in Toronto that defined Peter Kuplowsky’s career as a film curator\, and showcasing films that inspired his career as a producer. Please click here for more details. \nA summer vacation turns into a feverish nightmare as a family find themselves the intended main course for a clandestine cabal of shape-shifting vegetarian goblins with designs to transform people into vegetables! It’s a wackadoo premise born from the mind of veteran Italian genre filmmakers Claudio Fragasso\, and executed with sublimely hilarious dissonance as the production deployed a non-English speaking crew to wrangle its non-Italian speaking cast of endearingly hapless American actors. Coronated as the “BEST WORST MOVIE” by the critically acclaimed and award winning documentary of the same name\, Troll 2 stands within a pantheon of “cult cinema” that defies all traditional preconceived notions of form\, aesthetics and taste\, and yet somehow cultivates one of the most entertaining and baffling movie-going experiences of all time. \nFeaturing with an introduction by curator/producer Peter Kuplowsky.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/low-sky-weekend-troll-2-with-peter-kuplowsky/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260626T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260626T212300
DTSTAMP:20260627T130018Z
CREATED:20260627T130018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260627T130018Z
UID:10453717-1782500400-1782508980@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:King Arthur's Night (Relaxed Screening)
DESCRIPTION:Inspired by New World Theatre’s King Arthur’s Night\, which had its world premiere at Luminato Festival in 2017\, this genre-defying documentary film is rooted in a medieval musical play created by an extraordinary company of artists living with and without Down syndrome. \nBlending myth\, memory\, and music\, the film moves between an imagined Camelot and the real-world reflections of its creators\, including Niall McNeil and Marcus Youssef\, alongside director James Long and composer Veda Hille. With humour and heart\, it weaves together childhood memories\, family relationships\, and fantastical characters into a story that is both playful and deeply moving. \nCelebrating inclusive creation as a vital artistic language\, King Arthur’s Night invites audiences into a shared cinematic experience that explores disability\, belonging\, and who gets to shape the stories we inherit and pass on. \n \nOpen to everyone\, this relaxed screening offers a sensory friendly environment for those in the neuro-diverse community or for anyone who may benefit from a more informal viewing atmosphere. \n• Throughout the screening\, house lights will remain on a low level and the volume will be slightly turned down. \n• No trailers will be shown. \n• Audience members will be free to move around\, leave the theatre\, or take a break in a designated “quiet” area.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/king-arthurs-night/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260625T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260625T203000
DTSTAMP:20260626T130017Z
CREATED:20260626T130017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260626T130017Z
UID:10451324-1782412200-1782419400@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
DESCRIPTION:Winner\, 2017 Hot Docs Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary \n“A vibrant survey of a criminally overlooked aspect of American popular music” – The Los Angeles Times \nFilmmakers Stevie Salas\, Catherine Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana examine the musical contribution and bring to light the profound and overlooked influence of Indigenous people on popular music and the groundbreaking musicians who helped shape the soundtracks of our lives. \nFocusing on music icons like Link Wray\, Jimi Hendrix\, Taboo (The Black Eyed Peas)\, Charley Patton\, Mildred Bailey\, Jesse Ed Davis\, Robbie Robertson\, and Randy Castillo\, Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World gives attention to this missing chapter in the history of American music. \nWinner of a Special Jury Award for Masterful Storytelling at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and the Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary at Hot Docs\, film features interviews with musicians\, historians\, and experts including: Buddy Guy\, Steven Van Zandt\, Tony Bennett\, Taj Mahal\, Martin Scorsese\, Stevie Salas\, Quincy Jones\, John Trudell\, Steven Tyler\, Alvin Youngblood Hart\, Monk Boudreaux\, George Clinton\, Jackson Browne\, Joy Harjo\, Iggy Pop\, Wayne Kramer (MC5)\, Marky Ramone (The Ramones)\, Pura Fe Crescioni (Ulali)\, Robert Trujillo (Metallica)\, Slash (Guns ‘N’ Roses)\, Rhiannon Giddens (Carolina Chocolate Drops)\, Pat Vegas (Redbone)\, Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys)\, and Taylor Hawkins (The Foo Fighters).
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/rumble-the-indians-who-rocked-the-world/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media,Live Music,Performing Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260621T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260621T145000
DTSTAMP:20260621T130018Z
CREATED:20260621T130018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260621T130018Z
UID:10439427-1782046800-1782053400@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:Shades of Feeling: Five by Pratibha Parmar - with Saffron Maeve
DESCRIPTION:Toronto-based critic\, editor\, and film curator Saffron Maeve shares a collection of five shorts by British filmmaker Pratibha Parmar\, released from 1988-1991. \n“Pratibha’s works have a strong decolonial sensibility that I immediately respond to\, and I admire her ability to be at once playful\, coy\, headstrong\, and critical in her depictions of queer South Asian diasporas. She understands the shared urgency of desire and the constraints that are placed upon it.” – Saffron Maeve on Shades of Feeling: Five by Pratibha Parmar \nFrom the 80s into the 90s\, British filmmaker Pratibha Parmar established a body of short films and video poems dealing intimately with ethnic and sexual expressivity in a blinkered UK. Carving out a queer South Asian imaginary\, Parmar’s films prioritize pleasure (khush) and thematize lesbian chat rooms\, the infiltration of colonial architecture\, desire and diaspora\, and the writings of Indian lesbian poet Suniti Bamjoshi. Parmar’s spatially engaged strategies of revolt are both protective and generous\, clarifying the importance of anti-colonial perspectives on queerness. This program originated at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in partnership with Alfreda’s Cinema. \n \nShades of Feeling: Five by Pratibha Parmar will be presented with a live introduction from Saffron Maeve and a special pre-recorded Q&A with director Pratibha Parmar. \nSaffron Maeve is a Toronto-based critic\, editor\, and film curator. She is a regular contributor to The Globe and Mail\, and her writing has appeared in Film Comment\, Sight and Sound\, Reverse Shot\, MUBI Notebook\, Documentary Magazine\, and more. She is the curator of the screening series CONTOURS at Paradise Theatre and Apparatus Theory at Revue Cinema\, and the quarterly reading series Crit Salon. Saffron has curated programs for TIFF\, the Brooklyn Academy of Music\, The Cinematheque (BC)\, and Spectacle Theater. Presently\, Saffron is pursuing a PhD in Cinema & Media Studies at York University.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/shades-of-feeling-five-by-pratibha-parmar-with-saffron-maeve/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:2SLGBTQ+,Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260620T213000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260620T233000
DTSTAMP:20260621T130017Z
CREATED:20260621T130017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260621T130017Z
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SUMMARY:The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Pride Edition
DESCRIPTION:“Let’s do the Time Warp Again!” Cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show is back! Toronto’s own shadow cast\, Excited Mental State\, will be performing their own satirical\, comedic version of the film for audiences. Dress up and “don’t dream it\, be it.” \nPlease note that the following items are prohibited: \n\nOutside food or drinks\nOversized water guns\nToast\, rice and other organic projectiles\n\nMore information: rockyhorrorto.com \nDoors will open 45 minutes prior to the screening.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-pride-edition/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:2SLGBTQ+,Film & Media,Performing Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260619T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260619T080000
DTSTAMP:20260619T130018Z
CREATED:20260619T130018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260619T130018Z
UID:10434201-1781850600-1781856000@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:Aki
DESCRIPTION:Official Selection\, 2025 Toronto International Film Festival \n“Naponse’s ability to build such tangible intimacy makes Aki a film to behold\, feel\, and hear—the latter largely due to Juno Award–nominated cellist Cris Derkson’s tremendous score.” – POV Magazine \nAki (Anishinaabemowin for “earth” or “land”) is a meditative\, visually immersive documentary set in Atikameksheng Anishnawbek in Northern Ontario\, Canada. Filmed over seasonal years\, this unscripted project unfolds entirely without narration or dialogue\, instead relying on the aural textures of wind\, water\, animal and human life\, and ceremony to tell the story of a people fully rooted in their land. \nDirector Darlene Naponse\, a community member and artist from Atikameksheng\, invites us into her homeland and shares an intimate glimpse into the layers of everyday life where storytelling emerges through gestures\, places\, and the non-verbal. Aki shares land-based practices such as fishing\, maple syrup harvesting\, and medicine gathering\, while reflecting on histories of colonisation\, environmental exploitation\, and attempted cultural erasure against the realities of the ongoing strength of community. It is a film about memory without nostalgia\, resistance without spectacle\, and language beyond words\, enhanced by a stunning score by Juno award-winning Cree cellist Cris Derksen. \nFollowing the tradition of globally acclaimed visual documentaries like Ron Fricke’s Baraka\, Godfrey Reggio’s The Qatsi Trilogy\, and Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov’s Honeyland – and fully subverting ethnographic filmmaking – Aki eschews conventional exposition in favour of a deeply embodied cinematic language. But while those films traverse the globe\, Aki remains rooted in a specific\, sovereign place: the lands\, waters\, and people of Atikameksheng.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/aki/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media,Indigenous
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260618T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260618T204500
DTSTAMP:20260619T130017Z
CREATED:20260619T130017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260619T130017Z
UID:10434190-1781807400-1781815500@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco
DESCRIPTION:“Functions as both a revealing look at the collaborative process and a timely\, tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry.” — The Hollywood Reporter \n“An exciting and involving rock music doc\, a smart and satisfying look inside that tumultuous world.” — Los Angeles Times \n“One of the greatest music documentaries ever made.” — Rolling Stone \nBuilding on three critically acclaimed records and a reputation for phenomenal live shows\, Wilco seemed poised to cement its reputation as one of the great American rock groups. So how is it that one year later\, with completed record in hand\, the band found itself rejected by its corporate label and missing two of its original members? First-time filmmaker and award-winning photographer Sam Jones was on hand\, chronicling this turbulent chapter in Wilco’s history as it unfolded. \nThroughout the film\, Jones tempers the backstage dramas and unfathomable corporate shenanigans with inspired live performances\, as frontman Jeff Tweedy and company perform songs from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and previous Wilco albums. Shot in luminous black and white\, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart is a riveting portrait of a band making the best music of its career. \nJoin producer Peter Abraham for a special post-screening Q&A via Zoom.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/i-am-trying-to-break-your-heart-a-film-about-wilco/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260617T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260617T200000
DTSTAMP:20260618T130023Z
CREATED:20260618T130023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260618T130023Z
UID:10431623-1781722800-1781726400@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:Author Talk: Myra Bloom on Evasive Manoeuvres
DESCRIPTION:Confession is everywhere in our culture. It drives banal social media posts\, sensational reality television shows\, revolutionary social justice movements\, and popular fiction. It has also been central to feminist movements throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. But acts of self-disclosure carry significant risks for women and nonbinary writers\, who may be disbelieved or retraumatized\, dismissed as narcissistic or unliterary\, or stereotyped in ways that constrain professional opportunities. \nNaming this tension the “confessional impasse\,” Myra Bloom explores how four contemporary Canadian writers navigate both the possibilities and the perils of confession. Focusing on the work of Tanya Tagaq\, Nelly Arcan\, Sheila Heti\, and Sina Queyras\, Bloom offers a dynamic exploration of confessional writing in poetry and autofiction\, a hybrid form of life writing that blends autobiography with invention. She situates the forces increasingly shaping women’s lives – social media\, digital culture\, beauty culture\, and the relentless pressure to optimize the body – within a broader ecosystem that demands self-display for public consumption. Using the confessional impasse as a theoretical framework\, Bloom shows that although writers deploy evasive manoeuvres to avoid rendering themselves vulnerable\, they are often misread through the very autobiographical discourses they are escaping. \nAs Canadian literature becomes increasingly confessional in its texts\, institutions\, and discourse\, Evasive Manoeuvres provides an exciting in-depth study of an overlooked force driving literary innovation in Canada.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/author-talk-myra-bloom-on-evasive-manoeuvres/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Literature & Spoken Word,Talks & Panels
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260614T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260614T143000
DTSTAMP:20260614T130019Z
CREATED:20260614T130019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260614T130019Z
UID:10421502-1781442000-1781447400@nowtoronto.com
SUMMARY:John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
DESCRIPTION:“One of the most consistently inventive\, impossible-to-categorize directors of our time\, Almereyda has shown a fascination with visionary characters across both his narrative and documentary films” – The Criterion Channel \nThe daring experimenter Dr. John C. Lilly dedicated his life to radical self-investigation and unlocking the mysteries of consciousness and communication. “My body is my laboratory” was the motto\, and his research on the language of dolphins and whales—as well as psychedelics and sensory deprivation—assured his own cult status in 20th-century pop culture as the basis for Ken Russell’s Altered States and Mike Nichols’s The Day of the Dolphin. \nDirectors Michael Almareyda and Courtney Stephens\, along with narrator Chloë Sevigny\, explore the life of a determined scientist and his experiments into the psychonautical unknown.
URL:https://nowtoronto.com/event/john-lilly-and-the-earth-coincidence-control-office/
LOCATION:Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema\, 506 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, M5S 1Y3
CATEGORIES:Film & Media
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