The 17th Annual Inside Out Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Festival Continues! Last night, the festival presented its centrepiece gala screening at the Isabelle Bader Theatre of King and Clown (reviewed by Torontoist at last year's TIFF), a movie about a Korean monarch who falls in love with his cross-dressing jester that also happens to be the top-grossing Korean film of all time (OK, so at least it was until this happened). Meanwhile,......

The 17th Annual Inside Out Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival had its official launch earlier this week at the Gladstone (following a recent fundraiser) where it announced its lineup to the public. The opening night gala will be the Canadian premiere of Duncan Roy's The Picture of Dorian Gray, a modern update of the classic Wilde novel starring teen dream David Gallagher as the amoral muse. Other gala screenings include 2005......

On Sunday night, a small motorcade of revellers snaked down the Danforth, whistling and beeping and waving what looked like the Japanese flag with a green background. Turns out it was the flag of Bangladesh and the occasion was the Bangladeshi team's triumph over Bermuda in Cricket World Cup. While most sports fans are fixated on basketball's Final Four, the rest of the commonwealth is feverishly following cricket's Super 8. The unsolved murder of......

There are a lot of orange signs in Koreatown (on that stretch of Bloor Street between Bathurst and Christie). We'd even argue that there's more orange per block than anywhere else in the city. Wondering the importance of orange in Korean culture, we contacted Professor Andre Schmid, Chair of the Department of East Asian Studies, at the University of Toronto. He replied, "Not aware of any special significance to the orange colour." Undaunted, we......

During the World Cup huge parts of the city were paralyzed by fans celebrating victories. We're wondering whether similar things will be happening because of the World Baseball Classic? Cuba and the Dominican Republic are already in the semis at the WBC. Torontoist wants to know whether members of this city's Cuban or Dominican population will be congregating anywhere in the event of a victory? The wildcard is Korea. The Korean team are the only......