Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'thefrench'
July 10, 2006
After several days of beautiful weather, we were due for a nice storm. And since tanning is not an option today, go see a Fr!nge Play or two (or eight) this afternoon. To make sure you don't see a dud.. read on... Torontoist was lucky enough to catch SplasH2O yesterday, foreshadowing today's moisture. You may have seen the trio around the Fr!nge Tent saturating passerbys with some impromptu aquatic comedy, but count yourself as......
Continue Reading "Fr!ngeist: SplasH2O"June 15, 2006
Sisters are doing it for themselves this week and today marks the opening of The 5th Annual Female Eye Film Festival. Running until June 18th, the fest boasts 68 short and feature films by female-only directors from around the world. Held at The National Film Board Cinema( 150 John St.), each showing offers a few shorts, a feature and Q & A with the directors. Special to this fest is the 1st Young Filmmaker......
Continue Reading "The Feminized Lens"March 23, 2006
It’s an interesting and potentially important time for English language Canadian filmmakers, with several Canadian films managing to reach cult hit status, such as It’s All Gone Pete Tong and The Life And Hard Time of Guy Terrifico. With only five percent of movies seen by Canadians made by Canadians (according to the program guide) and the writer of It’s All Gone Pete Tong Michael Dowse expressing a wish for Canadian content quotas for cinemas......
Continue Reading "The Canadian Filmmaker’s Festival"March 25, 2005
Souvent, la langue de Molière passe pour une langue passionnée et riche qui exprime parfaitement les sentiments amoureux, les plaisirs de la vie… et la bouffe ! À Toronto il est parfois ardu de déceler les lieux typiquement francophones puisqu’il est assumé que nous tous vivons dans un Canada bilingue. Dorénavant, remerciez Krizia de Verdier, éditeur en chef du guide torontois de la communauté francophone, The French Side of Toronto (aussi disponible en version......
Continue Reading "French Fridays: Le côté français de Toronto"