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Monsters: A film that shows the American Dream sinking into archetypal psychosis
The word "monster" comes from the Latin monstrum, which refers to a warning or judgement that traumatically breaks into this world from the realm of the divine. It is in this sense that British director Gareth Edward's 2010 film Monsters is well-named.
In the tradition of movies like Gojira, Edwards uses a giant monster invasion as an allegory for serious real-world dangers. This allegory stands atop an ancient mythical subtext underlying all monster stories. If the allegory deserves interpretation, the subtext demands exegesis. Monsters is both a commentary on the violence inflicted by an imperial power on an impoverished nation and a depiction of the religious horror the violence unleashes upon the world.
Trans Film Screening Series: "Paper Dolls"
May 28 2012 - 6:30pm
May 28 2012 - 8:30pm
Location
William Doo Auditorium
45 Willcocks st.
Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Canada
Phone:
416 978 8201
43° 39' 40.4856" N, 79° 24' 3.2256" W
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==>Trans Film Night: "Paper Dolls"
==>Free Film! Free Snacks! Free Talk!
The Trans Film Screening Series hosts a FREE screening of:
"PAPER DOLLS"
Everyone welcome. Allies welcome.
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Trans Film Screening Series
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Review: Margin Call shows the dogs of finance with bared teeth
The film Margin Call takes us inside the foul-mouthed, high finance world of the one per cent. The low budget production, the first from writer/director J.C. Chandor (the son of a stockbroker) went from the Sundance Festival to theatrical release (also on iTunes, and Video on Demand) just in time to validate the Occupy Wall Street movement. It has just been released on DVD.
Spirit of the Bluebird: An animated tribute to a murdered elder
Gloria Black Plume was an elder and the matriarch to a family of six children. She moved her family off Stand Off reserve to Calgary to give them a better life. In 1999 she accepted a ride from two men and shortly after was stomped to death in an alleyway.
Xstine Cook lived in the home behind this alleyway. That proximity bred an immediate connection for her to Gloria, both as a woman and mother; it also fostered a concern for the marginalization of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada.
Trans Film Screening Series: Launch Party for Alec Butler's "My Friend Brindley" and Collected Works
Nov 28 2011 - 12:29pm
Location
William Doo Auditorium
45 Willcocks st.
Toronto, ON M5S 1C7Canada
Phone:
416 978 8201
Fax:
416 978 1078
43° 39' 40.608" N, 79° 24' 2.5668" W
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==>Trans Film Night: "MY FRIEND BRINDLEY"
==>Free Film! Free Snacks! Free Talk!
The Trans Film Screening Series hosts a FREE screening of:
"MY FRIEND BRINDLEY" & the collected works of ALEC BUTLER
Everyone welcome. Allies welcome.
► MY FRIEND BRINDLEY: ***FILM PREMIERE*** An artistic documentary by Alec Butler about human rights activist, artist and biker Kathleen Brindley, who was the filmmaker's best friend until her death in 2007.
dir.:Alec Butler
rated:unrated (2010)
language:English (regrettably closed-caption/subtitles not available)
Contact name:
Trans Film Screening Series
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"Bonsai People: The Vision of Muhammad Yunus", Screening and Director Q&A - A Fundraiser for RESULTS Canada
Oct 17 2011 - 6:45pm
Oct 17 2011 - 9:00pm
Location
Innis College Town Hall Theatre, University of Toronto
2 Sussex Avenue
Toronto, ON M5S 1J5Canada
Phone:
647-717-7458
43° 39' 55.3104" N, 79° 23' 58.6932" W
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"Bonsai people: The Vision of Muhammad Yunus"
Toronto Premiere and Q&A with Director Holly Mosher.
A Fundraiser for RESULTS Canada.
Contact name:
McLean Ayearst
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Trans Film Screening Series: 'Some Like It Hot'
Aug 21 2011 - 6:30pm
Aug 21 2011 - 8:30pm
Location
The Centre for Women and Trans People
563 Spadina Ave. rm.100
Toronto, ON M5S 2J7Canada
43° 39' 35.8488" N, 79° 24' 1.0368" W
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Free Film! Free Snacks! Free Talk!
The Trans Film Screening Series hosts a FREE screening of: Some Like It Hot
Everyone welcome. Allies welcome.
Some Like It Hot is the classic cinematic cross-dressing film starring Marilyn Monroe. Two penniless musicians, Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) in Chicago in the prohibition era, accidentally witness a mob killing. The gangsters want to eliminate witnesses so the heroes have to get a disguise, and get out of town. The only way is to take up jobs as musicians in an all-girl band - giving rise to their new identities of "Daphne" and "Josephine". Hilarious complications ensue . . .
Harbourfront Centre presents Longo's free flicks -- Public's choice
Aug 9 2011 - 9:00pm
Aug 9 2011 - 11:00pm
Location
Harbourfront Centre WestJet Stage
235 Queens Quay West
Toronto, ON m5j 2gbCanada
Phone:
416-973-4000.
43° 38' 19.6512" N, 79° 22' 59.1852" W
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The public chooses from the following three movies:
This Movie is Broken (14A)
