Canzine 2010

Over 150 zines from across Canada on display and for sale! The heart of the event, indie publishers both in print and online come from across the country and the continent to show their wares! Be amazed at the creativity, ingenuity, and sheer weirdness!

Nuit Blanche Chip Music Mega Show!

For several hours, on October 2nd, the heart of Toronto will experience the magical tones of chiptune music. With a wide variety of live musicians performing a wide variety of styles this is a night that nobody can afford to miss!

Vortex 2010 Videogame Conference & Competition Bootcamp

Boot Camp is a series of sessions specifically designed for emerging entrepreneurs in the game industry. It exists to provide them with information and guidance to make their product ready for successful in the marketplace. Delegates will have the opportunity to learn from real Ontario game developers, who will be speaking about the process of bringing a game to market, and to participate in Q&A sessions where they will be able to directly ask questions. Delegates will also participate in a series of sessions specifically designed for emerging entrepreneurs in the game industry to provide information and guidance to help them led by industry experts, receive invaluable information and insights on how to excel in business.

RUE MORGUE presents CEREMONIA SATANICA

This October RUE MORGUE, Canada’s home grown horror entertainment empire, rings in thirteen years of publishing, festival producing, radio programming and most recently – film production. RUE MORGUE presents CEREMONIA SATANICA (Saturday October 30, 2010 at Revival Event Theatre – 783 College St. doors @ 9 PM) featuring three levels of electrifying performances including Undead […]

Deliver Us From Evil at The Carleton Cinema

After its Canadian Premiere at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, its Quebec Premiere at the 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival, and a theatrical release in Montreal where it garnered raving reviews, DELIVER US FROM EVIL (original Danish title FRI OS FRA DET ONDE) will finally be screening in Toronto from October 8th at the […]

Free Friday Film: Sweet Smell of Success

Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Year: 1957 | Run Time: 96 minutes Burt Lancaster as J.J. Hunsecker, world famed columnist whose gossip is gospel to 60 million readers. Tony Curtis is Sidney Falco, the kid who had ideas about taking over. Don’t turn your back on them, you might find a knife in it. This is […]

A Halloween Double Bill: PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES / ALIEN

Join us for a rare screening of Mario Bava’s 1965 sci-fi/horror hybrid Planet of the Vampires, a visually arresting and creepily atmospheric account of a spaceship crash on a distant planet, the survivors of which are beset by the resurrected corpses of their crewmates. Following Bava’s low-budget classic, try to spot the Italian horror maestro’s […]

Son of Kung Fu Fridays: IP MAN 2 at Toronto Underground Cinema

Kung Fu Fridays is back yet again! It is still not on a regular basis, but every now and then I'll be sharing some martial arts action on the big screen, so stay tuned to the email list or wherever you heard about this screening! This time we have some fresh kung fu action straight off of the Shaolin stove! More details to come, disciples...

Nuit Blanche: GRINDBOX! at TIFF Bell Lightbox

A tribute to the beloved American institution of the grindhouse – This presentation of vintage trailers for horror and exploitation films from around the world is a cinematic celebration of the weird, the wild and the wonderful, balanced on the border between art and trash.

The Beguiling Presents – Cartoonist Marc-Antoine Mathieu: In Conversation

The Beguiling, Canada’s finest purveyor of comics and graphic novels, is proud to team with L’Alliance Francaise de Toronto to welcome cartooning genius Marc-Antoine Mathieu to Toronto. Mathieu is a much-celebrated and award-winning writer-artist who has given speeches and presentations around the world, at diverse locations including comics festivals, galleries, and even CERN, the world’s […]

Double Bill of Best Worst Movie and Troll 2

Canadians will have a one-time opportunity to enjoy the critically acclaimed feature documentary BEST WORST MOVIE and the cult classic TROLL 2 back to back, on the big screen. Already being hailed as one of the “top reviewed films of 2010” by Rotten Tomatoes, BEST WORST MOVIE, directed by Michael Paul Stephenson, follows a small-town […]

Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy

Distant Worlds: Music from FINAL FANTASY combines live orchestral music with cutting edge videos and art stills from the games most memorable sequences on a 22 foot wide screen - and for the first time in North America - will be projected entirely in HD! This hybrid of music and technology will allow new and old fans alike to experience the world of Final Fantasy. Music and scenes from games throughout the Final Fantasy series will be performed along with the Canadian premiere of music and visuals from the newly released Final Fantasy XIV.

Bargain Basement VHS Vault

Join host Dion Conflict (who has one of the largest and most eclectic film collections in Canada) take you down memory lane with a screening of a long lost “mystery tape” on the big screen. BARGAIN BASEMENT VHS VAULT highlights those clamshell classics that have been lost in the DVD shuffle.