This Week's Film Reviews ( Oct 24th, 2025)https://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/movie-reviews/this-week-s-film-reviews-aoct-24th,-2025

18 October 2025 written by Lorenz Hart, the subject of the new Richard Linklater film BLUE MOON. The film takes its title from the song by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart. “Blue moon, you saw me standing alone…” “He was alert and dynamic and fun to be...

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• Author: Gilbert Seah
• Category: Movie Reviews

The Mayor's Arts Lunch just named its 2026 Toronto Arts Awards recipientshttps://afrotoronto.com/content/news/arts/the-mayor-s-arts-lunch-just-named-its-2026-toronto-arts-awards-recipients

28 April 2026 exactly like the city it was celebrating: a dub poet, a stilt dancer rooted in Caribbean tradition, a Colombian-Canadian composer working out of Jane and Finch, and a scientist-artist growing algae sculptures from human breath. Hosted by Mayor Olivia...

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• Author: News Editor
• Category: Arts

Elements of style: Leading men at TIFF50https://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/lifestyle/fashion-and-style/elements-of-style-leading-men-at-tiff50

11 October 2025 gaze, giving off quiet authority without overplaying it. When joined by co-star Fala Chen, director Edward Berger, and composer Volker Bertelmann, Farrell remained composed and relaxed, clearly at ease among his team. The Macau-set film follows a...

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• Author: Meres J. Weche
• Category: Fashion and Style

The Christmas Movieshttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/movie-reviews/the-christmas-movies-2

21 November 2025 old, frail, but respectful It should be noted that Winslet selected several department heads who were newcomers, including composer Ben Harlan, production designer Alison Harvey, and costume designer Grace Clark, reflecting her desire to give...

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• Author: Gilbert Seah
• Category: Movie Reviews

This Week's Film Reviews ( Jan 16th, 2026)https://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/movie-reviews/this-week-s-film-reviews-jan-16th,-2026

17 December 2025 the first set in Manchester and the second in America, where Mother Ann travels with her followers to spread her beliefs. Composer Daniel Blumberg (collaborating the second time with the director) researched the many, many Shaker hymns and wrote three...

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• Author: Gilbert Seah
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This Week's Film Reviews ( Feb 20th, 2026)https://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/movie-reviews/this-week-s-film-reviews-feb-20th,-2026

14 February 2026 infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) is a work for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, written in 1899 while the French composer was studying at the Conservatoire de Paris under Gabriel Fauré. Ravel published an orchestral version in 1910 using two...

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• Author: Gilbert Seah
• Category: Movie Reviews

This Week's Film Reviews ( June 12th, 2026)https://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/movie-reviews/this-week-s-film-reviews-june-15th,-2026

28 May 2026 perform excerpts translated from the original transcripts. The music for the film is by Tony-Award-winning Adam Guettel, composer of The Light in the Piazza, Floyd Collins, and numerous other stage and screen productions. Notably, none of the people...

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• Author: Gilbert Seah
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How Black Toronto filmmakers brought PURGE to Fantasia's world stagehttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/movies/how-black-toronto-filmmakers-brought-purge-to-fantasia-s-world-stage

30 June 2026 that places it firmly within the tradition of serious, craft-driven genre filmmaking. The production also brought in composer Spencer Creaghan, whose television credits include SURREALESTATE (SYFY) and HEL MOTEL (AMC), as well as production designer...

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• Author: AfroToronto Team
• Category: Movies