Jillian Dale

Phil Demers in the Walrus and the Whistleblower, Credit Joseph Michel Gratton

Walrus and the Whistleblower Documentary Premieres at Hot Docs 2020: Wins Audience Award

June 19, 2020 Jillian Dale 0

SYNOPSIS: Phil Demers (aka Walrus Whisperer) is a part-time mailman who lives in a bungalow across the creek from Marineland, the iconic amusement park in Niagara Falls, where he had his dream job as an animal trainer […]

Laverne Cox in Disclosure, Courtesy of Netflix

Netflix to Release ‘Disclosure’ Spotlighting the History of Trans People in the Media on Juneteenth

June 13, 2020 Jillian Dale 0

SYNOPSIS: Disclosure (formerly titled Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen) is an unprecedented, eye-opening look at transgender depictions in film and television, revealing how Hollywood simultaneously reflects and manufactures our deepest anxieties about gender. Leading trans thinkers and […]

Still image from COLETTE, Photo Courtesy of Anthony Giacchino

Palm Springs International ShortFest Selections Announced

June 4, 2020 Jillian Dale 0

Palm Springs International ShortFest has selected 332 short films in their Official Selection that will be eligible for jury award consideration. These films represent 69 countries and were selected from more than 6,000 submissions received this year. […]

Cannes Film Festival 2020 Announces Festival Lineup

June 4, 2020 Jillian Dale 0

On Wednesday, June 3, 2020, Pierre Lescure and Thierry Frémaux announced the line-up of the 73rd edition of the Festival de Cannes, live from the UGC Normandie Theater in Paris. For the occasion, Thierry Frémaux, […]

Gravitas Ventures Releases Stand By Me Teaser From Upcoming Streetlight Harmonies Documentary

March 4, 2020 Jillian Dale 1

Streetlight Harmonies, a documentary directed by Brent Wilson, featuring Lance Bass, Brian Wilson, and Brian McKnight, tells the story of how doo-wop was born on street corners in the 1950s. The unmistakable falsetto leads, lilting […]

Tim McGraw, The Tug McGraw Foundation and Lionsgate Honor CalVet Veterans with Midway Film Screening

February 17, 2020 Jillian Dale 0

Tim McGraw, The Tug McGraw Foundation and the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) hosted a red-carpet film screening of Midway on Saturday, February 15, 2020, in collaboration with Lionsgate Pictures and The Lincoln Theater. Held at the […]

Tungrus Film Poster, Courtesy Rishi Chandna

Tungrus Film Review – Slamdance Film Festival

December 31, 2018 Jillian Dale 0

Tungrus documentary-style short film revolves around the exasperation a pet rooster causes one family in India. The film touches on the horrors each family member has had to endure as they struggle to cope with the […]

Nona Film Poster, Courtesy of Make Pictures

Kate Bosworth Produced Human Trafficking Drama, Nona – Film Review

December 6, 2018 Jillian Dale 0

Synopsis: Nona (Sulem Calderon), a young woman in a shantytown in Honduras meets Hecho (Jesy McKinney), a handsome traveler who claims to be nursing a broken heart. Intrigued by his carefree wanderlust, she takes him up […]

Laboratory Conditions Film Review – Starring Marisa Tomei and Minnie Driver

August 29, 2018 Jillian Dale 0

Short Synopsis: A physician investigating a missing body disrupts an unlawful experiment.[Source: Joe Russell Productions] Laboratory Conditions,directed by Harvard-educated physician, Jocelyn Stamat, is a gripping short film that handles a fascinating question of existence: what […]

Love Interrupted Film Review – Short Thriller

April 30, 2018 Jillian Dale 0

Synopsis: A love sick young man, in the grips of a mental breakdown, falls in love with a girl who is too good to be true. [Courtesy 42 Films] Watching a love-sick [pun intended] Dillon […]