Articles by Sinj Karan
The Girl King: Brilliant Production to a Patchy Story
Film screened at MWFF tells the story of young queen Kristina of Sweden
Fetish Fashion Show with Fashion Frenzy
French fashion designer Patrice Catanzaro showed his fetish line in the Village as part of Fetish Week. Oooh-la-la.
Montreal Fetish Weekend: Interview with Producer Eric Paradis
Montreal Fetish Weekend reconnects people and their passion, especially if that passion is kink, latex, or lace.
Montreal World Film Festival: A Global Look at Cinema
MWFF showcases films from around the world, this year with a special focus on Chinese cinema
Through my Brown Gay Lens : Drag Kings and the Case for Un-gendering !
The performance of a drag king prompts self-reflection on the limitation of gender binaries.
Community Day : A Day of Pride
Before the parade, members of organizations who support GLBTQ rights come out en masse for Community Day.
Review of The Kindergarten Teacher: Poetry for a Banal Existence
A teacher is obsessed with a 5-year-old poetic genius in Nadav Lapid’s new film.
Fierté/Pride 2015: Come Out – Ally !
Pride week begins with a lecture about discrimination against intersex, trans, and queer people.
Review of Bikes vs. Cars: Bike, or see the planet burn
Documentary shows the damages made by cars throughout the world
The Look of Silence: The horrors of humanity
Personal loss during Indonesian ‘Communist purge’ explored in new documentary (screening preceded by Once Upon a Kingdom).
McKellen and the brilliant Mr. Holmes
An aging Sherlock Holmes struggles to remember the details of his final case.
Through My Brown Gay Lens: I Do and Yes I Do
In wake of the recent decision to legalize same-sex marriage in the US, Sinj reflects on how he reached his conclusions on the topic.
Through My Brown Gay Lens #1: Introductions
When Sinj came to Montreal to be a filmmaker, he wondered if and where he would find his people.
Designing the St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival
Julie Bourbonnais talks about creating the sets and costumes for The Comedy of Errors and Romeo and Juliette
Heaven Knows What : Raw and Too Much Life
Look at life of drug addicts in New York doesn’t have much plot to it.