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Interview with Costume Designer Linda Muir (The Witch, Bitten)

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. What a terrific honour it was sit down with the talented costume designer Linda Muir, who is based…

Interview with Writer/Director Rebecca Miller (Maggie’s Plan)

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
It was an honor sitting down with writer/director Rebecca Miller to talk about her film “Maggie’s Plan”, which opened in the USA on May 20th, and opens in Canada on June 10th. The film stars Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Travis Fimmel, Bill Hader, and Maya Rudolph.…

Interview with Costume Designer Malgosia Turzanska (Maggie’s Plan)

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
Chatting with Costume Designer Malgosia Turzanska was inspirational, educational, and fun! She’s a true talent and someone who is obviously in love with her job. Maggi To learn more about Maglosia, go to her website: http://www.turzanska.com Matthew Toffolo: I recently interviewed director Rebecca Miller about the film “Maggie’s…

Interview with Sound Effects Editor Matt Snedecor (Revolutionary Road, The Jinx)

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
Starting off as an Engineer in the music industry, Matt Snedecor worked with Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson, Faith Hill, and Luther Vandross, to name a few. Since 2005, he’s one of the top movie sound effects designers working today. It was an honor to chat with Matt about his…

Interview with Glen Gauthier, Sound Mixer (Spotlight, Pacific Rim, Kick-Ass)

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
A location sound mixer is the member of a film crew responsible for recording all sound on set during film-making. I recently sat down with Glen Gauthier to talk about the art of sound mixing on set. Glen’s work has spanned over 30 years, working on over 90 films and TV…

April 2017 LGBT Stories, Screenplays, Films

Submit your LGBT Film or Screenplay to the Festival today: https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/ LGBT BEST Scene Screenplay – 2-12 DELTA April 2017 ReadingWritten by David Brichetto FAN FICTION TV PILOT Screenplay – THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR April 2017 ReadingWritten by Richard Mueller **** Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editor: John… Continue reading April 2017 LGBT Stories, Screenplays, Films

LGBT Best Scene – 2-12 DELTA, by David Brichetto

Winning Screenplay – 2-12 DELTA Written by David Brichetto CAST LIST: NARRATOR – Elizabeth Morriss LINDA – Olivia Jon GINA – Cora Matheson SYNOPSIS: Genre: LGBT, Drama, Thriller, Crime A young police officer grapples with her family’s secret past, and tries to balance her careers as cop and blues musician with her tumultuous life. Get… Continue reading LGBT Best Scene – 2-12 DELTA, by David Brichetto

Why We Need Bisexual Charlize Theron

Originally posted on A Blog for dykes:
? Click the below image to watch the Atomic Blonde trailer. Any inclusion of an LGBTQ+ character in film is bound to cause controversy, but when the trailer for Atomic Blonde was released earlier this month – social media blew up. Why? Because the LGBTQ+ character in this film…

Was Beauty and the Beast’s “gay moment” an Insult to the LGBTQ+ Community?

Originally posted on A Blog for dykes:
“LeFou is somebody who on one day wants to be Gaston and on another day wants to kiss Gaston…He’s confused about what he wants,” Condon said. “And that’s what has its payoff at the end, which I don’t want to give away. But it is a nice, exclusively…

The young man on the VHS tape : A writer’s journey.

Originally posted on Robert Garnham:
There’s a line in one of the best songs ever written, Being Boring by the Pet Shop Boys, which goes, ‘I never dreamed that I would get to be the creature that I always meant to be’. I was thinking of this earlier today when I was going through some…