Film The Complete Woody Allen Cinema du Parc’s retrospective begins Friday, Oct. 12, and includes Take the Money and Run, Bananas, Play It Again Sam, and Sleeper. Tickets $8, show times can be found at www.cinemaduparc.com Film Kubrick’s Firsts Friday Oct. 12 through Sunday Oct. 14, legendary director Stanley Kubrick’s[Read More…]
Arts & Entertainment
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Wallflower: coming of age through pain and splendour
Though peppered with clichés like “we accept the love we think we deserve,” The Perks of Being a Wallflower is not a typical teen movie. Director Stephen Chbosky’s adaption of his own novel feels genuine—at times, heart-wrenchingly so. Fans of the book will welcome the film’s loyalty to the original.[Read More…]
Muse: The 2nd Law
Muse was heard across the world this year with their official Olympic anthem “Survival.” Their sixth album, The 2nd Law, followed hot on its heels, and much like their Olympic debut, brought back the grandiose musicality and exuberant magnitude that Muse fans have been dying for the band to rediscover.[Read More…]
Thus:Owls : Harbours
Oct. 5, 2012 proved to be a day of excitement for experimental-pop group Thus:Owls. Not only was it the release date of their most recent album Harbours, but it was also a day of positive response from devoted fans. Erika Angell, a Swedish singer/composer is to thank for gathering this[Read More…]
At the intersection of light and technology, art emerges
In When Do I See Photons? Oswald Wiener, cybernetician, author, and inspiration for the inaugural exhibition at the Goethe-Institut’s new locale, poses this very question. Photons, the smallest particles of light, stimulate our retinas. So what does it mean to ‘see’? Five artists, all students at Transmedialen Raum de la[Read More…]
A local twist on an absurdist classic
Samuel Beckett’s oft-cited yet largely misunderstood piece of absurdist theatre, Waiting for Godot, has had its own share of lingering—not idly, but in a constant state of rework, reinterpretation, and reproduction. In the 60 years since its publication, the show’s vagabond characters Vladimir and Estragon have plodded from stage to[Read More…]
Love, laughs, and the libertine; a story of Guys and Dolls
Big names and voices will grace the Montreal stage this fall as the Segal Centre for Performing Arts kicks off its 2012-2013 season with its up-close-and-personal rendition of Tony-award-winning performance Guys and Dolls. A sexy comedy of skewed morality, Guys and Dolls follows two gambling gangsters, Nathan Detroit and Sky[Read More…]
Private View, public remembrance
What do masks, political upheaval, and student theatre have in common? On Wednesday Oct. 10th, all will be part of the debut of Tuesday Night Cafe (TNC) Theatre’s latest production, Private View. The show will honour an important figure of Czech history, former president of Czechoslovakia Vaclav Havel, while telling[Read More…]
Cruel Summer: G.O.O.D. Music
If summer was cruel to producer Kanye West, this album makes me wonder if it was just because his artistic ambition was not up to its usual standards. Coming out on the tail end of the warm season, G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summer largely misses the mark of a classic summer[Read More…]
Sic Alps: Sic Alps
Nostalgia is the first word that comes to mind upon hearing the first strings on the new self-titled album from Sic Alps. Nostalgia, in this case, refers to a wistful longing to have had experienced the wild changes of the ’60s. Listening to this album feels similar to being transported[Read More…]
