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Posted Nov 2, 2011 in Arts

Martha Marcy May Marlene

“Your clothes look atrocious,” Lucy (Sarah Paulson) says to her younger sister Martha (Elizabeth Olsen), as she gets the latter to try on a pink, high waited wrap dress. Let’s flashback earlier within the movie when she drives three hours to the Catskill Mountains in Upstate New York to get Martha, looking like a homeless...

by Butler

Posted Oct 26, 2011 in Arts, Cool Shit, Featured

Quebec Triennial

The Quebec Triennial currently on display at the Musée d’Art Contemporain has lots on offer right now. With more than forty artists participating the show is a great and rewarding excuse to get out and see some art before the chills of winter turn us all into apartment-bound hibernators. For those days when you don’t feel like crawling out...

by Kelvin Beaudette

Posted Oct 24, 2011 in Arts, Featured

Whither the Public Art Domain?

Indeed. Whither the role of public art and the space in which it is freely accessible to the public? To what end does this domain reinforce the public consciousness surrounding art and its (higher) purpose? The public art space and public space are mostly interchangeable concepts with the latter occupying an historical canon of philosophical,...

by Lys

Posted Oct 16, 2011 in Arts, Featured

Bite-Sized Book Review: City of Thieves

Are you ready for another Bite-Sized Book Review? This time, I’ll be giving you five reasons to love David Benioff’s City of Thieves. 1. Quick synopsis: City of Thieves tells the story of two men, Lev Beniov and Kolya, who, during the Nazi’s siege of Leningrad, must travel to find a dozen eggs for a Soviet colonel’s...

by Dan Budge

Posted Oct 9, 2011 in Arts, Featured

The Comics Pimp – The New 52, A Review

Exactly one month ago, DC Comics began the most ambitious experiment in comics. After more than 70 years of history and numbering, the venerable publisher decided a reboot was in order, birthing 52 new titles, each with a brand new #1 issue. Clearly, DC’s attempt is to attract new readers by simplifying histories that, after decades, have...

by Paolo Mariachi

Posted Oct 6, 2011 in Arts

Post TIFF Thoughts

The first two years I attended the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006, I saw one film. I skipped the one in 2007 despite the amazing line-up and came back for another in 2008, eleven in 2009 and twenty more in 2010. In this year’s festival I saw thirty two movies. Imagine camping out at your local multiplex from noon to midnight....