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an independent, coming-of-age portrait of the mousy girl on the moors
SCREEN>>by Razor Sharp
You’d think there’d be better subjects to tackle rather than spend precious time interviewing Star Wars geeks about the merits of the series. But even to an indifferent non-fanboy, such a discussion can prove captivating.
SCREEN>>by Maria Feldman
Brazilian director Marcos Jorge partners with Fernando Severo to tackle some heavy-duty existential questions in their new film, Corpos Celestes (The Sky We Were Born Under). It’s a film that’ll leave even the most straight of the straight-edge breed contemplating their insignificance in this vast universe.
THE WEEKEND GUIDE, SCREEN>>by Allan Wigney
Life according to 15-year-old Tariq Khan, is not kind. Bullied by classmates at school and by father at home, he is now a handful in both settings. Hardly surprising, particularly when one factors in a future — working at his parents’ fish-and-chip shop and likely marrying a woman chosen for him — that appears far from bright for the son of a Pakistani father and an English mother.
THE WEEKEND GUIDE, SCREEN>>by Razor Sharp
How time flies when you’re karate chopping lesbian vampire babes. And though it’s been a quick decade, the recent neck-biting Hollywood phenomena prove local grindhouse master Lee Gordon Demarbe was way ahead of his time. Here’s a chance to live the Ottawa b-movie staple Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter all over again on the very big screen at the Mayfair Theatre.
TODAY'S SURE THING, SCREEN>>by Razor Sharp
The exact location of Robert Johnson’s soul-selling crossroads is debatable, but if there’s a blues dead end, it’s surely located in Angola. Angola as in “The Farm,” as in “The Alcatraz of the South,” as in The Louisiana State Penitentiary — the largest maximum security prison in the United States of America. Just head south on Highway 61, make a right on 66 and stop where it stops. For most of the inmates within, this is where life literally stops. Conveniently, there’s a death row and a cemetery on site.
THE WEEKEND GUIDE, SCREEN>>by Razor Sharp
Anyone else tired of all the high brow a-movie material being shoved down our throats in the Oscar season? Well, here’s a slice of grindhouse cinema to give your overtaxed brains a 90-minute break.
THE WEEKEND GUIDE, SCREEN>>by Razor Sharp
What the hell: Jim Carrey as a flamboyant, gay conman romancing a soft-spoken Georgian peachy Ewan McGregor? Crazy, yeah — almost as crazy as the real life story of notorious felon Steven Jay Russell. Still, the very idea of two virile Hollywood leading men getting it on, has been enough to make uneasy distributors hold back this 2009 release until now. Is it worth the wait?
TODAY'S SURE THING, ACTIVISM, SCREEN>>by Holly Gordon
The schoolyard is where most things start: friendships; grudges; alliances playing Red Rover. But just over a year ago, something bigger was borne of an Ottawa playground— a documentary on the women of Burma.
THE WEEKEND GUIDE, SCREEN>>by Holly Gordon
Based on the true story of seven Trappist monks kidnapped and killed in 1996, Of Gods and Men (Des homes et des dieux) isn’t looking for the element of surprise. A slowly moving, sometimes thoughtful film, its focus is the lives and thoughts of the monks. It’s in that focus that writer and director Xavier Beauvois loses his audience — and what could’ve been a deeply affecting film.
THE WEEKEND GUIDE, SCREEN>>by Razor Sharp
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Made you laugh.
Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet uses video projection design to send its dancers down the rabbit hole.
Local photographer Joy Kardish preserves, and reveals, all-but-forgotten spaces.
The 2011 visual and media arts laureates speak for themselves at the National Gallery group exhibition.
The renowned Japanese percussion ensemble, celebrating its 30th year, comes to the NAC March 7.
