artwork by Group of Seven Billion I had people over last week to see my new apartment in Hamilton Ontario. I call it an apartment, but really it’s the main floor of an old bank that’s been converted into a loft. I live where the tellers used to scramble around before the neighbourhood of Barton … Continue Reading
Film, Reviews
by Bjorn Gabriels Some thirty years after The Fly, which won him an Academy Award for short animation in 1981, Hungarian animator Ferenc Rofusz has a new short, Ticket. It tells the life story of a man from birth to grave, entirely told from his personal perspective. Rofusz stresses that Ticket is his first non-political … Continue Reading
Artists, Film, Interviews
“Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven”. ~Tryon Edwards Lovers In A Dangerous Time may already resonate with you thanks to Bruce Cockburn and the Barenaked Ladies, but the story line and unique musical maze from JBM may push the nostalgia further back than anticipated. The film, … Continue Reading
Film, Reviews
There is a well-known song by Green Day called “Time of Your Life” (1998). This is the kind of experience I had on the 17th of February at the Montreal premiere of the aboriginal-made film Mesnak, directed and developed in Québec by playwright Yves Sioui Durand, a Huron from Wendake just outside Québec City. A … Continue Reading
Film, Reviews
Directed and Edited by Jonathan Krauth Producer/Art Director: Michelle Allan Sound Recording/Editing: Yonny Vizcaya Ben started his musical career in a Calgary metal band called Pindolls. After relocating to Vancouver he was charmed by the anti-folk scene and the twang of Hank Williams and Johnny Cash. He started writing and working on his solo stuff. … Continue Reading
Art, Film, Music
Directed and Edited by Jonathan Krauth Producer/Art Director: Michelle Allan Sound Recording/Editing: Yonny Vizcaya We pulled up outside our chosen location for the Fugitives session and unknown tunes were blasting from everywhere. On our hunt to discover the origins of the music and ask the owner to turn it down we found an elevator… big … Continue Reading
Art, Film, Music
photo above shows film critic Richard Crouse (right) interviewing director John Landis. It happens in Cannes, at the Sundance and the Tribeca, and at Toronto’s TIFF. It also happened last fall at Vancouver’s VIFF. A kind of magic takes place when actors, directors and writers who are involved in many of the world’s most exciting new … Continue Reading
Art News, Culture, Film
Directed and Edited by Jonathan Krauth Producer/Art Director: Michelle Allan Sound Recording/Editing: Yonny Vizcaya Christopher Arruda traveled all the way from the island, where he is currently recording his fourth album “God Hates a Coward” . He met us in Yaletown at the stone park on the corner of Nelson st and Mainland st. This … Continue Reading
Art, Film, Music
Directed and Edited by Jonathan Krauth Producer/Art Director: Michelle Allan Sound Recording/Editing: Yonny Vizcaya I’m not one to get star struck but when The Dudes emerged from their blue van, parked in the alley behind the Red Room, my nerves go the best of me. Way back In 2006 when “dropkick queen of the weekend” … Continue Reading
Art, Film, Music
Interviews with director John La Tier and stars Rose McGowan and Patrick John Flueger The Tell-Tale Heart, a new film starring Patrick John Flueger, Rose McGowan and Peter Bogdanovich (to be released in 2012), is a reimagining of Poe’s suspenseful short story of the same name, with a touch of romance and fantasy, set in modern day New Orleans. … Continue Reading
Artists, Entertainers, Film, Interviews
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