Apple Darkest Perhaps the most striking thing about last night’s two premieres, presented by Live Art, was their differences. The minimalism of Susie Burpee‘s Apple Darkness, performed by Danielle Baskerville, seemed almost pious compared to Sometimes in Nova Scotia‘s over-the-top ode to greed, only emphasizing its glorious excessiveness even more. No surprise: Apple Darkness was […]
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Swinton’s swagger
The model is immediately recognizable: slicked-back copper hair, otherworldly cutting cheekbones. Back in 2003 Tilda Swinton became the muse for Amsterdam design house Viktor & Rolf’s “One Woman Show.” Not only did she walk down the runway, dressed in a loosely open-collared white shirt and a mannish black pantsuit, but the models were styled as […]
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Lavish I Am Love
How much you enjoy I Am Love will depend on how you feel about slowly unfolding, melodramatic European soap operas. Daughter of a Russian art dealer, Emma (Tilda Swinton), married into the Recchi family, an multigenerational Italian textile dynasty rich in tradition, but isolated from reality. Many years and two children later Emma still feels […]
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Suck
Rob Stefaniuk is the king of Canada’s “so bad it’s almost good” cult genre. Musical Suck turns vampirism into a playful metaphor for drug addiction: Though the comedy is too earnest, it’s still way more fun to see a band happily devour a groupie than sit through more wayward rockers shooting up in sketchy washroom […]
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Heavenly SINS performing
Peter Eastwood This Thursday night marks the first time since 2006 that all the members of Sometimes in Nova Scotia will be dancing together on the same Halifax stage. The cheekily named young contemporary dance collective, who are spread out across the country, debuts its new piece Xs—-the fourth in its 7 Deadly Sins series—-on […]
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A bushel of quick event picks
Dance SINS and Susie Burpee October 7-9, Sir James Dunn Theatre A killer night for dance fans, thanks to Live Art, starting off with a premiere by SINS (Sometimes in Nova Scotia). Xs is choreographed by Vancouver-based Daelik for SINS’ “Seven Deadly Sins Series.” Love watching these guys perform: Jacinte Armstrong, Susanne Chui and Sara […]
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Dance: Live Art’s drawing movement
When Le Carré des Lombes founder Danièle Desnoyers saw Manon De Pauw’s work, the Montreal choreographer knew she wanted to collaborate with the visual artist, who is well-known for her fluid live drawing performances, video installations and photography. De Pauw was interested, and told Desnoyers that earlier in her career she had thought about becoming […]
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Of Montreal
When you’re as flamboyant and bizarre as Of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes, sometimes the risks do pay off. Kanye’s producer lifts up the production values—this is a slickly produced collage of r&b, ’80s pop, disco, dance and glam-funk, elevated by Barnes’ lyrics, which run from confessional poetic rants to high-register squeals. Janelle Monáe joins Barnes for […]
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Sh*t My Dad Says
The first clue that Sh*t My Dad Says is going to be a big pile of poo? That nasty little asterisk in the middle of the Shit. Sadly, William Shatner, a man who became the popular favourite for Canada’s next governor general and can even make fibre commercials funny, can’t govern himself out that flaming […]
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Boardwalk Empire
Entourage’s seventh season finale should have concluded with the death of Sasha Gray’s acting career, but sadly her one-tone run on the overextended comedy means she’ll probably get offered Megan Fox’s leftovers. At least HBO is atoning for its sins by running the Prohibition-era drama Boardwalk Empire in Entourage’s old timeslot. Here’s another set of […]
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30 by 30
How to buy AFF tickets Tickets are available at the AFF box office, located in Park Lane Mall, and at all TicketPro outlets (422-6965), including Video Difference (24 hours a day!), or online at ticketpro.ca and atlanticfilm.com. Regular screening tickets are $12; gala and special presentations are $17. For packages and special events, check out […]
