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Mar. 15, 2012 / 856: FAVA
Alberta Mistresses of the Modern / Banff 1947
Until Sat, Jun 3 - Art Gallery of Alberta
Carolyn Jervis
The narrative often repeated when it comes to the history of modernism's development in Alberta is one of a boys' club. Like elsewhere on the continent, to abstract… Read more »
Mar. 15, 2012 / 856: FAVA
Pulp Fiction
Wed, Mar 21 (9:30 pm) - Metro Cinema at The Garneau
Brian Gibson
Long before the empty chit-chat and hollow manga stylings of Kill Bill, or the elaborate kill-Hitler fantasy of Inglourious Basterds, there was Pulp Fiction. Tarantino's pretty substantial (more… Read more »
Mar. 15, 2012 / 856: FAVA
Gilda
Sat, Mar 17; Sun, Mar 18; Tue, Mar 20 - Metro Cinema at the Garneau
Josef Braun
Gilda (1946) begins with the formation of a friendship between two men that practically implores us to read it as much more. Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) is an… Read more »
Mar. 15, 2012 / 856: FAVA
Belle de jour
Fri, Mar 16 – Mon, Mar 19- Metro Cinema at the Garneau
Josef Braun
Though alternately abbreviated, oneiric and cryptic, Belle de jour, Luis Buñuel's mischievous adaptation of Joseph Kessel's 1928 novel, does a remarkable job of invoking, with great specificity and… Read more »
Mar. 15, 2012 / 856: FAVA
American Splendor
Tue, Mar 20 (9:15 pm) Metro Cinema at the Garneau
Brian Gibson
Super-hero comics and alt/underground comix used to co-exist peacefully. So did movies-based-on-super-hero-comics and movies-based-on-alt-comix, at first. There was Crumb (1995) and Ghost World (2000). Then came American Splendor,… Read more »
Dec. 14, 2011 / 843: New Year’s Eve Style
Akira
Neo-Tokyo
Brian Gibson
Japanese sci-fi epic Akira (1988), adapted by Katsuhiro Otomo from his cyberpunk manga, is generally credited with launching a wave of interest in anime overseas. Its story elements… Read more »
Oct. 12, 2011 / 834: Protest in the riot
FAR FROM CRAZY
FAR FROM CRAZY
Mel Priestley
Some of the world's greatest artists were infamous for having some form of mental illness; similarly the subject of mental illness has provided the basis for many works… Read more »
Jul. 27, 2011 / 823: The Naked Truth
Wicked
Broomstick musical theatre
Paul Blinov
Wicked, the touring spectacle now inhabiting the Jubilee, rides in on a broomstick of spectacle and Oz-inspiring levels of Broadway razzle-dazzle. And for what it's worth, for any… Read more »
Jul. 27, 2011 / 823: The Naked Truth
Conceptual bombardment
Comprehensive Traffic examines Canadian contributions to conceptual art
Carolyn Jervis
The Art Gallery of Alberta's Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965 – 1980 is less a feast for the eyes than a bombardment. This comprehensive exhibition examines the… Read more »
Jul. 21, 2011 / 822: CASH IN!
Children of Ararat / Aphelion
Robin Durnford
Children of Ararat dares speak the truth, loudly and angrily, about the First World War death marches and massacres that journalist Robert Fisk has called "The First Holocaust."… Read more »
