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Apr. 24, 2013 / 914: Wine Country
To be young and gay
Sissies and Psychopaths explores the moulds of sexual identity
Agnieszka Matejko
On April 12, only days after Daryl Vocat and Peter Kingstone set up their collaborative show Sissies and Psychopaths, a teen girl was attacked by a group of… Read more »
Apr. 24, 2013 / 914: Wine Country
Goldfish, memories and samurai raccoon dogs
Metro's Ghibli retrospective continues into the studio's lesser-known works
Brian Gibson
The Studio Ghibli retrospective continues with Miyazaki's most deceptively minor masterpiece and two works by writer-director Isao Takahata, the lesser-known and less productive co-founder. Takahata, less visual than… Read more »
Apr. 03, 2013 / 911: Spring Style
Picturesque wastelands
David Janzen's romanticized landscapes come with a suffocating helping of garbage
Agnieszka Matejko
Until Sun, Jun 16 Transfer Station Work by David Janzen Art Gallery of Alberta There is nothing like sitting at the edge of an ocean or on a… Read more »
Sep. 26, 2012 / 884: Strangelove
A Few Good Men
Paul Blinov
Until Sun, Oct 7 Directed by James MacDonald Citadel Theatre, $35 – $73.50 'Don't anyone ever tell you we're not at war," goes a line in A Few… Read more »
Sep. 26, 2012 / 884: Strangelove
The Ghost Sonata
Mel Priestley
Until Sat, Sep 29 (7:30 pm) Directed by Jessica Carmichael Timms Centre for the Arts, $11 – $22 The Ghost Sonata is, to put it bluntly, really weird.… Read more »
Sep. 19, 2012 / 883: Best of Edmonton 2012
Frankenstein
Josef Braun
Fri, Sep 21 – Tue, Sep 25 Directed by James Whale Metro Cinema at the Garneau Originally released: 1931 In Mary Shelley's still-stunning 1818 source novel, Frankenstein, or… Read more »
Sep. 19, 2012 / 883: Best of Edmonton 2012
The Energy of Slaves
Wandering through downtown Edmonton, it's not hard to come to the conclusion that buildings aren't constructed like they once were. Even the old warehouse district has an unmistakable… Read more »
Sep. 12, 2012 / 882: Down On The Farm
A testament to passion
Mary finds contrast between the hearts and minds of two queens
Saliha Chattoo
Until Sun, Sep 16 (8 pm) The Passion of Mary Directed by Glenda Stirling Roxy Theatre, $16 – $26 Set during the final days of the incarceration of… Read more »
Sep. 12, 2012 / 882: Down On The Farm
Moonrise Kingdom
Josef Braun
Sat, Sep 15 – Mon, Sep 24 Directed by Wes Anderson Metro Cinema at the Garneau 4/5 September 1965, the New England island of Penzance. Decorated Khaki Scout… Read more »
Sep. 12, 2012 / 882: Down On The Farm
Lasting Avian Terror
More than 50 years after its release, The Birds still feels inexhaustible
Josef Braun
Fri, Sep 14 – Wed, Sep 19 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Metro Cinema at the Garneau Originally released: 1963 A young, attractive, single woman with a lot of… Read more »
