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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

The Flaming Fist of Christ Compels You!: The Divine Fury (Saja / 사자, 2019)

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Park Seo-joon in Saja (2019). What if the titular protagonist of Constantine (2005) (Keanu Reeves) was a mixed-martial arts figh...
Monday, September 16, 2019

Song and Dance, Part IV: King of Jazz and Miscast

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A scene from King of Jazz (1930). In their efforts to find ways to showcase talkie performers, in the early days of sound film m...
Thursday, September 12, 2019

A Flaccid Fairy Tale: Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

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Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood . The following contains spoilers.   Quentin Tarantino’s ninth ...
Monday, September 9, 2019

Song and Dance, Part III: Brigadoon

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Matt Nethersole (centre) and the cast of Brigadoon at the Shaw Festival. (Photo: David Cooper) If you love classic American musicals...
Saturday, September 7, 2019

Eye of the Beholder: The Extremity of Vikky Alexander

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Between Dreaming and Living #8 , by Vikky Alexander. (Image: VAG) Vikky Alexander: Extreme Beauty runs July 6 – January 26, 2020 at t...
Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Shaw Entertainments: The Ladykillers and Getting Married

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Chick Reid and Damien Atkins in The Ladykillers at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Photo: David Cooper) Performed by overl...
Monday, August 26, 2019

The Russian Play: Chekhov Plus Stalin

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Mike Nadajewski and Gabriella Sundar Singh in The Russian Play . (Photo: David Cooper)  “This is Russian love story,” Sonya (Gabriella...
Saturday, August 24, 2019

Not All Democrat Documentaries Are the Same

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Beto O'Rourke in Running with Beto (2019). The following piece contains reviews of Running with Beto (2019), Knock Down the Hou...
Monday, August 19, 2019

Rarities at Stratford and the Shaw Festival: Nathan the Wise, Sex, and Rope

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Diane Flacks (centre) with members of the company in Nathan the Wise . (Photo: David Hou) Nathan the Wise by the German Enlighte...
Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Art and the Limits of Morality: The Night Porter (1974)

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Charlotte Rampling and Dirk Bogarde in The Night Porter (1974). Liliana Cavani's The Night Porter ( Il portiere di note , 1...
Monday, August 12, 2019

Song and Dance, Part II: Fosse/Verdon

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Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams in Fosse/Verdon . Sam Rockwell’s portrait of Bob Fosse – the legendary director-choreographer ...
Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Fog: The Last Black Man in San Francisco

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Jonathan Majors and Jimmie Fails in The Last Black Man in San Francisco . (Photo: Peter Prato/A24) Director Joe Talbot’s feature film...
Monday, August 5, 2019

Song and Dance, Part I: Wild Rose and Yesterday

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Jessie Buckley in Wild Rose . The review of Yesterday contains spoilers.   As Rose-Lynn, the young Glaswegian woman determine...
Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Tumult! The Incredible Life and Music of Tina Turner

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  “Physical strength in a woman, that’s what I am. If you’re unhappy with anything, get rid of it. When you’re free, your true creat...
Monday, July 29, 2019

New Plays: Tell Me I’m Not Crazy and The Hunt

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Mark Blum and Jane Kaczmarek in Tell Me I’m Not Crazy . (Photo: Joseph J. O'Malley) The four characters in Sharyn Rothstein’s ...
Thursday, July 25, 2019

On Nonverbal Cinema: Obscure (2019) and The Color of Pomegranates (aka Sayat Nova, 1969/2014)

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Kylr Coffman in Obscure (2019)/ Cinema began as a record of physical movement. The advent of sound brought it more in line with t...
Monday, July 22, 2019

The Skin of Our Teeth: A World in Crisis

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Ariana Venturi in the Berkshire Theatre Group production of The Skin of Our Teeth . (Photo: Emma K. Rothenberg-Ware) Thornton Wilder’...
Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Uncanny Kingdom: The Enigmatic Art of Mowry Baden

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Marsupial , 2013, by Mowry Baden. (Steel aluminum fabric rubber. Image: VAG) Mowry Baden , curated by Grant Arnold, Vancouver Art Gal...
Monday, July 15, 2019

The Lehman Trilogy: Intimate Epic

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Simon Russell Beale, Ben Miles, Adam Godley in The Lehman Trilogy . (Photo: Stephanie Berger) I’ve never seen anything quite like The...
Thursday, July 11, 2019

What We Talk about When We Talk about Anime Logic: Your Name (Kimi no Na wa / 君の名は, 2016)

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A scene from Your Name (Kimi no Na wa / 君の名は, 2016). I want to talk about anime logic and why it's not the same as plot holes, u...