Film fanatics rejoice! In collaboration with the Fantasia Film Festival, BBAM! Gallery is hosting a collection of underground, horror, erotic and exploitation film posters from the Cinepix archives and the late John Dunning’s personal collection. Called Forbidden Visions/Visions Interdites, the exhibit celebrates the beloved Montreal cult film production house and Dunning’s legacy, serving as a loving tribute to underground cinema.
To those who live in the Eastern Townships, or visit cottages there, Owl’s Head is a ski hill and a golf course. For lovers of live music, even city-dwellers 90 minutes away, it’s also the site of an annual outdoor music festival.
The third edition of the Owl’s Head Festival promises seven bands, six DJs, five art exhibits and skateboarding instruction and demos. And while Montreal has no shortage of music festivals in town, this one offers some new scenery.
Wicca the pitbull has been euthanized. Despite efforts from her owner and supporters to save her life up until the very last minute, Wicca was killed last night at the Berger Blanc pound following a failed legal battle against a City of Montreal death order.
Toronto writer Sheila Heti’s latest novel, How Should a Person Be? has been making big waves since its release last fall for its fresh, funny voice, beautiful writing and startling originality. The novel follows Sheila, a writer and recent divorcée, as she struggles with a creative block and the fallout from her failed marriage. These disappointments breed new possibilities as we tag along for Sheila’s sentimental education on how to be a better lover, friend, artist and person.
Back from her recent publicity tour, Cult MTL checked in with Heti by phone to talk about the book and its reception.
By now, most of us are familiar with Yelp, the site that offers user-penned reviews of all manner of businesses and services, from barbers to bail bondsmen. Now 10 months old, the service’s local arm, Yelp Montreal,, is off to a healthy start. Community manager Risa Dickens, who handles the English side of the site’s affairs, is throwing her baby a birthday party this Saturday, with the aim of helping 11 non-profit organizations.
Bars and restaurants around the city will be a little emptier on Sunday as staff from over 30 establishments around the island converge on Jeanne-Mance Park to face off in the seventh annual SERVE Bars and Restaurants Beach Volleyball Tournament.
When Mec Plus Ultra was founded back in 2008, gay club nights outside of the Village were rare, and le Belmont was more sports bar than nightclub. How things change.
By popular demand, Mec evolved from a monthly to a bi-monthly event, and this doubling of the workload, not to mention the departure of co-founder Julien De Repentigny, created too heavy a burden for partners François Guimond and Antoine Bédard to handle. So last December, their third anniversary party was also their grand finale — or so they thought.
British bloodbath Inbred, genetic thriller Errors of the Human Body and twisted sequel Warped Forest are among our critics’ picks as Fantasia grinds through another weekend of cinematic insanity.
Food trucks are the next big thing in Montreal cuisine. It began with one truck last year, and since then a few more sets of wheels have hit the streets on a hunt for hungry people. But you needn’t look far to be fed, because Cult MTL presents you with a new mini-series on Montreal food trucks — who runs them, what they serve and where you can find them. First up: the Nouveau Palais Winneburger.
Based on the 19th-century novel Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, Trishna tells the story of a poor man’s daughter who falls in love with the son of a property developer. Directed by Michael Winterbottom (who’s brought us everything from The Trip and 24 Hour Party People to A Mighty Heart) and starring Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire, Miral), the film centers on Trishna (Pinto), a 20-something year-old Indian girl who is forced to work a series of minion jobs in order to provide for her large family.
