Killing Them Softly: Return of the macho-poetic
A heavy-hitting cast, tense atmosphere and sharp dialogue make this underworld thriller just a few stops short of greatness.
Today’s Sounds: Memory Tapes
The new synth soup by New Jersey’s Dayve Hawk, aka Memory Tapes, plus a track from A-Trak’s forthcoming Tuna Melt EP and a video with Flying Lotus depicting Elijah Wood as a magic/cursed amputee.
Futurist film funding: J. Joly’s CineCoup
A Vancouver-based digital entrepreneur aims to disrupt the Canadian film industry with a crowdsourced film competition.
Satrangi: for optimists only
Deepali Lindblom’s latest performance piece fuses Indian and Western storytelling and dance practices to recount seven true inspirational tales from around the world.
Hopkins does Hitchcock
An uneven script is saved by great performances in this tribute to the iconic director.
A Late Quartet: Cue the strings
A stellar cast (Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, Philip Seymour Hoffman) carries a melodramatic film about a veteran string quartet.
WTF: the rest of the week in news
Wondering WTF happened this week? We’ve got it all, from the latest in “Who’s Quittin’ Now” news to exclusive clubs to accepting our one true leader.
Wild Man: Jamie Ross at Skol
Apparitions of the Wild explores the psycho-geography of place, queer and first nations history and sexy forest regrowth in Eastern Ontario.
Technical Kidman go electronic and get out of town
Montreal’s Technical Kidman talk about their leap from rock to electronic music and their experience at the Iceland Airwaves festival, ahead of playing tonight’s launch of a new local music magazine, Midnight Sun.
DIY talk show spotlights Mile End
Dimitrios Koussioulas, a guy with a cool apartment and a great head of hair, went and produced a talk show about Mile End.