REVIEW: Doldrums’ “Esc”
A strange and beautiful sonic odyssey.
REVIEW: Illa J’s “Home”
Illa J brings Home all the way to outer space and back.
REVIEW: Lorde’s “Melodrama”
Lorde’s empire is just beginning.
Monday, July 24
* Urban beekeeping with The Little Bee seminar
* Kocktail Kombat mixology competition
* La Grosse Semaine at Belmont
* Tokyo’s ONE OK ROCK
* Outdoor screening of Angry Inuk
Sunday, July 23
* La série des femmes chefs at Le Pier 66
* Grady Hendrix launches My Best Friend’s Exorcism
* Spoon with the New Pornographers
* Film Noir au Canal screens Le Doulos
* Waterfront party at St-Henri’s bar Riverside
This weekend at Fantasia
Our screen team weighs in on the highs and lows of this weekend’s programming.
Saturday, July 22
* Les Rendez-Vous Vintage on Promenade Wellington
* Osheaga Block Party at VanHorne overpass
* Slut Island music festival continues with Marcelline and Trnsgndr/VHS
* Life Lessons at Just for Laughs
* Innershades and M. Bootyspoon
Dunkirk is thrilling and excruciating
Christopher Nolan’s WWII movie exceeds all expectations.
Spoon like it hot
Spoon’s sexiest, most smoldering, synth-drenched record yet also features the band’s first outright protest song.
Valerian is a rich visual mindfuck
Too bad Luc Besson’s sci-fi opus is a decade too late.