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Ford’s customer service fail

policing

Mayor’s customer service brand rates an F in Ombudsman Fiona Crean’s annual report

Torontonians are madder at the city bureaucracy than they were when Ford took office promising to cut the waste out of city services. He gutted them instead and we’re paying the price of his shrink government obsessions.

1,827 28% 70% 50%

Number of complaints about city staff received by the Ombudsman’s office in 2013

Increase over 2012

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Complaints that involved poor communication and inadequate information in 2013

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cops to test body cams Rash of high-profile shootings and widespread charges of racialprofiling prompt pilot project, but police union raises privacy issues By tom godfrey Smile. Your curbside encounter with Toronto police officers is about to be captured on video by new body-worn cameras. At a meeting of senior command officers at police headquarters last week, Chief Bill Blair quietly gave the green light to a pilot project to begin testing the cellphone-sized cameras. Approval of the pilot is timely: the use of body-worn cameras is one of 74 recommendations made February 12 by a coroner’s inquest into the police shooting deaths of three mentally ill people. The jury declared all three shootings homicides, underlining serious questions about the effectiveness of current police training in encounters with people in mental distress. Toronto Deputy Chief Peter Sloly says the force will conduct a six-month trial of the cameras, which will be issued first to uniformed officers. “We are only at the beginning stages.” Sloly says police have to examine the types of equipment available and the cost of the cameras; some models can be purchased for less than $1,500 each. He says legislation may have to be changed to allow their use. He notes that dash cameras are already in use in police cruisers and that officers also wear body microphones to record conversations in encounters with the public. Sloly believes body cams will help deter what he calls frivolous complaints against police. But he also acknowledges that part of the rationale for the devices is to keep the behaviour of officers in check. Complaints of racial profiling that members of Toronto’s black community have levelled against the force have led to a number of legal actions. “The use of cameras will help modify the behaviour of officers and members of the community,” says Sloly, who adds that the camera project is not being launched just to guard against potential legal actions but also as part of a plan by police to become more proactive in the community. Tests of the lapel-worn cameras in Edmonton, Ottawa, Victoria and Calgary show that complaints against police fell as much as 80 per cent when they were used by front-line officers. The inquest that wrapped up last week examined the deaths of Reyal Jardine-Douglas, Sylvia Klibingaitis and Michael Eligon, who were all gunned down after approaching police with knives or scis-

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sors. The recommendations from that inquest noted that bodyworn cameras could have provided evidence to help investigators better determine what led to their deaths. The use of the technology was also among 31 recommendations in a Police And Community Engagement Review last year probing allegations of police bias and racial profiling against members of the black community. The high-profile police shooting of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim by an officer last July on a TTC streetcar sparked public outrage over police handling of encounters with the mentally ill. Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian says the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police expressed privacy concerns to her months ago about the proposed used of body cameras. “There are a number of issues to be worked through.” Toronto lawyer Munyonzwe Hamalengwa, who’s representing the Black Action Defence Committee in lawsuits involving alleged racial profiling against police, doubts cameras will help make police more accountable. “I don’t think much else will change other than police will become more camera-smart,” he says. Toronto Police Association boss Mike McCormack, meanwhile, worries the cameras will be used by police supervisors “to spy” on front-line officers. He says officers already have a beltful of gear to keep track of. “We would like to see a clear policy about their use put down in writing.” McCormack says the money being spent on technology could be put to better use adding more “boots to the ground.” “What concerns me is who is going to paying for all this.” McCormack argues that Toronto police have hundreds of contacts with members of the public every day, and less than 1 per cent of these end in complaints.. He says the Police Association is studying the recommendations of the coroner’s inquest. Besides the use of body cameras and improved training in de-escalation techniques, the inquest jury also recommended outfitting police with body armour that protects against sharp weapons. 3 news@nowtoronto.com

Complaints that involved poor communication and inadequate information in 2012

Number of city agencies and departments

Most-complained-about city departments

Toronto Community Housing (especially hiring practices and seniors’ evictions); TTC Wheel-Trans (long wait times), and Municipal Licensing and Standards (inconsistent bylaw enforcement, including “unprofessional behaviour” by bylaw enforcement staff). New to the top 10 most-complained-about departments: Shelter, Support and Housing.

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Number of public complaints received about the ombudsman’s office, ranging from “personal insults directed at the ombudsman to the office being described as pro-union.”

2,540

Number of unfilled positions by which the city falls short of its council-approved complement of 52,400 employees

15 to 20%

Fewer city workers engaged in hiring compared to 2009

Who’s to blame

The mayor says it’s city workers, whom he’s threatening with pink slips if they don’t shape up. Where have we heard that before? Crean attributes the spike in complaints to something deeper: growing poverty and the sense of exclusion members of the public feel from their city government. She says she has never seen such levels of “anger and distress.” Cuts to the public service have undermined service and morale.

The upshot

Ford rode into office trashing the public service as so much “garbage.” He’s ending his tenure the same way. With files from Ben Spurr

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budget blowback

What if you were finance minister for a day?

Time for renewed investment in the jobless? Jim Flaherty opted for the steel toes and prolonged suffering by taking a politically motivated pass on the $3 billion surplus

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By TRISH HENNESSY

ssume you are Canada’s minister of finance for just one day: budget day. Since the budget day tradition includes new shoes, it’s a great excuse to do some shoe shopping. If you’re going to put the boots to ’em, reach for the steel toes. Now for the serious work: you look at the books and see there’s enough revenue to balance Canada’s federal budget for the first time in five arduous post-recession years. The end of public service cuts! Time for renewed investment in the people, especially the jobless! Right? Now let’s look at what Jim Flaherty, the man who has been minister of finance since 2006 and presided over those years of deficits and service cuts, decided to do with that surplus: he gave it a pass. Flaherty says Canada’s deficit has dwindled to $2.9 billion, which in the federal budgeting business is akin to a rounding error. But wait, he also has an extra $3 billion in the bank to wipe out that deficit out this very minute. So did he? Nope. Another pass. Instead, he tucked it into a “contingency fund” and went on about 2014 being the year his government would go after the benefits of retired public servants and the wages of active public servants. As Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives economist David Macdonald notes, the federal government remains on course to make $14 billion in program spending cuts since 2010 as well as new ones an-

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nounced in this year’s budget. Those cuts have consequences: Canadians will lose vital services. (A sub-zero walk to the community postal boxes, anyone?) Tens of thousands of jobs will have been stripped from the economy at a time when good jobs with decent wages, benefits and pensions are increasingly hard to come by. It doesn’t have to be that way. On paper, the budget is already balanced. But officially balancing Canada’s federal budget in 2014 is politically inconvenient for a government intent on reducing public services and shrinking the role of government. Not to mention a year too early for a government positioning itself for re-election in 2015. How can you maintain a political agenda of service and job cuts when the budget is well and truly balanced? Assume you are a cabinet minister in the Harper government. And Canada’s federal revenues are now at the lowest point as a percentage of GDP than they’ve been in 50 years. Do you (a) realize that takes us back to the days before Canada even had national health care and sober up with a plan to regenerate federal revenues, or (b) boast about the fact that you’re emptying the public coffers at a time when investments in people are needed? If you’re Minister of Employment and Social Development Jason Kenney, you brag about how you’ve dreamed of this day of all-time low revenues since you belonged to the tax-hating group called the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Meanwhile, the job losses and program cuts continue, with no concern about the diminished capacity (and desire) of government to address those issues. The tax cuts continue, too, with no acknowledge-

We’ve been trained too well to accept a greatly diminished federal government and its ideological aim of reducing its role to irrelevance.

ment that they mean service cuts and fewer supports for Canadians who are vulnerable to long-term labour market restructuring, to recessions and to greater fi nancial insecurity. What of the long-term unemployed – those who lost work in the recession and, because full-time job creation has lagged, have been unable to return to their previous standard of living? What of the young Canadians who arrive at adulthood more highly educated than any earlier generation but are still unable to find work? What of the seniors who remain in the workforce well past the age of 65 because the federal pension plan that was supposed to keep them out of poverty in their golden years has fallen seriously short? There are days when I fear we’ve been trained too well to accept a greatly diminished federal government and its ideological aim to reduce its role to irrelevance, leading to a society with low expectations. We seem to have been desensitized to the myriad cuts and declining living standards – but another world is entirely possible. That $3 billion surplus tells me so. This year’s federal finance minister didn’t take the opportunity to do what’s possible, but it’s not too late for us to think about the world we want next year. In 2015 there’ll be a multi-billion-dollar surplus that no fiscal sleight-of-hand can possibly hide, contingencies be damned. Now is the time to ask, if we were finance minister for a day, what could we do – not as taxpayers, not as individuals, but as social citizens who know a better Canada is possible? 3 Trish Hennessy is director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Ontario office. news@nowtoronto.com

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you can be a prostitute... just don’t work as one If recent police raids are a clue, sex workers should be leery of the Nordic model wrapped in feminist rhetoric that the feds are eying to replace past sex laws By FLEUR DE LIT

ey portions of the laws that criminalize sex work in Canada may have been deemed unconstitutional in December, but in recent months in provinces from Saskatchewan to Nova Scotia, police have been posing as clients in a campaign called Operation Northern Exposure. They make appointments with sex workers and then show up at the door four strong claiming to be looking for trafficked people. These raids seem devious and cynical now that the Supreme Court has declared laws criminalizing sex work unconstitutional. Those laws that have yet to be renewed. Are there not more compassionate and intelligent ways of locating and assisting trafficked people? Or are we to pretend that these raids are being undertaken for the good of sex workers? That is utterly false. It’s time for police and special interest groups to stop treating sex clients as rapists. They are not. Rapists are rapists. When four men who are in fact police pose as clients and demand to be let in to a sex

worker’s space with her tenuous and frightened consent, that sounds like assault to me. Now, of course it’s in my best interest that I don’t have rapists as clients. But like many sex workers, I don’t call people who rape sex workers clients. I call them rapists, or people posing as clients. I also don’t want clients to be scared away because police may brand them as rapists and ruin their lives. Initiatives like Operation Northern Exposure have this effect. These raids are reported in the media, alarming people who use intimate services and creating an atmosphere of criminality around sex work. An atmosphere of criminality around a business attracts people for whom consequence is not an issue. I don’t think restaurant owners should be criminalized outright just because I was sexually assaulted by one. Another lied to an agitated drug user who had a gun to my head that there was no money in the till. As a sex worker, on the other hand, I have never been assaulted or robbed. I’m told that this makes me one of the lucky ones. Do people say that to servers who haven’t been assaulted?

Sex clients have always been pathologized in Canada. If you want to see this in action, just go to court after street sweeps.

If the recent raids are a sign, seems sex workers are right to be concerned the feds could replace the old “you can be a prostitute, just don’t work as one” model with the so-called Nordic model. Simply put, the Nordic model criminalizes clients. If we were honest, we would call this the End Desire or the End Pleasure model. First implemented in Sweden in 1999, this piece of legislation came wrapped in a package of “feminist” ideals that included more severe penalties for sexual harassment, sexual violence and domestic violence. As Sandra Ka Hon Chu and Rebecca Glass write in Sex Work Law Reform In Canada: Considering Problems With The Nordic Model, the Swedish legislation provides a framework for prostitution that “conflates sex work with trafficking, pathologizes male clients and renders male and trans workers largely invisible.” News flash: clients have always been pathologized in Canada. If you want to see this in action, just go to court after street sweeps. You’re likely to see men, sometimes alone, sometimes with a male friend translating the proceedings, occasionally with harried lawyers, being pushed through a legal sausage grinder and advised to just pay the fine and do john school. Many of these men are precariously employed and their English, the language in which they will have been notified of their rights at the time of arrest, basic at best. They will have had to take a day off work, lie to their employers and now go to john school, which costs $500, where a discontented former prostitute will tell them they’re rapists. The john school website also uses the words “human trafficking” a lot, even though most who end up there are involved in no such thing. As Laura Agustín, author of Sex At The Margins: Migration, Labour Markets And The Rescue Industry, said in an interview with the Huffington Post in 2011, “Anti-trafficking campaigns are now a popular form of social action, but many don’t know what kinds of abuses take place in the name of saving people.” Ask women who get caught up in raids what it’s like. The Nordic model is already having universal implications. The U.S. Defense Department has rewritten the Uniform Code Of Military Justice to include “patronizing a prostitute” as a criminal offence for soldiers. The UN has banned peacekeepers from purchasing sexual services and from frequenting zones or establishments where sex work might take place. The phrase “patronizing a prostitute” stands out for me. Laws that patronize (and by that I mean “demean”) prostitutes are dangerous, not the clients who patronize prostitutes. In the coming months, sex workers lobbying for our right to ply our trade have a lot of work ahead. It’s not enough to say that the Nordic model is bad. That doesn’t give politicians who will be making the decisions anything to work with. We need strategies. People often ask me what I want. It’s simple. I want people to know that my work isn’t inherently dangerous. But that I should be able to take the same measures as any worker to protect myself, and those measures shouldn’t involve having to first and foremost protect myself from stigma, state abuse and faith- based laws. I wish those who impose their faith-based judgment on me would stop using trafficking as a red herring. If they have to keep conflating sex work with trafficking, I wish they’d at least include the Catholic Church. The systematic rape and molestation facilitated by the Vatican itself of thousands of children over decades is definitely sex trafficking. Sex and sex work are complicated. I understand this. I am so confounded by sex sometimes. But let’s not criminalize and demonize consenting people for accessing it as a service. Fear shouldn’t inform law. 3 The author is a sex worker. Fleur De Lit is a pseudonym. news@nowtoronto.com

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Zach Ruiter

What Ninth annual Strawberry Ceremony to honour missing and murdered indigenous women at Toronto Police Headquarters at 40 College, Friday, February 14. The group marched to the 519 Church Street Community Centre for a feast. Words and photos by Zach Ruiter

Who Terra Janine Gardner, 26, was killed by a train near Yonge and Summerhill on May 14, 2013. Gardner was homeless and reportedly receiving threats prior to her death. A witness in a murder trial at the time, she was originally from Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation near Fort Frances, Ontario.

Bella Laboucan McLean, 25, fell from the 31st floor of a downtown condo at 21 Iceboat Terrace on July 20, 2013, during a party. Twelve hours after her death, a man phoned police from the condo unit to report her missing. Police are treating McLean’s death as suspicious but have yet to talk to everyone who may have been in the room at the time of her death. McLean was from Sturgeon Lake Cree First Nation in northern Alberta.

Cheyenne Fox, 20, fell from the 24th-floor of a Don Mills housing tower on April 25, 2013. Two witnesses from the apartment below reportedly saw her dangling. Toronto police told Fox’s father that her death was a suicide. She was originally from Sheguiandah First Nation near Manitoulin.

“I saw Terra, with her little crooked smile, two days before she died. She knew I had been in recovery and had found sobriety, and she was still on her journey. I looked her right in the face and said, ‘Terra, some of us really love you, some of us really love you.’ I took her breath away, we hugged, and I gave her what I had to give – and 24 hours later she was on the news. “Where were the police? She told anybody who would listen that she was afraid [for her life], and look at the result. How do people state they are afraid and get no support? It was [police’s] job, if they had expectations [she would testify], to help her.” September Stonechild lived with Gardner at Second Stage Housing in Parkdale. They were the first two women to move into the halfway house.

“Bella moved here four years ago to go to school. She wasn’t like most [native] people I knew because she didn’t carry any of that dark that so many of us wind up carrying. Someone who has that kind of light attracts things that may not be so light. “I think about her last day here, and it makes me so upset that she was with people who didn’t see her as a human being. That’s the hardest part, because she was trying to expand her horizons and find new people she could connect with, and unfortunately she wasn’t in the right space and place. These people, whoever they are, who would not call in this tragedy for another 12 hours.... I’m sorry, she falls from a balcony.... You heard it, the neighbours heard it. You know what’s happening.” Andrea Bastien, McLean’s former roommate

“We met with the police three times since April 25. They ruled Cheyenne’s death a suicide maybe eight hours after she passed on. She died at 10:30, and they were at my door at 8 o’clock the next morning, so there was really no investigation at all as far as I am concerned, and they basically closed the file last November. “There was a 911 call made from a taxi at about 6 or 7 that evening, and police didn’t respond. There was another 911 call made around 9 or 10 that night. There was a third one made at 10:30 after she fell off the building. “This issue is not going away for my family and for the women.” John Fox, Cheyenne Fox’s father

Why More than 582 aboriginal women are missing or were murdered in Canada, most in the last 10 years, three of them killed in Toronto in 2013. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said he is “skeptical” about the need for a national inquiry. Still, a number of native groups are calling for one.

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“The police have responded the same way they did in BC to Robert Pickton in 1992. Not much has changed – they under-investigate and draw conclusions. “As an organization, we don’t look to the state for solutions, so we’re actually not part of the calls for an inquiry. We would support [an inquiry] with international oversight, but we don’t have that much faith that would be any different from the sham that happened around the Pickton trial. The good thing that came out of [that trial] was the creation of a civil-society coalition that was really the force that brought exposure to the issue.” Audrey Huntley, co-founder of No More Silence

“We need the 96 per cent of Canadians not from an indigenous background to understand the history, the culture, the rights and particularly the intergenerational impact of residential schools. We are all treaty people and we must all honour those treaties. I think Canadians are starting to understand that if fairness is our core Canadian value, then this is the greatest social justice issue in our country. “When we struck the special committee on missing and murdered [indi genous women] in Parliament, one of the things nobody seemed to understand was that the murder clearance rate for Canada is about 84 per cent. If the victim is an indigenous woman or girl, the clearance drops to 50 per cent. This is unacceptable.” Carolyn Bennett, Liberal MP and Aboriginal Affairs critic

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Thursday, February 20

Benefits

Blues For Edmond (Parkdale Activity Recrea-

tion Centre) Music by KC Roberts & the Live Revolution. Doors 7 pm. $25, adv $20. Revival, 783 College. parc.on.ca. Daffydil (Canadian Cancer Soc) Musical theatre performance by U of T medical faculty members. To Feb 22, 8 pm. $20-$30. Hart House Theatre, 7 Hart House Circle. daffydil2014.com.

Events

The Artist Project Contemporary art fair.

Today 7-11 pm (opening party); tomorrow noon-8 pm; Feb 22, 11 am-8 pm; Feb 23, 11 am-6 pm. $10-$15, opening night $23-$25. Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place. theartistproject.com.

Canadian International Auto Show

lassic cars, automotive art, fuel-efficient C vehicles and more. Today to Feb 22, 10:30 am10 pm; Feb 23, 10:30 am-6 pm. $23, child $7, 2-day pass $34. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. a utoshow.ca. Community Quilt Group Explore historic and contemporary quilting techniques and make friends while you improve your sewing skills. 6-8 pm. Free. Gibson House, 5172 Yonge. 416-395-7432.

81 Ways To Help You Save Money & Protect Yourself From Corporate Trickery Talk by

consumer advocate Ellen Roseman. 6:30 pm. Free. Richview Library, 1806 Islington. 416394-5120, torontopubliclibrary.ca.

Exploring The Benefits Of Engaging In Public Interest Design Conversation with

leading thinkers who are spearheading the public interest design movement. 8:30 am4:30 pm. $50. Design Exchange, 234 Bay. spllp.com. GTA Home Show Renovation tips, trends and products. Today and tomorrow 11 am-9 pm; Feb 22, 10 am-9 pm; Feb 23, 10 am-6 pm. $15, stu $13, kids free. International Centre, 6900 Airport (Mississauga). gtahomeshow.com. How To Ban A Book In 10 Easy Steps A notso-tongue-in-cheek guide to the crazy world of book banning and censorship is part of Freedom To Read Week. 6:45 pm. Free. High Park Library, 228 Roncesvalles. freedomtoread.ca/events.

Live music Theatre Comedy

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Dance Readings Art galleries

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Movie reviews Rep cinemas Movie times

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festivals • expos • sports etc.

front Centre Ice Rink, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. 5Electro Play Workshop Learn the delicate art of electro-stimulation and how to safely shock. 3-6 pm. $10. Black Eagle, 457 Church. 416-413-1219.

Festivals this week

Icefest Ice scuptures, an ice-carving compe-

Mad For Marmalade, Crazy For Citrus!

tition, kids’ activities and more. Free. BloorYorkville area. b loor-yorkville.com/icefest. Feb 22 and 23

Marmalade-themed workshop and competition. 10 am-3:30 pm. $57. Fort York, 100 Garrison. Pre-register 416-392-6907. National Coin Show Coin exhibit and auction. Today 10 am-5 pm; tomorrow 10 am-3 pm. $7, under 16 free. Hyatt Regency Ballroom, 370 King W. torex.net.

Somewhere There Creative Music Festival Sixty-plus performers and composers present five concerts of creative music. $10. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. somewherethere.org. Feb 21 to 23 Winter Beer Fest Craft beer sampling, music and food. $1/sample. Only Café, 972 Danforth. 416-463-7843, theonlycafe.com/fest. Feb 21 and 22

The Organic Vision In Search Of Change

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Reel Artists Film Festival Festival of docu-

mentaries on visual art and artists. $12, stu/srs $8. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. canadianart.ca/raff. To Feb 23 Rhubarb Festival Showcase of contemporary theatre and performance art. $10-$20, some free and pwyc events. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. Social Innovation, 215 Spadina. heather@ socialinnovation.ca. Women’s Gold Medal Hockey Game Watch the Olympic game on the big screen. 10 am. Free. Barbara Frum Atrium, CBC Broadcasting Centre, 250 Front W. cbc.ca.

Friday, February 21 Claudia Schmid The documentary filmmaker talks about her artist portraits. 5:30 pm. Free. Goethe-Institut, 100 University, North Tower. Pre-register arts@toronto.goethe.org.

Defend The Postal Service! Defeat The Attack On The Public Sector! Toronto Socialist

Action rally with CUPW president Denis Lem elin. 7 pm. Free. OISE, rm 2-212, 252 Bloor W. socialistaction.ca. Discover Art As Food Chef Salvatore Parretta and the Wine Ladies host a night of Italian food, wine, live painting and fashions. 7:30 pm. $50. Gallery at Next, 102B-219 Dufferin. eventbrite.ca.

Modern Day Attraction – Five Steps To Reeling In The RIGHT One Workshop for

heterosexual men and women. 7-9:30 pm. $33. Good for Her, 175 Harbord. Pre-register 416-588-0900.

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meetings • benefits

listings index

Canadian Organic Growers’ conference with speakers, exhibits, an organic lunch and more. 9 am-5 pm. $85. U of T Conference Centre, 89 Chestnut. Pre-register cogtoronto.org. rOwl Prowl Experience an evening with live owls on a guided walk. 7 pm. Free w/ admission. Kortright Centre, Pine Valley and Major Mackenzie (Kleinburg). Pre-register 905-832-2289.

Ice sculptures rule Yorkville’s IceFest, on February 22 and 23 .

The Role Of Mathematics In Science Fiction

416-975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com. To Feb 23 Spotlight On Israeli Culture Festival of contemporary Israeli art, photography, the-

atre, film, dance and music. Various prices and venues across the GTA. spotlightonisraeliculture.com. To Mar 31

Toronto Swing Dance Society Come and

Sing Along Fiddler On The Roof (Makom)

dance to all styles of swing music. 8 pm. $15. Lithuanian House, 1573 Bloor W. torontoswingdancesociety.ca.

Saturday, February 22

Benefits

The Coldest Night Of The Year (Yonge Street Mission) Non-competitive 5- and 10K walkathons support the hungry and homeless. 5:15 pm. Pledges/donations. Ryerson Kerr Hall Gymnasium, Church and Gerrard. ysm.ca. Emotional Creature (METRAC) V-Day Toronto and Nightwood Theatre present fundraising performances of the Eve Ensler play. Today 8 pm; tomorrow 2 pm. $15-$25. Young People’s Theatre, 165 Front E. 416-862-2222. Feminist Porn Awards Fundraiser (Feminist Porn Awards) Perfomances by DJ Sissy Fuss, DJ Chantelle and others, a porn screening, raffle and more. 9 pm-3 am. $5-$15. Cold Tea Bar, 60 Kensington. 416-546-4536. Move Your Paws For The Polar Bear Cause (Toronto Zoo) Take part in a 1- or 3K walk or run to support the zoo’s polar bear family. 9 am. Pledges. Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale N of 401. 416-392-5929.

Sing along to the film version of the musical with performer Tracey Erin Smith. 8 pm. $36$45. Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, 750 Spadina. makomto.org/fiddler. Trivia Night Fundraiser (Wychwood Open Door) Games of trivia, a raffle and more benefit a drop-in centre for the homeless and socially isolated. 7 pm. $25. Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. w ychwoodopendoor@gmail.com.

Events

Beit Zatoun Open House & Rent Party

Music by Nazar-i Turkwaz, Shargi Percussion Ensemble and others, Middle Eastern food and more. 6:30 pm. Sliding scale. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org.

Bondassage For Singles And Couples

Workshop on negotiated surrender, sensory deprivation and more. Noon-2:30 pm. $33. Good for Her, 175 Harbord. Pre-register 416588-0900.

Carpathian Mountain Peoples Streams

Lost rivers walk. 2 pm. Free. Bathurst and College. 416-593-2656. DJ Skate Nights Outdoor skating party with DJ Starting from Scratch. 8 pm. Free. Harbour-

Panel discussion with sci fi writer/futurist Karl Schroeder, sci-fi/fantasy writer Suzanne Church and writer Tony Pi. 10 am-noon. Free. Lillian Smith Library, 239 College. torontopubliclibrary.ca. Taste Of Russia Watch the games and enjoy a snack made famous by the Olympic host nation. 10 am. Free. Barbara Frum Atrium, CBC Broadcasting Centre, 250 Front W. cbc.ca. Toronto Park Summit Park advocates explore creative ways volunteers can transform Toronto’s parks into the heart of their communities. 1-5:30 pm. Free. Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas E. Pre-register parkpeople.ca. 5Totally outRIGHT! Four-week leadership program for gay/bi/queer guys 18 to 29. 10 am-5 pm. Free. Pre-register actoronto.org/to. Wedding Show Meet wedding gown designer Pnina Tornai and get a sneek peak at the latest in wedding fashions. Today and tomorrow 10 am-5 pm. $40. Arcadian Court, 401 Bay. theweddingroom.ca. Winter Garden’s 100th Birthday Tour the double decker theatre and learn about its history and restoration. 11 am. Free. Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge. heritagetrust.on.ca/ewg.

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Keep Her Coming: The Art Of Pleasuring Women (For Women) Women-only work-

shop. 7-10 pm. $33. Good for Her, 175 Harbord. Pre-register 416-588-0900. Knit A Bit... Or A Lot Join a group to knit and create with fibre. 5-7 pm. Free. S Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park. 416-396-3975. Planning Your Urban Garden Seminar with a holistic nutritionist. 7 pm. Free. Big Carrot, 348 Danforth. 416-466-2129.

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Lounge Join the LGBTQ community to watch the Sochi Winter Olympics and cheer on our athletes in an outdoor environment. To Feb 23, daily 4-10 pm. Free. Ryerson U, Victoria and Gould. pridehouseto.ca. Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much Discussion on the psychological costs of poverty by author Eldar Shafir. 5:30 pm. Free. Wellesley Instit, 10 Alcorn. unitedwaytoronto.com.

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Howard Engel, Charles Pachter and others, music by David Warrack, live and silent auctions and more. 3-6 pm. $50. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. avenueroadartsschool.com.

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A Cappella Jam Improvisational singing circle. 2-5 pm. $10. Artscape Wychwood Barns, studio 170, 601 Christie. Pre-register online at nikiandre.com/circle. An Enchanted Evening Group meditation, live music and a vegetarian meal. 6-8 pm. Free w/donation for meal. Trinity-St Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor W. 416-539-0234. Erotic Massage For Couples Workshop for male-female couples. 10 am-6 pm. $225/cpl. Good for Her, 175 Harbord. Pre-register 416588-0900. Iceland Travel Show Presentations on recent trips, costs, information and more with the Icelandic Canadian Club of Toronto. 2:30 pm. $10. Morningside-High Park Presbyterian Church, 4 Morningside. 416-762-8627. OLD POSTCARD SHOW Vintage postcards from the early 1900s to the 1960s. 10 am-5 pm. $7. Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond. torontopostcardclub.com. Men’s Gold Medal Hockey Game & Closing Ceremony Watch the Olympic game and

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a pancake breakfast (7 am). 10 am. Free. Barbara Frum Atrium, CBC Broadcasting Centre, 250 Front W. cbc.ca. rMosaic Storytelling Festival Sarah Granskou shares folk tales and traditional stories from Norway, Sweden and Samiland. 3 pm. Pwyc ($5 sugg). St David’s Anglican Church Parish Hall, 40 Donalnds. 416-4663142, mosaicstorytelling.ca. Motion Control Workshop Workshop on the DitoGear motion control system for animation. 11 am-5 pm. $90. Toronto Animated Image Soc, 1411 Dufferin. Pre-register tais.ca. rSamba Drumming Drop-in workshop for adults and kids. 11 am-noon. $10. Drum Artz Centre, 27 Primrose. drumartz.com.

Using Permaculture Principles In The Community Talk on permaculture’s nature-based approach by Garden Jane. 10:30 am. Free. Howard Park Tennis Club, 430 Parkside. highparknature.org.

Monday, February 24 Ask The Vet & Ask The Groomer Have your pet questions answered by a vet and get advice on basic grooming techniques. 5:30 pm. Free. PawsWay, 245 Queens Quay W. pawsway.ca. Chanting Join in chanting for peace, happiness and spiritual growth. 7 pm. Free. Tao Sangha Toronto Healing Centre, 375 Jane. 416-925-7575. A Conversation With Nouriel Roubini The American economist talks about how much global growth will accelerate. Noon. $99. Hilton Toronto, 145 Richmond W. Pre-register gifttool.com. The Coup D’etat In Haiti: Ten Years Later

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Talk by Haitian human rights lawyer Mario Joseph. 7 pm. Free. New College, William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks. thac.ca.

Defining Greatness: Director Steven Spielberg Film clips and discussion with critic Shlo-

mo Schwartzberg. 7 pm. $11, stu $6. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. m njcc.org.

Exile And Belonging: Stories Of Immigrant Experience Class with Sanja Ivanov.

6:30 pm. Free. Lillian H Smith Library, 239 College. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

Grizzlies, Piranhas & Man-Eating Pigs

Presentation by National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. Today and tomorrow 8 pm. $19.50-$79.50. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. masseyhall.com. How To Be Truly Confident Seminar on Buddhist philosophy and practice. 7 pm. Free. Bob Abate Rec Centre, 485 Montrose. sgicanada.org. Mo Mondays Motivational event that’s a cross between open-mic comedy and TED talks. 6 pm. $15, adv $10. Hard Rock Café, 279 Yonge. momondays.com.

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brates its 30th anniversary with a short play that uses lectures and letters by authors including Margaret Atwood and Lawrence Hill. 7:30 pm. Pwyc ($10 sugg). Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. freedomtoread.ca/events. rLearn To Skate Outdoor skating classes for all ages run through Mar 2014 at various times and prices. Harbourfront Centre Rink, 235 Queens Quay W. Pre-register 416-9734093, harbourfrontcentre.com/learntoskate. Men’s Undies Only Yoga Yoga class. $20, stu $15. Glad Day Bookshop, 598 Yonge. yogibare.ca. Powerful – Energy For Everyone Salon Vert film screening and panel discussion on renewable energy. 7 pm. $15, stu/srs $10. Art Gallery of Ontario, Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas W. bit.ly/1ob0LSV.

Within Reason: Justice, City Building & The OMB Panel discussion with lawyer Cynthia MacDougall, architect Steve Diamond and MPP Rosario Marchese. 6:30 pm. Free. Ryerson U, the PIT, ARC 202, 325 Church. withinreason.eventbrite.ca.

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T.O.’s women’s shelters are packed, the sexual assault rate is not going down, and the digital age offers new venues for abuse. The Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC) does everything in its power to reduce the incidence and impact of violence against women. This weekend’s performances of Eve Ensler’s Emotional Creature, presented by V-Day Toronto and Nightwood, are fundraisers for the org. Young People’s Theatre, 165 Front East, Saturday (February 22) at 8 pm, executive plus a vegetarian potluck. 6 pm. Free. Regis College, 100 Wellesley W. greg. kennedy@mail.utoronto.ca. Burning Books/Creating Darkness Writer Alanna Mitchell talks about burning, banning and violence against truth as part of Freedom

Sunday at 2 pm. $15-$25. 416-8622222.

WALK FOR THE HOMELESS

The Yonge Street Mission calls it the coldest night of the year. But the non-competitive 5- and 10-kilometre walkathon in support of the hungry and homeless is one of the most heart-warming events of the year. Pledge, donate, organize a team and get ready to walk, starting at Ryerson’s Kerr Hall West Gymnasium, 379 Victoria. Saturday (February 22), 5:15 pm. ysm.ca. To Read Week. 7 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. t orontopubliclibrary.ca. CBC Connects A weekly live show lets you connect with CBC personalities. Noon-1 pm. Free. CBC Broadcasting Centre Atrium, 250 Front W. cbc.ca.

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They’re not just green patches any more. Parks are neighbourhood hubs of activity for social change. Just ask the folks at Dufferin Grove. Explore ways of transforming these green spaces in the heart of your community with park advocates at the Toronto Park Summit on Saturday (February 22) from 12:30 to 7:30 pm. Free. Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas East. Pre-register at parkpeople.ca. Performances of Eve Ensler’s Emotional Creature benefit METRAC February 22 and 23.

ilies, As The church Panel discussion with psychotherapist Kim Chiotti and others. 7 pm. Free. Royal York Road United Church, 851 Royal York. royalyorkroadunited.ca. 5Dare To Be Bare Women’s clothing optional yoga class. $20, stu $15. Glad Day Bookshop, 598 Yonge. Pre-register yogibare.ca.

How To Ban A Book In 10 Easy Steps A not-

so-tongue-in-cheek guide to the world of book banning and censorship is part of Freedom To Read Week. 7 pm. Free. Jane/Dundas Library, 620 Jane. freedomtoread.ca/events.

Il Garidino – The Gardens Of Little Italy

Film screening and talk by Karen Shenfeld. 7:30 pm. Free. Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavinia. green13toronto.org. Last Wednesdays Art-focused events at the galleries and shops happen the last Wed of the month. 5-8 pm. Free. 401 Richmond W. 401richmond.net.

Making A Living Making Art: Protecting Your Creative Rights Workshop for artists.

Noon-3 pm. Free. Pinewood Studios, 225 Commissioners. Pre-register eastendarts.ca. The Smart, Savvy Young Consumer Talk on how to save and spend wisely by journalist/ consumer advocate Pat Foran. 7 pm. Free. Brentwood Library, 36 Brentwood N. Preregister 416-394-5247.

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Get Your Heart On (Heart and Stroke Fdn) Cocktail-style fundraiser for young professionals. 7 pm. $60. Switch Toronto, 55 Colborne. thosegirls.org. Literary Moot (University in the Community) Local personalities and lawyers stage a play that puts Jay Gatsby on trial for his actions in the book. Doors 6:30 pm. $10 sugg. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. literarymoot.wordpress.com. Recipe For Change (FoodShare) Food by 30 chefs plus local wine- and beer-tasting. 6-9

black history month events Thursday, February 20 Bob Marley – The Making Of A Legend

Film screening and discussion. 6:30 pm. Free. York Woods Library, 1785 Finch W. 416395-5980.

Breaking Barriers – Artistic Entrepreneurship Talk by digital artist Lamin Martin.

6:30 pm. Free. Fairview Library, 35 Fairview Mall. torontopubliclibrary.ca. Dwayne Morgan Spoken word celebration. 6 pm. Free. Kennedy/Eglinton Library, 2380 Eglinton E. torontopubliclibrary.ca. The Great Black North Anthology Evening of poetry readings. 6:30 pm. Free. Downsview Library, 2793 Keele. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

Israel’s War On African Asylum Seekers

Talk by journalist David Sheen. 7 pm. Free. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org. Legacy: Bringing It Home COBA (Collective of Black Artists benefit) presents a dance show. Today to Feb 22 at 8 pm, Feb 23 at 2 pm. $20-$35. COBA Studio Theatre, Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas E. cobainc.com. Monestime A photo exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the election of Canada’s first black mayor, Saint Firmin Monestime, opens today with guest speakers and continues to Feb 23. 7-9 pm. Free. City Hall, 100 Queen W. facebook.com/fkzotoronto.

Friday, February 21 Colour Me Screening of a documentary about race, identity and what it means to be black in Canada followed by a discussion. 7 pm. $10. Ted Rogers School of Management Theatre, 55 Dundas W. colourmescreening.com. Divine Decade Soweto Gospel Choir performance. 7:30 pm. $62. Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front E. sonycentre.ca.

Saturday, February 22 a celebration of curls Workshop on styling textured hair with celebrity stylist Felicia Leatherwood. 3:30 pm. $25, adv $15. Emmanuel Howard Park United Church, 214 Wright. 647686-4130. Shaun Boothe And Live Your Legacy: An Exploration Of Black Cultural Icons The hip-

hop artist discusses issues of race, media, black history and the importance of living a legacy. 2 pm. Free. Cedarbrae Library, 545 Markham Rd. t orontopubliclibrary.ca. Kenny Robinson The comedian performs. 2 pm. Free. Bendale Library, 1515 Danforth Rd. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

Music And Stories From The Caribbean

Songs and stories tracing the Caribbean folk roots of calypso. 10:30 am. Free. Taylor Memorial Library, 1440 Kingston. 416-3968939. Paul Mooney The writer/comic performs part of his Out Of Darkness – The Last Stand tour in this benefit for Stolen from Africa. $35-$75. Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor W. stolenfromafrica.org. the state of blackness OCAD U and the Ontario Arts Council present this one-day interdisciplinary conference on black artistic production and teaching. 2-7 pm. Free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queen Quay W. Register at thestateofblackness.com. Voices Of Orisa Chanting, dance, live music and narration are part of a show about a continent’s desire to share the truth about its own spirituality. To Feb 23, Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm. 20-$25. Creative Creatures Studio, 822 Dundas W. africanwomenacting.org.

Sunday, February 23 Black History Month Reading Austin Clarke, George Elliott Clarke, Camille A Isaacs and Orville Lloyd Douglas read from their work. 4 pm. Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay. 416-361-0032. Know Your History Celebration Sickle Cell Association of Ontario benefit with drumming by Creole Drummatix, dance by Ballet Creole, speakers, Caribbean food and more. 12:45 pm. $25. Assembly Hall, 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park. uponastarbooks.ca/KYHC.html. Moi Aussi Movie night celebrating artists of the African diaspora with a screening, drumming, performances and more with artists Abdoulayee Kone and Robert Small. Doors 6:30 pm. Free. OCAD U, 100 McCaul. facebook. com/events/687240881316741.

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Wednesday, February 26 Caribbean Stories And Music Tracing the folk roots of calypso. 1:30 pm. Free. Oakwood Library, 341 Oakwood.

pm. $125. St Lawrence Market North Bldg, 92 Front E. foodshare.net/recipeforchange.

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Advice For Myself: Writers On What They Wish They Knew Back Then Salon-style dis-

cussion with authors Stacey May Fowles, Brian Francis and Michael Winter. 7 pm. Free. Spoke Club, 600 King W. Pre-register events@ openbooktoronto.com.

Edward Snowden: What He Should Mean To You A talk by investigative reporter An-

drew Mitrovica is part of Freedom To Read Week. 6:30 pm. Free. Deer Park Library, 40 St Clair E. freedomtoread.ca/events. How To Ban A Book In 10 Easy Steps A notso-tongue-in-cheek guide to the crazy world of book banning and censorship is part of Freedom To Read Week. 2 pm. Free. Weston Library, 2 King. freedomtoread.ca/events.

Raising Expectations (And Raising Hell)

Discussion on the labour movement with author Jane McAlevey and Sam Gindin. 7 pm. Free. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. workersassembly.ca. RISE UP! Freeform dance party with a DJ, yoga, and more. 6:30-9:30 am. $5-$10. City Dance Corp, 489 Queen W. p icatic.com/RiseUp3.

Sneaking Into The Big Leagues: Emergence Of Sneaker Culture In Mainstream Society

Panel discussion with Bata Shoe Museum curator Elizabeth Semmelhack, Toronto Loves Kicks co-founder Dion Walcott, journalist Dalton Higgins and others. 6 pm. Free. Hart House East Common Rm, 7 Hart House Circle. Pre-register harthouse.ca. 5Violet Wand Demo Master Tony demonstrates the use of the kinktoy. 11 pm. Free. Black Eagle, 457 Church. 416-413-1219.

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The Great Black North Anthology Poetry

reading with Kevan Anthony Cameron, Ian Keteku, Andrea Thomson and others. 6 pm. Free. Riverdale Library, 370 Broadview. torontopubliclibrary.ca. Talking Points Cocktail reception and conversation on black representation in contemporary visual arts with Wedge Curatoria Projects director Kenneth Montague and artist Jérôme Havre. 6 pm. $12. Textile Museum, 55 Centre. 416-599-5321 ext2228. 3

NUBIAN DISCIPLES ALL BLACK COMEDY REVUE

The monthly show w/ Kweku, Maliaka Bryce, Nile Seguin, Patrick Haye, host Kenny Robinson and others. 8:30 pm. $20. Yuk Yuk’s, 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com Word Sound Power Open mic and community networking with music by DJ Black Lotus and others. 8 pm. Free. Harlem, 67 Richmond E. f acebook.com/ events/183646371823377.

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Paul Mooney performs on February 22 at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema.

with Garvia Bailey, film clips and audience Q&A with the actor and comedian. 7 pm. $20 (eventbrite.ca). Varsity Cinema, 55 Bloor W. td. com/thenandnow. George Elliott Clarke Reading from his work and talking about what it’s like to be our city’s poet laureate. 1 pm. City Hall Library, Queen and Bay. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

Tuesday, February 25 African Roots In Music Of The Americas

Discussion and performances with Nova Scotia musician/music producer Lionel Williams. 7 pm. Agincourt Library, 155 Bonis. torontopubliclibrary.ca. Dances Of Madagascar Tsingory Dance perform the dance and music of the island. 2 pm. Free. North York Public Library, 5120 Yonge. t orontopubliclibrary. ca.

Mary Mink, The Making Of A Myth Author Guylaine

Petrin explores the story of Mary Mink, the daughter of 19th-century local black businessman James Mink. 6 pm. $5. St Matthew’s Clubhouse, 450 Broadview.

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NOW cover shoot, NBA All-Star DeMar DeRozan is soft-spoken, obliging and easygoing. The Toronto shooting guard doesn’t ham for the camera, but he’s kind of a natural – or, more likely, he’s accustomed to how this works after a lifetime of being photographed. Does he mind taking his shirt off so we can see his tattoos? Sort of, but he hesitantly agrees to be shot from the back. DeRozan is the Raptors’ captain and leading scorer. He is also, at five seasons, tied with fellow Angeleno Amir Johnson as the current longest-serving player. At the All-Star break, he’s averaging 22.4 points (10th-best in the league), 37.7 minutes (fourth-most), 4.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists. Because of these stats, and the Raptors’ solid play of late, DeRozan spent last weekend in New Orleans. Making conversation, I offer a “Congrats on All-Star” between flashes. He’s gracious. “Only… the third Raptor?” I ask without thinking much. “Fourth. Antonio,” he says automatically. I’m not the first basketball fan to leave Antonio Davis off the too short, too obvious mental list of the franchise’s finest players: Vince Carter and Chris Bosh

(Tracy McGrady, too, but he wasn’t an All-Star in Toronto). But ask DeRozan almost anything about the game and his answers are instantaneous. “He is a basketball junkie,” says Raptors head coach Dwane Casey, currently in his third year with the team. Chatting after practice one day, Casey recalls an early DeRozan encounter in an ACC elevator. He casually asked the then third-year player if he’d seen a particular game the previous evening. “He knew the game verbatim. He’s a basketball nerd. That’s what it takes to make a good player. You could ask Michael Jordan about any game. In this league, you have to be a student of the game, and that’s what DeMar is.” The Raptors are having one of their better seasons. At the All-Star break, their record is 28-24. Their winning percentage might seem modest, but it’s good enough for first in the Atlantic Division and third-best in the Eastern Conference overall. More importantly, it’s the first time in a long time (since the 07-08 season, to be exact) that it feels like this upswing isn’t fleeting. That it’s not a fluke. That they could go on a three-game losing streak and still recover. The Raptors kicked off 2014 at 14-9, and are, barring disaster, headed for the post-season for the first time in six years. * * * The year got off to a hell of a good start. After their January 1 game at the ACC, DeRozan pulls his pants on one leg at a time. Slowly. Facing his locker in the circular media-access portion of the Toronto Raptors locker room. He puts on deodorant. He pulls on a shirt and finally a black hoodie emblazoned with a maroon and gold University of Southern California – his alma mater – logo. Then he turns and faces the room, signalling the scrum of reporters to gather around. On this night, in an impressive 95-82 victory over

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the conference-leading Indiana Pacers, he’s the game’s highest scorer, with 26 points. Quietly but confidently (the former is natural, the latter’s come with time), DeRozan addresses the media, focusing his responses on his teammates and teamwork and team, team, team. Of his own impressive final quarter, he concedes, “I understand my team needs me. If they need to lean on me in the fourth quarter, I have to pull through. I can’t be tired, I can’t have excuses. I have to do what I can to help this team win.” Eleven days later at a Sunday practice, everyone is loose and smiling. Happy. Second-year centre Jonas Valanciunas is joking around with Raptors staff, putting a white-haired man in a headlock. Media relations director Jim LaBumbard tells him to respect his elders, and for that LaBumbard gets Valanciunas’s body sweat rubbed on him. Maybe the mood is this relaxed every Sunday. But it’s probably because they’re winning, and they won the night before, 96-80 against the Brooklyn Nets. DeRozan was the game’s leading scorer, again with 26. It wasn’t a cakewalk, though. The Nets led by as much as 10 before DeRozan went on a tear to end the third quarter scoring seven straight points in a row. (Casey would call that run “a testament to him, his toughness and his mental growth as a player.”) I get DeRozan for a few minutes on the side of the court. Like almost everyone else, he’s grinning, but he never fully takes his eyes off the practice happening around him. “We’re not getting too high and we’re not getting too low. You can’t get too excited because you win a few games. There’s still a lot of basketball to be played,” he says. He’s equally measured when talking All-Star, to which, at this point, he hadn’t been named. “Every NBA player wants to be an All-Star. I just go out there and do my job, and if what I’m doing on the court is

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worthy of an All- Star appearance, I’ll be more than play the Cleveland Cavaliers happy.” Friday (February 21), 7 pm, and I bring up the the Orlando Magic Sunday subject of Toronto (February 23), 6 pm, at the Air fans. At the Pacers Canada Centre, from $49, TM. win, for example, the crowd took its sweet time getting loud. Didn’t they realize their team was neck-and-neck with one of the league’s elite squads? The Raptors are having a moment, I offer, but can the fans be, well, inconsistent? DeRozan seems almost hurt by the suggestion. “I wouldn’t say that,” he says, shaking his head. “It’s like anything in life. You get more hype if something is going your way. It’s just human nature. But fans come support us night in and night out. Even when we were going through bad seasons, they came out and supported us. And that says a lot. You go in the arenas of some NBA teams and there are 8,000 people. I couldn’t ask for better fans than the fans we have.” It bothers him not at all that Toronto is primarily a hockey town. He laughs when that idea is posed, as if he’s never noticed that he’s living and working in the heart of Leafs Nation. “You’re on the outside looking in,” he says. “I’m on the inside.” At a road stop in Boston the following week, DeRozan has created considerable buzz. After morning shoot-around, he’s wearing a grey Roots sweatshirt, sitting in the bleachers being interviewed – away from Coach Casey’s scrum and the various other photo ops and autograph-signings that are happening at random. The American sports media have DeRozan on their radar as expectation mounts about his All-Star chances. Right now he’s Toronto’s guy. And though he’s been Toronto’s guy before, over the years DeRozan’s Raptors stock has risen and fallen even as his game improved. Despite his immediate popularity among fans, the team continued to push 2006 first overall pick Andrea Bargnani as the face of the franchise, unless Bargnani was injured, at which point DeRozan became the go-to. Then, in January 2013, the Raptors acquired Rudy Gay, squashing DeRozan’s chances of being the primary scoring option. But by December 2013 it was clear that the Gay offence wasn’t working. He was traded to Sacramento, and DeRozan flourished in his absence – helped in no small part by point guard Kyle Lowry, who is also having the season of his career. Without Lowry’s offensive contributions, assist numbers that frequently reach double digits and lategame grit, the team would not be this winning. “We wouldn’t be where we are today if it wasn’t for Kyle,” said DeRozan after their last game before the break. “I wouldn’t be where I am now if it wasn’t for Kyle, to be honest. We all understand that.” Back in 2012, when then-Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo offered DeRozan a four-year, $38 million contract extension, the sports media questioned if he was worth it. Going into 2014 boasting record minutes, more physical play, more free-throw attempts, his first NBA game-winning shot and the stamina to be looked to and leaned on in the fourth quarter, he is earning his keep. Few expected the Raptors to produce an All-Star (there were almost two; Lowry was a narrow miss) or to find themselves so far up the standings – even though DeRozan’s stats crept up year after year. That a player should be allowed a few years to mature (especially when he’d forgone three years of college) seems reasonable. But not in professional sport. There is precious little compassion afforded an NBA player, no matter his age or origin, by fans or the media. “That’s the problem with our industry: patience,” says Coach Casey at the tail end of a February practice following a gruelling nine-day West Coast road trip where the Raps went a disappointing 2-3. “People want instant NBA stars, and that’s not going to happen. I don’t care what college players are out there, it’s going to take them time to come in this league and become

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The Carter Effect The Raptors good fortunes come at a prosperous time for Canada Basketball. After a string of one-off NBA players – for example, the onetime All-Star, 12-year player Jamaal Magloire (currently Raptors staff); the two-time league MVP, point guard Steve Nash – a flurry of Canadians are making noise in the draft every year. The country is now producing great ballers, and you can’t discount the role the Raptors franchise has played, especially in the GTA. “A lot has changed,” says Magloire, leaning up against the wall of the team’s practice gym. “When I was in high school the Raptors were in their first year of existence and I didn’t get to see an NBA game. I didn’t see the Raptors play until I actually played against them.” Younger Canadians, however, grew up on the Raps and Vince Carter. When Carter was stunning the NBA community with the most legendary dunk contest performance of all time – in the year 2000, the same year he led the Raptors to their first playoff berth – Cleveland Cavaliers Tristan Thompson and Anthony Bennett were eight- and six-year-old kids watching from the GTA. You can’t measure it scientifically, but it’s hard to dispute that The Carter Effect has been compelling. “I always tell Vince when I see him, and people in Toronto, that Vince Carter was my Michael Jordan,” says starting power forward Thompson in January, from the Cavaliers’ pristine Cleveland Clinic practice facility, nestled in an Independence, Ohio, forest just south of the city. “When I started watching basketball, Michael Jordan retired. So for me, watching Vince Carter and how electrifying he was in terms of his dunks and his presence in the league... everyone said he was

Before DeRozan, there was Air Canada. the superstar left on bad terms, but his legacy lives on For Canadian ballers.

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the next Michael Jordan. He was the guy who made me fall in love with the game, made me think basketball was cool. My original love was soccer until Vince Carter came around.” Thompson isn’t the only one who felt legitimized by #15. Overnight, North Americans were rocking the clean white and purple Carter jerseys of the early aughts. “It was cool that everyone actually knew about Toronto because of his impact on the NBA – you know, in the dunk-off, and being the leading vote-getter [several] years in a row. It was crazy. It made basketball a cool thing in the city of

Toronto.” Same with first-overall pick Bennett. He did not, as it turns out, look up to fellow GTAer Magloire or BC wonder boy Steve Nash. “It wasn’t the Canadians, it was probably Vince Carter [who made the difference],” says Bennett unprompted, post-practice. “He was from Toronto – well, he played on the Raptors. Just watching him play was crazy... the crazy dunks he did in games, that’s how Carter got me,” he says. Sparked by VC’s theatrics and heavily involved with Canada Basketball, Thompson and Bennett are just two Canadians – along with the San Antonio Spurs’ Cory Joseph and the Orlando Magic’s Andrew Nicholson – who could lead our national team to world-class status, and hopefully, an Olympic medal in 2020. Podium or not, before long we’ll field an Olympic team full of NBA players, something Canada has never done before. Both Thompson and Bennett will be in town Friday (February 21) when the Cavaliers face the Raptors. nba.com/raptors. JL

stars. You’ve got too many veteran players right now who know the nuances of the NBA. “That’s what’s taken DeMar this time. He’s been a favourite of mine since I got here because I see the potential he has, and it’s probably taken a while because he’s had other guys here in front of him. He had Chris Bosh in front of him. Andrea, then they brought Rudy. But in defence of those guys, it has taken DeMar a little while to grow into this role. Now it’s his.” DeRozan is a known gym rat. Back in L.A. last summer, he was practicing in the Clippers facility daily while other players came and went. On Christmas Day he posted an Instagram photo of his baby daughter, Diar, with him in the Raptors locker room. Is he the hardest-working Raptor? “He’s one of the hardest workers on our team,” Casey says politically, hoping to avoid the choosing-betweenthe-children question. “He’s done a great job working on his game in the summertime and with Kiara, his fiancée. She’s in the gym shooting and rebounding for him and training with him.” DeRozan and Kiara Morrison – who met at college – have moved into a house in Toronto, forgoing the highrise condo life of transient NBA players. On February 11, they launched a new literacy-promoting charity together called the DeMar DeRozan All Star Book Program. So all signs point to Toronto not having to worry about DeRozan leaving town like Vince Carter or Chris Bosh did, turning adoring fans into bitter ones. We can, once and for all, dispel the myth that basketball players don’t want to play in Toronto due to weather or being in Canada or taxes or some other non-specific grudge against the market. Down to a person, each American player or staffer I interview says Toronto isn’t just not a bad choice – it’s an attractive option.

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For his part, DeRozan – a teenager from Compton, California, who played his college year in Los Angeles in order to remain at home – wasn’t apprehensive about Toronto at all. “Even before I was drafted, I got the feeling that the fans and people wanted me here,” he says. “That made it much easier for me. They just embraced me so much to be part of the team. It was definitely cool.” As far as taxes and cold weather go, DeRozan is dismissive. “You’ve never heard a complaint out of me. I’ve been here five years and I haven’t once complained about anything.” His good friend and teammate Johnson reps Toronto even more publicly. He goes to Leafs games, Jays games and local attractions. He makes appearances at parties. He can be seen scooping up Drake CDs at HMV. His Instagram might as well be Tourism Toronto’s. “When I got here, I loved the city right away. People were nice, the fans were great, and it just kinda happened like that,” Johnson says. “I met a few friends out here. And now my daughter – she was born here – she’s from here. I’m really part of the city.” So if the city itself isn’t a deterrent, what can explain nearly two decades of Raptors hardship? In 18 seasons, the team has made the playoffs only five times, in the soft Eastern Conference no less. As far as post-season success goes, very few franchises have been as pathetic (one series win) over the past two decades. (The Washington Wizards have fared similarly.) At the risk of oversimplification, the Raptors’ misfortunes come down to a few things: Like any expansion team, they started out poorly. The Carter years showed major promise, but the mammoth superstar who put us on the NBA map was fumbled away in a bad trade. The Raptors drafted Bosh in 2003. He was a good pick in a very strong class (LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony). After mild success (only two playoff appearances and zero series wins in seven seasons), he signed with Miami to play with two of those three aforementioned superstars. (Who wouldn’t?) And so, after a string of bad breaks and questionable management, the Raptors found themselves rebuilding all over again in 2010 around Italian centre Bargnani, during a phase when the Raptors seemed hellbent on becoming a destination city for Europe’s finest. “I think Colangelo tried to take advantage of Toronto’s international appeal, because international players are used to the stuff that guys complain about – customs, for example. They carry passports – it’s not a big deal for them,” says Paul Jones, Raptors broadcaster in various capacities since 1995. “They made a big push that way with Bargnani and Jorge Garbajosa and José Calderón. Bryan did a good job in that one year [2006-07]. If not for Garbo’s injury, who knows what would have happened?” But it didn’t happen. The attempt to cultivate a European style of play ultimately failed. Bargnani became the target of fan frustration, to the point of on-court boos during his final, mostly injured season in a Raps uniform. Meanwhile, T.O.’s would-be franchise player, DeRozan – drafted ninth in 2009 – was working out according to plan. His ascent from 19-year-old draftee to 24-year-old All-Star was going mostly as it should. The Raptors we see now, says Jones, are the longawaited fruits of the post-Bosh rebuild. “Here it is – what, four years later? – and it looks like you’re going to get a playoff team,” he says. “So [the team] has underperformed, no question. But Toronto hasn’t been nearly the backwater outpost people paint it to be.” Now, Bargnani’s in New York. Signs of life are flickering and DeRozan is bearing the brunt of expectation. “I don’t look too far down the line. If I can get better, help my team get better every day and every practice and every time I’m on the court, I’ll do that. It all comes with time,” DeRozan says of his slow-but-steady rise. “He’s grown so much over the three years that I’ve been here,” says Casey. “Every summer he’s brought something new back to the table: with his three-point shooting, his ball handling. After the first year, I challenged him to work

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SOMETIMES I EVEN FORGET I HAVE THE CONTRACT, I JUST GO OUT THERE AND PLAY. THIS IS WHERE I WANTED TO START, AND THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO END.

on passing out of double teams. He came back and did a great job of quarterbacking out of the post. All the great players I’ve been around – whether it’s Dirk Nowitzki or Shawn Kemp or Kevin Garnett – all those guys brought something back. He’s not a finished product yet; that’s the great thing about it. He has some growing to do.” DeRozan isn’t, according to himself or anyone who talks about him, at his peak. Defence, rebounding, three-point shot: those aspects of his game can all get better. He’s a work in progress still, which is a great and hopeful thing for Toronto. His first All-Star outing turned out to be a solid one. With limited playing time, he went 4-7, contributing eight points for the East’s comeback victory over the West. He will probably never sell as many jerseys as Carter (see sidebar, page 24), and definitely won’t land as many reverse jams. But wins? Wins DeRozan has a legitimate shot at. Carter’s height was a trip to the second round of the playoffs (only once) and a franchise-high 47 Ws. That is not insurmountable.

Carter – now a Dallas Maverick – returned to the ACC most recently on January 22. As usual, he was loudly booed. The Mavs vs Raps story the internet picked up was Carter posterizing DeRozan on a massive dunk; the old schooling the new, it would seem. Except that DeRozan responded with a career-high 40 points and the Raptors got the W to boot. A sign, or foreshadowing, for someone we hope (and he hopes) will be a career Raptor. “You know, sometimes I even forget I have the contract,” DeRozan says, laughing. “I just go out there and play. [When it happened] I was happy just to know I was going to be here. I was happy just to get that out of the way, you know. This is where I wanted to start, and this is where I want to end.” That’s the commitment you want from your main guy. “Loyalty – that’s what I’m based off of,” he says. “It’s just me, you know? That’s how I am with my family, with my close friends. That goes a long way with me. That’s worth more than money can pay you. As a man, that’s just how I live.” 3 julial@nowtoronto.com | @julialeconte

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Three sound specialists describe how they got launched onto their career paths in film, music and television Compiled by KEVIN RITCHIE

Being in that film class where everybody needed sound and very few people were doing it was a eureka moment.

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FREELANCE BOOM OPERATOR, member of NABET, the union for Toronto film and video technicians My primary focus on the job is to follow actors around the set with a boom pole and microphone. However, there are other aspects, too, such as wiring actors with radio mics and various other concerns with sound. I’ve done smaller short films where I worked alone with a small mixer and recorder while also booming, but most of my work is on larger productions – either Canadian television or film. I’m in a two- or three-person sound team: a sound mixer, a boom operator and occasionally a second boom or sound assistant. I went to Sheridan College for media arts, a film and television program. My education taught me that this career is possible. I ori-

ginally wanted to be a camera person or an editor and hadn’t really considered sound. In the first year I had a sound class that I enjoyed, so took another in the second year, which is when I really took to it and decided to continue along with it. In the second year of the program the class splits between narrative/dramatic and documentary production. The narrative production stream had 70 or 80 students, but documentary only had about 10. Two out of the 10 (including myself) did sound. Being in that class and having everybody need sound, with very few people doing it, was a eureka moment. I’ve done a couple films in northern Can-

ada around this time of year. Working outside for 12 to 14 hours at -25°C is probably the worst part of the job. School informs you that 12hour days are typical in the film industry, but I don’t think anything prepares you for it until you’re on the job working those hours. You can’t be an effective boom operator if you’re not paying attention and knowing what’s happening on set at all times. Things come up – lighting changes, actors might change a line – and you have to pick up on them because no one may alert you to those changes. On the show I’m working on now, our second boom is also a woman, and that’s a very atypical situation. People comment on it

because it’s unusual to have one female boom op, but we have two. I do get comments like “You’re the first woman I’ve ever worked with,” but over time it loses its novelty. I graduated in 2007, which was a terrible time because of the financial crisis the next year. It can take a lot of time to get hired once you leave school. Many students have the impression they’ll graduate and imme diately be doing their dream job. You can graduate and be incredibly skilled, but nobody might hire you for months or years. Some people handle that well, and some don’t handle it well at all. Perseverance is important for anybody who wants to work in film. NOW february 20-26 2014

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I’ve been a musician my whole life. When you’re in bands, there’s always that one guy who does the audio. That was always me. I manage the private studio of Stephan Moccio, a pianist, songwriter and producer. I take care of everything for him. We work on songs from the ground up. Often he’ll be noodling or trying things out, and my job is to help him through that process. Often co-writers and writers are coming through, so we’re recording vocals, guitars, a lot of piano and digital synthesis. We work mainly in Logic, a program for audio recording. I try to inspire him with different sounds that I concoct or drum sounds.

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I went to the Harris Institute and graduated in 2008. One of the main courses was in digital synthesis, taught by Don Garbutt. I’m a guitar player, so it was hugely instrumental for me to understand how the basics of digital music and synthesizers work. When I walked into Stephan’s world, I realized piano is everything for him. Synths come with that. That course helped me understand Logic, which was a huge turning point in my career. Garbutt also took us through analog synths, which helped us understand the fundamentals so when I got on a computer I had a clearer understanding of what to do. When I went to school, I saw myself as having to grind it out as an assistant for a long time. In my current job I’m much more a part of the creation process, which is more enticing to me. To be an engineer you have to have a real brain for that particular career. It takes a lot of skill and understanding of electronics, whereas my skill set was more in the musical range. Harris helped me focus and realize that. With Stephan, I was involved in all of CTV’s

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broadcast music for the 2010 Olympic Games. I felt like I was over my head because I was working with engineers and CEOs and people that I just thought were out of my league. There was the I Believe theme song and the broadcast cues and the various snippets of music. The network needed 230 pieces of music just for the broadcast. Then we had to work on the song for Nikki Yanofsky. When they married the music to the visuals of Olympians losing and winning, it was a special moment for me. Music engineers and producers tend to be detail-oriented. My strength is my ears: I can pick out a wrong musical note or if something is not sounding correct. You have to be diplomatic, because if you’re dealing with a singer who isn’t nailing it, maybe he or she is frustrated and you have to be level-headed in dealing with that. The producer keeps the session flowing, while the engineer in that situation is almost invisible in some sense. Making sure things are set before people get there is a huge part of the job. You’ve got to be prepared and ready for anything. If I’m not cool in those situations, I’m no good.

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AUDIO OPERATOR, Global Toronto I work on The Morning Show, News At Noon and Focus Ontario. I set up the mics, mix the shows, select the music and am responsible for any thing you hear on the air. In high school I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do, but I’m a big music person and I like playing around with technology. I wanted to get into mu sic but decided to try TV so I could branch off into all sorts of different things. That’s how I ended up going into the audio world. I graduated in 2004 from Mohawk College in Hamilton, where I took tele vision broadcasting and commu nications media. The best thing about the program was that it prepared you for working on a deadline, under pressure, with crew members and with the equipment to put a show to air. Going to air is a team effort. You have to com municate with all the operators and be able to listen and do your job at the same time. That was a big part of my schooling. The difference be tween then and now is

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When you’re addicted to the planet By ADRIA VASIL

THIS SUD’S FOR YOU: the handy guide to liquid soap

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Don’t let a sticky subway pole or sneezy co-worker scare you into washing with antibacterial toxins. Health authorities say all you need is plain soap and water. But is your liquid hand soap all it’s frothed up to be? DIAL and BATH & BODY WORKS ANTIBACTERIAL

Dial has some serious chutzpah to market “new!” antibacterial soap when the feds are poised to declare the triclosan in it an official eco-toxin. Plus the U.S. EPA recently warned soap makers they have to prove this endocrine disruptor safe and effective – or get rid of it by 2016. Considering triclosan doesn’t even bust cold and flu viruses and both brands contain controversial preservatives, best to put these suds down. $4.29/221 ml. Score: N

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These “people against dirty” win fans with their slick packaging and are cleaner than most big-name brands like paraben-laced Jergens, formaldehydereleasing Softsoap or even Dial Naturals. But I wouldn’t recommend them for sensitive skin or the chemically sensitive. They use irritating sodium lauryl sulfate, methylisothiazolinone and methylchloroisothiazolinone. Their synthetic scent is free of phthalates and cancer-linked ingredients, but it’s still seriously overwhelming for anyone with fragrance sensitivities. Thankfully they dropped cocomide DEA now that it has to come with a cancer warning in California. $4.50/354 ml. Score: NN

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Clean Canadian product using only safe natural saponified coconut oil, vegetable glycerin (from unnamed plant sources) and salt. BC’s Mountain Sky castile soap, by the way, is free of destructive palm oil, but can’t claim its non-organic Canadian canola oil is gmo-free. , the oils aren’t from organic sources the way some others are, so it loses a point. Its always GMO-free hemp and flax oil are also local, a component Nature Clean doesn’t have. Both offer refills that reduce packaging waste and costs. A little drying if you wash a lot. $6.99/500 ml. Score: NNN

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If you’re looking for a “pretty” bottle with natural ingredients for a decent price, you may already own this bestseller. It’s now NSF-certified to be 70 per cent organic (mostly because of its organic aloe juice base) and is free of fake scents, phthalates, parabens and other Mean 15 ingredients (see ecoholic.ca/mean15). However, the essential-oil-derived limonene/linalool and sodium benzoate preservatives can be irritating to some. GMO-free though not gluten-free. Sadly, no refills available, but bottle is made of 100 per cent recycled materials. $3.99/355 ml. Score: NNNN

GREEN BEAVER CASTILE SUNFLOWER SOAP

Finally, a simple certified organic castile-type soap that folds in local ingredients. (Dr. Bronner’s and Val’s offer entirely organic castiles, too, they’re just not local.) This gentle latherer is made with cold-pressed, Quebecgrown organic sunflower oil rich in omega-3s and blended with saponified organic coconut oil. I use this concentrate for washing hands (dilute it in a dispenser), dishes, floors, you name it. Don’t get thrown off by confusing Ecocert labelling that says it’s only 30 per cent organic – all ingredients are organic except water. Comes unscented or with organic essential oils. $12.99/495 ml. Score: NNNNN

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Tarte Cosmetics Ask for natural makeup at a mainstream beauty bar and well-meaning clerks will often point you to Tarte. The company, after all, has trademarked its slogan, “High-performance naturals.” Its stuff is free of parabens and phthalates, which is important, but with the words “natural” and “eco-friendly” in your branding, you really shouldn’t be pumping products full of petrochemicals or eco-toxic cyclopentasiloxane. Tarte may be a little safer than run-of-the-mill drugstore/department store brands, but the company is d efinitely stretching its green cred.

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Medical scientists are realizing we’ve surrounded ourselves with more neurologically damaging chemicals than we previously thought. Turns out the number of industrial chems now recognized as causing ADHD, autism, dyslexia and other cognitive impairments has doubled over the last seven years, according to research published in the March edition of The Lancet Neurology this month. Now on the neurotoxicant hit list: fluoride, PBDE flame retardants, PERC dry cleaning fluid and a few more pesticides. It’s leading to a “global, silent epidemic of neurodevelopmental disabilities,” says co-author Philip Landrigan, chair of preventive medicine and director of the Children’s Environmental Health Center at New York City’s Mount Sinai. And it’s affecting our livelihood, too. The article points out that some of the irreversible impacts, including drops in IQ, come with financial blowback: every decrease in IQ point translates to an average loss of $18,000 in

lifetime earnings. How do we put the brakes on this “pandemic”? The authors say we need to legally mandate testing of all existing industrial chems and pesticides in use, and start mandatory pre-market screening on all new chems as a precautionary approach. They also recommend an international research agency on neurotoxins like the one for cancer. They’re part of a growing chorus of

environmental health advocates calling for far more comprehensive oversight of chemicals. Last year the World Health Organization and UN called for more systemic screening for endocrine-disrupting chems in the face of a “global threat.” This after a joint report by the two bodies laid out proof that chemicals are triggering a rise not only in cancers, but obesity, diabetes, infertility, thyroid problems and birth defects.

The feds will assure you they’re already in the middle of reassessing a couple hundred priority chemicals, but a recent legal challenge by enviro orgs reveals some dangerous foot-dragging behind the scenes. Last summer, the David Suzuki Foundation and Équiterre sued the government for refusing to evaluate hundreds of pesticide products that contain 29 active ingredients banned in the EU but still allowed on Canadian crops. Earlier this month the feds vowed to do a historic special review of those very pesticides, chems linked to neurological disorders, cancer, bee deaths and more. Ecojustice lawyer Lara Tessaro said at the time, “Going forward, we hope that the government will start taking seriously its duties to protect Canadians’ health and environment from exposure to harmful toxic substances.” Here, here. ecoholic@nowtoronto.com | @ecoholicnation

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So the polar vortex has destroyed all your shoes. Don’t despair. Young and Tae, a new indie shoe shop earning love for its quality materials and reasonable prices, has a new mix-and-match program to put a smile on your face and brand new boots on your feet. Starting Monday (February 24), create your own custom design with the help of Young and Tae staff, choosing from material swatches ranging from suede to leather as well as fabrics in various colours and patterns. Your perfect pair of shoes are handmade by Young and Tae’s craftspeople in Seoul and ready for pickup in two to three weeks. (starts at $110, 630A Queen West, 416-901-9887, youngandtae.com)

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Beloved dress shop Fashion Crimes reopens at 706 Queen West (416-5929001, fashioncrimes.ca) to make all your glam dreams come true. What better way to distract yourself from this gruelling winter weather than by browsing Pam Chorley’s eccentric collection of gowns?

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The Artist Project, an annual four-day show that presents over 5,000 works of art from contemporary artists across Canada and abroad, kicks off tonight (Thursday, February 20) with a retro-nautical-themed opening night party from 7 to 11 pm. Drink, eat and browse the art – maybe even get an airbrush tattoo by Black Line Studios. The party and fair take place at the Better Living Centre (Exhibition Place) and tickets go for $23 at theartistproject.com.

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Apparently, sitting is the new smoking, and the hunchedover, slouchy kind equals a pack-a-day habit. The Kickstarter-funded LUMOback sensor straps to your back and vibrates when you slouch, effectively coaching you into better posture. $199.75 from Lumo, lumobodytech.com/lumoback

234 Bay, lobby, 416-3636121, dx.org and magic-pony.com Magic Pony has been one of our favourite local destinations for collectibles and unique limited-edition art toys for years. Now, with the highlow design movement in full swing, they’ve found a perfect partner in the Design Exchange’s This Is Not A Toy exhibit. This Is Not A Toy is the world’s first large-scale exhibit dedicated to designer toys. Co-curated by Pharrell Williams, it’s a playful mix of big-time pieces by artists like KAWS and Takashi Murakami and lesser-known curiosities that will make you want to start a collection of your own. (Read our review of the exhibit in the February 13 issue or at nowtoronto.com.) Kick off your visit at DX’s Magic Pony Pop-Up Shop. Enter a fantastic space of Totoro plush toys, quirkycool jewelry and some of the most unique art books around. The best part? Unlike the toys in the exhibit, you can actually take these home. Magic Pony picks Über-rare cushions ($250 to $300) by Murakami, exclusive to the pop-up shop. Also check out Yoshitomo Nara’s The Little Wanderer ($200), a dreamlike character that leisurely strolls about with the help of a pullback spring. Look For The second monograph by one of Canada’s most unique emerging art collectives, The Merlin Years: The Art Of Team Macho II ($25). Hours Monday to Wednesday and Friday to Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm, Thursday 10 am to 8 pm, Sunday noon to 5 pm. 3

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water holes may dwindle. But that could ultimately prove to be a lucky development, because it will bring you into contact with interesting life forms you might not have otherwise met. Unexpected new alliances could emerge.

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Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 A woman from

New Mexico wrote to tell me that after reading my horoscopes for three years in the Santa Fe Reporter, she had decided to stop. “I changed my beliefs,” she said. “I no longer resonate with your philosophy.” On the one hand, I was sad that I had lost a reader. On the other hand, I admired her for being able to transform her beliefs, and also for taking practical action to enforce her shift in perspective. That’s the kind of purposeful metamorphosis I recommend for you, Aries. What ideas are you ready to shed? What theories no longer explain the nature of life to your satisfaction? Be ruthless in cutting away the thoughts that no longer work for you.

Taurus Apr 20 | May 20 In Arthurian

legend, Camelot was the castle where King Arthur held court and ruled his kingdom. It housed the Round Table, where Arthur’s knights congregated for important events. Until recently, I had always imagined that the table was relatively small and the number of knights few. But then I discovered that several old stories say there was enough room for 150 knights. It wasn’t an exclusive, elitist group. I suspect you will experience a similar evolution, Taurus. You may be wishing you could become part of a certain circle but assume it’s too exclusive or selective to welcome you as a member. I suspect it’s more receptive and inclusive than you think.

Gemini May 21 | Jun 20 The renowned

Lakota medicine man Sitting Bull (18311890) wasn’t born with that name. For the first years of his life he was known as Jumping Badger. His father renamed him when he was a teenager after he demonstrated exceptional courage in battle. I’d like to see you consider a similar transition in the coming months, Gemini. You’re due to add some gravitas to your approach. The tides of destiny are calling you to move more deliberately and take greater care with the details. Are you willing to experiment with being solid and stable? The more willing you are to assume added responsibility, the more interesting that responsibility is likely to be.

Cancer Jun 21 | Jul 22 The English noun

“offing” refers to the farthest reach of the ocean that is still visible as you stand on the beach. It’s a good symbol for something that is at a distance from you and yet still within view. I suggest that you take a long thoughtful look at the metaphorical offing that’s visible from where you stand. You’ll be wise to identify what’s looming for you in the future so you can start working to ensure you will get the best possible version of it.

Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 A large plaster Buddha

statue was housed at a modest temple in Bangkok, Thailand, from 1935 to 1955. No one knew its age or origins. In May of 1955, workers were struggling to move the heavy 10-foot icon to a new building on the temple grounds when it accidentally broke free of the ropes that secured it. As it hit the ground, a chunk of plaster fell

off, revealing a sheen of gold beneath. Religious leaders authorized the removal of the remaining plaster surface. Hidden inside was a solid gold Buddha that is today worth $250 million dollars. Research later revealed that the plaster had been applied by 18th-century monks to prevent the statue from being looted. I foresee a comparable sequence unfolding in the coming weeks for you, Leo. What will it take to free a valuable resource that’s concealed within a cheap veneer?

Virgo Aug 23 | Sep 22 Holistic health

teacher Deepak Chopra suggests that we all periodically make this statement: “Every decision I make is a choice between a grievance and a miracle. I relinquish all regrets, grievances and resentments, and choose the miracle.” Is that too New Age for you, Virgo? I hope you can drop any prejudices you might have about it and simply make it your own. It’s the precise formula you need to spin this week’s events in the right direction – working for you rather than against you.

Libra Sep 23 | Oct 22 In the savannas of Africa, water holes are crucial for life. During the rainy season, there are enough to go around for every animal species to drink and bathe in comfortably. But the dry season shrinks the size and number of the water holes. The impala may have to share with the hippopotamus, the giraffe with the warthog. Let’s use this as a metaphor to speculate about your future. I’m guessing that the dry season will soon be arriving in your part of the world. The

Scorpio Oct 23 | Nov 21 In his book The

Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human, literary scholar Jonathan Gott schall muses on the crucial role that imagination plays in our lives. “[The] average daydream is about 14 seconds long, and [we] have about 2,000 of them per day,” he says. “In other words, we spend about half of our waking hours – one-third of our lives on earth – spinning fantasies.” I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because you are entering a phase when your daydreams can serve you well. They’re more likely than usual to be creative, productive and useful. Monitor them closely.

Sagittarius Nov 22 | Dec 21 The Rus-

sian composer Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his Eighth Symphony in a mere two months during the summer of 1943. He worked on it in an old henhouse on a former chicken farm. The location helped relax him, allowing him to work with extra intensity. I wish you could find a retreat like that for yourself sometime soon, Sagittarius. I think you would benefit from going off by yourself to a sanctuary and having some nice long talks with your ancestors, the spirits of nature and your deepest self. If that’s not practical right now, what would be the next best thing you could do?

Capricorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 Is there one simple thing you could do to bring a bit more freedom into your life? An elegant rebellion against an oppressive circumstance? A compassionate breakaway from a poignant encumbrance? A flash of unpredictable behaviour that would help

you escape a puzzling compromise? I’m not talking about a huge, dramatic move that would completely sever you from all of your burdens and limitations. I’m imagining a small step you could take to get a taste of spaciousness and a hint of greater fluidity. That’s your assignment in the coming week.

Aquarius Jan 20 | Feb 18 There are

15,074 lakes in Wisconsin, but more than 9,000 of them have never been officially named. That’s strange to me. In my view, everything is worthy of the love that is bestowed by giving it a name. I have named every tree and bush in my yard, as well as each egret that frequents the creek flowing by my house. I understand that at the Findhorn community in northern Scotland, people even give names to their cars and toasters and washing machines. According to researchers in the UK, cows that have names are happier and produce more milk. Your assignment, Aquarius, is to name at least some of the unnamed things in your world. It’s an excellent time to cultivate a closer, warmer personal relationship with absolutely everything.

Pisces Feb 19| Mar 20 From 2010 to 2012, Eric Garcetti worked as an actor on the TV cop shows The Closer and its spinoff series, Major Crimes. He played the mayor of Los Angeles. Then in 2013, he ran for the office of L.A.’s mayor in real life and won. It was a spectacular example of Kurt Vonnegut’s suggestion that we tend to become what we pretend to be. Your assignment, Pisces, is to make good use of this principle. I invite you to experiment with pretending to be the person you would like to turn into.

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Tuscan tip Bar Buca’s nibblies are irresistible By STEVEN DAVEY BAR BUCA (75 Portland, at King West, 416-599-2822, buca.ca, @barbucatoronto) Complete dinners for $40 per person (lunches $30), including tax, tip and a glass of wine. Average main $10. Open daily from 11 am to 2 am; coffee and pastries from 7 am. Closed some holidays. No reservations. Licensed. Access: barrierfree. Rating: NNNN

Bar Buca prides itself on its obscurity. Stand directly in front of the all-day spinoff of the way popular Buca and you’ll swear you’re looking at the entrance to an underground parking garage, so purposefully anonymous is the three week-old café’s facade. But push through those reflecting glass doors and you find a stylish coffee bar up front where you can grab a quick espresso ($3) and a cannoli ($1.75) at 7 in the morning,

Highlights at Bar Buca prepped by chef Rob Gentile (above) include insalata Siciliana and the porchetta sandwich.

and a more cavernous dining room to the rear decked out with poured concrete walls and industrial wine racks that stays open till 2 am every day of the week. Small wonder Bar Buca’s been slammed from the get-go.

We blame co-owner/chef Rob Gentile’s moderately priced and eminently shareable Tuscan-style tapas for the commotion. Is there a better bargain than his $15 five-course tasting of starters, exquisite nibbly things like garlicky house-baked bread knots ($3 à la carte), deep-fried cubes of pork cheek dusted with chilies, and biscuit-like tigelle spread unapologetically with rosemary-scented lard (both $4)? To top it off, he throws in bruschetta dressed with impossibly rich duck yolk, sautéed beech mush-

rooms and shaved black truffle ($5), and a ciabatta sandwich stuffed with slow-braised ribbons of tender cow’s stomach in peppery salsa verde ($6). Some deal! There’s also a fritto misto sampling for $22 that includes tempura smelts ($5), crisp baby artichokes sided with lemony zabaglione custard ($6) and pistachio-crusted arancini rice balls thick with prosciutto cotto and sweet garden peas ($7), not to mention gently battered rock shrimp with spicy ’nduja sausage ($8) and deep-fried testina pig’s face in fiery Italian barbecue sauce ($5).

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Sandwiches on house-baked focaccia the size of Volkswagen hubcaps are also built to share, our favourites the buttery virgin mozzarella with sweetly preserved cherry tomatoes ($10) and the porchetta complete with crunchy crackling, tender pink loin and fabulously fatty belly ($11). And if the distinct lack of pasta with either tasty baked littleneck clams rife with nubbins of guanciale and salty pecorino cheese (vongole alla carbonara, $9) or minced goat ’n’ ricotta meatballs in a classically continued on page 38 œ

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Rob Webster preps a the porchetta sandwich at always-packed Bar Buca.

simple tomato sauce studded with raisins (polpette di capra, $14) puts you off, you can always bring your own. Chef’s frickin’ frico ($10) turns out to be a cheesy gluten-free pizza made with a crust of Montasio cheese and shredded potato topped with basil shoots and a drizzle of water buffalo yogurt, while the dish known as ammazzafegato ($14) might better be described as a skinny house-made liver sausage stew laced with nutty barley-like faro, dehydrated porcini mushrooms, frazzled cavolo nero cabbage and a perfectly slow-poached free-range hen’s egg. Bar Buca also does weekend brunch. Instead of the usual Bennys and French toast, Gentile sends out open-faced duck’s egg-yolk omelettes tossed with butterflied rock shrimp and toasted pine nuts (uova rossa, $12). Cinnamon-scented porkblood crepes come duly sided with boozy poached figs in chocolate sauce and crème anglaise fashioned from buffalo milk (migliaccio, $10). And who needs dessert when there’s mini-stacks of semolina pancakes layered with lemony mascarpone, crumbled pistachio and candied citrus in grappa-fortified maple syrup (crespelle, $9) that recall cannoli? 3 stevend@nowtoronto.com | @stevendaveynow

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Indian Pukka 778 St Clair W, at Arlington, 416ñ 342-1906, pukka.ca, @pukkatoronto

Harsh Chawla and Derek Valleau’s stylish uptown bistro goes where few local Indian restos ever venture – upscale. A creative kitchen, smooth service and noise levels that allow for conversation make full houses the norm rather than the exception. Reservations essential most nights. Best: tapas-style starters like papri chat with puffed rice, ripe mango and Granny Smith apple dressed with pomegranate seeds in sweet yogurt dressing; spicy south Indian fried Chicken 65 garnished with nasturtiums; shareable mains like nutty butter chicken with wilted fenugreek leaves; smoky lamb chop “lollipops” à la Vancouver’s Vikram Vij in minty cream sauce; sides of French green beans with caramelized onion and shredded coconut; baskets of buttery garlic naan and crisp whole wheat rotis; to finish, sundae-like Eton Mess in pomegranate syrup and sweet lassi cream topped with rosewatersoaked meringue. Complete dinners for $60 per person, including tax tip and a glass of wine. Average main $22. Open nightly 5 to 10 pm. Reservations accepted. Licensed. Access: barrier-free. Rating: NNNN

Mexican Agave y Aguacate 35 Baldwin, at Henry, 647-748-6448, ñ @AgaveyAguacate Celebrated for the

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Kensington Market cantina that Anthony Bourdain called “some of the most amazing Mexican takeout north of the border – any border,” Francisco Alejandri resur faces in Baldwin Village in the former home of the equally legendary Gaston’s. Anyone who ever lined up for hours at the old one-man operation will appreciate the now speedy service. Tables and chairs, too! Best: chileajo, stir-fried fingerling spuds, pearl onions, green beans and chickpeas in garlicky guajillo pepper sauce and mild queso fresco cheese; white fish

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Not content with operating one of the most cutting-edge cantinas on the west side, the 416 Snack Bar’s Adrian Ravinsky and David Stewart hope to make it two-for-two with the launch of People’s Eatery in Chinatown. The new 80-seat room takes its name from the previous tenant – so much easier than replacing the existing signage – and features a bite-sized carte by former Susur sous and Grace chef Dustin Gallagher. Located next door to Swatow and directly across the street from the Banh Mi Boys’ upcoming Lucky Red on Spadina just north of Dundas, People’s is Subscribe to NOW’s slated to launch later this spring.

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ITALIAN ACCENT A threesome of bars enourages you to tipple Italian-style Bar Buca

tle complete with bendy straw, takes me back to lunchtime panini in my nonna’s basement kitchen. Drinks like the Bloody Corpse Reviver (bloodorange-infused gin, clarified lemon, Lillet and Cointreau with an absinthe rinse) and the Strega Sour (gin, Strega, lemon and Earl Grey honey) don’t reinvent the wheel, but steer it toward playfulness and accessibility. All cocktails are a modest $9, and draft Negronis ($6) have to be the cheapest in the city. Access One and a half steps at door, washrooms in the basement. Hours Daily 11 am to 2 am.

75 Portland, 416-599-2822, barbuca.com Open at last in a discreet space down the street from its mother location at King and Portland, Bar Buca zeroes in on a central element of Italian culture: drinks and shared plates. Sip from the predictably fantastic wine list, but you’d be foolish to overlook the cocktail list. Designed by bar manager Nick Baldassarre, drinks complement chef Rob Gentile’s elegant and affordable menu (see review, page 37) by focusing on fresh, house-made ingredients and authentic flavours. Showcasing plenty of amaro and bitters, Baldassarre’s drinks – like the Ciociora (gin, lemon, fennel tincture, house-made grenadine and tonic, $11) – are maybe too easily enjoyed alongside Gentile’s food. Bellinis and amari offer lower-alcohol options for those who like an Italian-style mid-afternoon drink. Access Entrance barrier-free, washrooms on main floor. Hours Weekdays 7 am to 2 am, weekends 8 am to 2 am, booze served from 11 am.

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1314 Queen West, 647-342-5776, porzia.ca Parkdale’s Porzia, which just celebrated its first anniversary, has an Alcolico Catalogo, or booze catalogue, of rotating house cocktails on offer. If you don’t see your favourite printed among the listed six, you can order it by requesting its number. Quindici (#15), made from Dillon’s gin, Aperol, bianco vermouth and orange cordial, and the Tre (#3), mixed with vodka, Cointreau, basil and house cordial (both $13), are simple and refreshing – perfect aperitivi for Porzia’s rustic, quirky and awesome food. Send your compliments to chef Basilio Pesce by buying the kitchen a post-shift round of bourbon shots ($14). Access One step at door, washrooms in the basement. Hours Sunday and Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 6 to 10 pm, Friday and Saturday to 11 pm. Closed Tuesday.

Red Sauce

50c Clinton, 416-792-6002, redsaucetoronto.com The cocktails at Red Sauce, the recently reinvented Acadia, are as smart and simple as the food dished out by the Italian-American kitchen. The Boozy Brio (Averna, Grand Marnier and spiced rum), charged with CO2 and served in an individual bot-

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EVENTS, OPENINGS & CLOSINGS, NEW RELEASES AND MORE

Collective Arts Brewing launches its Series Two label collection, featuring both Canadian and International artists, Monday (February 24) at Hashtag Gallery (801 Dundas West, 416-861-1866, hashtaggallery.com) from 5 to 7 pm. Greet the brewmaster and a handful of artists over Rhyme & Reason Extra Pale Ale and Saint Of Circumstance, a citrus-infused blond ale, while DJ PAMMM sets the mood. Space is limited, so show up early.

Bacon And Beer at C’est What

Love beer? Love bacon? Of course you do, you’re Canadian. Grab tix for C’est What’s (67 Front, 416-8679499, cestwhat.com) Bacon And Beer Night slated for March 4. For $60, enjoy a four-course tapas-style dinner inspired by Wellington brews with matching beer accompaniments. Tickets and more info online at cestwhat.ticketfly.com.

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Great Lakes Harry Porter And The Bourbon-Soaked Vanilla Bean

After my first few sips of Great Lakes’s latest version of Harry Porter, I started to hallucinate that gnomes with vanilla-bean skis were traversing my tongue. Suddenly I was transported to a magical place where I reclined on chocolate cushions stuffed with vanilla fluff, dangling my toes in the amber waters of River Bourbon – kind of like a non-rhyming Dr. Seuss story for adults. Price: 650 ml/$5.95 Availability: LCBO 375220 and on tap around town

Bucket list bottles

These aren’t your average drams, so naturally, they come with premium price tags. Save your pennies, because these are three spirits to try before you die.

Tequila Don Julio 1942

Rating: NNNNN Why You know what they say about the quickest way to a man’s heart... Well, the quickest way to mine is through a bottle of 1942. This Los Altos Anejo, created to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Don Julio’s first distillery, makes me swoon – literally. Worth the dough if you adore agave. Price 750 ml/$139.95 Availability LCBO 31153

Gay 1703 Cask Rum ñMount

Rating NNNNN Why This is a spirit of richness and depth, made to savour. Oak, fruit and sweet vanilla swirl beyond your lips, wrapped in thin ribbons of smoke. The best descriptor I can find for this blend of rums aged between 10 and 30 years is ambrosial. Price 750 ml/$124.95 Availability LCBO 225664. Discontinued (sob!), but bottles remain scattered at stores around T.O. Get it before it’s gone.

ñGlenmorangie Ealanta

Rating NNNNN Why It’s ranked the best dram in the world by Jim Murray in his 2014 (10th anniversary) Whisky Bible. Ealanta – which means “skilled and ingenious” in Scots Gaelic – is as heavenly as the Whisky Whisperer makes it out to be. There’s a ton going on – lemon meringue, brown butter, pineapple and nutty toffee on the nose; candied orange peel, vanilla and sweet almonds on the palate – and a pervasive elegance ties it all together. Price 750 ml/$165.95 Availability Not available at the LCBO until March 6, so consider this your tipoff.

= Critics’ Pick NNNNN = Ambrosial NNNN = Dangerously drinkable NNN = Palate pleaser NN = Sensory snooze N = Tongue trauma

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WAVELENGTH MUSIC FEST at various venues, Thursday to Sunday, February 13 to 16. Rating: NNN

Fourteen years ago, Wavelength threw its first show at the now-defunct Ted’s Wrecking Yard, the venue that would become the festival’s first HQ. Thursday’s opening-night show, this time at the Silver Dollar, carried on Wavelength’s mission of showcasing Canada’s best underground bands. Openers You’ll Never Get to Heaven, from London, Ontario, are a dreamy electro duo who are mesmerizing on record but a bit stiff live. Montreal import Alden Penner played a sweet, short set mostly from his just-released LP, Exegesis. His acrobatic voice floated throughout, acting as a calming musical balm before the chaos that is Zoo Owl. The crowd – now revved up – cooled back down for Arbutus group TOPS, who were confident and tight with their dreamy 70s-meets-80s synth pop. Jane Penny’s lead vocals sounded a bit shaky, but she looked commanding onstage. Well past midnight, Toronto’s own Phèdre finally took the stage. The experimental band’s live show is best experienced up close where you can dance/mosh/flail to April Aliermo and Daniel Lee’s electro-psych. On Friday at Adelaide Hall, Marnie Stern’s lastminute cancellation due to a snowstorm only proved that there’s as much excitement for local music as for New York City headliners. Weaves

got the crowd onside with a short set of weird pop songs built around wildly wailing guitar-andbass interplay and Jasmyn Burke’s equally freewheeling melodies. Odonis Odonis are all noisy, industrial-tinged post-punk power, with brief songs built on gang vocals, heavy-steady bass lines and a minefield of effects pedals. It’s hard to tell if the songs would still be there without all the digital magic, but the overall effect is propulsive and head-nodding – so much so that DIANA’s smooth and saxy soft rock, while more diverse and crafted, seemed like an ultra-lightweight end to the night. The terrible weather didn’t dampen Wavelengthers’ stamina or excitement. Two of the fest’s biggest names – Polaris Prize shortlister saxophonist Colin Stetson and retro pop artist US Girls played the Polish Combatants Hall on Saturday. On Sunday, the Garrison was still packed and lively for a solid closing-night bill. Brass-fuelled Edmonton rock ’n’ roll dance-pop five-piece Wet Secrets were super-weird and so much fun. Marching band costumes, coordinated dance moves, animal noises and big, juicy anthems more than made up for any slightly off-pitch harmonies. Bouncy transitioned to blistering when noise rock quartet Greys exploded into their set. (It was hard to believe they were the same guys who casually sauntered onstage.) We wished lead singer Shehzaad Jiwani’s mic had been turned up just a smidge, but Greys’ enthralling musicianship

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earned them a mosh pit on their last tune. Halifax duo Cousins followed in dramatic, fully charged fashion, owning the fest’s coveted closing spot. And more good news: the band has just been signed to Hand Drawn Dracula – one of the city’s coolest labels. SAMANTHA EDWARDS, CARLA GILLS & JULIA LECONTE

SAN FERMIN at the Garrison, Saturday, February 15. Rating: NNN

San Fermin is the brainchild of 24-year-old Ellis Ludwig-Leone, a Brooklyn-based songwriter who studied composition at Yale and wrote the group’s debut album during a Banff Centre residency. It’s a meticulous and romantic work of baroque pop, full of emotional and musical complexities that grapple with post-collegiate existential quandaries. His millennial optimism proved infectious at the Garrison, where San Fermin won uproarious cheers with swelling crescendos, swooping choral harmonies and go-for-broke sax solos. Whittled down to eight players from the album’s 22, the band looked cramped onstage but didn’t sound it. Ludwig-Leone held court from the side of the stage on keyboard, ceding the spotlight to suave baritone Allen Tate and freewheeling soprano Rae Cassidy. Tate is a mannered and precise vocalist compared with Cassidy, who added some R&B swagger to her operatic range. Their interplay was a microcosm of Ludwig-Leone’s primary challenge: infuse the album’s tightly arranged interlocking

parts with rock ’n’ roll looseness. The band sometimes sounded a bit too loose, but made up for it with unwavering showmanship and energy during the hour-plus set that included album cuts, new material and a cover of the Strokes’ Heart In KEVIN RITCHIE A Cage.

BRIAR RABBIT at the Drake Underground, Sunday, February 16. Rating: NNN

Briar Rabbit has been heartbroken. A lot. That much was obvious at the Drake Underground Sunday night. But neither that or the unfortunately teeny crowd dampened his sense of humour. Alone onstage with his acoustic guitar, Rabbit was quickwitted and self-deprecating. What initially came across as shticky turned out to be laugh-out-loud funny from one of the wittier banterers in the biz. (If the music thing doesn’t work out, he has a future in musical theatre.) His voice (think Steven Page with a hint of Adam Duritz) was strong and true, if a little flat when he reached for the highest notes. A clever and heartfelt lyricist, Rabbit’s sometimes painful honesty seems genuine, salvaging it from overearnest oversharing. (He told us his aunt advised him to sell his song Lock Up Before You Leave to Taylor Swift. Solid advice.) Early in the set he covered Otis Redding’s (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay, which suited him well. A little more soul, blues and camp would be very welcome additions to his folksy campfireJL worthy originals. NOW FEBRUARY 20-26 2014

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Drake’s 10th Birthday w/ Hooded Fang, the Cruelty Party, Light Fires, Ice Cream, Justin Peroff (DJ) Drake Lounge (1150 Queen West), tonight (Thursday, February 20) Indie music bday party. Blue rodeo, Devin Cuddy Band Massey Hall (178 Victoria), tonight (Thursday, February 20) Canadian country rock. Solids, Crusades, Neon Windbreaker Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), tonight (Thursday, February 20) See preview, page 47.

Band of HOrses Queen Elizabeth Theatre (190 Princes’), Friday (February 21) Twang-tinged indie rock. PyPy, Omhouse, B-17, Bad River Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), Friday (February 21) See preview, page 48. Cauldron, Chainbreaker, Manacle Sneaky Dee’s (431 College), Friday (February 21) Old-school, thrashy metal. Soweto Gospel Choir, divine decade Sony Centre (1 Front East), Friday (February 21) South African choral ensemble. Somewhere There Creative Music Festival w/ Alanairis, Mike Smith, Eucalyptus, Mark Segger Sextet and others Tranzac (292 Brunswick), Friday to Sunday (February 21 to 23) Experimental jazz and more. Yes Yes Y’all, Princess Nokia, DJ tnt, jj rock CODA (794 Bathurst), Friday (February 21) See preview, page 54. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Disappears Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Saturday (February 22) See preview, page 46.

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Metronomy Phoenix Concert Theatre

Hellshovel The Garrison doors 8:30 pm,

Wacken Metal Battle Canada National Finals Opera

Underground doors 5:30 pm, $10. TS. February 28.

Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 8 pm, $20. RT, SS, TF. April 9.

Dildoniks, Sasha Chapin, Newsmen Feast In The East 35 Gerrard Art Space 8

Mary Ocher Silver Dollar doors 9 pm, $9.

pm, all ages, $8. CB, FB, GR, SS. March 1.

Cancer Bats, JFM, Fiver, S.H.I.T., Greys, Ravi Naimpally, Pick a Piper, So Young, Grounders, You’ll Never Get to Heaven, Brr, DJs John Caffery, DJ Cozmic Cat, DJ Cell Memory Long Winter

$10. RT, SS. April 9.

The Hold Steady, Cheap Girls

RT, SS. April 10.

The War on Drugs Horseshoe doors 8

pm, $16.50. HS, RT, SS, TF. April 14.

Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks, Dustin Wong Lee’s Palace doors 9 pm, $15. RT,

SS, TF. April 19.

Ingrid Michaelson, Storyman & the Alternate Routes The Danforth Music Hall doors 6:30 pm, all ages, $34.50$44.50. TM. April 22.

Fort York Garrison Common $75-$200. June 7-8.

Luminato: Sleeping In The Devil’s Bed – The Music Of Daniel Lanois Massey Hall 7:30 pm, $tba. luminatofestival.com. June 10.

The Notwist Lee’s

Say Hi, Big Scary Drake Hotel doors 8

Earth, Wind & Fire Toronto

Ron Hawkins & the Do Good Assasins Horseshoe doors 8:30 pm, $12.50.

Kastle, Sol X Tattoo doors 9 pm, $15.

7 pm, $22.50-$43.50. RT, SS, TM. April 24. pm, $11.50. RT, SS. April 25.

HS, RT, SS, TF. March 13.

PDR, RT, SS, TM. April 25.

B-17, Tess Parks, the BB Guns, the Auras, Prince Ness, MIMICO, Sun Stone Revolvers, the Disraelis, DJs Carlyn, Adrienne, Katie Optical

Kid Ink, King Los Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 7 pm, all ages, $25. LN. May 1. July Talk Lee’s Palace doors 9 pm, $15. RT,

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Alan Doyle, Steven Page, Lindi Ortega Rootstock Winter Garden Theatre

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broken social scene, the kills, interpol, chvrches, constantines, washed out, shad and Others Field Trip

SS, TF. March 8.

TF. March 7 and 8.

Alvvays Silver Dollar doors 9 pm, $10. RT,

WHITE LIES w/ Wildlife THU FEB 27 • VIRGIN MOBILE MOD CLUB

House 8 pm. metalbattle.ca. June 7.

Palace doors 8:30 pm, $21.50. HS, RT, SS, TF. June 12.

pm, $26.50. RT, SS, TF. May 9.

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May 19.

Boy George The Danforth Music Hall doors

The Golden Dogs Cameron House $10.

Siiines, Tedd, Vegas Fukushimarama!

FRI MAR 7 • THE OPERA HOUSE

The beguiling Jennifer Castle lends her smoky pipes to a new dance by choreographer Ame Henderson in the Toronto Dance Theatre piece Henderson/Castle: voyager, which explores continuous movement as a state of being. In response to the question “What would happen if you never stopped moving?” Castle contributes partly composed and partly improvised music to each of eight performances. The collab also involves eight TDT dancers and Montreal-based guest dancer Marie Claire Forté. The piece might very well cause us to reflect on the importance of slowing down, but don’t sleep on getting tickets – opening night is already sold out. Tonight (Thursday, February 20) to March 1, Wednesday to Saturday 8 pm, mat Sunday 2 pm, at the Winchester Street Theatre (80 Winchester). $20-$26, Sunday pwyc. 416-967-1365, tdt.org.

Cloud Nothings Horseshoe doors 8 pm, $15. HS, RT, SS, TF. April 6.

SS, TF. May 2.

BRETT DENNEN w/ Foy Vance

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Rae Spoon, Cris Derksen, Light Fires Rivoli doors 8 pm. February 27. Halfway to Hollywood, I’ve Got Gloria, Shark Week, Wjolf, Switch/Control, Parasona, Hollow Bank, the Turks Velvet

Sounds Psych Pop Volume 2 Release Party The Great Hall $10. March 15.

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Lettuce, KC Roberts & the Live Revolution, After Funk, dj sean sex Phoenix Concert Theatre (410 Sherbourne), Saturday (February 22) See preview, page 52. Lost In The Trees, All Tiny Creatures The Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Sunday (February 23) Orchestral folk-pop. Kings of Leon, Gary Clark Jr. Air Canada Centre (40 Bay), Wednesday (February 26) Southern rock and roll.

Tour Rivoli doors 9 pm, $10. TF. March 27.

8 pm, $30-$60. TM. March 29.

The Sounds The Hoxton doors 8 pm, $18. TW. April 3.

SonReal Adelaide Hall doors 7 pm, all ages, $15. PDR, RT, SS, TF. April 5.

The Slackers Lee’s Palace doors 8:30

Jazz Festival Sony Centre for the Performing Arts 8 pm, $tba. TM. tojazz.com. June 24.

Neutral Milk Hotel, Sam Roberts Band, Gaslight Anthem, Gogol Bordello, Violent Femmes, Jenny Lewis, Steve Earle and Others Toronto

Mastodon Sound Academy May 10. Augustana, Twin Forks Virgin Mobile

Urban Roots Festival Fort York Garrison Common $119.50$299.50. July 4-6.

Blue October Phoenix Concert Theatre

Lionel Richie All The Hits All Night Long Tour Molson Amphitheatre $tba. LN. July 30.

elbow, John Grant The Danforth

drake, outkast OVO Fest Molson

Mod Club doors 7 pm, $20. LN, RT, SS. May 12. doors 7 pm, all ages, $25. LN, RT, SS. May 13.

Music Hall doors 7 pm, $39.50-$49.50. LN, RT, SS. May 17.

Amphitheatre August 3-4.

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Music listings appear by day, then by genre, then alphabetically by venue. Event names are in italics. See the Venue Index, online at nowtoronto.com, for venue addresses and phone numbers. = Critics’ pick (highly recommended) ñ 5= Queer night

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Thursday, February 20 Pop/Rock/Hip-Hop/Soul

Alleycatz The Community Soul Project. Crocodile Rock Sonic Parade 10 pm. Dakota Tavern Steers & Queers: Toronto’s

Cult Camp Queer Country Party Axel Blows, the House of Shimmy, DJs Katie Richie, Joe Blow, Sigourney Beaver.5 Drake Hotel Lounge Drake’s 10th Birthday Hooded Fang, the Cruelty Party, Light Fires, Ice Cream, Justin Peroff (DJ set) doors 8 pm. Drake Hotel Underground Gramercy Riffs, Ossington Rippers, Terra Lightfoot doors 8 pm. See album review, page 55. Handlebar Boone Helme, Art & Woodhouse, Victory Bells 10 pm. The Hideout The Don Campbell Band 10 pm. Holy Oak Cafe Michael Tobin & the St Royals (funk) 10 pm. Horseshoe Patrick Dorie, 20 Amp Soundchild, Bootleg Glory doors 9 pm. Kensington Lodge Jam Derek Mok 7 pm. Lake Affect Lounge Shugga (funk) 8 pm. Lee’s Palace Dead Meadow doors 8:30 pm. Massey Hall In Our Nature Tour Blue Rodeo, the Devin Cuddy Band. Mélange Open Stage Lee Van Leer 9 pm.

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The Responsibles 10 pm, Ronley Teper’s Experiments 8:30 pm. Pauper’s Pub Jam Mike Barnes (rock) 10 pm. The Piston The First Annual Middle School Dance for Covenant House The Middle School Dance Band (902000s pop hits) 9 pm. Rivoli EP release party Ben Zamora, Chris Lago & Lizz Kellermann, Rachael Kennedy, Brooke Nicholls, Texas King doors 8:30 pm. Silver Dollar Solids, Crusades, Neon Windbreaker doors 9 pm. See preview, page 47.

Virgin Mobile Mod Club

America Noir Tour Moonspell, Leaves Eyes, Atrocity 7 pm.

Folk/Blues/Country/World

Bar Radio Michelle Rumball & Ben Sures (roots) 9 pm.

Cameron House Harlan Pepper 10 pm, John David Williams 6 pm. ñ Cavern Bar & Bistro Open Mic 9 pm.

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C’est What Beth Moore (Americana/folk) doors 8:30 pm. Grossman’s Thrill Harmonic 10 pm. Hawaii Bar Luke Vajsar (solo bass) 9:30 pm. The Local Whiskey Jack 9 pm. Lola Brian Cober (double slide guitar) 9 pm. Lou Dawg’s North Of Nashville Ty Owens (country). Lula Lounge Ernesto Espinoza (Latin American) 8 pm. Nawlins Jazz Bar Nothin’ But The Blues 8 pm. Relish Bar & Grill Monica Chapman 7 pm. Saving Gigi Gasp, Gasp The Holy Gasp, Os Tropies (avant-garde tropicalia) 8 pm, all ages. Tranzac Southern Cross Engine 10 pm, Bluegrass Thursdays Houndstooth (bluegrass/ old-time) 7:30 pm. Wise Guys Open Jam Jon Long 10 pm.

Jazz/Classical/Experimental

Emmet Ray Bar Vokurka’s Vicarious Virtuoso Violin (Gypsy swing) 9 pm.

The Flying Beaver Pubaret Sweet Songs For

Wicked Souls Chelsea Manders 7 pm.

Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre

Collaborations Artists of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio & Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal noon to 1 pm. Hirut Fine Ethiopian Cuisine Finger Style Guitar Group 8 pm. Hugh’s Room Jazz.FM91 Cabaret Series: Broadsway Heather Bambrick, Julie Michels, Diane Leah 8:30 pm. The Jazz Bistro Vito Rezza 5 After 4 9 pm. Kama Thursdays At Five Andy Ballantyne 5 to 8 pm. Lula Lounge Bridges Zuzuka Poderosa, Nego Mozambique, Maracatu Mar Aberto Girls (Latin/experimental/Brazilian/electronic) 9:30 pm. Music Gallery Canzona Trio Plus 7:30 pm. Musideum The Zong Quartet & Liu/Ng/ Labikova (avant/improvised) 8 pm. Old Mill Inn Mark Ucci Trio 7:30 pm. Pero Lounge Trouble w/ Neil Brathwaite. Poetry Jazz Cafe Shafton Thomas Group 9 pm. Reposado The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). The Rex Dave Turner Quartet 9:45 pm, Arbuckle 6:30 pm. Roy Thomson Hall Beethoven Violin Concerto Toronto Symphony Orchestra 8 pm. Trinity St. Paul’s Church The Musical Voyages Of Marco Polo Constantinople 8 pm. Winchester Street Theatre Henderson/Castle: Voyager Dance performance Jennifer Castle 8 pm.

Dance Music/DJ/Lounge

Clinton’s Throwback Thursdays (90s) doors

10 pm.

KOERNER HALL 5th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT SEASON

Rennie Harris Puremovement SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2014 8PM KOERNER HALL “The Ambassador of Hip Hop” Rennie Harris has been known to mix Shakespeare with hip hop, poetry, and music into visceral and inspiring dance performances. “Even if you didn’t know toprock from downrock or a pop from a crump, you [have] to admire the sheer magnitude of what the human body is capable of doing.”(Herald-Tribune)

SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2014 8PM KOERNER HALL

Dance Cave Transvision DJ Shannon (alt/

“A marvelous blend of melody and song.” (AllAboutJazz) “Always with that signature sound: fourpart harmony, tight and precise.” (CBS Sunday Morning)

indie/electro/retro).

Disgraceland A Hard Days Night DJ Nick

Harris (rock/hip-hop favourites) 10 pm. EFS Untitled DJ Soundbwoy doors 10 pm. Goodhandy’s T-Girl Party DJ Todd Klinck.5 The Hoxton Until The Ribbon Breaks Tour Delorean, Until the Ribbon Breaks doors 8:30 pm. Rivoli Pool Lounge DJ Bunitall (R&B/hip-hop). Round Venue Archi-Textures Hans Ohm, LeeLee Mishi, Purrpelle, Lumberjockey, Kalu (techno/bass/trance/DnB/downtempo) 9 pm. Tattoo Dre Day DJ Yella, itsmattlangile, Kaewonder. WAYLA Bar Random Play DJ Dwayne Minard (70s/80s) 10 pm.

FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2014 8PM KOERNER HALL One of the world’s greatest accordionists plays the music of Nino Rota, who wrote the music for La Dolce Vita, The Godfather, and other famous films.

The Manhattan Transfer

Crawford Twisted Thursdays DJ Law (video dance party).

Richard Galliano Quintet with Special Guests the Dominic Mancuso Group

Friday, February 21 Pop/Rock/Hip-Hop/Soul Adelaide Hall Loving in the Name Of. ñ Alleycatz Lady Kane.

Harlem Kristin Fung (soul/R&B) 7:30 pm. The Hideout Dirty Yellow Cab (rock) 11 pm,

Brooke Nicholls (rock) 10 pm. Holy Oak Cafe Halls of Devotion (pop) 10 pm.

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Patrick Brealey 8 pm, David Celia 6 pm. DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Reynolds Creek, the Belle Regards, Abigail Lapell (folk rock) doors 7:30 pm. FREE TIMES CAFE Talia Lowi-Merri, Peter Han (folk) 8:30 pm. THE GREAT HALL Agnes Obel (singer/ songwriter) 9 pm. GROSSMAN’S The Swinging Blackjacks 10 pm, Chihiro Nagamatsu 6 to 9 pm. HUGH’S ROOM Melanie Doane 8:30 pm. LULA LOUNGE Son Ache (salsa) 10:30 pm. MUSIDEUM Live Listening Party Meghan Morrison 8 pm. NAWLINS JAZZ BAR The N’Awlins All Star Band w/ Brooke Blackburn (jazz/blues) 8:30 pm. PRESS CLUB Kyp Harness, Joe Lapinski (folk/ pop) 10 pm. REPOSADO The Reposadists Quartet (gypsy bop). SAVING GIGI Bloor Ossington Folk Festival Presents Fridays In February Kevin Kane, Eamon McGrath, Simone Schmitt doors 8 pm.

Dwayne Gretzky 9 pm. LAKE AFFECT LOUNGE Acoustic Affect Chris Medhurst, Alexander Quail, Martin Rouleau, Cameron Fraser 9 pm. LEE’S PALACE Forgotten Rebels, Noble Savages, Cola Heads (punk) doors 9 pm. LOLA Blood Orange Toronto 9 pm. QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE Acoustic Performance Band of Horses doors 7 pm, all ages. RELISH BAR & GRILL The Danger Bees 9 pm. RIVOLI Single release show Illitry, Kennedy Cult, RLMDL, Old English, Kennedy Cult doors 9 pm. SEVEN44 Keep the Faith (Bon Jovi tribute) 9:30 pm. SILVER DOLLAR PyPy, Omhouse, B-17, Bad River (psychedelic art rock) doors 9 pm. See preview, page 48. THE SISTER The 905’s, Marvelous Beauhunks, James Clark Hangover. SMILING BUDDHA ESG-HF, Gay, Coach Longlegs, New Fries (post-punk/indie) 9 pm. SNEAKY DEE’S Cauldron, Chainbreaker, Manacle 9 pm. 3030 DUNDAS WEST Coronado, Air Marshal

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STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS New record is leisurely, reminiscent and full of life By SARAH GREENE

STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS with DISAPPEARS at Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Saturday (February 22), 9 pm $26.50 (sold out).

When we speak, ex-Pavement guy Stephen Malkmus is driving around Portland, where he lives with his wife and kids. But the way he puts it, the Oregon city could stand in for anywhere. “For better or for worse, we’re like suburban parents half the year,” he says. Malkmus recorded his new album, Wig Out At Jagbags (Matador), at a studio that his long-time live soundman and album producer, Remko Schouten, found in the Ardennes region of Belgium. “It doesn’t have a great pedigree,” he jokes. “No Beatles albums were recorded there and no Beck album [referencing Malkmus’s 2011 collaborative effort, Mirror Traffic] – but we did it!” Though it was made in quaint farmhouse territory, there’s nothing remotely rural-sounding about the album, which is laid back but full of city life, literary and musical references and Malkmus’s funny, zigzaggy wordplay. The artist describes the sound as leisurely (in a certain way), angular (without being jittery) and with a “winding river” quality to the songs.

There’s also a sense of youthful reminiscence and exuberance that permeates, especially on Lariat, in which the chorus asserts, “We grew up listening to music from the best decade ever.” But Malkmus isn’t being specific. “It’s a true statement we can all relate to,” he says. “If you hear it, you’re like, ‘Yeah, it kicked ass back then!’ – whenever ‘back then’ was.” Malkmus would know. His own musical past spans decades. Wig Out At Jagbags is Malkmus’s sixth post-Pavement album, and his band, the Jicks, is itself now old enough to be a teenager. Do they intend to keep it up indefinitely? “I don’t know,” he says. “It would probably be healthy for me to take a detour at least for one record at some point and do something different.” But, he adds, “we have a commitment to each other. We’re dating. Pretty heavily. We’re like married without the certificate.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com

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Buoyed by their surprise-hit debut, Montreal duo get on the road for longest tour yet By JOSHUA KLOKE SOLIDS at the Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), tonight (Thursday, February 20), doors 9 pm. $10. RT, SS, TF.

Louis Guillemette isn’t about to let unexpected van issues curb his enthusiasm for Solids’ upcoming five-week North American tour, their longest to date. The drummer has been “running around all fucking day,” making arrangements for their vehicle. He’s set on keeping the Montreal punk duo moving forward. “We’ve been waiting for this tour for a long time, so I’m not really stressed about the shows,” he says over the phone from Montreal. “I’m always stressed about the van being able to get us where we need to go, but the rest is just

hanging out.” The band is touring their debut full-length, Blame Confusion. The record has a live-fast-dieyoung kind of momentum, and comparisons to Japandroids are just. Bands make their fingers bleed to get props like that, but Guillemette and guitarist Xavier Germain-Poitras just rolled with their natural chemistry. “When we started Solids, our first goal was to not care about it too much and not have anyone tell us what to do,” says Guillemette. It’s worked out so far. After forming on a whim in 2009 as a break from Expectorated Sequence (an experimental hardcore outfit), the duo gelled instantly. Guillemette admits he was surprised at their quick ascension. “We started out just wanting to smoke weed

and jam,” he says, “but we were coming out of the jam space with a new song every time.” They finally released a highly praised selftitled album in 2013. And not long after, Toronto label Dine Alone came calling to re-release it as Blame Confusion. The coming year promises extended touring for the band. They’ve released only 17 songs in total, but the idea of playing the same tunes each night doesn’t worry them. At least not now. “Some songs will be a bit more jammy and a bit more Krautrock,” says Guillemette. “We haven’t played the same set for five weeks in a row yet, though. “So I guess I’ll tell you when we get back from the tour.” music@nowtoronto.com

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PyPy punk

Quartet play for the love of it on their debut record By Benjamin Boles PyPy , Omhouse, B-17, Bad River at the Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), Friday (February 21), doors 9 pm. $7.50. RT, SS, TF.

Pagan Day (Slovenly), the recently released debut album by Quebecois psychedelic punks PyPy, is unhinged, noisy, spooky and paranoid. But more than anything else, it’s gleefully fun. A casual offshoot of CPC Gangbangs, Duchess Says, Red Mass and other Montreal underground acts, PyPy are pleasantly surprised by the positive reviews the album is already getting in unexpectedly high-profile places like NME and Pitchfork, and credit much of that success to the no-pressure spirit behind the project. “I think it’s really apparent we are making this music for the love of it, and for fun,” guitarist/vocalist Roy Vucino says. “You can tell we’re not taking ourselves too seriously. When tory Month Concert Series Asiko Afrobeat Ensemble (Nigerian group) 9 to 11 pm. Habits Gastropub Birds of Bellwoods (folk) 9 pm. Humble Beginnings Ken Yoshioika (blues) 12:30 to 2:30 pm. Lake Affect Lounge The David Love Band 5 to 9 pm. The Local Everlovin’ Jug Band w/ Li’l Andy (acoustic jug band) 9 pm. The Local Arthur Renwick (blues) 5 pm. Lola Jeff G & the Four Heads 9 pm. Lula Lounge Ricky Franco (salsa) 10:30 pm.

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atory Theatre Bluebird North Craig Northey, Steven Page, Ben Sures 8 pm. The Sister The Neil Young’uns. BStudio Bar Voices Of Orisa: Echo Of African Spirituality Workshop & Show Linda Nourse, Changu Changezi & Amma Oforikwaa, Caribbean Stars, Rites of PassageWoodgreen youths & Sonia Aimy 8 pm. Tranzac The Saturday Songwriters Circus Amy Campbell & the Road Less Traveled, Tanya Philipovich 3 to 5 pm. Tranzac Southern Cross Joe Hall 6:30 pm, Jamzac 3 pm.

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we get together, it almost feels like when I was taking arts and crafts classes when I was young.” There’s an almost deliberately naive and playful aspect to the songs, even when co-vocalist Annie-Claude Deschênes is screaming like a banshee and Vucino is laying down a bed of screeching fuzz guitar over angular post-punk funk beats. Instead of the references coming across as contrived attempts to be cool, they sound more like a punk-rock jam band who accidentally stumbled onto a great sound. “My heart is definitely still in Red Mass, but it doesn’t have that feel of when you first start a band – when you’re young and just playing for the fun of it. There’s no reason behind PyPy, other than getting together with your friends,” says Vucino. “My last few projects have been things where I come in with tracks,

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jazz) 3 pm.

Chalkers Pub Don Thompson & Reg Schwager Duo 6 to 9 pm. Enwave Theatre Electro/Acoustic Art of Time Ensemble 8 pm. Gallery 345 The Art Of The Piano Sarah Hagen 8 pm. Grossman’s The Happy Pals (trad jazz) 4:30 to 8 pm. Hugh’s Room The Way To San Jose: The Music Of Burt Bacharach Gary Craig, Maury Lafoy, Bryden Baird, David Matheson, Kurt Swinghammer, Lori Cullen, Alana Bridgewater, Lily Frost & David Wall 8:30 pm. The Jazz Bistro Vito Rezza 5 After 4 9 pm. Music Gallery New World Series: Returning Current Katherine Payne & Daniela Gesundheit doors 7 pm. Musideum Diane Roblin & Reconnect (jazz/ funk/fusion) 8 pm. Nawlins Jazz Bar The N’Awlins All Star Band w/ Brooke & Duane Blackburn (jazz/blues) 9 pm, Sam Heineman (piano jazz) 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Old Mill Inn John Sherwood Duo 7:30 pm. Poetry Jazz Cafe Robb Cappelletto, MindGames 9:30 pm. Reposado Bradley & the Bouncers (swing). The Rex Alex & her Alleycats 9:45 pm, Elena

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soul) doors 10 pm. Club 120 Crush Grease Lightning DJ Johnny B Goode doors 10 pm.5 CODA Soul Clap & Navid Izadi doors 10 pm. Crawford Upstairs Ice Cold Dranks DJs Ry-Fi & FBomb. Crawford Downstairs Back In The Day DJ Law (video dance party). Crocodile Rock DJ CrocRock. Dance Cave Full On DJ Pat (alternative) 10 pm. Disgraceland Loud And Proud DJ Dave (metal/hardcore). Drake Hotel Underground Itzsoweezee Tom Wrecks, Demiggs doors 11 pm. Drake Hotel Lounge DJ Dougie Boom doors 10 pm. Emmet Ray Bar DJ Serious (hip-hop) 10 pm. Guvernment Chroma Global Saturdays DJ John J, Illegal Alien, DJ JC. Harbourfront Centre DJ Skate Night: You Gots To Chill DJs Numeric & Dalia 8 to 11 pm. Holy Oak Cafe Essence Brown (soul/R&B) 10 pm. Folk/Blues/Country/World Hot Box Puff Lounge Magic 3 Mysteryarts, Artscape Wychwood Barns Christie StuLukas Stark, DJ Ian, DJ Man, Will Noye. dio A Cappella Jam (improvisational singing Li’ly Rug Burn DJs Scrubfish, Don Sizzle, circle) 2-5 pm. Mattyson, the Goons (funky house). Aspetta Caffe Open Mic El Faron 8 pm. Lou Dawg’s DJ Kenny Bounce (funk/soul/ Black Bear Pub Jam SNAFU 3:30 to 7:30 pm. blues/hi-hop). The Cage 292 Jam Phill Hood 10 pm. The Painted Lady Music by Salazar 10 pm. Cameron House The Double Cuts 10 pm, The Piston Fast Times (80s dance party) 10 pm. Lara MacMillan 6 pm. LojoLate Sierra Now Ad.pdf 1 14-02-14 Rainbow Palace NightMaestra Styles Reggae Dakota Tavern Bluegrass12:04 BrunchPM 10 am to 2 pm. Bash DJs Chocolate, Patrick Roots, Lindo P.

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but we write together with this band. The songs really come from jamming.” In fact, it wasn’t until they began recording Pagan Day that PyPy’s songs developed solid, consistent arrangements. But that recording only happened because they were on the verge of retiring all of those jams without having documented them. All the jamming and messing around might lead you to think that the music is a bit half-assed, but actually the songwriting is surprisingly tight. Vucino believes the former might explain the latter. “Some people could believe that we didn’t work that hard on them because they’re jam songs, but we’ve actually been playing and working on variations of them for a year or two now.”

Rivoli Pool Lounge DJ Plan B (hip-hop/rap/club). Rivoli Footrpints DJs Jason Palma, General

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The Monkey Bunch doors 2:30 pm. Duffy’s Tavern Ken Yoshioka (blues). The Flying Beaver Pubaret Heather Kelday (folk) 3 pm. Full of Beans Coffee Songbird Nicole Coward (folk/country) 2 to 4 pm. Gladstone Hotel Acoustic Family Bluegrass Brunch 10 am to 2 pm. Grossman’s The National Blues Jam Brian Cober (double slide guitar) 10 pm. Hawaii Bar Arnd Jürgensen (blues/country/ folk/improvised) 4 pm. Hugh’s Room The Man Of A Thousand Songs Ron Hynes 8:30 pm. Hugh’s Room Ken Whiteley’s Sunday Gospel Matinee The Levy Sisters, Pat Patrick, Bucky Berger & Ben Whiteley 2 pm. The Local The Belle Regards (jumble folk) 9 pm, Chris Coole (old-time country) 5 pm. Lula Lounge Jorge Maza Group (salsa) 1 pm. Relish Bar & Grill Stir It Up Sundays Open Mic 9 pm. Small World Music Centre World Kora Trio 8 pm. BStudio Bar Voices Of Orisa: Echo Of African Spirituality Workshop & Show Linda Nourse, Changu Changezi & Amma Oforikwaa, Caribbean Stars, Rites of PassageWoodgreen youths & Sonia Aimy 3 pm. Tranzac Eve Goldberg, Sam Turton, Jane Lewis 7:30 pm, all ages.

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Array Space Toronto Improvisers Orchestra 2 pm. Aspetta Caffe Luke Vajsar (solo bass) 1 pm. C’est What Heather Kelday 7pm, Cadre (roots/blues) 3 pm.

Edward Johnson Building Walter Hall

Mooredale Concerts The Parcival Strings Project, Emmanuel Vukovich (violin) 3:15 pm. Emmet Ray Bar Derek Gray, Francois Mulder (jazz) 9:30 pm. Gallery 345 Don Thompson & Phil Dwyer Duo (jazz/improv) 8 pm. Grossman’s New Orleans Connection All Star Jazz Band 4:30 to 9 pm. Hart House Great Hall Sunday Concerts Toronto’s Bosphorous Project 3 pm. Hirut Fine Ethiopian Cuisine Eucalyptus (calypso) 7 pm. The Jazz Bistro Young Artists Brunch Series Megan Worthy Duo 12:30 pm. Kanji Duane Forrest (jazz/soul/bossa nova) 7:30 pm. Morgans on the Danforth Jazzy Sunday Ilana Waldston & Martk Kieswetter 2 to 5 pm. Musideum Scott Metcalfe, Brownman Ali (keyboard, trumpet) 8 pm, Jazz Workshop Lara Solnicki & Margaret Stowe 3 pm. Nawlins Jazz Bar Brooke Blackburn (solo guitar jazz/blues) 7 to 10 pm. Orbit Room Jazz, Blues & Beyond The Kingsley Ettienne Trio (Hammond B3 organ) 4 to 7 pm. Pauper’s Pub Toronto Jazz Society Diane Rob-

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Kapeleris 7 pm, Sophia Perlman & the Vipers 3:30 pm. Y Roy Thomson Hall Orchestra Olympics: Young People’s Concerts Toronto SymphonyCM Orchestra 1:30 & 3:30 pm. Seven44 Climax Jazz Band (traditional jazz)MY4 to 7 pm. St. Andrew by-the-Lake Church Canzona CY Trio Plus (piano, cello, violin) 2 pm. St Michael’s College School Salute to TheCMY Rising Stars Toronto Sinfonietta, winners and finalists from TO Sinfonietta concerto com-K petition 7 pm.

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Taras Shevchenko Bicentenary The Jubilate Singers, the Shevchenko Choir 7:30 pm. Tranzac Main Hall Somewhere There Creative Music Festival: Famous Wildlife Movies Mike Smith, Ali Berkok, Jay Hay, Pete Johnston, Jeremy Stratchan 9 pm, Duos Paul Newman & Karen Ng, Ilana Waniuk & Cheryl Duvall 8 pm, Hat & Beard 3 pm, Girlfriends Encounter A Father Figure Thom Gill, Matthew Pencer, Christopher Willes 2 pm. Tranzac Southern Cross Somewhere There Creative Music Festival: Eucalyptus Ryan Driver, Nick Fraser, Alex Lukashevsky, Nicole Rampersaud, Mike Smith, Brodie West 10 pm.

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For a band that got together in 1992, Lettuce have taken their sweet time getting to Toronto. World-class jazz guitarist Eric Krasno has played here many times, but with his other group, the funk/ jazz trio Soul Live. Twenty-two years, four records and myriad festi val appearances in, Lettuce just haven’t toured that much. “We all decided recently that we wanted to give it a go, and there was a lot of demand for it – at least

more than there had been in the past,” says Krasno, the band’s de facto face, on the phone from a bus in Delaware. “It’s possible there was an audience out there that we just didn’t know existed, but we never toured to find out. Now we’re finding out, and every where we go there are big crowds and a lot of sold-out shows.” Listening to their über-soulful, deeply groovy, psychedelia-infused throwback funk, it’s easy to see why. It doesn’t help that they live in four different places (New York, Boston, Maine and Los Angeles). And each of the seven core players has other musi cal projects keeping them busy. (Kras no, for instance, is a hip-hop producer, too, among other things.)

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Singer/songwriter Kathleen Edwards broke plenty of hearts a few days be fore Valentine’s when she mentioned on her Facebook page that she wasn’t sure if she wanted to make music any more. “I just can’t seem to get back in the saddle.” The musician, formerly based in Toronto and now living in the Ottawa area, then listed a few alternate careers she’s con sidering: landscaper, coffee trailer owner, farmer, running a Stittsville eating spot. Hundreds of fans re sponded with love, support and sadness. After the news resulted in some hyperbolic blog posts and articles, Edwards felt the need to clarify on Twitter that she never said she was quitting music, just that she’s “stalled as fuck.”

In happier news, the Constantines have rekindled their musical flame. The beloved Guelph indie rock band made up of Will Kidman, Steve Lambke, Doug MacGregor, Bry Webb and Dallas Wehrle announced on Feb ruary 11 that they’ll be playing a series of summer shows – including the justannounced Arts & Crafts Toronto festi val Field Trip (see next item), – in cele bration of the 11th anniversary of their acclaimed 2003 album, Shine A Light, which will also

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But Lettuce is the passion project. “I never saw this as a money maker, and I don’t know if I do now. If you’re going to make music, your best situation is to make the music you love with your friends. It’s definitely a labour of love.” Lettuce are using their precious time together to harness their creative juices. He says a new album will hap pen sooner rather later – a result of this tour. “It’s usually really natural and organic. It’s always like, ‘Okay, we’re ready,’ and we have a few songs, and then everyone will start adding differ ent pieces.” Going forward, the band intends to release more music more often. In the next couple of months, for example, they’ll put out the single Don’t Be

get a reissue. “There is too much love and too much life in this music for it to only exist in the past,” wrote Webb on the Constantines’ blog. Why recognize the 11th rather than 10th anniversary? “Timing has never been the Cons’ greatest strength,” he also wrote. It’s worth reading the whole heartfelt thing: theconstantines.wordpress.com.

First signs of summer Two Toronto festivals taking place at Fort York Garrison Common have announced their lineups. This year, Toronto Urban Roots Fest (TURF) expands to two stages over three days. Taking place July 4 to 6, the party boasts a stellar lineup: Neutral Milk Hotel, Gary Clark Jr., the Gaslight Anthem, Local Natives, Gogol Bordello, Sam

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Dance Music/DJ/Lounge Lettuce are (left to right): Rashawn Ross (trumpet), Ryan Zoidis (tenor sax), Adam Smirnoff (guitar), Erick Coomes (bass), Adam Deitch (drums), Neal Evans (keys/B3), Eric Krasno (guitar). Afraid To Try, which Toronto folk will get to hear for the first time Saturday night. “It’s the one thing we’ve been consistently playing, changing up everything else,” says Krasno. The Toronto stop comes at the end of an extensive winter road trip, which bodes well for the audience. “That’ll be the last night of the tour, so we better be tight by then,” laughs Krasno. “Live, when we react off of each other, that’s something really unique, and the more we play together, the more natural that becomes: the tighter we get, the looser we get. Those spontaneous moments are what get us really psyched.” julial@nowtoronto.com | @julialeconte

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Axis Gallery & Grill Derek Downham 10 pm. El Mocambo Speaking Words Scott Ian (Anthrax guitarist) 8 pm. ñ Grossman’s Nicola Vaughan (pop rock) 9:30 pm.

Handlebar Two Way Monologues 10 pm. The Hideout Jeans Off Duo (acoustic rock) 10 pm. Horseshoe Dave Bookman’s Nu Music Nites

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princess Nokia Bronx-dwelling musician lives in the futuristic inner city By Kevin Ritchie PRINCESS NOKIA with DJ TNT and JJ ROCK at YES YES Y’ALL FIFTH ANNIVERSARY PARTY at CODA (794 Bathurst), Friday (February 21), doors 10 pm. $10-$12.

One day in early 2013, Destiny Nicole woke up crying. At the time, the 21-year-old was gaining notoriety online as an experimental rapper with a spoken-word club track called Bitch I’m Posh, released under the grrrl power-inspired moniker Wavy Spice. She quickly followed that with songs showcasing more diverse flow patterns and beats referencing her Afrocentric upbringing in Spanish Harlem and Taino and Puerto Rican heritage. Labels started calling, and so did bloggers and music writers, who announced the discovery of a new, hard-hitting banjee-girl MC from Harlem, “the self-professed leader of cunt wave.” Cue the existential crisis. “That whole Wavy Spice, 90s thing, it wasn’t who I was or what I saw myself doing in the future,” she explains. “It was very representative of something that I’m not. I’m not trendy and I’m not popular.” After a pep talk from her boyfriend, Wavy Spice was no more. She cut ties with her label, renamed herself Princess Nokia and spent the next 10 months in producer OWWWLS’s studio working on her debut album, Metallic Butterfly, which she plans to release independently in March. An amalgam of trip-hop, UK grime,

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Air Canada Centre Mechanical Bull Tour Kings of Leon, Gary Clark Jr. ñ Alleycatz Electric Soul Circus.

Black Swan Acoustic Open Stage Nicola Vaughan (pop rock) 9:30 pm. The Cage 292 Ischemic, Volur, IRN (doom/ black metal/folk/noise) doors 8 pm. Curzon Tony Carpino. Drake Hotel Underground Public Service Broadcasting doors 8 pm. Hawaii Bar Ugly Bug 9:30 pm. The Hideout Don Campbell (acoustic rock) 10 pm. Hugh’s Room Jarvis Church 8:30 pm. The Jazz Bistro The Soul Nannies (R&B/funk/ soul) 8, 9:30 & 11 pm. The Loaded Dog Tommy Rocker (classic rock) 9 pm. The Piston Ruby Fang 9 pm. Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts Honeymoon Suite 8 pm. Rivoli S Davis, Trish, Frankie Payne

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Virgin Mobile Mod Club American Authors

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Aspetta Caffe Open Jam El Faron. Bar Radio Whiskey Wednesday Greg McEvoy (roots) 9 pm.

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chard Keelan, Alex Maksymiw) (folk/roots). Horseshoe Communion Records Folk Rock Bear’s Den 9 pm. Johnny Jackson Jam Matt Cooke 9 pm. The Local Ben Sures (singer/songwriter) 9:30 pm. Lola Wednesday’s Child Open Stage 8 pm. On Cue Brian Cober (double slide guitar) 8 pm. Rock ‘N Horse Saloon Kaitlin Kozell 10 pm. Silver Dollar High Lonesome Wednesdays Crazy Strings (bluegrass). Tranzac Tiki Room Comhaltas Irish Slow Session 7:30 pm.

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Gagliano’s La Dafne Capella Intima, Toronto Continuo Collective noon to 1 pm. Nawlins Jazz Bar The Jim Heineman Trio (jazz) 7 to 11 pm.

R&B, drum ’n’ bass and West African rhythms with an emphasis on ethereal ambience, the album is her attempt to craft a futurist sound that will offer “a new aesthetic for a generation. “The goal is to make something that’s not going to catch on easily. It’s going to catch on because it’s good,” she says. “I’m going to spend a year creating something wonderful so I feel like I deserve all this press and this praise.” She continues, “I’ve created this world in my head that is reflective of what I see outside. It’s 2014. I’m from Harlem. I currently live in the Bronx. What does a futuristic ghetto look like? People are still using prepaid phones. People are selling food on the train. Girls are barefoot outside, calling their parents ’n’ shit. That’s very real. That’s futuristic inner city. It’s the gritty underworld.” The name Princess Nokia partly springs from there ideas about modern-day dystopias. It also gives a nod to her love of sci-fi, fantasy, anime – specifically Hayao Miyazaki’s film Princess Mononoke – and underdog Disney princesses. Recent single Dragons was inspired by Game Of Thrones, and she sings and raps about HTML coding, binary coding, porn and privacy. “The world is going to come to a place where we’re all being spied on and nothing is private,” she insists. “I love that storytelling aspect in Princess Nokia. She’s this little anime girl from Harlem 2050.” music@nowtoronto.com

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Home, Like Noplace Is There (Tiny Engines) Rating: Sometimes you wonder if the drastic screaming or constant thrashing in emo music is justified, given the lyrical topics at hand. Not for Worcester fourpiece the Hotelier. Never once does the emotional heft of their second fulllength come into question. Lead singer Christian Holden’s wail verges on overbearing at times, but he maintains a poise not often heard in the genre. Holden is coming to terms with death and holds nothing back on the introspective, catchy In Framing. On painfully honest Your Deep Rest his world comes crashing down around him. Throughout the nine tracks, the band maintains a grown-up punk sound rooted in air-tight musicianship. The speedier, shorter songs are evidence of the band’s resolve: The Scope Of All Of This Rebuilding, for instance, wastes no time interweaving bouncy verses with high-energy gang vocals. The Hotelier pay homage to the genre’s forefathers, namely Jimmy Eat World, while distancing themselves from flaccid mall punk. Top track: In Framing JOSHUA KLOKE

(Universal) Rating: There are no weak links on St. Vincent’s fearless self-titled album. Not even a momentary misstep. The supremely confident fourth solo effort is a flawlessy executed crystallization of Annie Clark’s disturbed art-pop vision. Big choruses, thick grooves, enthralling guitar leads and point-blank lyrics are everywhere. The 11 songs are fat-free three-and-a-half-minute bursts of vitality. Very much a continuation of 2011’s Strange Mercy, it throws more percussive funk into the mix (Rattlesnake, Digital Witness), no doubt a result of Clark’s recent work with David Byrne, while also upping the mainstream pop influence. I Prefer Your Love (an ode to Clark’s mother) brings to mind a low-voiced Madonna True Blue ballad, while the distorted vocals in the last half of Huey Newton are like when Janet Jackson gets nasty. Clark withholds her dazzling fretwork, giving us only quick flashes of it and always going for the gnarliest sounds. And she overcomes her lack of vocal power with unusual, difficult melodies, getting downright experimental in Psychopath. Regret has terrific stomp and escalatingly creepy sounds. Bring Me Your Loves is blissfully bonkers. No other commercial pop artist and few indie ones are doing anything this interesting. Top track: Regret St. Vincent headlines NXNE in June. CARLA GILLIS

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Blank Project (Smalltown Supersound) Rating: Twenty-five years into her career, there’s still a terrific rawness to genre-exploding Swedish musician Neneh Cherry. Her new album, a collaboration with London duo RocketNumberNine, arose from an unspecified personal tragedy, though she’s clearly also still grieving her artist mother, who died in 2009. “Since our mother’s gone it always seems to rain,” she says on the largely spoken-word album opener, Across The Water. But Blank Project, a follow-up to her 2012 punk cover song collaboration with Scandinavian free jazz trio The Thing, is not death-focused or mournful. It’s full of soulful beats that find that perfect spot between languid and energetic, and Cherry’s equally soulful voice is so upfront against the stripped-down arrangements that you hear every tiny imperfection, sensuous syllable and poetic word. The result is incredibly potent and human. Out Of The Black, a duet with pop singer Robyn, is the catchiest, and Spit Three Times the most expressive. The rhythmically pummelling title track is the most powerful, about embracing the contradictory feelings that come with loving someone deeply for a long time. Top track: Blank Project CG

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NO El Prado (Arts & Crafts) Rating: NNN Arts and Crafts’ latest release comes via Los Angeles band NO, the six-piece with a penchant for dramatic indie rock (which makes them excellent supporters for labelmates the Darcys on their upcoming tour). El Prado is so polished and composed that it’s hard to believe this is NO’s debut album. It’s lush with gorgeous guitar hooks, layered harmonies (nice to see a band take advantage of their big membership) and the kind of catchy, hummable melodies that don’t pop up nearly enough in indie rock any more. Most remarkable, however, is the similarity between lead singer Bradley Hanan Carter’s vocals and the National’s Matt Berninger’s. They’re both baritones, sure, but the emotional, melancholic drawl that Berninger’s made his signature is awfully samey, too. Still, all things considered, NO’s debut is strong enough to forgive any over-apparent influences. In short: say yes. Top track: What’s Your Name NO play Lee’s Palace on March 25. SAMANTHA EDWARDS

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Desire Trails (independent) Rating: The overall mood of Desire Trails is so understated and reserved, it’s easy on your first listen to miss just how addictively catchy the laid-back slacker pop tunes are. Even their biggest choruses have a restrained and almost resigned quality that makes the songs deceptively casual and shrouds how well constructed they are. Nevertheless, it’s quite the grower, and could attract a lot of new fans. They sound a lot more citified and mature than on their 2010 debut, It’s Heartbreak, perhaps as a result of relocating to Toronto from Newfoundland. Or maybe it’s just the natural product of aging. They sound less 90s indie rock now, instead bringing in elements of 70s folk rock and 80s new wave for a slicker effect. The dual male/female lead vocals are used more effectively and allow the band to navigate a wide range of pop/rock tangents while maintaining their identity. A sleepy listen, but sometimes that’s exactly what you’re looking for. Top track: Heartbreak Gramercy Riffs play a release show for Desire Trails tonight (Thursday, February 20) at the Drake. BENJAMIN BOLES

based collective contracted from six to four members. But the pared-down aesthetic is actually achieved via an electrorock set-up, heavy on beats and bass lines, that turns Picker’s floating vocals into the most important instrument. For the first time, it’s at the forefront of each song, carrying the emotional melodies. In another first, the band worked with an outside producer, Nicolas Vernhes (Animal Collective, Deerhunter), who completely endorsed their new studio mantra: How much can we strip away? Peeling back layers doesn’t leave Past Life in a vacuous state, but in a more controlled landscape where each element feels more dramatic. The album as a whole is still more interesting than any of its individual parts, but now we can truly appreciate each and every fragment. Top track: Night Walking Lost In The Trees play the Garrison on Sunday (February 23). SE

(Anti-) Rating: NNN On Lost In The Trees’ latest, head composer Ari Picker’s simplified the band’s signature orchestral folk sound – but not in the way you’d expect. Yes, the North Carolina-

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DOOMSQUAD Kalaboogie (Hand Drawn Dracula) Rating: NNN It’s easy to lose yourself in Doomsquad’s cosmic creations. Several songs on this debut album blend into one another seamlessly. And often wordlessly. The Toronto- and Montreal-based trio of siblings Trevor, Jaclyn and Allie Blumas use vocals only intermittently, sometimes as ghostly background murmuring or chanting, but also more prominently, like on LOWELL I Killed Sara V. (Arts & Crafts) first single Waka Waka, where Trevor Rating: NNN gradually sings himself into a herky-jerky It doesn’t take much to see that Toronto frenzy. singer/songwriter Lowell has a real chance There’s a spirit-transporting quality to at major success. The songs are there, the the music, with the synths, percussion, vocals are strong, and if you read between guitars, voices and flute not so much the lines it’s clear that a lot of industry bringing back the dead as transporting the people are betting on her potential. She’s living into a trippy new, peaceful world. going to be big, unless something seriousBut sharp edges and thick bass lines make ly derails between this EP and her debut it more dance floor than drum circle. They full-length. Then again, this was made call it “dark new age,” which hits the mark. sometime before the 2012 “mini-album” And while they’re clearly onto someshe recorded with Apparatjik (an alt-pop thing, the songs with more vocals are far supergroup made up of members of Coldmore captivating than those without, play, Mew and A-ha), so it’s possible (but making us wish for more of them. unlikely) that it’s all gone wrong in the Top track: Ovoo meantime. RCM_NOW_contests_1-5bw_Feb21_ManTran__V 14-02-18 AM Page Doomsquad play a record 9:35 release show at 1 The frequent comparisons with Lykke the Comfort Zone on February 27. CG

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Live and forgive New word-and-movement piece looks at the idea of Forgiveness By JON KAPLAN FORGIVENESS: A THEATRICAL POEM by Peter Farbridge, Soheil Parsa and Barbara Simonsen, choreographed by Don*Gnu, directed by Parsa, with Andrea Nann, Farbridge, Jannik Elkaer Nielsen, Kristoffer Louis Andrup Pedersen and Stavroula Logothettis. Presented by Modern Times and Don*Gnu at the Black Box Theatre (1087 Queen West). Runs through March 1, Tuesday-Saturday 7:30 pm, matinees Saturday-Sunday and Wednesday (February 26) at 2 pm. Pwyc-$35. 426-538-0988.

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spectrum, forgiving a dictator who’s ordered a genocidal attack? Modern Times Stage Company examines both sorts of pardons in Forgiveness, a word-and-movement piece that brings together actors and dancers to look at how absolving others affects our lives. “It’s not a didactic production, one that insists that forgiveness is good,” says director and co-writer Soheil Parsa. “We’ve subtitled the work A Theatrical Poem not just because the presentation, which combines choreography, text, music and sound, has a poetic quality, but also to make sure that viewers know that we’re not preaching at them. The show simply

offers different ways to look at forgiveness in a historical and contemporary context.” The production draws on real-life figures such as Richard Nixon and Goran Hadzic, indicted for crimes against humanity during the Croatian War of Independence, as well as fictional characters to whom we can relate. They express a range of attitudes toward forgiveness, which isn’t always easy to offer. “The concept has occupied my mind since the violence of the Iranian Revolution,” says Parsa, who left Iran for Canada following the event. “At about the same time, Nelson Mandela was forgiving his torturers and the

judges who put him in prison. I found it amazing that he could do so just as, simultaneously, the Ayatollah Khomeini was executing members of the previous regime in Iran.” In 2006, Parsa and Peter Farbridge, co-artistic directors at Modern Stage, were doing a project in Bosnia and met a man who told them that he’d forgiven the neighbour who’d killed his father in battle. “It was an astonishing moment for me,” recalls Parsa, “that he could be happy and not carry around the pain. But it didn’t happen quickly, and it wasn’t an easy thing to do. Not everyone can.” Forgiveness, with its combination of two actors and three dancers, is an unusual production for Modern Times. “At first I wasn’t sure how to communicate all the stories and ideas we came upon in our research for the show. Then I realized that a tale or a line in an essay conjured up not dialogue, but rather movement. Since then, the show has always included a non-verbal aspect.” As director, Parsa works in an organic way; he’s not one to impose a realistic dialogue scene on a dancer or ask an actor to connect with the audience through a series of moves. Knowing that the production would involve both actors and dancers, Danish co-writer Barbara Simonsen suggested Parsa meet two of her countrymen, Jannik Elkaer Nielsen and Kristoffer Louis Andrup Pedersen, who make up dance troupe Don*Gnu. “When I saw their work I realized that they create in the same organic way that I do, and they’ve been involved in the show since its second workshop.” The director also knew early on that the material would have to include some lighter moments: “We can’t just barrage the audience with lots of tough, serious material. That would just turn them off.” That resulted in a section on forgiveness in pop culture and the inclusion of a self-help guru named Anne, who teaches us the 12 steps of forgiveness through words and physical comedy. Parsa understood that working on Forgiveness would mean that everyone involved would be taking risks. “But I wanted to push boundaries, my own as well. Usually when people get older they become more conservative. But after making theatre for 25 years here in Canada, I’m happy to be taking some potentially perilous steps. “Otherwise, why create theatre?”3 jonkap@nowtoronto.com

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Opening ABOARD THE ORIENT EXPRESS (Soulpepper Salon Series). This musical travelñ� ogue takes a train ride through 1939 Europe.

Feb 25-26, Tue 7:30 pm, Wed 1:30 pm. $23$49. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. 416-866-8666, youngcentre.ca. BIG MAGGIE by John B Keane (Toronto Irish Players). A newly widowed woman chases her dreams in 1960s rural Ireland. Opens Feb 20 and runs to Mar 8, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, stu/srs $18; opening night $40. Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley. torontoirishplayers.com. EMOTIONAL CREATURE by Eve Ensler (V-Day Toronto/Nightwood Theatre). This collection of monologues, stories and music is inspired by interviews with teenaged girls. Feb 22-23, Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $15-$25 (benefit for METRAC). Young People’s Theatre, 165 Front E. 416-862-2222, youngpeoplestheatre.ca. HANDLE WITH CARE by Jason Odell Williams (TEATRON Theatre). A woman confronts a courier company clerk about a missing package in this romantic comedy. Previews Feb 20 (1 pm). Opens Feb 20 and runs to Mar 2, TueThu 8 pm (and Feb 23), Sat 8:30 pm, mat Sun 2 pm. $26-$48, preview $19. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. teatrontheatre.com. LETTERS TO SAINT RITA by Michael Ripley (Theatre Rattlebag). This play traces the evolution of a romantic relationship over 20 years. Opens Feb 25 and runs to Mar 7, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $15. Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen E. redsandcastletheatre.com. MAJOR TOM by Victoria Melody (Harbourfront World Stage). A woman finds herself in a beauty pageant after entering her dog in a competition. Opens Feb 26 and runs to Mar 1, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $29. Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. harbourfrontcentre.com. NUDE WITH VIOLIN by Noel Coward (East Side Players). Secrets emerge at an artist’s funeral in this comedy. Opens Feb 20 and runs to Mar 8, Wed-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $15-$22. Papermill Theatre, 67 Pottery. eastsideplayers.ca. THE TWO WORLDS OF CHARLIE F. by Owen Sheers (Mirvish). This dark comedy presents a soldier’s view of service, injury and recovery. Previews Feb 25. Opens Feb 26 and runs to Mar 9, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $19-$79. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com.

BVOICES OF ORISA: ECHO OF AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY (African Women Acting). Chanting, live music, dance and narration reflect a continent’s desire to share the truth about its own spirituality. Feb 22-23, Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm. $20-$25. Creative Creatures Studio, 822 Dundas W. africanwomenacting.org. THE WEAVERS by Gerhart Hauptmann (act2-

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An energetic cast shows terrific chemistry in the often madcap Shakespeare adaptation Shrew.

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Shrew stew SHREW by William Shakespeare (Red One Theatre). At the Storefront Theatre (955 Bloor West). Runs to March 2. $19.99, Sunday pwyc. secureaseat.com. See Continuing, page 60. Rating: NNN Take Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew, edit it a bit, add some commedia dell’arte improv, mix in a good dose of the Marx Brothers, and you have Red One’s take on the comedy, here called Shrew. Much of it works under Tyrone Savage’s direction, and some of it doesn’t. Set in a Klondike bar complete with honky-tonk piano, the show has lots of energy and a group of actors who play really well together. Savage keeps the Induction scene – in which the drunken Christopher Sly, for

whom the Shrew tale is played, is tricked into thinking he’s a lord – and gives it an unusual spin. That introduction allows for some cross-dressing, notably the turning of Kate’s sister, Bianca (Kelly Penner), into a drag role and the sisters’ father, Baptista, into their mother (Claire Burns). Benjamin Blais’s take on Petruchio has a madcap quality that works well throughout, notably in his first scene/fight with Kate (Karen Knox), which begins with brawling and ends with banter. Bianca’s three suitors are also strong: Andy Perun (also the bar’s piano player) as the competitive Hortensio, Brenhan Mckibben as the older Gremio and Daniel Briere as the exuberant, lovestruck Lucentio. Lucentio’s pursuit of the flighty but coquettish Bianca around the theatre is an entertaining insert in the second act. Their various servants – John Fleming, Jeff Hanson (also Lucentio’s

father), Trent Pardy (also a humorous pedant), Harrison Thomas and James Wallis – fit into the tone of the production, with its physical comedy and amusing ad libs. Kate is the play’s most difficult character, not just in the famous last speech but also in her development. Knox and director Savage don’t offer any reason for her behaviour, though this Kate is taken with Petruchio from first sight, as he is with her. Over the course of her “instruction” by Pet ruchio, there’s a sense that she’s playing along with his shams. By the last act, she’s warmed up and become part of this world rather than an outsider. Her final lines are delivered partly as a joke, partly with affection for Petruchio. But if you’re going to adapt the script and set it in a northern Canadian community around 1900, make more consistent use of the concept . JON KAPLAN

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studio works). The 1844 revolt of Silesian weavers shows the human cost of the Industrial Revolution. Feb 20-22, Thu-Fri 7 pm, mat Fri 2 pm, Sat 4 pm. $20. Ryerson Theatre School, 44 Gerrard E, Studio. a ct2studio.ca. WWI. (Re)Visions of the Aftermath (Theatre Glendon). This collaborative creation looks at WWI through the eyes of those involved. Opens Feb 26 and runs to Mar 1, Wed-Sat 7 pm. $10, stu $5. 2275 Bayview. 416-487-6822, facebook.com/revisionsoftheww1aftermath.

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Art by Yasmina Reza (Column 13 Actors Com-

pany). The purchase of an expensive modernist painting tests the limits of friendship. Previews Feb 26. Opens Feb 27 and runs to Mar 8, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $20, Feb 26-27 pwyc. Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. secureaseat.com/art. Lungs by Duncan Macmillan (Tarragon Theatre). A man and a woman discuss the ethics of having a child in today’s world. Previews Feb 25-Mar 2. Opens Mar 4 and runs to Mar 30, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $21-$53, rush $13, Feb 25 pwyc. 30 Bridgman, Extra Space. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. Marry Me A Little by Stephen Sondheim (Tarragon Theatre). Sondheim songs surround a dialogue-free show about two lonely New Yorkers. Previews Feb 26-Mar 2. Opens Mar 5 and runs to Apr 6, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $27-$53, previews $21-$25. 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com.

One-nighters Another Unintentionally Depressing Children’s Tale by Erin Fleck (Gasp Gasp). Fleck

presents her puppet projection piece. Feb 20 at 8 pm. $6. Saving Gigi, 859 Bloor W. facebook.com/events/1450085855209466. Chris Tsujiuchi: Back In The Saddle (The Flying Beaver Pubaret). Tsujiuchi performs a cabaret with guests. Feb 23 at 8 pm. $10-$15. 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567, pubaret.com. The Company We Keep (Theatre 20). Adam Brazier performs with the cast of the Tarragon’s Merrily We Roll Along. Feb 23 at 7 pm.

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$25. Alleycatz, 2409 Yonge. theatre20.com. Dear Censor (Birdtown & Swanville). A short play about defending the written word is based on letters and lectures by various authors. Feb 25 at 7:30 pm. Pwyc ($10 sugg). Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635, gladstonehotel.com/event/dear-censor. The Foolish Cabaret (Foo Productions). A bimonthly cabaret for physical theatre artists. Feb 24 at 8 pm. $10. Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. fooproductions.com. The Intergalactic Nemesis II by Jason Neu lander (Rose Theatre). A 1930s robot is lost in space in this live-action graphic novel with video and actors. Feb 21 at 8 pm. $25-$55. 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton. r osetheatre.ca. Jill’s Living Room (Red Sandcastle Theatre). Jill Léger hosts a monthly musical theatre open-mic show. Feb 24 at 8 pm. $10. 922 Queen E. redsandcastletheatre.com. Parts To Whole by Adam Seelig (One Little Goat Theatre Company). Workshop presenta-

tion of Seelig’s new play. Feb 24 at 8 pm. Free. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley, Rehearsal Hall. onelittlegoat.org. The Spoke: Electronic Love (Outside the March Theatre). The company hosts a monthly storytelling event. Feb 24 at 8 pm. Pwyc. Videofag, 187 Augusta. outsidethemarch.ca. Theatre On A Theme: Love by Drew O’Hara (Everybody to the Theatre Co). Six actors perform 18 short pieces on the night’s theme. Feb 23 at 2 & 8 pm. $10-$15. Unit 102, 376 Dufferin. everybodytothetheatrecompany.com. The Zong! Quartet (coexisdance). Reading with live music of NourbeSe Philip’s text. Feb 20 at 8 pm. $10. Musideum, 401 Richmond W, suite 133. coexisdance.wordpress.com.

Continuing Afterplay by Brian Friel (AfterPlay Collective). Chekhov characters Sonya from Uncle Vanya and Andrey from Three Sisters have a brief

encounter in 1920s Moscow. Runs to Mar 2, Tue-Sun 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. $25. Campbell House Museum, 160 Queen W. 416-5970227, campbellhousemuseum.ca. Arrabal by Gustavo Santaolalla and John Weidman (Mirvish/BASE Entertainment). See review, page 59. Runs to Apr 20, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $44-$84. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. NNN (GS) Avenue Q by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx (Lower Ossington Theatre). A college grad moves to NYC and transitions to adulthood in this adult puppet musical. Runs to Feb 23, ThuSat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm, Sun 4 pm. $49-$59. 100A Ossington. lowerossingtontheatre.com. Cabaret by Christopher Isherwood, John Kander and Fred Ebb (Lower Ossington Theatre). An American writer falls for a nightclub singer in Nazi-era Berlin. Runs to Mar 2, ThuSat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm, Sun 4 pm. $49-$59. 100A Ossington. lowerossingtontheatre.com. Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht (Humber College Theatre). A servant girl sacrifices everything to protect an abandoned child in this epic theatre work. Runs to Feb 22, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sun 2 pm (and Feb 22). $15, stu/srs $10. Humber Arts & Media Studio, 300 Birmingham. 416-675-6622 ext 3080, humber.theatre@humber.ca.

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ters) by Jerome Kilty (Théâtre français de Toronto). This comedy is based on letters exchanged between Mrs Patrick Campbell and George Bernard Shaw. Runs to Mar 1, WedSat 8 pm, mat Sun 2:30 pm and Mar 1 at 3:30 pm. $20-$48, Wed pwyc. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. theatrefrancais.com. Così Fan Tutte by WA Mozart (Canadian Opera Company). Taking the subtitle (The School For Lovers) of Mozart’s comic opera about love literally, director Atom Egoyan sets the action in a school where two young couples learn about the inconsistencies of affection. The singing and acting are generally strong and Debra Hanson’s attractive design makes striking use of butterflies, but Egoyan’s concept is cool, often confusing and doesn’t get to the story’s heart. Runs to Feb 21, see website for schedule. $12-$332. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231, coc.ca. NNN (JK) Cosi Fan Tutte/Carmen by Mozart/Bizet (To-

ronto City Opera). The popular operas are performed in repertory. Runs to Mar 2, see website for times. $28, srs $20, stu $15. Bickford Centre Theatre, 777 Bloor W. uofttix.ca. Daffydil 2014 (U of T Faculty of Medicine). Students perform an original production in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. Runs to Feb 22, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20-$30 (uofttix.ca). Hart House Theatre, 7 Hart House Circle. 416978-8849, daffydil2014.com. The Daisy Theatre (Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes). This cabaret of improv, music and more is inspired by underground puppet shows of Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia and Le Chat Noir in Paris. Runs to Feb 23, Tue-Sat 9:30 pm, Sun 8 pm. $30. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. Firebrand by Alex Dault (Single Thread Theatre Company). Dault’s clever play blends history and drama in a tale about incendiary rebel/printer/politico William Lyon Mackenzie, set in his own 1850s house. Standouts in the cast are Greg Campbell as Mackenzie and Clara Pasieka as one of his daughters, fiery in a very different way than her father. Runs to Feb 22, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20. Mackenzie House, 82 Bond. singlethread.ca. NNN (JK) Forgiveness (Modern Times Stage Co./Bora Bora Dance & Visual Theatre/Dreamwalker Dance Productions/Don*Gnu/Laboratoriet). This dance-theatre production looks at one of life’s most elusive themes (see story, page 56). Runs to Mar 1, Wed-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Feb 2223 at 2 pm. Pwyc-$35. The Great Hall, 1087 Queen W. moderntimesstage.wordpress.com. Idiot’s Delight by Robert E Sherwood (Soulpepper). In the hands of director Albert Schultz and the ensemble, Sherwood’s rarely performed Pulitzer Prize winner, an anti-war play that blends comedy, chilling foresight, romance and song-and-dance, is both entertaining and instructive. At its centre is the relationship between a charming showbiz impresario and a Russian woman of mystery, played expertly by Dan Chameroy and Raquel Duffy. Runs to Mar 1, see website for schedule. $23-$74, rush $5-$23. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. 416-866-8666, youngcentre.ca. NNNN (JK)

The Last Seven Steps Of BaRtholomew S. by Daniele Bartolini (Bata Shoe Muñ seum). A traveller brings change to the people

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Juan Cupini and Micaela Spina entangle you in tango in Arrabal.

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Terrific tango ARRABAL by John Weidman and Gustavo Santaolalla (BASE Entertainment/Mirvish). At the Panasonic Theatre (651 Yonge). Runs to Apr 20. $44-$84. 416-872-1212. See Continuing, page 58. Rating: NNN A sultry mix of passion and politics, the new dance-theatre piece Arrabal isn’t quite where it could be dramatically, but the music, movement and heart still make it an entertaining show. In a prologue set in a milonga (tango club) in 1979 Buenos Aires, new dad Rodolfo (co-choreographer Julio Zurita) is picked up by the country’s secret police for opposing the military dictatorship of General Jorge Rafael Videla. He’s taken away and interrogated, but what becomes of him? Eighteen years later, Videla’s trial is in the news, and Rodolfo’s daughter Arrabal (Micaela Spina) arrives in the big city, discovers the tango scene, finds romance and eventually, via the milonga’s elegant owner El Puma (CarlosRivarola), is introduced to her father’s story. There’s a lot of narrative, history and characters to pack in, and director/cochoreographer Sergio Trujillo uses a mix of video, photographs and, of course, music and dance to impart it all. But John Weidman, who wrote the

book for the similarly wordless dance/ theatre piece Contact, needs to find more clarity in the storytelling. Whenever there’s a dance sequence, the feeling and emotions are palpable. Whether it’s a passionate triangle involving the smouldering Juan (Juan Cupini), the (literally) kickass alpha female Nicole (Soledad Buss) and the chaste Arrabal, a group tango number that’s like Viagra in motion or a touching scene in which the famous Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo – who protest to discover what happened to their children – get one last tango with their lost ones. Gustavo Santaolalla’s music is electrifying and catchy, suggesting the feel of a real milonga. But with copious flashbacks, characters who come back from the dead and the occasional soccer image crowding the show, things get complicated. Does Arrabal enter a brothel at one point? Did I spot a lesbian scene? And it’s unfortunate that a few dance sequences feature performers wearing black pants against a dark background, making it hard to discern their intricate movements. These things should be worked out by the time the show leaves this world premiere. Just enjoy the music and dance, and if one of the ensemble members finds you in the audience, join in and show off your moves.

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and places he visits (see review, page 61). Runs to Feb 28, Fri 7 pm. $50. 327 Bloor W. 416-9797799, batashoemuseum.ca. NNNN (JK)

ñA Masked Ball (Un ballo in maschera)

by Giuseppe Verdi (Canadian Opera Company). Jossie Wieler and Sergio Morabito’s reimagining of Verdi’s opera of love and political intrigue – here set in Kennedy-era America – is filled with bold theatrical and stylistic touches. Not everything works, but there’s a fiery sense of drama and the glorious singers, headed by Adrianne Pieczonka, Simone Osborne, Dimitri Pittas and Roland Wood, bring out the tragedy (and bits of comedy) in the work. Runs to Feb 22, see website for schedule. $12-$332. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-3638231, coc.ca. NNNN (GS) Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (Lyric Hammersmith/Vestuport/Mirvish). In this adaptation of Franz Kafka’s allegory about how society treats the other, actor Björn Thors brings a terrific athleticism to Gregor, the man who awakens one morning to find himself transformed into an insect. Another star is designer Börkur Jónsson, who gives Gregor’s bedroom the perspective of a ceiling-hanging bug, allowing Thors to literally climb the walls in his gymnastic performance. The other actors provide broad, heavy-handed caricatures who speak in a tiresomely declamatory style. Runs to Mar 9, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $25-$99. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. NNN (JK) Mrs. Warren’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw (Sterling Studio Theatre). A young

woman learns that her mother is a brothel owner in this morality play. Runs to Mar 1, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Feb 23 at 2 pm. $20. 163 Sterling, unit 5. sterlingstudiotheatre.com. n00b by Christopher Duthie (Young People’s Theatre/Vertigo Theatre). A boy obsessed with online gaming defies his parents and becomes isolated from reality. Runs to Feb 20, see website for schedule. $15-$24. Young People’s Theatre, 165 Front E. 416-862-2222, youngpeoplestheatre.ca. The Norman Conquests by Alan Ayckbourn (Soulpepper). In a trio of interconnected plays (Table Manners, Living Together and Round And Round The Garden) all presented in different parts of a country house, Ayckbourn looks at an intended extramarital fling and the effects it has on an extended family. A talented cast gets most of the scripts’ laughs, though the touch of sadness underlying the relationships could be better evoked and at times the rhythms could be smoother. Runs to Mar 8, plays run in rep, see website for schedule. $37-$74. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. 416-866-8666, s oulpepper.ca. Rating: Table Manners NNNN; Living Together NNN; Round And Round The Garden NNNN (JK)

Nostos: Encounters With The Open Program (Centre for Drama, Theatre & Perform-

ance Studies, U of T). Performances of three plays with the Open Program of the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards. Runs to Feb 23, see website for schedule. $15$25. Glen Morris Studio Theatre, 4 Glen Morris. nostosencounters.wordpress.com. Rhubarb Festival (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre). The 35th editions of the new works festival features plays, dance, performance art and more. Runs to Feb 23, see

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Dance Through Time The Free Concert Series presents classical and contemporary dance by Ballet Jörgen. Feb 25 at noon. Free. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W, Amphitheatre. coc.ca. El Torath El Masry Egyptian Dance Company presents belly dance from Ottoman times to the present. Feb 22 at 8 pm. $35$55. Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis. 416-462-3498, discoverbellydance.com. Electro/Acoustic The Art of Time Ensemble presents music by contemporary composers including In The Fire Of Conflict, with choreography by Peggy Baker danced by Benjamin Kamino. Feb 21-22 at 8 pm. $25-$59. Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, artoftimeensemble. com. Henderson/Castle: Voyager Toronto Dance Theatre presents a collaboration between choreographer Ame Henderson and musician Jennifer Castle. Opens Feb 20 and runs to

Mar 1, Wed-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $26, stu/srs $20, mat pwyc. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. 416-967-1365, tdt.org. HiM: Evolution HiM Promotions presents male athleticism and dance moves. Feb 26 at 8 pm. $30. The Great Hall, 1087 Queen W. facebook.com/himpromotions. BLegacy: Bringing It Home Collective of Black Artists presents a retrospective of its traditional and contemporary African dance works. Feb 20-23, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20-$35. Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas E, COBA Studio. cobainc.com.

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Moonlight Mirage Mirage Bellydance

present a show featuring Mayada, Dragonfly Bellydance, Camelia & Amy of Arabesque Dance and others. Feb 23 at 7 pm. $20-$25. Robert Gill Theatre, 214 College. miragebellydance.ca. Series 8:08 presents a performance workshop with choreographers Lisa Emmons, Julia Aplin, Leelee Davis, Julie Grant and Lilia Leon. Feb 22 at 8:08 pm. $10. Collective Space, 221 Sterling, unit 5. series808.ca. A Soldier’s Tale DanceWorks, Signal Theatre and Harbourfront NextSteps present a hybrid dance/theatre work by Michael Greyeyes about the aftermath and costs of war on soldiers and their families. Feb 20-22, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $18.75-$37.25. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com.

website for schedule. $10-$20, many events free/pwyc. 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com/rhubarb. Same Same But Different by Anita Majumdar (Theatre Passe Muraille/Alberta Theatre Projects). Two intersecting stories about a Bollywood starlet and her mother look at Indian cinema and clashing cultures. Runs to Mar 8, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $15$32.50, mat pwyc. 16 Ryerson. 416-5047529, passemuraille.on.ca. Shrew by William Shakespeare (Red One Theatre Collective). The play is presented with puppetry and vaudeville styling (see review, page 57). Runs to Mar 2, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, mat pwyc. The Storefront Theatre, 955 Bloor W. redonetheatre. com. NNN (JK) Tribes by Nina Raine (Theatrefront/Canadian Stage/Theatre Aquarius). A deaf-from-birth young man (Stephen Drabicki) meets a woman (Holly Lewis) who’s losing her hearing, prompting him to question his identity and allegiance to his loud, narcissistic, literary family, who raised him as if he had no disability. There are lots of rich themes in Raine’s script, but they’re not all mined in Daryl Cloran’s production. There are some solid performances, but the family dynamics don’t feel organic and the design isn’t as suggestive as it could be. Runs to Mar 2, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Wed 1:30 pm, Sat-Sun 2 pm. $22-$49. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-368-3110, canadianstage.com. NNN (GS) The Witlings by Frances Burney (Theatre Erindale). Lovers are kept apart by economic difficulties. Runs to Mar 2, Thu 7:30 pm, Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat (and Mar 2) 2 pm. $15, stu/srs $10. Erindale Studio Theatre at UTM, 3359 Mississauga Rd N. theatreerindale.com. 3

Hybrid work A Soldier’s Tale features Ana Groppler.

Arrabal Mirvish and BASE Entertainment

present a dance-theatre show about the world of tango clubs in 1970s Argentina (see review, page 59). Runs to Apr 20, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $44-$84. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge. 416-8721212, m irvish.com. NNN (GS) Heartbeat Of Home Mirvish presents a mashup of Irish, Afro-Cuban, Latin and fla-

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Steve Levine w/ Tim Nasiopoulos and host Simon Rakoff. To Feb 23, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. BEN BANKAS Habits Gastropub presents the comic in a live show. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 928 College. 416-533-7272, habitsgastropub.com.

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ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents headliner

Watch Her/A Month In The Country

forming Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-345-9595, national.ballet.ca.

Darcy Michael plays Yuk Yuk’s Downtown to February 22.

Thursday, February 20

The National Ballet of Canada presents an original work by Azure Barton and Frederick Ashton’s ballet based on the Turgenev play. Opens Feb 26 and runs to Mar 2, WedSat 7:30 pm, mat Thu and Sat-Sun 2 pm. $25-$184. Four Seasons Centre for the Per-

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menco dance and music, linked together with a thin narrative about emigrating to the New World. There are lots of jaw-dropping dance numbers, all backed up by a versatile band, but there’s also plenty of Hallmark-card-ready sentimentality that falls flat. Runs to Mar 2, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat SatSun and Wed 2 pm. $35-$130. Ed Mirvish Theatre, 244 Victoria. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. NNN (GS) Malcolm Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie present the first full-evening solo/duet that James Kudelka has created for himself and a puppet. Runs to Feb 23, Wed-Sun 8 pm. $20. The Citadel, 304 Parliament. colemanlemieux.com. 3

The Joy of Camping & Sparq Entertainment present the first anniversary of Joy of Camping’s show incubator w/ JJ Liberman, Allen Yu and Yan Marksen. 8:30 pm. $10. Monarch Tavern, 12 Clinton. s parqentertainment.com. COOL & DEADLY Comedy Lounge presents headliner Big Norm w/ Sandro Veri, Will Noye, Candice Gregoris and host Pat-

rick Hakeem. 8:30 pm. $10-$15. Vogue Supper Club, 42 Mowat. c omedylounge.ca. LAUGH SABBATH Comedy Bar presents Tim Gilbert, Arthur Simeon, Tony Ho, Andrew Chapman, Kevin Dowse with Kat Letwin, Chris Locke, host Marty Topps and others. 9:30 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. 416-5516540, laughsabbath.com. QUIP TALK The LOT Comedy Club presents a monthly comedy talk show w/ Elvira Kurt, Fraser Young, host Nicky Nasrallah and others. 8 pm. Free. 100 Ossington. quipmag.com/quiptalk. SPRING 2014 MAINSTAGE REVUE Second City presents previews of its upcoming collection of sketches, songs and improvisations. To Feb 28, Tue-Thu 8 pm, Fri 7:30 pm, Sat-Sun 7:30 & 10 pm. $25-$29. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com.

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TOUCH MY STEREOTYPE’S HYPOTHETICAL SPECTACLE TMS presents a full-length sketch revue

featuring sketches, music, videos and more, w/ Amanda McQueen, Lars Classington, Eitan Shalom, Chantale Renee and others. To Feb 22, Thu-Sat 9 pm. $12-$15. Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. t ouchmystereotype.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Darcy Michael. To Feb 22, Thu-Sat 8 pm (and Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $13-$22. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

Friday, February 21 Absolute Comedy See Thu 20. THE BEST OF THE SECOND CITY presents classic and original sketch and improvisation. 10:30 pm. $24. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416-343-

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Touch My Stereotype’s Hypothetical S pectacle See Thu 20. Yuk Yuk’s Downtown See Thu 20.

Saturday, February 22 Absolute Comedy See Thu 20. Carla Collins See Fri 21. GLOBEHEAD 2014: FINALS Bad Dog Theatre

presents the finale of the shortform battle royale and awards gala. 8 pm. $12, stu $10, pass $40. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-5516540, baddogtheatre.com/globehead-2014. HOE DOWN WITH RICK & LAURA HALL Second City Training Centre presents up and coming talent performing with industry pros Rick and Laura Hall. 7 & 9 pm. $15-$20. John Candy Box Theatre, 70 Peter. 416-340-7270, secondcity.com.

MOONEY: OUT OF DARKNESS – THE LAST STAND Stolen From Africa preñ sents the comedic writer/performer in a live BPAUL

show. 9 pm. $35-$75. Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor W. stolenfromafrica.org. RED ROCKET COMEDY presents a weekly show w/ host Joel West and guests. 8 pm. Free. Red Rocket Coffee, 1364 Danforth. 416-4060880, redrocketcoffee.com. The Ryan And Amy Show See Fri 21. THE SAL & SANDY FAREWELL SHOW The LOT Comedy Club presents Precious Chong, Kate Davis, hosts Sal Feldman & Sandy Frigginelli and others. 10 pm. $20. 100 Ossington. lotstandup@gmail.com. Spring 2014 Mainstage Revue See Thu 20.

Touch My Stereotype’s Hypothetical S pectacle See Thu 20. Yuk Yuk’s Downtown See Thu 20.

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Site-specific mystery

Seven heaven THE LAST SEVEN STEPS OF BAR-

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by Daniele Bartolini (Bata Shoe Museum, 327 Bloor West). Runs to February 28. $50. 416-979-7799 ext 445, batashoemuseum.ca/tickets. See Continuing, page 58. Rating: NNNN

Sometimes the journey is more important than the destination, which is the case with The Last Seven Steps Of Bartholomew S., an exciting new production at the Bata Shoe Mu seum. It’s no surprise to find theatre staged environmentally in local museums. Campbell House has been doing it for years, and Mackenzie House recently got into the act with Firebrand. But Last Seven Steps is a first for the Bata. Created specifically for the museum by writer/director Daniele Bartolini, one of the artists who developed Midway Along The Journey Of Our Life (SummerWorks 2013), the walkabout show asks the audience to follow in the footsteps of the possibly mythical title character, whose words and shoes we find in different galleries. Divided into groups and seeing several but not all of the production’s four episodes, we meet a variety of characters who swear they’ve had contact with Bartholomew, though no one can describe him. You might encounter a man laid out on an exhibition-room floor (Rory de Brouwer), a bar owner in the Wild West (Danya Buona stella) and another

fellow (Rob Feetham) who suggests that one of our number might be Bartholomew himself. This isn’t just a site-specific show, but also an interactive one. Viewers are part of the action, though not in an intrusive or embarrassing way. Be ready to play along with those around you. I felt like I was literally in one of my iPad fantasy games looking for clues and trying to discover teasedout information about the mysterious Bartholomew S., who’s a lways one step ahead of us. Expect an evening of footsteps, more questions than answers, playing cards and dark rooms lit by flashlights. Oh, and of course shoes, since the museum is devoted to them and they inspired the individual scenes, developed by Bartolini with the performers. You’ll see a number of pairs, shoes that take some on their first steps and some on their last. JON KAPLAN

HENDERSON/ CASTLE VOYAGER

What if you never stopped moving?

Feb 20-22 & Feb 26-Mar 1, 2014 (8pm) Feb 23 (2pm) PWYC Winchester Street Theatre 80 Winchester Street Tickets: $20-26 Call 416.967.1365 | tdt.org

A new work by Toronto-based dance artist Ame Henderson, in collaboration with singer/songwriter Jennifer Castle and the TDT company.

tdt.org The Last Seven Steps Of Bartholomew, with Danya Buonastella, was created for the Bata Museum.

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0011, s econdcity.com. CARLA COLLINS The Flying Beaver Pubaret presents the actor/comic in a live show. To Feb 22, Fri-Sat 7 pm. $20-$25. 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567, pubaret.com. CATCH 23 Comedy Bar presents a weekly improv pit fight. 8 pm. $10. 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, comedybar.ca. GLOBEHEAD 2014: SEMI FINALS Bad Dog Theatre presents the annual shortform battle royale. 8 pm. $12, stu $10, pass $40. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, baddogtheatre.com/globehead-2014. THE MARY-JANES OF COMEDY Comedy Bar presents the all-female stand-up show w/ Jess Beaulieu, Diana Love, Steph Tolev, headliner Kate Davis and host Lianne Mauladin. 9:30 pm. $10. 945 Bloor W. maryjanesofcomedy.com. THE RYAN AND AMY SHOW The Flying Beaver Pubaret presents the Vancouver sketch comedy duo in a live show. To Feb 22, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $10-$15. 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567, pubaret.com. Spring 2014 Mainstage Revue See Thu 20. TOP SHELF COMEDY presents The Main Event, a weekly pro headliner and others. 9:30 pm. $5. St Louis Bar & Grill, 1963 Queen E. 416637-7427.

ABSOLUTE COMEDY Second City Training Cen-

tre presents the Stand-Up 101 Grad Show featuring new comics. 12:30 & 3 pm. $5. Evening show, see Thu 20. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. DROP & GIVE ME 20! Comedy Bar present upand-coming comics doing 20 minutes w/ Andrew Barr, Mike Kellet, Nigel Grinstead and host Marc Hallworth. 8 pm. Pwyc. 945 Bloor W. c omedybar.ca.

Humber College Puppetry Intensive 2014 Transform your reality Explore the art of puppetry!

HAPPY HOUR COMEDY: GIVE ME MY SPOT CONTEST Ein-Stein presents five contestants competing for a spot on Yuk Yuk’s Tuesday Night Show. 8 pm. Free. 229 College. ein-stein.ca.

DISCIPLES ALL BLACK COMEDY REVUE Yuk Yuk’s Downtown presents ñ the monthly show w/ Kweku, Nitish Sakhuja, BNUBIAN

Hoodo Hersi, Nile Seguin, Maliaka Bryce, Patrick Haye and host Kenny Robinson. 8:30 pm. $20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. Spring 2014 Mainstage Revue See Thu 20. SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE The Sketchersons present a weekly sketch and live music show. 9 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca.

Monday, February 24 ALTDOT COMEDY LOUNGE Rivoli presents Mark Forward, Dave Merheje, Rebecca Kohler, Adam Growe, Alan Park, Chris Locke, Aisha Alfa, Mark DeBonis MC Sean Cullen and others. 9 pm. $5. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com. THE BEST OF THE SECOND CITY presents classic and original sketch and improvisation. 8 pm.

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• Develop your language of puppet manipulation • Explore principals and techniques of puppet design & construction • Experience performance creation For details: Heather.kent@humber.ca 416-675-6622 ext 79048 Or visit : humber.ca/puppetry

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$14. Second City, 51 Mercer. secondcity.com. CHEAP LAUGHS MONDAY PJ O’Briens Irish Pub presents a weekly open mic w/ Russell Roy and guests. 9:30 pm. Free. 39 Colborne. 416815-7562. THE COMEDY CABARET Dave Code & Matthew Sarookanian present a monthly show w/ host Code and others. 8 pm. Free. Charlotte Room, 19 Charlotte. thecomedycabaret.com. BAN EVENING WITH CHRIS TUCKER TD, Clement Virgo Productions and the Canadian Film Centre present the actor/comic in conversation with Garvia Bailey, clips of his work plus an audience Q&A. 7 pm. $20 (proceeds to CFC’s Diversity Scholarship fund). Varsity Cinema, 55 Bloor W. eventbrite.ca. I HEART JOKES The Central presents open-mic comedy. 10 pm. Pwyc. 603 Markham. thecentralbar.ca. IMPERIAL COMEDY SHOW Imperial Pub presents a weekly show. 9:30 pm. Free. 54 Dundas E. 416-977-4667, imperialcomedy.com. OFFICE PUB COMEDY presents 12 pros and amateurs each week w/ hosts Cassandra Sansosti and Blayne Smith. 8 pm. Free. The Office Pub, 117 John. 416-977-1900.

Tuesday, February 25 THE FIRESTARTER Fox & Fiddle presents weekly

pros and random lotto spots w/ host Kyle Andrews. 8:30 pm. Free. 280 Bloor W. 416966-4369. I HEART JOKES The Central presents a comedy show. 7 pm. Pwyc. 603 Markham. 416-9134586, thecentralbar.ca. I SEEN YOU ON TV: THE TUESDAY EDITION The National Theatre of the World presents improv by comics seen on Canadian TV shows and ads w/ Fab Filippo, Jason DeRosse and

others. 8 pm. $18. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W, Underground. ntowiseenyouontv.bpt.me. LES IMPROBABLES Supermarket presents a biweekly show with competitive improv en français. 7 pm. $5. 268 Augusta. 416-8400501, ligueimprotoronto@gmail.com. MULLET’S NIGHT SHOW Jean-Paul Mullet presents a comedy variety show w/ Robin Archer and others. 9 pm. $10. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. memullet.com. PROPEN MIC Comedy Bar presents a weekly pro open-mic show followed by lottery spots. 9 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. THE SKIN OF MY NUTS presents a weekly open mic w/ host Vandad Kardar. 9:30 pm. Free. Sonic Espresso Bar, 60 Cecil. facebook.com/ skinofmynuts. SPRING 2014 MAINSTAGE REVUE See Thu 20. TUESDAY HEADLINER SERIES COMEDY Imperial Pub presents host Danny Polishchuk and guests. 9:30 pm. Free. 54 Dundas E. 416-9774667, imperialcomedy.com. WHEEL OF IMPROV Natasha Boomer presents the weekly non-competitive competitive games game-show. 9:30 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents the Humber School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, Launching Pad for new stand-ups at 9:30 pm, every Tue. $4/ show. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

Wednesday, February 26 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Pro-Am night w/

headliner Larry XL, Big Mo, Josh Infald, Nader Mansour, Nick Martinello, Sean McKiernan, Sai Kit and host Herb Irving. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. CHUCKLE CO. PRESENTS weekly stand-up. 9:30 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. chuckleco. com. MAGIC OVEN COMEDY presents a weekly show. 8 pm. Free. Magic Oven, 347 Keele. 416-6040202, facebook.com/MagicOvenKeele. 120 WEDS OPEN MIC Club 120 presents comics, burlesque and novelty performers w/ headliner Paul Bellini, hosts Sasha Van Bon Bon & Rob Testa and others. 9 pm. $8, stu/srs $5. 120 Church. club120.ca. SPIRITS COMEDY Spirits Bar & Grill presents one of North America’s longest-running comedy shows. Wednesdays 9 pm. Free. 642 Church. 416-967-0001. SPRING 2014 MAINSTAGE REVUE See Thu 20. TOP SHELF COMEDY presents The Spotlight, a weekly night of top comics. 9 pm. $5. WAYLA Bar, 996 Queen E. 416-901-5570. THE VEST SHOW IN TOWN Comedy Bar presents a variety show w/ Vest of Friends. 9:30 pm. Pwyc. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. THE VIDEO GAME SHOW Bad Dog Theatre Epic Wednesdays presents improv inspired by classic and current console games. 8 pm. $12, stu $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, baddogtheatre.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Garrett Clark. To Mar 2, Wed-Sun 8 pm (and Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $13-$22. 224 Richmond W. 416967-6425, yukyuks.com. 3

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Simon says THE DILETTANTES by Michael Hingston (Freehand), 267 pages, $21.95 paper. Rating: NNN You can tell that Michael Hingston started writing this book more than five years ago. Elements of it are sorely dated. But he definitely has a passion for his subject and shows great potential for character development. Alex, editor of Simon Fraser University’s student newspaper, The Peak, is in a panic now that big, bad daily paper Metro has moved in on the student rag’s turf. Soon few are reading the venerable Peak, and Metro’s boxes are proliferating. In the meantime, homegrown movie star Duncan Holtz has enrolled at the university – often a location for feature films – and causes a stir wherever he goes. Simon Fraser students and alumni will love this. Actually, any recent college graduate will appreciate Hingston’s portrait of campus life: the short-lived hookups, the shortstaffed pubs, the short cuts so many students take to gain their diplomas. Newspaper hounds will find the sequences inside The Peak’s offices (do the editors despise their readers or what?) irresistible. And Hingston has drawn a very strong character in Alex, the guy who

over-thinks everything but never gets around to doing much. He’s so busy fantasizing what he’s going to say to a journalist about his debut novel that he forgets he still has to sit in front of the computer to write the damn thing. And he’s already rehearsed his post-coital patter before he’s figured out how to manage the seduction. Unfortunately, except for his obnoxiously sexobsessed friend Tyson, the other characters are thin. Tracey, the copy editor, looks like she might shine but then disappears, and we don’t see enough of The Peak’s beleaguered ad rep. The actual story, too, could use some beefing up. And a lot has changed since Hingston started writing The Dilettantes. When there’s a brawl at a talk given by superstar Holtz, there’s no way every student wouldn’t be snapping shots of the melee – and video, for that matter. And when The Peak has to make cutbacks, the last thing to go would be the online component, not the first. But Hingston does have talent. SUSAN G. COLE susanc@nowtoronto.com | @susangcole

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Thursday, February 20 HOW TO BAN A BOOK IN 10 EASY STEPS Not-sotongue-in-cheek guide to the world of book banning and censorship, part of Freedom To Read Week. 6:45 pm. Free. High Park Library, 228 Roncesvalles. freedomtoread.ca/events.

BTHE GREAT BLACK NORTH ANTHOLOGY

Friday, February 21 LOVE VS SMUT Spoken word and storytelling

from Pressgang Theatre. 8 pm. Pwyc. Handlebar, 159 Augusta. 647-748-3233.

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Sunday, February 23 BBLACK HISTORY MONTH READING Camille A

Isaacs, Austin Clarke, George Elliott Clarke and Orville Lloyd Douglas. 4 pm. Free. Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay. 416-361-0032. SPOKEN WORD Performances by Tomy Bewick, Bassam, Dwayne Morgan, Patrick DeBelen, Creo and others. 7 pm. $20. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas W. 416-588-0307. SUNDAY POETRY Poetry, music, theatre and video plus an open mic. Noon-3 pm. Free. Ellington’s Cafe, 805 St Clair W. 416-535-2384.

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BOOST THE FREEDOM TO READ Censorship is bad for creativity, democracy and the mind itself. That’s why Freedom To Read Week – which begins Sunday (February 23) and highlights why free expression, especially the political kind – is so important. This year’s Freedom To Read activities include the Dear Censor event at the Gladstone on Tuesday (February 25), featuring a short play based on lectures and letters by authors including Lawrence Hill and Margaret Atwood. SGC See Readings, this page.

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Evening of poetry readings. 6:30 pm. Free. Downsview Library, 2793 Keele. torontopubliclibrary.ca. BDWAYNE MORGAN Spoken word performance. 6 pm. Free. Kennedy/Eglinton Library, 2380 Eglinton E. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

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Monday, February 24 BGEORGE ELLIOTT CLARKE Reading from his work and talking about what it’s like to be our city’s poet laureate. 1 pm. Free. City Hall Library, Queen & Bay. torontopubliclibrary.ca. JOE CROSS Talking about his new book, The Reboot With Joe Juice Diet. 7 pm. Free. Indigo Manulife, 55 Bloor W. chapters.indigo.ca. MARISSA MEYER Signing copies of her book Cress. 7 pm. Free. Indigo Yorkdale, 3401

Dufferin. chapters.indigo.ca. ANNA QUINDLEN Discussing her novel, Still Life With Bread Crumbs. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

Tuesday, February 25 DEAR CENSOR A short play based on lectures and letters by authors incuding Margaret Atwood and Lawrence Hill, part of Freedom To Read week. 7:30 pm. Pwyc ($10 sugg). Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. freedomtoread.ca/events. THE DECODED COMPANY Authors including tech strategists Rahaf Harfoush and Jay Goldman talk about their book. 7 pm. Free. Indigo Manulife, 55 Bloor W. chapters.indigo.ca. SHAB-E SHE’R POETRY NIGHT Readings by Farzana Doctor and IF plus an open mic. 7 pm. Pwyc ($5 sugg). Central, 603 Markham. facebook.com/events/159322917611822.

Wednesday, February 26 BURNING BOOKS/CREATING DARKNESS Writer Alanna Mitchell talks about burning, banning and violence against truth as part of Freedom To Read Week. 7 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca. SAM CHEKU/ALEXANDRA LEGGAT/DARRYL WHETTER Reading. 8 pm. Pwyc. Press Club, 850 Dundas W. pivotreadings.ca.

BTHE GREAT BLACK NORTH ANTHOLOGY Poet-

ry by Kevan Anthony Cameron, Andrea Thomson and others. 6 pm. Free. Riverdale Library, 370 Broadview. torontopubliclibrary.ca. HOW TO BAN A BOOK IN 10 EASY STEPS A notso-tongue-in-cheek guide to the world of book banning and censorship is part of Freedom To Read Week. 7 pm. Free. Jane/Dundas Library, 620 Jane. freedomtoread.ca/events.

DAVID M TANOVICH/ALVIN CURLING/JOHN SEWELL (World Literacy Canada benefit) Read-

ing and talking about their work as part of the Kama series. 6:30 pm. $60. Park Hyatt Toronto, 4 Avenue. 416-977-0008, worldlit.ca.

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No holds barred Throwdown smashes stereotypes By DAVID JAGER THE HOGTOWN THROWDOWN at

the Polish Combatants Hall (206 Beverley), Saturday (February 22), 7 pm. 416-979-2017. Pwyc, advance $10.

Pro wrestling action and the art-sleaze aesthetics of John Waters collide in The Hogtown Throwdown. The League of Women Wrestlers, the name temporarily taken by a women’s art collective from the Yukon’s Dawson City, is bringing live lady wrestling to the Polish Combatants Hall on Saturday. Their cast of self-created characters will trade hammerlocks, piledrivers and signature moves such as the Silencer, the BFF Hug and the Doomsday Bunkie.

The League bill themselves as a community-engaged art collective responding to gendered stereotypes and inequalities. They perform their riotous wrestling hijinks in what they call a celebration of feminine identities. The accent is on comedic subversion. Take the magnificently mulleted, roller-skating Dyke Master 3000 (with her “laser poon”), the seemingly geriatric, walker-wielding Betty Whoop, or the axe-swinging, red-suspender-wearing Big Jody Mufferaw. Nor should we omit the blood-curdling war cry of founding member Shreeeka, a black-hooded eminence who appears to have been taken whole out of a Wiccan under-

THIS WEEK IN THE MUSEUMS B= = Black History Month exhibit ART GALLERY OF HAMILTON Joseph Calleja and

Viktor Tinkl, to Feb 28. Kim Adams, to May 4. Tyler Tekatch, to May 25. $10, stu/srs $8, free first Fri of month 5-9 pm. 123 King W (Hamilton). 905-527-6610. ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO Fancy Videogame Party, 8 pm-midnight Feb 21 ($15). The Great Upheaval: Modern Masterpieces From The Guggenheim, to Mar 2 ($25, stu $16.50, Wed 6-8:30 pm $12.50). Light My Fire: Five Propositions About Portraits, to Apr 30. Brian Jungen and Duane Linklater, to Jun 15. $19.50, srs $16, stu $11, free Wed 6-8:30 pm (special exhibits excluded). 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. ART GALLERY OF YORK U The Centre For Incidental Activisms (CIA) #2, to Mar 2. 4700 Keele, Accolade E bldg. 416-736-5169. BLACKWOOD GALLERY Ahmet Ögüt, to Mar 2. 3359 Mississauga N, U of T Mississauga (Mississauga). 905-828-3789. CITY OF TORONTO ARCHIVES Life On The Grid: 100 Years Of Street Photography, to May 31. 255 Spadina Rd. 416-397-0778.

DESIGN EXCHANGE This Is Not A Toy, to May 18 ($16, stu/srs $13). Emerging Designer Competition, Feb 21-Apr 1. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. DORIS McCARTHY GALLERY Glam North: Doris McCarthy And Her New Contemporaries, Feb 26-Apr 26, reception 5-9 pm Feb 26. 1265 Military Trail. 416-287-7007. GARDINER MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART Ron Thom And The Allied Arts, to Apr 27. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. JUSTINA M. BARNICKE CounterIntelligence, to Mar 16. 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398. McMICHAEL CANADIAN ART COLLECTION David McEown and Ben Barak, to Mar 15. Mary Pratt, to Apr 27. Changing Tides: Contemporary Art Of Newfoundland And Labrador, to Jun 1. $15, stu/srs $12. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-893-1121. MOCCA Misled By Nature: Contemporary Art And The Baroque, to Apr 6. 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067. THE POWER PLANT Mike Nelson, to May 19,

MUST-SEE SHOWS AKASHA ART PROJECTS Photos: David Roddis, Feb 20-Mar 15, reception 7-9 pm Feb 20. 511 Church, 2nd fl. 647-348-0104. ANGELL Installation: Philippe Blanchard; Simulators II group show, Feb 21-Mar 22, reception 6-9 pm Feb 21. 12 Ossington. 416-530-0444. THE ARTIST PROJECT 250+ artists, emerging artist and nautical art competitions, installations, photos, Feb 20-23, reception 7-11 pm Feb 20 ($23-$25). $15, stu/ srs $10. Better Living Centre, 195 Princes’, Exhibition Pl. theartistprojecttoronto. com. BULTHAUP Neon: Orest Tataryn, to Apr 30. 280 King E. 416-361-9005. CHRISTOPHER CUTTS Painting/collage/ drawing: Harold Town, to Feb 26. 21 Morrow. 416-532-5566. BDANIELS SPECTRUM Black Future Month 3014 group show; sculpture: Ekow Nimako and Rose-Ann Marie Bailey, to Feb 28. 585 Dundas E. 416-392-1038. DIAZ CONTEMPORARY Joel Herman and Garry Neill Kennedy, Feb 20-Mar 22, reception 6-8 pm Feb 20. 100 Niagara. 416361-2972. GENERAL HARDWARE CONTEMPORARY

Painting: Michael Davidson, Feb 20-Mar 15, reception 6-9 pm Feb 20. 1520 Queen W. 416-821-3060.

Paintings by Sylvain Coulombe hang at Thompson Landry Gallery to March 9.

GLADSTONE HOTEL Textiles: Hard Twist 2014 – This Is Personal, to Apr 27. ñ B Photos: Jon Blak, to Feb 28. 1214 Queen W.

416-531-4635.

ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE Prints: Mimmo

Paladino, to Mar 8. Mon-Fri or by appt. 496 Huron. 416-921-3802. KATHARINE MULHERIN Painting: Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline, to Mar 16. 1082/1086 Queen W. 416-993-6510. MERCER UNION Bridget Moser, Michael Vickers and Nikki Woolsey, to Mar 22. 1286 Bloor W. 416-536-1519.

The League of Lady Wrestlers, here all the way from the Yukon, hits the mat for a thrilling Hogtown Throwdown.

ground comix nightmare. Along with a much larger roster of characters, they promise to deliver a full evening of nail-biting, gutchurning, knee-slapping wrestling action. Currently fundraising on indiegogo to rent a proper ring (in which to do aerials), the show also includes trading cards, T-shirts, autographed

headshots, buttons and personalized merch. There’s also a half-time show, surprise appearances and a medley of dramatic storylines. It’s all part of the wrestling experience. So what are they fighting for? In

the words of the league: “ We battle for justice.” If you have a problem with that, yoga warrior Barbara Shalala just might “put you in corpse pose for good, namas(t)ay’in?” 3 art@nowtoronto.com

Iris Häussler talk 2 pm Feb 23. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM Faces To Remember: Chinese Portraits Of The Ming And Qing Dynasties, to Feb 23. Wildlife Photographer Of The Year, to Mar 23 ($21, stu/srs $18.50, under 14 free). $15, stu/srs $13.50; Fri 4:308:30 pm $9, stu/srs $8. 100 Queen’s Park. 416586-8000. RYERSON IMAGE CENTRE Black Star Subject: Canada; Robert Burley, Phil Bergerson and Elisa Julia Gilmour, to Apr 13. 33 Gould. 416979-5164. BTEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA Heather Goodchild and Jérôme Havre, to Apr 13, Havre/Kenneth Montague talk 6 pm Feb 26 ($12). From Geisha To Diva: The Kimonos Of Ichimaru, to May 11. Telling Stories, to Apr 13. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-599-5321. U OF T ART CENTRE Lutz Dille; Framing Narratives: Renaissance To Modernism, to Mar 8. 15 King’s College Circle. 416-978-1838.

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ture/textiles: Jesse Bromm and Grant Heaps, to Mar 15. 5 Brock. 416-546-3683. O’BORN CONTEMPORARY Jill Greenberg, to Mar 15. 131 Ossington. 416-413-9555. OPEN STUDIO GALLERY O.W.N. (Object Work Notation); The Print Process – Drypoint group shows, Feb 21-Mar 29, reception 6:30-8:30 pm Feb 21. 401 Richmond W #104. 416-504-8238. PARI NADIMI Pics Or It Didn’t Happen group show; installation: Joe McKay, to Mar 29. 254 Niagara. 416-591-6464. PAUL PETRO Mélanie Rocan and Jane Buyers, Feb 21-Mar 22, reception 7-10 pm Feb 21. 980 Queen W. 416-979-7874. RED HEAD GALLERY Peter Dykhuis, to Mar 1. 401 Richmond W #115. 416-504-5654. THOMPSON LANDRY Painting: Sylvain Coulombe, Feb 20-Mar 9, reception 6-9 pm Feb 20. 55 Mill, Stone Distillery, bldg 5 and 32. 416-364-4955. VECTOR FESTIVAL Game + Art Convergence, to Feb 23, reception 7-11 pm Feb 20 (OCAD, free), closing reception 7-11 pm Feb 23 (Videofag, $5). Free-$15, fest pass $30-$40. InterAccess (9 Ossington), OCAD U (49 McCaul), Videofag (187 Augusta) and others. vectorfestival.org. VTAPE The Curatorial Incubator: Set Tongues Wagging, to Mar 7. 401 Richmond W #452. 416-351-1317. YYZ Nobuo Kubota and Randi Nygard, to Mar 8. 401 Richmond W. 416-598-4546.

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Penn Jillette, of Penn & Teller fame, is anticipating a real controversy in the art community over his new documentary, Tim’s Vermeer. He emphasizes the word “real,” as opposed to a fake controversy, which he defines as “some starlet showing her tit and backing her ass up into a guy.” Stirring up controversy is pretty old hat for Penn & Teller, the Vegas comics/magicians known for exposing basic trade secrets before upping the ante with feats that continue to amaze. “Most of that was hype,” Penn clarifies. “Most of that was us pretending magicians hated us. There were magicians who really, really, really hated us. But that was a very small number. We exploited them to get our position in this very specific place in magic.” Penn, a hulking figure who can make a couch look like a stool, is sitting alongside his meek, (mostly) silent partner, Teller, in a Toronto hotel. They are promoting Tim’s Vermeer, which Teller directed, during the Toronto International Film Festival. The film follows Penn’s good friend Tim Jenison, a 3D imaging software designer who may have cracked the secret to Johannes Vermeer’s paintings. “I had this epiphany,” Jenison recalls when I spoke to him just moments before. “There was a way that artists 350 years ago could trace not only the shapes but the colours in the scene before them. If they could do that, they were basically making a handmade photograph.” Jenison’s inflammatory hypothesis: Vermeer inventively used 17th century technology (mirrors and lenses) to reproduce lifelike details and light, making him an early photographer. To prove his theory, Jenison set out to recreate a Vermeer painting by hand, using the exact conditions available to the artist. That meant constructing replicas of Vermeer’s tools and studio. Jenison hoped his efforts would lead to a paper or a YouTube video. Penn thought that was a “stupid” idea, so he immedi-

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REVIEW TIM’S VERMEER (Teller) Rating: NNNN Art historians may get in a huff over Vegas headliners Penn & Teller and their revelatory new documentary on the magic behind Johannes Vermeer’s paintings. The illusionists, known for breaking down tricks, are the ideal hosts for a film that deconstructs the 17th-century artist’s craft and hypothesizes about how he so meticulously recreated lifelike light and details. The filmmakers follow their good friend Tim Jenison, an inventor behind 3D imaging, who obsessively attempts to paint a Vermeer with his own hands in order to figure out what optic technology the Dutch master might have used. Thanks to Penn & Teller’s inexhaustible charm in front of and behind the camera and Jenison’s endearing case of OCD, the film is a comic delight that marvels at the intersections between art and science, painting and cinema, illusionists and documentarians. RS

ately flew to Los Angeles to begin a documentary. “It’s a combination of real intellectual aesthetic information coupled with a stunt,” says Penn, describing why Jenison’s hobby had the makings of a Penn & Teller movie. “I also thought how much worse it would be if we documented after the fact. When someone does something miraculous, you usually go back and tell the story in flashbacks and interviews, with little pieces of archival footage. I like the fact that [Tim] does something momentous and the audience is with him the whole time.” Even Teller, who mostly sticks to the same sleepy expressions we know him for, can’t contain his excitement when discussing the parameters of Jenison’s project, which used stateof-the-art technology to recreate the past. “Something I was really conscious of the entire time was this sense of time travel,” says Teller. “He’s building a room from several hundred years ago in a warehouse in San Antonio. When he wants to research paint, he goes to Delft and comes back to San Antonio. When he’s designing the 17th century windows, he uses his own high-tech Lightwave 3D program.” The duo expects art historians to be less enthusiastic over Jenison’s findings that Vermeer used technology. Penn, no stranger to hostility and controversy, predicts “a raging shit-storm.” That might explain why he had a hard time pitching the film to financiers before deciding to put up his own money. “We spent a few months pitching it to BBC and Discovery,” says Penn, who recalls that whatever interest he got came with all sorts of caveats. “Because of who we are, some people thought I was bullshitting, like I was just trying to run a Borattype scam on them. Others thought there was something else insidious in place. And others just thought, ‘You’re asking people to watch paint dry.’” 3 movies@nowtoronto.com

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Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki has suggested that The Wind Rises, a partially fictionalized account of the life of aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, may be his swan song. If that ends up being the case, the Studio Ghibli legend behind Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle is going out on a note that’s both ambitious and graceful. Steering away from the childfriendly fantasies we’re accustomed to, The Wind Rises – nominated for a best-animated-feature Oscar – is an adult-oriented historical drama with a classical sweep that recalls David Lean’s epics. Think of it as Miyazaki’s Doctor Zhivago. The animator finds a kindred spirit of sorts in Jiro, a WWII-era engineer who designed planes. Like Miyazaki, he employs technology to realize artistic dreams. But he also lives with the bitter understanding that what he builds will be used for destruction. His designs were integral to the A6Ms that bombed Pearl Harbor. The film draws to a close before that fateful event, but its legacy hangs over the story like a dark cloud as Jiro navigates his way through school, the Great Depression and an industrial competition with the West. A sly and telling bit of artistic licence also has death casting a shadow over Jiro’s love life. The version hitting theatres is dubbed by Hollywood actors like Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emily Blunt. Although the translation may be off-putting at times, viewing the film without subtitles lets us soak up Miyazaki’s beautiful, expressionistic, hand-drawn designs. Engines huff and puff like beasts going to slaughter, billowing clouds swallow planes whole, and the devastating 1923 Kanto earthquake sounds like the Earth digesting life. RADHEYAN SIMONPILLAI

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POMPEII (Paul W.S. Anderson). 104 minutes. Opens Friday (February 21). For venues and times, see Movies, page 68. Rating: NN

TRUTH AND DARES Veteran character actor kills it in Cheap Thrills By NORMAN WILNER CHEAP THRILLS written and

directed by E.L. Katz, with Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton and David Koechner. A Pacific Northwest Pictures release. 85 minutes. Opens Friday (February 21) at the Royal. For Times, see Indie & Rep Film, page 74.

David Koechner is one of those guys who’s been in everything. You may remember him best for his work alongside Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd and Steve Carell in the Anchorman movies, but he’s racked up credits in dozens of films and TV shows, from a season on Saturday Night Live to a recurring role on The Office as travelling salesman Todd Packer. (He was also surprisingly convincing as a doomed asshole in Final Destination 5.) In Cheap Thrills, Koechner gets a chance to do something different. E.L. Katz’s indie thriller – a crowdpleaser at last year’s SXSW film festival – casts him as Colin, a wealthy husband who enlists old friends Craig (Pat Healy) and Vince (Ethan Embry) in a creepy series of escalating dares to entertain his much younger wife, Violet (Sara Paxton). Alternately cheerful and malevolent, Colin is like the world’s creepiest game show host – though, as he explains over the phone from Minnesota, Koechner didn’t think he was playing for comedy. “I didn’t know there were that many laughs in the film,” he says. “I thought, ‘A few parts, a little bit,’ but we certainly weren’t going for any laughs. But you watch it with a crowd and [people laugh]. I figure it’s because it’s such a pressure cooker, they need a release.” The set was something of a pressure cooker as well, with a 14-day shooting schedule and two primary locations. “Honestly, it felt like we were doing a play,” he says. “Those guys are

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REVIEW CHEAP THRILLS (E.L. Katz) Rating: NNNN Cheap Thrills is the indie thriller version of Magic Mike, where the question of what a person will do for money in contemporary America is answered with “get really bloody.” Pat Healy is Craig, a mechanic in dire financial straits. His family is facing eviction from their crappy Los Angeles apartment, and he’s just been downsized. Drinking at a bar so he won’t have to break the news to his wife, Craig and an old friend from high school (Ethan Embry) are approached by a wealthy couple (David Koechner, Sara Paxton) who offer them cash to take a series of dares that grow darker as the financial stakes rise. All four actors are great. Healy’s terrific as a man forcing himself to endure profound suffering for a quick payday, Embry uses a Brad Pitt impression to appear tough, Koechner is marvellously obnoxious as their chipper tormentor, and Paxton (who co-starred with Healy in The Innkeepers) is nicely ambiguous as Koechner’s bored trophy wife. The ending also doesn’t punk out, which is something you can’t say for a lot of thrillers these NW days.

all such good actors – Sara and Pat and Ethan, man, we were in it. The first day, it felt real. You’re pulled in. It’s the best when you’re actually feeling something and it’s your turn to speak. You’re really being affected, which doesn’t always happen.” Koechner will come back to the funny in next month’s No Clue opposite comedy buddy Brent Butt, whom he’s known since they gigged together in Montreal and Toronto in the mid-90s. “It’s a fun film,” Koechner says of No Clue. “It’s a detective story, but he’s a goofy guy, not really a detective. And I’m his buddy, who’s nagging him about it the whole time. I just love his style, and he’s such a funny guy – plus, you know, he’s a Canadian treasure.” Personally, I want to know whether Koechner will reprise the role of Greg Sutter, the Florida lawman he played on the first episode of Justified this year, who seemed to have the potential to do more stuff than just shoot the breeze with Timothy Olyphant’s taciturn Raylan Givens. “Well, he’s not dead,” Koechner laughs. “That’s all I know.” 3 normw@nowtoronto.com | @wilnervision

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Pat Healy is bloody good as a guy who suffers for a big payday.

Maybe Paul W.S. Anderson should stick to zombies. Actually, that’s not fair. Toronto’s resident Resident Evil director did a decent job on that Three Musketeers movie a couple of years back, so he’s certainly capable of stretching. Perhaps he’s simply not suited to the complexities of a swords-and-sandals apocalypse picture like Pompeii, a low-rent mashup of Spartacus and Titanic geared toward an audience too young to have seen either one. Anderson’s clearly more concerned with the third-act CG pyrotechnics

than he is with the first hour-plus, which establishes the budding romance between a star-crossed gladiator (Kit Harington, the know-nothing Jon Snow on Game Of Thrones) and forward-thinking young Cassia (Emily Browning of Sucker Punch and Sleeping Beauty) in the days leading up to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. This allows the movie to alternate between subpar fight sequences and dull conversations about the glory of Rome between Cassia’s parents (Jared Harris and Carrie Anne-Moss) and an eeeeevil senator (Kiefer Sutherland, fully aware he’s playing the Billy Zane role). And then Vesuvius blows, at which point Pompeii leaps into full “Romeo and Juliet witness historical disaster” pitch. You’ll see every beat of the story coming, although the 3D glasses do make it kinda murky at times. NORMAN WILNER

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Money woes MONEY FOR NOTHING: INSIDE THE FEDERAL RESERVE (Jim Bruce). 104 minutes. Opens Friday (February 21). For venues and times, see Movies, page 68. Rating: NN

I have a feeling that Money For Nothing: Inside The Federal Reserve will only appeal to economics geeks, and those people already know everything it has to tell them. Jim Bruce’s laboured documentary recounts American economic history in full in the service of a thorough explanation of the workings of America’s Federal Reserve Bank, which shapes the U.S. economy by setting interest rates, printing money and saying reassuring things when the raging monster that is American capitalism starts to eat itself. (Turns out Fed chairman Alan Greenspan was surprised every single time that happened on his watch – and it happened more than we think.) Bruce surely has the best intentions, but his gimmick of explaining financial

The Federal Reserve Bank’s Ben Bernanke makes cents of it all.

concepts with familiar clips from Frankenstein and It’s A Wonderful Life was square when Michael Moore did it 20 years ago. He also uses a well-worn clip of a nuclear blast to illustrate the concept of “economic implosion,” except that a nuclear bomb explodes rather than implodes. I have a hard time forgiving something like that. Money For Nothing can’t help but feel superfluous and tepid when compared to something like Charles Ferguson’s 2010 Oscar-winner Inside Job, which blended historical insight with a furious moral certitude. This film just NW sort of sits there.

also opening 3 Days To Kill (D: McG, 117 min) This actioner stars Kevin Costner as a dying Secret Service agent who has a chance to live – if he completes an assignment. Amber Heard’s on board, too, and Luc Besson’s a co-writer, so there’s tons of potential here. Screened after press time – see review February 20 at nowtoronto.com/movies.

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Movie listings are comprehensive and organized alphabetically. Listings include name of ﬁlm, director’s name in brackets, a review, running time and a rating. Reviews are by Norman Wilner (NW), Susan G. Cole (SGC), Glenn Sumi (GS), Andrew Dowler (AD) and Radheyan Simonpillai (RS) unless otherwise speciﬁed. The rating system is as follows: NNNNN Top 10 of the year NNNN Honourable mention NNN Entertaining NN Mediocre N Bomb

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ABOUT LAST NIGHT (Steve Pink) stars motormouth Kevin Hart in an update of the 1986 rom-com, an adaptation of David Mamet’s provocative play Sexual Perversity In Chicago. This will likely be the only occasion you read the names Mamet and Hart in the same sentence. That’s too bad since the comedian has never been funnier. Hart is well matched with the excellent Regina Hall as an on-and-off couple fucking and screaming on the sidelines while their adorable friends (Michael Ealy and Joy Bryant) work through the growing pains of a yearlong romance. In Hart’s previous outings, filmmakers seem satisfied with throwing him in scrappy, contrived scenarios so that he could freestyle his way through scenes. Here he’s working

with real material thanks to the two degrees of separation from Mamet’s play. His comedic talents get structure and purpose, and he has room to put his own stamp on Mamet’s acidic dialogue. This may be watered-down Mamet, but for Hart it’s 80 proof. 98 min. NNN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

characters hadn’t yelled at each other in a while. American Hustle is being compared to Goodfellas (because crime) and Boogie Nights (because sideboob, I guess). Let’s throttle back on that and see it as what it is: an incoherent, overacted mess. 138 min. NN (NW) Beach Cinemas, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinemas, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES

(Adam McKay) contains plenty more of the same. It isn’t necessarily a bad thing, especially for Anchorman diehards. Like its predecessor, the movie is most itself when its stars goof around, so it’s a shame that it expends so much energy trying to imitate the original, which at its best seemed to be making it up as it went along. 118 min. NNN (JS) Yonge & Dundas 24

ñAUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

(John Wells) is a perfectly constructed slice of Oklahoma Gothic about a family that ALL IS LOST (J.C. Chandor) may not convenes when the alcoholic patriarch disbreak new cinematic ground for the appears. It’s close to parody. You can buy survival thriller in the way Gravity does, the many variations on family rot and the but it doesn’t have to; it’s just one hell of a heightened reality onstage (Tracy Letts good movie, starring Robert Redford as a wrote the screenplay based on his Pulitzer sailor trying to steer his damaged boat to Prize-winning play), but all the revelations rescue. Chandor’s intimate, immediate are almost too much when they’re in your direction puts us right there with him for face on the screen. Still, Wells’s cast is so every second of it. 106 min. NNNN (NW) good, they make the thing believable. Yonge & Dundas 24 Meryl Streep is a knockout as drug-addled AMERICAN HUSTLE (David O. Russell) is matriarch Violet, and though you couldn’t nominally a story about the barely resay she matches her, Julia Roberts definmembered 1978 Abscam sting, in which itely holds her own as her rage-fuelled the FBI used a small-time con artist to daughter Barbara. The rest of the cast – snare politicians on bribery Juliette Lewis and and corruption charges. Julianne Nicholson as But the plot is incidental Barbara’s sisters, BenEXPANDED REVIEWS to the shouting. Director/ edict Cumberbatch as nowtoronto.com co-writer Russell has fully the family loser, Abiembraced the notion that gail Breslin, Chris drama only exists when Cooper and Margo Martindale – are also characters are yelling at one another in impressive, especially Martindale as Viomid-shots. Everybody races around shoutlet’s sister. For all its deep flaws (terrible ing about their ambitions and desires, and music, some clunky staginess), August: whoever shouts the loudest is the person Osage County is extremely entertaining. with whom we’re supposed to sympaSit back and enjoy the ride. 121 min. NNNN thize. Some people love this strategy; I (SGC) find it exhausting and pointless – espeBeach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton cially in the second half, when scenes Cinema, Humber Cinemas, Interchange 30, seem to exist because Russell had noticed SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24 Christian Bale and Jennifer Lawrence’s

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ñBLUE JASMINE

(Woody Allen) stars Cate Blanchett as the emotionally unhinged wife of a corporate sleazebag (Alec Baldwin) who moves to San Francisco to live with her sister (Sally Hawkins) when he’s busted. Expect Oscar to come calling on the amazing Blanchett. 98 min. NNNN (SGC) Interchange 30, Mt Pleasant

Reeves is an orphaned warrior who joins a band of masterless samurai on a mission of vengeance. Best to seek out Kenji Mizoguchi’s or Hiroshi Inagaki’s adaptation of the story; they may not have swirling smoke dragons or bird-headed monks, but they work their own magic. 118 min. N (NW) Interchange 30, Scotiabank Theatre

THE BOOK THIEF (Brian Percival) reframes the Second World War as a coming-of-age story about a young German girl (Monsieur Lazhar’s Sophie Nélisse). Director Percival has helmed a lot of Downton Abbey episodes, and it shows in film’s odd propriety. A movie about the Holocaust can’t be afraid of confronting its own message. 131 min. NN (NW) Kingsway Theatre, Regent Theatre

FROZEN (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee) is an

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (Paul Greengrass) stars Tom Hanks in a fantastic performance as the eponymous skipper of a commercial vessel hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. The rest of the film is far more problematic, with director Greengrass applying the tense, jangled docudrama aesthetic of United 93 to another true-life hostage crisis. Some subtitles. 134 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24 CHEAP THRILLS (E.L. Katz) See inter-

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view and review, page 66. 85 min. (NW) Opens Feb 21 at the Royal (see Indie & Rep Film, page 76)

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(Jean-Marc Vallée) stars Matthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof, a hardliving, womanizing Texas electrician who became an unlikely AIDS activist in the mid-1980s after being diagnosed with HIV. McConaughey shed 47 pounds for the role and is almost unrecognizable, but his charm and passion shine through, and he gets strong support from Jared Leto and Jennifer Garner. Expect major acting nominations come awards season. 117 min. NNNN (GS) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24

DEVIL’S KNOT (Atom Egoyan) dully dramatizes the prosecution of teens Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. for the child murders in West Memphis, Arkansas, a true story previously chronicled in three Paradise Lost documentaries and West Of Memphis. Egoyan must have seen the project as a chance to revisit the themes of The Sweet Hereafter, but he does absolutely nothing with that opportunity. 114 min. NN (NW) Kingsway Theatre ENDER’S GAME (Gavin Hood) is Harry Potter And The Starship Troopers, a very expensive, very elaborately designed attempt to build a new super-franchise out of Orson Scott Card’s 1985 sci-fi novel about a gifted young boy (Asa Butterfield) chosen to save the world from an alien threat. 113 min. NN (NW) Interchange 30 ENDLESS LOVE (Shana Feste) is better

than Franco Zefirelli’s 1981 original about passionate young love, but it’s still boring and silly. It starts off fine enough for the first 30 minutes or so, and Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde are likeable and appealing as two kids just out of high school falling for each other, but it quickly devolves into silliness and contrivance. It’s only really worth it for some good supporting performances by Bruce Greenwood and Robert Patrick as the teens’ dads. 103 min. NN (Andrew Parker) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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pid epic set in a fantastical Japan populated by monsters and witches. Keanu

entertaining Disney animated musical about two Nordic princesses, one who’s holed herself up in icy isolation and the other who wants to track her down. It’s basically The Snow Queen mixed with Wicked. The songs are derivative but effective. Look for a hilarious ditty by Josh Gad’s scene-stealing happy-go-lucky snowman Olaf, the best sidekick since Timon and Pumbaa. 102 min. NNN (GS) 401 & Morningside, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande Steeles, Humber Cinemas, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñGLORIA

(Sebastián Lelio) stars Berlin Film festival best actress Paulina García as a smart 50-something Chilean divrocée yearning for sex and adventure. When Gloria meets Rodolfo (Sergio Hernández) at a club for middle-aged singles and begins a relationship, she has to decide whether she’s willing to settle for half measures. A central theme about how past relationships and offspring impinge on a person’s ability to connect makes the film relatable, as does the way director/ co-writer Lelio presents these family situations. They’re never bathed in melodrama, but demonstrate in ordinary ways how Gloria’s self-centred family members can’t recognize that she’s a vibrant, intelligent woman worthy of anyone’s attention, be it theirs or that of a romantic partner. As essential as García’s wonderful performance is the unflinching portrayal of sex between aging partners, a candid glimpse of middle-aged sexuality that’s so rare in movies, it takes your breath away. Subtitled. 109 min. NNNN (SGC) Varsity

ñGRAVITY

(Alfonso Cuarón) plays as both an immediate, nail-biting thriller and a stunning technological accomplishment, following two astronauts (Sandra Bullock, George Clooney) stranded in Earth orbit and cut off from mission control. There are things here you’ve never seen before; this is a great, unprecedented picture. 91 min. NNNNN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñTHE GREAT BEAUTY

(Paolo Sorrentino) stars Toni Servillo as 60-something journalist Jep, who wrote a bestselling novel in his 20s but hasn’t written a thing that matters since. Instead, he’s immersed himself in all things shallow: the party circuit, pseudo-intellectual confabs with the rich and famous, meaningless sex. Shades of La Dolce Vita. Jep reflects on his empty life in a series of spectacular vignettes that come tumbling out of cinematographer Luca Bigazzi and writer-director Sorrentino’s vivid imagination: over-the-top bashes, an artist performing beside Roman ruins, a money-grubbing doctor injecting botox in public. Garish party sequences collide with serene images of Rome’s ancient art; beautiful inspirational music meets club bangers. Sure, it’s self-indulgent, but Sorrentino is the kind of director you want to indulge. Just let the damn thing wash over you. Subtitled. 142 min. NNNNN (SGC) TIFF Bell Lightbox, Varsity

he won an Oscar for in Little Miss Sunshine; a cute, precocious kid (actually, he’s pretty annoying). 113 min. NN (RS) Interchange 30

ñHER

(Spike Jonze) is set in the very near future, in a Los Angeles where emotionally withdrawn Theodore Twombley (Joaquin Phoenix) installs an operating system on his PC that’s basically an artificial intelligence – and winds up falling in love with it. Of course he’s drawn to it, or her (as voiced with perfect, perky opacity by Scarlett Johansson). Why wouldn’t he be? She’s perfect for him. She just doesn’t, you know, exist in the physical realm. Her is as wide-open and genuine as writer-director Jonze’s adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are, though not as emotionally raw. It’s a movie where people process their feelings rather than release them, essentially about how technology can facilitate a relationship over impossible distances and what happens when one partner evolves more quickly than the other. In the end, it’s a movie as beholden to Annie Hall as it is to 2001, and don’t think that isn’t the strangest sentence I’ve written this year. 125 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Interchange 30, Rainbow Market Square, Scotiabank Theatre, Varsity

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Paulina García is wonderful as the 50-something divorcee looking for sex and adventure. But it’s not easy for her to connect when family gets in the way. The sex scenes are a marvel.

Steve Pink’s adaptation of the pic based on David Mamet’s play is notable for the performance of motormouth comic Kevin Hart (above), who puts his own stamp on Mamet’s dialogue.

Miller’s ambitious CGI wonder doesn’t just take creative leaps as it weaves nearly every past heroic quest narrative into its inventive story. It’s also insanely funny.

George Clooney has made an oldfashioned ﬂick where charming characters use their wits to locate artworks stolen by the Nazis. Earnest and clever.

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GRUDGE MATCH (Peter Segal) pits Sylves-

ter Stallone against Robert De Niro in a Rocky vs. Raging Bull scenario. To keep this hollow gimmick going, Grudge Match resorts to plenty more devices: Kevin Hart refuelling his motormouth shtick; Alan Arkin playing the same old potty mouth

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

(Peter Jackson) is another two hours and 40 minutes of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) and his dwarf allies encountering giant spiders and orcs and elves and more orcs and a soupçon of political treachery on the way to the mountain where the dragon Smaug lies sleeping in his plundered gold. You may ask yourself why this isn’t the end of it. Some subtitles. 161 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Interchange 30, Scotiabank Theatre

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

(Francis Lawrence) again features a knockout Jennifer Lawrence, this time having to go back into the arena for another Hunger Games because her last victory has stirred revolution in the dowtrodden districts. Highly entertaining. 145 min. NNNN (SGC) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Interchange 30, Scotiabank Theatre

I, Frankenstein (Stuart Beattie) always

seems to be 30 seconds away from making sense. If it could just slow down for a breath, if something could just not explode in this scene, if the gargoyles and the demons could sheathe their killing swords and let somebody finish a freaking sentence, then maybe a decent movie might emerge. But that’s not the kind of picture I, Frankenstein is. It might have been at one point, before it was hacked down to 93 minutes of action sequences and anything resembling a plot was muddled into incoherence. All it is now is a showcase for CG cameras swooping through elaborately rendered sets – an ancient cathedral here, a massive underground laboratory there – while Aaron Eckhart punches a series of stuntmen in the foreground. Eckhart can be a charming, charismatic screen presence when given the chance – even when playing a monster – but this movie isn’t interested in letting him loose. In the end, he’s just

(Joel Coen, Ethan Coen) plays as comedy, musical and drama all at once, with the tone steered by Oscar Isaac’s soulful interpretations of traditional folk songs that somehow manage to reflect precisely what his character, itinerant troubadour Llewyn Davis, is feeling. Beautifully realized and packed with delightful incidents – the recording of Please Mr. Kennedy is probably the most satisfying three minutes you’ll spend in a movie theatre this year – Inside Llewyn Davis understands its characters in a way few movies do, giving Isaac and costars Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Adam Driver and F. Murray Abraham room to detail their performances into something much more than folk scene clichés. 105 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre, TIFF Bell Lightbox

ñThe Invisible Woman

(Ralph Fiennes) seems like a conventional drama about the relationship between Charles Dickens (director Fiennes) and his mistress Nelly Ternan (Felicity Jones). But this is a much more experimental treatment of the story than you might expect, and Fiennes gets excellent work out of pretty much everyone, including his English Patient co-star, Kristin Scott Thomas. 111 min. NNNN (NW) Interchange 30, Regent Theatre

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (Kenneth Branagh) is a proudly square espionage thriller that satisfies on that basic spymovie level – the one where people race through city squares shouting technobabble into jacket mics while a clock ticks down to an unspecified disaster. The plot itself never makes too much sense – an initial attempt on hero Chris Pine’s life, while nicely conceived and executed, is forgotten maybe three seconds after it happens – and the scenes between Pine and Keira Knightley are painfully stiff, compounded further by her laboured American accent. Director Branagh can’t stop hamming it up as the Russian baddie, glowering and snarling in scenes that don’t call for that level of intensity. In fairness, it’s not his fault. That’s exactly how Tom Clancy would have written it. Some subtitles. 105 min. NNN (NW) Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, SilverCity Yonge, Yonge & Dundas 24 Labor Day (Jason Reitman) is a ludicrous

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coming-of-age drama about a teenage boy (Gattlin Griffith) who spends a lifechanging holiday weekend in 1987 with his depressed mother (Kate Winslet) sheltering an escaped convict (Josh Brolin) who’s kinda-sorta holding them hostage. Reitman’s not interested in creating a sense of real danger as much as he is in remaking The Bridges Of Madison County, with a lonely woman rediscovering love at the hands of an imposing stranger. (Sure, he’s forced himself into her home, but he’s fixing that squeaky door and teaching her son how to throw a ball! And just taste his peach pie!) Brolin very nearly sells his impossible character as a misunderstood man trying desperately to be decent, and Griffith is appropriately hesitant and

watchful. But Winslet settles for another of the mannered, Important Actor performances she’s been giving in movies like The Reader and Revolutionary Road, and Reitman doesn’t do anything to snap her out of it. 111 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Rainbow Promenade, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale

Last Vegas (Jon Turteltaub) stars veterans Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline in a bachelor party comedy that sets up gags as familiar as the routine in a seniors home. Even the jokes have bunions. Yet the four Oscar winners are so good at playing against each other, you can’t help wondering why they finally decided to do so now in a comedy that pays out as rarely as a slot machine. 110 min. NN (RS) Interchange 30

ñThe LEGO Movie

(Phil Lord, Christopher Miller) feels like a quantum step up for both CG animation and movies based on marketing pitches. Lord and Miller, whose 2009 adaptation of Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs was similarly ambitious in its use of CG storytelling, have created a sprawling 3D fantasy universe designed to mimic stop-motion animation. They’ve also folded every heroic quest narrative into the story of an ordinary construction worker (voiced by Moneyball’s Chris Pratt) who might be the one person who can save the universe from the evil plans of the sinister Lord Business (Will Ferrell). Kids will be thrilled by the non-stop activity and insane creative leaps, while grown-ups will also appreciate those leaps – especially one toward the end – and delight in how the voice actors are enjoying themselves as much as the audience. Sweet, funny, preposterously complex and uniquely ridiculous. 100 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinemas, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

Lone Survivor (Peter Berg) turns an ctual 2005 incident in which four Navy a SEALs were stuck in the mountains of Afghanistan when a mission went sour into an endless action sequence meant to celebrate brotherhood, honour and shooting people in the head. Some subtitles. 122 min. N (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Scotiabank Theatre Money For Nothing: Inside The Federal Reserve (Jim Bruce) 104 min. See

review, page 66. NN (NW) Opens Feb 21 at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

ñThe Monuments Men

(George Clooney) is the kind of movie nobody makes any more: a Second World War caper picture with charming character actors zipping around in Europe using their wits far more than their weapons. Based on clues in Alexandre Desplat’s score, I’m thinking director-star Clooney loves The Great Escape at least as much as I do. He applies that model to the true story of a small band of art experts dispatched to locate thousands of sculptures

and paintings seized by the Nazis from Jewish collectors. The earnest and clever script makes some very good points about the importance of art while telling an involving story about characters we come to adore. In the film’s best scene, an unexpected amateur performance of Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas touches someone very, very deeply, and Clooney is smart enough to let us see it happen in something close to real time and let us feel what that person feels. There’s more than one kind of art, after all. Some subtitles. 118 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinemas, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity

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Morris’s ballet about love and heartbreak in turn-of-the-century Paris. 143 min. Opens Feb 23 at Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Queensway, SilverCity Yonge, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñMuscle Shoals

(Greg Camalier) is about the musically inclined backwater town in Alabama that has seen everyone from Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones come through to produce hits. They’re among the many who speak affectionately here about their time with Rick Hall, of FAME Studios, arguably the backbone of the Muscle Shoals music industry. The interviews are woven together like music, composing a film with storytelling rhythms that strikes emotional chords. Soul aficionados will savour every beat. 111 min. NNNN (RS) Kingsway Theatre

Nebraska (Alexander Payne) is a black-

and-white road movie about a Montana speaker salesman (Will Forte) who gets to know his remote, alcoholic father (Bruce Dern) as the pair drive to Lincoln to cure the older man’s obsession with a sweepstakes. It’s awfully safe and contrived, which is not what we’ve come to expect from director Payne (Sideways, The Descendants). 115 min. NNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre

Night Train to Lisbon (Bille August) is a dreary Euro-pudding that wastes several talented actors in two stories separated by four decades. Jeremy Irons has a few nice scenes with Martina Gedeck as an optometrist with whom his character becomes friendly, but that’s hardly a reason to endure the rest of it. 111 min. NN (NW) Kingsway Theatre The Nut Job (Peter Lepeniotis) might be the new low point for CGI movies about anthropomorphized animals. The nonsensical plot interweaves a human bank heist and animal nut heist. Despite an impressive celebrity voice cast (including Will Arnett and Liam Neeson), this Canadian/ South Korean co-production can’t deliver the glossy production values of the Hollywood competition, never mind the heart and wit of a Pixar film. When a CGI Psy wanders into the end credits to perform Gangnam Style, it tells you how much continued on page 72 œ

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time the filmmakers wasted making the movie and how desperate they were to pull in anything like entertainment. 83 min. N (Phil Brown) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinemas, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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of this year’s nominees for the best animated short film Oscar. 79 min. NNN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox

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(Various) is a screening of this year’s nominees for the best live-action short film Oscar. 107 min. NNNN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox

The Past (Asghar Farhadi) sees the pleasant soapiness that greased A Separation, director Farhadi’s Academy Award winner, reach full froth. Ali Mosaffa plays Ahmad, an Iranian who returns to a Paris suburb to finalize his divorce so his wife (Bérénice Bejo) can marry another man (Tahar Rahim). Ahmad’s desire to fix things ends up fissuring his ex-wife’s family dynamic, exposing lies on top of lies. Mr. Fixit’s nobility is never undermined, his insistence that everyone unburden themselves of their secrets offered as the solution to, and never the cause of, the problems of those around him. Farhadi may be heavyhandedly rooting for the cathartic power of the truth, but his melodrama is so overwrought and shot through with nasty misogyny (all the female characters feel like caricatures of 19th-century Viennese hysterics) that everything about it rings false. 130 min. NN (JS) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema

ñPhilomena

(Stephen Frears) is an odd but effective combination of investigative drama and buddy picture, as a devout, working-class woman (Judi Dench) and a privileged, cynical journalist (Steve Coogan, who also co-wrote and coproduced the film) find common ground in the search for the son she was forced to give up. 98 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, Rainbow Market Square, Varsity

Pompeii (Paul W.S. Anderson) 104 min.

See review, page 66. NN (NW) Opens Feb 21 at Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

Prisoners (Denis Villeneuve) stars Hugh Jackman as a Pennsylvania contractor who reacts to his daughter’s abduction by grabbing the most likely suspect (Paul Dano) and trying to beat the truth out of him. Jackman’s convincing, but Villeneuve’s unable to keep Prisoners from collapsing into overwrought, mildly preposterous contrivance. 153 min. NNN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24

ñPussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

(Mike Lerner, Maxim Pozdorovkin) sends a note to authoritarian regimes: don’t think you can mount a show trial if the defendants are more media-savvy than you are. This and about a dozen other ideas – including the value of performance art and the power of Putin – are behind this kickass doc about Russian punk art collective Pussy Riot and the trial that ensued after the group put on a guerrilla performance – playing an anti-Putin anthem – in Moscow’s central cathedral. Charismatic arrestees Masha (Maria Alyokhina), Katia (Yekaterina Samutsevich) and especially Nadia (Nadezhda Tolokonnikova) plus coverage of the trial and demonstrations for and against Pussy Riot give this pic electrifying energy. See it. Subtitled. 88 min. NNNNN (SGC) Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

Ride Along (Tim Story) is a buddy cop flick in which Ice Cube pays homage to himself by citing It Was A Good Day, his classic track about going 24 hours without police harassment. Now Cube plays a detective with an iron fist who shakes down ex-cons for information and threatens frame-ups. Here’s a rich opportunity to say something meaningful, but instead the premise is played for cheap laughs. I guess I shouldn’t have expected more from a movie that pairs Ice Cube with Kevin Hart as future in-laws in arms. Cube scowls, Hart gabs incessantly. Reduced to a growling bear and a yapping parakeet,

the two get no assist from a screenplay as nuanced as a parking ticket. 100 min. NN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale

RoboCop (José Padilha) appropriates the title of a beloved movie property and a couple of key images and builds a joyless, insensate new mechanism around them. All the good stuff gets left behind. Oh, there’s still a cop named Alex Murphy (The Killing’s Joel Kinnaman) who winds up inside a cyborg body through the questionable generosity of a megacorporation that

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sees him as the first in a highly profitable series of peacekeepers. But all the dynamics are different, and for no good reason; other than one inspired reference to Manufactured Landscapes, of all things, Padilha fails to make his movie feel compelling or even necessary. There are moments when the new Robo seems about to engage with the original’s subversive humour and ghoulish central concept, which rattle around inside the new body like a ghost. You need an artist to coax them out, though, and Padilha’s just a hired gun. Some subtitles. 110 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16,

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Saving Mr. Banks (John Lee Hancock) covers the last several months of the 20plus years that Walt Disney (Tom Hanks, who’s terrific) spent convincing author P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson) to sell him the rights to Mary Poppins. The film sheds little light on the creative process, and its portrayal of Travers is insultingly paternalistic. It’s all about burnishing Disney’s personal reputation. 125 min. NN (SGC) Interchange 30, SilverCity Mississauga 7 Boxes (Juan Carlos Maneglia, Tana Schémbori) is a slight but not unsatisfying thriller that features a number of cartoonish supporting characters while making inventive use of Asunción, Paraguay’s labyrinthine Market No. 4. Its protagonist, a 17-year-old with far-fetched fantasies of screen stardom, accepts a dubious gig looking after some mysterious crates for a dodgy butcher, hoping to earn cash for a phone with a video camera. Inevitably, he draws the attention of an ever-growing number of criminals and corrupt cops who want a piece of whatever he’s holding. The proliferation of obstacles feels mechanical, but there’s something to be said for co-directors Maneglia and Schémbori’s ability to keep their machine running at a breathless clip. Subtitled. 102 min. NNN (Jose Teodoro) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre Sex After Kids (Jeremy Lalonde) is a limp

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Canadian comedy connecting six stories of people’s shrivelled-up sex lives after children have entered the equation. Unlike writer/director Lalonde’s previous film, the amusing The Untitled Work Of Paul Shepard, there’s no central figure here, so the film sprawls and gets flabby. The device of a mommy group connecting many of the stories feels contrived, and lots of plot points go undeveloped. And I wish the thing were funnier. Thomas Kratz’s

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Takedown: The DNA of GSP (Kristian

Manchester, Peter Svatek) is a documentary about UFC champion Georges StPierre. 90 min. Opens Feb 20 at Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, Yonge & Dundas 24

That Awkward Moment (Tom Gormican) is supposed to be a light, frothy rom-com about three New York bros (Zac Efron, Michael B. Jordan and Miles Teller) who all swear off proper relationships and immediately find themselves bedding women with real romantic potential. And then, well, it shits the bed. At a key moment, writer/director Gormican actually seems to believe that the unforgivably cruel actions of a certain character are not only not that big of a deal, something that can be fixed. He’s so very, very wrong. That’s a shame, because the movie Gormican thinks he’s making seems like it’d be kind of fun, with engaging performances by Jordan, Teller and Mackenzie Davis, some nicely complex work from Imogen Poots and mostly competent work from Efron. Pity it’s all for nothing. 95 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñTim’s Vermeer

(Teller) 80 min. See interview and review, page 64. NNNN

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Trouble in the Peace (Julian T. Pinder) tackles the pressing issue of Encana’s natural-gas pipeline mendacity in rural BC – a topic the NFB previously explored in the affecting and complex Wiebo’s War – by basically running it through a Terrence Malick Instagram filter. Director Pinder tracks long, sweeping takes of Peace River County farmland with thoughtful audio of Karl Mattson, a farmer and artist who’s worried about the long-term health effects of raising his young daughter amidst the natural gas wells that may be poisoning the groundwater. If you’ve seen Gasland or Wiebo’s War, you’ll have a sense of what’s at stake; if not, you’re on your own, since Pinder provides very little in the way of hard information, preferring instead to go for sombre insinuation and long, thoughtful silences. 94 min. N (NW) Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

ñ12 Years a Slave

(Steve McQueen) is a stunning adaptation of the memoir of Solomon Northup, a free American sold into slavery in 1841. Chiwetel Ejiofor is a revelation as Northup, and McQueen directs with a total lack of sentiment, crafting each sequence with a merciless forward momentum that compensates for the episodic nature of the narrative. One of the best films of the year. 133 min. NNNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, Mt Pleasant, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24

The Unbelievers (Gus Holwerda) follows Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss on a speaking tour of Australia, where the rock stars of the atheism appear at the Sydney Opera House and colleges despite minor agitation by Christian and Muslim protesters. It’s weird to feel unfulfilled by a docu-

mentary about people with whom I absolutely agree, but director Holwerda’s desire to package Dawkins and Krauss’s ideas in a slick, fast-moving presentation works against their conversational rhythms – to say nothing of what it does to their more complex arguments. Everything’s chopped down to a rallying cry, reducing the conflict between secular and theological positions to a simplistic us-versus-them argument that only one side deserves to win. If you’re already on that side, you can come away feeling empowered. But painting the opposition as blinkered, howling idiots doesn’t really help. 77 min. NNN (NW) Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

Vampire Academy (Mark Waters) has an

academy in it, and vampires, so at least there’s that. I have no idea whether Waters’s movie accurately represents the tones or textures of Richelle Mead’s novel, but I doubt it; surely if an author tried so nakedly to staple Harry Potter and Twilight together, the young-adult audience would see straight through it and move on to the next Mortal Instruments book. I also suspect that Mead’s books have a consistent tone, though whether that’s a jokey high-school-with-monsters thing or a grim young-woman-caught-betweentwo-worlds thing, again, I cannot say, because the movie is a mess. Zoey Deutch makes a very charming hero, juggling supernatural gravitas and looser, comical scenes easily. The movie ends on the promise of a sequel, not that one is likely to materialize. But I’d almost be willing to sit through it to see what she can do as a proper star. 110 min. N (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

Walking With Dinosaurs (Barry Cook, Neil Nightingale) is a lesson on the late Cretaceous period, with an eye for accuracy, for the iCarly generation. Dinosaurs turn their migration into a child-friendly adventure while dishing out lines like “You are about to get served.” The educational mandate doesn’t get much of an assist from the attempts at thrills, gags and romance, which are so old and decayed they’re fossilized. 87 min. NN (RS) SilverCity Mississauga The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki) 127 min. See review, page 64. NNNN

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Winter’s Tale (Akiva Goldsman) is an

adaptation of Mark Helprin’s 1983 fantasy novel about a young thief (Colin Farrell)

whose celestial fate is somehow connected to that of a dying heiress (Jessica Brown Findlay) with whom he falls in love whilst burgling her family’s New York townhome one lovely morning in December 1914. It has angels and demons and spirit-guide horses with translucent wings that emerge at just the right moments. While that sort of story can sometimes work very well on screen, it doesn’t here, because writer/director Goldsman has absolutely no idea how to manage his movie’s tone or incorporate the plot’s more fantastical elements in ways that make them seem possible or even credible. You can’t have gentle magic realism when you’ve also got Russell Crowe stomping around chewing scenery in a ridiculous Oirish accent; either the whole movie has to match his performance or he has to be talked down off his cliff. 118 min. N (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, Varsity

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corsese) is another sprawling look at the S inner workings of a massive criminal enterprise, like Goodfellas and Casino; here, it’s the stock frauds and swindles of rich prick Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio). Scorsese’s prior kicks at this particular can are shot through with real consequence, but the worst thing that can happen to Belfort is that he might face a little jail time for the his white-collar crimes, which are so complex that the movie can’t even engage with them. Since the stakes are so low – and since Belfort is so unlikeable – Scorsese plays the story as a cartoon, treating the ludicrous corporate culture of Belfort’s company, Stratton Oakmont, like a bacchanal and rushing alongside him through the increasingly Dionysian universe he creates around himself. But the movie doesn’t know when to quit, and three hours of spectacular excess proves exhausting. 180 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity

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cutesy, overblown score seems to be having a lot more fun than the audience. The acting, though, is decent, particularly by Ennis Esmer, Katie Boland, Mimi Kuzyk and Jay Brazeau. 107 min. NN (GS) Carlton Cinema

Berlin 1932. 1997. 2007. “Poor but sexy”, the German capital’s current byline, already applied to pre- and post-WWII Berlin and the post-Wall 90s. “Kuhle Wampe” (Dudow & Brecht), “Life Is All You Get” (Becker & Tykwer) and “Pool of Princesses” (Blümner) show the young & rebellious & precarious Berlin and take you from Müggelsee to Kreuzberg and across eight decades. Each preceded by an introductory talk. All GOETHE FILMS are screening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Updates & details at www.goethe.de/toronto Raffles & background on our German Film @ Canada blog www.goethe.de/canada/germanfilm

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AMERICAN HUSTLE (14A) Thu-Sat, Mon-Wed 12:45, 3:50, 6:55, 10:00 Sun 12:45, 3:50, 10:10 THE MONUMENTS MEN (PG) 1:10, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 WINTER’S TALE (PG) 12:55, 3:40, 6:25, 9:10 THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (18A) 2:15, 6:00, 9:45

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3 DAYS TO KILL (PG) Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 MonWed 1:35, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 ABOUT LAST NIGHT (14A) Thu 5:35, 8:05, 9:00, 10:30 Fri 2:25, 5:35, 8:05, 10:30 Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:00, 5:35, 8:05, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:35, 4:00, 8:05, 10:30 ALL IS LOST (PG) Thu 4:30 AMERICAN HUSTLE (14A) Thu 3:15, 6:25, 10:15 Fri 3:05, 6:25, 10:15 Sat-Sun 11:55, 3:15, 6:25, 10:15 Mon-Wed 6:25, 10:15 ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES (PG) Thu 10:10 THE ATTORNEY (14A) Thu-Fri 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 Sat-Sun 12:50, 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 Mon-Wed 6:55, 9:45 AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (14A) Thu 9:05 BEIJING LOVE STORY 3:35, 6:20, 9:15 Sat-Sun 12:45 mat CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (14A) Fri 4:15, 9:45 Sat, Tue 6:45 Sun 4:15 Mon 1:30, 9:45 Wed 1:30 DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (18A) Thu 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 ENDLESS LOVE (PG) Thu 5:15, 7:45, 10:20 Fri, Mon-Tue 2:35, 5:15, 7:45, 10:20 Sat-Sun 12:00, 2:35, 5:15, 7:45, 10:20 Wed 2:35, 5:15, 6:40, 10:20 FROZEN (G) 1:30 FROZEN 3D (G) 3:55, 6:30 FROZEN SING-ALONG Thu 1:40 GRAVITY: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:05 GUNDAY (PG) Thu 3:20, 6:35, 9:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:15, 6:35, 9:50 Sat-Sun 12:05, 3:20, 6:35, 9:50 HIGHWAY 3:25, 6:35, 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:10 mat JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT (PG) Thu 2:35, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 Fri-Wed 9:20 THE LEGO MOVIE 3D (G) 2:30, 3:30, 5:00, 6:00, 7:30, 10:10 Sat-Sun 12:00, 1:00 mat THE LEGO MOVIE (G) 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:30 MOULIN ROUGE – ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET Sun 12:55 Wed 7:00 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: CORIOLANUS - ENCORE Sat 12:30 THE NUT JOB (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:55 PRISONERS (14A) Thu 1:30 SON OF GOD (PG) Wed 7:00 STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (PG) Fri 1:30, 7:00 Sat 9:30 Mon 4:15 Tue 1:30, 9:30 Wed 4:15, 10:15 TAKEDOWN: THE DNA OF GSP (14A) Thu 7:30, 9:45 Sat 4:30 Mon 7:30 Tue 4:15 THAT AWKWARD MOMENT (14A) Thu 3:05, 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 Fri 2:55, 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:10, 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 Mon-Wed 8:00, 10:25 12 YEARS A SLAVE (14A) Thu 3:40, 6:45, 10:00 Fri 3:40, 6:40, 9:55 Sat-Sun 11:55, 3:40, 6:40, 9:55 Mon-Tue 6:40, 9:55 Wed 9:55 VAMPIRE ACADEMY (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:05, 7:40, 10:30 Fri-Wed 9:05 THE WIND RISES (PG) Fri 2:20, 4:05, 6:05, 7:05, 9:00, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:15, 1:15, 3:05, 4:05, 6:05, 7:05, 9:00, 10:00 Mon-Wed 2:20, 3:45, 6:05, 7:05, 9:00, 10:00 WWE ELIMINATION CHAMBER – 2014 Sun 8:00

Midtown CANADA SQUARE (CE) 2200 YONGE ST, 416-646-0444

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (14A) Thu 3:40, 6:40 Fri 3:40,

Metro

6:40, 9:30 Sat 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Sun 12:05, 2:55, 5:45, 8:35 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:30 DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (18A) Thu 4:10, 6:50 Fri 3:45, 6:20, 9:00 Sat 1:20, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 Sun 12:20, 2:50, 5:30, 8:10 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:00 HER (14A) Thu 3:30, 6:20 NEBRASKA (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:30 Fri 3:50, 6:50, 9:20 Sat 1:10, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 Sun 12:40, 3:30, 6:20, 8:50 MonWed 4:20, 6:50 THE NUT JOB (PG) Thu 4:20, 6:25 THE PAST (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:45 Fri 3:30, 6:15, 9:05 Sat 12:35, 3:20, 6:10, 9:00 Sun 12:30, 3:20, 6:15, 9:00 MonWed 3:55, 6:40 PHILOMENA (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:00 Fri 4:10, 7:00, 9:10 Sat 12:40, 2:50, 5:00, 7:20, 9:35 Sun 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 8:40 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:00 STARTING OVER AGAIN Fri 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Sun 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:35 VAMPIRE ACADEMY (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:10 WINTER’S TALE (PG) Fri 3:35, 6:35, 9:30 Sat 12:45, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30 Sun 12:10, 3:10, 6:10, 9:00 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:25 THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (18A) Fri 4:00, 8:00 Sat 12:30, 4:30, 8:30 Sun 12:00, 3:50, 7:40 Mon-Wed 5:30

AMERICAN HUSTLE (14A) Thu 9:20 Fri-Wed 9:40 AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (14A) 6:30 FROZEN (G) Sat-Tue 1:30 FROZEN SING-ALONG 4:30 THE LEGO MOVIE (G) Thu-Fri, Wed 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:10 Sat-Sun, Tue 12:15, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:10 Mon 12:15, 5:00, 7:20, 9:10 THE MONUMENTS MEN (PG) Thu 3:35 6:40 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:35, 6:40, 9:20 Thu-Fri, Wed no 1:00 THE NUT JOB (PG) Sat-Tue 12:00 ROBOCOP (PG) Thu 3:00, 7:00, 9:30 Fri, Wed 3:15, 7:00, 9:30 Sat-Sun, Tue 12:30, 3:15, 7:00, 9:30 Mon 1:00, 3:15, 7:00, 9:30

MT PLEASANT (I)

KINGSWAY THEATRE (I)

BLUE JASMINE (14A) Fri 9:35 12 YEARS A SLAVE (14A) Thu, Tue-Wed 7:00 Fri 6:45 Sat 3:45, 6:45, 9:30 Sun 4:10, 7:00

THE BOOK THIEF (PG) Thu 11:30 CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (14A) Thu 1:20 DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (18A) Thu 3:35, 9:30 DEVIL’S KNOT (14A) Thu 9:30 INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (14A) Thu 5:35 MUSCLE SHOALS (PG) Thu 11:30 NEBRASKA (PG) Thu 3:35 NIGHT TRAIN TO LISBON (14A) Thu 5:35 PHILOMENA (PG) Thu 1:45 7 BOXES Thu 7:35 12 YEARS A SLAVE (14A) Thu 7:20

675 MT PLEASANT RD, 416-489-8484

REGENT THEATRE (I) 551 MT PLEASANT RD, 416-480-9884

THE BOOK THIEF (PG) Fri 8:50 Sat-Sun, Tue 7:00 THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (PG) Thu 7:00 Fri 6:45 Sat-Sun 4:30

SILVERCITY YONGE (CE) 2300 YONGE ST, 416-544-1236

3 DAYS TO KILL (PG) Fri 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 10:15 Sat 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:25 Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:45 Mon-Wed 12:40, 3:35, 6:20, 9:05 AMERICAN HUSTLE (14A) Thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:35 Fri 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Sat 12:30, 3:40, 7:00, 10:15 Sun 12:00, 3:05, 6:10, 9:20 Mon-Tue 12:25, 3:25, 6:30, 9:35 Wed 12:25, 3:25, 9:00 ENDLESS LOVE (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 Fri 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:10 Sat 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sun 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:50 Mon-Tue 1:10, 4:10, 6:45, 9:15 Wed 4:10, 6:45, 9:15 FROZEN (G) Thu 1:20 Fri 1:00 Sat 12:10 Sun 12:05 MonWed 1:30 FROZEN 3D (G) Thu 3:50, 6:20 Fri 3:30, 7:00 Sat 5:10, 7:45 Sun 5:00, 7:25 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:10 JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT (PG) Thu 8:50 Fri 9:30 Sat 10:20 Sun 9:50 Mon-Wed 9:35 THE LEGO MOVIE 3D (G) Thu 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 Fri 4:00, 6:30, 9:20 Sat-Sun 12:00, 1:00, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20 Mon-Tue 3:30, 6:10, 9:00 Wed 3:30, 6:10, 10:00 THE LEGO MOVIE (G) Thu 1:30, 4:30 Fri 1:10 Sat 2:40 Sun 2:30 Mon-Tue 1:00 THE MONUMENTS MEN (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:15, 6:15, 9:15 Fri 9:45, 12:55, 3:40, 6:40, 9:45 Sat 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45 Sun 12:30, 3:20, 6:40, 9:35 Mon-Wed 12:30, 3:15, 6:00, 8:45 MOULIN ROUGE – ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET Sun 12:55 Wed 7:00 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: CORIOLANUS - ENCORE Sat 12:30 POMPEII 3D (PG) Fri 2:00, 4:40, 7:45, 10:20 Sat 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 8:00, 10:30 Sun 1:40, 4:20, 6:50, 9:30 MonWed 1:20, 4:00, 7:00, 9:30 ROBOCOP (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 Fri 1:30, 4:20, 7:30, 10:20 Sat 12:40, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Sun 12:40, 3:30, 6:15, 9:10 Mon-Wed 12:50, 3:45, 6:35, 9:20 TAKEDOWN: THE DNA OF GSP (14A) Thu 7:30 Sat 4:30 THAT AWKWARD MOMENT (14A) Thu 2:10, 9:40 Fri 2:10, 4:50, 8:00, 10:20 Sat 8:10, 10:30 Sun 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 Mon-Tue 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:25 Wed 1:50, 4:20, 9:55 WINTER’S TALE (PG) Thu 12:35, 3:20, 6:10, 9:00 THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (18A) Thu 1:00, 4:40, 8:30

West End HUMBER CINEMAS (I) 2442 BLOOR ST. WEST, 416-769-2442

3030 BLOOR ST W, 416-232-1939

QUEENSWAY (CE)

1025 THE QUEENSWAY, QEW & ISLINGTON, 416-503-0424 3 DAYS TO KILL (PG) Fri 12:00, 1:45, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Sat 12:25, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Sun-Tue 1:30, 4:15, 7:10, 10:00 Wed 4:15, 7:10, 10:00 ABOUT LAST NIGHT (14A) Thu 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15 Fri 12:30, 3:10, 5:40, 8:20, 10:50 Sat 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:20, 10:50 Sun 12:20, 2:50, 5:25, 8:05, 10:30 Mon-Wed 2:50, 5:25, 8:00, 10:30 AMERICAN HUSTLE (14A) Thu 1:00, 2:30, 4:15, 6:30, 7:20, 10:00, 10:25 Fri 1:10, 3:40, 4:20, 7:00, 7:20, 10:20, 10:30 Sat 12:20, 12:50, 3:40, 7:00, 7:20, 10:20, 10:30 Sun 12:20, 12:30, 3:40, 4:10, 6:50, 7:00, 10:15, 10:35 Mon-Tue 1:50, 3:15, 5:50, 6:30, 9:00, 10:00 Wed 1:50, 3:15, 6:30, 6:40, 10:00, 10:05 CATS & DOGS (G) Sat 11:00 ENDLESS LOVE (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:35, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Sat 12:15, 2:50, 5:30, 8:10, 10:45 Sun 12:00, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20 Mon-Wed 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20 FROZEN (G) Fri 1:55 Sat 11:30 Sun 12:40 Mon-Tue 1:05 Wed 1:10 FROZEN 3D (G) Fri 4:30, 7:10 Sat 2:00, 4:30, 7:10 Sun 3:20, 6:40 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:50 JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:35, 10:20 Fri-Sat 9:25 Sun 9:00 Mon-Wed 9:10 THE LEGO MOVIE 3D (G) Thu 2:10, 4:45, 7:35, 10:10 Fri-Sat 12:00, 2:30, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 Sun 11:45, 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50 Mon-Wed 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50 THE LEGO MOVIE (G) Thu 1:30, 3:30, 4:05, 6:40, 7:00, 9:15, 9:40 Fri 1:30, 4:10, 6:50 Sat 11:00, 1:30, 4:10, 6:50 Sun-Tue 1:20, 3:55, 6:30 Wed 3:55, 6:30 THE MONUMENTS MEN (PG) Thu 12:55, 3:00, 3:45, 6:00, 6:50, 9:00, 9:35 Fri 1:00, 3:00, 4:00, 6:00, 7:00, 9:00, 9:55 Sat 12:00, 1:00, 3:00, 4:00, 6:00, 7:00, 9:00, 9:55 Sun 12:00, 1:10, 3:00, 4:05, 6:00, 7:00, 9:00, 9:55 MonTue 1:10, 3:00, 4:05, 6:00, 7:00, 9:00, 9:55 Wed 1:20, 3:00, 4:05, 6:00, 7:00, 9:00, 9:55 MOULIN ROUGE – ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET Sun 12:55 Wed 7:00 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: CORIOLANUS - ENCORE Sat 12:30 THE NUT JOB (PG) Thu 2:20, 4:50 POMPEII (PG) Fri 3:20, 6:30, 9:30 Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:20, 6:30, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 POMPEII 3D (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:05, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 Sun 11:50, 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:15 Mon-Wed 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:15 RIDE ALONG (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:25 Fri 2:15, 4:50, 7:15, 10:05 Sat 1:10, 7:15, 10:05 Sun 12:25, 3:00, 5:35, 8:10 MonWed 3:00, 5:35, 8:10, 10:35 ROBOCOP (PG) Thu 12:30, 1:10, 3:15, 3:55, 4:30, 6:30, 7:10, 7:30, 9:25, 10:05, 10:30 Fri 2:05, 4:30, 5:00, 7:30, 7:50, 9:45, 10:35, 10:40 Sat 11:20, 1:00, 2:10, 4:30, 5:00, 7:30, 7:50, 9:45, 10:35, 10:40 Sun 1:00, 1:40, 4:30, 4:35, 7:30, 9:20, 10:10, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:25, 4:30, 7:30, 9:30, 10:10, 10:15 TAKEDOWN: THE DNA OF GSP (14A) Thu 7:30 Sat 4:30 THAT AWKWARD MOMENT (14A) Thu 12:40, 3:05, 5:40, 8:10, 10:35 Fri 12:40, 3:20, 5:50, 8:15, 10:45 Sat 3:20, 5:50, 8:15, 10:45 Sun 12:45, 3:10, 10:25 Mon-Wed 3:10, 5:40, 8:05, 10:25 VAMPIRE ACADEMY (PG) Thu 7:15, 9:55 WINTER’S TALE (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:55, 7:45, 10:30 Fri 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:35 Sat 3:50, 6:40, 9:35 Sun 3:30, 6:20, 9:10 Mon-Tue 1:00, 3:40, 6:20, 9:20 Wed 12:55, 3:40, 9:40

The Wolf of Wall Street (18A) Thu 12:35, 4:10, 4:25, 8:15, 8:20 Fri 2:45, 5:30, 6:30, 10:00, 10:25 Sat 11:00, 1:30, 2:45, 5:30, 6:30, 10:00, 10:25 Sun 12:10, 1:30, 4:25, 5:30, 8:30, 10:00 Mon-Tue 1:00, 4:00, 4:55, 8:00, 8:40 Wed 12:55, 4:00, 4:55, 8:00, 8:40 WWE Elimination Chamber – 2014 Sun 8:00

Rainbow Woodbine (I)

Woodbine Centre, 500 Rexdale Blvd, 416-213-1998 About Last Night (14A) 1:25, 4:20, 7:15, 9:45 Endless Love (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:10, 7:05, 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:05, 6:50, 9:15 Frozen (G) 1:10, 4:15 The LEGO Movie (G) 1:15, 4:00, 7:00, 9:20 The Monuments Men (PG) 1:05, 3:55, 6:55, 9:30 The Nut Job (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:45 Pompeii (PG) Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:10, 7:05, 9:40 Ride Along (14A) Thu 7:10 9:35 Fri-Wed 7:10, 9:25 RoboCop (PG) 1:20, 4:05, 6:45, 9:25 Vampire Academy (PG) Thu 6:50, 9:15

East End Beach Cinemas (AA) 1651 Queen St E, 416-699-1327

American Hustle (14A) Thu, Tue 6:45, 9:45 Fri 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Mon, Wed 6:40, 9:35 August: Osage County (14A) 6:30, 9:15 The LEGO Movie 3D (G) Thu 7:30, 10:00 Fri 4:00, 7:00, 9:30 Sat-Sun 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Mon-Wed 7:00, 9:30 The LEGO Movie (G) Sat-Sun 12:00 The Monuments Men (PG) Thu 7:00, 9:45 Fri 4:10, 7:30, 10:10 Sat-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 Mon, Wed 6:50, 9:40 Tue 7:30, 10:10 The Nut Job (PG) Fri 4:20 Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:15 RoboCop (PG) Thu 7:15, 10:15 Fri 3:30, 7:15, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 7:15, 10:15 Mon-Wed 7:15, 10:00 Winter’s Tale (PG) Thu 7:45, 10:30 Fri 4:30, 7:40, 10:20 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:45, 10:30 Mon, Wed 7:10, 9:50 Tue 7:40, 10:20

North York Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk (CE) 5095 Yonge St., 416-847-0087

3 Days to Kill (PG) 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 Sat-Sun 1:30 mat American Hustle (14A) Thu 3:30, 6:45, 10:00 Fri-Wed 3:45, 7:00, 10:10 Endless Love (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:00, 9:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:05, 9:40 Sat-Sun 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:40 Frozen (G) Thu 3:50, 6:30 Fri 5:20, 7:50 Sat-Sun 12:10, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:30 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (PG) Thu 9:10 The LEGO Movie 3D (G) Thu 4:20, 6:50, 9:30 Fri 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sat-Sun 2:20, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 The LEGO Movie (G) Sat-Sun 11:55 The Monuments Men (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Fri, Mon-Tue 3:40, 6:40, 9:30 Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:55, 6:40, 9:30 Wed 3:40, 6:30, 10:10 Moulin Rouge – Royal Winnipeg Ballet Sun 12:55 Wed 7:00 National Theatre Live: Coriolanus - Encore Sat 12:30 Pompeii 3D (PG) 4:00, 6:50, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:10 mat RoboCop: The IMAX Experience (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:20, 10:10 Fri 3:50, 7:20, 10:15 Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:50, 7:20, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:50, 7:20, 10:05 That Awkward Moment (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-Sun 10:20 Mon-Wed 10:00 Vampire Academy (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 Winter’s Tale (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:10, 10:05 Fri 3:30, 6:20, 9:20 Sat-Sun 12:20, 3:30, 6:20, 9:20 Mon-Tue 3:20, 6:20, 9:20 Wed 3:20, 9:20 The Wolf of Wall Street (18A) Thu 4:50 8:50 Fri-Wed 4:55, 8:50 Sat-Sun 12:30 mat

SilverCity Fairview (CE)

Fairview Mall, 1800 Sheppard Ave E, 416-644-7746 About Last Night (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:25, 7:00, 9:30 Fri 2:15, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sat 11:40, 2:15, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sun-Wed 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 American Hustle (14A) Thu 9:35 Cats & Dogs (G) Sat 11:00 Frozen (G) Thu 1:20 Fri 1:40 Sat 11:05 Sun-Wed 1:35 Frozen 3D (G) Thu 4:05, 6:50 Fri 4:20, 7:00 Sat 1:40, 4:20, 7:00 Sun-Wed 4:25, 7:10 The LEGO Movie 3D (G) Thu 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 Fri 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 Sat 2:30, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 Sun-Wed 4:30, 7:05, 9:35 The LEGO Movie (G) Thu 1:55 Fri 2:30 Sat 12:00 Sun-Wed 1:50 The Monuments Men (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:50 Fri 2:00, 4:45, 7:35, 10:20 Sat 11:15, 2:00, 4:45, 7:35, 10:20 Sun-Tue 1:10, 4:20, 7:15, 10:00 Wed 4:20, 7:15, 10:00 Pompeii 3D (PG) Fri 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:50 Sat 11:30, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:50 Sun-Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 Ride Along (14A) Thu 2:05, 4:45, 10:00 Fri 2:35, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Sat 11:20, 1:50, 7:15, 10:05 Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:20 RoboCop (PG) Thu 1:35, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 Fri 2:05, 4:50, 7:45, 10:30 Sat 11:25, 2:05, 4:50, 7:45, 10:30 Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:45 Takedown: The DNA of GSP (14A) Thu 7:30 Sat 4:30 That Awkward Moment (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:20 Fri-Sat 9:40 Sun-Wed 9:30 Winter’s Tale (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:55, 6:55, 9:40 Fri 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Sat 11:10, 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Sun-Tue 1:00, 3:55, 6:50, 9:30 Wed 3:55, 6:50, 9:30 The Wolf of Wall Street (18A) Thu 1:00, 5:00, 9:00 Fri-Wed 1:30, 5:20, 9:10

SilverCity Yorkdale (CE)

Eglinton Town Centre (CE)

3 Days to Kill (PG) Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:15 About Last Night (14A) Thu 2:05, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Fri 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Sat 11:40, 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Sun-Wed 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Cats & Dogs (G) Sat 11:00 Endless Love (PG) Thu-Fri 1:55, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 Sat 11:15, 1:55, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 Sun-Wed 1:00, 4:05, 7:00, 9:40 Frozen (G) Thu 12:50 Fri-Wed 1:15 Frozen 3D (G) Thu 3:40 6:45 Fri-Wed 4:00, 6:45 Labor Day (PG) Thu 9:30 The LEGO Movie 3D (G) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 6:55, 9:35 Fri 2:10, 4:55, 7:35, 10:10 Sat 11:30, 2:10, 4:55, 7:35, 10:10 Sun-Wed 1:40, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 The LEGO Movie (G) Thu 12:40, 3:20 Fri 12:45, 3:20 Sat 12:20, 2:55, 5:30 Sun-Wed 12:45, 3:30 The Monuments Men (PG) 1:05, 4:00, 6:55, 9:50 The Nut Job (PG) Thu 12:30 Pompeii 3D (PG) Fri 1:40, 4:30, 7:45, 10:30 Sat 11:40, 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 Sun-Wed 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Ride Along (14A) 2:15, 4:50, 7:25, 10:00 Sat 11:45 mat RoboCop (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10 That Awkward Moment (14A) Thu 2:10, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Fri 7:00, 9:40 Sat 8:00, 10:30 Sun-Wed 6:40, 9:15 Vampire Academy (PG) Thu 7:00, 9:40 The Wolf of Wall Street (18A) Thu 2:40, 6:25, 10:15 Fri-Wed 9:30

3 Days to Kill (PG) Fri 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:20 Sat 11:15, 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:20 Sun 2:05, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 MonWed 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 About Last Night (14A) Thu 2:40, 5:15, 7:45, 10:30 Fri 2:55, 5:30, 8:10, 10:40 Sat 12:25, 2:55, 5:30, 8:10, 10:40 Sun 11:55, 2:25, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 American Hustle (14A) Thu 9:55 Cats & Dogs (G) Sat 11:00 Endless Love (PG) Thu 2:25, 4:40, 7:20, 10:05 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Sun 1:35, 4:15, 6:55, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:55, 9:35 Frozen (G) Thu 2:15 Fri-Sat 2:40 Sun 11:40, 2:10 Frozen 3D (G) Thu 4:50, 7:20 Fri-Sat 5:10, 7:45 Sun-Wed 4:45, 7:35 Gunday (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:30, 9:45 Fri 3:10, 6:35, 10:00 Sat 12:50, 3:00, 6:35, 10:00 Sun 11:45, 3:20, 6:45, 9:00 MonWed 5:25, 9:00 Hasee Toh Phasee (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:50, 10:05 Highway Fri 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 Sat 12:20, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 Sun 11:50, 3:10, 6:30, 9:50 Mon-Wed 5:20, 8:40 I, Frankenstein 3D (PG) Thu 9:15 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (PG) Thu 3:45, 10:15 Fri 2:35, 5:15, 7:55, 10:30 Sat 12:00, 2:35, 5:15, 7:55, 10:30 Sun 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Mon-Wed 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 The LEGO Movie 3D (G) Thu 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Fri 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:10 Sat 11:25, 12:00, 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:10 Sun 11:30, 2:00, 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 The LEGO Movie (G) Thu 2:10, 4:10, 6:40 Fri 1:50, 4:25, 7:00 Sat 11:10, 1:50, 4:25, 7:00 Sun 1:20, 4:00, 6:40 MonWed 4:00, 6:40 The Monuments Men (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:20 Sun 1:00, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45 MonWed 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 The Nut Job (PG) Thu 4:20 Pompeii 3D (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri 2:45, 5:20, 8:00, 9:40 Sat 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 8:00, 9:40 Sun 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 Ride Along (14A) Thu 4:25, 7:00, 9:50 Fri 3:00, 5:35, 8:05, 10:35 Sat 12:35, 3:05, 5:35, 8:05, 10:35 Sun 12:20, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Mon-Wed 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 RoboCop (PG) Thu 3:30, 4:30, 6:25, 7:25, 9:20, 10:20 FriSat 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 10:05, 10:45 Sun 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 9:40, 10:20 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:20, 9:40, 10:20 Takedown: The DNA of GSP (14A) Thu 7:30 Sat 4:30 That Awkward Moment (14A) Thu 4:45, 7:15, 9:30 Fri 2:35, 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 Sat 12:30, 6:55, 9:25 Sun 11:30, 1:55, 4:20, 10:10 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 Vampire Academy (PG) Thu 6:35 Fri-Wed 10:15 Winter’s Tale (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:45, 9:40 Fri-Sat 1:25, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 Sun 1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:05, 9:55 The Wolf of Wall Street (18A) Thu 5:00, 9:00 Fri-Sat 2:25, 6:30, 10:25 Sun 12:30, 4:30 Mon-Wed 4:30, 8:30 WWE Elimination Chamber – 2014 Sun 8:00

3401 Dufferin St, 416-787-2052

Scarborough 401 & Morningside (CE) 785 Milner Ave, Scarborough, 416-281-2226

3 Days to Kill (PG) Fri, Tue 4:30, 7:25, 10:10 Sat 11:05, 1:50, 4:30, 7:25, 10:10 Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:25, 10:05 Mon, Wed 5:25, 8:10 About Last Night (14A) Thu 5:20, 8:00 Fri, Tue 5:25, 7:55, 10:20 Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:25, 7:55, 10:20 Sun 12:30, 3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 Mon, Wed 5:30, 7:55 Cats & Dogs (G) Sat 11:00 Endless Love (PG) Thu 5:15, 7:50 Fri, Tue 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Sat 12:00, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Sun 12:00, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 Mon, Wed 5:15, 7:45 Frozen (G) Thu, Mon, Wed 6:00 Fri, Tue 4:40, 8:00 Sat 11:20, 2:00, 4:40, 8:00 Sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:40 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 3D (PG) Thu 5:00, 7:45 Fri-Sun, Tue 4:50, 8:15 Mon, Wed 5:00, 7:40 The LEGO Movie 3D (G) Thu, Mon, Wed 5:50, 8:15 Fri, Tue 5:05, 7:35, 10:00 Sat 12:10, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:00 Sun 12:10, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 9:55 The LEGO Movie (G) Thu 5:00, 7:35 Fri, Tue 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 Sat 11:10, 1:30, 3:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:20 Sun 1:30, 3:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:20 Mon, Wed 5:00, 7:30 The Monuments Men (PG) Thu, Mon, Wed 5:10, 8:05 Fri, Tue 4:15, 7:10, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:00, 4:15, 7:10, 9:50 The Nut Job (PG) Thu 5:40 Sat 11:45, 2:15 Sun 12:00, 2:15 Ride Along (14A) Thu 5:25, 8:25 Fri, Tue 5:35, 8:05, 10:25 Sat 12:45, 5:35, 8:05, 10:25 Sun 12:45, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 Mon, Wed 5:20, 8:25 RoboCop (PG) Thu 5:30, 8:20 Fri, Tue 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 Sat-Sun 1:40, 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 Mon, Wed 5:40, 8:20 That Awkward Moment (14A) Thu 8:25 Vampire Academy (PG) Thu 8:10 Fri-Sat, Tue 10:25 Sun 9:55 Mon, Wed 8:25 Winter’s Tale (PG) Thu 5:05, 7:55 Fri, Tue 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Sat-Sun 1:15, 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 Mon, Wed 5:05, 8:00

Coliseum Scarborough (CE) Scarborough Town Centre, 416-290-5217

About Last Night (14A) Thu 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:30 Fri 2:30, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Sat 11:30, 2:20, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:10 Mon-Wed 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Bride for Rent (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:45, 6:30 Cats & Dogs (G) Sat 11:00 Endless Love (PG) Thu 2:20, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20 Fri 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:10 Sat 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:05 Sun 2:30, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Mon-Wed 1:55, 4:35, 7:30, 10:10 Frozen (G) Thu 1:05 Fri, Sun 1:15 Sat 11:15 Mon-Wed 1:30 Frozen 3D (G) Thu 3:55, 7:00 Fri, Sun 4:00, 6:50 Sat 1:15, 4:00, 6:50 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:50 I, Frankenstein 3D (PG) Thu 9:40 Fri-Wed 9:50 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (PG) Thu 10:30 The LEGO Movie 3D (G) Thu 1:40, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 Fri 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 Sat 11:05, 1:40, 4:20, 5:00, 7:15, 9:45 Sun 11:55, 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 Mon-Wed 1:45, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 The LEGO Movie (G) Thu 2:10, 5:00, 7:40 Fri, Sun 1:00, 3:45, 6:30 Sat 11:45, 2:30, 7:40 Mon-Wed 1:15, 3:45, 6:30 The Monuments Men (PG) Thu 1:25, 4:20, 7:10, 10:10 Fri, Mon-Tue 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 Sat 1:20, 7:20, 10:20 Sun, Wed 1:20, 4:20, 10:20 Moulin Rouge – Royal Winnipeg Ballet Sun 12:55 Wed 7:00 National Theatre Live: Coriolanus - Encore Sat 12:30 The Nut Job (PG) Thu 1:50 Pompeii 3D (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:15, 2:45, 5:25, 8:05, 10:45 Sun 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:30 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:40, 10:30 Ride Along (14A) Thu 1:35, 4:00, 6:45, 9:55 Fri-Sat 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:55, 10:35 Sun 2:05, 4:40, 7:25, 10:00 MonWed 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 RoboCop (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:05, 10:25 Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:35, 7:35, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 Starting Over Again Fri, Sun 12:45, 3:40, 6:45, 9:45 Sat 12:45, 3:40, 6:45, 9:55 Mon, Wed 1:00, 3:55, 6:45, 9:40 Tue 1:00, 3:55, 5:00, 6:45, 9:40 Takedown: The DNA of GSP (14A) Thu 7:30 Sat 4:30 That Awkward Moment (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:40, 10:05 Fri-Sat 12:25, 2:55, 5:30, 8:00, 10:40 Sun 2:15, 4:50, 7:15 Mon, Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:35, 10:15 Tue 2:10, 7:50, 10:15 Vampire Academy (PG) Thu 4:05, 7:20, 9:50 Fri, SunWed 9:15 Sat 10:10 Winter’s Tale (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:30, 7:25, 10:15 Fri 12:35, 3:35, 6:35, 9:35 Sat 4:20, 7:05, 10:00 Sun 4:10, 7:20, 9:55 Mon-Tue 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:20, 10:05 WWE Elimination Chamber – 2014 Sun 8:00

1901 Eglinton Ave E, 416-752-4494

Woodside Cinemas (I) 1571 Sandhurst Circle, 416-299-3456

Brahman 4:00, 7:15, 10:30 Sat-Sun 1:00 mat Gunday (PG) 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Sat-Sun 12:30 mat Hasee Toh Phasee (PG) Thu 4:00 Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal Thu 4:00, 7:15, 10:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 7:30, 10:30 Sat-Sun 1:00, 7:30, 10:30 Jilla (14A) Thu 7:00 Fri-Wed 4:00 Pannaiyarum Padminiyum Thu 10:30

GTA Regions Mississauga

Coliseum Mississauga (CE) Square One, 309 Rathburn Rd W, 905-275-3456

About Last Night (14A) Thu 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Fri 2:25, 5:10, 8:00, 10:30 Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Sun 12:30, 3:25, 7:20, 9:55 Mon-Tue 1:00, 3:35, 7:20, 9:55 Wed 4:25, 7:20, 9:55 American Hustle (14A) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:05, 10:15 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:05, 10:20 Sat-Sun 12:20, 4:00, 7:05, 10:20 Cats & Dogs (G) Sat 11:00 Frozen (G) Thu 1:40 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:45 Sat 11:10, 1:45 Frozen 3D (G) 4:20, 6:55 Gravity 3D (PG) 1:10, 4:40, 7:25, 9:45 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 3D (PG) Thu 6:20, 9:50 Fri, Sun-Wed 6:45, 10:15 Sat 3:15, 6:45, 10:15 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (PG) Thu 2:20 Fri, Sun-Wed 3:15 Sat 11:30 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG) 9:30 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (PG) Thu 1:50, 5:00, 7:45, 10:20 Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 7:15, 10:05 Sun 7:15 The LEGO Movie 3D (G) 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:10 Sat-Sun 12:00 mat The LEGO Movie (G) Thu-Fri, Sun-Tue 1:30, 4:05, 6:40, 9:10 Sat 11:00, 1:30, 4:05, 6:40, 9:10 Wed 4:05, 6:40, 9:10 Lone Survivor (14A) Thu 7:15 Moulin Rouge – Royal Winnipeg Ballet Sun 12:55 Wed 7:00 The Nut Job (PG) 2:15, 4:30 Sat 11:40 mat Sun 12:00 mat Pompeii 3D (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri 2:50, 5:25, 8:05, 10:45 Sat 12:15, 2:50, 5:25, 8:05, 10:45 Sun 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:55, 10:30 Mon-Wed 2:40, 5:15, 7:55, 10:30 RoboCop (PG) 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 10:00 RoboCop: The IMAX Experience (PG) Thu, Sun-Wed 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 Fri 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:40 Sat 11:20, 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:40 That Awkward Moment (14A) Thu 2:50, 5:20, 7:55, 10:25 Fri 2:45, 5:20, 7:55, 10:25 Sat 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55, 10:25 Sun 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:25 Mon-Wed 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:25

Vampire Academy (PG) Thu, Mon-Tue 1:05, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20 Fri 7:50, 10:35 Sat 11:50, 2:25, 5:10, 7:50, 10:35 Sun 3:50, 10:05 Wed 1:30, 3:45, 10:00 WWE Elimination Chamber – 2014 Sun 8:00

Courtney Park 16 (CE)

110 Courtney Park E at Hurontario, 416-335-5323 3 Days to Kill (PG) Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:15 SunWed 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 About Last Night (14A) Thu 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 10:15 Fri 3:00, 5:25, 7:50, 10:30 Sat 12:35, 3:00, 5:25, 7:50, 10:30 Sun 12:35, 3:00, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:00, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 American Hustle (14A) Thu-Sat 9:10 Sun-Wed 8:55 Endless Love (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:20, 6:55, 9:25 Fri-Sat 1:45, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 Sun-Tue 1:45, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 Wed 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 Frozen (G) Thu 2:20, 5:15 Fri-Wed 1:55, 4:25 Hasee Toh Phasee (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:45, 9:50 Fri-Sat 1:00, 4:00, 7:05, 10:25 Sun-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:05, 10:10 I, Frankenstein 3D (PG) Thu 2:20, 5:00 Ishq Brandy Fri 3:25, 6:40, 10:05 Sat 12:15, 3:25, 6:40, 10:05 Sun 12:15, 3:25, 6:40, 9:50 Mon-Wed 3:25, 6:40, 9:50 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (PG) Thu 1:35, 4:15, 9:40 Fri-Sat 6:55, 9:40 Sun-Wed 6:55, 9:25 Labor Day (PG) Thu 7:40 The LEGO Movie 3D (G) Thu 1:05, 2:40, 5:10, 7:35, 10:00 Fri 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 10:00 Sat 12:00, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 10:00 Sun 12:00, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:45 Mon-Wed 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:45 The LEGO Movie (G) Thu 1:25, 4:00, 6:35 Fri-Tue 1:35, 4:05, 6:30 Wed 4:05, 6:30 The Monuments Men (PG) Thu 2:05, 4:45, 7:25, 10:05 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:25, 10:20 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:25, 10:05 National Theatre Live: Coriolanus - Encore Sat 12:30 The Nut Job (PG) Thu 2:20, 4:40 Pompeii 3D (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri 2:40, 5:10, 7:55, 10:40 Sat 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:55, 10:40 Sun 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:55, 10:25 Mon-Wed 2:40, 5:10, 7:55, 10:25 Ride Along (14A) Thu 2:30, 4:55, 7:30, 9:55 Fri 2:05, 4:35, 7:30, 10:10 Sat 11:55, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10:10 Sun 11:55, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 9:55 Mon-Wed 2:05, 4:35, 7:30, 9:55 RoboCop (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:40, 7:15, 9:55 Fri 1:10, 3:55, 6:45, 9:45 Sat 1:05, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 Sun-Wed 1:10, 3:55, 6:45, 9:30 RoboCop: The IMAX Experience (PG) Thu 2:45, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30 Fri-Sat 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:45 Sun-Wed 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 Takedown: The DNA of GSP (14A) Thu 7:30 Sat 4:30 That Awkward Moment (14A) Thu 3:05, 5:25, 7:50, 10:10 Fri 1:25, 3:50, 7:00, 9:35 Sat 7:00, 9:35 Sun-Wed 1:25, 3:50, 7:00, 9:20 Vampire Academy (PG) Thu 7:00, 9:30 Winter’s Tale (PG) Thu 2:15, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:45, 7:35, 10:35 Sun-Wed 1:50, 4:45, 7:35, 10:20 The Wolf of Wall Street (18A) Thu 1:30, 5:30, 9:15 Fri-Sat 2:10, 5:50, 9:50 Sun-Wed 2:10, 5:50, 9:35

SilverCity Mississauga (CE) Hwy 5, east of Hwy 403, 905-569-3373

3 Days to Kill (PG) Fri 4:45, 7:30, 10:25 Sat 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:25 Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:25, 10:15 Mon-Wed 5:15, 8:00 About Last Night (14A) Thu 5:30, 8:00 Fri 4:20, 8:00, 10:30 Sat 1:50, 4:20, 8:00, 10:30 Sun 1:50, 4:20, 7:50, 10:15 Mon-Wed 5:30, 7:55 August: Osage County (14A) Thu 4:45, 7:20 Fri 4:10, 7:05, 9:50 Sat 1:30, 4:10, 7:05, 9:50 Sun 1:30, 4:10, 7:05, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:35 Dallas Buyers Club (18A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:15 Fri 3:50, 6:50, 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:10, 3:50, 6:50, 9:30 Labor Day (PG) Thu 5:05, 7:45 Fri 4:55, 7:40, 10:20 Sat 2:10, 4:55, 7:40, 10:20 Sun 2:10, 4:55, 7:35, 10:10 MonWed 4:55, 7:35 The Monuments Men (PG) Thu 4:30, 5:10, 7:10, 7:55 Fri 4:25, 6:40, 7:15, 9:40, 10:10 Sat 1:20, 4:25, 6:40, 7:15, 9:40, 10:10 Sun 1:20, 4:25, 6:40, 7:15, 9:40, 10:00 MonWed 4:45, 7:10, 7:40 Ride Along (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:25 Fri 4:50, 7:50, 10:15 Sat 2:15, 4:50, 7:50, 10:15 Sun 2:15, 4:50, 7:45, 10:05 MonWed 4:40, 7:20 Saving Mr. Banks (PG) Thu 7:30 12 Years a Slave (14A) Thu 5:00, 7:55 Fri 4:00, 6:55, 9:55 Sat-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 6:55, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:30 Walking With Dinosaurs (PG) Thu 5:20 Fri 3:40 SatSun 1:00, 3:40 Mon-Wed 4:55 Winter’s Tale (PG) Thu 4:55, 7:35 Fri 4:40, 7:20, 10:05 Sat-Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:20, 10:05 Mon-Wed 5:05, 7:50

North Colossus (CE) Hwy 400 & 7, 905-851-1001

3 Days to Kill (PG) Fri-Sun 1:55, 4:45, 7:30, 10:20 MonWed 4:45, 7:30, 10:10 About Last Night (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:15, 10:05 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:10, 9:35 American Hustle (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:20, 9:50 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Cats & Dogs (G) Sat 11:00 Endless Love (PG) Thu 4:25, 7:05, 9:55 Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Frozen (G) Fri, Sun 12:30 Sat 11:20, 12:20 Frozen 3D (G) Thu 3:35, 6:25 Fri-Sun 2:55, 5:25, 7:55 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:35 Gravity 3D (PG) Thu 3:45, 5:55, 8:05, 10:20 Fri-Sun 12:40, 5:35, 7:50, 10:05 Mon-Wed 5:35, 7:50, 10:05 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG) Thu 9:25 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:55, 9:40 Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:40, 7:15, 10:00 Sun 4:40, 7:15 Mon 4:20, 10:00 Tue-Wed 4:40, 7:15, 10:00

Labor Day (PG) Thu 9:00 The LEGO Movie 3D (G) Thu 5:10, 7:45, 10:10 Fri, Sun 2:40, 3:10, 5:10, 7:45, 10:10 Sat 12:15, 2:40, 3:10, 5:10, 7:45, 10:10 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:10, 8:40 The LEGO Movie (G) 4:10, 6:45, 9:10 Fri, Sun 1:40, 3:35 mat Sat 11:10, 11:30, 11:50, 1:40, 3:35 mat Lone Survivor (14A) Thu 3:40, 6:35 Fri 12:55, 3:40, 6:30, 9:15 Sat 12:55, 6:50, 9:35 Sun 12:55, 3:40, 9:50 Mon-Tue 3:30, 6:30, 9:15 Wed 3:30, 9:50 The Monuments Men (PG) Thu 3:30, 4:20, 7:25, 9:45, 10:25 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:25, 10:25 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:25, 9:05 Moulin Rouge – Royal Winnipeg Ballet Sun 12:55 Wed 7:00 The Nut Job 3D (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:30 Fri-Sun 2:45, 5:00, 7:10 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:00 The Nut Job (PG) Fri-Sun 12:35 Pompeii 3D (PG) Thu 10:00 Fri, Sun 2:50, 5:25, 8:05, 9:30, 10:40 Sat 12:00, 2:50, 5:25, 8:05, 9:30, 10:40 MonWed 4:15, 7:05, 8:30, 9:55 Ride Along (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 Fri-Sun 1:05, 5:55, 8:20, 10:45 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:00, 9:30 RoboCop (PG) Thu 4:55, 7:40, 10:30 Fri, Sun 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:35 Sat 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:35 Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:25, 10:15 RoboCop: The IMAX Experience (PG) Thu 4:05, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:05, 7:00, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:05, 7:00, 9:40 Takedown: The DNA of GSP (14A) Thu, Mon 7:30 Sat 4:30 That Awkward Moment (14A) Thu 4:15, 10:25 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:45, 6:55, 9:25 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:55, 9:25 Vampire Academy (PG) Thu 5:00, 7:35, 10:05 Fri-Sun 10:20 Mon-Wed 9:00 Winter’s Tale (PG) Thu 4:35, 7:20, 10:15 Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:20, 10:15 The Wolf of Wall Street (18A) Thu 4:45, 8:45 Fri-Sun 12:45, 4:55, 8:45 Mon-Wed 5:00, 8:45 WWE Elimination Chamber – 2014 Sun 8:00

Interchange 30 (AMC)

30 Interchange Way, Hwy 400 & Hwy 7, 416-3355323 47 Ronin (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:10 Fri 4:35, 7:10, 9:35 Sat 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:35 Sun 2:20, 5:10, 7:35 August: Osage County (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:20 Fri 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 Sat 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 Sun 2:20, 4:50, 7:20 Blue Jasmine (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:05, 7:45 Fri 5:05, 7:15, 9:30 Sat 2:50, 5:05, 7:15, 9:30 Sun 2:50, 5:05, 7:45 Captain Phillips (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:15 Fri 7:15, 10:00 Sat 4:00, 7:15, 10:00 Sun 4:00, 7:15 Ender’s Game (PG) Thu 4:45, 7:15 Grudge Match (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:10, 7:30 Fri 4:40, 7:05, 9:45 Sat 2:10, 4:40, 7:05, 9:45 Sun 2:30, 5:15, 7:40 Gunday (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 6:00 Fri 5:45, 9:15 Sat 2:45, 6:00, 9:15 Sun 2:45, 6:00 Her (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:15 Fri 4:45, 7:20, 10:05 Sat 2:05, 4:45, 7:20, 10:05 Sun 2:05, 4:45, 7:20 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 3D (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 6:30 Fri 6:00, 9:30 Sat 2:30, 6:00, 9:30 Sun 3:00, 6:30 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (PG) 6:45 Fri 9:40 Sat 3:30 mat, 9:40 Sun 3:30 mat The Invisible Woman (PG) 4:55, 7:25 Fri 9:55 Sat 2:25 mat, 9:55 Sun 2:25 mat Last Vegas (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:55, 7:40 Fri 4:30, 7:35, 9:40 Sat 2:30, 5:05, 7:35, 9:40 Sun 2:25, 4:55, 7:35 Philomena (PG) 5:00, 7:25 Fri 9:45 Sat 2:55 mat, 9:45 Sun 2:55 mat Saving Mr. Banks (PG) Thu 4:30 12 Years a Slave (14A) Thu 7:20 Fri 7:00, 9:50 Sat 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 Sun 4:10, 7:00 Mon-Wed 7:00

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Promenade Mall, Hwy 7 & Bathurst, 416-494-9371 Endless Love (PG) Thu-Sun, Tue-Wed 1:15, 3:45, 7:05, 9:45 Mon 3:45, 7:05, 9:45 Frozen (G) Thu 1:25, 4:10 Labor Day (PG) Thu 6:55, 9:25 The LEGO Movie (G) 1:20, 3:55, 7:00, 9:20 The Monuments Men (PG) 1:10, 3:50, 6:45, 9:30 Pompeii (PG) Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:10, 6:55, 9:25 RoboCop (PG) 1:05, 4:05, 6:50, 9:35 Winter’s Tale (PG) 1:00, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40

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American Hustle (14A) Thu 9:45 Fri, Mon, Wed 7:00, 9:50 Sat-Sun, Tue 6:45, 9:50 Endless Love (PG) Thu 7:45, 10:20 Fri, Mon, Wed 7:15, 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:55, 3:30, 6:50, 9:45 Tue 4:05, 6:50, 9:45 Frozen (G) Sat-Sun 1:00, 4:00 Tue 4:00 I, Frankenstein 3D (PG) Thu 7:15, 9:50 Fri-Wed 9:40 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (PG) 7:10, 9:55 Sat-Sun 1:40 mat, 4:20 Tue 4:40 The LEGO Movie 3D (G) Thu 7:40, 10:10 Fri, Mon, Wed 7:35, 10:10 Sat-Sun 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:10 Tue 5:05, 7:40, 10:10 The LEGO Movie (G) Sat-Sun 12:00 The Monuments Men (PG) 7:05, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:50 mat Tue 4:15 The Nut Job 3D (PG) 7:25 Sat-Sun 3:00 mat, 5:15 Tue 5:15 The Nut Job (PG) Sat-Sun 12:30 RoboCop (PG) 7:10, 10:10 Sat-Sun 1:30 mat, 4:20 Tue 4:20 Starting Over Again 7:15, 10:15 Sat-Sun 1:10 mat, 4:10 Tue 4:10 That Awkward Moment (14A) Thu 7:35, 10:05 Fri, Mon, Wed 7:30, 10:05 Sat-Sun 12:10, 2:40, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 Tue 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 Vampire Academy (PG) Thu 7:00, 9:40 Winter’s Tale (PG) 7:20, 10:15 Sat-Sun 1:40 mat, 4:30 Tue 4:30 3

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Repertory cinema listings are comprehensive and appear alphabetically by venue, then by date. Other films are listed by date. = Critics’ pick (highly recommended) ñ B= Black History month events

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repertory schedules

GRAHAM SPRY THEATRE

This Colt doesn’t Fly

CBC Museum, CBC Broadcast Centre, 250 Front W, 416-205-5574. cbc.ca

thu 20-wed 26 – Continuous screenings Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Free. Thu 20-fri 21 AND mon 24-wed 26 – Winter preview.

ontario science centre 770 Don Mills. 416-696-3127. ontariosciencecentre.ca

thu 20-fri 21 – Great White Shark. 11 am and 2 pm. Flight Of The Butterflies. Noon. The Human Body. 1 pm. Sat 22-sun 23 – Great White Shark. 11 am, 1 & 3 pm. Flight Of The Butterflies. Noon & 4 pm. Under The Sea. 2 pm. mon 24-wed 26 – Great White Shark. 11 am & 2 pm. Flight Of The Butterflies. Noon. The Human Body. 1 pm.

Festivals reel artists film festival

We never learn why ColtonHarris-Moore does what he does.

tiff bell lightbox, reitman Square, 350 king W. canadianart.ca/raff.

thu 20-sun 23 – Festival of international documentary films about visual art and art ists. $12, stu/srs $8, festival pass $75. thu 20 – The Clay Diaries (2011) D: Isaki La cuesta. 7 pm. Nan Goldin – I Remember Your Face (2013) D: Sabine Lidl, and LaToya Ruby Frazier Makes Moving Pictures (2012) D: Wesley Miller. 9 pm. fri 21 – Keninde Wiley: An Economy Of Grace (2013) D: Jeff Dupre, and Rashid Johnson Makes Things To Put Things On (2011) D: Nick Ravich. 7 pm. Richard Deacon – In Between (2013) D: Claudia Schmid. 9 pm. sat 22 – Quand les attitudes deviennent formes (1969) D: André Gazut, and When Attitudes Become Form: Bern 1969/Venice 2013 (2013) D: Ranuccio Sodi. 1 pm. Levitated Mass (2013) D: Doug Pray. 3:15 pm. Jared Schiller X 2: Michael Landy: Saints Alive (2013), Art Bin (2010), and H2NY (2008) D: Michael Landy. 5:30 pm. Artists On The Underground (2012), and White City – Interview With Anna Barham D: Jared Schiller. 7:30 pm. Chimeras (2013) D: Mika Mattila. 9:30 pm. sun 23 – Breathing Earth (2012) D: Thomas Riedelsheimer. 12:15 pm. Fifi Howls From Happiness D: Mitra Farahani. 2:30 pm. Backbone: Vancouver Experimental Cinema (2013) D: Richard Martin. 5 pm.

Cinemas big picture cinema gerrard 1035 gerrard e. bigpicturecinema.com

Thu 20-fri 21 – Check

website for schedule. sat 22 – Double Bill: 1984 (1984) D: Michael Radford, and A Clockwork Orange (1971) D: Stanley Kubrick, and a per formance by Big Brother & the Filthy Radicals. Doors 9 pm. $10. Sun 23-wed 26 – Check website for schedule.

FLY COLT FLY: LEGEND OF THE BAREFOOT BANDIT (Andrew Gray, Adam Gray) Rating: NN An initially intriguing mixture of documentary and tribute, Fly Colt Fly: Legend Of The Barefoot Bandit tells the story of the two-year crime spree of Colton HarrisMoore, a Washington State teenager who made a name for himself by escaping a juvenile institution, hiding out in the woods near his mother’s home, breaking into houses and businesses for provisions and cash, and stealing cars and even light airplanes before escaping to the Bahamas, where he sat 22 – Money For Nothing: Inside The Fed-

eral Reserve. 12:30 & 6 pm. Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer. 3 pm. sun 23 – Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer. 1:30 &

was eventually apprehended. Filmmaker brothers Andrew and Adam Gray aren’t out to investigate Harris-Moore’s time as a fugitive as much as recreate it, beefing up some local-news footage and YouTube clips with a complex mixture of animation and live-action re-enactments. But for all their recreation, the Grays tell us very little about their subject. We learn that Harris-Moore liked animals – he broke into a pound to retrieve his dog after authorities took if from one of his campsites and once left $100 at a veterinary hospital – and that he probably taught himself to fly those airplanes, since he wouldn’t have had any meaningful adult help.

But Fly Colt Fly badly needs to examine the whys of its story. Those recreations and animations ascribe emotions to Harris-Moore, but there’s no insight offered into his crime spree. Why did do the things he did? Why are we watching this movie? The Grays’s choices in framing the material might lead us to conclude that Harris-Moore was a badass folk hero, even as the people they interview stress that he shouldn’t be perceived as one. And that makes Fly Colt Fly feel less and less coherent as the picture goes on. Opens Friday (February 21) at the Royal. See listings, page 75. NORMAN WILNER

6:30 pm. Money For Nothing: Inside The Federal Reserve. 3:45 & 8:45 pm. mon 24 – Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer. 2:30 pm. Music On Film: Children Of Flamenco (2013) D: Katerina Hager, and Flamenco At 5:15 (1983) D: Cynthia Scott. Flamenco guitarist Jorge Miguel and dancer Esmeralda Enrique participate in Q&A following the screening. 6:30 pm. $15. Money For Nothing: Inside The Federal Reserve. 9:15 pm. Tue 25 – Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer. 2:30 pm. Oppositions: Architecture On Film X 2: People Of A Feather (2011) D: Joel Heath. 6:30 pm.Trouble In The Peace (2012) D: Julian T Pinder. 9:15 pm. Wed 26 – Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer. 6:30 pm. Money For Nothing: Inside The Federal Reserve. 8:45 pm.

fri 21 – Godard’s Hollywood Classics: The Great Dictator (1940) D: Charles ñ Chaplin. 6:30 pm. The Fourth Man (1983) D:

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Camera Bar

1028 Queen W. 416-530-0011. camerabar.ca

sat 22 – King Kong (1933) D: Merian C Cooper and Ernest B Schoedsack. 3 pm.

BLOOR hot docs Cinema 506 Bloor W. 416-6373123. bloorcinema. com

Thu 20 – The Unbelievers (2013) D: Gus Holwer da. 2:30 & 8:45 pm. Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (2013) D: Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin. 6:30 pm. fri 21 – Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer. 2:30 & 9 pm. Money For Nothing: Inside The Federal Reserve (2013) D: Jim Bruce. 6:30 pm.

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cinematheque tiff bell lightbox reitman square, 350 king w. 416-599-8433, tiff.net

thu 20-sun 23 – Reel Artists Film Jennifer Lawrence and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire sizzle at the Fox.

Festival. See listings, this page. thu 20 – Godard’s Hollywood Classics: The Lady From Shanghai (1948) D: Orson Welles. 6:30 pm.

Paul Verhoeven. 9:30 pm.

sat 22 – The Girl From Chicago (1932) D: Os

car Micheaux. 2:30 pm. Godard’s Hollywood Classics: Two Rode Together (1961) D: John Ford. 4:30 pm. Oscar Micheaux X 2: Veiled Aristocrats (1932), and Birthright (1939). 7:30 pm. Maximum Overdrive (1986) D: Ste phen King. 10 pm. sun 23 – Murder In Harlem (1935) D: Oscar Micheaux. 1 pm. Godard’s Hollywood Clas sics: Scarface (1932) D: Howard Hawks. 7 pm. mon 24 – Check website for schedule. tue 25 – Godard’s Hollywood Classics: Moonfleet (1955) D: Fritz Lang. 6:30 pm. Flesh & Blood (1985) D: Paul Verhoeven. 8:45 pm. wed 26 – Check website for schedule.

Fox Theatre

2236 Queen E. 416-691-7330. foxtheatre.ca

Thu 20 – Book Thief (2013) D: Brian Percival.

6:45 pm. 12 Years A Slave (2013) D: Steve McQueen. 9:15 pm. Fri 21 – Nebraska (2013) D: Alexander Payne. 7 pm. Her (2013) D: Spike Jonze. 9:20 pm. sat 22-sun 23 – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) D: Francis Law rence. 1:15 pm. Her. 4:15 & 9:20 pm. Nebraska. 7 pm. Mon 24 – Nebraska. 7 pm. Her. 9:15 pm. tue 25-wed 26 – Her. 7 pm. Nebraska. 9:20 pm.

reg hartt’s cineforum 463 Bathurst. 416-603-6643.

thu 20 – The Killing (1956) D: Stanley Kubrick. 2 pm. ñ fri 21 – Frankenstein (1919) D: Thomas Edi

son. 2 pm. Frankenstein (1931) D: James Whale. 2:15 pm. The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957) D: Terrence Fisher. 3:30 pm. October: Ten Days That Shook The World (1927) D: Sergei Eisenstein. 5 pm. Miller’s Crossing (1990) D: Joel and Ethan Coen. 7 pm. sat 22 – The Green Hornet Chapter Four (1940) D: Ford Beebe. 2 pm. The Thief Of Bagdad (1940) D: Michael Powell. 2:25 pm. Kinji Fukasaku X 2: Battle Royale (2000). 7 pm. Battle Royale II: Requiem (2013). 9 pm. sun 23 – Key 56 (2011) D: Alexandre Hamel. 2 pm. Le Patin Libre (2011) D: Reg Hartt. 2:30 pm. Jane Jacobs (2006) D: Don Alexan der. 6 pm. The Darkside Of Oz: The Wizard Of Oz (1939) D: Victor Fleming, with Pink Floyd’s Darkside Of The Moon as the sound track. 7 pm. Kid Dracula: Nosferatu (1922) D: FW Murnau with Radiohead’s Kid A and OK Computer as the soundtrack. 9 pm. mon 24 – Charlie Chaplin’s First Films, Part Four and Mabel Normand X 3: Mabel At The Wheel, Twenty Minutes Of Lover, and Caught In A Cabaret. All films produced in 1914. 2 pm. Annie Hall (1977) D: Woody Allen. 2:45 pm. Godzilla Meets King Kong (1962) D: Ishiro Honda. 5 pm. New Tale Of Zatoichi (1963) D: Kazuo Mori. 7 pm. Death By Hanging (1968) D: Nagisa Oshima. 9 pm. tue 25 – DW Griffith As A Director, Part Three (1909): Violin Maker Of Cremona, The Lonely Villa, The Son’s Return, Her First Biscuits, The Way Of A Man and others. 2 pm. Three’s A Crowd (1927) D: Harry Langdon. 5 pm. What Have I Done To Deserve This? (1984) D: Pedro Almodóvar. 7 pm. wed 26 – The History Of Animation From Before Gertie The Dinosaur Until Now, Part One. 2 pm. Pandora’s Box (1929) D: GW Pab st. 5 pm. James Dean On Television. 7 pm.

revue cinema

400 Roncesvalles. 416-531-9959. revuecinema.ca

Thu 20 – Book Revue with TIFF pro grammer Jane Schoettle: What’s Eatñ ing Gilbert Grape? (1993) D: Lasse Hall

strom. 6:45 pm. $13. 12 Years A Slave (2013) D: Steve McQueen. 9:30 pm. Fri 21 – Philomena (2013) D: Stephen Frears. 7 pm. 12 Years A Slave. 9 pm. sat 22 – The Nut Job 3D (2014) D: Peter Lep eniotis. 2 pm. 12 Years A Slave. 4 & 9 pm. Philomena. 7 pm. sun 23 – The Nut Job. 2 pm. Silent Sundays presents Destiny (1921) D: Fritz Lang with live piano accompaniment. 4:15 pm. $13. Philomena. 7 pm. 12 Years A Slave. 9 pm. mon 24 – Philomena. 7 pm. 12 Years A Slave. 9 pm. Tue 25 – Philomena. 7 pm. Oscar Shorts: Ani mated. 9 pm. Wed 26 – Oscar Shorts: Animated. 7 pm. Oscar Shorts: Live Action. 9:15 pm.

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blu-ray/dvd disc of the week

By ANDREW DOWLER Asa Butterfield offers up his Game face.

the royal 608 College. 416-466-4400. theroyal.to

Thu 20 – Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) D: Joel and Ethan Coen. 7 pm. Rue Morgue ñ CineMacabre Movie Night presents Delivery

(2014) D: Brian Netto and Adam Schindler. 9:30 pm. fri 21 – Fly Colt Fly (2014) D: Adam and Andrew Gray. 7 pm. Cheap Thrills (2013) D: EL Katz. 9 pm. Late Night Fridays: The Room (2003) D: Tommy Wiseau. 11:30 pm. sat 22 – Fly Colt Fly. 7 pm. Cheap Thrills. 9 pm. sun 23 – Ernest & Celestine (2011) D: Stéphanie Aubier, Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner. 2 pm. Fly Colt Fly. 4 & 7 pm. Cheap Thrills. 9 pm. Mon 24 -tue 25 – Fly Colt Fly. 7 pm. Cheap Thrills. 9 pm. WEd 26 – Festival Of New Spanish Cinema: A Gun In Each Hand/Una Pistola En Cada Mano (2013) D: Cesc Gay. 7 pm. The Last Pogo Jumps Again (2013) D: Colin Brunton and Kire Paputts. 9 pm.

other films thu 20-wed 26 – The CN Tower presents Legends Of Flight 3D. Continuous screenings daily 10 am-9 pm. 301 Front W. c ntower.ca. Casa Loma presents The Pellatt Newsreel (2006) D: Barbra Cooper, a film and permanent exhibit on the history of Casa Loma and Henry Pellatt. Daily screenings 10 am-4:30 pm. Included w/ admission. 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171, casaloma.org. The Hockey Hall of Fame presents Stanley’s Game Seven 3D, a film of Stanley Cup history. Plays daily at the top and half past each hour. Mon-Sat 9:30 am-6 pm, Sun 10 am-6 pm. Included w/ admission. Brookfield Place, 30 Yonge. hhof.com. Bthu 20 – Toronto Public Library presents Bob Marley: The Making Of A Legend (2011) D: Esther Anderson and Gian Godoy. 6:30 pm. Discussion to follow screening. York Woods Theatre, 1785 Finch W. Reserve 416395-5980. L’Altra Italia presents Passione Sinistra (2013) D: Marco Ponti. 8 pm. $15. Colossus Theatre, 3555 Highway 7 W, Vaughan. laltraitalia.org. Bfri 21 – Ryerson University presents Colour Me D: Sherien Barsoum, a documentary about race, identity and what it means to be black in Canada. Q&A w/ cast to follow screening. 7 pm. $10. Ted Rogers School of Management Theatre, 55 Dundas W. colourmescreening.com. sat 22 – Makom presents a fundraising sing-along screening of Fiddler On The Roof (1971) D: Norman Jewison. 8 pm. $36$45 includes a lyric booklet, props and snacks. Costumes encouraged. Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina. makomto.org/fiddler. St John’s York Mills Silent Film series presents Why Worry? (1923) D: Fred Newmeyer, with live organ accompaniment. 7:30 pm. Free. 19 Don Ridge. sjym.ca. sun 23 – Bad Movie Night Toronto screens the most hilariously awful films ever made including an action movie flop Gymkata (karate & gymnastics). 7:30 pm. Free. Clinton’s, 693 Bloor W. explodingzebra.com/badmovieto. West Hill United Church’s Meaning In The Movies presents Captain Phillips (2013) D: Paul Greengrass. 10:30 am. Free. 62 Orchard Park. w esthill.net. tue 25 – Planet In Focus Salon Vert series presents Powerful – Energy For Everyone D: David Chernushenko. 7 pm. $15, stu/srs $10. Art Gallery of Ontario, Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas W. bit.ly/1obOLSV. wed 26 – U of T Social Justice Film Series presents the documentary Big Bucks Big Pharma. Followed by discussion with a former pharmaceutial executive. Vegetarian potluck 6 pm, film 7 pm. Free. Regis College, 100 Wellesley W. greg.kennedy@mail.utoronto.ca. Swansea Horticultural Society presents Il Giardino: The Gardens Of Little Italy (2007) D: Karen Shenfeld. 7:30 pm. Swansea Town Hall, 95 Lavina. green13toronto.org. 3

Ender’s Game (eOne, 2013) D: Gavin Hood, w/ Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford. Rating: NNN; Blu-ray package: NNN Ender’s Game has plenty of action and splashy eye candy, but doesn’t get interesting until close to the end. Fifty years after Earth beats back an alien invasion, 14-ish Ender (Asa Butterfield) is an elite military cadet with a brilliant military mind, aggression and leadership skills. The school commander (Harrison Ford) thinks he has what it takes to become the

The White Queen (Anchor

Bay, 2013) Creator: Philippa Gregory, w/ Rebecca Ferguson, Max Irons. Rating: NNN; Blu-ray package: NN There is much plot to get through in The White Queen, a woman-centred tale of the later years of the Wars of the Roses, which ran from 1455 to 1487 and provided the grist for Shakespeare’s history plays. The wars were driven by two related but rival houses, Lancaster and York, each with a claim to the English throne.

inspirational leader Earth needs to face the expected second invasion. Between thrilling space battles and a training exercise that looks like paintball in zero gravity, polished professionals Ford and Ben Kingsley bark military wisdom and Butterfield puts the lessons into effect. Only his odd experiences in a video game hint at drama to come. Butterfield very successfully portrays Ender as a smart, thoughtful kid, but the

scenes involving his inner conflict between aggression and c ompassion feel a bit perfunctory and somewhat “have your cake and eat it, too.” Some of the movie’s ideas are explored a little in the detailed 45-minute making-of doc and director Gavin Hood’s informative commentary. EXTRAS Commentary, making-of doc, deleted and extended scenes. English, French audio and subtitles.

King Edward IV of York (Max Irons) upsets the power balance by falling in love with and marrying Lancastrian Elizabeth Woodville (Rebecca Ferguson). Naturally, everyone hates her. Lord Warwick (James Frain), Edward’s closest friend and adviser, has plans for the king to marry the queen of France, and so the scheming begins. Warwick’s daughter Anne (Faye Marsay) becomes a key pawn in his plan, and Lancastrian Lady Margaret Beaufort (the show’s most complex character, well-played by Amanda Hale) advances the cause of her young son, another potential king. By episode four, the betrayals – real, imagined and trumped-up – kick

into overdrive, leading to open rebellion, Yorks conspiring to put a Lancaster on the throne and forced marriages that turn the closest siblings into bitter enemies. Along the way, there is sex, sorcery, battle, murder, foreign invasion, fanaticism and greed swollen to monstrous proportions. You’ll get a fact or two on some aspect of the production or story from each of the extras’ 11 mini-docs, but no details. They’re basically promo spots. EXTRAS Making-of doc, series overview, book-to-movie doc, history doc, set tour, women’s status doc, magic doc, costumes doc, more. English, Spanish audio and subtitles.

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Hardcore (1979) A conservative Midwest businessman looks for his runaway daughter in California’s porn industry.

Runner Runner (2013) A college student takes on the entrepreneur who cheated him in an online poker game.

Gravity (2013) An accident on the space shuttle leaves two astronauts adrift. George Clooney and Sandra Bullock star.

21 Jump Street (2012) Inept cops Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill go undercover in high school.

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Night Train To Lisbon (TVA, 2013)

D: Bille August, w/ Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent. Rating: NNN; DVD package: none Deeply moved by a small philosophical tract, a drab Latin teacher walks out on his life in Switzerland to track down its author in Lisbon. From this follows a movie of meetings with strangers and conversations leading to flashbacks that reveal the author’s family, work, love life and active resistance to Portuguese dictator Antonio Salazar. The cast is superb. Everyone from Jeremy Irons as the teacher through Christopher Lee, Charlotte Rampling, Bruno Ganz, Lena Olin and Mélanie Laurent delivers rich character portraits that do much to carry the film’s philosophical ideas. No extras, so go for a double bill. Suspense classic The Third Man should fit well. EXTRAS English, French audio. No subtitles.

Justice League: War (WB, 2014) D:

Jay Oliva, w/ Jason O’Mara, Alan Tudyk. Rating: NN; Blu-ray package: NNN Justice League: War makes undemanding couch fodder if you’re not put off by the silly costumes and the nagging feeling that superhero collaborations are at bottom a publisher’s cash grab. The story handles the team-up problem by deconstructing the team. Except for Green Lantern and The Flash, none of the others – Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel – know each other or have any interest in working together, despite the endless wave of destructive cyborgs pouring through some trans-dimensional rift. The voice cast brings the characters to life with a low-key ease that understates the character traits – Superman is a bit smug – and lets the humour emerge naturally. The visual style works for the movie and produces a few spectacular effects. Top comics artist Jim Lee did the source graphic novel and gets a 40-minute bio doc in the extras. The other extras highlight is director Jay Oliva’s lesson on the production uses of animatics and pencil tests. Both are worthwhile items for the fans. EXTRAS Lee doc, Lee and Oliva conversation, four vintage cartoons, animatics and pencil tests doc. English, French, Spanish audio and subtitles. 3 movies@nowtoronto.com

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Cuckold conundrum I am a straight male, married to a

oman for 25 years. Our marriage startw ed to go sour about 14 years ago. Sex was infrequent and stultifying. Finally, when the kids were old enough, I made plans to separate. When my wife got wind of these plans, she finally agreed to work on our relationship. We had long and heartfelt conversations. Things got better. Sex got more frequent, if not more exciting. Then I saw a letter referencing cuckolding in your column in The Coast, the weekly paper here in Halifax. I mentioned it to my wife. She asked me to read it to her. This led to a conversation about the possibility of introducing cuckolding into our relationship. She agreed after she made certain it was something I really wanted. She now has a guy in mind. My first choice for this scenario would be all three of us having sex. My second choice would be he and I having sex with her. The third would be me watching. The last would be them having sex and me hearing about it afterward. She has opted for the last option and is reluctant to share all the details. She has asked me why her having sex with another man is so exciting. She speculated it is because I have a big ego: if other men want her, her value is higher. That sounded weird to me. For me, it is all about sex. The idea of her letting another guy in, going down on him, etc is exciting to me. We will be breaking the rules for what married couples are supposed to do. I have been on cuckolding websites. It seems a lot of guys go in for humiliation. Some claim they have small dicks and want a larger man to satisfy their wives. None of those things apply to me. I just think it is hot, exciting sex. My question: Has there been research into cuckolding? Why do husbands find it hot and desirable?

Clearly Understanding Cuckold Kink

“There hasn’t been a lot of research into the cuckolding phenomenon,” said David J. Ley, PhD, a clinical psychologist and the author of Insatiable Wives: Women Who Stray And The Men Who Love Them. “Historically, men whose wives cuckolded them were publicly humiliated, and their wives were often severely punished. It is only in the past decade or so that this fantasy has catapulted itself into the public consciousness, largely due to an intersection of female sexual liberation and the ability of the internet to allow men with these fantasies to find each other and learn they are not alone.” Because of this history – cuckolded men publicly shamed, cuckolding wives brutally punished – there hasn’t been much non-judgmental, non-sex-panicky research into men with your desires, CUCK. Ley’s book represents the first comprehensive effort to explore your particular kink. “CUCK’s wife is right,” said Ley, “in that many men do get an ego boost out of sharing their ‘hot wife.’ But there are many other motivations as well. Some men are into the idea of cuckolding and humiliation, in a masochistic way. Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, after whom masochism was named, explored this fantasy specifically for the humiliation of it.”

Men who enjoy the humiliation aspect of their wives sleeping with other men tend to identify with the term “cuckold,” CUCK, while men who are into the hot, exciting sex aspect – men like you – tend to identity as “hotwifers.”

ent is communication, grounded in mutual trust and respect. If you pursue this, do it with honest communication on both your parts.” You can follow Dr. Ley on Twitter @ DrDavidLey.

“There are lots of men who explore this fantasy just because they think it’s very sexy to imagine or see their wife having hot sex with someone else and being fully satisfied,” said Ley. “One very interesting biological theory for this is related to the concept of sperm competition. Essentially, the theory goes that men get physically aroused when they know that their sperm might have to compete with those of another man in order to possibly (even theoretically) impregnate a woman. In such circumstances, the men thrust harder and deeper during sex, they ejaculate harder and their ejaculate contains more sperm.”

Don’t sign his cheat card

As for your wife’s restrictions – you can’t be there, she’ll share some details but not all – Ley thinks your wife is testing you. “She’s setting boundaries,” said Ley. “She wants to see how serious CUCK is, how he’s going to react. And she’s also establishing some level of independence. It’s her body and her sexuality, too, after all.” Ley thinks you guys are coming at this from a good place. Your marriage is on the upswing, you’re talking about your desires openly and honestly, and you’re willing to compromise. “I’ve worked with couples who have made this fantasy and lifestyle work,” said Ley. “And the key compon-

I am a straight 19-year-old girl in

college. I broke up with my boyfriend of several months a week before Valentine’s Day (a whole ’nother situation), and during that relationship I met this other guy, one of his friends. This friend has been in a relationship for 2.5 years. But his girlfriend cheated on him, and now he has a free card to go fuck someone else. He wants that person to be me! We have fooled around some, but even though I am not looking for a relationship right now, I have reservations about fucking someone who is in a relationship, even if it’s on a Go Fuck Someone Else card. Advice? Uneasy And Unsure Unless there are just two guys at your college – your ex and this dude with the Go Fuck Someone Else card – I would urge you to fuck someone else. This scenario has drama written all over it. Your ex will be pissed at you for fucking his friend, he’ll be pissed at his friend for fucking you, the friend’s girlfriend will be pissed at you for fucking her boyfriend – GFSE card or no GFSE card. Who needs that kind of grief? Find a hot student, RA, TA or prof who isn’t in your circle and fuck him instead.

Follow us on Twitter NOW @nowtoronto Michael Hollett ...............................................@m_hollett Alice Klein ...........................................................@aliceklein

What hurts is still safe I’m a 25-year-old guy with a gender-

eutral partner. We’ve been monogamn ous for about three years, and our GGG sex life is fantastic. One of our favourite things to do is for me to deep-throat their cock. It’s long and thick – definitely bigger than average – and I take pride in being able to fit it all the way down my throat. They sometimes fuck my throat, quite roughly at times. Is there a medical danger to deep-throating? Sometimes it makes my throat a little sore for a few days after. We’ve tried to stop deepthroating while we figure out if it’s dangerous or not. But when we get caught up in the moment, it’s just so hot that we can’t stop ourselves. What should we do? Could we be harming my throat? Two Wondering If Naughty Kink’s Safe I could go find an expert for you, TWINKS, or search the medical literature. But if deep-throating were dangerous – if cocks were doing permanent damage to throats – I would’ve heard about it by now. An intense deep-throating session is physically taxing, and you feel it for a few days after. Snowboarding, which I’m off doing with husband and son this week, has the same effect on my legs. My advice: Take it easy for a while after trashing your throat, just as I take it easy after trashing my legs.

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