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Thursday, March 15

Benefits

Book sale (Toronto Public Library) Gently

used books and withdrawn library materials. Today 10 am-8 pm; tomorrow 9:30 am-5 pm; Mar 17, 9 am-4:30 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. friendssouthchapter@ torontopubliclibrary.ca.

Events

Books, liBraries & the digital Future Lec-

ture by professor/librarian Robert Darnton. 5:30 pm. Free. Flavelle House, Bennett Lecture Hall, 78 Queen’s Park. may.seto@utoronto.ca. the CosmiC giFt oF Pulsars Astronomy lecture by professor Victoria Kaspi. 7 pm. Free. Earth Sciences Centre, rm 1050, 5 Bancroft. universe.utoronto.ca/hsh2012. the Culture War in iran Discussion with history professor Mohamad Tavakoli. 4 pm. Free. University College, rm 179, 15 King’s College Circle. scienceforpeace.ca. haPPiness through the ages Lecture on the different views of happiness in the Western tradition by professor Jonathan Salem-Wiseman 6:30 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca. the immorality oF our Crime PoliCy Lecture by defence lawyer Edward L Greenspan. 7 pm. Free. Noor Cultural Centre, 123 Wynford. noorculturalcentre.ca. make World Change Conference for undergrad students to learn about urgent global challenges like climate change and human rights. To Mar 28, Wednesdays 5:30-7 pm. Free. Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. harthouse.utoronto.ca/student-engagement/make-world-change.

rmarCh Break at the hoCkey hall oF Fame Autographs from Marlie players, be-

hind-the-scenes stories about the Stanley Cup, a mascot photo booth and more. To Mar 16 at various times. Free w/ admission. Hockey Hall of Fame, 30 Yonge. hhof.com. rmarCh Break at the legislature Program for kids six to 10 with scavenger hunts, dressup, crafts and tours. 10 am-12:30 pm & 2-4:30 pm. Free. Ontario Legislative Bldg, Queen’s Park. Pre-register 416-325-0061, tourbookings@ontla.ola.org. rmarCh Break Family disCovery Historic house tour, hands-on activities and more. To Mar 18 noon-4:30 pm. Free w/ admission. Gibson House, 5172 Yonge. 416-225-0146. rmarCh Break Fun Log cabin building, spelling bees and more. To Mar 18. Free w/ admission. Black Creek Pioneer Village, 1000 Murray Ross. 416-736-1733, blackcreek.ca. rmarCh Break oPera CamP Opera-based activities include learning an aria and making costumes. Today (ages seven to nine) 9 am3:30 pm; tomorrow (nine to 12). $35, half day $25. Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Opera Centre, 227 Front E. Pre-register coc.ca/explore. rmarCh mania in the valley! Learn about life in 19th-century Toronto through tours, baking and crafts. To Mar 18, 11 am-3 pm. Free w/ admission. Todmorden Mills, 67 Pottery. 416-396-2819. rmarCh ’musements Kids print their own pictures. To Mar 18, 10 am-4 pm, Sat & Sun noon-5 pm. Free w/ admission. Mackenzie House, 82 Bond. 416-392-6915. rmarCh through time Activities include an 1812 soldier drill, historical cooking and dress-up. To Mar 16, 10 am-3 pm. Free w/ ad-

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Festivals this week

Canadian international Comedy Fest

Performances for all ages take place every second Sun at 3 pm. Pwyc. St David’s Anglican Church, 49 Donlands. 416-466-3142, stdavidstoronto.ca/mosaic/mosaic.html. To Mar 18

Performances by comics including Tracy Morgan, Chris Kattan, Steve-O, Ari Shaffir and Sean Cullen. Various prices and venues. canadiancomedyfest.com. Mar 21 to 25

TracyMorgan doeshis thingatthe International Comedy Festival.

Canadian musiC Week Film Festival

Screenings of music-focused films including Under African Skies and Andrew Bird: Fever Year. $10. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. cmw.net. Mar 21 to 24 Portuguese Cultural Festival Fado performances by Sonia Tavares & Paulo Filips and others, comedy, film screenings and a conference. Various prices and venues. portuguesecanadian.com. Mar 15 to 25

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rmosaiC storytelling Festival

Danforth. 416-466-2129.

seminars, an outdoor adventure zone, all-star dog show and more. Today to Mar 17, 10 am-8 pm; Mar 18, 10 am-6 pm. $19, stu/srs $13, under 6 free. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Bremner. torontosportshow.ca.

traFFiC-related air Pollution and urBan CyClists Talk on effects on heart rate and

respiratory function by Health Canada’s Scott Weichenthal. 4:10 pm. Free. Bahen Centre, rm 1179, 40 St George. environment.utoronto.ca. vigil against viviseCtion Vigil to protest using animals for research. 11:45 am. Free. Ramsey Wright Zoological Labs, SW corner Harbord and St George. facebook.com/ events/408507725832424.

Friday, March 16

Benefits

CariFest (Camp Jumo) Performances by the

Monday, March 19

Friends With BeneFits (U for Change) Per-

art gives Charity (Queen West Art Crawl) Art auction and music by Jane Bunnett and Spirit of Havana. 6 pm. $40. Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren. queenwestartcrawl.com/artgives.

Events

Fireside Culture Week Parkdale’s cultural festival features art, performances, music, theatre and more at neighbourhood venues. Free. parkdalevillagebia.com. To Mar 17

rtoronto sPortsmen’s shoW Pro fishing

Saturday, March 17 formances by the Cautioneers, Benefit of the Free Man and others. 8 pm. Donation. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. 416-596-1908. PFunktion in the JunCtion (Make-aWish) St Patrick’s Day bash wth God Made Me Funky, Soul Motivators, DJ Goldfinger and others. 6 pm. $25 & $50. Planet Storage, 1655 Dupont. 647-427-3521. Pthe shamroCk (Parkdale Food Bank) St Patrick’s Day party. 5 pm. $10-$15. Amsterdam Brewing Co, 21 Bathurst. 416-921-9797.

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tiPs For maintaining & imProving health during traditional Breast CanCer treatments Lecture. 7 pm. Free. Big Carrot, 348

Lost rivers walk. 2 pm. Free. Rosedale subway. 416-593-2696. From Fukushima to toronto Town hall featuring workshops, panels and discussions with Ontario Clean Air Alliance, Greenpeace and others. 1-5 pm. $5 or pwyc. 918 Bathurst. facebook.com/events/172177626228128. homelessness in toronto Talk by street nurse Cathy Crowe. 10:30 am. Free. Don Heights Unitarian Congregation, 18 Wynford. donheights.ca.

Benefits

Francophone Week events include an exhibition of works by Quebec artists, live music by Florence K, literary talks and more. Various venues and prices. semainefranco.com. Mar 15 to 23

mission. Historic Fort York, Garrison between Strachan and Bathurst. 416-392-6907. rmuseum mystery madness Family tour to solve a mysterious jewel heist. To Mar 18 noon-4 pm. Free w/ admission. Spadina Museum, 285 Spadina Rd. 416-392-6910. musiC, media and Women Feminist Media Studies Circle discussion on media and literature. 12:30 pm. Free. CWSE, rm 2-225, 252 Bloor W. Pre-register cwse.oise@gmail.com. no Woman, no Cry Screening of Christy Turlington’s documentary, followed by a discussion on maternal health and the role of mothers around the world. 6 pm. Free. College/Shaw Library, 766 College. Pre-register frahman@idrf.ca. 1,000 PlaCes to see BeFore you die Travel presentation with author Patricia Schultz. 7 pm. Free. Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge. onethousandplacestoronto.eventbrite.ca. rPioneer marCh Break CamP Kids eight to 12 enjoy pioneer crafts, games and more. To Mar 16. $45/day. Black Creek Pioneer Village, 1000 Murray Ross. Pre-register 416-736-1733. rsPringFest An interactive stage show, rides and more. To Mar 16, 10 am to 5 pm. $5-$20, under one free. Downsview Park Studio 3, 40 Carl Hall. torontospringfest.com.

Join the California-based, multimodal performance arts group for a workshop. 2:30 pm. Free. Art Gallery of Ontario, Ryerson U Heaslip House, 297 Victoria. Pre-register 416-979-6648, uoftdisabilitylistserve@ gmail.com. PteiCa arts & letters day Limerick contest, painting challenge, auction and prizes. 4 pm. Free. The Ceili Cottage, 1301 Queen E. 416-406-1301, ceilicottage.com. Whose Borders? No One Is Illegal film screening with speakers from Mohammed Mahjoub Support Comm and the KI Support Comm. 7:30 pm. Free or pwyc. Palmerston Library Theatre, 560 Palmerston. toronto. nooneisillegal.org.

Mighty Sparrow, Calypso Rose, Marcia Brown and others 6:30 pm. $40-$49. Jamaican Canadian Assoc, 995 Arrow. torontocarifest.com.

oPeration groundsWell Fundraiser

(Operation Groundswell) Performances by Afro Safari, Kori Pop and others plus art. 9 pm. Donation. Garrison, 1197 Dundas W. facebook.com/events/256073777808767.

Events

Canada Blooms Flower and garden festival with gardening experts, workshops, seminars, demos, displays and more. To Mar 25. $20, stu/srs $17, children free. Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place. canadablooms. com. death or Canada Film screening and discussion with historian Gerald Whyte on the journey of Irish immigrants in 1849. 7 pm. Free. Ralph Thornton Centre, 2nd flr, 765 Queen E. 416-886-5052. engineering day Discussions and youthoriented programming exploring the engineering profession. 9 am-6 pm. $50, child $20. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. engineeringday.ca. national home shoW The Dream Home R-House, a celebrity stage with Bryan Baeumler and others, furniture trends and more. To Mar 25. $20, srs $17, stu $16, under 12 free. Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place. nationalhomeshow.com. nuke night Screenings and discussions of films From Chernobyl To Fukushima: A Campaigner’s Journey and The 4th Revolution: Energy Autonomy commemorate the oneyear anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe. 7 pm. $5 or pwyc. Friends House, 60 Lowther. steve.cornwell@greenpeace.org. Pre-Budget rally and marCh Join OCAP to fight poverty, demand a living income, housing and public services for all. Noon. Free. College and Bay (outside the Ministry of Housing). facebook.com/events/ 168518953261094/?ref=ts. reClaiming our Bodies and minds: dis-

aBility, oPPression, aCtion! Conference with workshops, presentations, dialogue, arts and more. To Mar 18. 6 pm. $10-$50. Ryerson U Student Campus Centre, 55 Gould. Pre-register ryeaccess.ca/index. php?section_id=33. sins invalid: disaBility JustiCe WorkshoP

advanCed soCial media Advanced-level workshop on using social media more efficiently. 1-4 pm. $125. Akimbo, ste 506, 80 Spadina. Pre-register info@akimbo.ca. CaFe sCientiFique Discussion. 4 pm. Free. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. 416-596-1908. a Canadian dePartment oF PeaCe Public consultation. 1 pm. Free. Friends House, 60 Lowther. 905-509-3903. Colonel Walter o’hara’s Parkdale: Ponds and Wetlands rising to Camino de santiago Lost rivers walk. 2 pm. Free.

Queen and Roncesvalles. 416-593-2656. ComPlete street Band Meeting for people interested in enlivening the city’s public spaces through music. 2 pm. Free. St Stephen in the Fields Church, 103 Bellevue. completestreetband@gmail.com. direCt aCtion WorkshoP Tools for Change workshop on how to integrate direct action into your campaigns, with Earthroots’ David Stone and Natalie Caine of Greenpeace. 11 am-5 m. $10-$20 sugg. U of T St George Campus. Pre-register toolsforchange.net. grads market Culinary competition and showcase with samples from students at culinary schools. 9 am-4 pm. $5. St Lawrence Market Kitchen, 95 Front E. gradsmarket.ca. norouz 2012 Persian New Year celebration with music by Hamasseh Daneshzad and storytelling. 4:30 pm. Pwyc ($5 sugg). Queen Gallery, 382 Queen E. 416-361-6045. queen West gallery tour Explore the galleries and project spaces along the Queen West strip. 11:45 am. $25, two for $45. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. sins invalid The California-based, multimodal performance arts group performs. 7 pm. Free. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. sPiked tea 2012 High tea and conversation with local artists including Robyn Cumming and Heather Nicol. 2 pm. $75. Mercer Union, 1286 Bloor W. 416-536-1519. Pst Party’s day Bash Music by U2 tribute band Desire, Irish Imposters, Fallen Ground and others plus food and more. 11 am. $15$20. St Lawrence Market N, 92 Front E. tinyurl.com/stpartyday17. tagging along Outdoor tour of local artworks led by artists Sean Martindale and Pascal Paquette. 2 pm. Free. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. rWake uP! Family nature walk. 1 pm. $2 sugg. High Park Nature Centre, 440 Parkside. highparknaturecentre.com.

Sunday, March 18

Benefits

rPysanka WorkshoP Fundraiser (Pysanka Orphanage in Ukraine) Ukrainian Easter egg-decorating workshop. 2-5 pm. $10. St

Vladimir Institute, 620 Spadina. Pre-register kosa.kolektiv@gmail.com.

Events

Castle Frank Brook For World Water day

Benefits

War made easy: hoW Presidents & Pundits keeP sPinning us to death War Resisters Support Campaign fundraising update, screening and dinner. 6 pm. $20 sugg. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. resisters.ca.

Events

aCtivism in aCtion Peaceworks workshop

on human rights with Josephine Grey. 6:309:30 pm. $25. Friends House, 60 Lowther. 416-731-6605. CyCling & the eglinton lrt Toronto Cyclists Union talk on bike-friendly station design, bike lanes, trail connections, crossings and parking. 6:30 pm. Free. Northern District Library, 40 Orchard View. bikeevents.to/event/ public-meeting-cycling-and-eglinton-lrt.

the end oF time: the maya mystery oF 2012

Lecture by astronomy/anthropology professor Anthony Aveni. 7 pm. $23. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-5797.

geek love CeleBrates Joss Whedon in song! Sing along to clips from Dr Horrible

and Buffy The Vampire Slayer. 8 pm. Free. Ossington, 61 Ossington. geekloveto.com. maya: seCrets oF their anCient World A glimpse into the ROM’s current exhibit. 2 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca. mooredale sailing CluB Information session on the club and its activities. 6 pm. Free. C’est What, 67 Front E. mooredale.com. ryeBerg live toronto Writers Lynn Crosbie, Sean Dixon, Nick Mount and Jowita Bydlowska talk about YouTube videos. 8 pm. $12, adv $10. Drake Underground, 1150 Queen W. ryeberg.com. teatime + textiles Hands-on tea towel design workshop. 6:30-8:30 pm. $25, stu $15. Design Exchange, 234 Bay. Pre-register 416363-6121. tomBoy Trans Film screening of the Céline Sciamma film followed by a discussion. 6:30 pm. Free. William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks. transfilmseries@gmail.com.

Where to next? sizing tourism’s Water FootPrint Presentation by Waterlution To-

ronto Hub. 6 pm. $5. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org.

Tuesday, March 20

Benefits

Bright night, Big dreams (Sunshine Fdn)

Special guests, a candy buffet, dream scene photo booth, silent auction and more. 6:30 pm. $125. Miller Tavern, 3885 Yonge. sunshinegta.eventbrite.com.

Events

aBove vs BeloW ground transit Town hall

debate with NOW associate news editor Enzo DiMatteo, Women’s Post publisher Sarah Thomson, councillor Shelley Carroll and others. 6:30 pm. $20, adv $10. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. womenspost.ca/buyonline.votingreform.php. Chris martenson’s Crash Course Presentation and discussion on sustainability and the root causes of the crises in the economy, energy and environment. 6 pm. $10. OISE, 252 Bloor W, rm 2-212. irbe.org. Community Bike Forum Davenport West Bike Project Toolkit launches with a discus-

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art FOr art’s sake

tOGether aGainst austerity

With the Ontario budget due at the end of March, a roster of community groups take issue with the Drummond report’s focus on painful – and counterproductive – restraint. Orgs including OCAP, Ontario Nurses Association, Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario and Ontario Council of Hospital Unions host a march, Friday (March 16) to call for affordable housing, a rise in social assistance rates, better services and more. Noon. Free. Meet in front of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing at 777 Bay, at College. ocap.ca. sion on how bicycles benefit our health and communities, a bike clinic, planning forum and dinner. 3-8:30 pm. Free. Davenport-Perth Community Centre, 1900 Davenport. Preregister dpnchc.ca. Faith and Occupy Discussion on ways faith communities can support the Occupy Movement. 7 pm. Free. First Unitarian Congregation, 175 St Clair W. 416-924-9654.

the Grandest challenGe: takinG liFe-savinG science FrOm lab tO villaGe Global

health discussion with Dr Abdallah Daar. Noon. Free. U of T Health Sciences Bldg, 155 College, rm 100. Pre-register elayna.fremes@ utoronto.ca, ghd-si.utoronto.ca. machOmer & macbeth Shakespeare lecture by Philippa Sheppard. 7 pm. Free (ticket required: torontopubliclibrary.ca/appelsalon). Reference Library, 789 Yonge.

Occupy talks: biG Oil, tar sands and hOw

the 1% deFines “ethics” Panel discussion with community organizers including Eriel Deranger and Syed Hussan. 7 pm. Free. Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor W. facebook. com/events/324715747576088.

Wednesday, March 21 crisis in the cOnGO: uncOverinG the truth

Film screening and discussion led by Kairos coordinator Jim Davis. 7 pm. Free. Regis College, 100 Wellesley W. regiscollege.ca.

Green urban planner ken GreenberG

Greenberg discusses architectural diversity, spontaneity and flexibility in an evolving and livable city. 6 pm. Free. Riverdale Library, 370 Broadview. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

hyperactive dreamers: creative Or adhd?! Presentation on creative people be-

ing wrongly diagnosed. 7 pm. Free. Metropolitan Community Church, 115 Simpson. hyperactivedreamers.com. stephen shOre Meet the American photographer and hear about his work. 7 pm. $22.50, stu $17. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. sprinG detOx and allerGies Health talk. 7 pm. Free. Deer Park Library, 40 St Clair E. 416393-7657. taxes: what yOu need tO knOw Get information on preparing your income tax return. 6:30 pm. Free. Central Eglinton Community Centre, 160 Eglinton E. 416-392-0511 ext 225. wanna talk abOut the ecOnOmy? Info session on creating conversations around the financial crisis. 7 pm. Free. Pauper’s Pub, 539 Bloor W. angelclchen@gmail.com.

NOW’s Enzo DiMatteo talks transit March 20.

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Think those art crawls that take over various neighbourhoods just happen? Think again. They require a constant influx of funds and tons of community support. Enter Art Gives, a major fundraiser slated for Monday (March 19), where the great Jane Bunnett and the Spirit of Havana jazz it up to benefit the Queen West Art Crawl. Head over to Gallery 345 (345 Sorauren) and pony up to make sure the annual art event remains as vital as ever. 6 to 9 pm. $40. queenwestartcrawl.com/artgives.

surFace Or subterranean?

Here’s a chance to master the fine points as folks in the know debate above- vs below-ground transit (though the real contest probably pits sheer logic against dangerous folly.) The panel features councillors Shelley Carroll and Norm Kelly, and NOW Magazine’s Enzo DiMatteo, and the affair is co-moderated by Women’s Post publisher Sarah Thomson and NewsTalk 1010’s John Moore. Tuesday (March 20), 6:30 pm. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson . $20. adv $10. womenspost.ca.

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Benefits

cOn briO (Talisker Players Chamber Music) Music, fine wine, food and a silent auction. 5:30-8:30 pm. $100. Massey College, 4 Devonshire. 416-466-1800. Jane’s JOurney: an eveninG with dr Jane GOOdall (Jane Goodall Insti) Screening of

Jane’s Journey, a Q&A, cocktail reception and book signing. 5:30 pm. $54-$200. Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor W. 416-637-3123, bloorboxoffice@hotdocs.ca.

shyam selvadurai/mary anne mOhanraJ/ kOOm kankesan (Sri Lankans Without Borders) Literary readings. 7 pm. ING Direct Downtown Cafe, 221 Yonge. slwb.ca.

Events

the accidental pilGrims in palestine Presentation by Internationals in Palestine for olive harvest solidarity. 7 pm. $5. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org.

are hidden FOOd sensitivities makinG yOu Fat? Lecture. 7 pm. Free. Big Carrot, 348 Danforth. 416-466-2129.

diabetes, sOdium & Fat, Oh my! A dietitian

talks about ways to reduce salt and fat in your diet. 6:30 pm. Free. Toronto Rehab, 347 Rumsey. Pre-register 416-408-7145.

the GeOpOlitics OF war in aFGhanistan, chechnya and kOsOvO Discussion with soci-

ology professor Valerie Zawilski. 4 pm. Free. University College, rm 179, 15 King’s College Circle. scienceforpeace.ca. mint made in tOrOntO Film Festival The festival celebrates its one-year anniversary and World Water Day with a screening of Spoil, a performance by comedian Derek Forgie, a discussion with author Tony Clarke and more. 7:30 pm. $13-$17.50. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. mintff.org. Opera talks: semele Canadian Opera Co talk on the Handel opera. 7 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. 416-395-5639. teenaGer hamlet Film screening and discussion with artist Margaux Williamson. 7 pm. $7. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. 416979-6648. wOrld water day WaterDocs screening of Water On The Table and short film The Story Of Bottled Water, plus a discussion with director Liz Marshall and Council of Canadians’ Mark Calzavara. 7 pm. Free. Ralph Thornton Community Centre, 765 Queen E. ecologos.ca/waterdocs. 3

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Vancouver-born chef Jeff Claudio by way of explanation. And so we get an amuse I’d describe as “cereal on a spoon” that turns out to be puffed wheat-berries mixed with pumpernickel crumbs and bitter ground coffee, while a second of mini-profiteroles stuffed with fresh house-made cheese tilts more savoury than sweet. From the late-night snack lineup, Pork Chashu ($5) finds barely seared slices of fatty pork belly in spicy Korean gochujang pepper sauce topped with shreds of almost raw scallion, four bites tops. Claudio salutes trendy West Coast street food with his Tokyo Dog ($8), here a smoky brought-in Butcher Shoppe wiener dressed with fried onion, sweet Kewpie mayo and fishy

seaweed. One bite’s plenty, and that one we spit out discreetly into the provided moist towelette. Chef’s generous take on Trinidadian doubles – curried chickpeas sandwiched between two pieces of house-baked bara flatbread ($6) – is literally a mess, its filling sloppily spilling out all over the place. Definitely a knife and fork affair. We wash it down with a bottle of overly bitter Muskoka Mad Tom IPA ($6) and understand why Tom has anger issues. Alongside the reconfigured canapes, Claudio offers two ever-evolving tasting menus, one labelled Meat ($45), the other Veg ($35). Tonight they both begin with something called Parsnip-Cucumber, Pumpernickel, Apple, Whipped honey, which has us wondering if what’s about to come will be salad, soup or just plain nuts. Seems that description translates as a jellied parsnip dumpling layered with thinly sliced raw Matsu

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apple tossed with cucumber juice, nasturtium and more pumpernickel crumbs, a few piped blobs of frothy whipped honey on the side. We’d have never guessed that the veggie second course listed as Pierogi-Spinach would be a spin on saag paneer by way of Roncesvalles, a spinach-stuffed raviolo topped with melted house-made ricotta and even more bread crumbs, these fried in Hewitt Dairy’s ridiculously rich goat’s butter. The meat menu’s second of lake trout in a classic Grenobloise sauce of lemon and capers pales in comparison. The herbivore main finds maybe three tasty turnip gnocchi swimming in salty broth alongside a softboiled egg and a fine julienne of chewy cloud-ear fungus, while the meat eaters get a perfectly pink duck breast paired with roasted Jerusalem artichokes and a crumble of crispy chicken skin and toasted sesame seeds. Both conclude with a tiered Jellolike dessert of yogurt and hibiscus compote served in a glass topped with a lid of anise-scented “ice” that breaks into shards of brittle sugar that only get stuck in your teeth. Clearly, Claudio relishes in the unconventional. His dishes are occasionally innovative and always challenging, if only intellectually. But no amount of culinary hocuspocus can disguise the fact that most of his customers can have no idea what it is they’re eating. Postcards with diagrams, perhaps? Some are calling Yours Truly the best new resto in town. Quirky, irreverent, overly ambitious and too clever by half, no problem. Best? Not on your life. 3 stevend@nowtoronto.com

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Though Yours Truly, Arcadia and Ursa grab all the headlines of late for their similar genre-busting grub, LAB (651 College, at Grace, 416-551-5025, labrestaurant.com) seems to have got lost in the shuffle, so much so that the two-year-old resto is calling it quits tonight (Thursday, March 15) with a communal last supper. “It’s been an absolute blast the last few years,” says LAB owner/chef Howard Dubrovsky. “But now it’s time for new adventures.”

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Since its days as Planet Kensington and legendary punkers Bunchofuckingoofs’ unofficial clubhouse, one tiny Market spot has been home to Freshwater Grill and Havana Moon, not to mention the notorious Greeks’. Make room for Thirsty and Miserable (197½ Baldwin, at Augusta, 647-607-0134, thirstyandmiserable.ca), a rocker-themed bar named for a Black Flag song, with an impressive cellar of local microbrews as well as microwaved TV dinners and portraits of Debbie Harry and the Curse by local shutterbug Don Pyle on the sD walls. Got some insider dish to share? Contact: stevend@nowtoronto.com

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16 Bancroft, at Spadina Circle, 416-9785247, harvestnoon.com. Operated by the same socially minded U of T collective responsible for the weekly $4 vegan Hot Yam! lunches, this newly launched café in the nearby Graduate Student Centre offers a similar daily meal deal of soup and salad combos. Save the planet – bring your own plates and cutlery. Best: rotating card of locally sourced seasonal soups like creamy dairy-free Saskatchewan split pea ’n’ potato; sweetly puréed Jerusalem artichoke with apple; miso with tofu, cabbage and seaweed, all sided with house-baked Red Fife bread; meat-free Shepherd’s Pie; salads of greenhouse greens, kale, carrots and

beets in apple mustard vinaigrette; to wash them down, organic apple cider. Complete lunches for $15, including, tax, tip and a pint from the downstairs pub. Average main $5. Open Monday to Friday 10 am to 2 pm, lunch from noon. Closed Saturday, Sunday, holidays. Licensed. Access: 27 steps at door, washrooms on same floor. Rating: nnn

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Eaton Centre food court, 220 Yonge, at Dundas, 416-847-1007, fressenrestaurant. com. Vegans and food courts rarely mix, but that hasn’t stopped Urban Herbivore’s Stephen Gardner from opening an outpost of his meat-free Kensington canteen deep in the belly of the Eaton Centre. Take that, Big Mac! Also: 64 Oxford, at Augusta, 416927-1231; 967 College, at Dovercourt, 416515-8885. Best: massive reusable bowl of black sticky rice or lentil-studded quinoa topped with steamed squash, carrots and yams in either spicy curried coconut milk or sweet Moroccan tomato sauce, both sided with crostini and purple cabbage coleslaw; shareable sandwiches on house-baked whole wheat, rosemary or spelt focaccia spread with garlic-challenged hummus, pesto and black olive tapenade heaped with grilled veggies or strips of baked tofu; to finish, cranberry spelt muffins; to drink, house-made pineapple lemonade. Complete meals for $12 per person, including tax, tip and a lemonade. Average main $8. Open Monday to Friday 10 am to 9 pm, Saturday 9:30 am to 7 pm, Sunday and holidays 11 am to 6 pm. Unlicensed. Access: barrier-free. Rating: nnn 3

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Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 This week you may

learn the real reason the tortoise beat the hare, why two of the three blind mice weren’t really blind and the shocking truth about the relationship between Cinderella’s fairy godmother and the handsome prince. Myths will be mutating, Aries. Nursery rhymes will scramble, and fairy tales will fracture. Thor, the god of thunder, may make a tempting offer to Snow White. The cow’s jump over the moon could turn out to have been faked by the CIA. An ugly duckling will lay an egg that Chicken Little claims is irrefutable proof the 2012 Mayan apocalypse is imminent. Sounds like a rowdy good time for all!

TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 “Roots and

wings. But let the wings grow roots and the roots fly.” That was written by Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez, and now I’m passing it on to you. It will serve as a keynote for the turning point you’re about to navigate. In the coming weeks, you’ll generate good fortune by exposing your dark mysterious depths to the big, bright sky; you’ll be wise to bring your soaring dreams down to earth for a pit stop. The highs need the influence of the lows, Taurus; the underneath will benefit from feeling the love of what’s up above. There’s one further nuance to be aware of, too: I think you will find it extra-interesting to interweave your past with your future. Give your rich traditions a taste of the stories that are as yet unwritten.

GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 Is it possible you

were a spider in a previous life? If so, please call on the abilities you developed back then. You need to create an extrabig, super-fine web, metaphorically speaking, so you can capture all the raw materials you will be needing in the coming weeks and months. If you’re not sure whether you are the reincarnation of a spider, then simply imagine you were. Stimulate daydreams in which you visualize yourself as a mover and shaker who’s skilled at snagging the resources and help you require.

CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 British writer Ken-

neth Tynan asked a movie director about how he’d film an advancing army. Did it matter whether the action went from right to left across the frame or left to right? “Of course!” said the director. “To the Western eye, easy or successful movement is left to right, difficult or failed movement is right to left.” The director showed Tynan an illustrated book as evidence. On one page, a canoe shooting the rapids was going from left to right, while a man climbing a mountain was headed from right to left. Use this information to your benefit, Cancerian. Every day for the next two weeks, visualize yourself moving from left to right as you fulfill a dream you want to accomplish.

Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 Hanadi Zakaria al-Hindi

is the first Saudi Arabian woman to be licensed to fly a plane. But there’s an absurd law in her country that prohibits women from driving cars, so she needs a man to give her a lift to the airport. Is there any situation in your own life that resembles hers, Leo? Like maybe you’ve advanced to a higher level without getting certified on a lower level? Or maybe you’ve got permission and power to operate in a sphere that’s meaningful to you even though you skipped a step along the way? Now would be a good time to think about whether you should do anything about the discrepancy, and if so, how to do it.

VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 Recent scientific

studies have confirmed what native American folklore reports: Badgers and coyotes sometimes cooperate with each other as they search for food. The coyotes are better at stalking prey above ground, and the badgers take over if the hunted animal slips underground. They share the spoils. I suggest you draw inspiration from their example, Virgo. Is there a person you know who’s skilled at a task you have trouble with and who could benefit from something you’re good at? It’s prime time to consider forming symbiotic relationships or seeking out unusual partnerships that play to both parties’ strengths.

LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 How did the Vikings navigate their ships through rough northern seas on cloudy and foggy days? Medieval texts speak of the mysterious “sunstone,” a “Viking compass” used to detect the hidden sun. Modern theories suggest that this technology may have been Iceland spar, a mineral that polarizes light, making it useful in plotting a course under overcast skies. Do you have anything like that, Libra? A navigational aid that guides your decisions when the sun’s not out, metaphorically speaking? Now would be an excellent time to enhance your connection with whatever it is that can provide such power.

#@%(!)* vexations and botherations. In fact, let’s go ahead and make this Honour Your #@%(!)* Irritations and Annoyances Week. To properly observe this holiday, study the people and things that irk you

so you can extract from them all the blessings and teachings they may provide. Are you too tolerant of an annoying situation that you need to pay closer attention to? Is it time to reclaim the power you’ve been losing because of an exasperating energy drain? Does some jerk remind you of a quality you don’t like in yourself? Is there a valuable clue or two to be gleaned from a passive-aggressive provocateur?

pisCes Feb 19 | Mar 20 Seahorses have an

unusual approach to reproduction. It’s the male of the species that cares for the eggs as they gestate. He carries them in a

“brood pouch” on his front side. Of course it’s the female who creates the eggs in the first place. After analyzing the astrological factors coming to bear on your destiny, Pisces, I suspect you will benefit from having a seahorse-like quality in the coming weeks. Whatever gender you are, your archetypal masculine qualities should play an especially strong role as you nurture a project that’s in its early developmental phases. Homework: What was the pain that healed you most? What was the pleasure that hurt you the worst? Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com.

Free and easy.

Bareback, gloveless love, sex without a condom. Call it what you want but unprotected anal intercourse is risky and considered to be “high risk” for transmitting HIV. In Ontario, guys who have sex with guys continue to be greatly affected by HIV and syphilis. That’s why we launched Get on it. – a campaign that provides information to help you make an informed decision about when, where, and why you need to be tested for HIV and syphilis.

sCorpio oct 23 | nov 21 If you set up

two mirrors in just the right way, you can get a clear look at the back of your head. You’re able to see what your body looks like from behind. I suggest you try that exercise sometime soon. It will encourage your subconscious mind to help you discover what has been missing from your self-knowledge. As a result, you may be drawn to experiences that reveal things about yourself you’ve been resistant to seeing. You could be shown secrets about buried feelings and wishes that you’ve been hiding from yourself. Best of all, you may get intuitions about your soul’s code that you haven’t been ready to understand until now.

sAGiTTArius nov 22 | Dec 21 According

to my Sagittarius friend Jonathan Zap, the Greek playwright Aristophanes had an ambivalent attitude about divine blessings. He said that no great gift enters the human sphere without a curse attached to it. I’m sure you know this lesson well. One of last year’s big gifts has revealed its downside in ways that may have been confusing or deflating. But now here comes an unexpected plot twist, allowing you to add a corollary to Aristophanes’ formulation. Soon you will find a second blessing that was hidden within the curse in embryonic form. You’ll be able to tease it out, ripen it and add it to the bounty of the original gift.

CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 Writing in the science magazine Discover, Corey S. Powell says, “There’s an old joke: If you tell someone the universe is expanding, he’ll believe you. If you tell him there’s wet paint on the park bench, he’ll want to touch it to make sure.” In accordance with the astrological omens, Capricorn, I invite you to rebel against this theory. I think it’s quite important for you to demand as much proof for big, faraway claims as for those that are close at hand. Don’t trust anyone’s assertions just because they sound lofty or elegant. Put them to the test. AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 It’s an excel-

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In most people, an early HIV infection has symptoms and they’re flu-like: fever, sore throat, swollen lymph nodes, headache, and muscle pain. You can also get a rash. Sounds just like being sick right? Well, if you’re having unprotected sex, and you experience these symptoms two to four weeks after your saddle-free bromance, then you should get tested. Watch for the signs.

Being easy.

No we’re not talking about you - we’re talking about transmission. Having an STI (sexually transmitted infection) like syphilis can make it easier to get HIV, or to pass it on. You might as well get tested for syphilis when you get your HIV test. Don’t make transmission easy!

The early bird gets the worm.

Knowing the signs, the symptoms, and when to get tested will lead to healthier outcomes. Early detection means earlier treatment, which is good for your health and can reduce transmission to others. We’re all in this together and knowledge is power.

Get pricked.

(We mean your finger.) HIV testing at Hassle Free Clinic is fast, easy, and totally anonymous. We’re making it so easy for you that for the next few weeks we’ve opened clinics across the city, extended our hours, and we’re open on weekends. Find a clinic, show up, get a number, and get tested. Four steps; results in 20 Minutes. It couldn’t get easier.

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➨ Marino describes Blackbird’s look as a mix of masculine and feminine elements and hard and soft textures. The spring collection was inspired by skin-walkers in Navajo folklore and features hand-crafted dream catcher earrings and a “Rhinestone Cowboy” necklace.

Comrags on the move

Joyce Gunhouse and Judy Cornish were Queen West trailblazers, opening their Comrags boutique at the corner of Palmerston 15 years ago. In April they’ll move it north to new digs at 812 Dundas West. Kohn Schnier Architects and Gunhouse’s husband, Rocco Matteo, are converting the former Hard Luck bar into a chic space with a modern vintage vibe perfect for selling spring’s silk printed dresses, striped shirts and sharp jackets. comrags.com.

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Jason Hudson’s website (jasonhudson.com) is best known for its party shots of Toronto’s fashion crowd and travelogues about his adventures during the international collections, but it’s also building a following of guys who like his style and grooming advice. We asked the photographer and blogger for his take on spring’s menswear scene. Describe your style? If I had to choose, I suppose the preppy thing has always been my goto. Even as a little kid I was all about suspenders and khakis. What’s on your spring style wish list? I’m excited to see the skinny pant thing go away a little. I think the pendulum is going to swing, and we’ll see a return to very full legs. I’m excited about pleats!

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Kathy Tran’s new 20-piece eyewear collection, launched last month at Pink Eye Optical (1030 Queen West, 416-534-2235, pinkeyeoptical.com), features some pretty sweet-looking classic frames. But the KayTran line is as much about fit as fashion. Small tweaks to the glasses’ design – less of a curve to lenses, a narrower bridge – help keep them on your face. $295 to $320. kaytran.com.

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While digitally manipulated patterns dominate contemporary fashion, Sarah Stevenson (sarahstevensondesign.com) creates her Magnolia motif with handpainted watercolours outlined in hard pencil. Magnolia print dress ($490, Homegrown Boutique), Marni earrings ($395, Holt Renfrew), Fluevog Rules Châtelet sandals ($339).

Inspired by an oil slick, Jessica Mary Clayton (jessicamaryclayton.com) creates liquid prints by photographing swirls of ink dropped into water. Jessica Mary Clayton silk dress ($375, Fawn), neutral sandals ($110, Aldo), Barol clipon earrings ($95, Holt Renfrew).

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Lucian Matis (lucianmatis. com) builds up torn swatches of colourful silk and tulle to fashion three-dimensional bodices for his sheer evening dresses. Lucian Matis dress ($2,195), nylon swim bottoms ($34, American Apparel), Steve Madden blue suede sandals ($125, Heel Boy), Kenneth Jay Lane clip-on earrings ($90, Holt Renfrew).

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Eco-minded Baby Steinberg (meetmyart.com) upcycles cotton scraps from factories in Brazil for the braids and fringe that make up this coral cocktail dress. Baby Steinberg dress ($350), braided belt ($6.95, H&M), Alan Anderson earrings ($650, Holt Renfrew).

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Shows that rocked Toronto last week EMELI SANDE at the Drake Underground, Wed-

ñnesday, March 7.

Rating: NNNN Emeli Sandé is practically unknown in Canada, but in the UK her record is number one and she’s a star. Our Version Of Events comes out here in June, coinciding with the Scottish-born singer/songwriter’s second summer of touring with Coldplay. Knowing this made it almost surreal to watch the blond-coiffed singer, comfortable in front of thousands, on the tiny Drake stage. Sandé opened with her first single, Heaven. She stripped it of its drum-and-bass-inspired radio sheen in favour of an electric cello, quiet bongos and acoustic guitar, and the muted palette revealed her trade secret: power hooks built on precise abandon and peals of gilded highs, swaddled in restrained, affecting verses. Sandé’s love of vivid, wholesome, universal pop – she’s written for Leona Lewis and Susan Boyle – is what makes songs like Next To Me and Breaking The Law effective. Paired with a syrupy siren call that harbours a birdlike tremor, she channelled pop diva greats like Whitney Houston, minus the wide-eyed naïveté. She found soul in a Coldplay cover and silenced the room with the simple piano ballad Clown, which took her emotive heft into Mariah territory. ANUPA MISTRY

ATLAS SOUND at Lee’s Palace, Tuesday, March 6.

Rating: NNNN Bradford Cox isn’t known for his politeness. The day before his soldout Atlas Sound concert at Lee’s Palace, the 29-year-old singer/ guitarist made headlines for performing a “shocking” hour-long

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rendition of the Knack’s obnoxious 1979 hit My Sharona in response to a fan request in Minneapolis. But despite a few (weak) attempts by the gravel-voiced bro element in the audience to coax the crazy out of Bradford, the mood throughout this two-hour set was more cavalier than chaotic. Polite, even. Cox is a musical Jekyll and Hyde who goes from genteel troubadour to one-man wall-of-sound with a few pushes of a pedal. Alone onstage, he took his time looping and layering guitar parts, reverbed vocals and occasional bass and drum parts into harrowing swells of mournful noise. All this elongated and distorted the sad, strummy four-chord pop tunes from last year’s Parallax album into a viscerally cathartic experience. KEVIN RITCHIE An incredibly moving performance.

BEND SINISTER at Cherry Cola’s Rock n’ Rolla,

Saturday, March 10. ñ�

Rating: NNNN Bend Sinister powerhouse vocalist/keyboardist Dan Moxon specializes in the kind of “we’re here for a good time, not a long time” lyrics that can bring a hundred or so strangers together during a show. Add in the Vancouver four-piece’s anthemic melodies, warm but energetic stage presence, pummelling drums and epic prog-informed (and maybe Billy Joel-informed) songs and, well, you can’t help but get into the spirit of things. Their exuberant hour-long set included tunes new and old, with Moxon dropping several references to their just-released EP, On My Mind, on sale for $5 – “or say hi after the show and I’ll just give you

one,” he said – and to their new album set for release in early summer. Quieter moments showcased their more soulful side and sometimes cheesy lyrics. (“Hot-Blooded Man?!” Oof.) Huge applause brought them back for an encore. They used the opportunity to play one of the EP’s strongest songs, The Road Divided, and also let us in on the secret that they’d be playing another CARLA GILLIS set… in two hours. Weird move, Cherry Cola’s.

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ñFootwork, Saturday, March 10.

Rating: NNNN Long after last call, tons of fans were still lined up outside Footwork for the highly anticipated homecoming gig by Toronto house music heroes Art Department. Those who had the patience to wait eventually made it in for the last half of the duo’s extended DJ set but missed out on impressive opener Tone of Arc. The tall, long-haired musician, who looks a bit like a Viking, brought unexpected glam rock and psychedelic influences into his live set of electronic music by playing guitars over his laptop beats and crooning into a shiny, chrome 1950s microphone. As crowd-pleasing as his performance was, it was clear from Art Department’s very first beats who the crowd was there to hear. We’re still waiting for Jonny White and Kenny Glasgow to finish preparing a live set of their own, but as DJs they’ve got more than enough experience and skills to rock a dance floor. It’s not easy to make moody, introspective music work at a late-night party, but BENJAMIN BOLES they pulled it off with ease.

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Cherry Cola’s Rock n’ Rolla (200 Bathurst), tonight (Thursday, March 15) Reformed T.O. punk pioneers.

Intercultural Journeys

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Sound Academy (11 Polson), tonight (Thursday, March 15) Controversial brat-rap collective.

LOVING IN THE NAME OF

w/ The Best, Sebastien Grainger, Bry Webb, Daniela Gesundheit, Shit La Merde and more The Great Hall (1087 Queen West), Friday (March 16) See preview, page 50.

Saturday, March 31, 2012 8pm Koerner Hall

NIGHT SEEKER (FUBAR’S DEANER), METALIAN, DENTATA

Creating lightening-rod moments of connection through music, Vivaldi Gone Wild, improvisations on Prayer for Peace, Simon Shaheen’s Dance Mediterranea, and other works are performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Israeli-born cellist Udi Bar-David, Palestinian violinist Hanna Khoury, Syrian-Venezuelan percussionist Hafez El Ali Kotain, Syrian singer Youssef Kassab, Egyptian-Canadian qanun master George Sawa, and Cantor Beny Maissner of Toronto’s Holy Blossom.

Wrongbar (1279 Queen West), Friday (March 16) Canadian metalhead madness.

Li’ly (656 College), Friday (March 16) See preview, page 52.

VAN HALEN, KOOL & THE GANG Air Canada Centre (40 Bay), Saturday (March 17) Reunited 80s hard rock legends.

34TH-ANNIVERSARY MARTIAN AWARENESS BALL

w/ Mary Margaret O’Hara Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Saturday (March 17) A cooler excuse for green beer.

GRIMES, BORN GOLD, MOON KING

The current official name is Slacker Canadian Music Week Festival, but everyone in Toronto will always call it CMW, so we will, too. The annual conference and festival kicks off Wednesday (March 21) and runs until March 25. Look for an extended preview package next week in NOW, but if you want tips for Wednesday night, check out Taiwanese jazz fusion group Sizhukong Ensemble (pictured) at Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas West), Toronto dance rock band Young Empires at the Great Hall Basement (1087 Queen West) and soulful singer/songwriter Chloe Charles at Czehoski (678 Queen West). Various venues, Wednesday (March 21) to March 25. Festival pass $35-$150. cmw.net

Just announced RAMSEY LEWIS, JOHN SCOFIELD, JILL BARBER, TOM SCOTT, CURTIS STIGERS, THE HEAVYWEIGHTS BRASS BAND AND OTHERS Jazz Lives 2012 Benefit Concert

JOHN MCDERMOTT CD release Hugh’s

KID KOALA Kid Koala’s Space Cadet

Opera House. June 21.

Royal Conservatory of Music Koerner Hall $27 and up. RCM. April 25.

Headphone Experience 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture & the Arts 9:30 pm, all ages, $25$30. RT, SS. May 3 and 4.

rcmusic.ca 416.408.0208 Mohammad and Najla Al Zaibak

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ARTHUR OSKAN, THE MOLE, SANTINI & TELLEZ, RYAN DENNIS, MAX THE FAX

CMW

From Weill to Piazzolla and from Schulhoff to Piaf, hear an extraordinary portrait of 1920s Europe in this concert entitled “Berlin Nights/Paris Days: The Art of Chanson.”

w/ Emynd, Shi Wisdom, KJ Annex Wreckroom (794 Bathurst), Friday (March 16) Queer-friendly hip-hop and dancehall bash.

MUSIC FESTIVAL

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 8pm Koerner Hall

273 Bloor St. W. (Bloor & Avenue Road) Toronto

YES YES Y’ALL

Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Monday (March 19) See preview, page 48.

Ute Lemper with Vogler Quartet and Stefan Malzew

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BIG WRECK, RIKERS The Music Hall doors 8 pm, $29.50-$39.50. TM, UE. May 10. EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGENTIC ZEROS Kool Haus doors 8 pm, all ages, $29.50. RT, SS, TM. May 13.

JAY DOUGLAS Glenn Gould Studio 8

pm, $29.50. RTH. May 18.

CURREN$Y, THE JETS, SMOKE DZA, FIEND 4 DA MONEY, CORNER BOY P, TRADEMARK, YOUNG RODDY Opera House doors 8 pm, all ages, $24.50. PDR, RT, SS, TM, UE. May 25.

Room 8:30 pm, $35-$37.50. May 30.

SKYDIGGERS CD release Hugh’s Room 8:30 pm, $22.50-$25. June 8 and 9.

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, TORCHE, BLACK COBRA, GAZA NATALIE COLE Toronto Jazz Festival Sony Centre for the Performing Arts 8 pm, $45$90. tojazz.com. June 25. ROY HARGROVE’S RH FACTOR W/ ROBERTA GAMBARINI Toronto Jazz

Festival Nathan Phillips Square Mainstage Marquee 8 pm, $45. torontojazz.com. June 25.

SPECTRUM ROAD (JACK BRUCE, VERNON REID, JOHN MEDESKI, CINDY BLACKMAN-SANTANA) To-

ronto Jazz Festival Sound Academy 9 pm, $45. torontojazz.com. June 27.

SCORPIONS Molson Amphitheatre doors 6:30 pm, $22.50-$69.50. TM. July 2.

BEST COAST Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 8 pm, $18.50. RT, SS, TM. July 21.

concerts clubs&concerts

this week How to find a listing

Music listings appear by day, then by genre, then alphabetically by venue. Event names are in italics. See Music Club Index, page 54, for venue address and phone number.

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= Critics’ pick (highly recommended) = Queer night P = St Patrick’s event

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All listings are free. Send to: music@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-364-1166 or mail to Music, NOW Magazine, 189 Church, Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include artist(s), genre of music, event name (if any), venue name and address, time, ticket price and phone number or website. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm. Weekly events must confirm their listing once a month.

DrAke Hotel lounge Weekend Startup Nights & Weekends (pop/rock) doors 11 pm. el moCAmBo Live on Brighton, Little Creatures, Jessica Mitchell doors 9 pm. tHe gArrison The Pop Group Creation Company Fundraiser Will Currie & the Country French, Proof of Ghosts, the Dirty Dishes, Christopher Stanton & Kate Hewlett, Local 164. lee’s pAlACe Chicken Salad, Atom & the Volumes, My Friends Big Head, Western Walk 9 pm. tHe piston Wax Mannequin, the Old Foes, the Jilted Lovers Club 10 pm. press CluB Ekhaya (reggae) 10 pm. rivoli The Cocksure Lads, Pavlov’s Dogs Hand Bells 8 pm. tHe rovers puB Arjun & Dave (rock/pop/hiphop) 10 pm. tHe sister Daiva Paskauskas. sounD ACADemy OFWGKTA (Odd Future) (hip-hop collective) doors 8 pm, all ages. soutHsiDe JoHnny’s Skip Tracer (rock/top 40) 9:30 pm. supermArket EP Release River Tiber, Mike Butlin Band 9 pm.

Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld

AspettA CAffe El Faron 9 pm. CAstro’s lounge Jerry Leger & the Situation (country/folk/rock) 9 pm.

Thursday, March 15

DAkotA tAvern Scarlett Jane & Greg Cocker-

PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

eton House Keith Jolie (blues/roots) 7 pm. HABits gAstropuB MJ Cyr, Shawn Clarke 8 pm. Holy oAk CAfe Alex Lukashevsky (folk) 10 pm. JApAnese CAnADiAn CulturAl Centre Tatsu-

AquilA upstAirs Al Tuck 9:30 pm. Bovine sex CluB The Speakeasies w/

Undadogg, Delaney, DJ Cactus. CAmeron House Fedora Upside Down, Terry Wilkins, Freeman Dre & the Kitchen Party 9 pm, Miss Quincy 6 pm. CAmeron House BACk room Vintage Railway. CHerry ColA’s roCk n’ rollA Arson, Suicide Dates, TV Freaks 9 pm. CloAk & DAgger puB Kevin Myles Wilson (pop/folk) 10 pm. CrAwforD DownstAirs King Shit, the Baitshop & Bongzilla (rap). CroCoDile roCk Sound Parade Open Mic. DAzzling restAurAnt Live Thursdays Omar ‘Oh’ Lunan, Mike Ferfolia, Jarelle, DJs Spoonz, Smartiez, Big Jacks, P-Plus (R&B/Motown/soulful house/selective hiphop) doors 8 pm.

ill 10 pm.

jin Gei: Master Artists From Japan Nagata Shachu (taiko drums) 7:30 pm. tHe loCAl Pilgrims of Brock. lolA Brian Cober Double Slide (solo acoustic

blues) 9 pm.

lou DAwg’s Call In Sick Friday Thursdays!

Mike C (acoustic blues/funk/soul/ska) 10 pm.

trAnzAC soutHern Cross Bluegrass Thursdays Houndstooth (bluegrass/old-time) 7:30 pm.

york university ACColADe eAst BlDg World

Music Festival Celtic Ensemble, Cuban Ensembles, Escola de Samba, West African Ensembles, Japanese Ensemble, Klezmer Ensemble noon to 9 pm.

Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental

CHerry street restAurAnt Thursday Night

Jazz: Vocal Duets Amy Cervini, Shannon Butcher, Alex Samaras, Melissa Lauren 7:30 pm.

eDwArD JoHnson BuilDing wAlter HAll

The Bird Project (acoustic & electronic music, spoken word and visuals) noon to 1 pm.

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Fashion forays teach Grimes the value of being bitchy By Kevin Ritchie

grimes with born gold and moon king at the Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Monday (March 19), 8:30 pm. Sold out.

It’s a measure of Claire Boucher’s new level of professionalism when, barely 12 minutes into our interview her minder gives the signal to hang up. The 24-year-old who performs as Grimes has just released her third album, Visions, and is doing a round of afternoon press phoners from a tour van in Florida. Although she’s as chatty, engaged and effusive as she was the last time she spoke to NOW, she’s quite a bit more in-demand. “That’s a really complicated question,” she replies when asked about her vision for Visions. “I don’t know if I can answer it in a couple of sentences.” Just as well. We’re behind schedule. A native of Vancouver, Boucher moved to Montreal to study at McGill but dropped out after falling in with that city’s music scene. In 2010, she recorded Geidi Primes and Halfaxa, albums of lushly dissonant synth soundscapes containing flashes of pop – a danceable beat here, a melodic phrase there. But it wasn’t until last year’s Darkbloom EP that she overcame her shyness and raised the gain on her breathy, high-pitched vocals. Performances at SXSW landed her a booking agent and then the opening slot on Swedish singer Lykke Li’s North American tour. She quit her job inking comics, signed with indie label 4AD (she remains on Artubus in Canada) and recorded Visions, which retains the shimmering experimental ambience of her earlier work but grounds it in emotional lyrics and pop song structures. “It’s thought-out and intentional. It feels like the first record I’ve really made,” she says. “The lyrics are about things. I don’t necessarily want people to understand them, but it’s not randomness. There was a point where [randomness] was really cool, but everything just ended up feeling kind of empty.” Boucher is also attracting fashion world attention with her mysticalpunk attire. She’s graced the pages of several high-end fashion mags. Recently, newly minted Yves Saint Laurent creative director Hedi Slimane photographed her wearing a Givenchy haute couture nose ring and chandelier-sized earrings for the cover of Dazed & Confused. Initially, however, her forays into fashion were challenging. “It was horrible, because everyone wants to sexualize you,” she says. “It’s been a good learning experience; more than anything else it’s taught

me to be very commanding and to be a bitch. If you don’t want to do something, you’re just not going to do it. “Fashion can be a really powerful tool, but it’s also a place where you can be totally humiliated and have your power taken from you. I don’t want to have a sexual image. I don’t want that to be part of what I’m doing, but I want to work in fashion.” Visual art is another area where Grimes is making her mark . On March 23, an exhibition and silent auction featuring her paintings and drawings alongside works by Toronto artists Dan Rocca and Alex MacKenzie opens at New York’s Audio Visual Arts. “I think if you’re good at art you’ll be good at most types of art,” she says. “I can tell really early on in a painting if I’m going to toss it or not.” She’s equally decisive when making music. “I start a lot of songs and throw them out because the energy is not right. It’s almost like the file becomes cursed. I have to delete it.” The right energy is a feeling of urgency she describes as “upset, but not too upset.” “Or sometimes really upset works. There’s a point where you’re in the right head space and you’re feeling fucked-up enough and upset about everything enough that you can make something really honest. That’s the best way to make good music.” music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

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ation Groundswell Afro Safari, Kori Pop and others 9 pm. grossman’s The Stevie Ray Vaughan Experience (rockin’ blues) 9:30. Habits gastropub Piano Show Lauren Best, Bethany Geddes, Melba Mercer 8 pm. HigHWay 61 soutHern barbeque The Little Naturals w/ Jake Chisholm (blues) 8 pm. Holy oak Cafe Kevin Myles Wilson 10 pm, Square Peg String Band (old time) 7 pm. HugH’s room Portuguese Canadian Conference & Cultural Festival: An Evening Of Fado Sonia Tavares, Paulo Filipe 8:30 pm. lola Jam Danny Beerio 3 pm. lou daWg’s Gotta Groove Fridays Jeff Eager (Motown/funk/soul/blues) 10 pm.

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court, Paul Gibson, Daniel Giverin (Irish music) 8 pm. lula lounge Salsa Dance Party Son Ache, DJ Suave (salsa) 10 pm, CD release Evaristo (traditional Cuban music) 7 pm. pJ o’briens irisH pub Covered in Cash (Johnny Cash tribute). press Club This Is a Parade (folk) 10 pm. reposado The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). la revoluCion Junction Open Mic. tHompson landry Toronto Francophone Week: Arts En Lumière Johane Ansel, Marjorie Maltais and Marie-Pascale Lebel 6 pm.

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dominion on QUeen George Grossman Bohemian Swing 8 pm.

gAllerY 345 The Seven Deadly Sins Christo-

pher Mokrzewski and Daniel Pesca (two piano accompaniment) 8 pm. gAte 403 Sweet Derrick Blues Band 9 pm, Ventana 5 Jazz Band (jazz) 5 to 8 pm. glAdstone Hotel melodY BAr Gypsy Rebels (Gypsy funk) 9 pm. glenn goUld stUdio Tom Harrell Quintet, Paul Tynan Quartet 7:30 pm. HArt HoUse Jazz At Oscar’s PMU 156-456 Y1 (big band jazz) 9 pm. metropolitAn United cHUrcH BachFest III: Bach And The King Of Instruments Patrick Wright (organ) 7:30 pm. old mill inn Fridays To Sing About Heather Bambrick, Mark Kieswetter, Michael McClennan 7:30 pm. QUotes Fridays At Five The Canadian Jazz Quartet & Pat LaBarbera 5 to 8 pm. rex Time Warp 9:45 pm, Chris Gale Trio 6:30 pm, Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm rocco’s plUm tomAto Andy De Campos 6 to 9 pm. trAne stUdio Piano Series Robi Botos Quartet 8 pm. trAnzAc The Foolish Things (jazz) 5 pm.

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Emynd, Shi Wisdom w/ KJ ñ (hip-hop/R&B/dance) doors 10 pm.5

Bloke & 4tH Friday Night Chris Laroque. cAstro’s loUnge DJ I Hate You Rob (soul/ funk/R&B/punk rock/rockabilly) 10 pm.

coBrA loUnge The Fix Fridays Mkutz. coUrtHoUse Beautiful DJ New Money, DJ Un-

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dance) 9 pm. FlY Madonnarama DJ Ed Bailey doors 10 pm.5 FootWork Luv This City Dunity, the Junkies, Addy, Baby Joel doors 10 pm. goodHAndY’s Ladyplus Parties DJ Todd Klinck doors 8 pm.5 HenHoUse Criscotheque Andrew Awesome and Countess Christsmasher (electro/rock/ rap/retro/mashups) 10 pm. insomniA Funkn’ Fresh Fridays Bobby T, Red Turtle & Mr Green (house/breaks). lee’s pAlAce dAnce cAve Bif Bang Pow DJ Trevor (60s mod/Britpop) 10 pm. levAck Block BAck room DJ Rad McCool (hip-hop). levAck Block Front room DJ Nerdvana. li’lY Noah Pred, the Mole, Arthur Oskan, Santini & Tellez, Ryan Dennis, Max the Fax 10 pm. See preview, page 52. mAnA BAr DJ Trambo (reggaeton/hip-hop/ Latin urban). pArts & lABoUr The Zodiacs: Pisces DJ Diego Bros (old school hip-hop/R&B) 10 pm. tHe piston Soulseek (soul/ska) 10 pm. screen loUnge Feature Fridays DJ J-Class (hip-hop/R&B/reggae/house) 10:30 pm. stone loUnge Ryan Crosson, Irgo 10 pm. sUpermArket Market Fresh DJ Classick (hiphop/disco/party jams) 10 pm. sUtrA tiki BAr South Beach Sessions DJ ary. rez (deep funk/house/mashups) doors 10 pm. tHompson Hotel The Bellboy Did It. velvet UndergroUnd You Vs Me 11:15 pm. virgin moBile mod clUB Come Out And Play Matt Medley (anthems/dance/90s) doors 10 pm. tHe vUe Fahward – Adult March Break Reggae Vs Soca Edition DJ Tyrone vs D’Bandit doors 10 pm. WAYlABAr Toastr DJ Sticky Cuts 10 pm. WetBAr Penthouse Fridays DJs Glew, R2, KidZero & Peter Kash (house/top 40/party anthems) 10 pm.

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ing Lights, the Sun Harmonic (rock) 7:30 pm. AlleYcAtz Lady Kane 9:30 pm. PAnnex Wreckroom St Pattys The Doozies 8 pm. Bovine sex clUB Breached, Burning the Day, Left Turn City, DJ Sir Ian Blurton. cAdillAc loUnge Dave Murphy Band. cAmeron HoUse BAck room Sam Cash, Devin Cuddy, Tarantula. cAmeron HoUse Donna Grantis Electric Band 10 pm. Pdominion on QUeen St Pat’s Party Shane McShane & the Shenanigans 7:30 pm, Ronnie Hayward Trio 4:30 to 8 pm. el mocAmBo The Jones, Paul Price & the Company, Castor Troys 9 pm. PglAdstone Hotel melodY BAr St Patrick’s Day Brunch The Bellwoods Trinity (Irish music) 11 am to 4 pm. PHArd lUck BAr St Patrick’s Day Massacre Nephelium, Malignancy, Fragile Existence & Accursed Spawn doors 8 pm. HolY oAk cAFe Santa Patrica (pop) 10 pm. HorsesHoe 34th Anniversary Martian Awareness Ball Mary Margaret O’Hara and others doors 8:30 pm. kornerstones Playback (60s top 40 pop rock) 9:30 pm. lee’s pAlAce Tribute 2 EKV-Vrati Unatrag (Serbian rock). PtHe loAded dog Seasick Sailors (Celtic rock) 8:30 pm. PmAdison St Patrick’s Day Big Fog, the Mike Barnes Band, Dan Kosub Duo, Reuben O-Dell, Mark Feldman, Mike Walmsley and others. neWFoUndlAnder Tamin’ Thunder (rock/top 40/dance) 9:30 pm. plAceBo spAce Vanessa’s Entire Heart, Maica Mia, Alex Lukashevsky, Plants of a Dissolving Colour 9 pm. PplAnet storAge St Patrick’s Day Bash: Benefit Concert For The Children’s Wish Foundation God Made Me Funky, Soul Motivators, DJ Goldfinger, Splattermonkey, David Cavan Fraser 6 pm. Ppress clUB St Patty’s Rock Out Big City Hicks (rock) 10 pm. rex Justin Bacchus (funk/soul/R&B) 7 pm, Brunch Matinee Danny Marks (pop) noon. rivoli Friends With Benefits U For Change Fundraiser The Cautioneers, Benefit of the Free Man, Most People, Mips. PtHe rovers pUB St Paddy’s Day Celebration Arjun & Dave (rock/pop/hip-hop) 10 pm. silver dollAr Infectafunk, Heavy Metal for Girls, PowerRods, the Dean Project doors 9 pm. PtHe sister St Paddy’s Day Prophets, Losses, Heligans Wake, Crockstar. smootH monkeY Diamond Girl (pop/rock) 10 pm. PsneAkY dee’s Shake A Tail – St Pat’s Bash (60s pop & soul) 10 pm. soUnd AcAdemY Bow Wow doors 7:30 pm. soUtHside JoHnnY’s Cameltoe (rock/top 40) 10 pm, the Bear Band w/ Eugene Smith & Eugene Hardy (R&B/rock) 4 to 8 pm. Pst lAWrence mArket nortH St Party’s Day Desire, Irish Impostors, Fallen Ground, Clam Chowder, DJ Rouge, DJ Richy Time (U2 tribute) doors 11 am. Pvirgin moBile mod clUB St Patrick’s Day Lauren Malyon doors 10 pm.

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AQUilA UpstAirs Bill Heffernan & the New Mynah Birds 9:30 pm. cAdillAc loUnge Mary & Micky (country) 3:30 pm. cAmeron HoUse Front room Sue & Dwight 3:30 pm. cAstro’s loUnge Big Rude Jake (blues shouter) 4:30 pm. PtHe ceili cottAge St Patrick’s Shenanigans The Mere Mortals 5 pm. eton HoUse Keith Jolie & the Rag Tag Billy Bobs (roots/blues/rock) 9 pm, Box Full of Cash (roots/country) 4 to 7 pm. gAte 403 Patrick Tevlin’s New Orleans Rhythm (blues) 9 pm, Bill Heffernan (folk/ country/blues) 5 to 8 pm. glAdstone Hotel melodY BAr Country Saturdays Ginger St James (blues/country/R&R) 9 to 11 pm. glenn goUld stUdio Anton Apostolov & Balkania Orchestra (Bulgarian folk/jazz) 8 pm. PHABits gAstropUB St Patrick’s Day Bash Kevin Stock Trio 8 pm. HigHWAY 61 soUtHern BArBeQUe Alfie continued on page 50 œ

Virgin Mobile Mod Club | Thursday March 22

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Covers night

Loving in the name of The Best only play the best pop songs By BENJAMIN BOLES

Loving in the name of

Celebrating its fourth anniversary Friday (March 16) at the Great Hall (1087 Queen West), Loving In The Name Of isn’t your typical live music night. It’s something between indie rock all-star karaoke – this edition’s guest vocalists include Bry Webb, Sebastien Grainger, Daniela Gesundheit and others – and a classic-pop dance party. Still confused? Organizer/musician Jeremy Finkelstein explains. So what the hell is Loving In The Name Of? It’s a hybrid DJ night and cover band set. We have DJ Shit La Merde playing non-stop hits for the dance floor until the band, the Best, comes out and plays the best songs of all time. What are some of your favourite memories from the last four years? Sebastien Grainger doing [Springsteen’s] Born To Run, Andre Ethier singing [EMF’s] Unbelievable and last month’s cover of the entire Bside of

Abbey Road by Matt and Chris Murphy and Choir!Choir!Choir!’s Daveed Goldman. Why do you think the concept has so much appeal? Look at your Facebook news feed. It’s common to see someone post a YouTube video of a classic 80s hit on their wall. Like, “Hey, buddies, remember this song we all loved to listen to?” We’re basically doing the same

thing when we play our set. The difference between Facebook and us is that people have the opportunity to smile, hug, cheer or leave at our events. 3 benjaminb@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

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Smith & Nicole Christian 8 pm. Hirut Fine etHiopian Cuisine Country Jam Murray Powell (eclectic) 2 to 6 pm. PHugH’s room St Patrick’s Day Rant Maggie Rant 8:30 pm. PtHe Loaded dog Gary O’17 & the Irish Clovers (faux-Celtic madness) 3 to 7 pm. tHe LoCaL Grier Coppins, DJ Railin’ Whelan. LoLa Smokestack Lightning 8 pm. Lou dawg’s Southern Brunch & Live Blues Mark Bird Stafford noon to 3 pm. Lou dawg’s Goodtimes Don Campbell (acoustic blues/rock) 10 pm.

Lower ossington tHeatre green door Cabaret Frank Loesser, Susan Henley & Rob-

ert Cushman 8 pm. LuLa Lounge Salsa Saturday Ricky Franco, DJ Gio (salsa) 10 pm. PmurpHy’s Law St Patrick’s Day Colin Ryan 2 to 7 pm, Greg Wyard 9 pm. PpJ o’briens irisH pub St Patrick’s Celebration The Irish Guys 2 pm. rebas CaFé & gaLLery Open Mic Saturdays The Just Us Band 1 to 4 pm. reLisH New Music Night Chris Casserly (singer/ songwriter) 9:30 pm. rex Spring Blues Jerome Godboo, Eric Schenkman, Stan Miczek, Al Cross 3:30 pm. PtHe roy pubLiC House The Better Half Trio 3 to 7 pm.

ProyaL Canadian Legion – port Credit upstairs baLLroom St Patrick’s Day Down

East Kitchen Party Sandy MacIntyre & Steeped In Tradition (Celtic) 6 pm. PtranzaC soutHern Cross St Patrick’s Day Party BBoss 8:30 pm, Michael Davidson 6:30 pm, Jamzac (folk) 3 pm. PuniCorn pub St Patrick’s Day Replay (jazz trio).

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William 9 pm. bLaCk eagLe DJ Robotic Kid 10 pm.5 Pdrake HoteL underground Jukebox: St Patrick’s Rock And Soul Dance Party The Gillespie Brothers, Circle Research doors 11 pm. drake HoteL Lounge Famou$ Players doors 10 pm. emmet ray bar DJ Blancon (soul/hip-hop) 10 pm. PtHe extension room Kim & Hali Birthday Party DJs Hali, Mike Gibbs, Same Soulshack, DJ Nuner, Conor 9 pm. PFLy St Patty’s Day Mischief DJ Deko-ze, DJ Baby Joel, Floh 10 pm.5 PFootwork Bohemian Yacht Club & St Patty’s Day Mega Blowout Maceo

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Plex & Eats Everything, Nitin, Jef Button, Gera 10 pm. PgLadstone HoteL baLLroom Shamrocks & Shenanigans Spence Diamonds, Shamz, Richniques. PgoodHandy’s Sodom: The Green Party DJ Sumation doors 10 pm.5 tHe great HaLL Elements OTT, Phutureprimitive, Mike Gibbs, Kadmon, Sketi, Martin Fazekas, Kristian Sunflower, LeeLee Mishi, T-Minus doors 9 pm. tHe Hoxton Deniz Koyu doors 10 pm. insomnia Sense Saturdays DJ Charles (deep house). Lee’s paLaCe danCe Cave Full On Alternative DJ Mr Pete (alternative) 10 pm. LevaCk bLoCk baCk room DJs Dougie Boom & Cryo. LevaCk bLoCk Front room DJs RSNST & Crew. moroCo CHoCoLat Void Music Adam Khan, Haf (deep house/techno) 8 pm. neu+raL Fixion DJ Dwight (alt/electronic/remix). PnoCturne Darkrave V134: Roots Of Rave DJ Opel, Eclipz, Phink & Lazarus, Mark Grimace & High Voltage 10 pm. parts & Labour Bitch Craft DJs Blonde & Redhead (rap) 10 pm. peridot Good Saturdays DJs Glew 7 R2 (hiphop/R&B/old school) 10:30 pm. tHe piston Hot Blooded (disco Club 54 style) 10 pm. revivaL Sweet Tears DJ Ralf Gum, DJs Starting from Scratch, Tyrone Solomon, DJs Blueprint & Moreno. supermarket Do Right Saturdays! DJs John Kong, MC Abs. tHompson HoteL Suite Saturdays. Ptota Lounge St Pat’s Way Back! Butter the Butcher (80s & 90s).

Sunday, March 18 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

C’est wHat Tea (R&B/soul/pop/jazz) 6:30 pm. CLoak & dagger pub Trevor James (pop/folk) 9 pm.

tHe garrison Crosswires #4 Eastern Magnetics, Meeko Cheech, Arman’s Froñ zen Peas, DJ Goshdamn doors 9 pm. HoLy oak CaFe Muskox (prog math jazz rock) 9 pm. ñ Lee’s paLaCe Stephane Wrembel. tHe Loaded dog Jessica Mondello & Mark Ripp (acoustic pop) 4 to 8 pm.

magpie CaFe Heavy Generator (ska/dub/reg-

gae) 9 pm. rivoLi A&R Live Mark Spicoluk, Sold’s Out, In My Coma, Revery Eyes, Long Live the Kids, Artic Parc, Chering Davina, Hotel Royal, Hey Is for Horses, Angel Street, Remembering (rock & roll) 7 pm. soutHside JoHnny’s Open Jam Rebecca Matiesen & Phoenix 9:30 pm.

Folk/BluEs/Country/WorlD

aQuiLa upstairs The McDale’s Open Mic 8:30 pm, Junction Jam The New Mynah Birds (mostly blues) 3:30 pm. CadiLLaC Lounge Scotty Campbell (country) 4 pm. Cameron House Kevin Quain 9 pm, Joanne Mackell (folk) 6 pm. Castro’s Lounge Cash on Demand (Johnny Cash covers) 4 pm. C’est wHat Del Dako (jazz) 3 pm. dakota tavern The Beauties 10 pm, Bluegrass Brunch 11 am to 3 pm. emmet ray bar Mr Rick & the Biscuits (blues rock) 9 pm. epiC Lounge Iya Ire (Afro-Cuban drum and dance) 5 to 8 pm. gLadstone HoteL meLody bar Acoustic Family Brunch 9 am to 4 pm. HarbourFront Centre brigantine room

Music With Bite: Fred Piston & His 7 Trumpets (family concert) 1 pm. HugH’s room Portuguese Canadian Conference & Cultural Festival: The Portuguese Guitar Marta Pereira da Costa & Louis Simao 2 pm. HugH’s room The Portuguese Canadian Conference & Cultural Festival: The Concert Marta Pereira da Costa, Pedro Pinhal 8:30 pm. tHe LoCaL Jack Marks’ Lost Wages (country/ folk ) 10 pm, Chris Coole (banjo) 5 pm.

Lower ossington tHeatre green door Cabaret Judith Lander 3 pm. LuLa Lounge Sunday Family Salsa Brunch (salsa) noon.

on Cue The Funky Monkeys (salsa/flamenco guitar) 8 to 10 pm.

pogue maHone Sandy MacIntyre & Steeped

in Tradition (Celtic ceilidh) 4 to 8 pm. Press Club Lucas Stagg & Paddy Townsend (country rock) 10 pm. Queen elizabeth theatre Motek Cultural Initiative Inaugural Gala The Idan Raichel Project (Israeli/world music) doors 7:30 pm. rebas Café & Gallery Sunday Matinee Ania Ziemirska & Harrison Fine (singer-songwriters) 1 to 4 pm. relish Stir It Up Sundays Open Mic 10:30 pm. rex Dr Nick & the Rollercoasters (blues) 3:30 pm. suPermarket Freefall Sundays Open Mic/Jam 8 pm. PtranzaC main hall St Patrick’s Day Show Cairdeas (Marsala Lukianchuk, Steafan Hannigan and Saskia Tomkins) (traditional Irish music) 7:30 pm. tranzaC Alex Goyetche (folk/pop) 7:30 pm, Michael Keith 3 pm. the Wilson 96 Beefknuckle Sunday Supper Show (blues/roots) 6 to 9 pm. WinChester kitChen & bar Open Mic Porter 9:30 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

Dominion on Queen Yoke Jazz Ensemble 5 to

8 pm, Jazz Jam Noah Leibel 4 to 7 pm. Gate 403 Robin Banks Jazz Band 9 pm, Cindy Urech Jazz Duo 5 to 8 pm. GlaDstone hotel ballroom Music Off The Map Melanie Conly 3 pm. Glenn GoulD stuDio Into The West Steven Tsitsos (tribute to Ennio Morricone the the music of the spaghetti western and more) 7:30 pm. hart house Great hall Sunday Concerts Thomas Pandolfi (piano) 3 pm. heliConian hall Bach Bliss Amy Dodington, Hazel Nevin Newton, Emily Eng, Elyssa Lefurgey-Smith, Karen Moffatt, Kerri McGonigle, Sara-Anne Churchill 3 pm. oPtiCianaDo Makeshift Island, Rebecca Hennessy, Tania Gill, Mike Smith, Dave Clark 1 pm-4 pm. rex New & Used 9:30 pm, Julia Cleveland 7 pm, Brunch Matinee Excelsior Dixieland Jazz noon. trane stuDio Piano Series Quincy Bullen Trio & Eddie Bullen 8 pm. tranzaC Bad Breath w/ Mark Hundevad (electro/moog) 10 pm, Monk’s Music (jazz) 5 pm.

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

bovine sex Club B.Y.O.DJ. Castro’s lounGe Watch This Sound 9 pm. CuPPa Cafe JazzNtingS Carl Collins & gaDJet (jazz by Djs).

Graffiti’s Black Metal Brunch DJ Murder

Mike (black metal) 11 am. insomnia Sunday Mass DJ TvT (old school hiphop/disco/funk). lee’s PalaCe DanCe Cave Manic Mondays DJ Shannon (retro 70s/80s) 10 pm. lou DaWG’s Soulful Sundays DJ eMan (funk/ soul/old school hip-hop) 9 pm.

Monday, March 19 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

bovine sex Club Flash Lightnin’. CaDillaC lounGe The Calrizians (psychobilly/

soul/surf) 9 pm.

Castro’s lounGe Rockabilly Mondays 9 pm. Drake hotel unDerGrounD Elvis Monday doors 9 pm.

Drake hotel lounGe Ride the Tiger (60s &

70s soul/Motown/stax/R&B) doors 11 pm. harlem Open Jam Night Carolyn T (R&B/ soul/jazz/Motown/Latin) 8 pm. horseshoe Grimes, Born Gold, Moon King doors 8:30 pm. See preview, page 48. not my DoG Monday Mishaps Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra doors 9 pm. Press Club Domestic Bliss Mondays DRALA, Ross Neilsen 10 pm. tranzaC southern Cross This Is Awesome! (indie lounge music) 7 pm.

Folk/BluEs/Country/WorlD

Cameron house David Baxter 10 pm, Rucksack Willies 6 pm.

C’est What Shane Philip (global groove) 9 pm. Cloak & DaGGer Pub Alun Piggins (folk/pop) 9 pm.

Dakota tavern The Sure Things (country

rock) 10 pm, Mariachi Monday Mariachi Fuego 8 pm. hiGhWay 61 southern barbeQue Chris Chambers (blues) 7 pm. huGh’s room The Portuguese Canadian Conference & Cultural Festival Lucas Silveira & Nancy Dutra 8:30 pm. the loCal Hamstrung Stringband (bluegrass)

9:30 pm.

lula lounGe Dead Combo (world music) 7 pm. tranzaC southern Cross Open Mic Mondays 10 pm.

the Wilson 96 Jordan John w/ Prakash John & Al Cross (blues/soul) 9 pm.

york university aCColaDe east blDG tribute Communities reCital hall World @ Noon The Idan Raichel Project (Israeli/world music) 12:30 to 1:30 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

emmet ray bar Ben McConchie Group (jazz) 9 pm.

Gallery 345 Art Gives: Benefit for Queen West

Art Crawl Jane Bunnett & the Spirits of Havana 6 pm. Gate 403 Richard Whiteman & Laura Hubert Jazz Band 9 pm, The Erica Romero Trio 5 to 8 pm. rex Humber College Student Jazz Ensembles 9:30 pm, U of T Student Jazz Ensembles 6:30 pm. trinity st. Paul’s ChurCh Young Magic Associates of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra 7:30 pm.

york university aCColaDe east blDG martin family lounGe Jazz Festival: Small En-

sembles 7:30 to 10:30 pm.

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

CraWforD Mix Fix Mondays DJ Shan Dub & DJ Boots.

insomnia DJs Topher & Oranj (rock). the Piston Junk Shop DJs Jorge & Jeeks (pre

to post punk/new wave/garage/indie) 10 pm.

rePosaDo Mezcal Mondays DJ Elis Dean. roCkWooD Mashup Mondays Crunch (house/hip-hop/club anthems).

thomPson hotel Blacklist. Waterfalls The Lion’s Den (reggae).

Tuesday, March 20 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

bovine sex Club The Mighty Regis (punk) 9 pm, all ages.

the Central Kyshera (Welsh alternative rock band) 9:30 pm. horseshoe Dave Bookman’s Nu Music Nite: CMW Kickoff Love Machine, Stone Sparrows, Mike Oneill, Grounders, Roccocode, Inlet Sound 8:30 pm. the hoxton Walk off the Earth doors 8 pm. lee’s PalaCe Rum Runner, Rough Boys, Killapse, the Horned 8:30 pm. Press Club Toast N’ Jam Open Jam Yawn 10 pm. suPermarket Pre-Canadian Music Festival Show Town Hall Cryers, Donalyn, Hollis & the Widows, Roseville Band, Noble Savage, Aeriels Up doors 8:30 pm. virGin mobile moD Club CMW The Saw Doctors, FRED doors 7 pm, all ages.

Folk/BluEs/Country/WorlD

annex WreCkroom Drummers In Exile (drum & dance circle) 8:30 pm.

axis Gallery & Grill The Junction Jam Derek

Downham 9:30 pm.

Cameron house front room Friendly Rich, the Lollipop People, the Histrionics 10 pm. Cameron house Jay Aymar 6 pm. Cameron house baCk room Tara Pryia. Castro’s lounGe blueVenus (acoustic singer/ songwriter ) 10 pm. the Central Jam Night Dr Keys 10:30 pm. C’est What Justin Dubé 9 pm. Cloak & DaGGer Pub Slocan Ramblers (bluegrass/folk) 10 pm. Dakota tavern The Weber Brothers 10 pm. Drake hotel lounGe Memphis Tuesdays The Treasures (country/bluegrass) doors 10 pm. Gate 403 Julian Fauth Blues Night 9 pm. habits GastroPub Old Time Tuesdays Hannah Naiman 8:30 pm. huGh’s room Portuguese Canadian Conference And Cultural Festival Presentation Frankie Chavez & Alexandra Boga 8:30 pm. the loCal Ross Neilsen. the Piston Leh-Lo’s Song Writing Circle 9 pm. reservoir lounGe Tall Grass (gospel country) 7 to 9 pm. the rusty nail Open Stage Jam Chad Campbell 9 pm. trane stuDio Anne-Lise Dugas (acoustic indie) 8 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

alleyCatz Carlo Berardinucci Band (swing/ jazz) 8:30 pm. Chalkers Pub Robi Botos (solo piano) 7:30 pm. Dominion on Queen Hot Club Of CorkTown Wayne Nakamura (Django jam) 8:30 pm. continued on page 52 œ

NOW March 15-21 2012

PRESENTS

La Belle Province Night HALF MOON RUN

MARTHA WAINWRIGHT

ADAM & THE AMETHYSTS

TECHNO

ARTHUR OSKAN Juno nomination boosts producer out of the underground By BENJAMIN BOLES

THE DEARS

ARTHUR OSKAN with NOAH PRED, THE MOLE and others at Li’ly (656 College), Friday (March 16). $10-$15. 416-5320419. GALAXIE

ARIANE MOFFATT

@ El Mocambo 464 Spadina Avenue Thursday March 22nd Doors: 8 pm | Show: 8:30 pm The Dears, Martha Wainwright, Galaxie, Ariane Moffatt, Half Moon Run, Adam & The Amethysts SIRIUS (LIVE)

SIRIUS (LIVE)

Not long ago it would have been hard to imagine Toronto underground techno artist Arthur Oskan getting a Juno nomination for his moody, refreshingly restrained album A Little More Than Everything (Thoughtless). That was one of the reasons behind last year’s creation of the electronic album category (I’m on the committee that helped define its parameters), which attempts to spotlight Canadian music that’s not clubby enough for the dance recording category but too electronic for more pop-focused ones. “The nomination was a big surprise, and obviously I’m very happy

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FOUR SEASONS CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS RICHARD BRADSHAW AMPHITHEATRE

Northern Landscapes: Art Songs Of Scandinavia U of T Faculty of Music noon-1 pm. GATE 403 Nick Scott Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. HOLY OAK CAFE John Russon Qt (jazz) 9 pm. LULA LOUNGE Toronto Francophone Week Florence K, Donné Roberts, Madagascar Slim 7:30 pm. REX Rex Jazz Jam Andrea Silverstein 9:30 pm, Worst Pop Band Ever (jazz ) 6:30 to 8:30 pm. ROY THOMSON HALL A Century Of Broadway Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Christiane Noll, Doug LaBrecque (soprano, tenor) 8 pm. TEN RESTAURANT & WINE BAR Don Breithaupt, Chris Smith 9 pm. TRANZAC Ricahrd Piasetski (jazz) 10 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

CRAWFORD Drink & Destroy Dan Arget (rock & roll).

GOODHANDY’S Ladyplus T-Girl Lust DJ Todd

Klinck doors 8 pm.5 INSOMNIA Soulful Tuesdays D-Jay. REPOSADO Alien Radio DJ Gord C. SNEAKY DEE’S MFOY late eve.

Wednesday, March 21 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

ANNEX WRECKROOM CMW The Suburbians,

FireXFire, the Playdates, On Corinthians, Rosedale, Keek doors 7 pm. THE BALLROOM BOWL BAR BISTRO Indie Night In Canada Delhi, Faint Reflection, Honeyrunners, Last Bullet, Ministry of Zen, Waxmen and others doors 6 pm. BOVINE SEX CLUB CMW Peace Be Still, Single

about it,” Oskan says over brunch. “I think it reflects where electronic music is right now. You’re seeing more artists performing live electronically, and that’s being accepted more and more.” Within the techno scene that Oskan comes out of, music was historically made in home studios and only “performed” when other DJs played it in their sets. But Oskan came into that scene with a different perspective. Before being seduced by the sounds of Detroit techno, he performed industrial- and new-wave-inspired electronic music in the early 90s. “Live, I’d been playing downtempo, ethereal, experimental stuff when I was invited to be part of a band called ASA, who were basically doing live analog techno. It was a lot faster and harder than what I was used to, and it was something I’d never really con-

sidered doing at the time. But there was still melody and experimentation, and that was important to me.” Technology has progressed a lot since those days, when playing live meant hauling in temperamental vintage gear and hoping for the best. Oskan’s focus on performance informs his recordings. “There were some ideas that really worked well on the dance floor, and I basically deconstructed them and started working around that core.” It’s reminiscent of the days when rock bands test-ran songs during gigs before heading into the studio, an approach that’s largely been replaced by writing while recording. Strange days, indeed, when a laptop artist is more “live” than a bunch of musicians with guitars. benjaminb@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

Mothers, DZ Deathrays, the Motorleague, Sparrows, Careers in Science doors 8 pm. CADILLAC LOUNGE CMW Maddy Rodriguez, Tiffany Shea, Carleton Stone, Francelle Maria, Brad James, Valerie Shearman doors 8:30 pm. CAMERON HOUSE FRONT ROOM CMW Al Tuck, Kirsten Scholte doors 5:30 pm. THE CENTRAL CMW Jerry Lindqvist, Bryce Jardine, Laurent Bourque, Jon Davis, Eriksen, JT Mitchell doors 8:30 pm. C’EST WHAT CMW Lynzie Kent, Repartee, Young Pacific, 1977, Teeth & Tongue doors 8:30 pm. CHERRY COLA’S ROCK N’ ROLLA CMW Brocade, the Damn Truth, Mad Anthony, Midori & Ezra Boy, Glass Amp, Breached doors 8:30 pm. CHEVAL CMW DJ Crunch, Matt Medley doors 10 pm. CLOAK & DAGGER PUB The Out of Towners (soul/blues) 10 pm. COMFORT ZONE CMW Vibonics, SonReal, Def 3, SaulPaul, Abstract Artform, Philly Moves doors 7:30 pm. CZEHOSKI CMW Erin Hunt, Tara Priya, TEA, Chloe Charles, Ania Soul, Dane Hartsell doors 8:30 pm. DAKOTA TAVERN CMW Derek Christie, Domestic Crisis Group, Alex the Great, Wake Owl, Jordan Klassen doors 8:30 pm. DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND CMW Eisley, Christie DuPree, Tallhart doors 8 pm. EL MOCAMBO UPSTAIRS CMW Shred Kelly, Paula & Karol, Maolain, Yani Como, Marilyn Carino doors 7:30 pm. EMMET RAY BAR Alistair Christl (rockabilly) 9 pm.

FAIRMONT ROYAL YORK HOTEL LIBRARY BAR

CMW Darren Eedens, Alex Doucette, Zaac Pick, David Blair, Anna Atkinson, Rik van den Bosch, Derrick Streibig doors 7 pm. FREE TIMES CAFE CMW Matt Track, Inch Chua, Daniella Watters, Redbird, Maneli Jamal doors 7:30 pm. THE GARRISON CMW Amos the Transparent, the British Columbians, Jaron Freeman-Fox & the Opposite of Everything, the

Strumbellas doors 8 pm.

GLADSTONE HOTEL BALLROOM CMW Hard

Honey, Candelora, Scenic Route to Alaska, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Alanna Clarke doors 8:30 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Kyshera, Still Lions (alt/rock) 9 pm. GRAFFITI’S More Please!, Delta Will 7 pm. THE GREAT HALL BASEMENT CMW Young Empires, Krief, Michael Rault, the Soul Proprietor doors 8 pm. HARD LUCK BAR CMW Sam Coffey & the Iron Lungs, Sun Wizard, Samantha Savage Smith, Oh Mercy, Motel English doors 8:30 pm. HARD ROCK CAFE CMW Tim ‘Fundament’ Stuart, Burnz N Hell, Dope D.O.D., Caspian, Max Burgundy, Sapient doors 6:30 pm. THE HIDEOUT CMW The Mighty Regis, Live on Brighton, Go Back to the Zoo, Mary Rose Obsession, Friends of Emmet (punk). HORSESHOE CMW Bright Light Social Hour, the Ascot Royals, To Tell, Gloryhound, Bella Clava, Dan Cosub & Crass Lads doors 8:30 pm. KOOL HAUS CMW Yellow Monsters, 3rd Line Butterfly, Crying Nut, BrianJoo, G.Na, Teen Top, A Pink doors 7 pm, all ages. LEE’S PALACE CMW Gentlemen Hall, the Reason, Rikers, the Archives doors 8:30 pm. LOLA Jammin’ Johnny Bootz 8 pm. MASSEY HALL CMW Blackie & the Rodeo Kings, Holly Cole, Amy Helm, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Serena Ryder and others doors 7 pm. NEU+RAL CMW Life Blown Open, Casino, Slow Motion Victory, Fiction in Motion, Fred doors 7:30 pm. THE PAINTED LADY CMW A Fish Called Piranha, the Oh Wells, First You Get the Sugar, Sea & Air, Minute 36, Paint doors 7:30 pm. PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE CMW Treble Charger, Teenage Kicks, Twin Atlantic, Organ Thieves doors 8 pm. THE PISTON CMW Dream Jefferson, Direct Influence, BBoss, Sound of Lions, Zoo Legacy

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advance ticketS @ ticketmaster.ca or 1-855-985-5000 • HorSeSHoe Front Bar • SoundScapeS • rotate tHiS Friday march 30

annex Wreckroom • $15.00 adv

tHurSday march 15 • $5.00

Frail Fragment morning thieves Fleece elves

Friday march 16 St. patrick’S day Weekend! montreal via kingSton iriSh celtic punk $12.00 advance

Sat march 17 • $10.00 door 34 th aniV martian

aWareness Ball featuring

mary margaret o’hara and tons of special guests!

class assassins teenage X

tueSday march 20 oFFicial cmF kick-oFF

grimes Born gold + magical cloud + moon King

love machine stone sparrows mike o’neill grounders roccocode

WedneSday march 21 • cmF

tHurSday march 22 • cmF

$6.00 @ door or Free w/ WriStBand

$13.50 advance or Free w/ WriStBand

mon march 19 • SoLd out!

bright light social hour ascot royals To Tell gloryhound bella clava dan kosub & the crass lads

monster truck

the pack ad Jordan cook Joseph arthur brett caswell & the marquee rose

Saturday march 24 • cmF

artS & craFtS SHoWcaSe

$18.00 @ door or Free w/ WriStBand

tueSday april 10 $ lee’S palace • 15.00 advance

(hot water music) ( alkaline trio )

cory Branan + nathaniel rateliFF

tHurS april 5 @ Sound academy • $22.50 adv

monday april 16

horSeShoe tavern • $12.50 adv

WitH

vacationer + now now

april 11

lee’S palace $ 17.50

advance

the cribs

Friday april 13

opera houSe • $18.00 advance

monday april 23 @ the phoenix

$34.00 adv • limited Seated ShoW (400)

thurS april 12 & Fri april 13

Lee’S paLace • $15.00 advance

yukon

tHurS march 15 • $6.00 door

library voices

Saturday march 17

blonde

tribute to We Were eKV promised vrati unatrag Jetpacks lee’S palace • $15.00 advance

Big d & the kids taBle

Saturday may 5

tueS may 8 @ phoenix

eli paperBoy reed

neon Justin indian horSeShoe • $17.50 advance

for additional details visit ekatarinavelika.com

Saturday may 12

W/ lemonade

opera house

$ 18.50

advance • 8:30 doors

tueSday june 5 @ lee’S palace • $13.50 advance

sun march 25 @ hard luck • $10.50 adv

great pile of leaves mansions + young statues

hey $ 15.00

advance • vancouver

ocean! aiden knight + hue

Sun march 18 • $20 @ door France/nyc g u i ta r v i r t u o S o !

Rum RunneR Rough Boys Killapse The hoRned

stephane WremBel thurS march 22 canadian music fest

friday april 6 @ the drake • $13.50 adv

WedneSday march 28

tueSday march 27 @ the garriSon •

$ 12.50

advance

bowerbirds computer JonnY corndawg magic

With

Wed march 28 @ drake underground • $11.50 advance

artist bookings: craig@horseshoetavern.com or 416-598-0720

horseshoetavern.com 370 Queen Street WeSt / Spadina 416-598-4226 • 1947 to 2010

$ 10.00

@ door or Free w/ WriStBand

canadian music fest

shovels & rope + robert ellis

saturday april 7 @ the drake • $10.50 adv

sunday april 8 @ the drake • $11.50 adv

thurs april 26 @ garrison • $15.00 adv

friday april 27 @ drake hotel • $11.50 adv

sun april 29 @ horseshoe • $10.50 adv

sun april 29 @ the drake • $12.00 adv

mon april 30 @ the drake • $13.50 adv

mon may 14 @ horseshoe • $11.50 adv

nite jewel

mar 31 - cursive apr 14 - cancer Bats apr 20 - good old war

san sebastian postelles

Friday march 23 Saturday march 24

chairlift acid mother’s temple pontiak horse feathers wedding electric guest willis earl beal father john misty present brooklyn • $ 12.00 advance

rkers the archives

the inbreds lost in the trees cloud nothings whale tooth poor moon milagres perfume genius cavemen sandman viper

nuclear so-so’s

$15.00 advance or Free w/ WriStBand

perForming their claSSic album sea monsters

tueS march 20 • $6.00 door

Friday march 16

Saturday june 30 @ lee’S palace • $21.50 advance

thursday april 5 @ garrison • $11.50 adv

The

serbian rock

Friday april 27

gold & youth bravestation reason snowblink the poor young things margot & the advance • leedS uk

chicken salad atom and the Volumes my Friends Big head western walk

canadian music fest

(memBerS oF Broken SociaL Scene & tHe StiLLS)

$ 18.50

with

WedneSday march 21

eight and a halF husbands chains oF love

Sunday march 25

the revival tour

rutledge Justin wintersleep parlotones toWnes indian handcraFts two hours gentleman hall dirty earle mags traFFic fIShboNe TRISTeN the reason wildliFe • tribes gentleman

Friday march 23 • cmF

zeus the darcys

lee’S palace • $18.50 advance

chuck ragan shabazz daVid dan choi andriano palaces the naked White & Famous denim WedneSday

Hosted by Bookie (18th year)

tueSday april 3

loS angeleS Fleet FoxeS Sub pop Folk rock

sat may 19 @ hard luck • $13.50 advance

Friday may 11 @ the horSeShoe • $10.50 advance

the meatmen wIldlIfe rocky Votolato joe mcmahon langhorne slim sat may 19 @ the drake • $15.50 advance

wed may 23 @ horseshoe • $11.00 advance

with billy the kid + mikey erg

sun may 27 @ horseshoe • $11.50 adv

ps i love You big scarY

$ 15.00

advance or Free w/ WriStBand

Sun march 25 • $ 10 @ door

sign me to roadrunner

command snailhouse

Jilted lovers club $ 17.50

@1:30am

advance or Free w/ WriStBand

mar 29 - psychedelic furs mar 31 - guitar prodigy tyler bryant & the shakedown

artiSt bookingS: 416-598-0720 or ben@leespalace.com

leespalace.com 529 bloor Street WeSt / bathurSt NOW march 15-21 2012

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doors 8:30 pm. (416) 588-4MOD (663) .com 722 COLLEGE STREET

FRIDAY MARCH FRIDAY MARCH16 9 /12

Rancho Relaxo CMW Trap Tiger, Armen at the Bazaar, Traveller & Fortune, ñ Federal Lights, the Unquiet Dead, Revelstoke

doors 7:30 pm. Rivoli CMW Inlet Sound, Kalle Mattson, Will Currie & the Country French, the Danger Bees w/ Kid Twist, Ali Milner, Joal Kamps doors 7:30 pm. SilveR DollaR CMW Crazy Strings, the Washboard Union, Frankie Chavez, Cab doors 7:30 pm. The SiSTeR CMW The Machams, Redgy Blackout, Air Marshal Landing doors 9 pm. SupeRmaRkeT CMW Andy Clockwise, Running Red Lights, Busby Marou, Sam Cash doors 8 pm. TRanzac Back Room CMW RIZE, Fade, For the Birds, Ralf Wiggum doors 7 pm.

COMEOUTOUT COME ANDAND PLAY PLAY

ANTHEMS,DANCE,90s/2012 doors @ ten

MATT MEDLEY & friends SATURDAY MARCH 10 17 /12 Ethan Kath of

St Patrick’s Day Party ELOS ARMA ,Lauren Maylon FranticBEASTMODE & Grimeskee doors @ ten 17 8

MARCH

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TRanzac FRonT Room CMW The Snips, Run

Romeo Run, We Were Sharks, Greater than Giants, Aria, July doors 6:30 pm. unDeRgRounD gaRage CMW Riding Shotgun, BETA, the Standstills, Gruve, Jack Rollin Dandies doors 8:30 pm. velveT unDeRgRounD CMW Misguided Aggression, Dreamers, INIRE, Hey Sugar, Islands, Quartered doors 7:30 pm. viRgin moBile moD cluB CMW Johnny Reid doors 7 pm.

Folk/Blues/Country/World

alleycaTz CitySoul (swinging blues/vintage R&B) 8:30 pm.

aquila upSTaiRS The Groovies, Jay Pennell &

Allan Soberman (pop/folk) 9:30 pm. cameRon houSe Back Room CMW Martha Meredith, the Morals, Mo Kenney, Whitebrow, I Am Oak, Loom, Dead Combo doors 6:30 pm. cameRon houSe Kirsten Scholte 6 pm. caSTRo’S lounge Smokey Folk (bluegrass) 9 pm. DakoTa TaveRn Hot Rock! Flash Lightnin’ & the Beauties (all Rolling Stones music) 10 pm. DoRa keogh Howard Gladstone Trio.

eDwaRD JohnSon BuilDing walTeR hall

World Music Ensembles 7:30 pm. gaTe 403 Brian Cober & Aslan Gotov Blues Duo 5 pm. highway 61 SouTheRn BaRBeque Sean Pinchin (blues) 7 pm.

Venue Index

aiR canaDa cenTRe 40 Bay. 416-815-5500. alio wine BaR 108 dundas W. 416-593-1118. alleycaTz 2409 yonge. 416-481-6865. annex wReckRoom 794 Bathurst. 416-536-0346. aquila 347 keele. 416-341-8487. aRTS & leTTeRS cluB 14 elm. 416-597-0223. aRTScape wychwooD BaRnS 601 Christie. 416-392-7834. aSpeTTa caFFe 207 Augusta. 416-725-0693. aulD SpoT 633 College. 416-645-0285. axiS galleRy & gRill 3048 dundas W. 416-604-3333. The BallRoom Bowl BaR BiSTRo 145 John. 416-597-2695. BaR 460 460 spadina Ave. BaR iTalia 582 College. 416-535-3621. Black eagle 457 Church. 416-413-1219. Bloke & 4Th 401 king W. Bovine Sex cluB 542 Queen W. 416-504-4239. Page 1 caDillac lounge 1296 Queen W. 416-536-7717. cameRon houSe 408 Queen W. 416-703-0811. caSTRo’S lounge 2116 Queen e. 416-699-8272. The ceili coTTage 1301 Queen e. 416-406-1301. The cenTRal 603 Markham. 416-913-4586. c’eST whaT 67 Front e. 416-867-9499. chalkeRS puB 247 Marlee. 416-789-2531. cheRRy cola’S Rock n’ Rolla 200 Bathurst. cheRRy STReeT ReSTauRanT 275 Cherry. 416-461-5111. cheval 606 king W. 416-363-4933. cloak & DaggeR puB 394 College. 647-436-0228. coBRa lounge 510 king W. 416-361-9004. comFoRT zone 480 spadina. 416-975-0909. couRThouSe 57 Adelaide e. 416-214-9379. cRawFoRD 718 College. 416-530-1633. cReaTuReS cReaTing 627 Queen W. cRocoDile Rock 240 Adelaide W. 416-599-9751. cuppa caFe 592 Queen W. 416-866-8878. czehoSki 678 Queen W. 416-366-6787. DakoTa TaveRn 249 ossington. 416-850-4579. Dazzling ReSTauRanT 291 king W. 416-506-8886. DeTouR BaR 193.5 Baldwin. Dominion on queen 500 Queen e. 416-368-6893. DoRa keogh 141 danforth. 416-778-1804. DRake hoTel 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. DuFFy’S TaveRn 1238 Bloor W. 416-628-0330.

hiRuT Fine eThiopian cuiSine Gary 17s Acoustic Open Stage Bruce Palait’s Talang 7:30 pm. hugh’S Room Jimmy Flynn. The local Greg Cockerill (folk rock/American/ roots). TRane STuDio Liberty Wednesdays Noah Zacharin (folk) 8 pm.

JAzz/ClAssiCAl/exPeriMentAl

couRThouSe CMW: Jazz Series Marina Zettl, Pedro Menendez, Daniela Nardi’s Expresso Manifesto, Ron Davis’ Blue Modules, Andrea Superstein doors 7 pm. Dominion on queen Corktown Ukulele Jam 8 pm. FouR SeaSonS cenTRe FoR The peRFoRming aRTS RichaRD BRaDShaw amphiTheaTRe

Pictures At An Exhibition Alexander Seredenko (piano) noon-1 pm. gaTe 403 Lara Solnicki Jazz Band (piano, bass) 9 pm. hoTel ocho Twosomes & Threeways: For The Love Of The Riff Thyron Lee Whyte doors 7:30 pm. lula lounge CMW: Jazz Series Midtown Collective, Sizhukong Ensemble, Joan Crowe, Juliann Kuchocki doors 6:30 pm.

maRkham TheaTRe FoR The peRFoRming aRTS To Billie With Love: A Celebration of ‘Lady Day’ Dee Dee Bridgewater 8 pm.

mezzeTTa Marilyn Lerner & Matt Brubeck 9 pm. nawlinS Jazz BaR Jim Heineman Trio (jazz) 7

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SAT., MAR. 31, 2012 8PM KOERNER HALL Creating lightening-rod moments of connection through music, Vivaldi Gone Wild, improvisations on Prayer for Peace, Simon Shaheen’s Dance Mediterranea, and other works are performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Israeli-born cellist Udi Bar-David, Palestinian violinist Hanna Khoury, Syrian-Venezuelan percussionist Hafez El Ali Kotain, Syrian singer Youssef Kassab, Egyptian-Canadian qanun master George Sawa, and Cantor Beny Maissner of Toronto’s Holy Blossom.

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March 15-21 2012 NOW

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SAX AND TRAXX WITH DJ PHAT ALBERT & ROB CHRISTIAN Doors open at 6:00pm for dinner SATURDAY, MARCH ��

BIRTH OF COOL WITH KEN SKINNER Pianist, OWEN “SOUND” TENNYSON on drums

and LEE SABA HUTCHISON on bass and Special Guest GRANT LYLE Dinner and Jazz . Dinner from at 6:00 pm, show starts at 8:30 pm. SUNDAY, MARCH ��

BRUNCH JAM

Royal conSeRvaToRy oF muSic koeRneR hall The Glenn Gould School Opera 8 pm. yoRk univeRSiTy accolaDe eaST BlDg Music

At Midday York U New Music Ensemble noon to 1 pm.

yoRk univeRSiTy accolaDe eaST BlDg maRTin Family lounge Jazz Festival: Vocal & Instrumental Ensembles 7:30 to 10:30 pm.

dAnCe MusiC/dJ/lounGe

cRawFoRD CMW Cosmic Cat, DJ Lucie Tic, Classic, DJ New Money, DJ James Redi doors 9 pm. DeTouR BaR Soundminds (beats/experimental/electronic). gooDhanDy’S Amplify Wednesdays DJs Sexy Pants, Cesar & Klinck doors 10 pm.5 gooDhanDy’S 120 cluB Amplify Wednesdays James What, Breezno, the Hermans (Dick Diamonds Vs Max the Fax), Chris Bosno, Jeff Breen, Randy J, Dirty Mex, Still Kids Inc and others doors 9 pm.5 inSomnia DJ Sweet Jelly Roller. RepoSaDo Sol Wednesdays Spy vs Sly vs Spy. wRongBaR CMW: Bass Week Foreign Beggers doors 10 pm. 3

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THE DAKOTA TAVERN Thu Mar 15

ON 500 QUEEN EAST

FRI. 16

Fri Mar 16

George Grosman’s friday march 16

Bohemian Swing 8 pm

SAT. 17

St. Pat’S Day -

Ronnie Hayward Trio 4 pm • Shane McShane & The Shenanigans feat. David Newland, Jay Moonah & Steve McNie

7:30 pm NO COVER aLL Day!

SUN. 18 Rockabilly Brunch feat. The Cosmotones 11 am • York Jazz Ensemble feat. George Westerholm & Beverly Taft 5 pm TUE. 20

Hot Club of Corktown

“TO’s Best Django Jam” 8:30 pm

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hand drawn dracula cmw showcase

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HIP HOP DANCE PARTY

saTurday march 24

free wiTh cmw wrisTband friday march 30

SMITHFITS

DJS SCOTT WADE, MARK PESCI, scott waring & cHris coloHan briTPoP, new wave & Punk w/DJ Cactus

thu Mar 15

the sPeAkeAsies w/UnDaDogg, DeLaney

w/DJ Vania

fri Mar 16

Junko Mizuno's After PArty w/UnDergoUnD PeePshow Sat Mar 17

BreAched

w/DJ sir Ian Blurton

w/BUrnIng the Day, Left tUrn CIty Mon Mar 19

flAsh lightnin' tueS Mar 20 the Pink & Black attack Present

the Mighty regis w/MaD anthony Wed Mar 21

CMw: rock n' roll Mixed Bag

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coming soon: SUNDAY APRIL 1

nigHt bEats FRI APRIL 6

MARK SULTAN FRIDAY APRIL 13 catl RECORD RELEASE PARTY

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$3.25 BREAKFAST • MON - FRI 11AM- 4PM ThuRSDAY MARch 15

JAMAICAIN FOUNDATION FOR LIFELONG LIVING: w/ NEw CIVILIzATION & DJ ANDREw KARIs FRiDAY MARch 16

swIFT ONEs

w/ DJ KUNG FU KANDy

THE OSSINGTON Thu 15 Free Kells

w/ DJ’s Keith’s Sweats & Slow James... Slow jams, new jack swing, 90’s RnB...

Fri 16 sweat Pants

w/ DJ Coolin... Hip hop, soul, RnB, grime...

SaT 17 FriendshiP

w/ DJ O’ Hi Mom... The single best dance party - Irish style...

Sun 18 Brass Facts trivia Toronto’s best quiz night, followed by:

Unlimited sUnday

2 turntables, special guests, special times...

Mon 19 GeeK love Whedonfest Singalong 2... Once more with feeling...

TueS 20 comedy at oss feat. Don’t Get Bored & Leave Inc...

Wed 21 creeP!

w/ DJ Stunts ...Hip hop, soul, RnB, grime..

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SATuRDAY MARch 17

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EVERY WEDNESDAY

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ST. PATRICK’S DAY DANCE PARTY

w/ THE SURE THINGS

Noon-2am, Irish Menu & Prizes

old school hiP hoP & r&b

TYVEK • BARE WIRES tHE soupcans

WED. 21

Sat Mar 17

The Zodiacs PresenT

10pm SCARLETT JANE w/ GREG COCKERILL 10pm LEON KNIGHT & THE NEON LIGHTS

Saturday Supper Club Blues!

hank’s aluminum siding

Sun Mar 18

11-3pm BLUEGRASS

BRUNCH

THE BEAUTIES Mon Mar 19 MARIACHI MONDAYS 10pm

MILL STREET PRESENTS

MEXICAN FOOD & DRINK SPECIALSFAMILIES ARE WELCOME!

8pm MARIACHI FUEGO 10pm THE SURE THINGS

FRIENDLYNESS

Tue Mar 20 Wed Mar 21

Heavy Metal For Girls

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10pm THE WEBER BROS. CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK Starts Mar 21 Extended Hours ★ ★ ★ 9pm JORDAN KLASSEN 10pm WAKE OWL 11pm ALEX THE GREAT 12am DOMESTIC CRISIS GROUP 1am DEREK CHRISTIE 2am HOT ROCK ★★★

crazy strings

NeXt @ CmW 2012

CMW Triple Header at the silver Dollar

Next Wave southern u.s. Garage rock

LAST YEAR’S MEN

Topanga, The Modern Superstitions, Huddle, The Archives, Reversing Falls, Sandman Viper Command July Talk, The Pow Wows, Patti Cake, The Wilderness, Jesuslesfilles, Drunk Woman, Cheap Speakers The Mercy Now, Little City, Devin Therriault, The Lost Babies, Revolvers, Rebel Rebel CATL’s

JOHNNY DOWD, Nick Doubleyou & The B Squad Brave Little Toaster, Cowgirl Choir

Resonancity/Buzz Records present BAD PARTY (Detroit) Absolutely Free (ex-DD/MM/YY) CELLPHONE, Connoisseurs Of Porn Plus! DJ James Pleasance & Special Guests

HUNX & HIS PUNX w/ Heavy Cream

ANAGRAM THE DIRTY GHOSTS

BLODDSHOT BILL

w/ The Modern Superstitions

THE OOOHH BABY GIMME MORES

WHITE MYSTERY

thu mar 15 | 8pm | $10

THE COCkSURE lAdS w/PAvlOv’S dOgS HANd BEllS fri mar 16 | 9pm | $5

POP WITH BRAINS #36

MUSIC: peTer Turns piraTe, The FolK, hi-Fi phanTom, Carmela anTonio, hayley sTarK DJ: The FranDisCos ART: FanCy shmanCy heaDpieCes, anDi soCial, shannon haywarD, louise Ferguson

sat mar 17 | 7pm | $10

SONgS FOR CHANgE: AN INdIE ROCk BENEFIT TO SUPPORT UforCHANgE

Featuring - The CAUTIoneeRS, The BeneFIT oF The FRee MAn, MoST PeoPle, MIPS, AnD ThIS IS Me AS A WoMAn sun mar 18 | 7pm | $10

MUSIC CITy PRESENTS

A&R lIvE MARk SPICOlUk

w/ Sol’D oUT, In My CoMA, ReveRy eyeS, long lIve The KIDS, ARTIC PARC, CheRIng DAvInA, hoTel RoyAl, hey IS FoR hoRSeS, Angel STReeT, ReMeMBeRIng mon mar 19 | drs 8:30pm | pwYC ($5) MC RHIANNON ARCHER riCharD leTT, KrisTeen Von hagen DaVe BarClay, roB mailloux, anThony ChiarDuli preCious Chong & more!

AlTdOTCOMEdylOUNgE.COM tues mar 20 | drs 8:30pm | $12

RIvOlI dANCES #3

Feat. sharp Killer wiTh mariana meDellin-meinKe, niKi wozniaK’s DesiraeDa DanCe TheaTre, yasmina ramzy anD arasBeque DanCe Company, irVin Chow, heaTher a. Jones

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EVENiNG STANDARD w/mUSCLE & HEAT DOORS @10Pm_$10

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ELViS mONDAY

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DRAKE TRiViA

DOORS @8Pm_$2

CANAdIAN MUSIC WEEk MARCH 21 - 25, 19+ all wrisTBanDs aCCepTeD wed mar 21 | drs 7:30pm

Joal Kamps, ali milner, The Danger Bees feat. KiD TwisT, will Currie anD The CounTry FrenCh, Kalle maTTson, inleT sounD thu mar 22 | drs 7:30pm

EDUmACATiON w/ED LOVER + DJ FASE

DOORS @miDNiGHT_$10

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NOW march 15-21 2012

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Open Your Heart (Sacred Bones) Rating: NNNN Every so often the music media pick a band to hype as “the saviours of guitar rock.” Currently that band is the Men. Guitar rock isn’t a genre that particularly needs saving – no matter how infatuated indie kids get with synthesizers, its doubtful the guitar will ever disappear from popular music – but the Men represent a return to a specific kind of rock for which the zeitgeist has been begging. Where bands like Yuck deliver albums of throwback 90s indie rock by cherry-picking traits from Dinosaur Jr, Hüsker Dü or Sonic Youth, the Men embody that era of American underground in spirit more than fashion. Open Your Heart is a glorious mix of guitar-heavy hooks, youthful spirit and unabashed rocking out, without the knowing wink of nostalgic revivalism. It’s indie rock that actually rocks. From Brooklyn no less. Top track: Ex-Dreams RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

THE TING TINGS Sounds From Nowhere

Pop/Rock

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Valentina (Scopitones) Rating: The Wedding Present were indie darlings even before the days when indie was called alternative, back when “college rock” was the preferred marketing tactic for punk-influenced guitar pop. Usually it’s a bad thing when a band sticks to an approach for 25 years, but in their case the adage about not fixing what’s not broken applies perfectly. Because singer/guitarist David Gedge is the only original member, the Wedding Present don’t sound like a carbon copy of their 80s selves but have managed the all-too-rare feat of progressing without forgetting what they’re good at. As usual, Gedge displays his rare ability to write about love without resorting to clichés, balancing genuine tenderness with cynicism. His casually mumbled lyrics float over peppy pop-punk chord progressions that somehow feel more like drifty shoegazer pop than mosh-pit fodder. If you’ve been a fan since their early days, you won’t be disappointed, and if you’re just discovering them, Valentina is a good introduction to the influential band. Top track: End Credits The Wedding Present play the Horseshoe March 25 as part of CMW. BENJAMIN BOLES

(Sony/Columbia) Rating: NN The Ting Tings’ second album starts out promisingly enough with the pretty drone pop of Silence, which sounds like a more electronic Spiritualized. Too bad things go to shit immediately after on Hit Me Down Sonny, which sounds like Sleigh Bells if you cut out all the menace and sonic inventiveness that make them interesting. Doing lame imitations of other things that are popular seems to be the mission statement for Sounds From Nowhere. The duo themselves see it differently. To their ears, this unfocused approach is meant to emulate the feeling of an iPod playlist, which might have seemed au courant in 2005. Some tracks sound a bit like LCD Soundsystem as covered by LMFAO. One By One brings to mind Ladytron’s less inspired electro-pop moments, while album-closing ballad In Your Life comes across like Lana Del Rey, but without any sense of drama. It’s disappointing, because when they combine all these strands on Help, they prove they can actually write a good pop song. Top track: Help The Ting Tings play the Phoenix April 6. BB

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Between The Times And The Tides (Matador) Rating:

Now that Sonic Youth are on indefinite hiatus due to Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore’s relationship ending, the quiet George Harrison to their spotlight-hogging Lennon/McCartney finally has a chance to showcase his own songwriting in a solo setting. Ranaldo’s previous endeavours outside Sonic Youth tended toward avant-garde performances and conceptual art, like his poetry book based on spam, but Between The Times And The Tides sees the guitarist concentrating on comparatively straightforward rock songs with folky undertones. His background role in his influential former band camou-

flaged the importance of his contributions. Former bandmate Moore has also been exploring acoustic textures in his solo work, but Ranaldo integrates them better and has come up with something more than just an unplugged Sonic Youth. Some moments bring to mind the best aspects of REM’s first few albums, while others evoke CSNY mixed with the wistful droning guitar-scapes that he’s best known for. While it’s less distortion-drenched than we might expect, the album is still sonically adventurous enough to satisfy those worried he might be leaving his art rock roots behind. It’s the strength of his conventional songcraft, however, that makes his late-career foray into the frontman role successful. Top track: Lost (Plane T Nice) BB

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Bone Soldiers (You’ve Changed) Rating: Bone Soldiers is Steve Lambke’s fourth album under his solo moniker, Baby Eagle, and the first to overtly credit his band, the Proud Mothers. Now’s a good time to start. The shored-up lineup, which includes members of Attack in Black and his former outfit, the Constantines, perfectly complements Lambke’s frank, poetic lyrics and unflinchingly raw vocals with ragged, live-off-the-floor garage rock glory. Where the listless pace of Baby Eagle’s last album, Dog Weather, occasionally dragged, his new band’s fuzz-rocking furor gives us something other than the lyrics to latch onto. Lambke still has a way with words, though, connecting the songs with unnervingly vivid imagery and ruminating on life and love with corporeal, sometimes grotesque military metaphors. If that seems a bit much, just lose yourself in the freewheeling guitar solos. Top track: Good Times, Bad Times Baby Eagle & the Proud Mothers play the Dakota on April 5. RT

HUNX Hairdresser Blues (Hardly Art)

Rating: NNN Bay Area punk pin-up boy and one-time hairstylist Seth Bogart, aka Hunx, gets deep on this solo album recorded without the aid of his all-girl “punkette” backing band. Bogart’s early work sometimes felt secondary to his trashy aesthetic and campy gay humour, but with each album his music becomes more personal, the songwriting more refined, his nasal croon more plaintive. While last year’s Hunx and His Punx LP, Too Young To Be In Love, nodded to 50s girl groups, Hairdresser Blues courts an equally fun, nostalgic garage pop sound but skips ahead a few decades to incorporate jangly riffs from 80s indie pop. It’s a quick, occasionally dirty and sweetly affecting collection of ballads about ill-fated romance, the Bay City Rollers and letting go of love. It’s as if he’s revising the timeless, sugary pop hits of the past with the bluntly man-on-man subject matter we wished it had had back then. Better late than never. Top track: Set Them Free KEVIN RITCHIE

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TYGA Careless World (Young Money) Rating: NNN Rack City, the first single from Tyga’s sophomore record, unexpectedly ruled much of late 2011. An ode to “throwing hunnids, hunnids,” with a bestial bass line and clappy vigour, Rack City is a worthy addition to the canon of austerely produced rap anthems like MIMS’ This Is Why I’m Hot or Wait, by the Ying Yang Twins. But Careless World isn’t just Rack City plus 20 filler songs, thanks in large part to a phenomenal production team that included Pharrell Williams, Torontonians Noah “40” Shebib, Boi-1da and Arthur McArthur, and UK garage-indebted pop auteur Jess Jackson, plus decent guest appearances by Nicki Minaj, Busta Rhymes, J. Cole and Robin Thicke. The result is a slick, accessible rap record that’s about nine songs too long. It bests the cloying debut cock-ups of other commercially tenable rappers like Wiz Khalifa and Yelawolf. And because of Tyga’s strained flow and sporadic impressive detours into double-time, the album packs enough menace to appeal to more discerning rap fans. Top track: Muthafucka Up, featuring Nicki Minaj ANUPA MISTRY

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Kindness (independent) Rating: NNNN Vancouver songwriter Jordan Klassen starts small but dreams big on his new Kindness EP, a teaser for his forthcoming full-length sophomore disc, Repentance. It’s just four songs long (the digital version has a bonus track), and Klassen collaborated with Jonathan Anderson (In Medias Res) and Brian Chan as well as string and horn players to build lush, chamber-inspired arrangements for his poppy indie folk in the vein of Sufjan Stevens. The components are pretty simple: guitar, piano, ukulele, glockenspiel, viola and lots of percussion. But Klassen’s voice is a nice surprise, gently occupying the mid-range before swooping into angelic falsetto territory. Go To Me and Call And Answer have bigger choruses, while the arpeggios on delicate Threads complement the lyrics, and I Am A Collector could be updated Simon and Garfunkel. Top track: I Am A Collector Jordan Klassen plays the Dakota March 21 and the Fairmont Royal York Library Bar March 23 as part of CMW. SARAH GREENE

ter, Every Moon A Sun (Black Box) Rating: NNN The third Wooden Sky album hums with dark vibrations. It doesn’t grab you with its melodies or hot licks, but the songs blend together into a sincere, cohesive effort with just enough variety to keep you listening. Largely it showcases Gavin Gardiner’s baritone, which has weary Steve Earle grit, and his bleak folkloric narratives about fair-haired children of the valley, creeping death, ghosts stumbling, cities beckoning. Taken all at once, it can be a bit plodding. But the Toronto-based alt-country band adds lightness through spacious arrangements. They take their time. They play gently and thoughtfully: a sweet guitar or piano hook here, choir-like backup vocals or deep-space synths there. (Sometimes the backups sound pleasingly female but are not. I checked.) Diverging from earnest country-folk are standout songs like Malibu Rum, which would be great for hammockswinging, and Take Me Out, which could’ve come straight out of a 1950s jukebox. Top track: Malibu Rum The Wooden Sky play the Opera House on April 20. CARLA GILLIS

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Truth teller Liza Balkan bears witness to a real-life death By JON KAPLAN

Liza Balkan looks at the malleability of memory in Out The Window.

OUT THE WINDOW created and directed by Liza Balkan, with David Ferry, Julie Tepperman and R.H. Thomson (Window Collective/Theatre Centre). Part of Free Fall ’12 at the Theatre Centre (1087 Queen West). Opens Saturday (March 17), runs through March 20 and March 25 at 7 pm. $25, stu/srs $20. 416-538-0988.

theatre artist liza balkan can’t forget Otto Vass even though she never met him. He died in a 7-Eleven parking lot on August 9, 2000, and Balkan saw it all from her apartment window. She went on to become a witness at the 2002 preliminary hearing, the 2003 trial and 2006 coroner’s inquest, all of which probed the role of four police officers in Vass’s death. She takes that history to the stage in Out The Window, a docudrama that begins with the tragedy but expands to look at the police, mental health

consumers, accountability and the malleability of memory. “I quickly went from being a witness to the event to being a participant,” recalls Balkan at the Theatre Centre, where the play opens this week. “When I was subpoenaed in 2006 to testify at the coroner’s inquest, I was given transcripts from the two earlier hearings to refresh my memory. “I was surprised and disturbed to read [my own] testimony at odds with my memory of being on the stand. Those differences rocked my core. I felt the need to investigate, explore and dive into the muck of what happened that night and what I thought happened.” What she describes as the “nightmare quality” of the case inspired Balkan to devise a short piece for Lab Cab in 2007 using public-record testimony to make sense of it. That led to a Theatre Centre residency to develop

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Opening BUS STOP by William Inge (Stage Centre Pro-

ductions). Strangers get to know each other when a bus is stranded in a blizzard. Opens Mar 15 and runs to Mar 24, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mats Mar 18 and 24 at 2 pm. $28, stu/srs $22. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall. 416-299-5557, stagecentreproductions.com. THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK adapted by Wendy Kesselman (Shakespeare in Action). The story

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the material, and later to working with Chris Abraham of Crow’s Theatre. “His first question to me was key: what was my source material? Until then, it was my testimony and my emotional world. Through that astute question, I realized that developing the play involved tentacles spreading in many directions. “Suddenly, the project became thrilling, confusing and overwhelming, all the while staying compelling.” The four officers who were ultimately acquitted became part of her investigation. Statements by the four (treated by Balkan with scrupulous fairness) and others involved in the case form the majority of the play’s text, drawn from interviews and court transcripts. Out The Window features David Ferry and R.H. Thomson as the lawyers in the case, Julie Tepperman as the central character, Liza, and Balkan herself standing on the sidelines but occasionally stepping into the action. Because the play aims to use the Vass case as the occasion for a dialogue about truth, responsibility and justice, audience members are invited to read testimonies and interviews, turning the production into a blend of script and public forum. Much of the source material and related information is available at The Brain, an online companion to the show developed by Praxis Theatre’s Aislinn Rose (outthewindowcollective.com), and talkbacks featuring experts follow several performances. “I know I’m not an expert in these fields I’m investigating; the more I learn, the more I need. But I feel blessed by all the support I’ve had from so many different groups,” says Balkan. “It truly takes a community to make a piece of theatre like this.” 3 jonkap@nowtoronto.com

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of a Jewish girl and her family hiding from the Nazis is adapted for the stage. Opens Mar 15 and runs to Mar 24, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Mon-Fri 10 am, plus Mon-Wed 1:30 pm. $25, stu/srs $18. Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina. 416-703-4881, shakespeareinaction.org. OCCUPY VERONA (Toronto Film School). Acting students perform a modern twist on Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. Mar 16-17, Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. Free (reserve). Pia Bouman Theatre, 6 Noble. occupyverona.eventbrite.ca. OUT THE WINDOW by Liza Balkan (The Window Collective/Free Fall ‘12). Balkan’s documentary play looks at her journey through the legal system after witnessing a man’s death at the hands of police (see story, this page). Opens Mar 17 and runs to Mar 25, Sat-Tue 7 pm (no show Mar 24). $25, stu/srs $20 (festival pass $23-$45). Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. 416-538-0988, theatrecentre. org. RESTORATION by Edward Bond (Theatre @ York). This drama exposes the harsh truth of life in image-obsessed 18th-century England. Previews Mar 18-19. Opens Mar 20 and runs to Mar 24, daily at 7:30 pm, mats Wed and Fri

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It’s worth the trek to the top of the Annex to see The Small Room At The Top of The Stairs, Carole Fréchette’s gripping take on the famous Bluebeard tale. Grace (Nicole Underhay), a pretty and perky blond named after a princess, has swiftly married her Prince Charming, Henry (Rick Roberts), and moved into his 28-room home. This pleases her put-upon mother (Sarah Dodd) but worries her sister Anne (Claire Calnan), who questions how well she knows the man. Turns out Grace has some doubts, too, especially concerning the room Henry has asked her never to enter. What’s behind the door? Fréchette and the focused actors set up the situation efficiently, and director Weyni Mengesha stages it superbly on Astrid Janson’s spare design. Thanks to Bonnie Beecher’s moody lighting and Thomas Ryder Payne’s surprising sound, the set

evokes the long hallways and staircases of the mysterious mansion. The playwright’s language – translated by John Murrell – is richly suggestive, especially in capturing the violence lurking beneath Henry’s words. She’s less successful in reaching for a broader social context for Grace’s suffering. A storyline about global strife – contrasted to Grace’s pampered First World white-girl problems – feels tacked on for significance. That doesn’t take away from the eerily atmospheric production and the fine performances that turn this fairy tale into a very contemporary GLENN SUMI living nightmare.

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1 pm. $17, stu/srs $12, previews $5. York University, 4700 Keele, Joseph G Green Studio Theatre. 416-736-5888. THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW by Richard O’Brien (UC Follies). A newly engaged couple stumble upon a freaky castle in this classic rock musical. Mar 15-17, Thu-Sat 9 pm. $20-$25, stu/srs $12-$15. Victoria College Chapel, 91 Charles W. 416-978-8849, uofttix.ca.

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS (AND HOLIER FARE) (Against the Grain Theatre). This ñ concert presentation features Kurt Weill’s

Weimar-era cabaret and other pieces. Mar 16-17 at 8 pm. $30-$50. Gallery 345, 345 Sorauren. againstthegraintheatre.com. SHREK THE MUSICAL by David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori (Dancap Productions). A swamp-dwelling ogre goes on a journey of redemption in this musical based on William Steig’s book and the DreamWorks film. Opens Mar 20 and runs to Apr 1, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $34-$135. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. 416644-3665, dancaptickets.com. SPRING AWAKENING by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater (Trinity College Dramatic Society).

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Teens journey from youth to adulthood in 19th-century Germany in this musical adapted from the play by Frank Wedekind. Opens Mar 21 and runs to Mar 24, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $15, stu/srs $10. George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire. uofttix.ca.

THE VINDICATION OF SENYORA CLITO MESTRES by Montserrat Roig (April Proñ ductions). A woman who loses her home and

family finds salvation in her return to the theatre in this solo show performed by Dragana Varagic. Opens Mar 21 and runs to Mar 25, Wed-Sat 7:30 pm, Sat-Sun 2 pm. $25, mat $18. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson, Backspace. 416-504-7529, artsboxoffice.ca.

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(U.N.I.T.) Productions). The Fringe-fest famous clown sisters go on a culinary adventure in this new show. Previews Mar 21. Opens Mar 22 and runs to Mar 31. $15, kids’ mats $10, preview pwyc. Cahoots Theatre Company,

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when choreographer malgorzata Nowacka asks to meet in person, my first reaction is fear. I’ve interviewed her several times before, but never face to face. I’ve always been a tad intimidated by her take-no-prisoners attitude and bold, ballsy presence – at least onstage. “Oddly enough, some people are scared to meet me,” she confesses when we do talk, over tea, her large clear eyes staring me down. “But I don’t think I’m very intimidating in person.” Then she giggles, which makes the whole effect even more intriguing. Coincidentally, The Calm Before…, Nowacka’s latest work for her company, the Chimera Project, deals with confronting one’s fears. The work’s hero (performed by Brendan Wyatt) is stuck in limbo and must confront his seven fears in order to leave. What kind of fears are we talking about? “There’s the fear of crossing the line, the fear of touching, fear of love, of death...” She pauses, frowns, touches her bright red hair. “The fear of making mistakes.” She’s still missing a couple. “I should have brought my list,” she says. “I keep a running list of fears, carry it with me as a reference.” Why? “To know what I’m afraid of – so I can face it.” Good to see I’m not alone.

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Nowacka says this new work feels more concrete than anything she’s created before. “With my other pieces, I’d focus on aspects of the story and explore them in an abstract way. But this one has a beginning, middle and end.” She balks at the term “narrative,” however. “A narrative happens,” she explains, “but it’s not like a story ballet. It’s more like a subcutaneous narrative. Dance is ephemeral. The images set in dance create a sort of subconscious understanding in the viewer. So you understand what’s going on in your gut more than in your brain.” Very true, especially in Nowacka’s work, which has sported visceral titles like Blood and Keep All Sharp Objects Out Of My Way. She’s especially excited to be working with Lee “Lethal” Pham, who plays her protagonist’s shadow and comes from the world of B-boy dance (his crew is called the Supernaturalz). “He brings an entirely different movement language to the work,” she says. “I love B-boy dance, its fascinating use of space. Those dance battles are amazing.” She’s used to discovering emerging talent. Her company also produces the Fresh Blood Festival, a curated two-night program that kicks off Friday (March 16). “If you look at 40, 80 applications, the unique entries stand out,” she says. This year’s fest includes works by theatre artist Waawaate Fobister, Paul Charbonneau and Jacob Niedzwiecki. “They have five minutes each,” she says. “No longer. After five minutes the stage goes black.” She laughs. See? Scary. 3

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388 Queen E. morroandjasp.com. My Granny The Goldfish by Anosh Irani (Factory Theatre). A neurotic man’s Indian grandmother comes to Canada to help him recover from illness. Previews Mar 17-21, Sat and Tue-Wed 8 pm, Sun 7 pm. Opens Mar 22 and runs to Apr 15, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $30-$40, mat pwyc, previews $20. 125 Bathurst. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca.

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Toronto Star: “funny, bitchy, poignant and graceful” Globe and Mail: “passionately alive” National Post: “outstanding actress” Now Magazine: “queen of subtext” Eye Magazine: “with heart, and skill, and world of experience” March 21-25, 2012 Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace 16 Ryerson Avenue Tickets: $25 Wednesday-Saturday at 7:30pm $18 Saturday and Sunday Matinee at 2:00pm For tickets call: 416.504.7529 (Theatre Passe Muraille) or online www.artsboxoffice.ca

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Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (The Acting Company/Guthrie Theatre). Historical events meet the Bard’s prose in this version of the classic tragedy. Mar 16 at 8 pm. $54-$59. Markham Theatre for the Performing Arts, 171 Town Centre Blvd. 905-305-7469. MaGGie and Pierre by Linda Griffiths (Dancing Without Mary). The play about love and Canadian politics in the 70s gets a reading. Mar 16 at 7:30 pm. $15-$30. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. 416-504-7529, passemuraille.on.ca. MarCh showCase (Centre for Indigenous Theatre). Students perform a story creation, combat choreography and more. Mar 16 at 7 pm. Pwyc. OIP Dance Studio, 190 Richmond E. indigenoustheatre.com. MosaiC sToryTellinG fesTival (The Open Door East End Arts Collective). Rukhsana Khan and Celia Lottridge share folk tales and traditional stories from the Middle East, Persia and beyond. Mar 18 at 3 pm. Pwyc ($5 sugg). St David’s Anglican Church, 49 Donlands. 416-466-3142, stdavidstoronto.ca/mosaic/ mosaic.html. a niGhT of lies (Four Winds Collective). The collective presents a night of theatrical readings. Mar 19 at 8 pm. Pwyc. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick, Tiki Room. fourwindscollective. wordpress.com. Proud by Michael Healey (Dancing Without Mary). The third piece in Healey’s trilogy of plays about Canadian values gets a reading. Mar 19 at 7:30 pm. $15-$30. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. 416-5047529, passemuraille.on.ca.

March 31st, 2012 Isabel Bader Theatre 93 Charles St.W. Tickets: $25 Saturday, March 31 at 8:30pm For tickets call: 416.828.2390 • 416.670.2791 www.systementertainment.com

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acters try to solve a mystery in this all-ages show based on Scarry’s children’s books. Mar 15 at 1 and 4 pm. $20-$35. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts, Mississauga. 905-306-6000, livingartscentre.ca. sins invalid (New College Disability Studies Speaker Series/School of Disability Studies at Ryerson). Excerpts from a performance project that grows and celebrates artists with disabilities will be presented. Mar 17 at 7 pm. Free. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W, Weston Family Learning Centre. sinsinvalid.org.

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atre company presents burlesque, music and more inspired by vintage NYC nightclubs in a dinner theatre show. Mar 18, doors at 6 pm, show 8 pm. Dinner and show $75-$85; show only $20-$55. Revival, 783 College. lescoquettes.com.

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BaBar (Little Red Theatre). This play for ages three and up looks at the the adventures of an elephant king and his family. Runs to Mar 15, Mon-Thu 1:30 pm. $11, child $9. Palmerston Library Theatre, 560 Palmerston. 416533-8848. The BriCk Bros. CirCus by Ann Powell and David Powell (Puppetmongers Theatre). Highly trained bricks perform a one-ring circus show for ages 5 and up. Runs to Mar 17, ThuSat 2 pm. $10-$12. 401 Logan. 416-469-3555, puppetmongers.com. The CaMPBell house sTory by Alex Dault (Single Thread Theatre Company). Audiences follow the characters through Campbell House in this play that’s part Toronto history, part romantic comedy. Featuring Upper Canada chief justice William Campbell, his family and rabble-rouser William Lyon Mackenzie, the production combines a trial (with the audience as jury) and flashbacks that provide evidence for the court. Instructive and fun. Runs to Mar 17, Tue-Sun 7 and 9 pm. $20 (totix.ca). Campbell House Museum, 160 Queen W. singlethread.ca. nnn (JK) disney on iCe: dare To dreaM (Feld Entertainment). This ice show features scenes from Tangled, The Princess And The Frog and Cinderella. Runs to Mar 18, Wed-Sat 7 pm, mats Sat-Sun 11 am & 3 pm. $15-$90. Rogers Centre, 1 Blue Jays Way. ticketmaster.ca. dyinG hard adapted from interviews by Elliot Leyton (A Vagrant Theatre/the Theatre Elusive). A mine destroys the health of a small Newfoundland community in this play based on a true story. Runs to Mar 18, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $25, stu $20. Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman, Extra Space. 416-5311827, tickets.tarragontheatre.com. fireside CulTure week (Parkdale Village BIA). This celebration features music, art, dance, magic, poetry, spoken word and more in various Parkdale venues. Runs to Mar 17, see website for schedule. Free. Queen W from Dufferin to Roncesvalles, 416-536-6918, parkdalevillagebia.com. franCes and MaryBeTh by Neale Kimmel ((bracket) Theatre). A woman looks to forget her heartbreak by planning a double-date night with her sister in this comedy. Runs to Mar 18, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $20, Sun pwyc. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst, Studio. francesandmarybeth.com. free as inJuns by Tara Beagan (Native Earth Performing Arts). In this loose adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s Desire Under The Elms, Beagan looks at race, land and legacy, but both

her script and Ruth Madoc Jones’s direction are weighed down by clunky symbols and poetry that falls flat. There are hints about systemic racism here, but they’re not fully integrated into the play. And lead performers PJ Prudat (as a “half-breed” young woman) and James Cade (as her part-aboriginal stepson) have zero chemistry. Runs to Mar 18, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $10-$20. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, nativeearth.ca. nn (GS) funkyland (Famous People Players). The blacklight theatre company presents a twist on Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland. Runs to Apr 28, Tue-Sat noon and 6:45 pm. $62, srs $56, child $40 (includes meal). 343 Evans. 416-532-1137, fpp.org. The GifT (FADO Performance Art). Lee Hassall gathers impressions and objects from the neighbourhood, culminating in a performance/installation. Runs to Mar 16, Wed-Thu 6 to 8 pm (work in progress and artist talk), Fri 8 pm (performance). Pwyc-$10. Toronto Free Gallery, 1277 Bloor W. performanceart.ca. The Green door CaBareT series (Lower Ossington Theatre). This series features cabaret performances by Joel Hartt, Randy Vancourt, Kelly Holiff and others. Runs to Apr 7, Fri-Sat 8 pm, some Sun 3 pm (see website for exact dates and performers). $20-$30. 100A Ossington. lowerossingtontheatre.com/cabaret. The haPPy woMan by Rose Cullis (Nightwood Theatre). This darkly comic play looks at how a middle-class family suppresses truth to maintain a happy veneer (see review, this page). Runs to Mar 24, Mon-Sat 8 pm, mats Wed 1:30 pm, Sat 2 pm. $22-$46. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-368-3110, nightwoodtheatre.net. nn (JK) hiGh life by Lee MacDougall (Soulpepper). Four addicts plan the perfect ATM heist, but things go comically wrong in MacDougall’s award-winning play, which balances the laughs with a dark and dangerous streak. Director Stuart Hughes knows how to guide the testosterone-filled piece and delivers an entertaining production with the help of a strong ensemble. Runs to Mar 28, see website for schedule. $51-$68, stu $32; rush $22/stu $5. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. nnnn (JK) kniCkers (a Brief CoMedy) by Sarah Quick (Class Act Dinner Theatre). A small town seeks economic growth in the designer underwear business in this dinner theatre comedy. Runs to Apr 29, see website for schedule. $54-$65. 104 Consumers, Whitby. class-act.ca. leGally Blonde The MusiCal by Laurence O’Keefe, Nell Benjamin and Heather Hach (Lower Ossington Theatre). A sorority girl makes it to law school in this musical based on the 2001 film. Runs to Mar 31, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm. $45-$60. 100A Ossington. 416915-6747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. lonG day’s Journey inTo niGhT by Eugene O’Neill (Soulpepper). O’Neill’s clas-

Performances by Maria Vacratsis (left) and Maev Beaty are better than the script.

Not Happy The haPPy woMan by Rose Cullis (Nightwood). At Berkeley Street Theatre (26 Berkeley). To March 24. $22-$46. 416368-3110. See Continuing, this page. Rating: nn

A dark family secret can be a messy thing, but it’s one of the few strong points in Rose Cullis’s The Happy Woman. Margaret (Barbara Gordon), the title character, is blithely upbeat if not willfully ignorant; she sees only the good around her. Her neighbour BellaDonna (Maria Vacratsis) is Margaret’s opposite, guarded and with a touch of worldly pessimism. Margaret finds much of her joy in her children, performance artist Cassie (Maev Beaty) and son Christian (Martin Happer); she’s also looking forward to the birth of Christian and Stasia’s child. The worried Stasia (Ingrid Rae Doucet), on the other hand, has nightmares about the baby being a monster. The often slow first act rarely goes beneath the surface, but the charac-

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ters become more substantial in the second. An unnecessary final episode repeats what we learned earlier. The actors are almost always more engaging than the material. The standout is Beaty, whose expressive, nuanced, argumentative Cassie is often in-your-face exuberant yet nervous when she stages her performance pieces. Beaty’s chemistry with Happer is strong, and some of the best work in director Kelly Thornton’s production involves the pair.

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Vacratsis is always appealing, too, as the traditionalist but forgiving BellaDonna, who knows more about her neighbours than she reveals. Gordon doesn’t come into her own until the play’s second half, the fault not of the actor but of the writing. Doucet, with the hardest role, can’t do much with the whining Stasia. Happiness is relative, but I don’t think most viewers will be satisfied with Nightwood’s latest production.

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ities). A man resists conformity as citizens of Toronto turn into rhinos in this adaptation of Eugène Ionesco’s absurdist play. Runs to Mar 24, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $12, stu/srs $10. U of T Scarborough Campus, 1265 Military Trail. rhinoceros.eventbrite.ca. THE RULES by Chuck Mee (University College Drama Program). Various scenarios explore societal norms and what it means to be ‘civilized’. Runs to Mar 18, Thu-Sat 8 pm, plus Fri 11 pm and Sun 2 pm. $15, stu/srs $10. Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, 79A St George. uc.utoronto.ca/content/view/1135/2946/.

THE SMALL ROOM AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS by Carole Fréchette (Tarragon ñ Theatre). A woman debates entering her hus-

sic American tragedy examines a family whose members lose themselves in alcohol and drugs to forget the desperation of their lives. The actors expertly convey the play’s love/hate relationships, but a little respite from the constant barrage of pain would be welcome in the first half, something the cast delivers in the second. Runs to Mar 28, see website for schedule. $51-$68, stu $32; rush $22/stu $5. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. NNNN (JK) THE NEVERENDING STORY based on a novel by Michael Ende, adapted by David S Craig (Roseneath Theatre). David Craig’s adaptation of Michael Ende’s children’s book about a boy drawn into the storybook world of Fantastica is simply but cleverly staged – a demonstration of how to present narrative in a creatively theatrical way. If there’s a message along with the entertainment, it’s that imagination gives meaning to our everyday lives. Runs to Mar 17, see website for schedule. $10-$20. Young People’s Theatre, 165 Front E. 416-862-2222, youngpeoplestheatre.ca. NNNN (JK) NEW IDEAS FESTIVAL (Alumnae Theatre). The annual showcase of new writing, works-inprogress and experimental theatre features

plays and staged readings with works by Donna Langevin, Megan Coles, Gerry McBride, Jordan Mechano, Stacy Gardner, Kelly DuMar, Radha Menon and others. Runs to Apr 1, WedSat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2:30 pm (staged readings Sat at noon). $15, pass $35, Sat readings pwyc. 70 Berkeley. 416-364-4170, alumnaetheatre.com. PINKALICIOUS, THE MUSICAL by Elizabeth Kann, Victoria Kann and John Gregor (Vital Theatre). A girl turns pink after eating too many cupcakes in this family show. To Mar 25, Sun 1 pm (and Mar 11, 13-15 and 17 at 1 pm). $29.50$39.50. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-642-8973, vitaltheatre.ca. POTTED POTTER by Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner (Starvox Entertainment/Potted Productions). This unauthorized sprint through all seven Harry Potter books in 70 minutes was a hit in England and likely will be in North America, too. The strength of the show, though, isn’t the parody of the books – that’s mildly entertaining – but rather the strong comic chemistry between creator/performers Clarkson and Turner. Runs to Apr 8, see website for schedule. $29.95-$99.95. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge. 1-800-4613333, mirvish.com. NNN (JK) RHINOCEROS (UTS Department of Human-

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Thursday, March 15 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Nathan Macin-

tosh, Ryan Cull and host Matt Falk. To Mar 18, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri-Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. AWKWARD Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents queer storytelling by eight local comedians. 8 pm. $10. 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555. COMEDY THURSDAYS The Starving Artist presents a weekly showcase w/ host Natasha Henderson. 9 pm. Free. 584 Lansdowne. 647342-5058, starvingartistbar.com. GUILTY OF BEING FUNNY presents weekly stand-up w/ hosts Andrew Fox and Jamie O’Connor. 10 pm. Free. Hot Wings, 563 Queen W. 416-359-8860. THE IMPROV SHOW Comedy Bar presents Rob Baker, Lauren Ash, Kerry Griffin, Kayla Lorette, Carmine Lucarelli, Jerry Schaefer and Leslie Seiler. 8 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. LAUGH SABBATH presents Fraser Young, Mark Forward, James Hartnett, Sara Hennessey, Aaron Eves and host Adam Chris-

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tie. 9:30 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. laughsabbath.com. LAUNCHPAD COMEDY presents a weekly show. 8:30 pm. Free. White Swan, 836 Danforth. 416-463-8089. LIVE WRONG AND PROSPER Second City presents its latest revue of sketches, songs and improvisations. In previews. TueSat 8 pm, plus Sat 10:30 pm, Sun 7 pm. $24$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. THE SECOND CITY GOES BOOM! Second City presents family-friendly entertainment with comedy and games for everyone. To Mar 18, Sun-Sat noon. $14, family 4-pack $45. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. SKINNY JEAN COMEDY SHOW I Heart Jokes and Perfect 10 present Dave Merheje, Daniel Woodrow, Evan Desmarais, Chris Robinson, Matt O’Brien and Nick Reynoldson. Doors 9:30 pm. $10-$15. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. THE SOAPS The National Theatre of the World presents a weekly improvised soap opera. 8 pm. $10, stu $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesoaps.ca. STONER COMEDY Hot Box Cafe presents a weekly show w/ host Jillian Thomas. 7 pm. $5. 191A Baldwin. hotboxcafe.ca. THE TASTY SHOW presents weekly stand-up w/ host Jeffrey Danson. 10 pm. Free. La Revolucion, 2848 Dundas W. 416-766-0746.

TORONTO COMEDY BRAWL: GAUNTLET QUALIFYING ROUNDS Toronto Comedy Brawl pre-

sents amateur comedians competing for $1,000. Nine comics per night. To Apr 5, MonThu 8 pm. $5. Crown & Tiger, 414 College. torontocomedybrawl.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Winston Spear. To Mar 18, Thu-Sun 8 pm, plus Fri-Sat 10:30 pm. $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

Friday, March 16 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 15. COMEDY ON THE DANFORTH Timothy’s World

band’s secret room (see review, page 58). Runs to Apr 8, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $21-$51. 30 Bridgman. 416-5311827, tarragontheatre.com. NNNN (GS) STAGE DOOR by Edna Ferber and George S Kaufman (Theatre Erindale). Aspiring female actors share dreams and disappointments in a boarding house in Depression-era NYC. Runs to Mar 18, Thu 7:30 pm, Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat (and Mar 18) 2 pm. $15, stu/srs $10. Erindale Studio Theatre, 3359 Mississauga Rd N. 905-569-4369, theatreerindale.com. THIS WIDE NIGHT by Chloë Moss (Mermaid Parade). Two women just out of prison try to survive and connect with the outside world. Runs to Mar 17, Thu-Sat 8 pm (and Mar 12), Sun 2:30 pm. $20, stu/srs $15, Sun pwyc. Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen E. 416-8459411, redsandcastletheatre.com. WAR HORSE based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford (National Theatre of Great Britain/Mirvish). The story’s familiar – boy gets horse, boy loses horse, etc – but the stagecraft on display in War Horse is like nothing else. Handspring Puppet Company’s equines come to life with Rae Smith’s spectacular design, which uses projections to convey the First World War battlefields where Albert (an excellent Alex Ferber) seeks the horse he loves. We appreciate the anti-war message, as well, but it’s the magic theatre can create that’ll make you weep. Runs to Sep 30, TueSat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 1:30 pm. $35-$130. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. NNNNN (Susan G Cole) 3

News Café presents improv w/ the Common Glitterati. 9 pm. Pwyc. 320 Danforth. 416461-2668, comedyonthedanforth.com. DANNY BHOY: WANDERLUST Just for Laughs presents the Scottish comic in a stand-up show (see Q&A, page 62). 7:30 pm. $37.50-$42.50. Massey Hall, 178 Victoria. 416-872-4255, masseyhall.com. LIVE WRONG AND PROSPER See Thu 15.

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week One PrOgraM: March 14 - 18, 2012 The Man wiTh a BuTTerfly haT by Donna Langevin Our eliza by Megan Coles leT My Mind run dry by Cassidy Sadler lOver’s flighT by Joel fishbane Saturday Reading: eaTing POMegranaTes naked by Andrea Scott Wed ~ Sat @ 8pm: $15 Sat & Sun Matinées @ 2:30: $15 Sat Reading @ Noon: PwyC Festival Pass: $35 416-364-4170 • reservations@alumnaetheatre.com 70 Berkeley Street @ Adelaide • www.alumnaetheatre.com

MIDNIGHT COMEDY SHOW WITH THE PORTUGUESE KIDS Proud to Be Portuguese Canadian

Conference & Cultural Festival presents the ethnic comedy troupe from Massachusetts in a live show. 11:55 pm. $30. Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas W. portuguesecanadian.com. NAKED FRIDAYS John Candy Box Theatre presents weekly improv, sketch, stand-up and music. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. scnakedfridays@gmail.com. THE NO NAME COMEDY SHOW The Bar with No Name presents weekly comedy and people talking loudly w/ host Matt Shury. 9:30 pm. Free. 1651 Bloor W. 416-997-6045. THE SECOND CITY GOES BOOM! See Thu 15. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 15.

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Saturday, March 17 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 15. ADAM BAILEY’S XXXTRAVAGANZA Royal Por-

cupine Productions presents Desiree LavoyDorsch, Dave Mckay, Jon Blair, Megan Fraser, Joel Buxton, Ron Sparks, hosts Veronika Swartz & Adam Bailey and more. 8 pm. $15. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. LIVE WRONG AND PROSPER See Thu 15. THE SECOND CITY GOES BOOM! See Thu 15. SMASH HIT Opening Night Theatre presents a weekly improvised musical. 7:30 pm. Pwyc. Augusta House, 152 Augusta. openingnighttheatre.com. pST PATTY’S DAY COMEDY BASH S&P presents experimental comedy, long-form improv and excessive drinking w/ Matt Folliott, Cam Algie, Kevin Whalen and Isaac Kessler. 10 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. sandpcomedy.com. THEATRESPORTS Bad Dog Theatre presents unscripted comedy battles. Undercard warm-up event at 7 pm, main event at 8 pm. $12, stu $10 (for one or both shows). Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com.

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TRIXX: THE FINAL MISTRIAL Maxin’ Productions presents Trixx in the final show of his stand-up trilogy w/ Mark Antony, Cipha Sounds and Dave Merheje. 8 pm. $27$32. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E. 416366-7723, stlc.com. YUk YUk’S DowNTowN See Thu 15.

Sunday, March 18 AbSoLUTE CoMEDY See Thu 15. CoMEDY AT 51 Kyra Williams presents a late-

night comedy cabaret w/ Camille Cote, Marco

Timpano, Andrew Chapman, Rebecca Abbott, Joel West, Eric Andrews and Jim Kim. 10 pm. Pwyc. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011. HAPPY HoUR @ EIN-STEIN presents Bobby Fuller, Daniel Barrey, Akshay Sharma, Vida, host Arie Kizel and others. 8 pm. Free. EinStein, 229 College. ein-stein.ca. LIVE wRoNG AND PRoSPER See Thu 15. THE REALEST SHIT I EVER wRoTE Comedy Lounge presents Alex Pavone, Dave Martin, host Kris Bonaparte and others in an allages show. 8 pm. $10. Zion Vapor Lounge, 191 Parliament. comedylounge.ca. THE SECoND CITY GoES booM! See Thu 15. SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE The Sketchersons present weekly sketch w/ guest hosts

and musical acts. 9:30 pm. $8. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesketchersons.com. YUk YUk’S DowNTowN See Thu 15.

Monday, March 19 ALTDoT CoMEDY LoUNGE Rivoli presents Eric Andrews, Kristeen Von Hagen, Rob ñ Mailloux, Richard Lett, Precious Chong, Dave

Barclay, Steven Shehori, MC Rhiannon Archer and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com. bEST. MoNDAY. EVER. Second City presents a weekly show featuring sketch, songs and improvisation. 8 pm. $14. 51 Mercer. 416343-0011, secondcity.com. bLAIR STREETER presents weekly open-mic stand-up comedy. 9 pm. Free. Naughty Nadz, 1590 Dundas E, Mississauga. 905-232-5577. CHEAP LAUGHS MoNDAY PJ O’Briens Irish Pub presents a show w/ Russell Roy and guests. 9 pm. Free. 39 Colborne. 416-815-7562. LAUGHAbLE AT UNLoVAbLE presents Monty Scott, Tom Henry, Eddie Della Siepe, Sharkee Katz, Nick Flanagan and host Steph Tolev. 9 pm. Pwyc. Unlovable, 1415-B Dundas W. 416-532-6669. THE REGULARS AT THE JokEboX Impulsive Entertainment presents the sketch troupe w/ K Trevor Wilson, Pink Slip, Punch in the Box, John Hastings and host Mike Rita. 8 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. impulsiveent.com.

ToRoNTo CoMEDY bRAwL: GAUNTLET QUALIFYING RoUNDS See Thu 15. ToRoNTo SECRETS Bad Dog Theatre pre-

sents unscripted comedy based on secrets from the audience w/ Aurora Browne, Chris Besler and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. baddogtheatre.com.

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AQUILA SLAMMERS Aquila Restaurant presents Ali Hassan, James Gangl, Jeff Clark, Rocket Hotdog and Alex Pavone. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 347 Keele. 416-761-7474. bAD DoG ACADEMY TUESDAYS Bad Dog Theatre presents a workshop presentation from Taylor White’s Performance Series: World Tour. 8 pm. Wheel Of Improv, w/ Natasha Boomer. 9:30 pm. $5-$7. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com. I HEART JokES The Central presents weekly comedy w/ host Evan Desmarais. 7 pm. $5. 603 Markham. 416-913-4586. LIVE wRoNG AND PRoSPER See Thu 15.

ToRoNTo CoMEDY bRAwL: GAUNTLET QUALIFYING RoUNDS See Thu 15. YUk YUk’S DowNTowN presents the Humber School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, and stand-up Amateur Night at 9:30 pm. $4. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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where else. When someone works this out, my career is over.

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I know your name’s spelled differently, but how do you like the song Danny Boy? The only version I’ve ever heard live is my drunken uncle’s at 2 in the morning. So I have no idea how the song is meant to sound.

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If comics were race horses, I’d put money on Danny Bhoy. The Indian-Scottish stand-up has a likeability you just can’t manufacture. The camera loves his cocky, charismatic grin, and his material – mostly observational – connects with a wide audience. You can see for yourself when the Edinburgh-based Bhoy brings his new Wanderlust show to Massey Hall Friday (March 16) as part of a 21-city Canadian tour. See listings, page 61.

Tax season is coming up. Any unique tax writeoffs? I think I may once have tried to claim a massage chair, but I was told it wasn’t deductible. Any special green room requirements? Usually I ask for a Tim Hortons to be specially constructed in my dressing room. And usually I’m told there’s already one there. GLENN SUMI

You were here in Toronto a couple of years ago. Didja miss us? Like the desert misses the sun. And that’s an extremely stretched analogy to apply to Toronto in the winter. Performing in Australia has figured in your act. Do you talk about us to your Australian audiences? Of course. I shamelessly joke about other countries when I’m some-

Wednesday, March 21 THE bEST oF AbSoLUTE CoMEDY Canadian International Comedy Fest and ñ SiriusXM present Debra DiGiovanni, Frank

Spadone, Larry XL and host Fraser Young. To Mar 25, Wed-Thu 8:30 pm, Fri-Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. Absolute Comedy, 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, canadiancomedyfest.com. bRYAN CALLEN Canadian International Comedy Fest presents the stand-up comic in a live show. To Mar 22, Wed-Thu 8 pm. $25. Yuk Yuk’s Downtown, 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, canadiancomedyfest.com. CHUCkLE Co. PRESENTS Joel Buxton, Adrian Sawyer and DJ Demers present weekly standup. 9 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416551-6540, comedybar.ca. LIVE wRoNG AND PRoSPER See Thu 15. RoAD TRIP! Bad Dog Theatre presents an unscripted car ride w/ Nug Nahrgang, Sean Tabares, Norm Sousa and Allie Price. 8 pm. $12, stu $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com. SIREN’S CoMEDY Celt’s Pub presents open-mic stand-up w/ Reid Brackenbury and host Adam Groslouis. 8:30 pm. Free. 2872 Dundas W. 416767-3339. STAND UP wITH bITE Canadian International Comedy Fest presents Jon Dore and others. 8 pm. $30. Second City, 51 Mercer. canadiancomedyfest.com. SwITCH oFF Touch My Stereotype presents a sketch competition w/ the Boom, She Said What and Tony Ho. 9:30 pm. $8. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. touchmystereotype.com.

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McCormick presents Matt Folliott, Monica Heisey, Meg Mack, Alex Tindal, Kris Siddiqi, Phil Luzi and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. No One Writes to the Colonel, 460 College. indiecomedytoronto@gmail.com. 3

dance listings Opening THE CALM bEFoRE... The Chimera Project Harbourfront NextSteps present ñand urban, contemporary choreography by Malgorzata Nowacka about the fear, fight and success of the human condition (see story, page 59). Opens Mar 19 and runs to Mar 25, Mon-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm, stu mat Thu 1 pm. $15-$35, stu mat $5-$10, Sun pwyc. Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com. DREAMDANCE presents improvised music and dance with Aisha Sasha John plus musicians. Mar 21 at 8 pm. $8. Somewhere There Studio, 227 Sterling. coexisdance.wordpress.com. FRESH bLooD Harbourfront NextSteps and the Chimera Project present works by emerging Canadian choreographers including Anjelica Scannura, Jacob Niedzwiecki, Elke Schroeder, Auja Ragnarsdottir and others. Mar 16-17 at 8 pm. $20, srs $18, stu $15. Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. 416973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com. RIVoLI DANCES 3 Carson T Foster and Heather Jones present contemporary works by Niki Wozniak, Arabesque Earth Shakers, Heather Jones, Sharp Kill, Sung-Ah Choi and others. Mar 20, doors 8:30 pm. $12. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. rivolidances@gmail.com. THE SEAGULL The National Ballet of Canada presents choreography by John Neumeier, based on the play by Anton Chekhov. Opens Mar 21 and runs to Mar 25, Wed-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Thu and Sat-Sun 2 pm. $25-$234. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-345-9595, national.ballet.ca.

STAR-CRoSSED Only Human Dance Collective

presents a collection of choreographic works inspired by love, conflict and resolution. Mar 15-17, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $12-$15. Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis. 416-978-8849, uofttix.ca. VARENkA, VARENkA! Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie presents dance solos performed by Laurence Lemieux and Bill Coleman inspired by Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel Poor Folk, with live music by Vladimir Sidorov. Opens Mar 21 and runs to Mar 31, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $25, stu $15. The Citadel, 304 Parliament. 416-364-8011, colemanlemieux.com.

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CHoREoGRAPHIC woRkS Ryerson Theatre School presents choreography and performance by students of the Dance program. Runs to Mar 16, Mon-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $18, stu/srs $14. Ryerson Theatre, 43 Gerrard E. 416-979-5118, ryersontheatre.ca. INTERLoCk Jasmyn Fyffe Dance Company and DanceWorks CoWorks present a mixed program with choreography by Jasmyn Fyffe, Karen Kaeja, Kyra Jean Green and Patrizia Gianforcaro. Runs to Mar 17, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $18-$28. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. 416-204-1082, danceworks.ca. THE SLEEPING bEAUTY The National Ballet of Canada presents the Tchaikovsky classic fairy-tale ballet by Marius Pepita, later adapted by Rudolf Nureyev and restaged by Karen Kain. Runs to Mar 18, ThuSat 7:30 pm, mats Thu and Sat-Sun 2 pm. $25-$234. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-345-9595, national.ballet.ca. 3

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Show reveals designer’s process By FRAN SCHECHTER MARLIS SAUNDERS at the Design Exchange (234 Bay), to April 23. $10, stu/ srs $8. 416-363-6121. Rating: NNN

just in time for the return of spring blossoms, the Design Exchange mounts Stop, Drop, Repeat, a collection of textile designs on paper by Marlis Saunders. Born in Germany in 1931, Saunders studied under Bauhaus artists like Johannes Itten and Georg Muche at the Textile Engineering School in Krefeld, a town near Düsseldorf where the silk manufacturing industry was rebuilt after the war. Her studies skilfully incorporate the best of mid-century modernism:

abstract geometric patterns; striking bold or subtle colour; loose, sketchy representation; eccentric linear drawing that recalls the wire work of Alexander Calder; poetic variations of texture and line that owe a debt to Paul Klee. Most were done in the 40s in Germany or after Saunders immigrated to Canada in the late 50s, when she sold designs to the A.B. Caya drapery company in Kitchener. Unfortunately, the textile printing industry in Canada couldn’t support a major talent like Saunders, who later turned to painting in watercolour and jewellery. But it’s in the discipline of designing repeat patterns where she shines. Her creations work equally

THIS WEEK IN THE MUSEUMS ART GALLERY OF MISSISSAUGA Lila Lewis Irv-

ing, to Apr 29. 300 City Centre (Mississauga). 905-896-5088. ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO Yael Bartana, to Apr 1. (Disability Awareness Month): Sins Invalid and Masti Khor, 7-10 pm Mar 17 (free). Team Macho; Sean Martindale and Pascal Paquette, to Apr 1, outdoor art tour 2-4 pm Mar 17 (free, Young Gallery). Francisco Goya y Lucientes and James Gillray, to Apr 15. Songs Of The Future: Canadian Industrial Photographs, to Apr 29. Jack Chambers, to

May 13. Ian Baxter&, to Aug 12. $19.50, srs $16, stu $11, free Wed 6-8:30 pm. 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. DESIGN EXCHANGE Stephen Burks, to Apr 1. Marlis Saunders, to Apr 23. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. DORIS McCARTHY GALLERY The ‘C’ Word: A Look At The Role Of Craft, to Apr 4. 1265 Military Trail. 416-287-7007. GARDINER MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART Greg Payce, to May 6. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s

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JOHN BRADY (Canada/Ireland) The Coast Road IAN HAMILTON (Canada) The Wild Beasts of Wuhan MATT LENNOX (Canada) The Carpenter DAVID ROTENBERG (Canada) The Placebo Effect HOWARD SHRIER (Canada) Boston Cream

Stop, Drop, Repeat features fabric designs by Marlis Saunders.

well in a variety of scales, whether as 5-by-5-inch sketches or blown up into 4-foot-square banners. She also did a series of novelty prints for Caya inspired by aboriginal art, both Canadian, involving Inuit hunters or canoes, and Australian, whose geometric circles and dots lend themselves to the abstract exuberance of the Bauhaus style. Cases hold a few samples of cloth –

a floral scarf or Inuit-pattern drapes – but it would be interesting to know which ones actually made it into production and to have a few printed out so we could experience them as they were meant to be seen. Some of Saunders’s designs certainly deserve a revival – maybe this show will inspire someone to put them into print. 3

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$22.50, Fri after 4:30 pm $19, stu/srs $17). The Art Of Collecting, ongoing. $15, stu/srs $13.50; Fri 4:30-8:30 pm $9, stu/srs $8. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. TEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA Dare To Wear Love, to May 6. Perpetual Motion: Material Re-use In The Spirit Of Thrift, Utility And Beauty; Portable Mosques: The Sacred Space Of The Prayer Rug, to Sep 3, reception 6:30-8 pm Mar 21. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-599-5321. 3

JUSTINA M. BARNICKE Melanie Gilligan, to Apr

8. 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398. MOCCA The Spectral Landscape; Tasman Richardson and Daisuke Takeya, to Apr 1. 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067. MUSEUM OF INUIT ART Jessie Kenalogak, ongoing. $6, stu/srs $5, weekends free. 207 Queens Quay W. 416-640-7591. ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE Leonardo Da Vinci’s Workshop, to Mar 18. The DIY Body Project, to Aug 12. $20, stu/srs $16. 770 Don Mills. 416696-1000. ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM Maya: Secrets Of Their Ancient World, to Apr 9 ($25, stu/srs

every piece of metal in town, including orthodontics. There are vivid descriptions of the scorching climate, the deliciousness of the world’s best tequila and the details of everyday village life. But get ready for some characters that verge on stereotypes: the madam with the heart of gold, the crusty mayor who does little until circumstances move him to heroic action, the village beauty seduced by the charlatan Dr. Brinkley, and Brinkley himself – who actually did exist –

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Thursday, March 15 PATRICIA SCHULTZ Signing copies of 1,000 Places To See In The USA & Canada Before You Die. Noon. Free. Indigo Manulife, 55 Bloor W. chapters.indigo.ca.

Friday, March 16 MICHAEL LISTA Talking about his poetry book

Bloom. 3 pm. Free. Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles W. individual.utoronto.ca/nickmount/ readingseriescurrent.htm.

Sunday, March 18 MARGARET ATWOOD Talking about the fea-

LAUNCHING THIS WEEK Indie filmmaking didn’t just pop up out of nowhere. As Hollywood began to run away from anti-establishment themes in the 60s and became more obsessed with the bottom line, it left a void that a new generation of filmmakers couldn’t wait to fill. Vancouverbased critic David Spaner writes all about it in Shoot It!: Hollywood Inc. And The Rising Of Independent Film ($22.96, Arsenal Pulp), launching at the Gladstone Tuesday (March 20). Critic Richard Crouse does the onstage interview honours. Look for tons of film clips, too. See Readings, this page. SGC who made his fortune performing surgeries to correct erectile dysfunction. He’s a slimeball. And there’s something slightly reactionary in the idea that new tech-

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ture documentary based on her book Payback. 3 pm. Free. Indigo Manulife, 55 Bloor W. chapters.indigo.ca. See interview, page 64. WORLD POETRY DAY Readings by Maria Elena

BIRCH LIBRALATO Sylvie Bélanger and Richard Storms, to Apr 14. 129 Tecumseth. 416-365-3003. CLINT ROENISCH Sculpture: Jason de Haan, Mar 15-Apr 21, reception 7-9 pm Mar 15. 944 Queen W. 416-516-8593. DIAZ CONTEMPORARY Sculpture/ video: Paulette Phillips and Kelly Mark, to Mar 17. 100 Niagara. 416-361-2972. EDWARD DAY GALLERY Photos: SNAP! 2011 (AIDS Committee of Toronto auction preview), Mar 16-18. Sculpture: Shayne Dark, to Mar 24. 952 Queen W. 416-921-6540. GEORGIA SCHERMAN PROJECTS Jesse Harris, to Apr 14. 133 Tecumseth. 416-554-4112. INDEXG Alec Dempster and Uros Jelic, to Mar 25. 50 Gladstone. 416-535-6957. INTERACCESS Jillian Ross and Liam Wylie, to Mar 24. 9 Ossington. 416-532-0597. KOFFLER Installation: Flavio Trevisan, to Apr 8. 80 Spadina #501. 416-636-1880. KWT CONTEMPORARY Painting/prints: Daryl Vocat and Fiona Crangle, to Mar 31. 624 Richmond W. 416-646-2706. MERCER UNION Spiked Tea, 2 pm Mar 17 ($75). 1286 Bloor W. 416-536-1519. MILES NADAL JCC Photos: Azriel Cohen, to Apr 1. 750 Spadina. 416-924-6211. MKG127 Michael Dumontier, Mar 17-Apr 14, reception 2-5 pm Mar 17. 127 Ossington. 647-435-7682. NICHOLAS METIVIER Photos: Graciela Iturbide, Antonio Caballero and Enrique Metinides, to Mar 24. 451 King W. 416205-9000. O’BORN CONTEMPORARY Photos: Elle Flanders and Tamira Sawatzky, Mar 16-Apr 21, reception 6-9 pm Mar 16, artist’s talk 2 pm Mar 17. 131 Ossington. 416-413-9555. PAUL PETRO Painting: Stephen Andrews, to Mar 31. 980 Queen W. 416-979-7874. SCRAP METAL Read All Over group show, to May 1. Fri-Sat or by appt. 11 Dublin (enter via laneway). 416-588-2442. U OF GUELPH-HUMBER ART GALLERY Graduating students, Mar 19-Apr 6, reception 7:30 pm Mar 21. 207 Humber College Blvd. 416-798-1331.

Mesa Mejia, Charles Roach and others. 11:30 am. Free. Ellington’s Cafe, 805 St Clair W. 416652-9111.

Tuesday, March 20 JULIE CAMERON GRAY/MATTHEW TIERNEY

Reading. 7 pm. Free. St Clair Silverthorn Library, 1748 St Clair W. 416-393-7709. LINDA HUTSELL-MANNING Reading from her novel That Summer In Franklin. 2 pm. Free. Taylor Memorial Library, 1440 Kingston. torontopubliclibrary.ca. GAVIN McINNES Launching How To Piss In Public. 9 pm. $10 adv. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. DAVID SPANER The movie critic/film historian launches his book Shoot It! Hollywood Inc And The Rising Of Independent Film in conversation with Richard Crouse. $5. Gladstone, 1214 Queen W. tinars.ca.

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nologies are fundamentally, or only, evil. But Dr. Brinkley’s Tower is an enSUSAN G. COLE tertaining page-turner. Write Books at susanc@nowtoronto.com

Wednesday, March 21 CRIME SHOWCASE Readings by John Brady, Ian

Hamilton, Matt Lennox, David Rotenberg and others. 7:30 pm. $10, stu free. Harbourfront Centre Brigantine Rm, 235 Queens Quay W. readings.org. KEN GREENBERG The city planner launches Walking Home: The Life And Lessons Of A City Builder with a talk. 6 pm. Free. Riverdale Library, 370 Broadview. 416-393-7720.

IMPERFECT HEALTH: THE MEDICALIZATION OF

ARCHITECTURE Launch of a book from the Canadian Centre for Architecture and Lars Müller. 7 pm. Free. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. cca.qc.ca/imperfectbook. THE NOT SO NICE ITALIAN GIRLS AND FRIENDS

Prose and poetry from Paul Carlucci, Cornelia Hoogland, Giovanna Riccio and others. 7:30 pm. Free. Annex Live, 296 Brunswick. notsoniceitaliangirls.blogspot.com.

SANDRA RIDLEY/REBECCA ROSENBLUM/AYELET TSABARI Reading. 8 pm. Pwyc. Press Club, 850 Dundas W. pivotreadings.ca.

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Baichwal, written by Baichwal based on the book by Margaret Atwood. 90 minutes. A Mongrel release. Some subtitles. Opens Friday (March 16). For venues and times, see Movies page 70.

what’s it like to make a film adapted from a series of essays by Margaret Atwood? Director Jennifer Baichwal has one word for it: terrifying. “It is Atwood, after all,” she says candidly about making her film based on Payback, Atwood’s book about debt. “And I’ve never adapted a lecture before. With a photographer [Ed Burtynsky, her collaborator on Manufactured Landscapes], you have some visual material to start with. But how can you possibly navigate and then translate the complexity of her concepts?” To solve the problem, she spent months searching for stories that would give a human face to Atwood’s ideas: farm workers treated like slaves in Florida, a feuding family in Albania, two ex-cons – one of them Conrad Black – who have supposedly paid their debt to society. “She threaded these visceral stories with bits of text and interventions by moi,” explains Atwood, pointing at Baichwal. “But she found the core stories.” In fact, the fourth story, the BP oil

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PAYBACK (Jennifer Baichwal) Rating: NNNN Jennifer Baichwal brings Payback, Margaret Atwood’s intellectually ferocious book about debt, to life via four human stories: oppressive farmers in “debt” to migrant workers, ex-cons who went to prison to pay a debt to society, the debt British Petroleum owes to the environment, and an especially heartbreaking situation involving a brutal Albanian family feud. As always in a Baichwal film, the dazzling visuals are the stars, more than Atwood herself, who also appears. Baichwal, a master of the tracking shot, follows a farmer tying up a long row of tomato plants, for example. And images – by Ed Burtynsky and especially aerial shots by Daniel Beltrá – of the BP oil spill are spectacular. Taken all together, Payback is SGC both smart and beautiful.

spill in the Gulf of Mexico, hadn’t time. You’re right, he is unrepentant, happened yet when Atwood pubbut he also now understands that life lished her book. is a gift.” “But is there a more dramatic illusBaichwal is more neutral. tration of a huge debt to the bio“I was interested in juxtaposing sphere and a wound being inflicted the story of someone you’d more on it?” Atwood asks. “Money means normally think of as going through something to people, but what do the justice system with someone you you do for the families of dead fish? would never think would have the You can’t pay money to dead birds or experience of paying that kind of to the bottom of the ocean that’s covdebt. ered in crap.” “My films don’t come down on one It’s obvious watching them interside – I’ve been criticized strongly for act during this interview in a Toronto this – and they don’t present somehotel room that the intimidation facone as a strongman. I’m mired in the tor has eased considerably for Baichcomplexity and happy to be in that wal. The two give and take in ways place. That’s what I liked about the that make it obvious they’ve estabbook.” lished a real rapport. Atwood’s had a lot of experience In selecting her stories, Baichwal with collaborators adapting doesn’t always take the easy route. her work into films, plays She contrasts Paul Mohammed, a and even an opera. She thief who was in and out of prison as has one piece of advice a youth, and Conrad Black, whose exfor artists dealing with perience in jail changed his view of adaptors. the prison system. “Three words,” When I suggest that Black was a risky choice, not an easy guy to empathize with, Atwood gives a spirited defence of the still unrepentant mogul. “He learned about other people that he never otherwise would have met. We Interviewwith wanted to know how he felt as somebody who was incarcerated for a long period of

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she says, “choose good people. If you don’t choose good people, it’s game over. Even when you do choose good people, things can go wrong. But you’ve done the only pivotal thing you can do. [Producer] Ravida [Din]: good person. And then that good person picked Jennifer. “Good person.” 3 susanc@nowtoronto.com Atwood appears at Indigo to talk about the movie based on Payback on Sunday (March 18). See Readings, page 63.

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High Jump 21 JUMP STREET (Phil Lord, Chris Miller). 109 minutes. Opens Friday (March 16). For venues and times, see Movies, page 70. Rating: NNNN

The trick to enjoying this juvenile 21 Jump Street reboot is not to take any of it seriously. That’s pretty easy, since it never takes itself or its cheesy TV series source material very seriously either. “All they do now is recycle shit from the past and expect us not to notice,” says one character, speaking contemptuously about both the titular undercover operation, where young cops pose as high school students to bust a drug operation, and the film itself. Directed by the duo behind Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs and written by star Jonah Hill and Michael Bacall, the film is all meta and tonguein-cheek shenanigans that proudly lifts a middle finger to the hoary clichés it recycles promptly after. Even Jump Street alum Johnny Depp gets in on the act in a giddy cameo that pokes fun at himself. The movie’s not brilliant, but it damn sure is a lot of fun. Hill and Channing Tatum deserve high marks for their enthusiastic turns as the outcast and jock respectively, who return to the realm of a high school movie and find their social roles reversed in a post-Glee era. They develop an agreeable onscreen camaraderie and even make dick jokes funny again. Tatum in particular is a huge surprise. He’s always been a pretty face, but here (as in his recent SNL outing) he displays comedic chops we never RADHEYAN SIMONPILLAI saw coming.

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Lady Jaye Breyer (left) and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge made their lovership an art project.

Subject, Corman’s World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel Roger Corman didn’t mean to redefine American cinema and launch the careers of some of Hollywood’s biggest power players. He just wanted to make a few bucks in the movie business. But after seven decades producing everything from Apache Woman to Sharktopus, he’s the undisputed king of B movies. His legacy is celebrated in Corman’s World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel, which opens for a limited run at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema this week – accompanied by screenings of his 60s classics The Trip, The Pit And The Pendulum and X: The Man With X-Ray Eyes.

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Doc traces two risk-takers who pursued a powerful passion By SUSAN G. COLE THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE directed by Marie Losier. 72

minutes. A FilmsWeLike release. Opens Friday (March 16) at TIFF Bell Lightbox. See Times, page 74.

marie losier is blunt about why her documentary The Ballad Of Genesis And Lady Jaye looks like no other. “I’ve never been to film school, so I don’t have any rules,” she says on the phone from her offices in New York City. Also essential to the director – who lives part-time in Paris – is her Bolex camera. It helps create real intimacy in her film about the relationship between art provocateur Genesis POrridge and her lover and art soulmate, Lady Jaye. “You only have three minutes to shoot and you can’t see what you’re shooting, so you focus in a different way. It’s not like video, where you can shoot and shoot and shoot. “So I don’t sit people down and do long interviews. I wasn’t interested in where Gen was born and when. It’s more about her love story.” Losier’s biggest difficulty was Lady Jaye’s elusiveness. Then Jaye suddenly died suddenly in 2007. “It was hard to get her to sit down and talk,” says Losier. “She was almost like a butterfly. She would float around and dance and bring things in and out. She was very secretive.” Fortunately, Losier had the much less reserved, very camera-friendly Genesis ready to talk about anything at all. She’s funny, open, outrageous and more than willing to discuss the surgeries she undertook to further her ultimate art project: to make her and her lover look alike. Calling Genesis, who was born Neil Andrew Megson, trans makes her

sound more orthodox than she is. Genesis and Lady Jaye wanted to go beyond convention to fashion a new gender they called pandrogyne. So committed were they to this project and its importance that they asked Losier to film some of their surgeries. While a more exploitative filmmaker might have said, “Hell, yeah,” Losier refused. “I wasn’t into it at all,” she says adamantly. “That’s their project. My project was how I relate to them and my discovery of their work, not the cliché of transformation by surgery. That falls into the paparazzi category. I don’t want to be a voyeur.” Genesis loved that about her and was more interested in the filmmaker as artist than as someone in thrall to the couple’s vision. “That’s why it worked,” explains Losier. “I wasn’t a fan and have never been a fan. I wasn’t following them or needing something – there was nothing I wanted to steal away from them. “Gen loved that I had my own vision and personality.” 3 susanc@nowtoronto.com

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Rating: NNNN Marie Losier makes the documentary form her own in this unusual portrait of the love affair between performance artist and industrial music groundbreaker Genesis P-Orridge’s and her muse, Lady Jaye. Shooting with her ancient Bolex – and throwing in some archival footage – Losier establishes a remarkable degree of intimacy while tracking the couple’s domestic life up to and beyond Lady Jaye’s sudden death in 2007.. The duo, always devoted to living large, took themselves and their art so seriously that they made their own bodies their primary art project, undergoing cosmetic surgeries in pursuit of the creation of a third gender option, the pandrogyne. There’s nothing judgmental in this playful portrait of endearing characters. Fans of P-Orridge’s infamous 80s industrial outfit Throbbing Gristle be warned. This doc is about a romance, SGC not a rock star.

How closely were you involved with the production of Corman’s World? I was just the subject. Alex [Stapleton] showed me her semi-final cut, I made a few suggestions, just a couple of comments on the cut before the last cut. This was totally Alex’s work. I might have made slightly different choices, but by and large I’m pleased with the film and I think she did a very good job. It’s been very well-received. I’m not only surprised; I’m a little amazed that we went to so many film festivals.

Do you consider yourself a rebel? We never thought of ourselves as rebels. We just thought we were making films differently from most of the other companies. It was really very much a team effort, and I gave a great deal of authority to the young people.

… who just happened to be the next wave of American filmmakers. Francis Coppola was my assistant, Jim Cameron was building model spaceships for our science-fiction films. Joe Dante was a trailer editor, Jonathan Demme started as a writer. Just a few started with us as directors – Marty Scorsese, for instance, came in as a

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director, and I’d seen an underground film he’d done in New York [Who’s That Knocking At My Door?] that I thought was very good. I talked with him, and just the way he discussed films, I felt I could entrust him with a film.

Have you ever considered working more closely with studios?

I made a couple of films with the majors when I was directing, and the films turned out well. The problem was, they took a long time to develop. There were discussions after discussions, committees and so forth; it becomes a little enervating. I preferred to work independently – just make my own decisions and stand or fall on those.

You don’t come across as the sort of person who enjoys sitting around waiting for a green light. Exactly.

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REVIEW CORMAN’S WORLD: EXPLOITS OF A HOLLYWOOD REBEL (Alex Stapleton) Rating: NNN Less a profile of B movie producer/director Roger Corman than an act of worship, Corman’s World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel takes a chronological journey through the legacy of a legend. Corman’s lusty, cheesy films dominated drive-ins and grindhouses from the 1950s through the 70s – and conquered home video and cable in subsequent decades. Along the way, he gave significant breaks to the likes of Francis Coppola, Jonathan Demme, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, Joe Dante, Pam Grier, Peter Fonda, William Shatner and some hippie named Jack Nicholson. Documentarian Alex Stapleton takes a pretty conventional approach. This is really just a collection of talking heads and film clips, arranged in chronological order. But when the stories are as good as the ones here – and told by the likes of Nicholson, Grier, Scorsese and Fonda – substance easily trumps style. NW

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Jiro worship Jiro DreamS oF SUSHi (David Gelb). 81 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (March 16). For venues and times, see Movies, page 70. Rating: nnn Your next morsel of sushi will taste quite different after seeing Jiro Dreams Of Sushi, David Gelb’s attractive if slightly undercooked documentary about sushi master Jiro Ono. Ono rose from humble Japanese roots to become the only sushi chef to receive a three-star restaurant rating in the Michelin Guide. In his mid-80s, he still presides over his modest 10seat Tokyo restaurant that boasts a months-long waiting list. Since suffering a heart attack at 70, the wizened chef has slowed down, but he’s not yet ready to hand over the shop to his son Yoshikazu, who’s been patiently working there for decades. Gelb takes us through each step of

the sushi-making process, from getting the best ingredients (a visit to Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji Fish Market is a highlight) to the patient grilling of nori. Perfection isn’t easy. An apprentice tells us he worked for a decade before being allowed to cook an egg. Ono isn’t very talkative – his mischievous eyes tell us more than his words – so it helps to have food critic Masuhiro Yamamoto put the man’s achievements in perspective. But Gelb never builds momentum, instead repeating (hypnotically gorgeous) images to bits of familiar movie soundtracks and classical music. And, yes, Japan is a private society, but the omission of any mention of Ono’s wife sticks out like a rogue grain of rice on an otherwise impeccable plate. glenn SUmi

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CaSa De mi PaDre (Matt Piedmont). 84 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (March 16). For venues and times, see Movies page 70. Rating: nnn Will Ferrell speaks Spanish. If that central conceit doesn’t tickle you like it would most of the Sasquatch-sized comedian’s fan base, then Casa De Mi Padre will only afford you modest pleasures – dry smirks as opposed to riotous laughs. This parody, brought to you by Ferrell’s Funny Or Die amigos, has the actor sporting a tan and deep-fried hair as Armando Alvarez, a dim-witted ranchero who must protect his father’s Will Ferrell knows how to horse around, land from Mexican

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drug lords. Turns out Armando’s own brother (Diego Luna) and future sisterin-law (a stunning Genesis Rodriguez) are also part of the narcotics game, bringing home a war with a local boss (Gael García Bernal). The throwaway plot is just a means for intermittently funny visual gags that ridicule Mexican telenovelas and Zapata westerns. Multiple reaction shots, clumsy staging and overacting make easy fodder for Ferrell and company, though the send-up isn’t as funny as the genuine article. Ferrell does his mugging and winking routine while Luna, Bernal and Rodriguez deliver more genuine comedy by playing their characters with conviction. Director Matt Piedmont’s ingenuity behind the camera produces intentionally poor results, but all this mockery seems pointless, since Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez have already affectionately mimicked these raDHeyan SimonPillai genres.

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Thin Flynn Being Flynn (Paul Weitz). 95 minutes. Opens Friday (March 16). For venues and times, see Movies, page 70. Rating: nn There are movies about homelessness and mental illness that deal with the subject head-on, confronting us with hard truths about how people end up in hopeless situations. Being Flynn is not one of them. Instead, writer/director Paul Weitz (Little Fockers) has turned Nick Flynn’s memoir, Another Bullshit Night In Suck City, into a cookie-cutter drama about a young shelter worker who learns a valid lesson about stability from a homeless person. The twist is that the homeless person is the young man’s father, who’s reappeared after nearly two decades. Paul Dano is the younger Flynn, and Robert De Niro the elder, Jonathan, and that’s a problem right there: Dano’s introverted performance crumples in the face of De Niro’s grandstanding turn. We’re supposed to be watching the younger man come to terms with his father and himself, but his dad keeps sucking all the air out of the room.

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Not tickled BEING ELMO: A PUPPETEER’S JOURNEY (Constance Marks). 85 minutes. Opens Friday (March 16) at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema. See Times, page 74. Rating: NN

Benjamin Helstad will give you chills.

prison drama

Cold King KING OF DEVIL’S ISLAND (Marius Holst). 120 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (March 16). For venues and times, see Movies, page 70. Rating: NNN

The most memorable thing about King Of Devil’s Island is the cold. The period drama about a youth correctional facil ity on a Norwegian island is replete with grey, snowy landscapes and frigid air visible every time an actor breathes. The fact that the film screened for cri tics in an unheated theatre made watching it downright immersive. Apart from the wintry conditions, there’s nothing particularly new about this competent but inelegant prison drama, at least not to an audience familiar with Jules Dassin’s Brute Force or The Shawshank Redemption. Based on a true story involving a 1915 riot that’s clumsily recreated here, the film follows the relationship between Erling (Benjamin Helstad), a rebellious new inmate who may be guilty of murder, and Olav (Trond Nilssen), an obedient ward on the cusp of release. Though they don’t jibe from the get-go, the teens find a common enemy in a corrupt prison system that fosters brutality and sexual abuse under the rule of a morally unsound governor (Stellan Skarsgård, typically good at being ominous). Helstad’s Erling is a one-dimensional, compassionate brute, a stock

character whose righteousness makes him easy to root for. More original is Nilssen’s Olav, who personifies the broken humanity in a totalitarian system, making the film worth watching. Just bring your mitts. RADHEYAN SIMONPILLAI

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey is a sweet but tensionfree documentary about a boy who followed his dream. Kevin Clash grew up in Baltimore so obsessed with puppets that he once cut up his father’s trench coat to make one. Working on a local TV show helped him hone his craft (and silence any school bullies), but it wasn’t until meeting Sesame Street’s puppet de signer, Kermit Love, that his life changed for good. That eventually led him to the Zeus of the puppet world, Jim Henson, who hired him to work on his movie Labyrinth and later Sesame Street. Once at the influential children’s

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Tickle Me Elmo doll craze. Unfortunately, when his hand isn’t stuffed in a puppet, Clash is simply a pleasant man who wishes he’d spent more time with his daughter. Director Constance Marks doesn’t delve deeply into anything, including the impor tance of Clash’s AfricanAmerican background on a show that from the start was gloriously diverse. There’s little tension and not much at stake. But it’s hard to be churlish about the film’s most engaging scene, one involving a dying MakeaWish Foundation child kissing and hugging her favourite toy character. Director Marks introdu ces Friday’s (March 16) 6:30 pm screening and takes part in a Q&A. GLENN SUMI

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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.

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(Steven Spielberg) brings Belgian cartoonist Hergé’s boy journalist to the screen for a new generation. It’s the first “performance capture” movie that doesn’t look like it’s populated by walleyed zombies. And it’s thrilling. Spielberg crafts a series of amazingly ambitious action sequences, one of which is as complex as the great truck chase in Raiders Of The Lost Ark. 108 min. NNNN (NW) Kingsway Theatre

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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Movie theatres are listed at the end and can be cross-referenced to our film times on page 74.

Act of VAlor (Mouse McCoy, Scott

Waugh) is a generic B movie about an elite military team racing to stop a terrorist operation cast with “actual Navy SEALs” who may be able to swing heavy ordnance around, but cannot deliver a single line of dialogue convincingly. You’d be surprised how much that matters. Some subtitles. 110 min. N (NW) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre,

as good as its performances. Glenn Close plays an uptight butler working in a luxurious 19th-century Dublin hotel, whose big secret is that he’s actually a she. When she meets another woman (Janet McTeer) living comfortably as a man, her life takes a turn. Close’s performance is rock solid, especially physically, while McTeer’s charm and charisma leap off the screen. Too bad the script doesn’t travel to some more interesting places about gender and sexuality in a repressed era. 113 min. NN (GS) Carlton Cinema

AlViN ANd the chipmuNks: chipwrecked (Mike Mitchell) places the

Chipmunks on a desert island, where they’re accompanied by former SNL player Jenny Slate and series villain David Cross.

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Preschoolers might enjoy the slapstick in this castaway comedy, but others will find this high-pitched squeakquel unbearable. 87 min. N (Phil Brown) Coliseum Mississauga, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30

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(Michel Hazanavicius) is a stylistic experiment pulled off with panache. A 1920s silent film star (Jean Dujardin) and fan and aspiring star (Bérénice Bejo) meet cute, and soon her career is taking off (she’s dubbed the “it girl” of talkies) as his falls into decline. Filming in gorgeous black-and-white, director Hazanavicius lovingly embraces all the tropes of silent cinema (iris shots, titles), sharpening the familiar narrative with a slight edge that should satisfy contemporary tastes. Oscar wins include picture, director and actor. 100 min. NNNN (GS) Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Cumberland 4, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

the bAllAd of GeNesis ANd lAdy JAye (Marie Losier) 72 min. See inter-

view and review, page 66. NNNN (SGC) Opens Mar 16 at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

beiNG elmo: A puppeteer’s JourNey

Susan Sarandon joins the starry cast of disappointing Jeff, Who Lives At Home.

beiNG flyNN (Paul Weitz) 95 min. See

cAsA de mi pAdre (Matt Piedmont) 84 min. See review, page 68. NNN (RS) Opens Mar 16 at Scotiabank Theatre.

pher Hampton’s too on-the-nose play makes for a very static drama; it’s as if he’s much more comfortable dealing with eroticism as subtext than text. 93 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre, Scotiabank Theatre

biG mirAcle (Ken Kwapis) tells the true

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(Constance Marks) 85 min. See review, page 69. NN (GS) Opens Mar 16 at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema. review, page 68. NN (NW) Opens Mar 16 at Varsity.

story of trapped whales in Alaska that became a national media sensation when people from both sides of the political spectrum teamed up to save them. This decent animal-in-danger tale cleverly uses a comedic cast to bring levity to the schmaltz, saving it from becoming Free Willy On Ice. 107 min. NNN (Phil Brown) Interchange 30

cAfé de flore (Jean-Marc Vallée) finds writer/director Vallée (C.R.A.Z.Y., The Young Victoria) playing out a complex, time-jumping narrative involving a presentday Montreal father (Kevin Parent) in the throes of a mid-life crisis and the mother (Vanessa Paradis) of a Down syndrome child in 1969 Paris. Some people are going to hate it; I found it bracing, daring and entirely invigorating. Stay for the closing

credits. Subtitled. 120 min. NNNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema

(Josh Trank) is an ingenious, resourceful feature that applies the found-footage principle to a very unlikely genre, using the gimmick brilliantly to ground its more outsized activity in a believable, even mundane reality. Go see it and marvel. 84 min. NNNNN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Courtney Park 16, Interchange 30, Scotiabank Theatre

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hollywood rebel (Alex Stapleton) 95 min. See Q&A and review, page 66. NNN (NW) Opens Mar 16 at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema. A dANGerous method (David Cronen-

berg) finds the master filmmaker exploring the friendship and eventual schism between Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen), which gave birth to modern psychoanalysis. Cronenberg’s clinical approach to Christo-

(Alexander Payne) stars George Clooney as a Hawaiian lawyer trying to cope with his wife’s impending death from a brain injury, figure out how to relate to his two young daughters (Shailene Woodley and Amara Miller) and digest the revelation that she was cheating on him before her accident. It’s sort of a comedy. Clooney’s textured performance pulls uneasy laughs out of the misery, and the kids are terrific at the complicated emotional turns. 115 min. NNNN (NW) Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga

dr. seuss’ the lorAx (Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda) follows a young boy’s attempt to plant trees in a filthy town where even fresh air is for sale. Soon he meets a crusty

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director Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Reader) is surprisingly restrained and less patronizing than usual. 129 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20

PORTRAIT IN BLACK AND WHITE ñFAMILY

(Julia Ivanova) tackles an emotionally absorbing subject filled with layers of complexity. In a modest house in a small Ukrainian town, Olga Nenya raises over 20 children, among them 16 black children who were abandoned by their mothers because of their race. There’s tension with the outside community – ignorant neighbours, tsk-tsking health inspectors – but also bickering within the family, as the hardworking yet hardline Nenya gushes over her nogood biological son while standing in the way of another’s talent for soccer or a daughter’s desire to move to Italy. Is Nenya a saint – or a matriarchal monster? As director Ivanova’s camera captures them over three years, your opinion of the family members will change. Among other things, this powerful doc gives a fascinating glimpse of post-Soviet-era life. A scene in which one of Nenya’s children describes his treatment in a psych institution is so full of horrific details, it could not be made up. Subtitled. 92 min. NNNNN (GS) Carlton Cinema hermit who ruined the formerly lush forest despite warnings from the Lorax, who speaks for the trees. Yep, this is latest feature-length Dr. Suess adaptation that transforms the masterful author’s succinct writing into souped-up 3-D CGI spectacle. Those who grew up on the book will find the added pop culture references and songs distracting, but the breezy comedy should please kids. Seuss won’t roll over in his grave – maybe just shudder slightly. 94 min. NNN (Phil Brown) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Humber Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Stephen Daldry) takes some of the edge off Jonathan Safran Foer’s 2005 novel about a socially challenged boy trying to solve a mystery left behind by the father who died in the collapse of the World Trade Center, but the core story is compelling, Thomas Horn is an appealing hero and

THE FLOWERS OF WAR (Zhang Yimou) is

what happens when someone tries to a make an upbeat movie about the Rape of Nanking – something that won’t bum people out like Lu Chuan’s grim, mesmerizing City Of Life And Death. The result is a film that feels consistently calculated and fraudulent, breaking its own back trying to pull a happy ending out of a brutal historical reality. It’s too well produced to write off completely, but it’s not good at all – even Christian Bale, who’s usually rock-solid as a flawed hero, winds up on the broad side of Zhang’s melodramatic sensibility. On the upside, six months from now no one will remember he’s in this. Some subtitles. 141 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20

FOOTLOOSE (Craig Brewer) is a slavish re-

make of a movie that wasn’t all that good to begin with. Kenny Wormald steps into Kevin Bacon’s dancing shoes as Ren, a twinkle-toed teen from Boston who moves to a Southern city where partying’s outlawed. Wormald (a charmless actor but a very capable dancer) sticks to Bacon’s old moves, which aren’t exactly a thrill in the age of Step Up and How She Move. 113 min. N (RS) Empire Theatres at Empress Walk

FRIENDS WITH KIDS (Jennifer Westfeldt) is an entirely okay comedy about two longtime pals (writer/director Westfeldt and Parks And Recreation’s invaluable Adam Scott) who impulsively decide to have a baby together without any romantic entanglement, only to find their friendship getting complicated anyway. It’s the same mechanism that drove No Strings Attached and Friends With Benefits, only without condoms. Westfeldt’s script is stronger in the first half than the second. She’s far better at establishing characters and situations than she is wrapping them up, and she still has that weird obsession with writing scenes where people tell her she’s beautiful. But the actors are appealing and talented enough to make it work. Scott, particularly, is terrific, his ironic detachment slowly sliding away into self-knowledge as his character slowly comes into focus. And Jon Hamm makes a sardonic supporting role into a complex human being, just like he did in Bridesmaids. 107 min. NNN (NW) Canada Square, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

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Michel Hazanavicius’s black-and-white love letter to Old Hollywood won Oscars for picture, director and actor. Let’s hope it ushers in a new appreciation for silent movies.

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(Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor) finds Nicolas Cage importing the plot of last year’s Drive Angry into a superhero sequel, as accursed biker Johnny Blaze is charged with protecting a boy (Fergus Riordan) at the centre of an apocalypse prophecy. Pairing the reliably outsized Cage with makers of the Crank films and Gamer must have seemed like a great idea, but the chemistry’s all wrong – they’re incompatible variants of crazy. 96 min. NN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre

(David Fincher) is a taut thriller adapted from the Swedish bestseller and film. Daniel Craig has lots of charisma as a disgraced journalist investigating the disappearance of an industrialist’s niece, and Rooney Mara rocks as his troubled, tattooed research assistant. But this is another unnecessary English-language remake. 158 min. NNN (SGC) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Mt Pleasant, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Michael Dowse) is a fittingly lowbrow and vulgar hockey comedy that would scare the shit out of anyone

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The big winner at last week’s Genie Awards, Philippe Falardeau’s Oscarnominated ﬁlm takes an unsentimental look at a teacher who helps a class of traumatized kids heal.

thriller that puts the designated victim from the woman-in-peril flick and the relentless hunter from the chase movie into the same body and turns her loose. Jill (Amanda Seyfried) was abducted and escaped from a serial killer who was never caught. Now that her sister has disappeared, Jill is convinced the killer is back. The cops think she’s nuts, so she takes on the rescue herself. Seyfried’s baby face and paranoid anxiety make her an obvious victim, but her energy and quick wits make her a plausible hunter as she races all over Portland lying and intimidating her way closer to the truth. 88 min. NNN (AD) Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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This adaptation of Susan Hill’s bestseller – about a lawyer who encounters a vengeful spirit – recalls ghost movies from the past like The Haunting and The Innocents.

looking for the Mighty Ducks. Seann William Scott takes his dick out of American Pie and fits into a Canadian jockstrap as a dimwitted but sweet-natured bouncer recruited to the minor leagues not because he’s a capable hockey player (he’s not), but because his fist can deliver concussions on demand. The film embraces hockey’s brute culture, with a critical eye to fans who crave commodified violence and sympathy for the enforcers who merely play their bareknuckled roles. As a veteran goon who plans to retire in a pool of someone else’s blood, Liev Schreiber brings gravitas to a movie that could have easily remained juvenile. Schreiber’s Ross Rhea makes his Sabretooth look like a pussy. 90 min. NNNN (RS) Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

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survival thriller about a handful of men working out their personal issues after a plane crash in the wilds of British Columbia, which would be a lot easier if they weren’t also being stalked by ravenous timber wolves. Though it’s undermined by unconvincing wolf effects and a clumsy backstory for Liam Neeson’s character, it has just enough gravity to make you wish it really delivered more fully on its potential. 116 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30, Scotiabank Theatre

HUGO (Martin Scorsese) turns a children’s

half. (No other filmmaker relies on pop music to sell emotional catharsis as nakedly as Reitman – though in fairness, it often works in his own movies.) The result is a film trapped irresolvably between the idiosyncrasies it loves and the desire to draw a mass audience. See Q&A with director Jay Duplass at nowtoronto.com/movies. 83 min. NN (NW) Opens Mar 16 at Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, Varsity.

JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI (David Gelb) 81

min. See review, page 68. NNN (GS) adventure into a heartfelt appeal for film Opens Mar 16 at TIFF Bell Lightbox. preservation and a love song to pioneering JOHN CARTER (Andrew Stanton) tries a litfilm director Georges Méliès. I don’t blame tle too hard to turn Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Scorsese for making this bauble; after decsimple adventure story about a Civil War ades of tireless advocacy for cinema history, veteran (Taylor Kitsch) it’s probably the best way transported to Mars to get his message out. I into the next massive just don’t know whether EXPANDED REVIEWS SF epic. When it’s just it works as a movie. 126 nowtoronto.com the simple story of a min. NNN (NW) broken man reinventing Cumberland 4, Grande himself as a hero – and Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons falling in love with a Martian princess (Lynn 20, Kingsway Theatre, Mt Pleasant, ScotiaCollins) – it’s entertaining, but whenever it bank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity lurches into grandiose space-opera mode it feels rushed and overstuffed, with characI AM BRUCE LEE (Pete McCormack) is a ters barking exposition at one another documentary about iconic action star Lee, while moving to the next crisis. The pacing’s featuring rare archival footage and interproblematic, and WALL*E director Stanton’s views with people like Kobe Bryant, Mickey transition from animation to live-action Rourke and others. 90 min. isn’t quite as elegant as Brad Bird’s was Mar 17, 12:45 pm, at Colossus, Eglinton with Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Town Centre, Queensway, Scotiabank TheHe wants to give his supporting characters atre, SilverCity Fairview moments to pop, but those moments just IN DARKNESS (Agnieszka Holland) tells the wind up contributing to the chaos of the true story about a sewer inspector (Robert second half. But then he pulls off a genuine Wieckiewicz) in Lvov who hid a dozen Jews moment between Kitsch and Collins, or a underground during the Nazi occupation. snarky look from Willem Dafoe’s motionLong – and a lot to take – but the actors are captured Tars Tarkus, and you end up rootexcellent and the important story is told ing for the movie all over again. Some subwith deep conviction. Subtitled. 145 min. titles. 132 min. NNN (NW) NNN (SGC) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre, Regent Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Theatre Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande THE IRON LADY (Phyllida Lloyd) portrays Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, former British PM Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Streep) as a proto-feminist outsider fightSilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity ing the male establishment, and steers Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 clear of her union-busting, privatizing, deregulating policies. The politics are a mess; JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND even Thatcher would be appalled. But (Brad Peyton) is a sequel to Journey To The Streep’s performance is genius. 105 min. Center Of The Earth that swaps out BrenNNN (SGC) dan Fraser for Dwayne Johnson, sending Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Cumberhim and step-son Josh Hutcherson off to land 4, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, find Jules Verne’s impossible island. The Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, premise becomes a frame for absurdist Kingsway Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, concepts in this anything-goes funhouse Yonge & Dundas 24 disguised as an adventure movie, and that’s

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JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME (Jay Duplass,

Mark Duplass) finds the directors of The Puffy Chair, Baghead and Cyrus going fully Hollywood with a tale of a 30-year-old layabout (Jason Segel) whose conviction that the universe is sending him signals leads him on a convoluted journey through Baton Rouge accompanied by his dickish older brother (Ed Helms). The Duplasses are great at creating tiny flashes of character-based comedy, and Segel’s lumbering presence is used to terrific effect – as is a marvellous Judy Greer as the possibly unfaithful wife of Helms’s character. But their style just doesn’t lend itself to a studio project, and the atonal influence of producer Jason Reitman can be felt all over the picture’s second

not a bad thing at all. 96 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

KING OF DEVIL’S ISLAND (Marius Holst) 120 min. See review, page 69. NNN (RS) Opens Mar 16 at Carlton Cinema. LABYRINTH (Jim Henson) is a digital screening of Henson’s puppet-based fantasy starring David Bowie and a young Jennifer Connelly. 101 min.

LET THE BULLETS FLY (Jiang Wen) is a witty comedy about a bandit who poses as the new governor of a small town and gets into complicated power games with its resident crime lord. Lots of elaborate lying ensues, along with body doubles, faked kidnappings and deaths and a gang war in the dark with everyone in the same mask. For nonChinese speakers, the constant, rapid-fire dialogue keeps the eyes glued to the subtitles, which sometimes go by too quickly to read fully and spoil much of the fun. Subtitled. 132 min. NNN (AD) TIFF Bell Lightbox LOVE (Doze Niu) is a glossy and predictable Taiwanese spin on Love Actually that weaves together several mini-rom-coms about a few extended families. Director Niu balances the competing stories well and gets strong performances, but his trite attempt at crafting a big-screen Hallmark card is only mildly entertaining. Subtitled. 127 min. NN (Phil Brown) Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24 IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL ñMISSION:

(Brad Bird) puts genius animator Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatouille) in the driver’s seat for a bracing adventure that sends Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his team racing around the Eastern hemisphere to stop a madman from triggering a nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia. The movie zips through its paces with marvellous craftsmanship; the action scenes are only incoherent when they need to be, the characters are sharply and simply defined, and the locations are attractively photographed and smartly used. Some subtitles. 133 min. NNNN (NW) Interchange 30, Scotiabank Theatre

ñMONSIEUR LAZHAR

(Philippe Falardeau) is a tender and touching drama that captures the pulse of both primary school politics and Canadian immigration. Algerian refugee Bachir Lahzar (Fellag) becomes a substitute teacher to students struggling with grief after their former teacher’s suicide. He must navigate the minefield that is dealing with traumatized children – no physical contact being of utmost importance. Like the kids who are faced with a new world of tragedy and lost innocence, Bachir must confront his own personal demons while figuring out his place in a new country. Director Falardeau proves once again why he’s one of Canada’s premier talents in this focused and intelligent drama that never allows allegorical touches to overwhelm the very personal story at its centre. A witty screenplay, moving performances – particularly from the precocious child cast – and social observations free of a political agenda makes Monsieur Lazhar a high achiever. Subtitled. 94 min. NNNNN (RS) TIFF Bell Lightbox, Varsity

MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (Simon Curtis) is as star-struck by its subject as its narrator is. It’s based on the memoirs of Colin Clark, who barely registers as a character. As for Marilyn Monroe (an excellent Michelle Williams), the film acknowledges the void between her public persona and private life but it does very little to fill it. 101 min. NN (RS) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema

NORWEGIAN WOOD (Tran Anh Hung)

is simple, spare and beautiful, much like the Beatles song that serves as its melancholy trigger. Writer/director Tran’s adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s 1987

Liev Schreiber (left) and Seann William Scott face off in gross comedy Goon. novel is more interested in capturing the delicate alchemy of a young man’s romantic confusion than relating a narrative. You don’t watch it so much as sink into it. It’s the late 1960s, and Watanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama) is a student whose best friend, Kizuki (Kengo Kora), is dating Naoko (Babel’s Rinko Kikuchi). Kizuki’s departure brings Watanabe and Naoko together, sending her into an inconsolable depression and eventually leading Watanabe to the sunny Midori (Kiko Mizuhara). Tran isn’t after big emotional moments; revelations come delicately, or even casually, filtered through the older Watanabe’s memory of himself and the others. This is, above all, the tale of a callow young man edging closer and closer to understanding the way the world works – and coming to regret the choices he didn’t make. Subtitled. 133 min. NNNN (NW) Cumberland 4

OFF WORLD (Mateo Guez) barely feels like a

movie. Lucky, a Toronto man (Marc Abaya) who returns to the Philippines in search of his identity, finds his long-lost brother (Marco Morales) working as a transvestite hooker in the Manila slum of Smokey Mountain. The tale blends fictional storytelling and ethnographic travelogue, but the actors can’t carry the drama and the documentary material is poorly organized and fairly superficial. Writer-director Guez tries to bolster the narrative by giving Lucky a poetic inner monologue, delivered on the soundtrack by David Usher, leaving us wondering why the character is so halting and inarticulate in his conversations with everyone around him, and why he never discusses the poverty and hopelessness that so bothers him. Some subtitles. 76 min. NN (NW) Opens Mar 16 at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

ñONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA

(Nuri Bilge Ceylan) is to police procedurals like Law & Order as Haywire is to a Jason Bourne movie; it’s the contemplative, considered alternative to structured genre filmmaking. A brooding, considered examination of the gruelling process by which

justice may begin to be served, the film follows a group of men searching for evidence of foul play in the countryside. Like David Fincher’s Zodiac and Corneliu Porumboiu’s Police, Adjective, this is a patient, thoughtful procedural that’s less about the investigation than the investigators. If you’ve been conditioned by years of cookie-cutter television to need a resolution in 45 minutes, it’ll have you climbing the walls. But if you’re open to other possibilities, there’s some great stuff going on here. Subtitled. 157 min. NNNN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox

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(Jennifer Baichwal) 90 min. See interview and review, page 64. (SGC) Opens Mar 16 at Varsity.

ñPINA 3D

(Wim Wenders) doesn’t reveal a lot about dance great Pina Bausch – she died right before shooting was set to begin – but it does capture the essence of her art through excerpts from her richly dramatic works and unconventional interviews with her dancers. Director Wenders uses 3-D technology effectively, getting visceral effects from Bausch’s complex choreography. Subtitled. 104 min. NNNN (GS) TIFF Bell Lightbox

ñPROJECT X

(Nima Nourizadeh) puts a found-footage spin on the teen-comedy genre, dropping us into the middle of a high school zero’s birthday party that spirals disastrously – and spectacularly – out of control. The long hand-held takes serve to define the characters beyond their cliché origins of Shy One (Thomas Mann), Horndog (Oliver Cooper) and Nerd (Jonathan Daniel Brown), and director Nourizadeh escalates the mayhem in a manner that feels both thrilling and terrifying. It’s not for everybody, but if you ever wondered what Risky Business would have felt like without the glossy cinematography and Tangerine Dream score, you’ll be very pleasantly surprised. 88 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

RAMPART (Oren Moverman) confirms that director Moverman has Woody Harrelson’s number. The actor scored an Oscar nom for his role in Moverman’s The Messenger, and he’s riveting, too, as Dave Brown, a dirty cop who’s being set up by his department to deflect media attention from a scandal. Or maybe not – the film is so confusing, it’s hard to know if Dave is getting shafted or 72

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a SeparatioN (Asghar Farhadi) is

one of the strongest films of the year. A middle-class Tehran couple (Peyman Moadi and Leila Hatami) attempt to separate, and in their stubbornness and lack of communication irrevocably affect the lives of those around them, including their precocious 11-year-old daughter (Sarina Farhadi), the husband’s Alzheimer’s-stricken father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi) and a devout cleaning woman (Sareh Bayat). Writer/director Farhadi has created a complex, gripping mystery that sheds light on modern Iran’s religious and class differences, not to mention its circuitous legal system. But above all it’s a human and moral drama that plays with your sympathies and poses questions of innocence and guilt while providing no pat answers. Superbly acted and crafted, with an ending that will provoke arguments, A Separation – winner of the best foreign-language movie Oscar – is a great film that will haunt you. Subtitled. 123 min. NNNNN (GS) Canada Square, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Scotiabank Theatre, Varsity

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sinking into the depths of paranoia; the higher-ups (Sigourney Weaver, Steve Buscemi) might just be trying to get him under control. But if you’re into acting chops, Rampart’s got it going on. Alongside Harrelson, there are great performances by Ben Foster as a street person who knows too much, Brie Larson as Dave’s alienated daughter and Robin Wright as a lawyer who may be in on the conspiracy. If there is one. 108 min. NNN (SGC) Yonge & Dundas 24

Safe HouSe (Daniel Espinosa) is an okay

Bourne Trilogy knock-off. After years as a freelance spy, an ex-CIA operative Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington) turns himself in and gets hustled off to a safe house in Johannesburg. When the place is raided, a novice agent (Ryan Reynolds) goes on the run with Frost in tow. Its car chases and punch-ups lack the Bourne series’ manic invention, but it still delivers solid thrills, good acting and a fast-paced if predictable spy story. 115 min. NNN (AD) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

is a bio of the groundbreaking Yiddish writer, tapping the expertise of Yiddishists and members of the writer’s family to trace the ways the writer’s tales – all of them tinged with humour – reflect the dramatic political and intellectual changes Jews living in the shtetl faced. An important doc for anyone who cares about literature. 93 min. NNNN (SGC) Empire Theatres at Empress Walk

SileNt HouSe (Chris Kentis, Laura Lau) stars Martha Marcy May Marlene’s amazing Elizabeth Olsen as a young woman terrorized by someone or something in a boarded-up old house. She spends most of the movie nearly incoherent with panic, and she does it in what appears to be a single sustained take. Remaking Gustavo Hernandez’s intriguing but deeply flawed 2010 Uruguayan thriller La Casa Muda, Kentis and Lau (Open Water) have addressed several of that film’s problems, bolstering its internal logic and opening up the material while preserving its suffocating, claustrophobic structure. But by staying true to that structure, they doom themselves to repeating the mistakes that bring down the original movie – specifically, the series of reveals in the last third that deflate the tension and eventually garble the plot beyond coherence. 86 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge Star WarS: epiSode i – tHe pHaNtom meNace 3d (George Lucas) is still the same

SalmoN fiSHiNg iN tHe YemeN (Lasse Hallström) is a light comedy about a stuffy salmon expert (Ewan McGregor) and a troubled administrator (Emily Blunt) drawn to one another while working to stock the river of a wealthy Yemeni sheik (Amr Waked) with Atlantic salmon. No, seriously. Appealing performances by McGregor and Blunt – the former channelling Guinness and Sellers circa 1956, the latter just being her lovely, flinty self – can’t quite overcome the artificiality of Simon Beaufoy’s script, which solves each new plot complication mere moments after said complication is introduced; sure, there’s broad-strokes storytelling, but this is just silly. In the end, whimsy and geopolitical metaphor collide and wobble away dazed. 112 min. NN (NW) Beach Cinemas, Grande - Yonge, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity

dreadful, pointless, noisy, uncomfortably racist contraption it was in 1999, only now it’s in 3-D. Six-year-olds might like it, but six-year-olds can watch it at home without the stupid glasses. 132 min. NN (NW) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Scotiabank Theatre

tHe Secret World of arriettY (Hiro-

a tHouSaNd WordS (Brian Robbins) feels

masa Yonebayashi) is a charmless Japanese animated adaptation of British novel The Borrowers dubbed with an American voice cast. The tale of pixie-sized Arrietty and her relationship with a sickly human boy takes our patience for granted, with narrative rhythms as flat as the hand-drawn cartoons and voice actors who can’t liven up the proceedings. 94 min. NN (RS) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Silver-

tHiS meaNS War (McG) is a romantic comedy about a California product tester (Reese Witherspoon) who falls for two CIA agents (Chris Pine, Tom Hardy) while unaware of their covert status – or their friendship. The script is nonsensical even for an outsized action movie, with characters actively endangering each other for a cheap laugh. 98 min. N (NW) Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 like a monotonous feature-length game of charades. Eddie Murphy plays Jack, a boorish, fast-talking literary agent who treats his assistant (Clark Duke) like a slave and ignores his pretty wife (Kerry Washington) and infant son. When he smooth-talks a spiritual guru (Cliff Curtis) into a book deal, he suddenly finds his life intertwined with that of a mysterious Bodhi tree. Each word he speaks – or writes – results in a fallen leaf, and presumably when the branches are completely bare he will die. This silly premise takes eons to set up, long enough

for us to hate Jack and roll our eyes at his obvious shortcomings – insincerity, selfishness, impatience – which we know will all be reversed by the final reel. Most of the intended laughs come in the middle section, where Jack, trying to save his remaining leaves, resorts to hand and body signals to communicate. But the film lurches from broad comedy to sentimentality, and Murphy never seems comfortable. 91 min. N (GS) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

tim aNd eric’S BillioN dollar movie

(Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim) finds the stars of Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! jumping to the big screen with a comedy that lands the bright-eyed idiots in a rundown shopping mall after blowing a billion dollars on the eponymous disaster. The structure of a feature film works against Heidecker and Wareheim’s episodic sensibility, bogging the midsection down in ideas that don’t quite pay off, like Eric’s crush on a middle-aged shopkeeper (Twink Caplan). But the elements that do work – like the scabby sidekick played by John C. Reilly or a gangster subplot straight out of an 80s movie – will make you laugh so hard you’ll risk convulsions. 93 min. NNN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox

ñtiNker tailor Soldier SpY

(Tomas Alfredson) is a sleek, expertly acted adaptation of John le Carré’s thriller about a retired British intelligence operative on the hunt for a Soviet mole within MI-6. The remarkable cast includes Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Tom Hardy and the invaluable Benedict Cumberbatch. 127 min. NNNN (NW) Cumberland 4, Kennedy Commons 20

21 Jump Street ñNNNN

(Phil Lord, Christopher Miller) 109 min. See review, page 64. (RS) Opens Mar 16 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale.

tYler perrY’S good deedS (Tyler Perry) is not your typical Perry movie. Missing are the juvenile gags, the combustible, circuslike shouting matches (there are still a few, but not as many as we’re used to) and Madea, Perry’s pistol-packing, smacktalking mammy alter ego. His attempt to be taken seriously results in a schmaltzy, joyless melodrama that lacks edge and loses its grip with Perry’s audience. The director plays the bland Wesley Deeds, a CEO from a wealthy family whose charitable eye falls on a janitor (Thandie Newton) living in a minivan with her precocious six-year-old daughter. Newton turns in a ferocious performance, but even she can’t save Good Deeds from being predictable and overly earnest. 111 min. NN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Rainbow Woodbine

tYraNNoSaur (Paddy Considine) is the

gritty character study of a deeply troubled Yorkshire man (Peter Mullan) befriended by a younger woman (Olivia Colman) who has problems of her own. In his first feature as a writer/director, invaluable character actor Considine (My Summer Of Love, Submarine) mashes the misery button down as far as it will go: animal cruelty, abusive husbands, alcoholic rages, child endangerment – and that’s just the first reel. You can’t deny the intensity or the impact of individual scenes, and the actors hold nothing back, but there’s a sense, as one awful event piles atop the last, that the filmmaker is trying to outdo Leigh and Loach for cinematic suffering. And that gets wearying. 91 min. NNN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24

uNdefeated (Dan Lindsay, T.J. Martin) is an Oscar-winning football doc that comes across at times like any other crowd-pleasing underdog sports movie. There’s even a

subplot that echoes The Blind Side. But these hardened inner-city kids are far more authentic than anything Hollywood can write, giving the film a raw emotional weight that fiction can rarely conjure up. Memphis high school football team the Manassas Tigers has many fatherless players, some who know a bit too much about the prison system. With intimate access, the directors focus on how some of these kids go from careless and rowdy to mature and promising. However, the only covers three players and their coach, whose stories have Oscar gold written all over them. That leaves you wondering whether the more tragic tales were left on the bench for the sake of a winning, feel-good movie. 113 min. NNN (RS) Carlton Cinema, Cumberland 4

tHe voW (Michael Sucsy) is a silly romance that’ll quickly evaporate from your memory. That’s appropriate, because it’s about two married boho Chicagoans (Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum) whose lives are upturned when an accident causes her to lose all memories of him. The only suspense comes from location-spotting, since Toronto stands in for the Windy City more than a few times. 104 min. NN (GS) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(David Wain) stars Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston as a Manhattan couple who lose their condo and head south in search of a fresh start, winding up at a commune outside Atlanta. It’s hysterically funny, which would be enough to make it a must-see film right about now, but it’s also a very smart film about insecurity, vanity and the appeal of simplicity in the technological age. Director and cowriter Wain (Role Models) orchestrates the mounting craziness like a master, building jokes on top of one another like he’s out to set a record for callbacks in a feature film. And pretty much everything he sets up pays off. My face actually hurt from laughing afterward, and I cannot remember the last time that’s happened. 98 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge

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(Lynne Ramsay) examines a Columbine-style tragedy from a new perspective. Tilda Swinton plays the suffering mother of a teen killer. Ramsay vividly captures her nervous breakdown through a non-linear narrative as she struggles with memories of her son (Ezra Miller as a teen, Jasper Newell as a child, both excellent) and the repercussions of his actions. Disturbing, fascinating and enigmatic. 112 min. NNNN (Phil Brown) Canada Square, Varsity

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(James Watkins) takes place a century ago, when a widowed estate lawyer (Daniel Radcliffe) encounters a vengeful spirit in a remote coastal town. Though director Watkins deploys a few strategic crashes and thuds to keep the attention-deficit set from drifting off, there’s a stateliness and gravity to his film that recalls grand ghost stories of decades past like The Haunting and The Innocents. And in his first role after wrapping the Harry Potter series, Radcliffe is entirely credible as a widower with a small child, proving able to hold the screen in a 20-minute set piece played entirely without dialogue. 95 min. NNNN (NW) Colossus, Interchange 30, Queensway, Yonge & Dundas 24 3

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ACT of VAlor (14A) thu 3:55, 9:45 AlBErT noBBs (14A) thu 1:25, 6:45 Fri-Wed 1:25, 3:50, 7:15 CAfé dE florE (14A) thu 1:30, 6:55 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:00, 6:55 A dAngErous METHod (14A) thu 1:40, 7:20 Fri-Wed 4:30, 9:45 THE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) thu 1:35, 6:40 Fri-Wed 1:40, 6:45 fAMIly PorTrAIT In BlACk And WHITE thu 4:30, 9:10 THE floWErs of WAr 9:25 thu 4:00 mat goon (18A) thu 2:00, 4:10, 7:25, 9:40 Fri-Wed 4:10, 9:10 In dArknEss (14A) thu 3:50, 9:30 Fri-Wed 6:40, 9:35 THE Iron lAdy (PG) Fri-Wed 1:35, 6:50 kIng of dEVIl’s IslAnd Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:55, 7:00, 9:30 My WEEk WITH MArIlyn (14A) 4:05, 9:05 ProJECT x (18A) thu 1:50 4:20 7:15 9:15 Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:20, 7:20, 9:15 sAfE HousE (14A) thu 7:05, 9:35 Fri-Wed 9:40 THE sECrET World of ArrIETTy (G) 1:55, 4:25 undEfEATEd (PG) Fri-Wed 1:45, 7:25 WAndErlusT thu 1:45 4:15 7:10 9:20 Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:15, 7:10, 9:20 WHITE WATEr BlACk gold thu 1:20, 7:00

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THE ArTIsT (PG) Fri-sat 1:15, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 sun-Wed 2:30, 5:15, 8:20 Hugo (PG) Fri-sat 1:00, 3:50, 6:45, 9:30 sun-Wed 2:20, 5:00, 8:00 THE Iron lAdy (PG) thu 2:20, 5:00, 7:30 norWEgIAn Wood (14A) thu, sun-Wed 2:10, 5:10, 8:10 Fri-sat 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 TInkEr TAIlor soldIEr sPy (14A) thu, sun-Wed 2:00, 4:50, 7:50 Fri-sat 12:30, 3:20, 6:30, 9:20 undEfEATEd (PG) thu 2:30, 5:15, 8:00

rainBoW market square (i) market square, 80 Front st e, 416-494-9371

21 JuMP sTrEET (14A) 1:30, 4:00, 6:55, 9:15 Fri 11:30 late THE ArTIsT (PG) 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:15, 9:25 Fri 11:30 late THE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) 1:25, 4:05, 7:10, 9:35 dr. sEuss’ THE lorAx (G) 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:05, 9:05 Fri 11:05 late JoHn CArTEr (PG) 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 ProJECT x (18A) 9:30 thu 1:00, 3:15 mat, 5:20, 7:25 Fri 11:25 late WAndErlusT thu 1:30, 4:00, 7:00, 9:20 Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:55, 7:20

scotiaBank tHeatre (ce) 259 ricHmonD st W, 416-368-5600

21 JuMP sTrEET (14A) Fri-sun, tue 1:30, 2:20, 4:15, 5:00, 7:00, 7:50, 9:40, 10:20 mon 1:30, 2:20, 4:15, 6:50, 7:30, 9:40, 10:30 Wed 1:00, 2:20, 4:00, 5:00, 7:10, 7:50, 9:45, 10:20

CAsA dE MI PAdrE (14A) Fri-tue 2:10, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 Wed 2:10, 4:30, 6:30, 10:20 CHronIClE (14A) thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40 Fri-sun, tueWed 1:20, 3:30, 6:10, 8:50 mon 1:20, 3:30, 9:30 A dAngErous METHod (14A) thu 1:10, 3:40, 6:10, 8:45 THE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) thu 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 Fritue 1:00, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00 Wed 1:00, 3:40, 9:00 gHosT rIdEr: sPIrIT of VEngEAnCE 3d (14A) thu 2:30, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20 Fri-sun, tue-Wed 3:00, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 mon 3:00, 5:20, 10:10 goon (18A) thu 1:20, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 Fri-sun, tue-Wed 1:50, 4:30, 6:45, 9:10 mon 1:50, 4:30, 9:10 THE grEy (14A) thu 1:45, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Fri, sun, tue 1:40, 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 sat 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 mon, Wed 1:40, 4:20, 10:00 Hugo 3d (PG) thu 12:30, 3:15, 6:20, 9:00 Fri-Wed 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:15 I AM BruCE lEE sat 12:45 JEff, WHo lIVEs AT HoME (14A) Fri-sun, tue-Wed 2:30, 4:40, 7:30, 9:50 mon 1:45, 4:00, 7:45, 10:00 lAByrInTH mon 7:00 MIssIon: IMPossIBlE – gHosT ProToCol: THE IMAx ExPErIEnCE (PG) thu 1:00 4:00 6:50 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45 ProJECT x (18A) thu 2:00, 3:00, 4:30, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:30, 10:30 Fri-sun, tue-Wed 3:15, 5:30, 8:00, 10:20 mon 1:15, 3:45, 6:45, 10:20 A sEPArATIon (14A) thu 12:50, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 sIlEnT HousE (14A) thu 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:10 Fri-Wed 2:40, 5:10, 7:50, 10:15 sTAr WArs: EPIsodE I – THE PHAnToM MEnACE 3d thu 12:30, 3:50, 7:15, 10:30 WAndErlusT thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:10, 6:40, 9:20 WIllIAM sHAkEsPEArE’s TWElfTH nIgHT Wed 7:00

tiFF Bell ligHtBox (i) 350 king st W, 416-599-8433

THE BAllAd of gEnEsIs And lAdy JAyE (14A) Fri-sun, tue-Wed 4:00, 8:45 mon 8:45 JIro drEAMs of susHI (G) Fri-sun, tue-Wed 2:00, 5:00, 7:15, 9:15 mon 7:15, 9:15 lET THE BullETs fly (14A) thu 9:00 MonsIEur lAzHAr (PG) thu 1:15, 6:00 Fri 7:00 sat 1:15, 7:00 sun, tue 1:15, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 mon 7:00, 9:30 Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:00 off World (14A) Fri-sun, tue-Wed 1:45, 6:45 mon 6:45 onCE uPon A TIME In AnATolIA (PG) thu 12:00, 6:15 sat, mon-tue 6:00 sun 12:00, 6:00 Wed 12:00, 9:30 PInA 3d (G) thu 3:30, 8:45 Fri 3:30 sat-sun, tue-Wed 3:30, 9:20 mon 9:20 TIM And ErIC’s BIllIon dollAr MoVIE (18A) thu 3:45, 9:30 Fri-sat 9:30

varsity (ce)

55 Bloor st W, 416-961-6304 THE ArTIsT (PG) thu 12:40, 3:30, 6:20, 9:00 BEIng flynn (14A) Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:40, 6:20, 9:20 dr. sEuss’ THE lorAx 3d (G) thu 12:20 2:35 5:00 7:30 10:00 Fri-Wed 12:20, 2:35, 5:00, 7:20, 9:50 frIEnds WITH kIds thu 1:10 4:10 7:10 10:10 Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Hugo 3d (PG) thu 12:30, 3:15, 6:10, 9:40 JEff, WHo lIVEs AT HoME (14A) Fri-Wed 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 10:05 MonsIEur lAzHAr (PG) thu 1:20 4:20 6:40 9:10 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 6:40, 9:00 PAyBACk Fri-tue 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:10 Wed 6:30, 9:10 sAlMon fIsHIng In THE yEMEn (PG) thu 1:00 3:50 6:50 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:50, 7:00, 10:00 A sEPArATIon (14A) thu 12:55, 4:00, 7:00, 10:05 Fri-tue 12:55, 4:00, 7:10, 10:10 Wed 12:55, 4:00 WE nEEd To TAlk ABouT kEVIn (14A) thu 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20 WIllIAM sHAkEsPEArE’s TWElfTH nIgHT Wed 7:00

VIP SCREENINGS

THE ArTIsT (PG) thu 12:15, 2:25, 4:45, 7:05, 9:35 frIEnds WITH kIds thu 1:05, 3:55, 6:45, 9:25 Fri-sun 1:05, 3:55, 6:55, 9:25 mon-Wed 1:05, 3:55, 6:55, 9:35 JEff, WHo lIVEs AT HoME (14A) Fri-sun 12:20, 2:35, 4:45, 7:05, 9:35 mon-Wed 1:35, 4:25, 7:05, 9:25 PAyBACk Fri-sun 12:55, 3:05, 5:25, 7:35, 9:55 mon-Wed 1:55, 4:15, 7:25, 9:45 sAlMon fIsHIng In THE yEMEn (PG) thu-sun 12:25, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 mon-Wed 1:15, 4:05, 6:35, 9:05 A sEPArATIon (14A) thu 12:45, 3:35, 6:35, 9:45

yonge & DunDas 24 (amc) 10 DunDas st e, 416-335-5323

ACT of VAlor (14A) 2:30, 5:15, 8:00, 10:45 sat-sun 11:50 mat THE ArTIsT (PG) 4:35, 7:10, 9:40 sat-sun 11:20, 1:50 mat dr. sEuss’ THE lorAx (G) thu-Fri 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:30 sat-sun 10:30, 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:30 mon-Wed 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:30 dr. sEuss’ THE lorAx 3d (G) thu-Fri 12:15, 1:30, 2:30, 4:00, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00 sat-sun 11:00, 11:45, 1:30, 2:30, 4:00, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00 mon-Wed 2:30, 4:00, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00 frIEnds WITH kIds thu-Fri 1:20, 2:15, 3:45, 4:45, 6:15, 7:15, 9:00, 10:00 sat-sun 10:45, 11:30, 1:15, 2:15, 3:45, 4:45, 6:15, 7:15, 9:00, 10:00 mon-Wed 2:15, 3:45, 4:45, 6:15, 7:15, 9:00, 10:00 THE gIrl WITH THE drAgon TATToo (18A) 3:20, 6:40, 10:05 sat-sun 11:50 mat gonE (14A) thu 3:55, 9:20 Fri-Wed 5:55, 8:25, 10:45 THE Iron lAdy (PG) thu 7:10, 9:55 Fri, mon-Wed 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:55 sat-sun 11:20, 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:55 JoHn CArTEr (PG) thu-Fri, mon-Wed 2:15, 6:00, 8:30, 9:15 sat-sun 11:15, 2:45, 6:00, 8:30, 9:15 JoHn CArTEr 3d (PG) thu-Fri 12:15, 3:15, 3:45, 6:30, 7:00, 9:45, 10:15 sat-sun 11:45, 12:15, 3:15, 3:45, 6:30, 7:00, 9:45, 10:15 mon-Wed 3:15, 3:45, 6:30, 7:00, 9:45, 10:15 JoHn CArTEr: An IMAx 3d ExPErIEnCE (PG) thu-sun 1:00, 4:15, 7:30, 10:45 mon-Wed 4:15, 7:30, 10:45 JournEy 2: THE MysTErIous IslAnd 3d (PG) thu 1:20, 3:50 Fri 1:20, 3:50, 6:10, 8:30, 10:45 sat-sun 10:35, 1:20, 3:50, 6:10, 8:30, 10:45 mon-Wed 3:50, 6:10, 8:30, 10:45 kAHAAnI (14A) 3:20, 6:45, 10:15 sat-sun 11:40 mat london, PArIs, nEW york (PG) thu 2:00, 7:00 loVE thu 6:20 rAMPArT thu 5:55, 8:25, 10:45 Fri-sun 1:25, 7:05 monWed 7:05 sAfE HousE (14A) thu 3:15, 6:15, 9:15 Fri, mon-Wed 3:15, 4:00, 6:15, 7:15, 9:15, 10:00 sat-sun 10:30, 12:15, 1:15, 3:15, 4:00, 6:15, 7:15, 9:15, 10:00 THE sECrET World of ArrIETTy (G) thu-Fri 1:30, 3:45 sat-sun 10:45, 1:15, 3:45 mon-Wed 3:45 sHErloCk HolMEs: A gAME of sHAdoWs (PG) thu 1:25, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Fri, mon-Wed 4:05, 9:40 sat-sun 10:30, 4:05, 9:40 THIs MEAns WAr (14A) thu 1:20, 3:30, 4:30, 6:05, 9:30 Fri 1:20, 3:30, 6:05 sat-sun 10:35, 1:00, 3:30, 6:05 mon-Wed 3:30, 6:05 A THousAnd Words (PG) thu-Fri 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 sat-sun 10:30, 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 monWed 2:45, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 TyrAnnosAur 3:05, 5:10, 7:25, 9:35 Fri 12:55 mat sat-sun 10:50, 12:55 mat THE VoW (PG) thu-Fri 12:45, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 sat-sun 10:30, 12:45, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 mon-Wed 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 THE WoMAn In BlACk (14A) thu 2:45, 10:20 Fri, monWed 2:45, 5:20, 7:45, 10:20 sat-sun 11:45, 2:45, 5:20, 7:45, 10:20

midtown canaDa square (ce) 2200 yonge st, 416-646-0444

THE ArTIsT (PG) thu 4:00, 6:30 Fri 4:05, 6:30, 9:10 sat-sun 1:40, 4:05, 6:30, 9:10 mon-Wed 4:05, 6:30 THE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) thu 4:10, 6:50 Fri 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 sat-sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 mon-Wed 4:20, 7:00 frIEnds WITH kIds Fri 4:35, 7:20, 9:45 sat-sun 2:00, 4:35, 7:20, 9:45 mon-Wed 4:35, 7:15 gonE (14A) thu 4:45, 7:30 goon (18A) thu 4:30, 7:20 THE Iron lAdy (PG) thu 4:20, 6:40 Fri 4:45, 7:10, 9:35 satsun 1:50, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35 mon-Wed 4:45, 7:10 My WEEk WITH MArIlyn (14A) thu 4:40, 7:00 Fri 4:50, 7:30, 9:45 sat-sun 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 9:45 mon-Wed 4:50, 7:20 THE sECrET World of ArrIETTy (G) thu 4:15, 6:45 Fri 4:25, 6:40, 9:00 sat-sun 1:45, 4:25, 6:40, 9:00 mon-Wed 4:25, 6:40 A sEPArATIon (14A) 4:00, 6:45 Fri 9:25 sat-sun 1:15 mat, 9:25 THIs MEAns WAr (14A) thu 4:50, 7:10 WE nEEd To TAlk ABouT kEVIn (14A) 4:10, 6:50 Fri 9:20 sat-sun 1:20 mat, 9:20

mt Pleasant (i)

675 mt Pleasant rD, 416-489-8484 THE gIrl WITH THE drAgon TATToo (18A) Fri 9:25 sat 9:30 sun, tue 7:00 Hugo (PG) thu, Wed 7:00 Fri 6:50 sat 4:00, 6:50 sun 4:15

regent tHeatre (i) 551 mt Pleasant rD, 416-480-9884

In dArknEss (14A) Fri-sat 9:30 sun, tue-Wed 7:00 WAr HorsE (PG) thu 7:00 Fri 6:45 sat 3:45, 6:45 sun 4:00

silvercity yonge (ce) 2300 yonge st, 416-544-1236

21 JuMP sTrEET (14A) Fri-sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:20, 10:10 sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 mon-tue 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 Wed 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 ACT of VAlor (14A) thu 1:00, 3:50, 9:55 Fri-sat 1:00, 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 sun 1:00, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35 mon-tue 1:20, 4:20, 7:05, 9:40 Wed 1:30, 4:20, 9:40 dr. sEuss’ THE lorAx (G) thu-sun 12:40 mon-tue 1:30 dr. sEuss’ THE lorAx 3d (G) thu 1:10, 4:00, 6:30, 9:10 Fri-sun 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:10 mon-Wed 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 JoHn CArTEr 3d (PG) thu 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Fri-sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 mon-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 JournEy 2: THE MysTErIous IslAnd (PG) thu 12:50 Fri-sun 12:50, 3:30 mon-tue 1:10, 3:40 Wed 1:15, 3:40 JournEy 2: THE MysTErIous IslAnd 3d (PG) thu 4:10, 6:40, 9:20 ProJECT x (18A) thu 2:55, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 Fri-sat 2:55, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05 sun 2:55, 5:10, 7:40, 10:00 mon-Wed 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 9:45 sAfE HousE (14A) thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 10:05 Fri-sat 1:10, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 sun 1:10, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 mon-Wed 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 sIlEnT HousE (14A) thu 2:00, 5:00, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-sat 2:00, 4:50, 7:50, 10:15 sun 2:00, 4:50, 7:30, 9:45 mon-Wed 2:10, 5:00, 7:40, 9:55 THE VoW (PG) thu 1:20, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Wed 6:40, 9:20 WAndErlusT thu 1:30, 4:50, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-sat 1:50, 4:30, 7:30, 9:55 sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:05, 9:40 mon-tue 1:40, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Wed 1:40, 4:10, 6:50, 10:05 WIllIAM sHAkEsPEArE’s TWElfTH nIgHT Wed 7:00

Metro

West end HumBer cinema (i) 2442 Bloor st. West, 416-232-1939

dr. sEuss’ THE lorAx (G) 2:30, 4:30, 6:30, 8:30

kingsWay tHeatre (i) 3030 Bloor st W, 416-232-1939

THE AdVEnTurEs of TInTIn (PG) thu 11:00 THE ArTIsT (PG) 7:00 A dAngErous METHod (14A) thu 5:00 Fri-Wed 2:50 THE gIrl WITH THE drAgon TATToo (18A) 8:55 Hugo (PG) thu 2:50 Fri-sun 11:00 In dArknEss (14A) Fri-Wed 4:30 THE Iron lAdy (PG) 1:00

queensWay (ce)

1025 tHe queensWay, qeW & islington, 416-503-0424 21 JuMP sTrEET (14A) Fri 1:45, 2:50, 4:30, 5:30, 7:15, 8:10, 10:05, 10:50 sat 11:05, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:05 sun 12:55, 1:55, 3:50, 4:35, 6:45, 7:15, 9:30, 10:00 mon-tue 1:00, 2:00, 3:55, 4:55, 6:35, 7:35, 9:15, 10:15 Wed 2:00, 3:55, 4:55, 6:35, 7:35, 9:15, 10:15 ACT of VAlor (14A) thu-Fri 2:00, 4:45, 7:25, 10:10 sat 11:20, 2:00, 4:45, 7:25, 10:10 sun 1:10, 3:55, 6:35, 9:20 monWed 1:15, 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 THE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) thu 1:25, 4:20, 7:15, 10:05 dr. sEuss’ THE lorAx (G) thu-Fri 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 9:55 sat 12:25, 2:45, 5:15, 7:40, 9:55 sun 12:25, 2:45, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55 mon-Wed 1:25, 4:30, 6:45, 9:00

dr. sEuss’ THE lorAx 3d (G) thu-sat 1:15, 3:35, 6:00, 8:25, 10:45 sun 1:15, 3:35, 6:00, 8:25 mon-Wed 2:30, 5:05, 7:25, 9:45 E.T. THE ExTrA-TErrEsTrIAl (PG) sat 11:00 frIEnds WITH kIds thu 12:15, 2:50, 5:25, 8:00, 10:40 Fri, sun 1:30, 4:15, 6:55, 9:35 sat 12:00, 4:15, 6:55, 9:35 monWed 1:05, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 gonE (14A) thu 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 10:10 goon (18A) thu 12:55, 3:15, 5:45, 8:30, 10:50 Fri-sat 1:05, 3:25, 5:45, 8:30, 10:50 sun 2:30, 4:55, 7:50, 10:10 mon-tue 2:45, 5:10, 7:30, 9:55 Wed 2:45, 5:10, 9:55 I AM BruCE lEE sat 12:45 JEff, WHo lIVEs AT HoME (14A) Fri 1:50, 4:00, 6:10, 8:20, 10:45 sat 11:35, 1:55, 4:00, 6:10, 8:20, 10:45 sun 1:05, 3:25, 5:40, 8:00, 10:10 mon-tue 2:40, 5:00, 7:45, 10:05 Wed 5:00, 7:45, 10:05 JoHn CArTEr (PG) thu-sat 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:50 sun 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 mon-Wed 2:35, 6:30, 9:30 JoHn CArTEr 3d (PG) thu-sat 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 sun 1:00, 4:10, 7:10, 10:15 mon-Wed 1:10, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 JournEy 2: THE MysTErIous IslAnd (PG) thu, sat 12:20 Fri 2:10 sun 2:25 mon-Wed 2:15 JournEy 2: THE MysTErIous IslAnd 3d (PG) thu 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 10:00 Fri 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 sat 2:40, 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 sun 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 mon-Wed 4:40, 7:05, 9:35 ProJECT x (18A) thu 12:50, 3:20, 5:50, 8:20, 10:50 Fri-sat 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:40 sun 12:30, 2:50, 5:20, 7:45, 10:05 mon-tue 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:10 Wed 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 sAfE HousE (14A) thu 1:05, 4:05, 7:00, 9:45 Fri 1:10, 4:05, 7:00, 9:45 sat 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10:15 sun 1:20, 4:05, 7:00, 9:45 mon-Wed 1:30, 4:25, 7:00, 9:45 THE sECrET World of ArrIETTy (G) thu 12:35 sIlEnT HousE (14A) thu, sat 12:15, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Fri 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 sun 2:20, 4:50, 7:25, 9:45 monWed 2:25, 5:15, 7:40, 10:00 THIs MEAns WAr (14A) thu 1:40, 4:15, 6:55, 9:40 Fri, sun 1:40, 4:20, 7:05, 9:40 sat 11:10, 1:40, 4:20, 7:05, 9:40 monWed 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 A THousAnd Words (PG) thu 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 7:55, 10:15 Fri-sun 12:35, 3:10, 5:35, 7:55, 10:15 mon-Wed 1:35, 4:00, 6:40, 9:05 THE VoW (PG) thu 12:30, 3:05, 5:40, 8:15, 10:45 Fri 2:40, 5:20, 7:50, 10:25 sat 12:05, 2:40, 5:20, 7:50, 10:25 sun 1:25, 4:00, 6:50, 9:25 mon-Wed 1:20, 4:05, 6:55, 9:25 WAndErlusT thu 12:25, 3:00, 5:30, 8:05, 10:35 Fri-sat 2:55, 5:25, 8:05, 10:35 sun 2:10, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 mon-Wed 1:45, 4:20, 7:50, 10:20 WIllIAM sHAkEsPEArE’s TWElfTH nIgHT Wed 7:00 THE WoMAn In BlACk (14A) thu 2:55, 5:20, 7:50, 10:25

rainBoW WooDBine (i)

WooDBine centre, 500 rexDale BlvD, 416-213-1998 21 JuMP sTrEET (14A) Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:05, 7:00, 9:35 dr. sEuss’ THE lorAx (G) 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:05, 9:15 gHosT rIdEr: sPIrIT of VEngEAnCE (14A) thu 4:05, 9:30 JoHn CArTEr (PG) 12:55, 3:55, 6:45, 9:30 JournEy 2: THE MysTErIous IslAnd 3d (PG) 1:05, 3:45, 6:50, 9:20 ProJECT x (18A) 1:20, 4:00, 7:25, 9:40 sAfE HousE (14A) thu 1:10, 4:10, 6:45, 9:35 Fri-Wed 4:10, 6:55 sIlEnT HousE (14A) 1:30, 3:50, 7:15, 9:45 A THousAnd Words (PG) 12:45, 2:50, 4:55, 7:10, 9:25 TylEr PErry’s good dEEds (PG) thu 1:15 6:55 Fri-Wed 1:15, 9:30

east end BeacH cinemas (aa) 1651 queen st e, 416-699-5971

21 JuMP sTrEET (14A) 7:00, 9:40 Fri 1:30 mat, 4:20 sat-sun 1:40 mat, 4:20 THE ArTIsT (PG) thu 12:40, 3:30, 6:40, 9:20 THE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) thu 9:00 dr. sEuss’ THE lorAx (G) thu-sun 12:30 dr. sEuss’ THE lorAx 3d (G) thu 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 Fri 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:35 sat-sun 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:30 monWed 6:40, 8:50 goon (18A) thu 1:10, 3:40, 7:30, 10:05 Fri-Wed 7:20, 9:50 JoHn CArTEr 3d (PG) thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 mon-Wed 7:10, 10:00 JournEy 2: THE MysTErIous IslAnd (PG) thu 12:50, 3:20, 6:30 Fri-sun 1:00, 3:50 sAfE HousE (14A) thu 1:20, 3:50, 7:10, 10:10 Fri 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 9:30 sat-sun 12:50, 3:40, 6:50, 9:30 sAlMon fIsHIng In THE yEMEn (PG) Fri 12:50, 3:30, 6:40, 9:20 sat-sun 12:40, 3:30, 6:40, 9:20 mon-Wed 6:50, 9:20

north york emPire tHeatres at emPress Walk (et) 5095 yonge st, 416-223-9550

21 JuMP sTrEET (14A) 4:15, 5:15, 7:20, 7:50, 10:00, 10:25 Fri-sun 1:15, 2:15 mat AlVIn And THE CHIPMunks: CHIPWrECkEd (G) thu-Fri 1:45, 4:10 THE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) thu 6:20, 9:00 Fri 6:40, 9:40 sat-sun 1:10, 4:00, 6:40, 9:40 mon-Wed 4:00, 6:40, 9:40 fooTloosE (PG) thu-Fri 1:10, 3:50 gHosT rIdEr: sPIrIT of VEngEAnCE (14A) thu 9:30 gonE (14A) thu 10:00 goon (18A) thu 9:20 HAPPy fEET TWo (PG) thu-Fri 12:45, 3:30 THE Iron lAdy (PG) thu 6:50 Fri-Wed 7:00, 9:45

march 15-21 2012 NOW

JOHN CARTER 3D (PG) Thu 12:30, 1:50, 3:40, 4:55, 6:40, 7:45, 9:40, 10:40 Fri-Sun 12:45, 2:00, 3:45, 5:00, 6:45, 8:00, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:45, 5:00, 6:45, 8:00, 9:30 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) Thu 1:00 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND 3D (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:00 PROJECT X (18A) Thu 2:20, 5:00, 8:00, 10:20 Fri 7:45, 10:15 Sat-Sun 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:45, 10:15 SAFE HOUSE (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY (G) Thu 2:10, 4:40, 7:20 Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:30 Mon-Wed 3:30 SHOLEM ALEICHEM: LAUGHING IN THE DARKNESS Thu 6:30, 9:10 Fri 6:30, 9:20 Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 A THOUSAND WORDS (PG) Thu 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:10, 9:50

GRANDE - YONGE (CE) 4861 YONGE ST, 416-590-9974

ACT OF VALOR (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:00, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Sun 9:55 Mon-Tue 9:35 THE ARTIST (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:40, 6:20, 9:20 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:20, 9:20 Mon 3:50, 6:20, 9:20 Tue 6:35, 9:20 Wed 3:50, 9:20 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (G) Thu 12:00, 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9:10 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:20, 6:45 Mon-Wed 4:20, 6:45 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX 3D (G) Thu 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:40 Fri 12:30, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 Sat-Sun 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 FRIENDS WITH KIDS Thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:25, 10:00 HUGO 3D (PG) Thu 12:10, 3:35, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:50, 9:45 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:50, 9:45 JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME (14A) 4:00, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:40 mat SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN (PG) 3:55, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:40 mat A SEPARATION (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:00, 10:00 SILENT HOUSE (14A) Thu 1:10, 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Fri-Sun 2:00, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Mon-Wed 5:10, 7:40, 9:55 THE VOW (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:25, 7:10, 9:50 WANDERLUST Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:40, 10:15 Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S TWELFTH NIGHT Wed 7:00

SILVERCITY FAIRVIEW (CE)

FAIRVIEW MALL, 1800 SHEPPARD AVE E, 416-644-7746 21 JUMP STREET (14A) Fri 2:40, 5:15, 8:00, 10:30 Sat 12:10, 2:40, 5:15, 8:00, 10:30 Sun-Tue 1:50, 4:45, 7:25, 10:00 Wed 4:45, 7:25, 10:00 ACT OF VALOR (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (G) Thu 1:15 Fri-Sun 1:10 Mon-Wed 1:20 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX 3D (G) Thu 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:20 Fri-Sat 3:30, 5:45, 8:10, 10:20 Sun-Wed 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:05 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (PG) Sat 11:00 FRIENDS WITH KIDS Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 Sun-Tue 1:40, 4:10, 7:10, 9:45 Wed 4:10, 7:15, 9:45 I AM BRUCE LEE Sat 12:45 JOHN CARTER 3D (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 Mon-Wed 1:25, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) Thu 12:20 Fri 2:50 Sat 12:30 Sun 12:35 Mon-Wed 2:00 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND 3D (PG) Thu 2:50, 5:20, 7:45, 10:05 Fri 5:20, 7:50 Sat-Sun 2:50, 5:20, 7:50 MonTue 4:30, 7:05 Wed 4:30 PROJECT X (18A) Thu 12:50, 3:10, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 Fri 3:10, 5:25, 7:40, 10:00 Sat 12:50, 3:10, 5:25, 7:40, 10:00 Sun 12:50, 3:10, 5:25, 7:40, 9:55 Mon-Wed 3:10, 5:25, 7:40, 9:55 SAFE HOUSE (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:15, 7:00, 9:55 Fri 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:55 Sat 4:15, 7:00, 9:55 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 SILENT HOUSE (14A) Thu 12:30, 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Fri 2:45, 5:10, 7:30, 10:05 Sat 12:45, 2:45, 5:10, 7:30, 10:05 Sun 12:30, 2:45, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Mon-Wed 2:45, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 THIS MEANS WAR (14A) Thu 12:40, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 Fri 3:00, 5:30, 8:05, 10:25 Sat 12:40, 3:00, 5:30, 8:05, 10:25 Sun 12:40, 3:00, 5:30, 7:55, 10:15 Mon-Wed 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:35 WANDERLUST Thu 12:10, 2:40, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 10:10 Mon-Wed 10:15 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S TWELFTH NIGHT Wed 7:00

SILVERCITY YORKDALE (CE) 3401 DUFFERIN ST, 416-787-4432

21 JUMP STREET (14A) Fri-Sat 12:05, 1:30, 2:45, 4:30, 5:25, 7:25, 8:05, 10:05, 10:45 Sun 1:30, 2:15, 4:20, 5:00, 7:05, 7:45, 9:50, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:10, 1:55, 4:00, 4:40, 6:45, 7:25, 9:30, 10:10 ACT OF VALOR (14A) Thu-Sat 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 7:50, 10:30 Sun-Wed 2:40, 5:20, 7:50, 10:10 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (G) Thu-Sun 1:05 Mon-Wed 2:50 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX 3D (G) Thu-Sun 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:25 Mon-Wed 5:10, 7:25, 9:50 GONE (14A) Thu 12:10, 2:35, 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 JOHN CARTER 3D (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 Fri-Sun 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:20 Mon-Wed 1:00, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) Thu-Sun 12:30 Mon-Wed 1:30 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND 3D (PG) Thu 3:00, 5:30, 7:50, 10:20 Fri-Sun 3:00, 5:30, 7:50 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:20 PROJECT X (18A) Thu 12:55, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:25 Fri-Sat 1:15, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:45 Sun 1:15, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:30 Mon-Wed 2:30, 5:15, 7:40, 10:00 SAFE HOUSE (14A) 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 THIS MEANS WAR (14A) 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 Thu-Sat 12:05 mat A THOUSAND WORDS (PG) Thu 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 8:00, 10:15 Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 8:00, 10:35 Sun 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 Mon-Wed 2:55, 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 THE VOW (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun 10:20 Mon-Wed 9:55

Scarborough 401 & MORNINGSIDE (CE) 785 MILNER AVE, SCARBOROUGH, 416-281-2226

21 JUMP STREET (14A) Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:35

Sun 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Mon, Wed 5:30, 8:20 Tue 5:00, 7:50, 10:25 ACT OF VALOR (14A) Thu 11:55, 2:30, 5:00, 7:50, 10:20 FriSat 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:35 Sun 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:25 Mon, Wed 5:20, 8:05 Tue 4:40, 7:15, 9:55 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (G) Thu 12:45, 3:00, 5:15, 7:30, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:20, 2:30, 4:45, 7:00, 9:20 Mon, Wed 4:30, 7:10 Tue 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX 3D (G) Thu 11:45, 1:50, 4:00, 6:15, 8:30, 10:40 Fri-Sun 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:10, 10:20 Mon, Wed 6:00, 8:10 Tue 3:30, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50 JOHN CARTER 3D (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:15, 7:10, 10:15 Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:15, 7:10, 10:10 Mon, Wed 5:00, 8:00 Tue 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) Thu 12:00 Fri-Sun 12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20 Mon, Wed 4:50 Tue 4:00, 7:20 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND 3D (PG) Thu 2:20, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50 PROJECT X (18A) Thu 1:30, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:40 Fri-Sat 1:45, 4:00, 6:15, 8:25, 10:40 Sun 1:45, 4:00, 6:15, 8:25, 10:30 Mon, Wed 6:20, 8:30 Tue 5:20, 8:10, 10:30 SAFE HOUSE (14A) Thu 2:10, 4:55, 7:40, 10:20 Fri-Sun 2:15, 5:10, 7:40, 10:20 Mon, Wed 5:10, 7:50 Tue 5:10, 8:00, 10:30 SILENT HOUSE (14A) Thu 1:25, 3:45, 5:55, 8:15, 10:30 Fri-Sun 1:30, 3:45, 5:55, 8:15, 10:25 Mon, Wed 6:10, 8:30 Tue 3:45, 5:55, 8:05, 10:20 A THOUSAND WORDS (PG) Thu 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:10, 10:25 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:15, 6:05, 8:20, 10:30 Mon, Wed 4:40, 7:40 Tue 4:50, 7:30, 9:45 TYLER PERRY’S GOOD DEEDS (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:30, 7:30, 10:00 Mon, Wed 4:35, 7:30 Tue 4:20, 7:00, 10:00 THE VOW (PG) Thu 12:15, 2:45, 5:30, 8:00, 10:35 Fri-Sun 9:45 Mon, Wed 7:20 Tue 9:40

COLISEUM SCARBOROUGH (CE) SCARBOROUGH TOWN CENTRE, 416-290-5217

21 JUMP STREET (14A) Fri-Sat 12:15, 1:00, 2:55, 4:00, 5:35, 7:15, 8:15, 10:00, 11:00 Sun-Wed 2:05, 2:30, 4:40, 5:10, 7:15, 7:50, 9:55, 10:30 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (PG) Sat 11:00 GONE (14A) Thu 2:10, 5:10, 7:55, 10:20 JOHN CARTER (PG) Thu, Sun-Tue 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:20, 3:40, 7:00, 10:10 Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:20 JOHN CARTER 3D (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:20, 7:25, 10:30 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:25, 7:30, 10:40 Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:25, 10:25 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) Thu, Sun-Wed 1:05 Fri-Sat 12:40 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND 3D (PG) Thu, SunWed 4:10, 7:05, 9:45 Fri-Sat 3:05, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20 PROJECT X (18A) Thu 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 10:25 Fri-Sat 1:30, 3:50, 6:10, 8:30, 10:50 Sun-Wed 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 10:20 SAFE HOUSE (14A) Thu 1:55, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:35 Sun-Wed 1:55, 4:45, 7:40, 10:30 THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY (G) Thu 1:20 THIS MEANS WAR (14A) Thu, Sun-Wed 1:10, 4:15, 7:15, 10:05 Fri-Sat 12:35, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:40 A THOUSAND WORDS (PG) Thu, Sun-Wed 1:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:10, 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 TYLER PERRY’S GOOD DEEDS (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Fri-Sat 2:00, 5:00, 7:40, 10:25 Sun-Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 UNOFFICIALLY YOURS 1:40, 4:30, 7:35, 10:15 THE VOW (PG) Thu, Sun-Tue 1:35, 4:35, 7:10, 9:55 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:40, 8:20, 10:55 Wed 1:35, 4:35, 9:55 WANDERLUST Thu 3:55, 6:55, 9:30 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S TWELFTH NIGHT Wed 7:00

KENNEDY COMMONS 20 (AMC) KENNEDY RD & 401, 416-335-5323

ACT OF VALOR (14A) Thu-Sun 11:00, 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 10:10 Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 10:10 ARAVAAN (14A) 3:00, 6:30, 9:50 Fri-Sun 11:45 mat THE ARTIST (PG) Thu-Sun 11:05, 1:40, 4:05, 6:35, 9:05 MonWed 1:40, 4:05, 6:35, 9:05 CHAAR DIN KI CHANDNI (PG) Thu 11:45, 3:00, 6:30, 9:50 CONTRABAND (14A) Thu 11:45, 2:15, 5:00, 7:40, 10:15 FriSun 11:40, 5:00, 10:20 Mon-Wed 5:00, 10:20 THE DESCENDANTS (14A) Thu-Sun 11:20, 2:15, 5:05, 7:50, 10:30 Mon-Wed 2:15, 5:05, 7:50, 10:30 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (G) 2:00, 4:25, 6:50, 9:10 Fri-Sun 11:40 mat DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX 3D (G) Thu-Sun 11:00, 1:35, 3:50, 6:10, 8:30 Mon-Wed 1:35, 3:50, 6:10, 8:30 EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE (PG) Thu 10:40, 1:30, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 Fri-Sun 10:40, 1:30, 4:30, 7:25, 10:25 Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:25, 10:25 THE FLOWERS OF WAR Thu 11:25, 2:30, 5:45, 9:00 Fri-Wed 5:55, 9:00 FRIENDS WITH KIDS Thu 11:20, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:40 FriSun 11:20, 2:00, 4:25, 6:50, 9:10 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:25, 6:50, 9:10 GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE 3D (14A) 1:50, 10:15 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (18A) Thu-Sun 11:30, 3:00, 6:30, 10:00 Mon-Wed 3:00, 6:30, 10:00 HUGO 3D (PG) Thu-Sun 10:40, 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 MonWed 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 THE IRON LADY (PG) Thu-Sun 11:10, 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 Mon-Wed 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 KAHAANI (14A) Thu-Sun 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:25 Mon-Wed 3:45, 7:00, 10:25 LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK (PG) Thu 11:15, 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 LOVE Thu 10:45, 1:45, 4:45, 7:40, 10:30 Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:55, 4:45, 7:40, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:55, 4:45, 7:40, 10:30 THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY (G) 3:40 Fri-Sun 10:50, 1:10 mat A SEPARATION (14A) Thu-Sun 10:30, 1:15, 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 Mon-Wed 1:15, 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 SILENT HOUSE (14A) Thu-Sun 11:15, 1:20, 3:30, 5:40, 8:00, 10:20 Mon-Wed 3:30, 5:40, 8:00, 10:20 STAR WARS: EPISODE I – THE PHANTOM MENACE 3D Thu-Sun 10:40, 4:15, 7:15 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:15 TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (14A) Thu 10:45, 1:35, 4:35, 7:30, 10:20 Fri-Wed 2:10, 7:30 WANDERLUST 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:05 Fri-Sun 11:15 mat

JOHN CARTER (PG) Thu 11:30 2:30 6:30 9:45 Fri-Wed 3:00, 6:30, 9:45 Thu 11:30, 2:30 mat Fri-Sat 11:30 mat JOHN CARTER 3D (PG) Thu-Sun 10:10, 1:00, 4:00, 7:15, 10:15 Mon-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:15, 10:15 JOHN CARTER: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) Thu-Sun 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:45, 10:45 Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:45, 10:45 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) Thu 10:15, 12:35, 2:55 PROJECT X (18A) Thu-Sun 11:45, 1:55, 4:05, 6:15, 8:25, 10:45 Mon-Wed 1:55, 4:05, 6:15, 8:25, 10:45 SAFE HOUSE (14A) Thu-Sun 10:20, 12:55, 3:35, 7:40, 10:35 Mon-Wed 3:35, 7:40, 10:35 SILENT HOUSE (14A) Thu-Sun 11:20, 1:45, 3:55, 6:10, 8:20, 10:35 Mon-Wed 1:45, 3:55, 6:10, 8:20, 10:35 THIS MEANS WAR (14A) Thu 5:15, 7:35, 10:15 Fri-Sun 11:35, 4:30, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:30, 9:35 A THOUSAND WORDS (PG) Thu-Sun 10:25, 1:00, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 Mon-Wed 1:00, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 TYLER PERRY’S GOOD DEEDS (PG) Thu 10:45, 3:20, 7:50 THE VOW (PG) 2:00, 6:50 Thu 11:35 mat, 4:25, 9:35 WANDERLUST Thu-Sun 10:40, 1:05, 3:25, 5:40, 8:05, 10:25 Mon-Wed 1:05, 3:25, 5:40, 8:05, 10:25

SILVERCITY MISSISSAUGA (CE) HWY 5, EAST OF HWY 403, 905-569-3373

1571 SANDHURST CIRCLE, 416-299-3456

ACT OF VALOR (14A) Thu 1:15, 4:20, 7:20, 10:05 Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:40, 7:05, 9:50 Sun 12:50, 3:40, 7:00, 9:40 MonWed 4:05, 7:05, 9:50 THE DESCENDANTS (14A) Thu 12:25, 3:25, 6:25, 9:20 Fri-Sun 12:20, 3:20, 6:30, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:35, 9:25 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (G) Thu 12:00, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35 Fri-Sun 12:00, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:40 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:20, 9:05 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX 3D (G) Thu 12:35, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Sun 12:30, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:00, 9:40 FRIENDS WITH KIDS Thu 1:05, 3:50, 7:35, 10:15 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7:25, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:25, 10:00 GONE (14A) Thu 6:55, 9:25 HUGO 3D (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:40, 6:45, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:10, 3:10, 6:20, 9:15 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:30, 9:35 THE IRON LADY (PG) Thu 12:55, 3:35, 6:35, 9:10 Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 6:35, 9:05 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN (PG) Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:30, 6:55, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:15, 9:55 THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY (G) Thu 1:25, 4:00 SILENT HOUSE (14A) Thu 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:25, 7:35, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:40, 10:00 THE VOW (PG) Thu 1:35, 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:50, 6:45, 9:20 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:55, 9:20

ARAVAAN (14A) Thu 7:00, 10:00 JODI BREAKERS (PG) Thu 7:00 MASSI Thu 7:00, 10:00 TERE NAAL LOVE HO GAYA (G) Thu 9:30

North

WOODSIDE CINEMAS (I)

GTA Regions Mississauga

EGLINTON TOWN CENTRE (CE)

COLISEUM MISSISSAUGA (CE)

1901 EGLINTON AVE E, 416-752-4494

SQUARE ONE, 309 RATHBURN RD W, 905-275-3456

21 JUMP STREET (14A) Fri 12:00, 1:30, 2:40, 4:15, 5:20, 7:00, 8:00, 9:45, 10:45 Sat 12:00, 1:45, 2:40, 4:30, 5:20, 7:10, 8:00, 9:55, 10:45 Sun 1:10, 2:00, 4:00, 4:40, 6:45, 7:30, 9:30, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:00, 4:45, 6:45, 7:30, 9:30, 10:15 ACT OF VALOR (14A) Thu-Fri 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Sat 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Sun 1:40, 4:20, 6:55, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:20, 6:55, 9:40 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (G) Thu 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:10, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sun 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX 3D (G) Thu 1:15, 3:30, 5:55, 8:20, 10:40 Fri 1:15, 3:30, 5:55, 8:20, 10:35 Sat 10:50, 1:15, 3:30, 5:55, 8:20, 10:35 Sun 12:10, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 MonWed 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (PG) Sat 11:00 FRIENDS WITH KIDS Thu 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 Fri-Sat 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:25 Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:00, 9:50 GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE 3D (14A) Thu 12:35, 3:10, 5:40, 8:20, 10:45 Fri-Sat 12:35, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:40 Sun 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:20, 9:50 GONE (14A) Thu 5:30, 7:55, 10:20 GOON (18A) Thu 12:50, 3:15, 5:40, 8:10, 10:35 Fri-Sat 10:35 Sun-Wed 10:10 I AM BRUCE LEE Sat 12:45 JOHN CARTER (PG) Thu 12:10, 3:20, 6:40, 9:50 Fri-Sat 12:15, 3:25, 6:40, 9:40 Sun 12:15, 3:25, 6:35, 9:40 Mon-Wed 5:15, 8:30 JOHN CARTER 3D (PG) Thu-Sat 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 Sun 1:00, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:05, 7:10, 10:15 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) Thu-Sat 12:30 Sun 12:00 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND 3D (PG) Thu 2:55, 5:25, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-Sat 2:55, 5:25, 8:00 Sun 2:30, 5:05, 7:35 Mon-Wed 5:05, 7:35 PROJECT X (18A) Thu-Sat 12:40, 3:00, 5:25, 7:55, 10:25 Sun 12:40, 3:00, 5:10, 7:25, 9:45 Mon-Wed 5:10, 7:25, 9:45 SAFE HOUSE (14A) Thu-Sat 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Sun 1:40, 4:25, 7:15, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:15, 10:00 THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY (G) Thu 12:40, 3:05 SILENT HOUSE (14A) Thu 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:25, 10:40 FriSat 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:25, 10:45 Sun 12:05, 2:20, 4:50, 7:15, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:15, 9:35 A THOUSAND WORDS (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 Fri 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 Sat 11:15, 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 Sun 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:40, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 THE VOW (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:20 Sun 12:30, 2:50, 5:30, 7:50, 10:20 MonWed 4:05, 6:50, 9:30 WANDERLUST Thu 4:40, 7:10, 9:45 Fri-Sat 12:00, 2:30, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 Sun 12:00, 2:25, 5:00, 7:35, 10:05 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:35, 10:05

21 JUMP STREET (14A) Fri-Sat 1:20, 2:10, 4:10, 5:00, 6:50, 7:40, 9:30, 10:20 Sun-Tue 1:20, 2:10, 4:10, 5:00, 6:50, 7:30, 9:30, 10:10 Wed 2:10, 4:10, 5:00, 6:50, 7:40, 9:30, 10:20 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED (G) Thu 2:10, 4:20 Fri, Sun-Wed 2:30, 4:30 Sat 12:10, 2:30, 4:30 CHRONICLE (14A) Thu 6:30, 8:40 Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 6:40, 8:50 Mon 9:45 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (G) Thu 1:50, 4:00, 6:20, 8:30 FriTue 1:30, 4:00, 6:10, 8:20 Wed 4:00, 6:10, 8:20 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX 3D (G) Thu 12:25, 1:10, 2:30, 3:20, 4:50, 5:30, 7:00, 7:40, 9:50 Fri, Wed 2:20, 3:00, 4:40, 5:15, 7:00, 7:30, 9:10 Sat 12:00, 12:50, 2:20, 3:00, 4:40, 5:15, 7:00, 7:30, 9:10 Sun-Tue 2:20, 3:00, 4:40, 5:15, 7:00, 7:40, 9:10 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (PG) Sat 11:00 GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE 3D (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 6:50, 9:10 Fri-Tue 2:05, 4:50, 7:10, 9:20 Wed 2:05, 4:25 GONE (14A) Thu 1:20, 3:40, 6:10, 8:20 Fri-Wed 9:50 JOHN CARTER (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Fri-Wed 2:40, 5:40, 8:30 JOHN CARTER: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) 1:00, 3:50, 6:45, 9:40 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) Thu 12:50 Fri-Wed 1:10 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND 3D (PG) Thu 3:10, 5:40, 8:00 Fri-Wed 3:30, 5:50, 8:10 LABYRINTH Mon 7:00 PROJECT X (18A) Thu 3:00, 5:20, 7:50, 9:20, 10:10 Fri, SunWed 3:20, 5:30, 7:50, 10:00 Sat 3:20, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 SAFE HOUSE (14A) Thu 1:30 4:10 7:10 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 A THOUSAND WORDS (PG) Thu 12:30, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:30 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:50, 4:15, 6:30, 9:00 Sat 11:40, 1:50, 4:15, 6:30, 9:00 TYLER PERRY’S GOOD DEEDS (PG) Thu 12:40, 3:30, 6:15, 8:50 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S TWELFTH NIGHT Wed 7:00

COURTNEY PARK 16 (AMC)

110 COURTNEY PARK E AT HURONTARIO, 888-262-4386 21 JUMP STREET (14A) 1:35, 3:45, 4:15, 7:00, 7:30, 10:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 10:15, 11:00, 12:50 mat ACT OF VALOR (14A) Thu-Sun 11:40, 2:20, 4:50, 8:10, 10:40 Mon-Wed 2:20, 4:50, 8:10, 10:40 CHRONICLE (14A) Thu 1:15, 5:50, 10:20 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (G) Thu-Sun 10:00, 11:35, 1:40, 2:15, 3:45, 5:50, 6:30, 8:00, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:40, 2:15, 3:45, 5:50, 6:30, 8:00, 10:30 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX 3D (G) Thu-Sun 11:00, 12:10, 1:10, 3:15, 4:20, 5:20, 7:30, 9:30, 10:00 Mon-Wed 1:10, 3:15, 4:20, 5:20, 7:30, 9:30, 10:00 FRIENDS WITH KIDS Thu 10:35, 1:20, 3:30, 5:45, 8:15, 10:40 Fri-Sun 10:00, 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:40 Mon-Wed 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:40

21 Jump Street

COLOSSUS (CE) HWY 400 & 7, 905-851-1001

21 JUMP STREET (14A) Fri, Sun 12:45, 1:45, 3:40, 4:40, 6:50, 7:40, 9:40, 10:40 Sat 12:50, 1:45, 3:40, 4:40, 6:50, 7:40, 9:40, 10:40 Mon-Wed 4:05, 4:45, 6:40, 7:30, 9:45, 10:15 ACT OF VALOR (14A) Thu-Sun 12:55, 4:00, 6:55, 9:55 MonWed 4:25, 7:05, 9:55 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (G) Thu-Fri, Sun 2:00, 4:10, 6:20, 8:30 Sat 12:10, 2:30, 4:40, 6:40, 9:00 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:00, 8:10 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX 3D (G) Thu-Fri, Sun 12:30, 1:10, 2:40, 3:20, 4:50, 5:30, 7:00, 7:40, 9:15 Sat 11:00, 11:40, 1:10, 1:50, 3:20, 4:00, 5:30, 6:10, 7:40, 8:15, 9:45 Mon-Wed 3:30, 4:10, 6:30, 9:30 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (PG) Sat 11:00 GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE 3D (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:45, 7:35, 10:15 Fri-Sun 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:35, 9:00 GONE (14A) Thu 2:10, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20 Fri-Sun 10:10 MonWed 8:40 GOON (18A) Thu 2:15, 5:00, 8:00, 10:30 Fri, Sun 2:10, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20 Sat 5:15, 7:50, 10:20 Mon 5:10, 10:05 Tue-Wed 5:10, 7:50, 10:05 I AM BRUCE LEE Sat 12:45 JOHN CARTER (PG) Thu-Sun 2:30, 6:00, 9:10 Mon-Wed 5:00, 8:20 JOHN CARTER 3D (PG) Thu-Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:45 MonWed 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 JOHN CARTER: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:45, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:50, 6:45, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) Thu-Fri, Sun 12:50 Sat 11:15, 1:40 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND 3D (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:40, 9:20 Fri, Sun 3:55, 6:40, 9:20 Sat 4:15, 6:50, 9:20 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:10, 8:30 LABYRINTH Mon 7:00 PROJECT X (18A) Thu 1:20, 3:30, 5:40, 8:10, 9:50, 10:40 FriSun 1:20, 3:30, 5:40, 8:10, 10:30 Mon-Wed 5:20, 8:00, 10:15 SAFE HOUSE (14A) Thu-Fri, Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25 Sat 1:15, 4:15, 7:20, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 SILENT HOUSE (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:40, 7:45, 10:35 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:35, 7:45, 10:35 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:25, 9:40 THIS MEANS WAR (14A) Thu-Sun 1:25, 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 A THOUSAND WORDS (PG) Thu-Sun 1:50, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Mon 4:35, 7:40, 9:55 Tue-Wed 4:55, 7:40, 9:55 THE VOW (PG) Thu-Fri, Sun 12:40, 3:45, 6:30, 9:30 Sat 12:30, 3:45, 6:30, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:20, 8:50 WANDERLUST Thu 1:35, 4:05, 7:05, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:35, 4:05, 7:05, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 THE WOMAN IN BLACK (14A) Thu 1:55, 4:35, 7:25, 10:10

INTERCHANGE 30 (AMC)

30 INTERCHANGE WAY, HWY 400 & HWY 7, 416-335-5323 ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED (G) Thu 4:30 BIG MIRACLE Thu, Mon-Wed 4:35 Fri 3:30 Sat-Sun 10:25, 12:55, 3:30 CHRONICLE (14A) Thu 4:25, 6:30 Fri 2:10, 4:25, 6:30, 9:00 Sat 12:05, 2:10, 4:25, 6:30, 9:00 Sun 12:05, 2:25, 4:25, 6:30, 9:00 Mon-Wed 4:25, 6:30, 9:00 CONTRABAND (14A) 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 Fri 2:20 mat Sat-Sun 10:45, 2:20 mat

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nowtoronto.com/movies THE DESCENDANTS (14A) 4:35, 7:25, 10:10 Fri 2:00 mat Sat-Sun 10:00, 2:00 mat EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE (PG) Thu 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Wed 7:15, 10:05 FRIENDS WITH KIDS 5:00, 7:30, 10:15 Fri, Sun 2:00 mat Sat 10:15, 2:00 mat THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (18A) 6:20, 9:40 Fri, Sun 2:05 mat Sat 10:10, 2:05 mat THE GREY (14A) Thu 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 7:30, 10:05 Sun 7:10, 10:05 HUGO 3D (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 Fri 2:00, 4:40, 7:25, 10:00 Sat-Sun 10:20, 1:15, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 THE IRON LADY (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 Fri 3:00, 7:15, 9:55 Sat-Sun 10:05, 12:35, 3:00, 7:15, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:20, 9:55 LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK (PG) Thu 7:05, 9:30 MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (PG) Thu 4:15 7:10 10:05 Fri-Wed 4:15, 7:10, 10:10 Sat-Sun 10:05, 1:00 mat THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY (G) Thu 4:50 Fri 3:00, 5:15 Sat 10:05, 12:45, 3:00, 5:15 Sun 10:05, 12:45, 3:00 MonWed 5:15 SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG) Thu 9:10 Fri 3:20, 7:15, 9:50 Sat-Sun 12:05, 3:20, 7:15, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 STAR WARS: EPISODE I – THE PHANTOM MENACE 3D 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sat-Sun 10:15, 1:15 mat UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING (18A) Thu 7:00 THE WOMAN IN BLACK (14A) 4:20, 7:10, 9:35 Fri 2:15 mat Sat-Sun 10:00, 12:10, 2:15 mat

RAINBOW PROMENADE (I)

PROMENADE MALL, HWY 7 & BATHURST, 905-764-3247 21 JUMP STREET (14A) Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:15, 9:35 THE ARTIST (PG) 1:15, 4:00, 6:45 Thu 9:10 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (G) Thu-Sun, Tue-Wed 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 Mon 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 JOHN CARTER (PG) Thu 1:20 4:05 6:50 9:35 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:05, 6:50, 9:25 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND 3D (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:15, 5:20, 7:25, 9:25 Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:10 PROJECT X (18A) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 9:30 Fri-Wed 9:20 WANDERLUST Thu 1:25 4:20 7:15 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:20, 7:20, 9:30

West GRANDE - STEELES (CE) HWY 410 & STEELES, 905-455-1590

21 JUMP STREET (14A) Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10:10 Sun 1:20, 4:15, 7:10, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:10, 10:00 ACT OF VALOR (14A) Thu-Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 MonWed 4:10, 6:40, 9:30 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (G) Thu-Sun 12:35 DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX 3D (G) Thu-Sat 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 Sun 2:50, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55 Mon-Wed 5:10, 7:35, 9:55 GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE 3D (14A) Thu-Sat 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:15 Sun 1:50, 4:50, 7:40, 10:00 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:40, 10:00 GONE (14A) Thu 9:10 GOON (18A) Thu 1:30, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:40, 7:30, 9:55 Sun 1:30, 4:40, 7:25, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:25, 9:45 JOHN CARTER 3D (PG) Thu-Sat 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:50, 9:50 JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) Thu-Sun 1:00, 3:45, 6:20 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:20 PROJECT X (18A) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 9:45 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 9:40 Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:20, 9:35 SAFE HOUSE (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 9:55 Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Sun 1:10, 4:00, 7:00, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 THE VOW (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 Fri-Wed 9:10 WANDERLUST Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:30, 9:20 3

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repertory schedules

night. Beast From Yucca Flats (1961) D: Coleman Francis. 1:20 am. sat 17 – Newlyweds. 1 pm. Pink Ribbons. 3 pm. Black Butterflies. 5 & 9:30 pm. All films preceded by short doc Leaving Dublin. Super Punch Saturdays: Legend Of 8 Samurai (1983) D: Kinji Jukasaku. 11:10 pm. Death Of A Ninja (Ninja Wars) (1982) D: Kosei Saito. 1:10 am. sun 18 – Pink Ribbons. 1 pm. Black Butterflies. 3 pm. Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995) D: Aditya Chopra. 7:30 pm. mon 19 – Newlyweds. 1 pm. Black Butterflies. 3 & 7 pm. Pink Ribbons. 5 pm. Battle Royale (2000) D: Kinji Fukasaku. 9 pm. tue 20 – Black Butterflies. 1 & 7 pm. Pink Ribbons. 3 pm. Newlyweds. 5 pm. Battle Royale. 9 pm. wed 21 – Newlyweds. 1 pm. Black Butterflies. 3 & 7 pm. Pink Ribbons. 5 pm. Battle Royale. 9 pm.

Rock: A Dog’s Island screens at Innis Town Hall on Sunday as part of the Light Up Japan series marking the first anniversary of the earthquake/tsunami.

festivals

reg hartt’s cineforum

canadian music week film festival

463 bathurst. 416-603-6643.

thu 15 – Oxygene (2007) D: Jean Michel Jarré.

tiff bell lightbox, reitman square, 350 king w (tiff); national film board, 150 john (nfb). cmw. net.

wed 21 -mar 24 – Festival of music-focused films. $10. wed 21 – Under African Skies (2012) D: Joe Berlinger. 7 pm. Andrew Bird: Fever Year (2011) D: Xan Aranda. 9:45 pm. Both screenings at TIFF.

toronto nepali film festival innis town hall, u of t, 2 sussex. tnff.ca.

sat 17 – Films that promote Nepali film-

making and films. $10 Session A & B, $20 Session C, $25 full day, gold pass $50. sat 17 – Session A: Identity (2010) D: Lakshya Dhungana and Paula Mateo. 1:30 pm. Buwega Maanatuna/The Spinner Of Flights (2011) D: Loonibha Tuladhar. 2 pm. Khusi Bhaneko/A Thing Called Happiness (2011) D: Anya Vaverko. 2:30 pm. Journey To Yarsa (2011) D: Dipendra Bhandari. 2:40 pm. Session B: Hanuman Airlines (2011) D: David Aruffat and Kimberly Phinney. 4 pm. Saving Dolma D: Kesang Tseten. 4:35 pm. Session C: Ma Khusi Chu/I Am Happy (2011) D: Abinash Bikram Shah. 7 pm. Team Nepal (2005) D: Girish Giri. 7:35 pm. Buried In Tears (2011) D: Ashok Thapa. 8:15 pm.

cinemas bloor hot docs cinema 506 bloor w. 416-637-3123. bloorcinema.com

fri 16 – Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey (2011) D: Constance Marks and Philip Shane. 3:30 & 6:30 pm. Director in attendance at 6:30 pm screening. Corman’s World: The Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel (2011) D: Alex Stapleton. 9:30 pm. sat 17 – Sherman’s March (1986) D: Ross McElwee. 2:30 pm. Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey. Director in attendance. 6:30 pm. Corman’s World: The Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel. 9:30 pm. sun 18 – Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey. 3:30 pm. Corman’s World: The Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel. 6:30 pm. The Trip (2010) D: Michael Winterbottom. 9 pm. mon 19 – Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey. 3:30 pm. Corman’s World: The Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel. 6:30 pm. The Pit And The Pendulum (1961) D: Roger Corman. 9 pm. tue 20 – Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey. 6:30 pm. X: The Man With X-Ray Eyes (1963) D: Roger Corman. 9 pm. wed 21 – Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey. 6:30 pm. Corman’s World: The Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel. 9:30 pm.

camera bar 1028 queen w. 416-530-0011. camerabar.ca

sat 17 – Un Chien Andalou (1929) D:

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Veronique (1991) D: Krzysztof Kieslowski. 3 pm. Free.

cinematheque tiff bell lightbox

reitman square, 350 king w. 416-599-tiff (8433). tiff.net

thu 15-mar 23 – Occupy Wall St. Newsreels by Jem Cohen. Screened daily from noon to 10 pm in the atrium. thu 15 – Studio Ghibli: Porco Rosso (1992) D: Hayao Miyazaki. 10:30 am. Studio Ghibli: Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) D: Miyazaki. 1 pm. Studio Ghibli: Nausicäa Of The Valley Of The Wind (1984) D: Hayao Miyazaki. 3:30 pm. Le Diable Probablement (1977) D: Robert Bresson. 6:30 pm. Studio Ghibli: Only Yesterday (1991) D: Isao Takahata. 9 pm. fri 16 – Studio Ghibli: Castle In The Sky (1986) D: Hayao Miyazaki. 10:30 am. Studio Ghibli: The Cat Returns (2002) D: Hiroyuki Morita. 10:30 am. Porco Rosso. 2 pm. Studio Ghibli: Princess Mononoke (1997) D: Miyazaki. 6:30 pm. Soviet Sci-Fi: To The Stars By Hard Ways (1982) D: Richard Viktorov. 9 pm. sat 17 – Kiki’s Delivery Service. 10:30 am. Studio Ghibli: My Neighbor Totoro (1988) D: Hayao Miyazaki. 1 pm. L’Argent (1983) D: Robert Bresson. 4 pm. Studio Ghibli: Nausicäa Of The Valley Of The Wind. 7 pm. Snake Eyes (1998) D: Brian De Palma. 10 pm. sun 18 – The Savage Innocents (1960) D: Nicholas Ray. 1 pm. L’Argent. 4:45 pm. Studio Ghibli: The Ocean Waves (1993) D: Tomomi Mochizuki. 7 pm. mon 19 – Studio Ghibli: Kiki’s Delivery Service. 6:30 pm. tue 20 – Food On Film: Laura Calder on Julie & Julia (2009) D: Nora Ephron. 6:30 pm. $35.

fox theatre

2236 queen e. 416-691-7330. foxtheatre.ca

thu 15 – Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) D: Brad Peyton. 2 pm. The Artist (2011) D: Michel Hazanavicius. 4 & 9:15 pm. The Descendants (2011) D: Alexander Payne. 7 pm. fri 16 – Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. 2 pm. The Artist. 4 pm. The Iron Lady (2011) D: Phyllida Lloyd. 7 pm. A Dangerous Method (2011) D: David Cronenberg. 9:15 pm. sat 17-sun 18– The Muppets (2011) D: James Bobin. 2 pm. The Iron Lady. 4 & 7 pm. A Dangerous Method. 9:15 pm. mon 19 – The Iron Lady. 7 pm. A Dangerous Method. 9:15 pm. tue 20 – The Iron Lady. 7 pm. A Separation (2011) D: Asghar Farhadi. 9:15 pm. wed 21 – .The Iron Lady. 1:30 & 9:15 pm. A Separation. 6:45 pm.

graham sprY theatre

cbc museum, cbc broadcast centre, 250 front w, 416-205-5574. cbc.ca

thu 15-wed 21 – Continuous screenings Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Free. thu 15-fri 16 – 8th Fire: Part Three. mon 19-wed 21 – Best of Little Mosque On The Prairie.

national film board 150 john. 416-973-3012. nfb.ca/mediatheque

thu 15 -wed 21 – More than 5,000 NFB films

available at digital viewing stations. Tue-Wed noon-7 pm, Thu-Sat noon-10 pm, Sun noon-5 pm. Free. tue 20 – Amnesty International Films For Changes presents Saving Face (2012) D: Daniel Junge, and short films A Year Of Rebellion, A Year Of Hope and Women And The Egyptian Revolution. 7 pm. Pwyc, sugg donation $5. Tickets @ filmsforchange@aito.ca. wed 21 – Shameless: The ART Of Disability (2006) D: Bonnie Sherr Klein. 4 pm. Free. A World Of Shorts: Shorts For Shorties and Soundtrack Sing-A-Long. 6 & 7:15 pm. $6, stu/ srs $4. worldwideshortfilmfest.com/worldshorts/march-2012.

ontario science centre

770 don mills. 416-696-3127. ontariosciencecentre.ca

thu 15-fri 16 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am, 2 & 5 pm. Under The Sea. Noon & 4 pm. Tornado Alley. 1 & 6 pm. sat 17 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am, 2, 5 & 8 pm. Tornado Alley. 1, 6 & 7 pm. Jane Goodall’s Wild Champanzees. 3 pm. Under The Sea. Noon & 4 pm. sun 18– Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am, 2 & 5 pm. Tornado Alley. 1 & 6 pm. Jane Goodall’s Wild Champanzees. 3 pm. Under The Sea. Noon & 4 pm. mon 19-wed 21 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am, 2 & 5 pm. Under The Sea. Noon & 4 pm. Tornado Alley. 1 & 6 pm. Jane Goodall’s Wild Champanzees. 3 pm.

the projection booth

1035 gerrard e. 416-466-3636, projectionbooth.ca.

thu 15 – Pink Ribbons (2011) D: Léa Pool.

ñ1 pm. Midnight In Paris (2011) D: Woody Allen. 3 pm. How To Die In Oregon (2011) D:

Peter Richardson. 5 pm. Newlyweds (2011) D: Edward Burns. 7 pm. Battle Royale (2000) D: Kinji Fukasaku. 9 pm. fri 16 – Live music and comedy with MC Wildcat. 9:30 pm. Monsters & Martians: Plan 9 For Outer Space (1959) D: Edward D Wood Jr. Mid-

sat 17 – Jane Jacobs: Urban Wisdom (2003). 5 pm. Key 56 (2011) D: Alexandre Hamel. 7 pm. Metropolis (1926) D: Fritz Lang. 8 pm. sun 18 – Jane Jacobs: Urban Wisdom. 5 pm. What I Learned From LSD (2011) D: Reg Hartt. 7 pm. mon 19 – Kid Dracula: Nosferatu (1922) D FW Murnau and soundtrack of Radiohead’s Kid A. 7 pm. tue 20 – The Darkside Of Oz: The Wizard Of Oz (1939) D: Victor Fleming and soundtrack of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon. 7 pm. wed 21 – The Rite Of Caligari: The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari (1920) D: Robert Wiene with soundtrack of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite Of Spring. 7 pm.

revue cinema

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

thu 15 – The Muppets (2011) D: James Bobin. 2 pm. The Artist (2011) D: Michel Hazanavicius. 4:15 & 7 pm. Pina (2011) D: Wim Wenders. 9 pm. fri 16 – The Muppets. 2 pm. The Artist. 4:15 pm. The Descendants (2011) D: Alexander Payne. 7 pm. Shame (2011) D: Steve McQueen. 9:20 pm. sat 17 – The Muppets. 2 pm. The Descendants. 4:15 & 7 pm. Shame. 9:20 pm. sun 18 – The Muppets. 2 pm. Shame. 4:15 & 9:20 pm. The Descendants. 7 pm. mon 19 – The Descendants. 7 pm. Shame. 9:20 pm. tue 20 – Book Revue: The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965) D: Martin Riff. 6:45 pm. Shame. 9:30 pm. wed 21 – The Descendants. 1 & 7 pm. A Dangerous Method. 9:20 pm.

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the roYal 608 college. 416-534-5252. theroYal.to

thu 15 – A Dangerous Method (2011) D: David Cronenberg. 7 pm. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011) D: David Fincher. 9:15 pm. fri 16 – In Darkness (2011) D: Agnieszka Holland. 7 pm. The Iron Lady (2011) D: Phyllida Lloyd. 9:30 pm. The Room (2003) D: Tommy Wiseau. 11:30 pm. sat 17 – In Darkness. 7 pm. The Iron Lady. 9:30 pm. sun 18 – The Iron Lady. 7 pm. In Darkness. 9 pm. tue 20-wed 21 – The Iron Lady. 7 pm. In Darkness. 9 pm.

toronto underground cinema 186 spadina ave, basement. 647-992-4335, torontoundergroundcinema.com

thu 15-wed 21 – Check website for schedule.

other films thu 15-wed 21 –

The CN Tower presents The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D. Continuous screenings daily 10 am to 8 pm. 301 Front W.

416-868-6937, cntower.ca. thu 15-apr 7 – VTape and WARC present A Long History Of Madness (2011) D: Mieke Bal and Michelle Williams Gamaker. Screened daily at 11 am and 2 pm. VTape, 401 Richmond W, suite 452. 416-351-1317, vtape.org. thu 15 – Temple Har Zion Pizza & Movie Night presents Against The Tide D: Richard Frank, a film about young activist Peter Berson who challenged Washington rescue Europe’s Jews during the Holocaust. $5. RSVP 905-889-2252. 7360 Bayview, Thornhill. Faiths Act and IDRF present No Woman, No Cry (2010) D: Christy Turlington-Burns. Discussion on maternal health and the role of mothers around the world. 6 to 8 pm. Free. Toronto Public Library College/Shaw Branch, 766 College. frahman@idrf.ca. fri 16 – Panda City presents a Moc/Doc double screening of FEED, a documentary on Toronto ‘s music scene, and Sudbury ‘96. Live bands precede screenings. 9 pm. $5. Creatures Creating, 627 Queen W. zmudafilms@hotmail.com. The Ralph Thornton Centre presents Death Or Canada (2008) D: Ruan Magan, about Irish famine immigrants coming to Toronto in 1849. Screening followed by short presentation by historian Gerald Whyte. 7 pm. 765 Queen E, 2nd flr. ralphthornton.org. Greenpeace, Toronto Climate Campaign, Ontario Clean Air Alliance and others present Nuke Night double feature: From Chernobyl To Fukushima: A Campaigner’s Journey, and The 4th Revolution: Energy Autonomy. 7 pm. $5 or pwyc. Friends House, 60 Lowther. steve.cornwell@greenpeace. org. The University of Toronto Caribbean Studies at New College presents Bad Friday: Rastafari After Coral Gardens (2011) D: Deborah A Thomas and John L Jackson Jr. Director in attendance. 6:30 pm. Free. Wiliam Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks. da.trotz@utoronto.ca. The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival presents Starry Starry Night (2011) D: Tom Shu-Yu Lin. Q&A w/ director to follow. 7 pm. $15, stu/srs $12. Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge. 905-787-8811, reelasian.com. No One Is Illegal presents Whose Borders?, an evening of politics and films including Enemy Alien (2009) D: Konrad Aderer, and short film Kanawayandan D’aaki – Protecting Our Land. Discusion on indigenous sovereignty, migration and resistance to follow. Palmerston Library Theatre, 560 Palmerston. 7:30 pm. Free/pwyc. toronto. nooneisillegal.org/node/669. sat 17 – The Richmond Hill Public Library Women’s History Month events presents The Invisible Red Thread D: Maureen Marovitch. Q&A w/ director to follow. 1:30 pm. Free. Central Branch, 1 Atkinson, Room A/B. theppcinc.com. sun 18 – Japan Foundation presents Light Up Japan Film Series including Rock: A Dog’s Island (2011) D: Isamu Nakae. 7 pm. Free. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. jftor.org. mon 19 – War Resisters Support Campaign presents War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us To Death (2007) D: Loretta Alper and Jeremy Earp. 6 pm. $20 suggested donation. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. resisters.ca. Trans Film Screening Series presents Tomboy (2011) D: Céline Sciamma. 6:30 pm. Free. William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks. transfilmseries@gmail.com. Early Monthly Segments film series presents films of Gordon Matta-Clark including City Slivers (1976), Tree Dance (1971), Fresh Kill (1972), and Day’s End (1975). 7:30 pm. $5$10. Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen W. earlymonthlysegments@gmail.com. tue 20 – Japan Foundation presents Light Up Japan Film Series including Eclair (2011) D: Akio Kondo. 7 pm. Free. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. jftor.org. wed 21 – Regis College Social Justice Film Series presents Crisis In The Congo: Uncovering The Truth (2011). Discussion to follow. 7 pm. Free. Regis College, 100 Wellesley W. greg.kennedy@mail.utoronto.ca. 3

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Lars von Trier, w/ Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg. Rating: NNNNN; Blu-ray package: NNNN Melancholia is the name of the planet we see striking Earth in the prologue. It’s also the condition, aka depression, that drops like a brick on Justine in the middle of her expensive, formal wedding reception and causes her to alienate just about everybody, including her loving groom. In the days that follow, her sister, Claire, tries to lighten her mood. And the planet draws ever nearer. The movie belongs to Kirsten Dunst, whose Justine, believably, becomes more relaxed as depression settles deeper into her bones, and to Charlotte Gainsbourg, Claire, whose initial calm competence crumbles in the face of her failure to help her sister and her fear of the looming planet. Alexander Skarsgård and Kiefer

Young Adult (Paramount, 2011) D: Jason Reitman, w/ Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt. Rating: NNNN; Blu-ray package: NNN Her dead-end life sends Mavis Gary, ghostwriter of a teen novel series, scurrying back to her hometown intent on re-connecting with her high school sweetheart, who’s now happily married and a new father. Mavis has a head stuffed with adolescent clichés and a deep hatred of her hometown. She’s funny and loathsome, often at the same time, and Charlize Theron’s go-for-broke performance reveals all and makes no plea for sympathy. As the embittered nerd who forges an unlikely friendship with Mavis, Patton Oswalt provides humour and unexpected depth.

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2011) D: Steven Spielberg, w/ Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis. Rating: NN; Blu-ray package: NNN Sutherland both build complex characters as, respectively, the groom and Claire’s rationalist husband. John Hurt and Charlotte Rampling are fun to watch at the reception as Justine’s happily drunk father and embittered mother. The drama unfolds slowly and with much visual elegance. Lars von Trier keeps the realism factor high with hand-held camera, even in the many

effects shots, whose creation gets a detailed but very fast treatment in the extras. The science behind the rogue planet could use a closer look, but the explaining-of doc is worth a look for the cast insights and von Trier on why this is the happiest ending he’s ever shot. EXTRAS Explaining-of doc, visual effects doc, visual style doc, science doc, more. English, French audio. English, French, Spanish subtitles.

Young Adult takes uncommon routes to its powerful, surprising climax. Director Jason Reitman is explicit about his intentions in the extras, and writer Diablo Cody (Juno), Theron, Oswalt and the rest of the cast offer thoughtful character insights. EXTRAS Director, director of photography Eric Steelberg, associate producer Jason Blumenfeld commentary, director and producer Q&A, making-of doc, scene deconstruction doc. English, French, Spanish audio. English, French, Spanish, Portuguese subtitles.

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(Phase 4, 2011) D: Mike Flanagan, w/ Katie Parker, Courtney Bell. Rating: NNN; DVD package: NNNNN Absentia is more successful than most in-

Here’s another title destined to find a home on Low Expectations Theatre. Tintin’s central conceit – the people look like cartoons but move as if they were humans in a “real” world – lacks charm, and the characters and story are flat as pancakes. On the other hand, it has handsome designs, three wow-worthy set pieces and a scattering of laughs. Teen journalist Tintin (Jamie Bell), his dog, Snowy, and new friend, the alcoholic Captain Haddock (Andy Serkis), battle sinister-suave villain Sakharine (Daniel Craig) for map fragments that lead to treasure. In some shots, Tintin seems to have the frog eyes of one of H.P. Love-

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Hotel room clean-up Thank you for your advocacy of monogamishy. (Monogamishness?) When I fell in love with my gloriously kinky and GGG wife several years ago, we were honest about our sexual desires – vast and wide-ranging – and we negotiated an arrangement that works for us. We encourage each other’s outside crushes, and we both just want to be present while one of us is banging that outside crush. Your column gave us the tools we needed to talk with other potentially kinky folks. Thanks! Anyway, on to our question: When one is staying at a hotel, what is the protocol for engaging in sheet-staining activities? For example, if a session might spread santorum, menstrual blood, female ejaculate, etc. all over the sheets, what to do? Is it better to cover the bed in towels and stain them instead? Are dirty sheets all in a day’s work for the housekeeper, or should we refrain from such activities in hotel rooms? We don’t want to make the housekeeping staff miserable – and we always leave a tip for the maid! – but we don’t want to refrain from sex just because my wife is on her period! Sheets Tarnished After Intense Nooky You’re welcome for monogamishamy – the correct noun form of the adjective monogamish – and I’m delighted that it’s helped you and the wife negotiate successful encounters with “outside crushes,” STAIN, and I trust that you and the wife strive to make sure those encounters are as reward-

ing for the crushes as they are for you two. Now, about those sheets…. If you’ve booked a hotel room, STAIN, and it’s shark week for the wife or a certain former senator routinely drops in (drops out?) when you have anal sex, there’s always the option of bringing your own santorumand/or menstrual-blood-coloured/stained towels from home. But let’s say you don’t want to bring towels from home – which is an admittedly anal-in-the-other-sense-of-anal thing to do. Should you lay the hotel’s towels down on the bed or mess up the sheets? “Mess up the sheets, please,” said the head of housekeeping at the hotel where I happened to be staying when your question arrived. (HOH agreed to speak to me on the condition that I not name her, the hotel where she works or even the city where it’s located.) “We bleach the holy heck out of those sheets,” HOH continued. “And it is easier to get stains out of sheets than towels. And sheets cost less to replace – at least ours do.” Anything else someone should do if they’ve made a mess of the sheets? “If you want to be a total sweetheart,” said HOH, “strip the bed. Pull the sheets off and leave them balled up on the floor. All the ladies know what that means, and I promise you that no one goes poking in sheets left on the floor. They toss that ball in the cart and send it straight to the laundry.” Where they bleach the hell/blood/santorum out of ’em. Finally, STAIN, thanks for mentioning that you always leave a tip for the maid. It made me feel less alone – I always leave a tip for the maid, too – and it gives me the opportunity to encourage others to do the same. Anyone who can afford a night or two in a hotel – on business, on vacation, on someone else’s wife – can afford to leave a few bucks for the maid.

Straight turn-down I’m a 25-year-old sTraIghT man. one of my best buddies is gay, and I’m in gay bars with him twice a week or so. (We like to drink!) My question: What’s the correct

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response when I get hit on by men in gay bars? If a guy comes on strong, I kind of feel bad saying, “I’m straight.” Because I don’t want him to think I’m saying, “You’re disgusting.” So what’s the etiquette for a straight guy in a gay bar? Is it wrong to say you have a boyfriend instead of just saying you’re straight? Not Overly Concerned Lost Useless Entity Guys who either don’t have boyfriends or do have boyfriends but are in monogamish relationships will frequently say “I have a boyfriend” to get rid of a guy at a bar whom they don’t find attractive. So be honest, NOCLUE. Finding out he never had a shot at you because you’re straight will be easier on a guy’s ego than having to wonder what it is you and your imaginary boyfriend didn’t find attractive about him. Now, some gay dudes will be annoyed when they discover that the guy they’ve invested 10 whole minutes in eye-fucking isn’t gay, but most will welcome your presence as proof that – forgive me – it gets better. Straight dudes hanging out in gay bars with their gay friends? Straight dudes who are secure enough in their own sexuality that they’re comfortable with being viewed as a sex object by other men? Sure signs of progress, NOCLUE. That some gay dudes will have to waste a few precious minutes of their lives flirting with men they can’t suckfuckrimdatemarry is a small price to pay to be reminded that we live in a less homophobic world.

She bugs you? Chill. I have a super-hoT, consIderaTe, caring girlfriend with a high libido with whom I share many long-term goals. The problem is that she bugs the shit out of me. She chews with her mouth open, she listens to music I dislike and she swears at inappropriate times. I’m in my mid-30s and not sure what I should do. Settle? Second Thoughts We have something in common, ST: I once met a guy who was super-hot and caring and considerate, a guy whose libido matched my own and whose long-term

goals aligned with mine, and who just so happened to bug the shit out of me. Here’s what I did: I married that motherfucker. My husband still bugs the shit out of me sometimes, just as I doubtless bug the shit out of him sometimes. But there’s no such thing as a bug-free boyfriend/girlfriend/ husband/wife/unicorn/gimp/whatever. LTRs are about identifying the bugs that some caring and consistent prodding can fix—like that chewing-with-her-mouthopen shit—and accepting and finally learning to ignore the bugs that no amount of prodding will ever change. And take it from me, ST: Hot, considerate, caring, similarly libidinous and shared long-term goals isn’t a package that comes along every day. You could do a lot worse.

sTraIghT-rIghTs WaTch: In 2010,

Americans voted Republican hoping – despite 30 years of evidence to the contrary – that the GOP might know something about creating jobs. Surprise! Turns out that all the GOP knows how to do is wage war on American women. The GOP’s attack on abortion morphed into an attack on Planned Parenthood, which morphed into an attack on access to contraception, which finally morphed into an attack on the 98 per cent of American women who use or have used contraception. (Sluts and prostitutes, one and all, according to Rush Limbaugh.) The GOP’s war on choice, contraception, cancer screenings and women won’t end until the fuckers waging it are driven out of office. Pissed off? Great! Do something about it. Go find a pro-choice Democrat who’s running for office against an anti-choice/antiwoman motherfucker and send that Dem a check or, if you live in his or her district, volunteer for that Democrat. Fight back! Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/ savage. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter

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