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the size of a bracelet to make the plate look even more like a basket of flowers you crush to make croutons. Turns out Cherry Tomato and Friends ($6.80) isn’t the name of a 70s porno Izakaya offers a laid-back vibe but very intense tastes By STEVEN DAVEY flick but a bowl of peeled baby plum almost everyone in the culinary Guu Too, such is the slavish evocatomatoes, fresh bocconcini and raiDONDON IZAKAYA (130 Dundas world is going seriously down-martion of that insanely popular Church sins in gingery syrup like some fracWest, at Bay, 416-492-5292, donket. Street resto, although the original’s tured fruit cocktail. donizakaya.com) Complete dinners for Susur Lee has traded over-the-top bombastic volume and frenzied revAnd who can resist meaty slices of $35 per person (sushi lunches $20), intasting menus served backwards for elry have been considerably muted. barely seared BC tuna smoked over cluding tax, tip and a discounted domescheeseburger spring rolls; Top Chef There’s also no two-hour drinking hay when the lengthy illustrated tic beer. Average main $8. Open for lunch Canada recently roped in hunky TV limit, and you don’t have to take off menu describes them as “fish + garlic Monday to Friday 11:30 am to 4 pm, Sathandyman Mike Holmes as a judge; your shoes like you do at the Guu on + hay + LOVE FIRE ($11.90),” especially urday and Sunday noon to 4 pm; dinner and that rapscallion Greg Couillard Bloor, stocking feet and raw fish rarewhen they arrive at table sided with a Sunday to Thursday 4 pm to midnight, Frijust popped up – however briefly – at ly a good mix. line of salt. Make sure you have your day and Saturday 4 pm to 1 am. Licensed. a f*ckin’ Firkin in the condo district. Yes, they bang the drum (the camera ready if you order HoppetaAccess: two steps at door, washrooms on Daisuke Izutsu has also read the sound made by the taiko gives DonYaki ($8.50), an otherwise unassumsame floor. Rating: NNNN tea leaves. Since folding his upscale Don its name) and shout out the Japaing mound of garlicky mashed potaKaiseki-Sakura at Church and Welles- nese equivalent of “Hey, buddy, how’s toes thick with diced chicken and ley last fall after a five-year struggle it goin’, eh?” every time someone asparagus, topped with shaved bonto find an audience for elegantly platclimbs the stairs to the second-storey ito flakes that, due to the heat of the Seasonal Menus ed Japonica, Izutsu has teamed up space. But, other than that and a lot spuds, wriggle around like worms on Fresh local ingredients with the folks behind Sushi Time to of after-work laughter, the scene is a rainy-day lawn. give us DonDon Izakaya in the old Sai relatively laid-back. Izutsu stays on trend with TokyoContact your NOW Classified Salesfor Rep Woo. Chef Izutsu saves the fireworks inspired hot dogs ($5.20) finished @ 416.364.3444 They might as well have called it his plates, deliciously addictive startwith spicy Korean pulled pork and nowtoronto.com/classifieds ers like deep-fried seaweed in wasakimchee, while the oddly dubbed bi-spiked tempura, ($3) and heavily Fwhat-Fwhat Pork ($8) – WTF? – finds salted crispy shrimp complete with raspberry vinaigrette tossed with a pair of doughy Chinese steamed heads, tails and eyeballs. His cheesy crumbled walnuts and Gorgonzola, buns piled with seared pork belly, cupotato croquettes ($7) come cleverly the thin round slices of candy-cane cumber, scallion and hoisin sauce à blackened with cod roe, sesame seeds beets on top suggesting flower blos- la Banh Mi Boys. and squid ink, that exotic red sauce soms. We finish this most unusual meal on the side a blob of Heinz ketchup. Real flowers show up in his idiowith bowls of crunchy almond ’n’ Ignoring our embargo on a certain syncratic take on a classic Caesar strawberry risotto in chocolate sauce root vegetable, we order Izutsu’s beet ($7.50), a deconstructed heap of ($4.20) and nutty black-sesame ice Open fOr lunch & dinner salad ($8.90)your just toNOW see what the clas- Sales ripped Rep iceberg dressed with• nowtoronto.com/classifieds cream ($1.90), proof that down-marContact Classified @lettuce 416.364.3444 sically trained French chef will do. carnation petals, buttery shaved parket doesn’t have to mean dumbedWinterlicious We’re not disappointed with his a migiano and a very runny poached down. 3 & Summerlicious stevend@nowtoronto.com tangle of organic mesclun in tart egg. An upright ring of puff pastry

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After innumerable delays, ex-Globe Bistro chef Ben Heaton has finally opened the Grove (1214 Dundas West, at Lakeview, 416-588-2299, thegroveto.com). The one-time Portuguese dentist’s office now serves a “modern English” carte Monday SD through Saturday till 2 am.

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likely have the joint to yourself. Not for long, of course. Also: 138 Dundas W, at Elizabeth, 416-205-1155; 372 Bloor W, at Walmer, 416-921-6787. Best: top-of-theline “king of the kings” ramen in spicy shoyu broth finished with sliced chashu pork, slivered scallion, runny soft-boiled egg, chewy seaweed and kamaboko fishcake, the Spam of Japan; creamy tonkotsu ramen’s broth tasting of liquefied pork chops; minced pork gyoza, more soup

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The grand finale of Toronto’s fortnight-long fashion “week” was The ShOws in the ballroom of the Ritz Carlton Hotel on March 19 and 20. Up first on Monday were David Szeto and Ruffian, who showed prim, pleated dresses and menswear-inspired suiting respectively. Jean-Pierre Bra-

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COMMUNITY 54 1275 Queen West, 416-901-4342, community54.com To get into the flagship Community 54 store on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, you walk through what looks like a video game arcade, sit in a photo booth and exit through a curtain into the covert shop. Making it to the merch in Toronto’s outlet isn’t so tricky. There are still vintage games in the storefront, but the Terminator 2 and Bram Stoker’s Dracula consoles are actually for sale and lead to a back room stocked with menswear and nostalgic finds. Salvaged pieces include plastic A-team lunch boxes, and racks are stocked with clothing by otherwise undiscovered labels like Ambush Apparel and Beau Coup. Further back

you’ll find a wall of retro Polo, Nike, Roots and Adidas track jackets and the office of the store’s inhouse magazine, Think Contra. Community 54 picks: Throwback windbreaker favourite Members Only creates a limited-edition leather jacket with quilted shoulders, $775; Danner stands behind its hiking boots so firmly, you can send in a two-decade-old pair to be completely refurbished, $380; the store’s team created a collection of fleece baseball caps with Mitchell & Ness. Look for: The launch of private-label denim and chambray shirts this spring. Hours: Monday to Sunday noon to 9 pm. 3

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ARIES Mar 21 | Apr 19 Not bad for a few

weeks’ work, or play, or whatever it is you want to call this tormented, inspired outburst. Would it be too forward of me to suggest that you’ve gone a long way toward outgrowing the dark fairy tale that had been haunting your dreams for so long? And yet all this may just be a warmup for your next metamorphosis, in which you make an audacious new commitment to becoming what you really want to be when you grow up.

TAURUS Apr 20 | May 20 This week I’m taking a break from my usual pep talks. I think it’s for the best. If I deliver a kindhearted kick in the butt, maybe it will encourage you to make a few course corrections, thereby making it unnecessary for fate to get all tricky and funky on you. So here you go, Taurus: 1. The last thing you need is someone to support your flaws and encourage you in your delusions. True friends will offer snappy critiques and crisp advice. 2. Figure out once and for all why you keep doing a certain deed that’s beneath you, then gather the strength and get the help you need to quit it. 3. It’s your duty to stop doing your duty with such a sombre demeanour and heavy tread. To keep from sabotaging the good it can accomplish, you’ve got to put more pleasure into it. GEMINI May 21 | Jun 20 The German

word “Weltratsel” can be translated as “World Riddle.” Coined by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, it refers to questions

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like “What is the meaning of existence?” and “What is the nature of reality?” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Gemini, you’re now primed to deepen your understanding of the World Riddle. For the next few weeks, you will have an enhanced ability to pry loose useful secrets about some big mysteries. Certain passages in the Book of Life that have always seemed like gobbledygook to you will suddenly make sense. Here’s a bonus: every time you decipher more of the World Riddle, you will solve another small piece of your Personal Riddle.

CANCER Jun 21 | Jul 22 “The reasonable

man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” So wrote George Bernard Shaw in his book Man And Superman. From the hints I have gleaned, Cancerian, you are now in an ideal phase to be the sort of unreasonable man or woman who gets life to adapt so as to better serve you and your dreams. Even if it’s true that the emphasis in the past has often been on you bending and shaping yourself to adjust to the circumstances others have wrought, the coming weeks could be different.

LEO Jul 23 | Aug 22 In his book Word Hero, Jay Heinrichs offers advice about how to deliver pithy messages that really make an impact. Here’s one tip that would be especially useful for you in the coming days: exaggerate precisely. Heinrichs

gives an example from the work of the illustrious raconteur, American author Mark Twain. Twain did not write, “In a single day, New England’s weather changes a billion times.” Rather, he said, “In the spring I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of four-and twenty hours.” Be inspired by Twain’s approach in every way you can imagine, Leo. Make things bigger and wilder and more expansive everywhere you go, but do it with exactitude and rigour.

VIRGO Aug 23 | Sep 22 “Liminality” is a

term that refers to the betwixt and between state. It’s dawn or dusk, when neither night nor day fully rules. It’s the mood that prevails when a transition is imminent or a threshold beckons. During a rite of passage, liminality is the phase when the initiate has left his or her old way of doing things but has not yet been fully accepted or integrated into the new way. Mystical traditions from all over the world recognize this as a shaky but potent situation – a time and place when uncertainty and ambiguity reign even as exciting possibilities loom. In my estimate, Virgo, you’re now ensconced in liminality.

LIBRA Sep 23 | Oct 22 The Argentinian writer Antonio Porchia said there were two kinds of shadows: “some hide, others reveal.” In recent weeks, you’ve been in constant contact with the shadows that hide. But beginning any moment now, you’ll be wandering away from those rather frustrating enigmas and entering

into a dynamic relationship with more evocative mysteries: the shadows that reveal. Be alert for the shift so you won’t get caught assuming that the new shadows are just like the old ones.

SCORPIO Oct 23 | Nov 21 Every winter,

hordes of ants have overrun my house. At least that was true up until recently. This winter the pests stayed away, and that has been very good news. I didn’t have to fight them off with poison and hand-tohand combat. The bad news? The reason they didn’t invade was because very little rain fell, as it’s supposed to during northern California winters. The ants weren’t driven above ground by the torrents that usually soak the soil. And now drought threatens our part of the world. Water shortages may loom. I propose that this scenario is a metaphor for a dilemma you may soon face, Scorpio – except that you will have a choice in the matter: would you rather deal with the lack of a fundamental resource or an influence that’s bothersome but ultimately pretty harmless?

SAGITTARIUS Nov 22 | Dec 21 You’re en-

tering one of the most buoyant phases of your astrological cycle. Your mandate is to be brash and bouncy, frothy and irrepressible. To prepare you, I’ve rounded up some exclamatory declarations by poet Michael McClure. Take them with you as you embark on your catalytic adventures. They’ll help you cultivate the right mood. McClure: “Everything is natural. The light on your fingertips is starlight. Life begins with coiling – molecules and nebulae. Cruelty, selfishness, and vanity are boring. Each self is many selves. Reason is beauty. Light and darkness are arbitrary divisions. Cleanliness is as undefinable and as natural as filth. The physiological body is pure spirit. Monotony is madness. The frontier is both outside and inside. The universe is the messiah. The senses are

gods and goddesses. Where the body is – there are all things.”

CAPRICORN Dec 22 | Jan 19 You know those tall, starched white hats that many chefs wear? Traditionally, they had 100 pleats, which denoted the number of ways a real professional could cook an egg. I urge you to wear one of those hats in the coming weeks, Capricorn – or whatever the equivalent symbol might be for your specialty. It’s high time for you to express your ingenuity in dealing with what’s simple and familiar... to be inventive and versatile as you show how much you can accomplish using just the basics. AQUARIUS Jan 20 | Feb 18 As I was driv-

ing my car in San Francisco late one night, I arrived at a traffic signal that confused me. The green light was radiant and steady, but then so was the red light. I came to a complete stop and waited until, finally, after about two minutes, the red faded. I suspect you may soon be facing a similar jumble of mixed signals, Aquarius. If that happens, I suggest you do what I did. Don’t keep moving forward; pause and sit still until the message gets crisp and clear.

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2 Chainz This Atlanta rapper has been in the game for 15 years but is getting noticed only now for his recent string of underground hits, like Spend It. And by “getting noticed,” I mean Kanye West dropped by for his set.

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The feedback-friendly Scottish band had little new to show off during their SXSW reunion. In fact, their onstage bickering, out-of-tune guitars and general bad attitude from the 80s is very much intact as they head into their 50s. But, man, do they have some amazing tunes.

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The Men, a garagey dance band called the “MVP of SXSW” by the Austin Chronicle, drew lineups even at the most secret of their secret gigs. On the last day of the fest, they were charging $10 to get into their show, wristband or not. They went head to head with free and SXSW-sanctioned shows and had people queueing up around the corner regardless. Bruce Springsteen might as well call his new album Obama/Biden 2012: all his songs seem like Democratic party talking points. His SXSW keynote, however, was a powerful stump speech of his own. “Stay hard, stay hungry,” he urged all the young bands there. I for one took the hungry part seriously, and spent most of my time slumming around the famous food

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The Counting Crows, Eve 6, Third Eye Blind, the Cult and other relics of decades past came through Austin to cash in on South By Southwest’s retro obsession. Aside from the Toronto Star, no one especially noticed or cared. That lack of attention was life-affirming, proving that not just any old band could parachute in to SXSW, play a show and enjoy a successful comeback. So Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch can cancel reunion plans for next year.

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Spaceghostpurrp is a lo-fi, hardcore, Miami-based 21-year-old who makes slowed-down stripper anthems. I watched him perform one of his more popular songs, Suck A Nigga Dick For 2011, with an energetic crowd of nerdy guys with beards (seriously, the guy next to me looked like a young Francis Ford Coppola). Every other under-

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Kreayshawn For many, her high-pitched, cutesy rap act was a low point in the history of hiphop. For me, just a lowlight of this festival.

Skrillex Skrillex is supposedly leading a youth-centric dubstep movement, and from the looks of his gig at SXSW, he’s doing it hands-free. He barely touched a laptop, just jumped around and waved his arms in the air.

The Arkells Bad programming had this hardworking Hamilton band singing about factory work and the common man before Jesus and Mary Chain took the stage. “That fucking Canadian band” is how the jaded JAMC audience will forever know them now.

Miike Snow The Swedish band did their best Coldplay impersonation when they were thrust onto the big stage at Stubb’s. But the bigger the venue, the worse they sound.

Lineups There were upwards of 300,000 people in the small city of Austin for the festival this year. It felt like 200,000 of them were in line in front of me every time I went to get a drink. It looks like it’s going to get worse before it gets better.

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merge jazz school training with a rap sensibility and you get a song entitled AssMilk, by L.A. rap provocateurs Odd Future, transcribed as sheet music. Upload the performance to YouTube and it’s viral gold. In the wrong hands, the combo of jazz and rap, two seemingly disparate ideas, could go two ways: tight-assed and academic or precious and ironic. But with a little talent, bravado and just enough boredom, BADBADNOTGOOD, one of the city’s most exciting young bands, pulled it off. “We’re the first jazz band that’s had people moshing at shows,” says drummer Alex Sowinski, 20, referring to BBNG’s recent raucous parties in Toronto and Montreal. The band, which also includes keyboardist Matt Tavares, 21, and bassist Chester Hansen, 19, didn’t set out to change anything when they met at Humber College; it was about having fun. And when they take their trio set-up and renegade ethos to a live setting, the results are surreal. They want to get Hansen plugged in wirelessly so he can crowd-surf. They also want bloody faces in the crowd and pretty girls dancing onstage. Like if Fucked Up collaborated with Waka Flocka Flame, backed by the Roots. But back to AssMilk. It was Hansen’s Nikes, a footwear anomaly in a sea of jazz student boat shoes, that caught Sowinski’s attention. In another class – ear training, they recall – Sowinski linked with fellow outlier Tavares over a mutual appreciation of digital classicist James Blake and meme-rapper Lil B. A few loose, convivial jam sessions later and, this time last year, that Odd Future remake was part of a performance test piece for a panel of jazz performance instructors. “The comments were like, ‘I didn’t find anything of musical value in this performance,’” says Sowinski, giddy with hindsight, sitting with his cohorts in Queen West’s Pho Phuong. “And then we put the exact same thing on the internet….” After just a day on YouTube, the eight-minuteplus Odd Future Sessions Part 1 went viral. “This Is Fucking Sick! Dave Brubeck Trio

new it has yet to be defined. It’s a challenge to audiences at a time when every new trick is neatly labelled post- this or future that. Corporeally it’s jazz, but spiritually it’s hip-hop. Six months and a tiny shoulder-to-shoulder Dundas West debut show later, Tyler – who appeared on the covers of Billboard and SPIN in 2011 – dropped by Sowinski’s west-end basement to jam just before Odd Future’s second sold-out Toronto date. A video documents a real moment for both: Tyler’s brilliance, and full-circle idol-worship validation for BBNG. They had no intention of being a band – a friend came up with the name and it stuck – but we, the internet, demanded it. Last November BBNG opened for the righteous jazz-funk maverick Roy Ayers, stunning his audience in the process. But the ultimate big-up came in January when they travelled to London, UK, to play BBC personality Giles Peterson’s Worldwide Awards alongside contemporary genre innovators like SBTRKT and Jamie XX. “I was made aware of their [Odd Future Sessions Part 2] Goblin Medley [and] it blew my mind,” Peterson, a sonic prophet, writes in an email. “It’s rare that jazz musicians get the hiphop thing right, apart from Q-Tip, Questlove, Steve Coleman and Robert Glasper. These guys are now in the top league!” Back at the pho spot, the “top-league” musicians seem more like some kids you’d see on the bus. They talk over each other, sometimes with their mouths full, often detouring between questions into a salvo of hilarious non sequiturs. Hansen, the quietest, reveals that as a teenage beatmaker he dreamt of forming a rap group called H Crew (“for Hansen”) with his brothers. Tavares, a multi-instrumentalist with no formal piano training, played in punk bands and obsessively recorded covers of Duran Duran and Talking Heads. Affable smartass Sowinski stretches his arm to the street, a figurative sweep of the city bars where he’s played “probably over 400 shows” drumming with high school bands. Devout music nerdery led them to Humber jazz after high school, where they eventually felt too cloistered.

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learn the Omnibook, and that’s kind of bullshit because then everyone plays what Parker plays,” explains Sowinski. “It’s important to learn the language, but whether you use it is your own call.” That’s not impudence, but a canny insight into institutional insularity, and it gives rise to a totally apropos coming-of-age worry about getting paid. “You spend four precious years doing whatever you want because you’re in school, just practising your scales, when you should be practising what to do after,” Tavares opines. “Most graduates are super-, super-good at playing traditional jazz,” adds Hansen. “[We’re] trying to bring that to a band and a creative basis instead of individual technical ability.” Covers make up much of BBNG’s free-released catalogue (a mixtape and two live recordings, including London), but the next record, out in early April, is half original material. BADBADNOTGOOD2 was recorded in late February during an espresso-fuelled overnight at east-end studio Revolution Recording. (“It’s where Rush recorded,” gushes Tavares.) “We wanted to tie the roots of what we’ve been doing with the way we’re expanding and show some growth,” says Sowinski. So on top of creating ornate, boom-bap-inflected originals and teasing out helical refrains from Kanye West’s Flashing Lights and James Blake’s take on Feist’s Limit To Your Love, they’ve recorded a My Bloody Valentine cover. Also dubstep? “But it’s not going to sound like dubstep!” Hansen insists, pointing instead to the beatscene innovators they met in London, Thundercat and Kutmah. This sparks a debate over an early inspiration, crossover jazz pianist Robert Glasper, who’s collaborated with artists like Mos Def and Bilal. “Fuck Robert Glasper,” laughs Tavares, halfseriously. “He’s doing well in jazz, but he’s into this ‘real hip-hop, fuck Lil Wayne’ type thing. He’s stuck in 1990. The key to making good music is having an open mind.” Covering Smells Like Teen Spirit with vocoder’d vocals doesn’t do jazz any favours, adds Sowinski as we discuss Glasper’s already acclaimed February release, Black Radio. “I’m pretty sure if Kurt Cobain were alive, he’d be like, ‘This is fucking horrible.’” Hansen puts it best: “It just doesn’t have any balls.” One artist with cojones, they concur, is Polaris Prize-nominated bass saxophone freaker Colin Stetson. It’s the collaboration they want most, reveals Hansen. “He’s changing music,” adds Sowinski reverently. “He’s doing the coolest thing in the world.” Actually, Stetson, who tours with Bon Iver and played on Feist’s latest record, is BBNG’s improbable twin: a technical specialist not content with sessioning, elbowing into the pop consciousness instead. Though it’s not official-official, next month BBNG fly out to play Coachella, where they’re hoping to gig with a marquee act or two. And they’re going to raze this year’s CMF, playing a perfectly curated showcase with fellow Canadian beat impurists Lunice and Zodiac. As for music school, the band no longer finds it necessary. Hansen and Tavares withdrew in February, while Sowinski’s still enrolled, “but only for the dental plan.” 3

ToronTo jaz z fuTurisTs rewriTe The rule book by anuPa MisTrY Swag,” tweeted Tyler, the Creator, Odd Future’s savant bellwether and a demigod to adolescents around the world. A medley of au courant hip-hop compositions that includes the plinking double-time keys of producer Bangladesh’s gauzy Lemonade, the video captured BBNG’s protean instincts for collapsing genres. (Live, Lemonade is a deranged bebop fugue, making dramatic use of tempo). Impatient and arch, heavy on the blue notes, with occasional improvised accompaniment performed on half-chugged 40 oz. bottles, their sound is a musical neologism, something so

“[It’s] a different world. No one knows what Pitchfork Music is,” explains Tavares about the fusty codes inside jazz’s breeding grounds. “People know Downbeat Magazine, and they know what, like, John Coltrane’s solo on Giant Steps (Alternate Take) sounds like,” he scoffs. Jazz, a mutable music born out of black resistance, made psychedelic intrusions into the dominance of Western classical modalities, rhythms and sensibilities, but it’s ossified over time. Schools churn out prodigies with genius skills and predictable reflexes. “You have to transcribe Charlie Parker and

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There’s always a thoughtful reason behind John K. Samson’s musical decisions. Take the final song on Provincial (Epitaph), his debut solo album that travels to forgotten places along four routes leading in and out of Winnipeg. Entitled Taps Reversed, it’s an intimate piano duet with his wife, Christine Fellows, recorded in their living room. Listen closely and you can hear the muted shuffle of their pets moving about, their dogs’ toenails clicking on the floor. “We wrote that one together,” says the soft-spoken Samson, also the frontman of folk-punk band the Weakerthans. “I guess I didn’t want to leave the listener out on the highway, just kind of abandoned. So I thought something domestic would make a better ending.” That he didn’t want to abandon his listeners speaks to Samson’s compassion. That such care went into sequencing signals the Herculean effort he puts into his work – this album maybe more than any others. Over mugs of peppermint tea, he explains how the project began as a 7-inch series about three Winnipeg roads. Then it broadened. He got a research grant from the Winnipeg Arts Council. Spent long hours in the library. Drove to the places that intrigued him: the Ninette sanatorium; a graveyard of Icelandic immigrants killed by smallpox. He devised an interweaving, centuries-straddling fiction. In sixth song Letter In Icelandic From The Ninette San, a TB-stricken fisherman in the sanatorium writes to his brother back home. Meanwhile, a modern-day student struggles to finish his thesis in the driving, humorous fifth song, When I Write My Master’s Thesis. “I thought of the Ninette letter as a piece of research in the desk drawer of the master’s student,” explains Samson. “Something that would’ve spurred him to finish his paper if he’d actually had it translated and focused on what was right in front of him. “It’s kind of silly – I mean, a listener is not going to get all of this. But that was my process. Those two songs tie it all together. For me, the album spreads out from the middle.” Often called Canada’s punk poet laureate, Samson is no novice when it comes to singing about his hometown. Its pull on him was evident from the first Weakerthans album in 1997. “I tried to get away from it on this record, but the record’s still like a 300-kilometre orbit of it,” he laughs. So does Samson going solo signify an end to the Weakerthans? “I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I can’t really see us breaking up. I don’t see the point, frankly. Then we’d just get back together again like everyone else.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

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Cadence Weapon knows that the best part of CMW usually takes place off-schedule. For years, the Edmonton-bred, Montreal-based rapper (real name Rollie Pemberton) has been the resident DJ at the !059 party, a rogue after-hours gathering that usually rivals anything under the official festival banner. This will be the first year without the legendary shindig, but Pemberton hasn’t forgotten its influence. A few weeks ago he leaked a new song, Loft Party – a flip of Meek Mill’s banger House Party – that pays homage to the unofficial music venues across Canada where he cut his teeth. (Now 25, he’s been performing since his teens). “That’s my background in a lot of ways,” he says over the phone from somewhere in Alabama, on his way to SXSW. “There’s this profound spirit of freedom at these mysterious after-hours-type venues. There isn’t the same hanging cloud of rules, so the potential of the night is unlimited.” Loft Party is one in a series of free Cadence Weapon tracks purposely leaked over Twitter to give fans some fresh material. Though the rapper’s been working on his long-awaited third LP, till now he hasn’t released anything new since 2010’s Tron Legacy mixtape, and nothing “official” since 2008’s Afterparty Babies. News surfaced last year that his next album would be called Roquentin and that it would eschew samples for live instrumentation. Since then, plans have changed. For starters, he’s renamed the album Hope In Dirt City, a reference to a poem he wrote while acting as Edmonton’s poet laureate, and announced a release date of May 29. Since recording the demos with a live band in Toronto, he’s chopped them up and sampled them, turning them into more conventional hip-hop beats. “I like the idea of ambiguity in sound,” he says. “That’s what I’m trying to do – make listeners unsure of whether they’re listening to a live instrument or a sample that’s been manipulated.” Fans used to his dense, heady style may also be surprised by the immediacy of the album, which Pemberton says is heavily influenced by radio rap (though imbued with a bit more depth). The new material will be on display at his official CMW gig, but he’s also still waiting for an opportunity to fill the !059 void. “Definitely put this in NOW: if anyone wants me to DJ their afterparty, come find me and talk to me about it.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

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For someone with a music video called Fuck Shit Stack and who sometimes imitates a gut-busting group of New Age-spewing alien characters with highpitched voices, Brooklyn-based musician/comedian/beatboxer Reggie Watts sure is earnest. Asked to describe the scene at South by Southwest, where he was preparing to perform half a dozen sets, he says, “Humans everywhere, from different companies and corporations and bands, all hanging out and trying to make a difference somehow and hopefully enlightening people.” Not a sarcastic hipster jab or taco joke in sight. In fact, for Watts, taking part in a music fest – even as part of its comedy component, something he’ll also be doing in Toronto at the CMW-affiliated Canadian International Comedy Fest – is his “totally favourite thing. I love to be forcefully put back into music, because I really miss it.” The 39-year-old wild-haired entertainer might’ve made his name as the stand-up opener on Conan O’Brien’s 2010 comedy tour, but that came after a decade’s worth of childhood piano and violin lessons in his hometown of Great Falls, Montana, jazz studies at Cornish College of the Arts and stints in tons of Seattle bands, including as frontman for the long-running rock/soul/ hip-hop outfit Maktub. These days, Watts’s jaw-dropping surrealist live show is a half-and-half mix of stream-of-consciousness stand-up and loop-based improvised music that showcases his piano and beatboxing skills, formidable singing voice and knack for impersonation. Last year at Yuk Yuk’s, besides the WTF aliens, he gave us the earnest singer/songwriter at the piano, the tough and horny rap dude and the flamboyant funk singer, to name a few. You get the distinct sense that he loves what he mimics. “Yeah, yeah, yeah,” he says, citing D’Angelo, minimal techno, Blitzen Trapper and old soul as musical influences. “I really do, of course. My thing is that you can’t really make fun of something unless you love it. There has to be something you connect with in order to deconstruct it in the first place.” In 2007, Watts caught the attention of the comedy world with the viral-hit comedic short video What About Blowjobs. He’s since released the Why Shit So Crazy DVD through Comedy Central, and frequently appears on the popular Comedy Bang Bang podcast, hosted by Scott Aukerman (Mr. Show, Between Two Ferns), which features guests like Sarah Silverman, Zach Galifianakis and Weird Al. The podcast has since been turned into a TV show set to air in June on IFC, with Watts in the role of bandleader, his biggest gig to date (aside from, maybe, opening for LCD Soundsystem’s final show at Madison Square Garden). “It’s going to be great,” Watts enthuses. “Taping went really well. It was hard work, but we did it. I’m not used to getting up too early. It was a little hard when it ended, because we all became really tight, really close people.” So what’s the biggest difference he’s noticed between the music and comedy worlds? “There’s a pretty huge difference, but being onstage uses the same techniques. Comedy is about timing and texture and point of view and context, and it’s generally done alone unless you’re a sketch person. But both share the timing aspect. Plus, I have music in there, too, which is hard to do, but people seem to like it.” Considering that his sets are completely improvised, I wonder how he prepares for them. “I mean, I don’t,” he says, with a laugh. “I just kind of get up onstage and go for it. It’s much easier for me because I can’t really memorize things. This approach requires less forethought and energy. “I sometimes try to build up the characters, though. Over time, there are characters, personalities or voices that I do inside my head, so it’ll be up to me to remember to do them live before I forget them. It’s always fun, because I never know what’s going to come out or what’s going to happen.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

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Just home in Las Vegas from annual music industry schmoozefest SXSW, Georgia Anne Muldrow is quite content to remain outside the in-crowd. “The showcase we just played, it’s like everybody was on a different tip,” she says. “They was on a youthful tip. Then we coming up talking about straight-up love and peace on earth and no war. That’s what we’re on. “But my whole thing is, it’s worth [talking about] because I know the things we’re speaking about are of value.” Only 27, the singer/producer has amassed a discography that includes six solo albums plus production credits for Erykah Badu, Mos Def and Sa-Ra. In 2007, she founded the label SomeOthaShip with her partner, Dudley Perkins (aka Declaime), with the goal of cultivating artists who share the pair’s love of music with a heightened level of consciousness – music she describes as “a snapshot of what blackness really feels like. How ugly it is, how beautiful it is.” The daughter of late jazz guitarist Ronald Muldrow and gospel singer/choral director Rickie Byars-Beckwith, Muldrow pairs the cyclical, free-form structures of jazz and funk with hiphop beats. Next week she’ll release Seeds (Stones Throw), a collaboration with hip-hop producer Madlib and her first album to feature music by someone other than herself. “I wanted to hear a little bit deeper than a beat being dope,” she says of the collab, which Perkins suggested. “What I like about Madlib’s production is that he’s not only the garden, but he’s also doing microscopic pieces about the insects that live in that garden and about the way the garden smells. Some of it yields a great harvest and some of the yield is rotten. It’s all of it at the same time, like a big collage.” The album aims to transcend time and genre, she says, not to entrance with pop-rap fantasy. “Each piece of music that we put out is a seed that grows in the consciousness of the people that hear it, whether they like it or hate it. We’re a little greenhouse nursery – that’s what SomeOthaShip is. We have a vested interest in the health of our people and of all living things.” 3

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It’s generally accepted that the mysterious Toronto R&B act known as the Weeknd refers to vocalist Abel Tesfaye, an assumption based on his Wikipedia entry, since he won’t talk to the press. But before the shadowy soul group blew up internationally, the Weeknd were a duo, at least according to the guy who came up with the name. “When that first New York Times article came out, I literally put my fist through a wall,” admits Zodiac, aka estranged Weeknd co-founder Jeremy Rose. He’s referring to the initial wave of press that quickly spread across the globe in December 2010 after Drake posted a couple of YouTube clips to his blog shortly after Rose and Tesfaye parted ways. Before the falling-out, though, the pair had set the template for the Weeknd’s druggy downtempo R&B

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dirges in songs like Loft Music, The Party & The Afterparty and What You Need, which appear on the breakthrough House Of Balloons mixtape from March 2011. As Rose explains, it was the last of those tracks that first brought them together. “I went over to my buddy’s house and was trying to show him and his friends how to use the program Ableton. Abel was hanging out there just freestyling and moonwalking around the room, so I asked him if he wanted to go in on What You Need.” Rose already had the idea to take R&B to a dark and creepy place but hadn’t found an appropriate vocalist until hearing Tesfaye’s otherworldly falsetto and grim lyrics. He also thought of the Weeknd name, from which Tesfaye eventually dropped the last “e.” (Smart, considering the number of bands using variations on “the Weekend.”) It quickly became apparent that Tesfaye was taking the lead on the project and that he and Rose had different approaches. “At the time, he was really pushing to have more club tracks, and I wasn’t feeling that,” says Rose. “He didn’t really care what I thought, but I was being stubborn, too. “He was pushing me to work faster, but I wanted to make sure the songs were good. I take forever to get anything done, though.” Given the three-album trilogy the Weeknd put out in 2011, it’s no real

surprise that Rose couldn’t keep up with Tesfaye’s drive. And while we’d normally applaud any artist who aims for quality over quantity, Tesfaye has maintained the former by spreading the production workload over a growing number of beatsmiths. As you can imagine, watching his former project become huge without him took the wind out of Rose’s sails. He’s since come to realize that what’s good for the Weeknd might also be good for Zodiac. He’s already turned down offers from prestigious labels to focus on finishing his debut mixtape, which will feature a variety of vocalists performing over his slippery underwater beats. “There’s no shortage of people who want to sing on my stuff, but I want to make a name for myself as an artist rather than just for producing other people.” But first he’s concentrating on calming his nerves ahead of his debut live performance Friday at Wrongbar, as well as continuing to try to reopen the lines of communication with Tesfaye. As journalists across the world have come to realize, getting anything more than “no comment” from the Weeknd is next to impossible. And just as other sources have told us, Rose feels the mystery isn’t part of a contrived marketing plan. “He’s just a goofy kid, really – a bit weird but just a kid.” 3 benjaminb@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

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ZEUS, THE DARCYS, EIGHT & A HALF, GOLD & YOUTH, SNOWBLINK Horseshoe (370 Queen West) Arts & Crafts showcase. COMPUTER MAGIC, CLOUD NOTHINGS, CAVEMAN, PS I LOVE YOU, BIG SCARY Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West) Blog-approved indie pop/rock. SAUL WILLIAMS, SPOEK MATHAMBO, CADENCE WEAPON, THE BATTLE OF SANTIAGO The Great Hall (1087 Queen West) See preview, page 44. BADBADNOTGOOD, ZODIAC, LUNICE, ANGO, HUMANS, VOLTAIRE TWINS Wrongbar (1279 Queen West) See BADBADNOTGOOD cover story, page 42, and Zodiac preview, page 46. TRACY MORGAN Sony Centre for the Performing Arts (1 Front East) See preview, page 69.

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For the 10th anniversary of his breakthrough album, I Get Wet, Andrew W.K. performs the entire thing live with a full band. Back when he originally unveiled his hard rock ode to constant partying, critics wondered if it was satire or possibly a contrived corporate conspiracy. Both are still strong possibilities, but the eccentric performer has developed his personal mythology to a point where the truth no longer matters (nor do the rumours that an actor is now filling in for the original Andrew). All that counts is that he and his fans honestly believe in the transformative power of a party, and so will you once you experience the magic of Andrew W.K. in person. At the Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Tuesday (March 27), doors 8 pm, all ages. $22.50. RT, SS, TW. CMW

Various venues, until Sunday (March 25) See CMW roundup, page 48.

DAVID MYLES

Glenn Gould Studio (250 Front West), Saturday (March 24) Award-winning East Coast folk.

SLEIGH BELLS, BLACK BANANAS Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Monday (March 26) Bubble-gum noise rock duo.

BOWERBIRDS, DRY THE RIVER The Garrison (1197 Dundas West),

Harbourfront Centre Brigantine Room 8:30 pm, $35. April 14.

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Enwave Theatre Brigantine Room 7:30 pm, $40. April 15. AUGUSTANA Opera House doors 7:30 pm, $20. RT, SS, TW. April 26. ELIADES OCHOA Opera House 7 pm, $55. TM. April 28. HOODIE ALLEN Wrongbar doors 7 pm, all ages, $20. PDR, RT, SS, TM. April 28. ANE BRUN The Great Hall doors 7 pm, all ages, $16.50. RT, SS, TW. May 10. WILDLIFE Horseshoe doors 9 pm, $10.50. HS, RT, SS, TM. May 11.

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Letter, A-Game, Raz Fresco, D-Pryde, K-Seize, Young Stitch, DJ Mensa doors 7 pm. THE BALLROOM BOWL BAR BISTRO The Slowmotions, Unbuttoned, Threads of Scarlett 10:30 pm. FREE TIMES CAFE CMW Sarah Smith (the Joys), BOVINE SEX CLUB CMW: Warped Tour After Party Clara Lofaro, Caracol, Trailhead, Sarah Troy, Breaching Vista, Lacerda, Hey Sugar, Waster, Andrea Wappel doors 7:30 pm. PartyCat, Skip the Foreplay doors 8:30 pm. THE GARRISON CMW Kids & Explosions, CABIN 5 CMW Saint Alvia, the Balconies, Head the Slakadeliqs, Ian Kamau, 88 Days Of of the Herd, Gabrielle Papillon doors 8 pm. Fortune w/ KJ & Leilani, Matthew Johnston, CADILLAC LOUNGE CMW Cowpuncher, the Orijin, the Mighty Rhino, Shad doors 8 pm. BackYard Devils, Dizzy G, Sherman Downey Tuesday (March 27) GATE 403 Jehan Khoorshed Trio (roots/Amer& the Silver Lining, the River Junction Band, Cheerful North Carolina freak folk. icana) 5 to 8 pm. Lindsay Barr, Dirty Penny doors 7:30 pm. CHAIRLIFT, NITE JEWEL GLADSTONE HOTEL BALLROOM CMW Free City CAMERON HOUSE BACK ROOM CMW Lake ForCollective, Bensh, the Mojo Fins, JP Hoe doors Horseshoe (370 Queen West), WednesConnect with the music you love. est, Donovan Woods, Benjamin Francis Left8:30 pm. day (March 28) wich, Quique Gonzalez, Telecraze, Your Neck GRAFFITI’S Jeff Ousorren 5:30 pm. Synth pop and chillwave. of the Woods doors 7:30 pm. 5% WORLD THE GREAT HALL CMW John K Samson & CAMERON HOUSE FRONT ROOM CMW BLENDER the Provincial Band, Wake Owl, Shotgun Fedora Upside Raymond CBCDown, RadioCorin Canada, English Communications 42% POP w/ 253469, Alpha Couple, Istvan Kantor doors 8 pm. preview, doors pm. 250 5:30 Front Street West P.O. 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CHERRY COLA’S ROCK N’ ROLLA CMW Tupelo NoneThe Wormwood Client ________________________ Account Team _____ HARD ROCK CAFE CMW Honey, Zoo Lion, Guadalupe Plata, One Bad Scrubs, Phat Jesus, Francisco Cream, Tea & Son, Floor Thirteen, L.A., Fuguson, the Dirty Coffee, Kim Wexler, Checo & Janny, Drew Nil doors 8:30 pm. cbcmusic.ca Leith & the Fondation, Zoe & the Lost Boys, COMFORT ZONE CMW Redxdown, the Arka Laura G, New Renaissance, Stolen Change Teks, Nova Heart, SECRETTES, Midnight doors 6:30 pm. Romeo, RPTZR doors 7:30 pm. pm, $15. PDR, RT, SS, TM, UE. May 15. THE HIDEOUT CMW Tim Chaisson, Teenage CZEHOSKI CMW Katie Rox, Paula Perri, Robyn THE MEATMEN Hard Luck Bar doors 9 Kicks, Rikers, Shawn Hook, Courage My Love, Dell’Unto, Stacey Kaniuk, the Jessica Stuart pm, $13.50. RT, SS. May 19. Carter Rollins, Kira Isabella, Scotty James Few, Jessi Teich 8 pm. LANGHORNE SLIM Horseshoe doors doors 7:30 pm. DAKOTA TAVERN CMW Scenic Route to Alaska, TATTOO ROCK PARLOUR CMW The New Cities, 8:30 pm, $11.50. HS, RT, SS. May 27. HORSESHOE CMW Monster Truck, the Cody Allen, the Washboard Union, Steph Stereokid, Pop Evil, Gloryhound, Before the MARC COHN Hugh’s Room 8:30 pm, Pack A.D., Jordan Cook, Joseph Arthur, Macpherson, Ryan McAllister, Jen Lane doors Curtain, Louder than Love doors 7:30 pm. $45-$50. May 28. Brett Caswell & the Marquee Rose doors 8 pm. 8:30 pm. TRANZAC MAIN HALL CMW Avery Island, Dani GARBAGE Phoenix Concert Theatre THE HOXTON CMW: Bass Week Jack DAZZLING RESTAURANT Live Thursdays Omar Jean, Ria Mae, Diana Salvatore doors 7 pm. doors 8 pm, $28.50. RT, SS, TM. May 28. Beats, Craze, Annie Mac doors 10 pm. ‘Oh’ Lunan, Mike Ferfolia, Jarelle, DJs Spoonz, TRANZAC FRONT ROOM CMW The Compound, JON LANGFORD & HIS SADIES, Smartiez, Big Jacks, P-Plus (R&B/Motown/ LEE’S PALACE CMW Dirty Mags, Indian Makeshift Innocence, Brendan Distefano, SKULL ORCHARD, BURLINGTON soulful house/selective hip-hop) doors 8 pm. Handcrafts, Tribes, Wild Life, San SebasJacelyn Holmes, Inch Chua, Mary Stewart WELSH CHOIR Horseshoe doors 9 pm, tian, the Postelles doors 8 pm. DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND CMW doors 6:30 pm. $15. HS, RT, SS. June 2. mymanhenri, Dabrye, Kevin McPhee, LULA LOUNGE CMW Chinatown, Shanren, UNDERGROUND GARAGE CMW TNG, Vorasek, LLOREENA MCKENNITT Pho doors 11:30 pm. Phonogarde, Longital doors 6:30 pm. the Cobrahawks, Hellbros, London Swagger Luminato David Pecaut Square DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND CMW MUSIC GALLERY CMW Cold Specks doors doors 8:30 pm. 8 pm, free. June 13. Aerials Up, These Electric Lives, Royal 8:30 pm. See preview, page 48. VELVET UNDERGROUND CMW Snake & Crane, Canoe, Christien Summers doors 7:30 pm. FISHBONE Lee’s Palace THE MUSIC HALL Reggie Watts (beatboxStreetlight Marathon, Eastborough, Meghan doors 9 pm, $21.50. HS, RT, DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE Weekend Startup er/musician/comedian) 8 pm, all Morrison doors 7:30 pm. CBC Radio doors Canada, English Communications SS, TM. June 30. Nights & Weekends (pop/rock) doors 11 pm. ages. preview, page 44.P.O. Box 500, Station “A” Toronto, ON M5W 1E6 250See Front Street West VIRGIN MOBILE MOD CLUB CMW Jenn Grant, CHILDISH GAMBINO NEU+RAL CMW Kiz & Legin, Infinite I, Za!, the DUFFY’S TAVERN CMW The Historionics, Union Young Rival, Mise En Scene doors 7 pm. Print Production 416-205-3781 Echo Beach doors 7 pm, all Curious Incident, Bigott doors 7:30 pm. City, Spectre Hearts, Alphabot! doors 8 pm. WRONGBAR CMW DZ Deathrays, Dieages, $35. RT, SS, TM. July OPERA HOUSE CMW Hilltop Hoods, DEL MOCAMBO DOWNSTAIRS CMW The Colours monds, Brews Willis, Spitfist, the Lava 31. 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Gallery 345 Claudi Chan 3 pm. Gate 403 Brownman Akoustic Jazz Trio 9 pm,

Stacey Sang Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. Glenn Gould Studio Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life: Inaugural American Salon Jimmy Roberts, Giles Tomkins, Keith Klassen, Rocco Rupolo, Ilana Zarankin, Inna Perkis, Boris Zarankin 2 pm. Hart HouSe Great Hall Excerpta Musicorum – A Vocal Concert Hart House Chorus 7 pm. MuSic Gallery Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association Artists In Concert Anita Beaty, Helena Gintere, Susan Griesdale, Juanne Hemsol, Eric Shaw, Denise Williams, Maxine Willan 2:30 pm. rex Bloomsday 9:30 pm, Julia Cleveland 7 pm, Freeway Dixieland 3:30 pm, Brunch Matinee Excelsior Dixieland Jazz noon. roy tHoMSon Hall Russian Romantics Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Joshua Roman (cello) 3 pm.

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crawford Mix Fix Mondays DJ Shan Dub & DJ Boots.

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10 pm, The Rent (experimental jazz) 7:30 pm.

tHe PiSton Junk Shop DJs Jorge & Jeeks, Al-

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NOW march 22-28 2012

thurs april 5 @ sOund academy • $22.50 adv

the naked

friday april 13

opera house • $18.00 adv

all-ages / tickets $59.50 - $69.50 advance rOy thOmPsOn hall bOx Office, massey hall bOx Office & masseyhall.cOm

nada surf yukon advance • 9:00pm

big d & the kids table

blonde

friday april 20

sat april 14

with

an horse

fri april 6 @ mod club • $18.50 adv • all-ages • 6:00pm w i th

BurninG loVe

library voices

sat april 14 @ lee’s palace • $22.50 advance

the wooden cancer lucero sky bats opera house • $15.50 advance

thursday april 19 • massey hall

wed april 4 @ opera house • $16.50 advance

@ lee’s palace

$ 15.00

&nowfamous now + Vacationer

t h e m ag i k * m a g i k o r c h e s t r a & low

thurs april 12 & fri april 13

horseshoe • $ 15.50 advance

sunparlour players touche amore

sunday april 29 the phoenix all-ages • $18.50 advance

kina cults neon trampled grannis by indian turtles boxer rebellion wednesday april 25

phoenix concert theatre • $ 20.00 advance

tues may 8 the phoenix

fishBone

lOs angeles sKa sOul PunK legends

thurs july 19 @ sound academy

beirut all-ages / licensed • $ 35.00 advance ga $ 50.00 advance vip (19+)

saturday july 21 thursday $ 18.50

advance

thursday may 17

queen elizabeth theatre

saturday may 12 opera house • $18.50 advance

Nashville Bloodshot RecoRds alt couNtRy

justin townes sexsmith earle all-ages • 29.50 advance reserved seating • 7:15pm $

ron

friday may 18 & sat may 19 queen elizabeth theatre

scrappy happiness tour • $29.50 advance + ff (reserved seating)

monday

may 21

wed august 1 $ phoenix • 20.00 advance

@ the phoenix

$ 29.50

march 22-28 2012 NOW

ex - ja & style m council

w/ tristen

monday june 18

eli paperBoy reed

supersuckers nashville pussy

best tune coast -yards mogwai zeus phoenix •

thurs april 26 @ horseshoe • $23.50 advance

w/ lemonade

saturday june 30 @ lee’s palace • $21.50 advance

@ the phoenix

lee’s palace • $20 advance

wednesday may 2 @ mod club • $18.50 advance

spiritualized

mon april 23

sunday april 15

with spectrals

saturday may 5 @ the phoenix • $27.00 advance

j roddy Walston & the business

advance • 8:00pm doors

saturday friday june 9 @ the phoenix arts & crafts • $15.00 advance

sound academy

all-ages/19+ • $59.50 advance $79.50 advance seated v.i.P.

lOndOn uK • rare tOrOntO Play • Only 3 nOrth american dates!

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 22 • cmF $13.50 advance or Free w/ WriStBand

Friday march 23 • cmF

ZeUs The paCK ad The darCYs monsTer TrucK

artS & craFtS SHoWcaSe

Jordan cook joseph arThUr BreTT CasWell & The marqUee rose

eighT and a halF

Saturday march 24 • cmF

gold & YoUTh snoWBlinK Special gueStS @ 2am

$18.00 @ door or Free w/ WriStBand

WintersleeP

TWo hoUrs TraFFic genTleman hUsBands Chains of love BravesTaTion

The reason

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$15.00 advance or Free w/ WriStBand

Sunday march 25 $ 18.50

advance • leedS uk

the

PerForming their claSSic album sea monsTers

poor YoUng Things

mon march 26 • no cover

tueS march 27 • Sold out!

shoeless mondays

donnY BUrns

aitch Katalina KicKs Wed march 28 • $12.00 adv

chairlift

pinKy pigleTs

grimes tHurS march 29 • $8.00

dustin bentall outfit

niTe jewel

Romy mays The Treasures

Friday march 30

thurSday april 5

rock & roll • $10.00 @ door

toronto alt rock • $15.00

With

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two sets: 11:00pm & 12:30am

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Saturday may 5 the garriSon • $11.50 advance

BloUse + doldrUms

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jUsTin Saturday may 12 virgin mobile mod club

Friday may 11 @ the horSeShoe • $10.50 advance

wildlife Saturday may 12

xiu xiu lee’S Palace • $ 13.50 advance

w/ dirTY BeaChes

tuesday may 1515 thurSday may

lee’S Palace • $ 15.00 advance

active child balam acab

william sTar slinger 7pm doors • all-ages • $14.50 advance

monday may 14 @ lee’S Palace • $15.00 advance

beckett oF

Saturday may 26

The hood inTerneT

Saturday june 2 horSeShoe tavern • $15.00 adv

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“The aCademY is...” WedneSday$may 16 the horSeShoe • 11.50 advance

with sKUll orChard + BUrlingTon Welsh Choir

atlases

parloTones

sun marCh 25 @ hard luck • $10.50 adv

tueSday march 27 @ the garriSon • $12.50 advance

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

bowerbirds flatfoot 56 JonnY corndaWg

thurs marCh 29 @ hard luck • 10.50 adv $

dry the river

Wed march 28 @ drake underground • $11.50 advance

w/ hypnophonics

Sunday april 1

shovels & rope + roBerT ellis

Sunday april 15 $

thurS march 22

Friday march 23

indian handcrafts dirty mags Wildlife • tribes san sebastian Postelles

comPuter magic cloUd nothings cavemen Ps i love You big scarY

canadian music fest

$ 10.00

@ door or Free w/ WriStBand

Saturday march 24 canadian music fest

canadian music fest

the inbreds sign me to Whale TooTh $ 15.00

advance or Free w/ WriStBand

Sun march 25 • $ 10 @ door

sandman viPer roadrunner command concerts snailhouse collective 416-598-0720 Jilted lovers club $ 17.50

@1:30am

advance or Free w/ WriStBand

ben@leespalace.com

thurSday march 29 • $36.50 advance

psychedelic fUrs Friday march 30

Bedlam: all girl pilloW FigHt revue presents

fooled

Saturday march 31

Youth

lagoon

grimes tim sleepY hunx & his punx fite sun Tyler disappears andrew jackson jihad la dispUTe &bryanT the shakedown april 2 - joy formidable drake underground • $ 10.50 adv

sunday april 15 @ garrison • $11.50 adv

W/ The morning Thieves

horSeShoe • $12.50 advance

belle brigade + family of the year

groovy Funky rock & roll cd releaSe

KC roBerTs & The live revolUTion

with

lee’S Palace • 15.00 advance

sat marCh 31 @ silver dollar • $11.50 adv

apr 14 - cancer bats apr 20 - good old war apr 26 - supersuckers

wiTh lions

Saturday $april 21

cursive

cymbals eaT guiTars + conduiTs Friday april 6 • $10.00

W/ living

monday april 16 Friday april 20

horSeShoe tavern • $12.50 adv

tues marCh 27 @ horseshoe • sold out!

Saturday march 31 • $16.50 advance • Saddle creek

ComeBaCK Kid

david choi white good denim old war

Wedding rUTledge

Present

Friday march 30 @ mod cluB • $ 17.50 adv • all-ages

HorSeSHoe tavern • 10.50 adv

$ 15.00

advance

porcelain raft sold ouT!

Sun april 1 • $13.50 adv tueSday april 3 • $18.50 adv texaS guitar Prodigy

San Fran PSych rock & roll!

tues april 24 @ hard luck • $10.50 adv

The revival Tour

chuck ragan dan andriano (Hot Water muSic)

tHurS may 3 @ mod cluB • $ 18.50 adv • all-ages

( alkaline trio)

CorY Branan & naThaniel raTeliff

W/ joyce manor

mon april 23 @ horseshoe • $10.00 adv

hanni el khatib

all-ageS

defeaTer & BalanCe and ComposUre

friday wed maY 2 @ the drake • $13.50 adv

friday maY 4 @ the garrison • $15.00 adv

alcoholic

with sundelles

faith mission

eleanor friedberger

mon maY 14 @ horseshoe • $11.50 adv

sat maY 17 @ sneaky dee’s • $10.00 adv thu

sat maY 19 @ hard luck • $13.50 advance

father john misty

loS angeleS Fleet FoxeS Sub PoP Folk rock

with hospitality

cheap girls the meatmen

frankie whyte

& the dead idols

april 7 - rasputina apr 10 - shabazz palaces

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

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thu Mar 22 w/DJ vania Presented by vans Warped Tour & CMW

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hoTel ocho Twosomes & Threeways: For The Love Of The Riff Sharron McLeod & Kevin Barrett doors 7:30 pm. MArkhAM TheATre for The perforMinG

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Hot Club of Corktown “TO’s Best Django Jam” 8:30 pm

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Corktown Uke Jam 8:30 pm Swingin’ Blackjacks

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hand drawn dracula cMw showcase

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album reviews Instead, the new instruments are just another tool in the Anglo-Swedish indie pop band’s arsenal of strings, horns and xylophones. Fanfarlo continue to maintain a graceful Arcade Fire striving in spite of the heaps of instrumentation, deftly layering arrangements without letting them overpower. They’ve still got a way with grand, sweeping crescendos and haven’t forgotten that the build is as important as the payoff. Top track: Replicate Fanfarlo play Saturday (March 24) at the Virgin Mobile Mod Club as part of CMW. RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

album of the week

ñSPOEK MATHAMBONNNN

Father Creeper (Sub Pop) Rating: Spoek Mathambo’s M.O. is to dismantle expectations of African music in the global imagination. Mshini Wam, Mathambo’s 2010 debut, spawned “township tech,” a brawny rap-inflected dance, as the sound of South Africa’s once segregated, still underdeveloped neighbourhoods. Father Creeper expands on township tech, sowing bottom-feeding bass and rudeboy raps as the sonic seeds for something more ambitious. It’s as much about summoning Johannesburg and Africa – via pithy, slangy lyrics, percussive quirks and highlife guitar motifs –

Pop/Rock

ARIANE MOFFATT Ma (Audiogram) Rating:

NNN

The title of Ariane Moffatt’s fourth album, Ma, refers to a Japanese concept involving a gap or hiatus in time or a substance – sort of a negative space or downtime. It’s also an inversion of the award-winning Montreal singer/songwriter’s initials. More than half sung in English and the rest in French, Ma features lots of bassheavy, synthy, sultry, electro-pop concerning matters of the heart, with the beats standing in for the human heartbeat and Moffatt’s sexy, breathy vocals on top. The bilingual affair, self-produced by Moffatt with technical assistance from Pierre Girard, piques my interest most when Moffat sings low and sounds like she means business, as on Mon Corps, and on trippy retro experiment La Pluie Et Le Beau Temps. She sounds more at ease when singing in French. Top track: La Pluie Et Le Beau Temps Ariane Moffatt plays the El Mocambo tonight (Thursday, March 22) for CMW. SARAH GREENE

POOR YOUNG THINGS Let It Sleep (Bum-

stead) Rating: NNN Young small-town band members move to the big city. Leave behind their roots/country sound for aspirational rock and roll. Live together in a big house. Practise around the clock. Record with dream producer.

as it is a neat flip on cultural exchange. Mathambo brings in video game sound effects (Kites), 90s alt-rock (Stuck Together) and the probing womp of Flying Lotus-style beat wizardry (Skorokoro). Put Some Red On It feels equally indebted to trap rap, chill-out and Fela Kuti-style narrative. The compelling collision of a pop sensibility with organic guitar riffs, dystopian digitalism and sharp wordplay plays out like the score to a musical set in 2012 Soweto. Top track: Put Some Red On It Spoek Mathambo opens for Saul Williams at the Great Hall on Friday (March 23). ANUPA MISTRY That’s Poor Young Things’ story in a nutshell, and their glossy five-song EP, produced by Jon Drew, does its best to convey that sense of uprooting, angst and excitement. Striving comes through in their driving rhythms, hooky guitars and well-rehearsed chops. They left Thunder Bay for Toronto, and they’re here to make it. Singer/guitarist Matt Fratpietro has a good voice for radio rock: full and emotive but free of affected grit. The lyrics, though: on Let It Sleep, the city will eat you up and spit you out; on Americanist, it’s all-night riots while the city sleeps. (“The city” is the main subject on offer.) No doubt the melodrama is sincere. They just need more time to find their own unique way of translating it. Top track: The Low Road Poor Young Things open for the Trews at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Friday and Saturday (March 23 and 24) and play the Horseshoe March 24, all as part of CMW. CARLA GILLIS

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Rooms Filled With Light (Atlantic) Rating: NNNN In the lead-up to their long-delayed sophomore album, Fanfarlo frontman Simon Balthazar talked a lot about the band’s new incorporation of 80s-style electronics into their music. That seemed a tricky proposition given their debut’s bombastic orchestral baroque rock, a serious-minded aesthetic that seemed like it could sink under piles of synths and drum machines.

THE ELWINS And I Thank You (independent) Rating: NNN The Elwins took their time crafting their debut LP, first paring down the collection from nearly 40 songs and then taking it to Seattle to professionally record. The Keswick, Ontario, band’s affable, breezy sunshine-pop is far from showy, but precision and care are evident in their sticky hooks and timeless melodies drawn from that endless well of old Beach Boys, Carpenters and Elephant 6 records. The more effortless this type of classic sha-la-la songwriting sounds, the more effective it is, and the Elwins have a knack for writing polished, hummable tunes. Hidden depth reveals itself in the wistful lyrics and subtle textural touches of strings and lap steel between the jaunty bass lines and chord progressions. It won’t change your life, but And I Thank You is hard not to like. An impressive debut. Top track: Stuck In The Middle The Elwins play Sunday (March 25) at Rancho Relaxo as part of CMW. RT

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Busting Visions (Arts & Crafts) Rating: NNNN The first time I heard Zeus, I dismissed them as a Beatles-obsessed retro act. That’s not inaccurate, but weeks later, when I couldn’t stop listening to their 2010 debut, Say Us, I had to admit that, though shamelessly derivative, they’d come up with a highly addictive collection of well-crafted pop songs. There have been big stylistic changes between their debut and Busting Visions, but the band still provokes the same contradictory reactions. Say Us sounded like a love letter to 1969, but Busting Visions

comes across as the same band sometime in the mid-70s. Already many are saying this is the Wings to the Beatles-obsessed Say Us, but it’s closer to what we imagine the Fab Four might have sounded like had they not broken up. At first, the complete lack of restraint and overflowing musical ideas make Busting Visions feel a bit like an unfocused mess, but once you get familiar with it, it seems absurd to complain that they’ve crammed a dozen golden hooks into every single song. Don’t let their retroisms scare you off before you learn to love it. Top track: Hello Tender Love Zeus play the Horseshoe Friday (March 23) and Sonic Boom Saturday (March 24) as part of CMW. BENJAMIN BOLES

rock band format as the Joel Plaskett Emergency, the East Coast pop hero injected some urgency into the process by writing and recording a song every 10 days and then unveiling the results on CBC as soon as it was completed. You could call it the anti-Chinese Democracy, and while it’s far from perfect, Axl Rose would be smart to think about the advantages to just cranking it out and not over-thinking everything. This unorthodox approach is responsible for both the greatest strengths and flaws of Scrappy Happiness. The strippeddown rawness is generally a good thing; when you opt for one guitar track instead of 10, it ends up sounding 10 times louder than if it has to fight for sonic space. The lyrics are drenched in nostalgia and have a semi-improvised quality that mostly works, with a few awkward moments. Plaskett’s pushing his songwriting in new directions, and while the album has an unfinished, tentative quality, there’s something genuinely exciting about listening to a talented musician test his limits. Top track: Tough Love Joel Plaskett Emergency play the Queen Elizabeth Theatre May 18 and 19. BB

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Soul Is Heavy (Decon) Rating: It’s a bit lazy to describe Nneka as the Nigerian- German answer to Lauryn Hill, but it is a reasonably accurate shortcut. Erykah Badu’s cosmic hip-hop soul sound would be another obvious reference point, but Nneka comes across as much more grounded than either Badu or Hill. Her voice also has a unique brassy quality that sets her apart from the American conscious R&B set even before she slips out of English and starts rapping in Igbo. Technically, Soul Is Heavy is Nneka’s third album, but it’s her first North American release (she previously tested this continent’s waters with the 2010 compilation Concrete Jungle). At 15 tracks, Soul Is Heavy would have had more impact with some editing, but the quality is consistently strong. Occasionally, it feels like she’s trying a little too hard to reach American ears, but she balances the conservative neo-soul vibes with just enough hard left turns to keep listeners on their toes. Top track: Do You Love Me Now Nneka plays Virgin Mobile Mod Club Friday (March 23) as part of CMW. BB

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Play looks at civil war and saving lives By JON KAPLAN SIA by Matthew MacKenzie, directed by Nina Lee Aquino. Presented by Cahoots at the Factory Theatre Studio (125 Bathurst). Previews begin Saturday (March 24), opens Tuesday (March 27) and runs to April 15, Tuesday-Saturday 8 pm, matinees Saturday-Sunday (except March 24) 2:30 pm. $18.75-$30, Sunday pwyc, previews $11.50, stu/srs $13.75-$25. 416504-9971.

matthew mackenzie’s awardwinning SIA explores the tragedy of young people who grow up too quickly. A hit at the 2010 Fringe, the play centres on the kidnapping of Nick, a 20-something Canadian working in a Ghanaian refugee camp, by Abraham,

a Liberian refugee. Abraham plans to ransom Nick to save the life of his 11-year-old sister, the title character. “I’ve been three times to Ghana, which has had an enormous Liberian population since civil strife began in Liberia in the 1990s,” says MacKenzie. “I’m always struck by the children who were weaponized at an early age, the child soldiers represented by Abraham in my play. “When these youngsters were taken off the battlefield, they had to deal with a lasting legacy of violence,” says the playwright. “Something like 60 per cent of combatants in the war were children, in the front line doing the hard fighting.” MacKenzie shakes his head in amazement.

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“The flip side of that is a figure like Nick, who goes off to save the world. He has admirable ideals, but he’s a kid himself. “It fascinates me that in the West we send young people to the far corners of the globe – either with the military or as volunteers to work with local people – when they don’t have enough real-life experience to exercise those ideals properly.” In SIA, which grew out of these parallels, MacKenzie works to make both young men and their viewpoints sympathetic to the audience. “Abraham’s had a hard life without much of an adolescence; he was suddenly asked to be a full-on adult. And just as Abraham’s a soldier with a gun, I see Nick as a soldier of the left trying to help or have an impact – whatever that means – in a world he doesn’t really understand.” MacKenzie spent a “mind-boggling” time in the Buduburam refugee settlement in 2003, the same camp referred to in SIA, and through a series of connections spoke with many of its residents. He returned to Buduburam in 2007 and met Abbie Kamara, the 11-yearold spokesperson for the newly formed Liberian Dance Troupe. Impressed by her and the group itself, which uses the arts to raise awareness of issues relevant to youngsters, MacKenzie became the Canadian liaison for the company, leading a campaign to raise money to build a Liberian home for the group. (See liberiandancetroupe.com and cahoots.ca/ productions/present/sia.) “Abbie was Sia for me,” recalls the playwright, “strong-willed, able to roll with anything, intelligent beyond her years, seeing herself as the equal of everyone around her, able to disarm you with the simplest of questions. “Like her, my Sia is something of an angel. She became a driving engine for me, the character who would not let me walk away from the play when I had moments of doubt.” 3 jonkap@nowtoronto.com

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Trial triumph OUT THE WINDOW by Liza Balkan

(Window Collective/Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen West). March 25. $25. 416-538-0988. See Continuing, page 66. Rating: NNNN

Docudrama can sometimes be dry, but the well-structured and -performed Out The Window strikes a nerve. Writer/director Liza Balkan bases the show on her own experience as a witness to the 2000 death of Otto Vass, who was involved in a parking-lot altercation with four police officers. But that’s just the start of the tale. Drawing together testimony from several trials and inquests and interviews she conducted with lawyers, police and various other experts, Balkan spreads a wide net that examines the police, the SIU, our mental health care system, accountability and the unreliability of memory. It’s a lot to condense into two hours, and some topics are only touched on briefly. Julie Tepperman plays a character called Liza (Balkan intentionally stays

and runs to Apr 28, Fri-Sat 8 pm (no shows Apr 6-7). $20-$25. The Annex Live, 296 Brunswick. 416-929-3999.

BABYLONIA (Radix Theatre/Free Fall ‘12). This workshop presentation starts as an online interactive narrative and unfolds in a live performance. Mar 24-26, Sat and Mon 7 pm, Sun 5 pm. $20 (festival pass $23-$45). The Great Hall, 1087 Queen W, Studio 3. 416-538-0988, freefall12.eventbrite.ca. BOEING-BOEING by Marc Camoletti (Rogue Theatre). A man juggles three fiancées in this comedy. Previews Mar 27. Opens Mar 28 and runs to Apr 8, Tue-Sun 8 pm. $25, stu $15. Common Good, 837 Dundas W, Underground Space. secureaseat.com. HEART STRINGS, THE MUSICAL by Reynold Nathaniel (Mole Productions). In 1908, a young Italian apprentice goes to Ireland to deliver an anniversary gift from Germany. Opens Mar 23

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mostly out of the action), David Ferry and R.H. Thomson are a pair of lawyers, and a quartet of men become the police involved in the incident. Having the work read from a “script” rather than performed from memory gives a suggestive rehearsal quality to the piece, as if Balkan is trying to sort out what she saw as well as understand the repercussions of Vass’s death. Tepperman’s Liza is playful at first, thinking she’s scoring points off an attorney; later she’s serious and shaken when she realizes that her memory can’t always be trusted. Thomson is intense and reassuring as one attorney; as the other, Ferry does his best to seem friendly while chipping away at Liza’s testimony from every possible angle. The design – Trevor Schwellnus’s scenography, Michelle Ramsay’s lighting and Thomas Ryder Payne’s sound – enhances the production’s theatricality and sense of eeriness. Touching on important topics, Out The Window has a raw, powerful quality that distinguishes it from most other theatre. It will leave you with questions rather than answers.

(Free Fall ‘12). Theatre artist Falen Johnson looks at the neighbourhood from an indigenous perspective in this theatrical walking tour. Opens Mar 25 and runs to Mar 31, Sun 3 pm, Sat 1 pm. $15 (festival pass $23-$45). Queen West at Ossington, 416-538-0988, freefall12.eventbrite.ca. LAST TRAIN (The Given Forces Ensemble). This collective creation looks at morality, oppression, desire and each person’s journey to the point of no return. Opens Mar 27 and runs to Mar 30, Tue-Fri 7:30 pm. $10. York University Accolade East Bldg, 4700 Keele, Studio 207. GivenForcesEnsemble@gmail.com. MAN OF LA MANCHA by Dale Wasserman, Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion (Steppin’ Out

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Theatrical Productions). The imprisoned Cervantes reenacts the misadventures of his novel’s protagonist in this classic musical. Mar 22-24, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $27$32. Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge. 905-787-8811, rhcentre.ca.

MORRO AND JASP: GO BAKE YOURSELF by Heather Marie Annis, Byron Laviolñ ette and Amy Lee (Up your Nose and In your

Toes (U.N.I.T.) Productions). The Fringe-fest famous clown sisters go on a culinary adventure in this new show. Opens Mar 22 and runs to Mar 31, Thu-Sat 8:30 pm, mat Sat (and Mar 25) 4 pm. $15, kids mat $10. Cahoots Theatre Company, 388 Queen E. morroandjasp.com. MY GRANNY THE GOLDFISH by Anosh Irani (Factory Theatre). A neurotic man’s Indian grandmother comes to Canada

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look at that title. it’s not just Tennessee Williams’s Vieux Carre, but the Wooster Group’s version of it. They’re the legendary New York City experimental troupe. So you can expect lots of multimedia, and a complete absence of mint juleps and genteel Southern belles. “When we first read the play it didn’t present a typical arc or storyline,” says company member Scott Shepherd about the obscure Williams work. “It contains shards of something you would recognize as a Williams style, that lyric voice. It has a memory play structure like Menagerie. But mixed in are these farcical, almost slapstick scenes. So it seems like a strange hybrid.” Williams began the autobiographical play, set in a rundown New Orleans boarding house, in the late 30s but didn’t finish it until his career had almost ended, in the 1970s. The Wooster Group used this fact in the production, drawing on sexually explicit videos by Warhol Factory member Paul Morrissey to give the feel of the later period. “Williams was struggling then, and felt the world had turned against him,” says Shepherd, who’s currently performing the lead in Elevator Repair Service’s Gatz, the

acclaimed six-and-a-half hour version of The Great Gatsby, in which he speaks every word of Fitzgerald’s novel. “[Williams] was depressed and on all sorts of medications. He was stuck in a style he’d invented for himself in the 1950s, one that had a lot to do with sexual repression. But in the 70s there was sexual liberation, particularly in the gay community.” The production also uses video by contemporary artist Ryan Trecartin to bring the work even closer to the present. Shepherd, who joined the company in the late 1990s and took on the excruciating title role of their Hamlet a few years ago, plays two characters in Vieux Carré: a predatory gay artist and a photographer with a penchant for orgies. One of his props is a rubber phallus. “An early idea we had was to do the play as Noh theatre,” he explains, laughing. “And we were thinking of those erotic Japanese woodcuts, with phalluses protruding from kimonos. But there’s lots of sexuality in the play itself. A hand job seems to be happening onstage, and people are constantly undressing and making love. “It seems surprising until you realize it was the 70s.” 3

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gist and one of his patients looks at the nature of love, god and tolerance. Opens Mar 23 and runs to Apr 8, Tue-Sun 8 pm, mat Sun 2 pm. $20. Toronto Free Gallery, 1277 Bloor W. dhrproductions.com. ROUTE 501 REVISITED by Jonathan Goldsbie (Free Fall ‘12). This streetcar tour of Queen West is conducted entirely via Twitter. Opens Mar 27 and runs to Mar 31, Tue 7 pm, Sat 1 pm. $20 (festival pass $23-$45). 501 Queen Streetcar, starting location tba. 416538-0988, freefall12.eventbrite.ca.

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Drama Festival). Nine productions written and performed by high school students will be presented. Opens Mar 28 and runs to Mar 31, Fri-Sat and Wed 7 pm. $16, stu $12. Hart House Theatre, 7 Hart House Circle.

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to help him recover from illness. Opens Mar 22 and runs to Apr 15, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $30-$40, mat pwyc. 125 Bathurst. 416504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. NEW MATERNALISMS (FADO Performance Art). Durational performance installations, discussions and more about feminism and art. Mar 23-25, performances Fri-Sat 7 pm, discussion Sat 1 pm, performative talk Sun 1 pm. $12 event pass, afternoons free. Mercer Union, 1286 Bloor W. performanceart.ca. NEW VOICES 2012 (Ryerson Theatre School). This theatre and dance festival features works created and produced by students. Opens Mar 27 and runs to Mar 31, Tue-Sat 7 pm. $18, stu/srs $14. Ryerson Theatre, 43 Gerrard E. 416-979-5118, ryersontheatre.ca. THE NUN’S VACATION by Tom Walmsley (Doghouse Riley Productions). This play about a nun, an ex-priest turned psycholo-

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416-978-8849, uofttix.ca. Sia by Matthew MacKenzie (Cahoots Theatre Company). A Canadian student volunteering in West Africa is taken hostage by a former child soldier (see story, page 64). Previews Mar 24-25. Opens Mar 27 and runs to Apr 15, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $30, stu/srs $25, mat pwyc-$18.75. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst, Studio. 416504-9971, cahoots.ca. ThaT Tree You Claimed Your Throne by Ali El-Darsa (Free Fall ‘12). Using text and live sound, the audience reflects on the artist’s experience of home and displacement in this performance art piece. Mar 26-27, Mon 7 and 8:30 pm, Tue 7 and 9:30 pm. $10 (festival pass $23-$45). The Drake Lab, 1142 Queen W. 416-538-0988, freefall12.eventbrite.ca. WeeTube 5400 (Theatre Replacement/Free Fall ‘12). Notorious YouTube videos and the comments that are posted with them are the basis for this live performance. Mar 26-28,

Mon 8:30 pm, Tue-Wed 8 pm. $20 (festival pass $23-$45). Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. 416-538-0988, freefall12.eventbrite.ca.

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TenneSSee WilliamS’ Vieux Carré (The Wooster Group/Harbourfront World Stage). The NYC group uses theatre, video and sound in this radical interpretation of Williams’s play (see story, page 65). Opens Mar 28 and runs to Mar 31, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $15-$45. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com.

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bliSS by Olivier Choinière (Candles Are for Burning). Céline Dion speaks through an oracle to Walmart cashiers in this surrealist play about our appetite for celebrity. Previews Mar 27-28. Opens Mar 29 and runs to Apr 8, TueSat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $23-$33, stu $19-$27, mat pwyc at the door. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com. i loVe You beCauSe by Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham (Angelwalk Theatre). An uptight man meets a flighty woman in this

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musical modern twist on Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice. Previews Mar 28-29. Opens Mar 30 and runs to Apr 15, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm (no show Apr 8). $35-$45, previews $30. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge, Studio Theatre. 416-872-1111, angelwalk.ca. WaS SprinG by Daniel MacIvor (Tarragon Theatre). Three women from different generations confront each other about an incident in their shared past. Previews Mar 27Apr 3, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. Opens Apr 4 and runs to May 6, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $24-$51. 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com.

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aer Time (Femmes du Feu/Zero Gravity Cir-

cus). This workshop series features new works by aerial artists. Mar 24 at 2 pm. $10. Centre of Gravity West, 213 Sterling, suite 100, south entrance. hollytreddenick@gmail.com. blender (253469). This multi-arts experience features video artists, DJ and live music and more by Kathleen Reichelt, Ulysses Castellanos and others. Mar 28 at 8 pm. $5. The Garrison, 1197 Dundas W. 253469.blogspot.com. The briCk broS. CirCuS (Dancing Without Mary). The Puppetmongers present a family show about bricks performing in a circus. Mar 24 at 2 pm. $15, kids $5. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. passemuraille.on.ca. don GioVanni by WA Mozart (Opera Kitchener). A womanizing nobleman meets his match in this classic opera. Mar 23 at 7:30 pm. $35-$70. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts, Mississauga. livingartscentre.ca. The emerGenCY monoloGueS by Morgan Jones Phillips (Drinking Well). Phillips performs his solo play from the 2009 Fringe about the life of an urban paramedic. Mar 24 at 8 pm. $15. Cameron House, 408 Queen W. emergencymonologues.com. GCb monThlY (Great Canadian Burlesque). The troupe presents a show featuring Peekaboo Pointe, Coco Framboise and others. Mar 22, doors 9:30 pm. $15-$20. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. eventbrite.com/event/ 3035700863.

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007 (Mysteriously Yours... Dinner Theatre). Friends, enemies and past lovers celebrate the secret agent’s retirement at this dinner theatre show. Mar 23 at 6:30 pm. $79 (partial proceeds to Schizophrenia Society of Ont). 2026

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Yonge. 416-486-7469, mysteriouslyyours.com. neW opera ShoWCaSe (Tapestry New Opera). Excerpts from works in development will be performed. Mar 25 at 7 pm. $25. Ernest Balmer Studio, 55 Mill, bldg 58, studio 315. 416537-6066 ext 243, tapestrynewopera.com. The palimpSeST projeCT 1.3 (re[public] in/decency/Free Fall ‘12). Coman Poon and Erica Mott present a time-based performance/lecture. Mar 26 at 4 pm. Pwyc. Gallerywest, 1172 Queen W. theatrecentre.org/freefall. SonGbook SerieS (Dancing Without Mary). This musical performance series celebrates the work of a single artist, group, era or style. Mar 22 at 8 pm. $10. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. 416-504-7529.

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The biG piCTure by Dennis Hassell (The Arts Engine). Biblical stories are dramatized in an exploration of god’s relationship to humankind. Runs to Mar 25, Thu and Sat-Sun 8 pm. $16.50-$21.50. Walmer Centre Theatre, 188 Lowther. theartsengine.ca. The diarY of anne frank adapted by Wendy Kesselman (Shakespeare in Action). The story of a Jewish girl and her family hiding from the Nazis is adapted for the stage. Runs to Mar 24, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Thu-Fri 10 am. $25, stu/srs $18. Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina. 416-703-4881, shakespeareinaction.org. The Green door CabareT SerieS (Lower Ossington Theatre). This series features cabaret performances by 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). Cullis’s play looks at the surface veneer of contentedness that covers a family’s secrets in this troubled play, which only reaches a level of emotional and narrative depth in its second act. Even the fine cast has trouble giving dramatic fire to the material. Runs to Mar 24, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $22-$46. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-3683110, 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.

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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. 416-9156747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. lonG daY’S journeY inTo niGhT by Eugene O’Neill (Soulpepper). O’Neill’s classic 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) neW ideaS feSTiVal (Alumnae Theatre). The annual showcase of new writing, works-inprogress and experimental theatre features plays and staged readings with works by Kelly DuMar, Donna Langevin, Megan Coles, Jordan Mechano, Gerry McBride, Radha Menon, Stacy Gardner and others. Runs to Apr 1, Wed-Sat 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. 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 review, page 64). Runs to Mar 25, Sun 7 pm. $25, stu/ srs $20 (festival pass $23-$45). Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. 416-538-0988, theatrecentre. org. nnnn (JK) pinkaliCiouS, The muSiCal by Elizabeth Kann,

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Fréchette successfully reworks the Bluebeard tale in this eerily atmospheric look at a perky blond woman (Nicole Underhay) who starts having doubts about her new husband (Rick Roberts), especially when she’s told not to enter one mysterious room in her 28-room mansion. Director Weyni Mengesha’s production is superb – lighting and sound are like characters – and so are the performers, who include Sarah Dodd and Claire Calnan. A theme about global strife feels shoehorned into the script, however. Runs to Apr 8, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $21-$51. 30 Bridgman. 416531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. nnnn (GS) sPring AWAkening by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater (Trinity College Dramatic Society). Teens journey from youth to adulthood in 19th-century Germany in this musical adapted from the play by Frank Wedekind. Runs to Mar 24, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $15, stu/ srs $10. George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire. 416-978-8849, uofttix.ca.

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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. Runs to Mar 25, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, Sat-Sun 2 pm. $25, mat $18. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson, Backspace. 416504-7529, artsboxoffice.ca. 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, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 1:30 pm. $35-$130. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. 416872-1212, mirvish.com. nnnnn (Susan G Cole) 3

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Theatre presents excerpts from works by Peggy Baker and Sasha Ivanochko, plus works by Christopher House, Lucy Rupert and Anna Blewchamp. Opens Mar 28 and runs to Mar 31, Wed-Sat at 8 pm. $19, stu/srs $15. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. schooloftdt.org. Any other World Silhouettes Dance Company presents a girl’s journey through a strange universe, presented through jazz, ballet, tap, modern and other dance styles. Mar 23-25, Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, stu $12. Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis. silhouettesdancecompany.com. BAdAss dAnce Fun Harbourfront Centre Next Steps presents two different programs of experimental contemporary dance curated by Eroca Nicols. Opens Mar 28 and runs to Mar 31, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $15, double bill $25. 235 Queens Quay W, Studio Theatre. harbourfrontcentre.com. dreAmdAnce presents improvised music and dance with Dawne Carleton, plus musicians. Mar 28 at 8 pm. $8. Somewhere There Studio, 227 Sterling, unit 112. coexisdance. wordpress.com. tAngled dAnces York Dance Ensemble presents contemporary works by Darcey Callison, Shae Zukiwsky, Anne Goad and others. Mar 22-24, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm. $20, stu/srs $10. York University Accolade East

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Bldg, 4700 Keele. 416-736-5888. u oF t FestivAl oF dAnce U of T Dance Coalition presents a showcase by students performing a variety of dance styles. Mar 23-24, Fri-Sat 7:30 pm. $12, stu/srs $10. Hart House Theatre, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-8849, uofttix.ca.

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by Malgorzata Nowacka about the fear, fight and success of the human condition. Runs to Mar 25, Thu-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. the seAgull The National Ballet of Canada presents choreography by John Neumeier, based on the play by Anton Chekhov. 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. 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. Runs to Mar 31, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $25, stu $15. The Citadel, 304 Parliament. 416364-8011, colemanlemieux.com. 3

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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. $30-$40. 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. 1-800-461-3333, mirvish.com. nnn (JK) restorAtion by Edward Bond (Theatre @ York). This drama exposes the harsh truth of life in image-obsessed 18th-century England. Runs to Mar 24, daily at 7:30 pm, mat Fri 1 pm. $17, stu/srs $12. York University, 4700 Keele, Joseph G Green Studio Theatre. 416-736-5888. rhinoceros (UTS Department of Humanities). A man resists conformity as citizens of Toronto turn into rhinos in this adaptation of Eugène Ionesco’s absurdist play. Runs to Mar 24, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $12, stu/srs $10. U of T Scarborough Campus, 1265 Military Trail, Leigha Lee Browne Theatre. rhinoceros.eventbrite.ca. 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. 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. 416-644-3665, dancaptickets.com.

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related story, page 44.) 8 pm. $35-$45.25. The Music Hall, 147 Danforth. 1-800-745-3000, canadiancomedyfest.com. SCOTT THOMPSON The Flying Beaver Pubaret presents the actor/comic in a live show. To Mar 24, Thu 7 pm, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $20-$25. 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567, brownpapertickets.com/event/233829. 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. SONGS IN THE KEY OF LAUGHTER Canadian International Comedy Fest presents Nick Thune, Ari Shaffir and host Sean Cullen. 8 pm. $35.75. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front W. 1-800-745-3000, canadiancomedyfest.com. STONER COMEDY Hot Box Cafe presents a weekly show w/ host Jillian Thomas. 7 pm. $5. 191A Baldwin. hotboxcafe.ca.

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and Matt Folliott performing original longform improv. To Mar 24, Fri-Sat 10 pm. $10. 945 Bloor W. mattfolliott.com. Timothy’s World News Café presents improv with Dan’s Mix ‘95 (Dan Hershfield and others). 9 pm. Pwyc. 320 Danforth. 416-461-2668, comedyonthedanforth.com. COOL CHICKS OF COMEDY Canadian International Comedy Fest presents Morgan Murphy, Nikki Glaser, Rebecca Kohler and MC Julia Hladkowicz. To Mar 24, Fri-Sat 8 pm. $29. Yuk Yuk’s Downtown, 224 Richmond W. 416967-6425, canadiancomedyfest.com. LIVE WRONG AND PROSPER See Thu 22. 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. SCOTT THOMPSON See Thu 22. TRACY MORGAN Canadian International Comedy Fest presents the star of 30 Rock in a live stand-up show (see story, page 69). 8 pm. $35-$65. Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front E. 1-855-872-7669, canadiancomedyfest.com.

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FYING ROUNDS Toronto Comedy Brawl presents amateur comedians competing for $1,000. Nine comics per night. To Apr 5, MonThu 8 pm. $5. Crown & Tiger, 414 College. torontocomedybrawl.com.

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Blair Streeter presents dark and dirty standup, music, sketch and burlesque w/ Sketchy the Clown, Terry Clement, Poetik Justiz and more. 9 pm. $10. Underground Comedy Club, 670 Queen E. 416-732-7761. KAREN WILLIAMS The Flying Beaver Pubaret presents the comic in a live show to benefit the Healing Place. 7 pm. $20-$25. 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567, brownpapertickets.com/ event/233833. LIVE WRONG AND PROSPER See Thu 22. SCOTT THOMPSON See Thu 22. SMASH HIT Opening Night Theatre presents a weekly improvised musical. 7:30 pm. Pwyc. Augusta House, 152 Augusta. openingnighttheatre.com. STEVE-O Canadian International Comedy Fest and Union Events present the star of Jackass and Wildboyz in a live show. 8 pm. $49.50$59.50. The Music Hall, 147 Danforth. 1-800745-3000, canadiancomedyfest.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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THE BEST OF ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 22. CHICKA BOOM Free Times Café presents an

all-female comedy/cabaret night w/ Alicia Douglas & Lara Johnson, Sandra Battaglini, Leah Pollock, Sara Hennessey and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. 320 College. 416-967-1078. COMEDY ABOVE THE PUB – LIVE! Comedy Bar presents a live recording of the podcast show w/ Ron Josol and host Todd Van Allen. 8 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. heyitstva.com. HAPPY HOUR @ EIN-STEIN presents Joel West, Tony Cianchino, Dave Kemp, Todd Downey, host Ruby and others. 8 pm. Free. Ein-Stein, 229 College. ein-stein.ca. LIVE WRONG AND PROSPER See Thu 22. NUBIAN DISCIPLES OF PRYOR Canadian International Comedy Fest and SiriusXM present the monthly show w/ Patrick Haye, Jean Paul, Chris Robinson, Gilson Lubin, Keith Pedro, Crystal Ferrier, host Kenny Robinson and others. 8 pm. $20. Yuk Yuk’s Downtown, 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, canadiancomedyfest.com.

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PIECE OF GARBAGE SEX DUNGEON: A NIGHT OF SOPHISTICATED COMEDY Revel Theatre Collect-

ive presents host Evan Desmarais and improv w/ the Jeremy Birrell Show, Surprise Romance Elixir and White Panther Girlfriend. 8 pm. $5. Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. reveltheatre. com. SEX, RELIGION & OTHER HANG-UPS Gangland Productions presents James Gangl in his solo comedy from the Fringe about dealing with sexuality and strict beliefs. 10 pm. $15. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011. 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.

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Reynoldson, Alex Pavone, Dave Martin, Kate Davis, Desiree Lavoy, Eman El-Husseini, Matt Shury, Darryl Orr, MC K Trevor Wilson and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com.

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weekly show featuring sketch, songs and improvisation. 8 pm. $14. 51 Mercer. 416-3430011, 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. THE COMEDY CABARET Chris MacLean and Robin Crossman present stand-up w/ Michael Harrison, Azfar Ali, Jon Kane, Jon Kane, Helder Brum, Amanda Day, Eric Bamberg and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. Charlotte Room, 19 Charlotte. thecomedycabaret.com.

MONDAY NIGHT VARIETY SHOW Black Swan

Comedy presents weekly entertainment. 8 pm. Pwyc. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. 416-903-5388, blackswancomedy.com. SHOELESS AT THE JOKEBOX Impulsive Entertainment presents Shoeless w/ the Newsdesk with Ron Sparks, Dave Tichauer, Pink Slip, host Peggy Plummer and others. 8 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. impulsiveent.com.

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Tuesday, March 27 fOR MY OWN BENEfIT The New Humourists

present a monthly comedy benefit for the Princess Margaret Hospital w/ Jordan Himel-

farb and Joel Taylor, host Daniel Beirne and guests. 8 pm. $10. Parts & Labour, 1566 Queen W. formyownbenefit.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 22. SKETCHCOMEDYLOUNGE Rivoli presents The Seán Pod, a live podcast w/ Scott Thompson, Nug Nahrgang, host Seán Cullen and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. sketchcomedylounge.com.

stand-up Amateur Night at 9:30 pm. $4. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

Wednesday, March 28 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Pro-Am Night w/ Darryl Purvis, Felipe Dimas, Andrea Mitchell, Josh Infald, Pat MacDonald, JP Hodgkinson, Dr Ron and host Andrew Searles. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge. absolutecomedy.ca. AWARD-WINNING COMEDY SHOW & IMPROV JAM Fanwackwick presents ñ Canadian Comedy Award winners Winston

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Danforth. 416-469-0537. CHUCKLE CO. PRESENTS Joel Buxton, Adrian Sawyer and DJ Demers present weekly stand-up. 9 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, comedybar.ca. LIVE WRONG AND PROSPER See Thu 22. SIREN’S COMEDY Celt’s Pub presents openmic stand-up w/ Brandon Trainor and host Jeff Clark. 8:30 pm. Free. 2872 Dundas W. 416-767-3339.

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Tracy Rocks on 30 rock star won’t censor his act By JASON RICHARDS TRACY MORGAN performing as part of the Canadian International Comedy Fest, at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts (1 Front East), Friday (March 23), 8 pm. $35-$65. 1-855-872-7669.

there are comedians and there is Tracy Morgan, whose unapologetic style has led him to say things he’s had to apologize for later. Remember when the 30 Rock star unloaded a litany of brutal homophobic comments onstage in Nashville last June, provoking the ire of GLAAD and a public reprimand from his boss, Tina Fey? The rest of Morgan’s summer was spent on a meaculpa promo tour of sorts that saw him retracting his statements, meeting with LGBT youth and voicing support for same-sex marriage. In a phone interview, Morgan seems exasperated by the subject. “I don’t really like to dredge up old things. That was a year ago,” he says. “Out of my whole career, all the things that you’ve seen me do, that’s all people can remember me for? “That right there, I didn’t want to hurt anyone. I was just doing material,” he says. “I was just doing standup, and someone in the audience didn’t find that funny. So what happened happened. “Obviously, I offended somebody, but in stand-up comedy, if you’re not offensive, you’re probably not funny,” he says, invoking the names of Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence. “Unfortunately, not all of us can be Seinfeld.” 30 Rock, part of the Thursdaynight NBC lineup that Seinfeld once occupied, has used Morgan’s “Michael Richards moment” for fodder in its current season. The series also spins his many eccentricities – his love of exotic fish, strip clubs and Benihana (he will visit the Teppanyaki chain’s Front Street location while in town, he says) – into his character, Tracy Jordan. But please don’t confuse Morgan with his cartoonish sitcom persona. “I mean, that’s my

sense of humour on there, but Tracy Jordan is an image,” he says. The real Morgan is far more complex, as anyone who’s read about his hard Brooklyn upbringing in his 2009 memoir, I Am The New Black, or kept up with his ongoing health issues and personal drama on TMZ can tell you. “There are quite a few sides of this diamond that people haven’t seen,” he says. “But that’s a really personal thing, and a private thing, and I don’t know if I want to show the world all of that.” Still, the Saturday Night Live alum does mine his life for the absurd gems that make up his crass act, which he describes as “funny, funny, funny, real. Something people can identify with, relate to and laugh at.” On that last point – the laughter – Morgan says he has a 100 per cent success rate. That’s a result of never having to deal with the usual early-career struggles that most comedians endure – one of the benefits of being on SNL before establishing himself as a touring stand-up. “It’s much easier for me to bring the room into my world. You ever heard of Tracy Morgan getting booed?” 3 stage@ nowtoronto.com

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Arctic Landscape Fuelled By Memory hangs as part of Douglas Coupland’s show at Faria.

PAINTING

Digital dreams Douglas Coupland paints the present By DAVID JAGER DOUGLAS COUPLAND at Daniel

Faria Gallery (188 St. Helen’s), to April 7. 416-538-1880. Rating: NNNN

dougland coupland has spent two decades revealing the unsettling implications lurking under the shiny digital surfaces of late capitalism. Now he sets his mind on this century. Welcome To The Twenty-First Century’s is vintage Coupland, shiny, Lego clean and depersonalized in a friendly way, with the digital referenced in

every reprocessed image. A Tom Thomson pine is redone in geometric pixel shapes and soothing autumnal shades. A Lawren Harris landscape is abstracted until it appears to be the clean laser copy of a corporate logo. In the back room, Coupland’s grey abstractions of the IBM clean room are reminiscent of early cubism and suprematism, proving that the old can recycle itself in unexpected ways. Large QR code paintings recall Mondrian; one is entitled QR Boogie-

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her splintering family and meets Tanzanian musician Elijah, who sniffs an easy tarMAIDENHEAD by Tamara Faith Berger get. Soon Myra’s (Coach House), 154 pages, $18.95 paper. desperate to lose her virginity in EliRating: NNN jah’s motel room, only to be hit with you’d think that tamara faith the first of many surprises he has in Berger’s preoccupation with sexually store for her. precocious teens would be getting a Eventually, he and Gayl, his girlbit old by now. But she works it so well friend and business partner, turn up that you can almost forgive her for in Myra’s small unnamed Canadian harping on her familiar themes. town, whereupon she starts hanging In Maidenhead, 16-year-old Myra out with11:20 them inAM theirPage hotel room, de24933_AuthorsNOWad:Mar 22 3/7/12 1 heads to Florida for a vacation with grading herself in myriad ways.

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Woogie No. 5. Scan them with your iPhone and a philosophically wistful statement appears. A series of sculptural towers, shiny spikes of stacked pastel-coloured rings, betray Coupland’s new fascination with bold colours. Text paintings the size of small band posters deliver random bits of Coupland’s state-of-the-21st-century address: “In the future everyone will shop from jail” and “All governments seem to be winging it except for China.” Such soft lobs of irony and whateverness are Coupland’s shoulder-shrugging specialty, hitting our over-saturated neurons like online banners. Not that there’s any arguing with his vision. Can any of us remember what our minds were like before the internet, or tell us what we are turning into? If we think we know, Coupland seems to be saying, we’re lying to ourselves. 3 art@nowtoronto.com

AGO Yael Bartana, to Apr 1. Margaux Williamson, screening/Q&A 7-9 pm Mar ñ 22 ($7). Team Macho; Sean Martindale and

Pascal Paquette, to Apr 1, tour 2-4 pm Mar 24 (free). 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.

From the moment she meets Elijah, Myra’s in thrall – literally. This is a story about sexual slavery, and Berger mines the terrain with considerable skill. For starters, she portrays Myra as a brilliant teen, the kind who reads Hegel and Bataille and writes high school essays about the complexities of the master-slave relationship. There’s lots of savvy dialogue between Myra and her pot-smoking anarchist friends as they discuss these issues, although – and this is crucial to the story – they have no idea to what extent Myra is living them out. Berger tries to use a po-mo device in which Gayl and Myra’s best friend,

Painting: Celia Neubauer, Mar 24-Apr 28, reception 3-6 pm Mar 24. 1520 Queen W. 416-516-6876. GLADSTONE HOTEL Kathryn Walter, Mar 27 DX Salon Night talk 6:30-7:30 pm (rsvp@ dx.org). Drawing: Lauren Poon, Mar 22-Apr 10. OCADU Alumni group show, to Mar 30. Best In Show group show, to Mar 31. 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. INNIS TOWN HALL Monitor 8: New South Asian Short Film & Video (SAVAC), 7:30 pm Mar 22 ($10, stu $5). 2 Sussex. 416-9784145. LE GALLERY Painting: Matt Bahen, to Mar 31.

GARDINER MUSEUM Greg Payce, to May 6. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-5868080. 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. POWER PLANT Kerry Tribe, Mar 24-Jun 3. Dissenting Histories, Mar 24-Sep 3, reception 6-8 pm Mar 23. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949.

Lee, comment on the narrative, but you get the feeling she’s not quite sure what to do with it. But the writer builds tension in ways that are wholly appropriate to her story. One thing about obsession is that it does tend to deepen. Those with anti-porn tendencies will loathe Maidenhead, but some of us can appreciate Berger’s attempts to grapple with sado-masochistic dynamics. And everyone interested in literary erotica will agree that she makes a unique contribution to the genre. SUSAN G. COLE

Berger reads as part of the Coach House Spring Launch on Wednesday (March 28). See Readings, this page. Write Books at susanc@nowtoronto.com

READINGS THIS WEEK Toronto Public Library is on strike. Readings at TPL branches will not take place until or unless the strike ends.

Bakka-Phoenix Books, 84 Harbord. bakkaphoenixbooks.com. JONATHAN CAMPBELL 1 pm. $5. Gladstone Ballroom, 1214 Queen W. tinars.ca.

Thursday, March 22

Sunday, March 25

LEAH BOBET 8 pm. Free. Hotel Ocho, 195

DRAFT 7.5 Readings by Michael Kramer, Jenny

Spadina. scholastic.ca. IAM The digital magazine launches its third volume. 5:30 pm. Free. Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord. 416-922-8744.

SHYAM SELVADURAI/MARY ANNE MOHANRAJ/ KOOM KANKESAN (Sri Lankans Without Borders benefit) Readings. 7 pm. ING Direct Downtown Café, 221 Yonge. slwb.ca. TROUBLED MASCULINITIES Launch 5 pm. Free. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555.

Friday, March 23 IN DIALOGUE WITH POETRY With Ashok Mathur and Sheniz Janmohamed. 7:30 pm. $5. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. 647-726-9500.

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A SPACE GALLERY Installation/painting: Dipna Horra and Mary Kainer, to Mar 31. 401 Richmond W #110. 416-979-9633. CHRISTOPHER CUTTS Painting: Ron Martin, to Apr 11. 21 Morrow. 416-532-5566. CORKIN GALLERY Video/prints: Sharon Switzer, Mar 24-Apr 24, reception 2-5 pm Mar 24. 55 Mill. 416-979-1980. DRAKE HOTEL Outside In group show; painting: Steve Powers, to Apr 23. 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. GALLERY 44 Photos: Laura St Pierre, Immony Men and Maria Raponi, to Mar 31. Photos: Ozant Kamaci, to Mar 31. Members Gallery, 401 Richmond W, unit 120. 416-979-3941.

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Sampirisi and others. 3 pm. Free. Only Café, 966 Danforth. theonlycafe.com.

LINDEN MacINTYRE/LILIAN NATTEL/JOHN FRASER/CAROL BISHOP-GWYN 10 am. $45. King Edward Hotel, 37 King E. 416-361-0032.

SUNDAY POETRY Paulina Derbez, Oscar Ortiz

and others, plus an open mic. 11:30 am. Free. Ellington’s Café, 805 St Clair W. 416-652-9111.

Monday, March 26 TZEPORAH BERMAN 5:30 pm. Free. Sustainability Network, 215 Spadina. rsvp@sustainabilitynetwork.ca.

Tuesday, March 27 GURJINDER BASRAN 7 pm. Free. Another Story Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles. 416-462-1104. MARC LEWIS 5 pm. Free. CAMH, rm R-32, 250 College. camh.net.

1183 Dundas W. 416-532-8467. MERCER UNION FADO Performance Art Centre: New Maternalisms, Mar 23-25 (free$12). 1286 Bloor W. 416-536-1519. NEUBACHER SHOR CONTEMPORARY Sculpture: Martin Ouellette and Edgar Ameti, to Mar 31. 5 Brock. 416-546-3683. OPEN STUDIO GALLERY Prints: Erik Waterkotte and Jennifer Linton, to Mar 31. 401 Richmond W #104. 416-504-8238. PROPELLER Stolen Moments: Colourshift Collective; Lila Fatehi, Mar 28-Apr 8. Psychopomp: York U students, to Mar 25. 984 Queen W. 416-504-7142. RED HEAD GALLERY Photos: Zev Farber, Mar 28-Apr 21. Installation: Xiaojing Yan, to Mar 24. 401 Richmond W #115. 416-504-5654. SCRAP METAL Read All Over group show, to May 1. Fri-Sat or by appt. 11 Dublin (enter via laneway). 416-588-2442. SNAP! 2012 Photo action for AIDS Committee of Toronto, 6-11 pm Mar 25. $90. National Ballet School, 400 Jarvis. 416-340-9255, snap-toronto.com. WARC Installation: Jules Koostachin, Mar 27-Apr 7, reception 7-11 pm Mar 28. 401 Richmond W #122. 416-977-0097. WYNICK/TUCK Painting: Doris McCarthy, to Mar 31. 401 Richmond W, #128. 416-5048716.

ROM Maya: Secrets Of Their Ancient World, to Apr 9 ($25, Fri after 4:30 pm $19). $15; Fri 4:308:30 pm $9. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. TEXTILE MUSEUM Dare To Wear Love, to May 6. Perpetual Motion: Material Re-use; Portable Mosques, to Sep 3. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-599-5321. U OF T ART CENTRE XXXX Collective, Mar 27Apr 7. Workforce: Chinese Propaganda Posters, to Apr 21. 15 King’s College Circle. 416978-1838. 3

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Poetry hounds can get a major hit of verse when 20 poets compete at Harbourfront’s Poetry NOW: 4th Annual Battle Of The Bards. Each writer reads for five minutes and is judged by a panel that includes Governor General’s Award winner Phil Hall. Among those vying for the privilege of reading at next year’s International Festival of Authors are Fraser Sutherland, Ayesha Chatterjee and Jenny Sampirisi. NOW’s Susan G. Cole hosts. Wednesday (March 28). See Readings, this page. QUATTRO LAUNCH Books by Mark Frutkin, Beatriz Hausner and others. 7:30 pm. Free. Annex Live, 296 Brunswick. quattrobooks.ca.

Wednesday, March 28 COACH HOUSE SPRING LAUNCH Tamara Faith Berger, Walid Bitar and others. 8 pm. Free. Lee’s Palace, 529 Bloor W. chbooks.com. BRIAN FRANCIS 6 pm. Free. Deer Park Library, 40 St Clair E. torontopubliclibrary.ca. KARLEEN PENDLETON JIMENEZ/MYNA WALLIN/ HEATHER COOK Reading. 7 pm. Free. Another

Story, 315 Roncesvalles. tightropebooks.com. POETRY NOW Battle Of The Bards poetry competition with Ayesha Chatterjee, Jenny Sampirisi, Fraser Sutherland and others. 7:30 pm. $10, stu free. Brigantine Rm, 235 Queens Quay W. readings.org.

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(World Literacy Canada benefit) Kama reading. 6:30 pm. $60. Park Hyatt Toronto, 4 Avenue. 416-977-0008, worldlit.ca. 3

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Liam Hemsworth greets his legions of fans as he walks the red carpet at the Canadian premiere of The Hunger Games.

HUNGERING FOR HEMSWORTH As Hunger Games fans descend, Liam Hemsworth proves he’s definitely prepared to handle the stardom that’s sure to come By SUSAN G. COLE

THE HUNGER GAMES directed by Gary Ross, written by Ross from the book by Suzanne Collins, with Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth. 142 minutes. An Alliance release. Opens Friday (March 23). For venues and times, see Movies, page 78.

if there’s one guy who won’t get wrecked by all the attention The Hunger Games is getting, it’s heartthrob Liam Hemsworth. The young Australian actor who plays Gale – the boy back home Katniss must leave to participate in the Games’ fight to the death – definitely knows how to handle himself in the face of the coming juggernaut. He does sound like he’s giving me a stock response when he says he’s proud of the film and excited to meet the fans. But when the guy who’s been romantically linked to Miley Cyrus is asked how he personally connects to the themes of the film, he goes on a tear about, of all things, child abuse. “That’s one thing that drew me to the movie,” he says in his Down Under accent, dressed in black T-shirt and jeans in a downtown hotel room. “I’m an ambassador for the Austra-

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lian Child Foundation. Reality TV is He thought she’d be super-serious becoming more and more ridiculous, – taking his cue from her role in the with Toddlers And Tiaras, for examintense Winter’s Bone – but found ple, and parents forcing their kids to her funny and unpredictable. And participate. The kids are too young to choose that. Actor interview A big part of The Hunger Games deals with that same thing, children being forced to participate in a spectacle.” when he talks about her process as an His preoccupation with the issue actor, he’s positively gushy. makes it easy for him to relate to his “She’s always so present. You don’t character. have to do much – you just have to “Gale is passionate about not sidwork off her, and she’s always listening with the Games. I always thought ing. You just have to listen and react, that if I were in that situation I’d be- and when someone’s that good it’s have the same way.” easy. It’s real and organic.” He even makes the link between He’s so easygoing, he doesn’t what participants in the deadly mind that his brother Chris Games have to do to win success in beat him out for the lead role in the entertainment business. Thor. “The children who go into these “All brothers are very competiGames have to get people to like tive. I’ve been the younger broththem so they can get sponsors,” he er and always looked up to my explains. “It’s like that for everyone older brothers as role models. in life, but especially in my industry “Chris and I aren’t usually up for it’s important to get people to like the same roles. Thor was the only me.” one. At the end of the day, we’re alThat isn’t too hard. He’s thoughtways happy when one of us gets a ful, charismatic – he’s only in a few part.” 3 susanc@nowtoronto.com scenes in the movie but makes one of twitter.com/nowfilm the largest impressions – and generous when it comes to his colleagues, more online especially star Jennifer Lawrence. Interview clips at nowtoronto.com

THE HUNGER GAMES (Gary Ross) Rating: NNN Gary Ross can breathe easy. His adaptation of the popular Suzanne Collins novel will definitely satisfy its rabid fans. Sometime in the future, 12 downtrodden districts must each serve up two children – picked by lottery – as “tributes” to participate in a televised fight-to-thedeath spectacle for the delight of their conquerors from the Capitol. When her younger sister is chosen, Katniss volunteers to take her place, whereupon she’s whisked away to prepare for the big fight – the ultimate reality show. Jennifer Lawrence is superb as Katniss, and she’s matched by the supporting cast, including Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci and Lenny Kravitz. And the film looks great, contrasting the greys and browns of the poverty-stricken district with the outrageous fashion and spectacular architecture of the Capitol. But the material’s been sanitized in order to pull in the largest audience. This is really creepy stuff. Given its potential to be a devastatingly dystopic film event, this is definitely a missed opportunity. SGC

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Jennifer Lawrence shows star quality in The Hunger Games.

Starry eyed STARRY STARRY NIGHT (Tom Lin). 99

minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (March 23). For venues and times, see Movies, page 78. Rating: NNNN

This disarmingly sweet and heartfelt Taiwanese fantasy proves that family films needn’t be emotionally manipulative or packed with pop culture references. Adapting Jimmy Liao’s children’s book, Tom Lin weaves a whimsical story about Mei and Jay, two kids rejected by their classmates and quietly suffering in broken homes who find acceptance in shared fantasies. As they struggle with the onset of adolescence, an awkward first love blossoms over art projects. When alone, their handmade creations come to life in Mei’s mind like life-sized origami pets. Lin gets wonderfully naturalistic performances out of young leads Xu Jiao and Lin Hui-min and uses impressive CGI to bring the kids’ childish creations into their depressing lives. Though special effects grab attention, Mei’s troubled emotional journey leaves a more lasting impression. The director vividly captures the moment when adult reality replaces childhood fantasy, when Mei’s parents’ impending divorce interrupts her daydreams. Cynics might scoff at the simplicity of the story and themes, but anyone who remembers that awkward childhood transition will be flooded with familiar emotions. The film is a welcome escape for families with children old enough for PHIL BROWN their first subtitled fare.

Lin Hui-min and Xu Jiao will float your boat in terrific fantasy.

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Cinéfranco 2012: festival reviews

Oh, I’m very safe. I just sit by the monitor. [Laughs] I just sit there and tell them they’re too slow. No, we make everything onscreen look more dangerous than it actually is.

When Colin Geddes programmed The Raid for TIFF’s Midnight Madness series, did you have any idea it would be received quite so ecstatically? Colin picked this film based off the very first cut that was available. It was an unmastered offline cut – flabby, 10 minutes too long, no visual effects done yet, no sound [mix] – so I was stunned that he picked it. It was such a sign of belief and faith in the film. We felt sort of blessed, really, that Colin took that gamble on us. None of this would have happened otherwise. That first Midnight Madness screening just kind of put it on everyone’s radar, and it’s exploded since.

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Gareth Huw Evans Writer/director, The Raid: Redemption

Last summer, Gareth Huw Evans was an unknown Welsh filmmaker putting the finishing touches on an Indonesian action movie no one had ever heard of. Then he brought The Raid to the Toronto Film Festival, where the crowds went wild and the world took notice. The single-location thriller – about a standoff between cops and thugs in a locked-down apartment building – won the Midnight Madness People’s Choice Award, and Evans sold it to Sony Pictures Classics in a deal that included an English-language remake and a sequel to the Indonesian original. Over the phone from Jakarta, Evans is clearly delighted at his cinematic good fortune and glad to have the chance to roll the dice again.

I’m on board as an exec producer. I’ll oversee some aspects of it, but my involvement will be more in the shadows. I feel like that project will work a lot better if it has a completely fresh pair of eyes coming at it. I don’t think I can bring anything fresh to it myself. But they’ve already hired Iko [Uwais] and Yayan [Ruhian] and the two choreographers from my film to be part of the choreography team for the remake.

And you’re already working on the Indonesian sequel? I’m finishing the script now, and we’ll start shooting next January. The storyline is gonna be a lot more expansive, not confined to one building. We don’t want to just replicate the same formula that made the first one a success; we actually want to flesh out more of the characters and more of the storyline. It takes place over a number of months, so it kind of lends itself to be a little bit more dramatic – and more involving, hopefully, as well.

I’m sure Colin has pencilled it in for TIFF 2013. We’d love to be able to bring it to Toronto. Fingers crossed we’re finished NORMAN WILNER in time.

REVIEW THE RAID: REDEMPTION (Gareth Huw Evans) Rating: NNN In Gareth Huw Evans’s non-stop actioner – retitled The Raid: Redemption for its North American release – a Jakarta tactical team’s assault on a crime lord’s apartment building turns into a frantic battle for survival. I can’t remember a movie with more violence per frame – no wonder it won the Midnight Madness People’s Choice Award at last year’s Toronto Film Festival. But the constant bone-shattering kung-fu smackdowns both define and undermine Evans’s film, since there is literally nothing else to it. By the 15th brutal confrontation, it gets a little monotonous. Unlike, say, Flash Point or Attack The Block, which balanced their spectacular action sequences with well-drawn characters and Yayan Ruhian (left) smacks clockwork pacing, The Raid lurches from one battle to the next down Eka “Piranha” Rahmadia like a blunt instrument. It’s effective, but not exactly distinin The Raid: Redemption. NW guished.

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La Sacrée lacks sparkle.

CINEFRANCO 2012 from Friday (March 23) to April 1 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. $8-$12, pass $99. All films subtitled. See Indie & Rep Film, page 84.

LA SACREE (Dominic Desjardins, Canada). 94 minutes. Friday (March 23), 7 pm. Rating: NN

The festival’s Canadian-made opener should have more fizz. Slick con artist François (Marc Marans) is about to marry a wealthy cosmetics entrepreneur, but she wants to get pregnant, and he hides the fact that he’s poor and infertile. At the same time, he schemes to get his small Ontario francophone hometown to begin brewing an artisanal beer that may have fertility-enhancing properties. The two narratives never come together convincingly, and director Dominic Desjardins has a hard time making François likeable. There’s some sharp satire about marketing smalltown quaintness, but the movie falls flat, even with copious references to GLENN SUMI poutine and beer.

FREE MEN (Ismaël Ferroukhi, France). 99 minutes. Sunday (March 25), 6:30 pm. Rating: NN The last few years have produced some terrific cinema about the French legacy in North Africa. This tale of a young Algerian Muslim who finds himself pulled into the French Resistance in Nazi-occupied Paris feels like an attempt to capitalize on the wave that included A Prophet, Of Gods And Men and Rachid Bouchareb’s Days Of Glory and Outside The Law. A Prophet’s Tahar Rahim stars as a black marketeer who becomes an SS informant out of necessity, only to reconsider his decision once he’s told to spy on a mosque that’s getting Jews out of Vichy France by disguising them as Muslims. (Of Gods And Men’s Michael Lonsdale plays the mosque’s rector; Incendies star Lubna Azabal is also here.) It’s a solid set-up, but the drama never quite catches fire. The arc of Rahim’s character is so clearly telegraphed that all we do is wait for him NORMAN WILNER to find his conscience.

The Long Falling is one of fest’s best.

THE LONG FALLING (Martin Provost, Belgium/France). 105 minutes. Monday (March 26), 8:30 pm. Rating: NNNN

Yolande Moreau reunites with Seraphine director Martin Provost for this grim character study about a long-suffering Belgian housewife who kills her abusive husband and then goes off to visit her son (Pierre Moure) in Brussels because she can’t think of anything else to do. The Long Falling’s original French title translates as Where Does The Night Go, which better evokes the sense of dislocation and ambiguity with which the film regards Moreau’s character. Is she enjoying her new freedom or doing her best to hide her crippling guilt? Moreau makes both interpretations valid at different points, and Provost once again demonstrates that he’s the filmmaker who best understands how to mine the depths of his star’s NW opaque acting style.

YOU DON’T CHOOSE YOUR FAMILY (Christian Clavier, France). 103 minutes. March 31, 6:15 pm. Rating: NNN

Christian Clavier’s farce about a French lesbian (Muriel Robin) and her lover’s silly brother (Clavier) posing as a couple to adopt a Thai orphan (Maily Florentin Dao) offers a gag every 30 seconds, and enough jokes hit their mark to make this a pleasant diversion. Robin and Clavier make a terrific oddball couple, and the grizzled Jean Reno plays it straight as the doctor assigned to make sure they’re legit. Things get complicated when the brother ends up in a Bangkok jail and his sister (Héléna Noguerra), a lawyer, swoops in to bail him out while also catching the attention of the widowed doctor. Granted, some jokes – about Thai food or names – are in questionable taste, but this is a movie that gets laughs from a parrot that screeches “Fuck you.” You’ve been warned. GS

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Still Life one LIFe (Michael Gunton, Martha Holmes). 85 minutes. Opens Friday (March 23). For venues and times, see Movies, page 78. Rating: nnn Don’t be surprised if bits of this feature-length paean to the glories of nature seem familiar. It’s basically a greatest-hits package compiled from BBC’s acclaimed 10-part Life series, with James Bond’s Daniel Craig acting as narrator. Naturally, the high-def images of a few dozen of the world’s thousands of species look glorious, especially on a big screen. You know camera operators have waited hours – perhaps even days – for these mammal money shots: a female humpback whale deciding who gets to hump her, or a wise elephant

pushing her daughter out of the way to rescue her granddaughter from a muddy death. But there’s not much to the narration, and Craig often sounds slightly embarrassed to be reading his cheesy lines about how all the world’s creatures are connected by our desire to eat, propagate and make a home. It’s a shame there’s nothing about how climate change has affected the food chain. And while George Fenton’s soundtrack is occasionally amusing (one chase sequence is scored like a Mission: Impossible film), it’s more often repetitive and manipulative. Enough with the throbbing strings, dude. To be sure, this is a family movie, although a scene where a bunch of Komodo dragons poison a water buffalo and then tear it apart might give the little GLenn SUMI ones nightmares.

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Minor note Footnote (Joseph Cedar). 105 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (March 23). For venues and times, see Movies, page 78. Rating: nnn An entire universe of conflict plays out on a modest scale in Footnote, the tale of father-and-son Talmudic scholars pitted against each other when one is mistakenly told he’s being given the prestigious Israel Prize – which has actually been awarded to the other. The meticulous Eliezer Shkolnik (Shlomo Bar-Aba) has spent his career toiling resentfully in obscurity, his greatest accomplishment being cited in a footnote decades earlier by his revered mentor. Meanwhile, his populist, media-savvy son Uriel (Lior Ashkenazi) has risen to relative prominence through his easily digestible interpretations of Biblical tenets; naturally, he’s the one more likely to receive an award, even though that violates every principle his father holds about scholarship. Faced with an impossible decision – crush his father by telling him the truth, or find another way to put things right? – Uriel discovers that anything he does will make matters worse. Writer/director Joseph Cedar (Beaufort) satirizes academic politics, personal integrity and generational resentment, but his stylistic choices undermine the points and punchlines. Cedar’s literary narration and omniscient cross-cutting interfere with the progression of the narrative rather than enhancing it. Wes Anderson’s The Royal Tenenbaums got the balance of observation and commentary exactly right; Cedar’s Footnote gets it wrong.

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Stars and sibling rivalry Carl Bessai and Cory Monteith look at fame, folly and family By GLENN SUMI SISTERS&BROTHERS written and directed by Carl Bessai, with Cory Monteith, Dustin Milligan, Gabrielle Miller, Benjamin Ratner and Gabrielle Rose. A Pacific Northwest/Raven West release. 90 minutes. Opens Friday (March 23). For venues and times, see Movies, page 78.

in sisters&brothers, cory monteith plays a hot young Hollywood star who’s surrounded by groupies, drugs and other temptations. Although the actor’s achieved overnight fame with a certain pop culture phenomenon called Glee, he’s not much like the movie’s character. “But I see a lot of that in Hollywood,” he said last fall during TIFF, sitting in a Hazelton Hotel restaurant and looking as boy-next-door wholesome as Glee’s Finn. “It’s something I hope I never turn into. I hope I never get that far away from what matters.” Working with Vancouver director Carl Bessai’s technique of improvisation, Monteith helped develop the character with friend Dustin Milligan, who plays his brother Rory, a hasbeen actor who’s recently devoted his life to charity work in Africa. In real life, the two have known each other for years. As struggling actors, they roomed together in Vancouver and waitered in the same restaurant while trying to secure auditions. Monteith, who’d never

improvised before, said the two actors worked out the basic dynamics of the sibling relationship beforehand. “What was really freeing was the amount of input we had on the storyline,” he says. “It felt like Dustin and I really shaped where we were going to go, and what milestones we’d hit in that brother relationship.” Bessai dealt with strained

family dynamics in two other films, 2008’s Mothers&Daughters and 2010’s Father&Sons. The idea behind the new film occurred to him when he was in an airport studying two people sitting on a bench engaged in a conversation he couldn’t hear. “I thought about a scenario where brother one was extremely famous and brother two wasn’t,” says the director. “What would that be like? “I come from a family of boys and have a brother who’s an architect. Whenever we see each other, we talk about what we’re doing, and there’s a little bit of rivalry there.” Bessai has nothing but praise for his young stars.

“They were so open about their experiences of being young men coming to Hollywood, trying to get work, obviously succeeding in different ways. What of their own personal experience could they bring to the narrative? Most actors don’t want to open that part of themselves up.” Still, Bessai is savvy enough to know that having a name star like Monteith in his film can get it attention, especially at a festival with hundreds of other movies. “Let’s be honest – the strength of the movie is the ensemble,” says Bessai. “When you come to TIFF with a movie like this without Cory, people aren’t really as interested. That annoys me about the industry, but you have to accept it. People are excited about celebrity.” 3 glenns@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowfilm

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Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston play New Yorkers who end up in a commune. The ﬁlm’s hilarious, but it also has smart things to say about the appeal of simplicity in the tech age.

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The gorgeous ﬁrst part of Suzanne Collins’s YA adventure trilogy comes to the screen – perfect timing now that Harry Potter’s ended and Twilight’s having its last gleaming.

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Think Risky Business, but without the production values. Using the foundfootage technique, this ﬁlm looks at a high school house party that gets out of control. A sequel’s already in the works.

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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, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

The Films of Studio Ghibli

ALBERT NOBBS (Rodrigo García) isn’t nearly

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

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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) Canada Square, Cumberland 4, Grande Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Yonge & Dundas 24

THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE (Marie Losier) is an unusual por-

trait of the love affair between performance artist and industrial music groundbreaker Genesis P-Orridge 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, not a rock star. 72 min. NNNN (SGC) TIFF Bell Lightbox

BEING FLYNN (Paul Weitz) turns 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, reappeared after nearly two decades. Paul Dano is the younger Flynn and Robert De Niro the elder, and that’s a problem right there, as 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. 95 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Varsity 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

CASA DE MI PADRE (Matt Piedmont) has Will Ferrell speaking Spanish. If that central conceit doesn’t tickle you as it would most of the Sasquatch-sized comedian’s fan base, this will only afford modest pleasures, dry smirks rather than riotous laughter. The parody, brought to you by Ferrell’s Funny Or Die amigos, has the actor sporting a tan and deep-fried hair as a dim-witted ranchero who must protect his father’s land from Mexican drug lords. The throwaway plot is just a means for moderately funny visual gags that ridicule Mexican telenovelas and Zapata westerns, easy fodder for Ferrell and company though not as funny as watching the genuine article. Director Piedmont displays ingenuity behind the camera to produce intentionally poor results, but Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez have already affectionately mimicked these genres. 84 min. NNN (RS) Scotiabank Theatre

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(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, Interchange 30, Scotiabank Theatre

A DANGEROUS METHOD (David Cronenberg) 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 Christopher 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

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(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. 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) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Rainbow Market Square, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga

DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (Chris Renaud, Kyle Balda) is the latest feature-length Dr. Seuss adaptation that transforms the masterful author’s succinct writing into souped-up CGI spectacle. Lovers of 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 THE FLOWERS OF WAR (Zhang Yimou) is a film that feels consistently calculated and fraudulent, breaking its own back trying to pull a happy ending out of the brutal historical reality of the Rape of Nanking. Some subtitles. 141 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20 FOOTNOTE (Joseph Cedar) 105 min. See

review, page 76. NNN (NW) Opens Mar 23 at Cumberland 4.

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

GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE

(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, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Scotiabank Theatre

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(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. It’s another unnecessary Englishlanguage remake. 158 min. NNN (SGC) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Mt Pleasant, Yonge & Dundas 24

GONE (Heitor Dhalia) stars Amanda Seyfried as a woman who escaped from a serial killer and now is pursuing him, convinced he’s abducted her sister. Seyfried’s energy, a

min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30, Scotiabank Theatre

huGo (Martin Scorsese) turns a children’s

adventure into a heartfelt appeal for film preservation and a love song to pioneering film director Georges Méliès. I don’t blame Scorsese for making this bauble; after decades of tireless advocacy for cinema history, it’s probably the best way to get his message out. I just don’t know whether it works as a movie. 126 min. NNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Cumberland 4, Grande Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Mt Pleasant, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga

Lynn Collins plays a Martian princess in sci-fi adventure John Carter.

smart script that avoids clichés and good use of Portland locations make this a tense, plausible thriller. 88 min. NNN (AD) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Michael Dowse) stars Seann William Scott as a dim-witted but sweet-natured bouncer recruited to the minor leagues 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 bare-knuckled roles. 90 min. NNNN (RS) Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

The Grey (Joe Carnahan) is an existentialist 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

The huNGer Games (Gary Ross) 142 min. See interview and review, page 72. NNN (SGC) Opens Mar 23 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity. IN DarkNess (Agnieszka Holland) tells the true story about a sewer inspector (Robert Wieckiewicz) in Lvov who hid a dozen Jews underground during the Nazi occupation. Long – and a lot to take – but the actors are excellent and the important story is told with deep conviction. Subtitled. 145 min. NNN (SGC) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre, Regent Theatre The IroN LaDy (Phyllida Lloyd) portrays former British PM Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep) as a proto-feminist outsider fighting the male establishment, and steers clear of her union-busting, privatizing, deregulating policies. The politics are a mess; even Thatcher would be appalled. But Streep’s performance is genius. 105 min. NNN (SGC) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24 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 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. 83 min. NN (NW) Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, Varsity

JIro Dreams of sushI (David Gelb) is an

attractive if slightly undercooked documentary about sushi master Jiro Ono, who 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 10-seat Tokyo restaurant, but he’s not yet ready to hand over the shop to his son, 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. 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. The omission of any mention of Ono’s wife sticks out like a rogue grain of rice on an otherwise impeccable plate. 81 min. NNN (GS) TIFF Bell Lightbox

JohN CarTer (Andrew Stanton) tries a little too hard to turn Edgar Rice Burroughs’s simple adventure story about a Civil War veteran (Taylor Kitsch) transported to Mars into the next massive SF epic. When it’s just the simple story of a broken man reinventing himself as a hero – and falling in love with a Martian princess (Lynn Collins) – it’s entertaining, but whenever it lurches into grandiose space-opera mode it feels rushed and overstuffed, with characters barking exposition at one another while moving to the next crisis. The pacing’s prob-

lematic, and WALL*E director Stanton’s transition from animation to live-action isn’t quite as elegant as Brad Bird’s was with Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. He wants to give his supporting characters moments to pop, but those moments just wind up contributing to the chaos of the second half. But then he pulls off a genuine moment between Kitsch and Collins, or a snarky look from Willem Dafoe’s motioncaptured Tars Tarkus, and you end up rooting for the movie all over again. Some subtitles. 132 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 Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

JourNey 2: The mysTerIous IsLaND

(Brad Peyton) is a sequel to Journey To The Center Of The Earth that swaps out Brendan Fraser for Dwayne Johnson, sending him and step-son Josh Hutcherson off to find Jules Verne’s impossible island. The premise becomes a frame for absurdist concepts in this anything-goes funhouse disguised as an adventure movie, and that’s not a bad thing at all. 96 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

kING of DevIL’s IsLaND (Marius Holst) is a competent but inelegant prison drama that – apart from all the Norwegian snow – won’t seem particularly new to an audience familiar with Jules Dassin’s Brute Force or The Shawshank Redemption. Based on a true story involving a riot in 1915, 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), a dutiful ward on the cusp of release. Though they initially don’t get along, the two 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 onedimensional compassionate brute, the easiest person to root for in any movie. More original is Nilssen’s Olav, who personifies

the broken humanity in a totalitarian system. Subtitled. 120 min. NNN (RS) Carlton Cinema

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itself or its source material very seriously. The meta comedy is all tongue-in-cheek shenanigans that proudly lift a middle finger to the hoary clichés the film recycles. Even Jump Street alum Johnny Depp gets in on the act in a giddy cameo. Hill and Tatum deserve high marks for their enthusiasm, making dick jokes funny again and developing an agreeable onscreen camaraderie. They play 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. The movie’s not brilliant, but it damn sure is a lot of fun. 109 min. NNNN (RS) 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

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is. Based on the memoirs of Colin Clark, who barely registers as a character, the film acknowledges the void between Marilyn Monroe’s (an excellent Michelle Williams), public persona and private life but does very little to fill it. 101 min. NN (RS) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema

ñNORWEGIAN 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 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. Subtitled. 133 min. NNNN (NW) Cumberland 4

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 OFF WORLD (Mateo Guez) barely feels like a define the characters beyond their cliché origins of Shy One (Thomas Mann), Hornmovie. A Toronto man (Marc Abaya) who dog (Oliver Cooper) and returns to the Philippines Nerd (Jonathan Daniel in search of his identity Brown), and director finds his long-lost brother EXPANDED REVIEWS Nourizadeh escalates (Marco Morales) working nowtoronto.com the mayhem in a manas a transvestite hooker ner that feels both in the Manila slum of thrilling and terrifying. It’s Smokey Mountain. The tale blends fictional not for everybody, but if you ever wondered storytelling and ethnographic travelogue, what Risky Business would have felt like but the actors can’t carry the drama and the without the glossy cinematography and documentary material is poorly organized Tangerine Dream score, you’ll be very pleasand fairly superficial. Some subtitles. 76 antly surprised. 88 min. NNNN (NW) min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, ColiTIFF Bell Lightbox seum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town (Nuri Bilge Ceylan) is to police proceCentre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, durals like Law & Order as Haywire is to a Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Jason Bourne movie. If you’ve been condiQueensway, Rainbow Market Square, Raintioned by years of cookie-cutter television bow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scoto need a resolution in 45 minutes, it’ll have tiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, Silveryou climbing the walls. But if you’re open to City Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale other possibilities, there’s some great stuff THE RAID: REDEMPTION (Gareth Huw going on. Subtitled. 157 min. NNNN (NW) Evans) 101 min. See Q&A and review, page TIFF Bell Lightbox 74. NNN (NW) ONE LIFE (Michael Gunton, Martha Holmes) Opens Mar 23 at Scotiabank Theatre. 85 min. See review, page 76. NNN (GS) RAMPART (Oren Moverman) stars Woody Opens Mar 23 at Yonge & Dundas 24. Harrelson as a dirty cop who’s being set up PAYBACK (Jennifer Baichwal) comes to by his department to deflect media attenlife thanks to director Baichwal, who tion from a scandal. Or maybe not – the finds four human stories to match Margaret film is so confusing, it’s never clear what’s Atwood’s intellectually ferocious book about actually happining. But performances by debt. Oppressive farmers pay a “debt” to miHarrelson, Robin Wright and Ben Foster are grant workers; ex-cons describe their life in terrific. 108 min. NNN (SGC) prison, where they supposedly paid a debt to Carlton Cinema, Yonge & Dundas 24 society; British Petroleum owes a whopping SAFE HOUSE (Daniel Espinosa) is an okay debt to the environment; and in Albania, a Bourne Trilogy knock-off. After years as a family feuds brutally over an old score. As freelance spy, an ex-CIA operative Tobin always in a Baichwal film, the visuals are the Frost (Denzel Washington) turns himself in stars, more than Atwood herself, who also and gets hustled off to a safe house in appears. The director’s the master of the Johannesburg. When the place is raided, a tracking shot, following a farmer tying up a novice agent (Ryan Reynolds) goes on the long row of tomato plants, for example. And run with Frost in tow. Its car chases and images – by Ed Burtynsky and especially aerpunch-ups lack the Bourne series’ manic ial shots by Daniel Beltrá – of the BP oil spill invention, but it still delivers solid thrills, are spectacular. Taken all together, Payback good acting and a fast-paced if predictable is both smart and beautiful. Some subtitles. spy story. 115 min. NNN (AD) 90 min. NNNN (SGC) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, ColiVarsity

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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, Kennedy Commons 20, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY (Hiro-

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, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñA SEPARATION

(Asghar Farhadi) is one of the strongest films of the year. A middle-class Tehran couple attempt to separate, and in their stubbornness and lack of communication irrevocably affect the lives of those around them. It’s a complex, gripping mystery that’s also a human and moral drama. Winner of the best foreign-language film Oscar. Subtitled. 123 min. NNNNN (GS) Canada Square, Cumberland 4, Grande Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Varsity

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louder sequel formula; shit constantly blows up or catches on fire, and the story rarely pauses for breath. Robert Downey Jr. is still miscast as Holmes, but a delightful Stephen Fry steals the picture as his brother, Mycroft – though that might simply be a side benefit of his appearing exclusively in scenes where nothing explodes. 129 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24

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 Hernan-

dez’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, Yonge & Dundas 24

SISTERS&BROTHERS (Carl Bessai) 90 min. See interview and review, page 77. NNN (GS) Opens Mar 23 at Yonge & Dundas 24.

ñSTARRY STARRY NIGHT

(Tom Lin) 99 min. See review, page 72. NNNN (Phil Brown) Opens Mar 23 at Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24.

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) Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

A THOUSAND WORDS (Brian Robbins) stars Eddie Murphy as a fast-talking literary agent whose life becomes 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. 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

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, Kingsway Theatre, Mt Pleasant

ñ21 JUMP STREET

(Phil Lord, Christopher Miller) reboots the 80s television series, where young undercover cops (Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum) pose as high school students. Thankfully, it never takes

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 (Submarine) mashes the misery button down as far as it will go. The actors hold nothing back, but it 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 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, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñWANDERLUST

(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. My face actually hurt from laughing afterward, and I cannot remember the last time that’s happened. 98 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñTHE WOMAN IN BLACK

(James Watkins) takes place a century ago, when a widowed estate lawyer (Daniel Radcliffe) encounters a vengeful spirit in a remote coastal town. There’s a stateliness and gravity to the film that recalls grand ghost stories of decades past like The Haunting and The Innocents, and Radcliffe proves quite able to hold the screen. 95 min. NNNN (NW) Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24 3

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ThE bALLAd oF gEnEsIs And LAdy jAyE (14A) thu 4:00, 8:45 Fri-sat, tue-Wed 2:15, 9:30 sun-mon 9:30 jIro drEAMs oF sushI (G) thu-sun, tue-Wed 2:00, 5:00, 7:15, 9:15 mon 7:15, 9:15 MonsIEur LAzhAr (PG) thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:00 Fri-sun, tueWed 1:15, 6:00 mon 6:00 oFF worLd (14A) thu 1:45, 6:45 Fri-sun, tue-Wed 4:15 onCE uPon A TIME In AnAToLIA (14A) thu 12:00, 9:00 Fri-sun, tue-Wed 12:00, 6:15 mon 6:15 PInA 3d (G) thu 3:30, 9:20 Fri-sun, tue-Wed 3:30, 8:45 mon 8:45

varsity (ce)

55 Bloor st W, 416-961-6304 bEIng FLynn (14A) thu 12:50, 3:40, 6:20, 9:20 dr. sEuss’ ThE LorAX 3d (G) thu 12:20, 2:35, 5:00, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-sat 12:10, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:40 sun-Wed 12:20, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:40 FrIEnds wITh kIds thu 1:10, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-sun, tue 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:30 mon 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 10:00 Wed 1:00, 4:00, 9:30 ThE hungEr gAMEs (PG) Fri-sat 11:50, 12:30, 3:10, 3:50, 6:30, 7:10, 9:50, 10:30 sun, Wed 12:30, 1:30, 3:45, 4:45, 7:00, 8:00, 10:15 mon-tue 12:30, 1:30, 3:45, 4:30, 7:00, 8:00, 10:15 jEFF, who LIvEs AT hoME (14A) thu 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 10:05 Fri-sat 12:40, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 10:10 sun-Wed 12:35, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 10:10 MonsIEur LAzhAr (PG) thu 1:20, 4:20, 6:40, 9:00 Frisun, tue-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 mon 1:10, 4:10, 10:10 PAybACk thu 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:10 Fri-sat 12:20, 3:00, 6:20, 9:00 sun-Wed 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:00 sALMon FIshIng In ThE yEMEn (PG) thu 1:00, 3:50, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-sat 12:50, 3:40, 7:00, 10:00 sun-Wed 12:50, 3:40, 7:10, 10:00 A sEPArATIon (14A) thu 12:55, 4:00, 7:10, 10:10

VIP SCREENINGS

FrIEnds wITh kIds thu 1:05, 3:55, 6:55, 9:35 ThE hungEr gAMEs (PG) Fri 12:25, 6:35 sat-mon, Wed 12:25, 3:25, 6:35, 9:35 tue 12:25, 3:25, 9:35 jEFF, who LIvEs AT hoME (14A) thu, mon-Wed 1:35, 4:25, 7:05, 9:25 Fri-sun 12:35, 2:35, 4:55, 7:05, 9:15 PAybACk thu, tue-Wed 1:55, 4:15, 7:25, 9:45 Fri-sun 12:55, 3:05, 5:25, 7:35, 9:55 mon 1:55, 4:15, 9:45 sALMon FIshIng In ThE yEMEn (PG) thu 1:15, 4:05, 6:35, 9:05 Fri-sat 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 sun-Wed 1:05, 3:45, 6:25, 9:05

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

ACT oF vALor (14A) thu 2:30 5:15 8:00 10:45 Fri-Wed 2:30,

5:15, 8:00, 10:25 sat-sun 11:40 mat AgEnT vInod 3:05, 6:25, 9:50 sat-sun 11:40 mat ThE ArTIsT (PG) thu 4:35, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Wed 2:00, 7:10 dr. sEuss’ ThE LorAX (G) 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:30 sat-sun 10:30, 12:45 mat dr. sEuss’ ThE LorAX 3d (G) 2:30, 4:00, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00 sat-sun 11:00, 11:45, 1:30 mat FrIEnds wITh kIds thu 2:15 3:45 4:45 6:15 7:15 9:00 10:00 Fri-Wed 2:15, 3:45, 4:45, 6:15, 7:15, 9:00, 10:15 sat-sun 10:45, 11:45, 1:15 mat ThE gIrL wITh ThE drAgon TATToo (18A) 6:40, 10:05 thu 3:20 mat gonE (14A) thu 5:55, 8:25, 10:45 Fri, mon-Wed 3:35, 8:15 sat-sun 10:45, 3:35, 8:15 ThE Iron LAdy (PG) thu 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:55 Fri, monWed 4:20, 9:40 sat-sun 11:25, 4:20, 9:40 john CArTEr (PG) thu 2:15, 6:00, 8:30, 9:15 Fri, mon-Wed 2:45, 6:00, 9:15 sat-sun 11:15, 2:45, 6:00, 9:15 john CArTEr 3d (PG) 3:15, 3:45, 6:30, 7:00, 9:45, 10:15 sat-sun 11:45, 12:15 mat john CArTEr: An IMAX 3d EXPErIEnCE (PG) thu 4:15 7:30 10:45 Fri-Wed 4:15, 7:30, 10:30 sat-sun 1:00 mat journEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IsLAnd 3d (PG) thu 3:50, 6:10, 8:30, 10:45 Fri, mon-Wed 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 satsun 11:35, 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 kAhAAnI (14A) thu 3:20 6:45 10:15 Fri-Wed 3:20, 6:45, 10:05 sat-sun 11:50 mat onE LIFE (G) 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:25 sat-sun 11:55 mat rAMPArT thu 7:05 sAFE housE (14A) thu 3:15, 6:15, 9:15 Fri, mon-Wed 4:00, 7:15, 10:10 sat-sun 10:35, 1:15, 4:00, 7:15, 10:10 ThE sECrET worLd oF ArrIETTy (G) 3:45 sat-sun 10:45, 1:20 mat shErLoCk hoLMEs: A gAME oF shAdows (PG) thu 4:05, 9:40 sILEnT housE (14A) 3:10, 5:25, 7:50, 10:20 sat-sun 10:35, 12:55 mat sIsTErs&broThErs 2:10, 4:35, 7:00, 9:20 sat-sun 11:50 mat sTArry sTArry nIghT 2:05, 4:35, 7:05, 9:40 sat-sun 11:35 mat ThIs MEAns wAr (14A) thu 3:30, 6:05 A ThousAnd words (PG) thu 2:45 5:00 7:30 10:00 FriWed 2:45, 5:00, 7:35, 10:00 sat-sun 10:30, 12:30 mat TyrAnnosAur thu 3:05, 5:10, 7:25, 9:35 ThE vow (PG) thu 3:30 6:30 9:30 Fri-Wed 3:30, 6:35, 9:30 sat-sun 10:30, 12:45 mat wAndErLusT (14A) 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:10 sat-sun 11:55 mat ThE woMAn In bLACk (14A) thu 2:45, 5:20, 7:45, 10:20 Fri, mon-Wed 5:55, 10:30 sat-sun 1:05, 5:55, 10:30

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

ThE ArTIsT (PG) 4:05, 6:30 Fri 9:10 sat-sun 1:40 mat, 9:10 ThE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) 4:20, 7:00 Fri 9:40 sat-sun 1:30 mat, 9:40 FrIEnds wITh kIds thu, mon-Wed 4:35, 7:15 Fri 4:35, 7:20, 9:45 sat-sun 2:00, 4:35, 7:20, 9:45 ThE Iron LAdy (PG) 4:45, 7:10 Fri 9:35 sat-sun 1:50 mat, 9:35 My wEEk wITh MArILyn (14A) thu 4:50, 7:20 ThE sECrET worLd oF ArrIETTy (G) 4:25, 6:40 Fri 9:00 sat-sun 1:45 mat, 9:00 A sEPArATIon (14A) 4:00, 6:45 Fri 9:25 sat-sun 1:15 mat, 9:25 wAndErLusT (14A) Fri 4:50, 7:30, 9:45 sat-sun 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 9:45 mon-Wed 4:50, 7:20 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 7:00 hugo (PG) thu 7:00 TInkEr TAILor soLdIEr sPy (14A) Fri-sat 6:50 sun 4:15 tue-Wed 7:00

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

In dArknEss (14A) Fri-sat 9:30 sun, tue 7:00 wAr horsE (PG) thu 7:00 Fri-sat 6:45 sun 4:00

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

ACT oF vALor (14A) thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:05, 9:40 dr. sEuss’ ThE LorAX (G) thu 1:30 Fri-sun 12:10 monWed 12:30

dr. sEuss’ ThE LorAX 3d (G) thu 3:50, 6:30, 8:45 Fri-sat 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:45 sun 2:30, 4:50, 7:20, 9:35 mon-Wed 2:45, 5:00, 7:30, 9:45 ThE hungEr gAMEs (PG) thu 12:01 Fri-sat 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 1:45, 2:30, 3:20, 3:50, 4:20, 5:10, 6:00, 6:40, 7:10, 7:40, 8:30, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 sun 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 1:40, 2:20, 3:15, 3:45, 4:20, 5:00, 5:40, 6:30, 7:00, 7:40, 8:20, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15 mon 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:45, 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 5:40, 7:00, 7:40, 8:20, 9:00, 9:30, 10:15 tue 12:30, 12:55, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:45, 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 5:40, 7:00, 7:40, 8:20, 9:00, 9:30, 10:15 Wed 12:30, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:45, 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 5:40, 7:00, 7:40, 8:20, 9:00, 9:30, 10:15 john CArTEr 3d (PG) thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 9:55 journEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IsLAnd (PG) thu 1:10, 3:40 ProjECT X (18A) thu 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 9:45 sAFE housE (14A) thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-sat 12:50, 3:30, 6:30, 10:10 sun-Wed 12:50, 3:30, 6:40, 10:10 sILEnT housE (14A) thu 2:10, 5:00, 7:40, 9:55 21 juMP sTrEET (14A) thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-sat 2:00, 4:40, 7:30, 10:40 sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:10, 10:00 mon-tue 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Wed 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 ThE vow (PG) thu 6:40, 9:20 wAndErLusT (14A) thu 1:40, 4:10, 6:50, 9:15

ProjECT X (18A) thu, mon-Wed 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:10 Fri-sat 1:10, 3:45, 6:10, 8:35, 11:05 sun 12:25, 2:50, 5:25, 7:50, 10:10 sAFE housE (14A) thu 1:30, 4:25, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-sat 1:30, 4:20, 7:35, 10:30 sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:35, 10:25 mon-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:30, 10:25 sILEnT housE (14A) thu 2:25, 5:15, 7:40, 10:00 Fri-sat 12:00, 2:20, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 sun 5:35, 7:55, 10:15 mon-Wed 2:40, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 sTuArT LITTLE (G) sat 11:00 ThIs MEAns wAr (14A) thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-sun 9:55 mon-Wed 9:10 A ThousAnd words (PG) thu 1:35, 4:00, 6:40, 9:05 Frisat 12:10, 2:35, 5:00, 7:50, 10:25 sun 11:50, 2:10, 4:35, 7:00, 9:25 mon 1:10, 3:40, 10:30 tue-Wed 2:35, 4:55, 7:20, 9:50 21 juMP sTrEET (14A) thu 1:00, 2:00, 3:55, 4:55, 6:35, 7:35, 9:15, 10:15 Fri-sat 12:05, 1:45, 2:45, 4:30, 5:30, 7:15, 8:10, 10:05, 10:55 sun 12:55, 1:55, 3:55, 4:40, 6:50, 7:20, 9:35, 10:05 mon-tue 1:00, 2:00, 3:55, 4:50, 6:35, 7:35, 9:20, 10:20 Wed 1:10, 2:00, 3:55, 4:50, 6:35, 7:35, 9:20, 10:20 ThE vow (PG) thu 1:20, 4:05, 6:55, 9:25 Fri-sun 9:50 monWed 9:35 wAndErLusT (14A) thu 1:45, 4:20, 7:50, 10:20 wILLy wonkA And ThE ChoCoLATE FACTory sun 1:00

Metro

WooDBine centre, 500 rexDale BlvD, 416-213-1998

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

dr. sEuss’ ThE LorAX (G) 2:30, 4:30, 6:30 thu 8:30 ThE hungEr gAMEs (PG) Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 sAFE housE (14A) Fri-Wed 9:00

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

ThE ArTIsT (PG) 7:00 A dAngErous METhod (14A) thu 2:50 ThE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) Fri-Wed 2:30 ThE gIrL wITh ThE drAgon TATToo (18A) 8:55 In dArknEss (14A) thu 4:30 ThE Iron LAdy (PG) thu 1:00 Fri-Wed 12:30 TInkEr TAILor soLdIEr sPy (14A) Fri-Wed 4:30

queensWay (ce)

1025 tHe queensWay, qeW & islington, 416-503-0424 ACT oF vALor (14A) thu 1:15, 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 dr. sEuss’ ThE LorAX (G) thu 1:25, 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 Frisat 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40 sun 12:30, 2:55, 5:15, 7:40 monWed 1:20, 4:15, 6:40 dr. sEuss’ ThE LorAX 3d (G) thu 1:25, 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 Fri-sat 1:15, 3:35, 5:55, 8:25, 10:40 sun 1:10, 3:35, 5:55, 8:25 mon-Wed 2:20, 5:10, 7:25, 9:45 FrIEnds wITh kIds thu 1:05, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 Fri-sat 1:00, 3:55, 6:55, 9:35 sun-tue 1:05, 3:50, 6:55, 9:40 Wed 3:50, 6:55, 9:40 goon (18A) thu 2:45, 5:10, 7:30, 9:55 ThE hungEr gAMEs (PG) thu 12:01, 12:15 Fri 11:50, 12:50, 1:20, 1:50, 2:40, 3:10, 3:40, 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45, 11:15 sat 11:20, 11:50, 12:20, 12:50, 1:20, 1:50, 2:40, 3:10, 3:40, 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45, 11:15 sun 11:45, 12:15, 12:45, 1:15, 1:45, 2:30, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:45, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:15, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 montue 12:45, 1:15, 1:45, 2:30, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:45, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:15, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 Wed 12:45, 1:15, 2:30, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:45, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:15, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 jEFF, who LIvEs AT hoME (14A) thu 2:40, 5:00, 7:45, 10:05 Fri-sat 1:35, 3:50, 6:05, 8:20, 10:35 sun 12:20, 2:35, 4:45, 7:05, 9:15 mon-Wed 2:25, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15 john CArTEr (PG) thu 1:10, 4:15, 7:15, 10:20 john CArTEr 3d (PG) thu 2:10, 5:15, 8:30 Fri-sat 12:40, 4:00, 7:10, 10:20 sun 12:40, 3:45, 7:10, 10:20 mon-Wed 12:55, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15 journEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IsLAnd (PG) thu 2:15 Fri 2:10 sat 11:35 sun 2:00 mon-Wed 1:40 journEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IsLAnd 3d (PG) thu 4:40, 7:05, 9:35 Fri 4:50, 7:20 sat 2:10, 4:50, 7:20 sun 4:50, 7:25 mon-Wed 4:40, 7:05 ThE METroPoLITAn oPErA: ThE EnChAnTEd IsLAnd EnCorE mon 6:30

rainBoW WooDBine (i)

dr. sEuss’ ThE LorAX (G) 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:05, 9:15 ThE hungEr gAMEs (PG) Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:30, 4:00, 6:30, 7:00, 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) thu 1:20, 4:00, 7:25, 9:40 sAFE housE (14A) thu 4:10, 6:55 sILEnT housE (14A) 1:30, 3:50, 7:15, 9:45 A ThousAnd words (PG) thu 12:45, 2:50, 4:55, 7:10, 9:25 Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:40, 6:55, 9:25 21 juMP sTrEET (14A) 1:10, 4:05, 7:00, 9:35 TyLEr PErry’s good dEEds (PG) thu 1:15, 9:30

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

dr. sEuss’ ThE LorAX (G) Fri 12:20 sat-sun 10:10, 12:20 dr. sEuss’ ThE LorAX 3d (G) thu 6:40, 8:50 Fri-sun 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 mon-Wed 4:10, 6:30, 9:00 goon (18A) thu 7:20, 9:50 ThE hungEr gAMEs (PG) Fri 12:00, 12:30, 3:20, 3:50, 6:40, 7:10, 10:00, 10:30 sat 10:00, 10:10, 12:00, 12:30, 3:20, 3:50, 6:40, 7:10, 10:00, 10:30 sun 10:00, 10:10, 12:00, 12:30, 3:20, 3:45, 6:40, 7:00, 10:00, 10:15 mon-Wed 3:40, 6:40, 7:00, 10:00, 10:15 john CArTEr 3d (PG) thu 7:10, 10:00 Fri-sun 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:50 mon-Wed 4:00, 6:50, 9:50 sALMon FIshIng In ThE yEMEn (PG) thu 6:50, 9:20 Frisun 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 mon-Wed 3:50, 6:20, 9:20 21 juMP sTrEET (14A) thu 7:00, 9:40 Fri 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 10:10 sat-sun 10:00, 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 10:10 mon-Wed 4:20, 7:00, 10:10

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

ThE dEsCEndAnTs (14A) 9:40 thu 4:00 mat, 6:40 ThE hungEr gAMEs (PG) thu 12:02 Fri 2:15, 3:00, 4:00, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:20, 7:45, 8:45, 9:45, 10:45, 11:00 sat-sun 12:00, 12:45, 1:15, 2:15, 3:20, 4:00, 4:30, 5:30, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:45, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 mon, Wed 2:15, 3:20, 4:00, 4:30, 5:30, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:45, 10:00, 10:30 tue 2:15, 3:20, 4:00, 4:30, 5:30, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 8:45, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 ThE Iron LAdy (PG) thu 7:00, 9:45 john CArTEr 3d (PG) thu 3:45, 5:00, 6:45, 8:00, 9:30 Fri, mon-Wed 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 sat-sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 ProjECT X (18A) thu 4:45, 7:45, 10:15 sAFE housE (14A) thu 4:30 7:30 10:10 Fri-Wed 4:20, 7:00, 10:10 sat-sun 1:20 mat ThE sECrET worLd oF ArrIETTy (G) thu 3:30 shoLEM ALEIChEM: LAughIng In ThE dArknEss thu 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 A ThousAnd words (PG) thu 4:20, 7:10 Fri, mon-Wed 3:50, 4:10, 6:50, 7:10, 9:50 sat-sun 1:10, 3:50, 4:10, 6:50, 7:10, 9:50 21 juMP sTrEET (14A) thu 4:15 5:15 7:20 7:50 10:00 10:25 Fri-Wed 2:30, 4:15, 5:15, 7:30, 8:30, 10:15 sat-sun 1:00 mat

granDe - yonge (ce) 4861 yonge st, 416-590-9974

ACT oF vALor (14A) thu 9:35 Fri-Wed 9:55 ThE ArTIsT (PG) thu 3:50, 6:20, 9:20 Fri, mon-Wed 4:15, 6:50, 9:35 sat-sun 1:05, 4:15, 6:50, 9:35 dr. sEuss’ ThE LorAX (G) 4:20, 6:45 sat-sun 1:20 mat dr. sEuss’ ThE LorAX 3d (G) thu 5:00 7:15 9:30 Fri-Wed 4:50, 7:15, 9:30 sat-sun 2:20 mat FrIEnds wITh kIds thu 4:40 7:25 10:00 Fri-Wed 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 sat-sun 1:30 mat hugo 3d (PG) thu 3:45, 6:50, 9:45 Fri, mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 sat-sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 jEFF, who LIvEs AT hoME (14A) thu 4:00 7:10 9:50 FriWed 4:25, 7:10, 9:25 sat-sun 1:45 mat ThE METroPoLITAn oPErA: ThE EnChAnTEd IsLAnd EnCorE mon 6:30

march 22-28 2012 NOW

SAlmon fiShing in The yemen (PG) Thu 3:55 6:40 9:40 Fri-Wed 4:05, 6:40, 9:40 Sat-Sun 1:15 mat A SepArATion (14A) Thu 4:10 7:00 10:00 Fri-Wed 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:10 mat SilenT houSe (14A) Thu 5:10 7:40 9:55 Fri-Wed 5:10, 7:40, 10:00 Sat-Sun 2:00 mat WAnderluST (14A) Thu 4:30 7:20 9:50 Fri-Wed 4:45, 7:20, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:50 mat

SilverCiTy FairvieW (Ce)

FairvieW Mall, 1800 ShePPard ave e, 416-644-7746 dr. SeuSS’ The lorAx (G) Thu 1:20 Fri-Sun 12:30 Mon-Tue 2:20 dr. SeuSS’ The lorAx 3d (G) Thu 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:05 Fri-Sat 2:40, 5:05, 7:40, 9:55 Sun 2:45, 5:10, 7:45, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 friendS WiTh kidS Thu 1:40, 4:10, 7:10, 9:45 The hunger gAmeS (PG) Fri 12:20, 12:50, 1:20, 2:40, 3:10, 3:40, 4:10, 4:40, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45, 11:15 Sat 11:20, 11:50, 12:20, 12:50, 1:20, 2:40, 3:10, 3:40, 4:10, 4:40, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45, 11:15 Sun 12:15, 12:45, 2:15, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:45, 5:30, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 8:00, 8:45, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 Mon 12:45, 1:30, 2:15, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:45, 5:30, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 8:45, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 Tue 12:45, 1:30, 2:15, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:45, 5:30, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 8:00, 8:45, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 Wed 12:45, 2:15, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:45, 5:30, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 8:00, 8:45, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 John cArTer 3d (PG) Thu 1:25, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:55, 7:10, 10:20 Sun 12:40, 3:50, 7:00, 10:15 MonWed 12:50, 3:50, 7:00, 10:15 Journey 2: The mySTeriouS iSlAnd (PG) Thu 2:00 FriSun 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:40 Mon-Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:40 Journey 2: The mySTeriouS iSlAnd 3d (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:05 proJecT x (18A) Thu 3:10, 5:25, 7:40, 9:55 SAfe houSe (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 SilenT houSe (14A) Thu 2:45, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 STuArT liTTle (G) Sat 11:00 ThiS meAnS WAr (14A) Thu 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:35 Fri-Wed 10:10 21 Jump STreeT (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:45, 7:25, 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:10, 2:50, 5:30, 8:10, 10:50 Sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 WAnderluST (14A) Thu 10:15 Willy WonkA And The chocolATe fAcTory Sun 1:00

SilverCiTy yorkdale (Ce) 3401 duFFerin ST, 416-787-4432

AcT of VAlor (14A) Thu 2:40, 5:20, 7:50, 10:10 dr. SeuSS’ The lorAx (G) Thu 2:50 Fri-Sun 12:50 MonWed 1:00 dr. SeuSS’ The lorAx 3d (G) Thu 5:10, 7:25, 9:50 Fri-Sat 3:15, 5:40, 8:05, 10:30 Sun 3:15, 5:40, 8:05, 10:25 Mon-Wed 3:20, 5:40, 8:05, 10:25 The hunger gAmeS (PG) Thu 12:01 Fri-Sat 11:50, 12:20, 12:50, 1:20, 3:10, 3:40, 4:10, 4:40, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45, 11:15 Sun 12:00, 12:45, 1:30, 2:30, 3:15, 4:00, 4:45, 5:45, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:00, 9:45, 10:30 MonWed 12:45, 1:30, 2:30, 3:15, 4:00, 4:45, 5:45, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:00, 9:45, 10:30 John cArTer 3d (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15 Fri-Sat 12:40, 4:00, 7:20, 10:35 Sun 12:40, 3:50, 7:10, 10:20 MonWed 12:50, 3:55, 7:10, 10:20 Journey 2: The mySTeriouS iSlAnd (PG) Thu 1:30 FriSat 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:05 Sun 12:15, 2:45, 5:20, 7:50 MonWed 1:40, 4:30, 7:20 Journey 2: The mySTeriouS iSlAnd 3d (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:20 proJecT x (18A) Thu 2:30, 5:15, 7:40, 10:00 Fri-Sat 10:40 Sun 10:30 Mon-Wed 10:00 SAfe houSe (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 ThiS meAnS WAr (14A) Thu 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 A ThouSAnd WordS (PG) Thu 2:55, 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:25, 2:55, 5:20, 7:50, 10:25 Sun 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 Mon-Wed 2:40, 5:20, 7:40, 10:05 21 Jump STreeT (14A) Thu 1:00, 2:00, 3:40, 4:40, 6:20, 7:30, 9:00, 10:10 Fri-Sat 12:00, 1:30, 2:40, 4:30, 5:25, 7:35, 8:15, 10:20, 11:00 Sun-Wed 1:10, 1:50, 4:05, 4:40, 6:50, 7:30, 9:40, 10:15 The VoW (PG) Thu 9:55

Scarborough 401 & MorningSide (Ce) 785 Milner ave, SCarborough, 416-281-2226

AcT of VAlor (14A) Thu 5:20, 8:05 dr. SeuSS’ The lorAx (G) Thu 4:30, 7:10 Fri, Tue 4:30, 9:30 Sat-Sun 12:10, 2:15, 4:35, 9:30 Mon, Wed 4:25 dr. SeuSS’ The lorAx 3d (G) Thu 6:00, 8:10 Fri, Tue 3:30, 6:10, 8:15 Sat-Sun 1:15, 3:30, 6:10, 8:15 Mon, Wed 5:10, 8:15 The hunger gAmeS (PG) Fri 3:40, 4:00, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:25, 9:15, 9:45, 10:10, 10:25, 10:40 Sat 12:00, 12:20, 12:50, 2:30, 3:10, 3:45, 4:10, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:25, 9:15, 9:45, 10:10, 10:25, 10:40 Sun 12:00, 12:20, 12:50, 2:30, 3:10, 3:45, 4:10, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:25, 9:15, 9:45, 10:10, 10:25, 10:35 Mon, Wed 4:20, 4:45, 5:25, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30 Tue 3:10, 3:40, 4:00, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:20, 9:15, 9:40, 10:05, 10:20, 10:35 John cArTer 3d (PG) Thu 5:00, 8:00 Fri, Tue 4:15, 7:15, 10:30 Sat-Sun 1:00, 4:25, 7:15, 10:30 Mon, Wed 5:50, 8:45 Journey 2: The mySTeriouS iSlAnd (PG) Thu 4:50 Fri 3:55, 6:15, 8:25 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:00, 6:15, 8:25 Mon, Wed 6:15 Tue 3:50, 6:15, 8:25 proJecT x (18A) Thu 6:20, 8:30 Fri-Sat 10:45 Sun, Tue 10:35 Mon, Wed 8:40 SAfe houSe (14A) Thu 5:10, 7:50 Fri 5:00, 7:40, 10:45 Sat 1:45, 5:00, 7:40, 10:45 Sun 1:45, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Mon, Wed 5:00, 7:45 Tue 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 SilenT houSe (14A) Thu 6:10, 8:30 A ThouSAnd WordS (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:40 Fri 5:40, 7:50, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:20, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00 Mon, Wed 4:30, 7:15 Tue 3:20, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00 21 Jump STreeT (14A) Thu 5:30, 8:20 Fri 5:30, 8:00, 10:45 Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:45 Sun 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:35 Mon, Wed 5:40, 8:15 Tue 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:45 Tyler perry’S good deedS (PG) Thu 4:35, 7:30 Fri-Wed 6:45 The VoW (PG) Thu 7:20

8:00, 8:45, 9:15, 10:05, 10:20 Mon 12:15, 12:45, 1:30, 2:00, 2:40, 3:20, 3:50, 4:45, 5:15, 6:00, 6:45, 7:10, 8:45, 9:15, 10:05, 10:20 John cArTer (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 John cArTer 3d (PG) Thu, Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:25, 10:25 Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:20, 7:25, 10:40 Journey 2: The mySTeriouS iSlAnd (PG) Thu, Sun-Wed 1:05 Fri 12:05 Sat 11:45 Journey 2: The mySTeriouS iSlAnd 3d (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:05, 9:45 Fri 2:40, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Sat 2:20, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Sun-Wed 4:15, 7:10, 9:40 proJecT x (18A) Thu 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 10:20 SAfe houSe (14A) Thu 1:55, 4:45, 7:40, 10:30 Fri-Sat 2:10, 5:00, 8:05, 10:55 Sun-Wed 1:40, 4:25, 7:40, 10:30 STuArT liTTle (G) Sat 11:00 ThiS meAnS WAr (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:15, 7:15, 10:05 A ThouSAnd WordS (PG) Thu 1:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 8:20, 10:50 Sun-Wed 12:15, 2:45, 5:10, 7:45, 10:10 21 Jump STreeT (14A) Thu 1:00, 2:05, 3:40, 4:40, 6:20, 7:15, 9:00, 9:55 Fri-Sat 12:10, 1:10, 2:50, 4:00, 5:30, 7:40, 8:15, 10:30, 11:00 Sun, Tue-Wed 2:05, 2:30, 4:40, 5:10, 7:15, 7:50, 9:55, 10:30 Mon 2:05, 2:30, 4:40, 5:10, 7:15, 8:00, 9:55, 10:30 Tyler perry’S good deedS (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 unofficiAlly yourS Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:35, 10:15 The VoW (PG) Thu 1:35, 4:35, 7:10, 9:55

eglinTon ToWn CenTre (Ce) 1901 eglinTon ave e, 416-752-4494

AcT of VAlor (14A) Thu 4:20, 6:55, 9:40 dr. SeuSS’ The lorAx (G) Thu 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 Fri-Sat 12:10, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sun 12:00, 2:15, 4:35, 6:50, 9:10 Mon-Wed 4:35, 6:50, 9:10 dr. SeuSS’ The lorAx 3d (G) Thu 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 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 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8:00, 10:20 Mon-Wed 5:35, 8:00, 10:20 friendS WiTh kidS Thu 4:15, 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Sat 12:15, 2:50, 5:35, 8:15, 11:00 Sun-Wed 4:20, 7:00, 9:50 ghoST rider: SpiriT of VengeAnce 3d (14A) Thu 4:45, 7:20, 9:50 goon (18A) Thu 10:10 The hunger gAmeS (PG) Thu 12:01 Fri 11:50, 12:20, 12:50, 1:20, 1:50, 2:40, 3:10, 3:40, 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:50, 11:15 Sat 11:20, 11:50, 12:20, 12:50, 1:20, 1:50, 2:40, 3:10, 3:40, 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:50, 11:15 Sun 11:45, 12:15, 12:45, 1:15, 2:30, 2:40, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 5:45, 6:00, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 9:00, 9:15, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 Mon-Wed 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 5:45, 6:00, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 9:00, 9:15, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 John cArTer (PG) Thu 5:15, 8:30 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Sun 1:50, 4:50, 7:50 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:50 John cArTer 3d (PG) Thu 4:05, 7:10, 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:35, 7:50, 11:00 Sun 12:40, 3:50, 7:00, 10:10 Mon-Wed 3:50, 7:00, 10:10 Journey 2: The mySTeriouS iSlAnd (PG) Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 7:55 Sun 2:15, 5:00, 7:30 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:35 Journey 2: The mySTeriouS iSlAnd 3d (PG) Thu 5:05, 7:35 The meTropoliTAn operA: The enchAnTed iSlAnd encore Mon 6:30 proJecT x (18A) Thu 5:10, 7:25, 9:45 Fri-Sat 10:40 Sun-Wed 10:00 SAfe houSe (14A) Thu 4:25, 7:15, 10:00 Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 Sun 12:05, 3:00, 5:50, 9:40 Mon 3:40, 10:45 Tue-Wed 4:10, 7:05, 9:55 SilenT houSe (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:15, 9:35 STuArT liTTle (G) Sat 11:00 A ThouSAnd WordS (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 Fri-Sun 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:15, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:15, 9:35 21 Jump STreeT (14A) Thu 4:00, 4:45, 6:35, 7:30, 9:20, 10:15 Fri 12:00, 1:30, 2:40, 4:15, 5:20, 7:00, 8:00, 9:45, 10:45 Sat 1:30, 2:40, 4:15, 5:20, 7:00, 8:00, 9:45, 10:45 Sun 1:00, 2:00, 3:50, 4:45, 6:40, 7:30, 9:25, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:50, 4:45, 6:40, 7:30, 9:25, 10:15 The VoW (PG) Thu 4:05, 6:50, 9:30 WAnderluST (14A) Thu 5:00, 7:35, 10:05 Willy WonkA And The chocolATe fAcTory Sun 1:00

kennedy CoMMonS 20 (aMC) kennedy rd & 401, 416-335-5323

AcT of VAlor (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 10:10 AgenT Vinod Fri-Sun 11:00, 2:40, 6:00, 9:30 Mon 2:40 Tue-Wed 2:40, 6:00, 9:30 ArAVAAn (14A) 3:00, 6:30, 9:50 Fri-Sun 11:45 mat The ArTiST (PG) 1:40, 4:05, 6:35, 9:05 Fri-Sun 11:05 mat conTrABAnd (14A) Thu 5:00, 10:20 The deScendAnTS (14A) 2:15, 5:05, 7:50, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:20 mat dr. SeuSS’ The lorAx (G) 2:00, 4:25, 6:50, 9:10 Fri-Sun 11:40 mat dr. SeuSS’ The lorAx 3d (G) 1:35, 3:50, 6:10, 8:30 Fri-Sun 11:00 mat exTremely loud & incrediBly cloSe (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:25, 10:25 The floWerS of WAr Thu 5:55, 9:00 friendS WiTh kidS 2:00, 4:25, 6:50, 9:10 Fri-Sun 11:20 mat ghoST rider: SpiriT of VengeAnce 3d (14A) 1:50, 10:15 The girl WiTh The drAgon TATToo (18A) 3:00, 6:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 11:30 mat hugo 3d (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:15, 10:15 Fri-Sun 10:40, 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 The iron lAdy (PG) 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 Fri-Sun 11:10 mat kAhAAni (14A) 3:45, 7:00, 10:25 Fri-Sun 12:30 mat loVe Thu 1:55, 4:45, 7:40, 10:30 proJecT x (18A) 2:45, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 Fri-Sun 12:15 mat SAlmon fiShing in The yemen (PG) Thu 1:35, 4:35, 7:30, 10:10

The SecreT World of ArrieTTy (G) Thu 3:40 Fri-Sun 10:50, 1:10, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:20, 9:00 A SepArATion (14A) Thu 1:15, 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 Fri-Sun 10:30, 1:15, 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 SilenT houSe (14A) 3:30, 5:40, 8:00, 10:20 Fri-Sun 11:15, 1:20 mat STAr WArS: epiSode i – The phAnTom menAce 3d 4:15, 7:15 Fri-Sun 10:40 mat STArry STArry nighT 2:05, 4:45, 7:45, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:45 mat ThiS meAnS WAr (14A) 2:10, 5:00, 7:45, 10:05 Fri-Sun 11:35 mat Tinker TAilor Soldier Spy (14A) Thu 2:10, 7:30 Tyler perry’S good deedS (PG) 2:50, 6:00, 9:00 Fri-Sun 11:30 mat The VoW (PG) 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:15 mat WAnderluST (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:05

WoodSide CineMaS (i) 1571 SandhurST CirCle, 416-299-3456

AgenT Vinod Fri 4:45, 6:15, 8:00, 9:30 Sat-Sun 3:00, 4:45, 6:15, 8:00, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:30, 6:00, 7:45, 9:15 ArAVAAn (14A) Thu 7:00, 10:00 Jodi BreAkerS (PG) Thu 9:30 mASSi Thu 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Wed 4:30, 7:00, 10:00 Tere nAAl loVe ho gAyA (G) Thu 6:45

GTA Regions Mississauga

ColiSeuM MiSSiSSauga (Ce) Square one, 309 raThburn rd W, 905-275-3456

AlVin And The chipmunkS: chipWrecked (G) Thu 2:30, 4:30 chronicle (14A) Thu 6:40, 8:50 dr. SeuSS’ The lorAx (G) Thu 1:30, 4:00, 6:10, 8:20 Fri 11:40, 1:50, 4:10, 6:30, 8:50 Sat 11:40, 1:50, 4:10, 6:50, 9:10 Sun-Wed 1:50, 4:10, 7:00, 9:10 dr. SeuSS’ The lorAx 3d (G) Thu 2:20, 3:00, 4:40, 5:15, 7:00, 7:40, 9:10 Fri 12:50, 3:30, 6:00 Sat 12:50, 3:30 Sun 1:10, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20 Mon-Wed 1:00, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20 ghoST rider: SpiriT of VengeAnce 3d (14A) Thu 2:05, 4:50, 7:10, 9:20 gone (14A) Thu 9:50 The hunger gAmeS: The imAx experience (PG) Thu 12:01 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 Sun-Wed 12:15, 3:30, 6:45, 10:00 The hunger gAmeS (PG) Thu 12:01, 12:10 Fri-Sat 11:30, 12:00, 1:00, 1:30, 2:50, 3:20, 4:20, 4:50, 6:10, 6:40, 7:40, 8:10, 9:30, 10:00, 11:00, 11:30 Sun-Tue 12:45, 1:30, 2:15, 3:00, 4:00, 4:45, 5:30, 6:15, 7:15, 8:00, 8:45, 9:30, 10:30 Wed 12:45, 2:15, 3:00, 4:00, 4:45, 5:30, 6:15, 7:15, 8:00, 8:45, 9:30, 10:30 John cArTer (PG) Thu 2:40, 5:40, 8:30 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:40, 7:50, 10:50 Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:40, 7:50 John cArTer 3d (PG) Thu 10:30 Fri 12:10, 3:10, 6:20 Sat 12:10, 3:10, 6:20, 9:20 Sun-Wed 12:20, 3:20, 6:30, 9:20 John cArTer: An imAx 3d experience (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:45 Journey 2: The mySTeriouS iSlAnd (PG) Thu 1:10 FriSat 11:50 Sun-Wed 12:30 Journey 2: The mySTeriouS iSlAnd 3d (PG) Thu 3:30, 5:50, 8:10 Fri 2:30, 5:10, 7:45 Sat 2:30, 5:20, 8:00 Sun-Wed 3:10, 5:50, 8:10 proJecT x (18A) Thu 3:20, 5:30, 7:50, 11:10 Fri-Sat 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 Sun 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 Mon-Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 SAfe houSe (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 STuArT liTTle (G) Sat 11:00 A ThouSAnd WordS (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:15, 6:30, 9:00 21 Jump STreeT (14A) Thu 1:20, 2:10, 4:10, 5:00, 6:50, 7:30, 9:30, 10:40 Fri-Sat 12:20, 1:40, 3:00, 4:30, 5:40, 7:30, 8:30, 10:20, 11:20 Sun-Tue 1:40, 2:50, 4:30, 5:40, 7:30, 8:30, 10:20 Wed 2:50, 4:30, 5:40, 7:30, 8:30, 10:20 Willy WonkA And The chocolATe fAcTory Sun 1:00

CourTney Park 16 (aMC)

110 CourTney Park e aT huronTario, 888-262-4386 AcT of VAlor (14A) Thu 2:20, 4:50, 8:10, 10:40 dr. SeuSS’ The lorAx (G) Thu 1:40, 2:15, 3:45, 5:50, 6:30, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 10:00, 2:15, 6:30 Mon-Wed 2:15, 6:30 dr. SeuSS’ The lorAx 3d (G) Thu 1:10, 3:15, 4:20, 5:20, 7:30, 9:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 11:00, 12:10, 1:10, 3:20, 4:20, 5:20, 7:30, 9:30, 10:00 Mon-Wed 1:10, 3:20, 4:20, 5:20, 7:30, 9:30, 10:00 friendS WiTh kidS Thu 3:00, 5:30, 8:00 Fri-Sun 10:05, 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Mon-Wed 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 The hunger gAmeS: The imAx experience (PG) Thu 12:01 Fri-Sun 11:00, 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 11:00 Mon-Wed 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 11:00 The hunger gAmeS (PG) Thu 12:01 Fri-Sat 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:45, 12:00, 12:15, 1:00, 1:30, 3:00, 3:15, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:30, 10:45, 11:30 Sun 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:45, 12:00, 12:15, 1:00, 1:30, 3:00, 3:15, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:30, 10:45 Mon-Wed 1:00, 1:30, 3:00, 3:15, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:30, 10:45

John cArTer (PG) Thu 3:00, 6:30, 9:45 Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:35, 4:25, 7:10, 10:00 Mon-Wed 1:35, 4:25, 7:10, 10:00 John cArTer 3d (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:15 Fri-Sun 11:45, 2:35, 5:25, 8:10, 11:00 Mon-Wed 2:35, 5:25, 8:10, 11:00 John cArTer: An imAx 3d experience (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:45 proJecT x (18A) Thu 1:55, 4:05, 6:15, 8:25, 10:45 Fri-Sun 11:25, 1:35, 3:45, 5:55, 8:05, 10:15 Mon-Wed 1:35, 3:45, 5:55, 8:05, 10:15 SAfe houSe (14A) Thu 3:35, 7:40, 10:35 Fri-Sun 10:10, 12:40, 3:10, 5:50, 8:25, 11:00 Mon-Wed 3:10, 5:50, 8:25, 11:00 SilenT houSe (14A) Thu 1:45, 3:55, 6:10, 8:20, 10:35 ThiS meAnS WAr (14A) Thu 4:30, 9:35 A ThouSAnd WordS (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 Fri-Sun 10:25, 1:00, 3:05, 5:35, 8:10, 10:40 Mon-Wed 1:00, 3:05, 5:35, 8:10, 10:40 21 Jump STreeT (14A) Thu 1:35, 3:45, 4:15, 7:00, 7:30, 10:30 Fri-Sat 10:15, 11:15, 12:45, 1:45, 3:15, 4:15, 5:45, 7:15, 8:15, 9:45, 10:45 Sun 11:15, 1:45, 3:15, 4:15, 5:45, 7:15, 8:15, 9:45, 10:45 Mon-Wed 1:45, 3:15, 4:15, 5:45, 7:15, 8:15, 9:45, 10:45 The VoW (PG) Thu 2:00, 6:50 WAnderluST (14A) Thu 1:05, 3:25, 5:40, 8:05, 10:25

SilverCiTy MiSSiSSauga (Ce) hWy 5, eaST oF hWy 403, 905-569-3373

AcT of VAlor (14A) Thu 4:05, 7:05, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 Mon 3:40 Tue-Wed 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 The deScendAnTS (14A) Thu 3:45, 6:35, 9:25 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:35, 6:25, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:20, 9:15 dr. SeuSS’ The lorAx (G) Thu 3:30, 6:20, 9:05 Fri-Sun 1:25, 4:00, 6:40, 9:10 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:35, 9:00 dr. SeuSS’ The lorAx 3d (G) Thu 5:00, 7:00, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:15, 9:40 friendS WiTh kidS Thu 4:30, 7:25, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:35, 4:15, 7:00, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:00, 9:35 hugo 3d (PG) Thu 3:35, 6:30, 9:35 Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:45, 9:45 The iron lAdy (PG) Thu 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:45, 6:35, 9:05 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:25, 9:05 The meTropoliTAn operA: The enchAnTed iSlAnd encore Mon 6:30 SAlmon fiShing in The yemen (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:15, 9:55 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:30, 6:55, 9:40 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:55, 9:30 SilenT houSe (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:40, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:25, 7:35, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:25, 9:50 The VoW (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:55, 9:20 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:50, 6:45, 9:20 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:40, 9:20

north ColoSSuS (Ce) hWy 400 & 7, 905-851-1001

AcT of VAlor (14A) Thu 4:25, 7:05, 9:55 dr. SeuSS’ The lorAx (G) Thu 3:50, 6:00, 8:10 Fri-Sat 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 6:55, 9:10 Sun 12:00, 2:10, 4:40, 6:55, 9:20 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:00, 8:20 dr. SeuSS’ The lorAx 3d (G) Thu 3:30, 4:10, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Sat 12:55, 3:10, 5:25, 7:35, 9:40 Sun 12:50, 3:10, 5:40, 7:50, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:40, 9:20 ghoST rider: SpiriT of VengeAnce 3d (14A) Thu 3:55, 6:35, 9:00 gone (14A) Thu 8:40 goon (18A) Thu 5:10, 7:50, 10:05 The hunger gAmeS: The imAx experience (PG) Thu 12:01 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 Sun 12:15, 3:30, 6:50, 10:00 Mon-Tue 3:30, 6:45, 10:00 Wed 3:30, 6:50, 10:00 The hunger gAmeS (PG) Thu 12:01 Fri 12:00, 1:00, 1:30, 2:10, 2:50, 3:20, 4:20, 4:50, 5:30, 6:10, 6:40, 7:40, 8:10, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 11:00, 11:30 Sat 11:30, 12:00, 1:00, 1:30, 2:10, 2:50, 3:20, 4:20, 4:50, 5:30, 6:10, 6:40, 7:40, 8:10, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 11:00, 11:30 Sun 11:45, 12:45, 1:15, 1:45, 2:30, 3:00, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:45, 6:15, 7:15, 7:45, 8:15, 9:00, 9:30, 10:30 Mon-Wed 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:45, 6:15, 7:15, 7:45, 8:15, 9:00, 9:30, 10:30 John cArTer (PG) Thu 5:00, 8:20 Fri 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 9:55 Sat 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 Sun 12:20, 3:50, 6:50, 9:45 MonWed 3:50, 6:50, 9:45 John cArTer 3d (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:50, 10:50 Sun 1:30, 4:35, 7:20, 10:25 Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:20, 10:25 John cArTer: An imAx 3d experience (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:00 Journey 2: The mySTeriouS iSlAnd (PG) Fri 12:45 Sat 11:10, 1:45 Sun 12:30 Journey 2: The mySTeriouS iSlAnd 3d (PG) Thu 3:35, 6:10, 8:30 Fri 3:30, 6:20, 8:50 Sat 4:15, 6:50, 9:15 Sun-Wed 3:40, 6:30, 8:50 proJecT x (18A) Thu 5:20, 8:00, 10:15 Fri-Sat 12:20, 2:40, 5:20, 8:20, 11:10 Sun 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Mon-Wed 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 SAfe houSe (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:15, 4:30, 7:30, 10:20 Sun 1:00, 4:10, 7:00, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:00, 9:55 SilenT houSe (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:25, 9:40 Fri-Sat 2:20, 5:10, 8:00, 10:40 Sun 2:20, 5:20, 7:35, 10:15 Mon 3:55, 9:50 TueWed 5:20, 7:35, 10:15 STuArT liTTle (G) Sat 11:00 ThiS meAnS WAr (14A) Thu 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 Fri-Sat 2:00, 5:00, 7:20, 10:10 Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:05, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:05, 9:35 A ThouSAnd WordS (PG) Thu 4:55, 7:40, 9:55 Fri 1:20, 4:10, 6:30, 9:20 Sat 11:45, 2:15, 4:35, 7:15, 9:45 Sun 12:25, 2:45, 6:10, 8:40 Mon 5:20, 6:35, 10:30 Tue-Wed 4:05, 6:35, 9:10 21 Jump STreeT (14A) Thu 3:40, 4:05, 6:15, 6:40, 9:00, 9:45 Fri-Sat 12:10, 1:10, 2:45, 4:00, 5:40, 7:00, 8:30, 9:50, 11:20 Sun 12:40, 1:40, 3:45, 4:45, 6:45, 7:30, 9:40, 10:20 Mon-

Wed 3:45, 4:45, 6:45, 7:30, 9:40, 10:20 The VoW (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:20, 8:50 Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:55, 7:45, 10:15 Sun 11:50, 2:50, 6:00, 8:55 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:25, 10:05 WAnderluST (14A) Thu 4:35, 7:15, 9:50

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NOW march 22-28 2012

indie&rep film complete festivals, independent and How to find a listing

Rockin’ out to CMW Film Fest

Repertory cinema listings are comprehensive and appear alphabetically by venue, then by date. Other films are listed by date.

= Critics’ pick (highly recommended)

How to place a listing

CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK FILM FESTIVAL

All listings are free. Send to: movies@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-364-1166 or mail to Rep Cinemas, NOW Magazine, 189 Church, Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include film title, year of release, names of director(s), language and subtitle info, venue, address, time, cost and advance ticket sales if any, phone number for reservations/info or website address. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm.

until March 24, various locations. $10. See listings, this page. More CMW cover age starts on page 42.

Canadian Music Week isn’t just about music. The organizers put together a pretty nifty film component, too, screening at locations all around downtown. Things got under way earlier this week with the Canadian premiere of Under African Skies, a documentary about the legacy of Paul Simon’s Graceland. Don’t worry if you missed it; it’s set to screen again next month as Doc Soup’s April offering, and there’s plenty of other stuff to see. One disappointment is Jeanie Finlay’s Sound It Out (Thursday, March 22; rating: NN), a too loving look at the eponymous record shop, the last inde pendent vinyl dealer in the northeast of England. Billed as

festivals

canadian film festival

royal cinema, 608 college. canfilmfest.ca.

WED 28-MAr 31 – Festival of emerging and

established Canadian filmmakers. $7, short film block $15, fivefilm mini pass $20, all access VIP fest pass $100. WED 28 – Opening night: Cloudburst (2011) D: Thom Fitzgerald. 8 pm.

canadian music week film festival

tiff bell lightbox, reitman square, 350 king w (tiff); national film board, 150 john (nfb); toronto underground cinema, 186 spadina (tuc). cmw.net.

ThU 22-SAT 24 – Festival of musicfocused

films. $10.

ThU 22 – Sound It Out (2011) D: Jeanie Finlay. 7 pm. Last Days Here (2011) D: Don Argott and Demian Fenton. 9:15 pm. Both screenings at TIFF. No Room For Rock Stars: The Vans Warped Tour. 7 pm (TUC). FrI 23 – Kevin (2011) D: Jay Duplass, preceded by Last Music Man (2011) D: David Kalinaus kas, and Man & Machine: A Naked Robotic Love Story (2011) D: Jesse Roesler and Jona than Nowak. 7 pm. Hit So Hard (2011) D: P David Ebersole. 9 pm. All screenings at NFB. SAT 24 – The Muppet Movie (1979) D: James Frawley. Music composer Paul Williams in at tendance. 4 pm (NFB). Parallax Sounds (2012) D: Augusto Contento. 7 pm (NFB). No Room For Rock Stars: The Vans Warped Tour (2012) D: Parris Patton. 7 pm (TUC). Girl Walk//All Day (2012) D: Jacob Krupnick. 9:15 pm (NFB).

cinÉfranco film festival

tiff bell lightbox, reitman square, 350 king w. 416-599-8433, cinefranco.com.

Paul Williams joins Kermit, March 24.

FrI 23-Apr 1 – International francophone cin

ema. $12, stu/srs $10, up to 18 yrs $8, festival pass (10 tickets) $99. 4165998433. FrI 23 – La Sacrée (2012) D: Dominic Desjardin. 7 pm. Trash (2011) D: Benoît Pilon. 9:15 pm. SAT 24 – Short Films including Apersona, A Ton Vieux Cul De Negre, Mokhtar, Patsy and Tinye So. 11 am. Followed by discussion. Holidays By The Sea (2011) D: Pascal Rabaté. 1:45 pm. On The Beat (2011) D: CharlesOlivier

CRITICS ON SCREEN NOW senior film writer Norman Wilner speaks on a panel after the screening of For The Love Of Movies: The Story Of American Film Criticism

The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema Sunday (March 25), 6:30 pm $11, bloorcinema.com

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Last Days Here brings Bobby Liebling’s story to the screen.

a reallife version of High Fidelity, it in stead captures the dull, repetitive real ity of working in a record shop by be ing, well, dull and repetitive. At 75 minutes, it’s at least an hour longer than it needs to be. By contrast, Don Argott and Demian Fenton’s Last Days Here (Thursday, March 22; rating: NNNN) is ideally suited to feature length. The filmmakers, who made Rock School and The Art Of The Steal, have brought another fantastic subject to the screen. That would be Bobby Liebling, lead singer of the cult band Pentagram, now a shell of his hardrocking self after decades lost to addiction. As Liebling’s former band mates reach out to him for a reunion tour, the filmmakers turn the cliché of Michaud. 4 pm. My Worst Nightmare (2011) D: Anne Fontaine. 6:30 pm. Headswinds (2011) D: Jalil Lespert. 9 pm. SUN 25 – Short Films including Beep Beep, Jean-Jacques, Mandala My Love, Mauser and Sheket. 11 am. Femmes En Miroirs (2011) D: Saad Chraïbi. 1:15 pm. War Of The Buttons (2011) D: Yann Samuell. 4 pm. Free Men (2011) D: Ismaël Ferroukhi. 6:30 pm. The Straight Line (2011) D: Régis Wargnier. 9 pm. MoN 26 – Beur Sur La Ville (2011) D: Djamel Bensalah. 6 pm. The Long Falling (2011) D: Martin Provost. 8:30 pm. TUE 27 – The Giants (2011) D: Bouli Lanners. 6:30 pm. Early One Morning (2011) D: Jean Marc Moutout. 9 pm. WED 28 – The First Man (2012) D: Gianni Amelio. 6:30 pm. The Disintegration (2011) D: Philippe Faucon. 9 pm.

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

ThU 22 – An Evening With Dr Jane Goodall: Jane’s Journey (2010) D: Lorenz Knauer. 7 pm. Q&A w/ Goodall to follow screening. $50. FrI 23 – Banff Mountain Film Festival. 7:30 pm. SAT 24 – Grizzly Man (2005) D: Werner Herzog. 3:30 pm. Banff Mountain Film Festival. 7:30 pm. SUN 25 – Banff Mountain Film Festival. 2:30 pm. For The Love Of Movies: The Story Of American Film Criticism (2009) D: Gerald Peary. 6:30 pm. Director in attendance. Panel discussion to follow screening. Everyday Sunshine: The Story Of Fishbone (2010) D: Lev Anderson and Chris Metzler. 9:15 pm. MoN 26 – For The Love Of Movies: The Story Of American Film Criticism. 6:30 pm. Everyday Sunshine: The Story Of Fishbone. 9:15 pm. TUE 27-WED 28 – Eames: The Architect And The Painter (2011) D: Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey. 6:30 pm. Tabloid (2010) D: Errol Morris. 9 pm.

the burntout rocker inside out. You’ll be riveted. I wasn’t quite as impressed with CMW’s other tale of a rock casualty, Hit So Hard (Friday, March 23; rating: NNN), which turns Hole drummer Patty Schemel’s fall from grace into the standard Behind The Music biog raphy. That’s not a knock on Schemel herself, just on the simplistic way the film chooses to package her story. The 2012 shorts program (Friday, March 23) includes the gentle Kevin (Rating: NNN), which finds filmmaker Jay Duplass (Cyrus and Jeff, Who Lives At Home) heading to Austin to look up Kevin Gant, an eccentric singer/ songwriter who stopped performing in the 90s, and Man & Machine: A Naked Robotic Love Story (Rating: NNN), a singularly weird look at a Bel gian couple who’ve devised an elabor ate cyberorchestra that responds best when its conductor is in the buff. Oh, and CMW’s also holding a Sat urday (March 24) matinee screening of The Muppet Movie – the beloved 1979 original – to feature a Q&A with composer Paul Williams, who’s enjoy ing a renaissance of his own thanks to the recent documentary Paul Wil liams: Still Alive. Shame they couldn’t NorMAN WILNEr book that, too.

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SAT 24 – The White Ribbon (2009) D: Michael Haneke. 3 pm. Free.

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ThU 22-FrI 23 – Occupy Wall St. Newsreels by

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(2011) D: Alexander Payne. 9 pm. SAT 24-SUN 25– The Adventures Of Tintin (2011) D: Steven Spielberg. 2 pm. The Descendants. 4:15 & 9 pm. Monsieur Lazhar. 7 pm. MoN 26-TUE 27 – Monsieur Lazhar. 7 pm. The Descendants. 9 pm. WED 28 – .The Descendants. 1:30 pm. Albert Nobbs (2011) D: Rodrigo Garcia. 7 pm. Pina 3D (2011) D: Wim Wenders. 9:15 pm.

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (eOne, 2011) D:

Tomas Alfredson, w/ Gary Oldman, Colin Firth. Rating: NNNN; DVD package: NNN John le Carré’s novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy contains more complex characters and relationships than can fit into any two-hour movie, but this one does a fine job of making the story baffling at the outset and clear when it needs to be, while delivering the requisite paranoia and Le Carré’s key theme of betrayal. Gary Oldman gives a remarkable performance as George Smiley, the retired spymaster given a secret commission to find the Soviet mole in the highest echelons of the British Secret Service (we’re in the Cold War 1970s). He’s still and silent, always thinking, but riveting when he speaks. Tomas Anderson goes for a brown and orange colour scheme and parallelto-the-action tracking shots to sustain the chilly mood. It’s one of the things he discusses on the desultory commen-

tary he shares with Oldman. The material was adapted once before, as a six-part BBC miniseries in 1979 with Alec Guinness as Smiley. He and it are brilliant. It hit the streets last October. Check it out. EXTRAS Commentary, making-of interviews, deleted scenes. English, French, Spanish audio and subtitles.

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2011) D: David Fincher, w/ Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara. Rating: NNNN; DVD package: NNN If you haven’t seen the Swedish original of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, this American remake is a dandy thriller. If you have, it’s still worth a look. The stories are the same and many of the scenes virtually identical, but Rooney Mara has her own take on Lisbeth Salander, and David Fincher slightly shifts the emphasis on her relationship with Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig). Salander is the computer genius –

brilliant, but also withdrawn, violent and a complete dropout – who teams up with discredited reporter Blomkvist to investigate a 40-year-old murder involving three generations of a rich, nasty family. Mara, thoroughly convincing as a distrusting outsider, emphasizes Salander’s frailty rather than the savagery that Noomi Rapace brought to the original. Craig is believably rumpled and thoughtful as Blomkvist, but his English voice seems badly out of place in a movie where everyone else has a Scandinavian accent. Between pointing out all the CG snow and gushing over bits of acting that he loves, Fincher uses his commentary to share character insights and explain some of his directorial choices. EXTRAS Director commentary. English, French audio. English, French, Spanish subtitles.

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haps a first kiss, or whatever, when things are becoming unambiguously physical. WTF do I say? Should I try to get involved in a BDSM “scene”? Date “normal” people? Online personals? I don’t want to try to have sex again without its being known or understood. It feels like pretending, and it sucks. Seeks Understanding Baba Generally, SUB, if it’s something that gay, straight or bisexual people can all do – like erotic power exchange (bondage, D/s, BDSM, etc) – then I consider it a sexual activity, not a sexual orientation. Which is not to say that submission and/or BDSM can’t be hugely important to an individual, SUB, as much about self-conception as it is about sexual expression. But you don’t have to come out to friends and family about being submissive – you don’t have to tell them about the stuff that turns you on – in order to fully accept yourself, get out there and date and find a nice girl who wants to subject you to her erotic whims. Now, I’m not saying you can’t or shouldn’t tell people other than the women you date that you’re submissive. You can be as open as you wanna be – say, with friends you feel comfortable telling everything – but the only people who absolutely, positively need to know about your desires, SUB, are your sex partners. So how do you find a partner? Date vanilla girls? Trawl online personals? Get involved in the BDSM scene in your area? Yes, yes and yes. Get involved in the BDSM scene and take out a kinky personal ad and maybe you’ll meet a nice, dominant girl who wants a sexually submissive – and Ivy League-educated – boyfriend. At the same time, SUB, date girls you meet in the normal course of your daily life, like any other single guy. After she gets a chance to know you, but before she’s too invested and/or smitten, discuss your kinks with her. This is not a tearful confession, SUB. Your kinks are a selling point; they’re

something that makes you a more interesting sex partner. If you open up to a vanilla girl after a few weeks – and some good vanilla sex – and she runs screaming, she wasn’t the right girl for you. (And if she blabs to her friends about you, SUB, you may get a call from a friend of your ex who is the right girl for you.) Don’t marry the first dominant woman with whom you play, SUB, or bail on the first strictly vanilla girl with whom you hit it off. A dominant woman you don’t enjoy spending time with outside the bedroom isn’t someone you can realistically spend the rest of your life with; a vanilla girl who really likes you may get there – she may discover that she gets off on being in charge – if you’re patient and attentive to her sexual interests. Finally, SUB, if you do want to come out to friends and family about being kinky, here’s a great short video on the subject: tinyurl.com/comingoutkinky.

I’m his big secret I am a 21-year-old gay male. For the

past six months, I have been having an affair with a man in his mid-40s. After our first hookup, he told me he was married and had three children. I was shocked at this. However, we continued to meet up for sex. I have come to the conclusion that I am fine with this man keeping me a secret. I have fallen for him, and he has fallen for me, but I have no desire to break up his family. His wife was his high-school sweetheart, and he says she is his best friend. He also tells me that if I were to quit our sexcapades, which happen to be the best sex I have ever had, he would find another man, or other men, because he is attracted to men. We hook up every week in discreet locations where he would never get caught. I don’t plan on telling anyone. I am torn, because we both acknowledge that if the situation were different, we would make excellent life partners. I am deeply in love with this guy and want more out of our relationship, but I do respect him and would never out

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wanna say thanks for supporting the monogamish. I’m one of the many who is happier with a little freedom and the occasional threesome or foursome – but who also values ground rules, respect and honesty. Bummer some guys seem to think deceit is the only way to play. So thanks for so many years of great advice. But… WOW! Sometimes you really show your limits as a gay man. Someone writes to you about having sex with his girl during her period and what to do about the bloody sheets they’re going to leave behind in their hotel room, and you don’t even mention the Instead Softcup! No woman has to bloody sheets or towels – or her man or her lady or her toys – just by sticking a cup up there! Maybe I should go easy on you, Dan, because most ladies are unaware of this awesome option. (Most ladies aren’t sex columnists, however!) It tucks up inside, it works for 12 hours, and you can’t feel it when you have sex. (My man is hung, and we actively tried all sorts of angles, speeds, pressure, etc, and he can’t tell it’s in there.) Put one in and you don’t get messy! And ladies? Don’t tell me you’re squeamish about sticking your fingers up there. Get freakin’ comfortable with your own damn bodies already! Stainless In San Francisco Sometimes my readers learn from me, SISF; sometimes I learn from my readers. This is one of the latter times. Ladies who want to learn more about the Instead Softcup can go to the website: www.softcup.com. Thanks for sharing, SISF! Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger. com/savage. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter

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