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Thursday, March 29

Benefits

danCing wiTh our sTars (Baycrest Fdn) Phil-

anthropists team up with pro dancers, with host Andrea Martin. 6 pm. $1,000. Allstream Centre, 105 Princes Blvd. baycrest.org/ dancingwithourstars/index.php. gala oF lighT (Street Haven at the Crossroads) Live music, cocktails, a silent auction and more. 7 pm. $100. Fifth Social Club, 225 Richmond W. streethaven.com. proJeCT 31 arT auCTion (Project 31) Live auction of paintings, prints, sculpture, digital media, photographs and more by OCAD U faculty. 7 pm, preview 6 pm. $95. OCAD U, 100 McCaul. ocadu.ca/project31. QuesT KiCKoFF parTy (Canadian Hearing Soc) Party in the Ballroom. 5:30-9 pm. $15. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

Events

BlaCK To The FuTure African American writer

Touré discusses what issues of race and blackness mean within Canadian borders with CBC’s Matt Galloway. 7 pm. Arts and Letters Club, 14 Elm. cbc.ca/toronto/community. CBC BooKs Trivia nighT in ToronTo Book lovers team up for a game of trivia hosted by CBC’s Garvia Bailey. 7 pm. Free. Watermark Irish Pub, 207 Queens Quay W. Pre-register

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Comedy Art galleries Readings

and more. To Apr 1. Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place. oneofakindshow.com. TTC Town hall Toronto Transit Commission town hall on improving the TTC. 6:30 pm. Free. York University Accolade W Bldg, 4700 Keele. media@ttc.ca.

Festivals this week

rKeep ToronTo reading Books festival featuring readings, workshops, interviews, talks and more with authors including Maggie Helwig, Esi Edugyan, Lionel Shriver and Rabindranath Maharaj. Free. Various Toronto Public Library branches. torontopubliclibrary.ca. Apr 1 to 30

vigil For FariBa amani, Canadian woman missing From Cruise ship Candlelight vigil to increase pressure on authorities to find Amani. 7:30 pm. Free. Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge. keslah@yahoo.com.

wesT Queen wesT meeT your neighBourhood parTy Active 18 evening of socializing, eating, drinking and dancing. 7 pm. Free. Great Hall, 1087 Queen W. active18.net.

rToronTo FesTival oF sToryTelling

Storytelling and workshops for adults and kids with Ivan Coyote, Andy Jones, Robert Seven Crows, Dwayne Morgan, Seung Ah Kim and many others. $15 and up; Sat pass $15-$30; passes $25-$50. Various venues. torontostorytellingfestival.ca. Mar 29 to Apr 1 ToronTo silenT Film FesTival Festival of silent films. $10-$20, passes $65-$100. Various venues. 416-461-9287. Mar 29 to Apr 3 True Tales Global storytelling event on the theme of families. Wednesdays (Brazen Head, 165 E Liberty), Thursdays (Bedford Academy, 36 Prince Arthur). grantswhiskey. com/ca/experience-grants/your-true-tales. Apr 4 to 26

continuing Canadian Film FesTival Festival of emer-

ging and established Canadian filmmakers. Royal Cinema, 608 College. canfilmfest.ca. To Apr 1

cbcbooks@cbc.ca.

CompleTe Cleansing and anTi-aging Through opTimal alKaline-aCid BalanCe

Lecture. 7 pm. Free. Big Carrot, 348 Danforth. 416-466-2129. FemCaB 2012 Nightwood Theatre presents performances by Rosina Kazi, Evalyn Parry, DJ Cozmic Cat, Shoshana Sperling and many others. 8 pm. $25. Harbourfont Centre Brigantine Rm, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-944-1740. maKBer aByssinia Ethiopian Heritage Month celebration with a presentation, dancing, food and more. 4-7 pm. Free. Passion Restau-

Friday, March 30

Benefits

FiesTa de vida: livin’ la vida loCa (Pueblito)

Music, Latin dance lessons, an auction, tapas and more. 7 pm. $30, adv $25. ING Direct Café, 221 Yonge. pueblito.org. liver BeneFiT (Canadian Liver Fdn) Entertainment, guest speakers, a silent auction and more. 8 pm. $25-$40. Stirling Room, 55 Mill. 416-491-3353.

Dwayne Morgan appears at the Toronto Festival Of Storytelling.

CinéFranCo Festival of international francophone cinema. $8-$12, pass $99. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. 416-599-8433, cinefranco.com. To Apr 1 Free Fall ’12 The Theatre Centre’s performance festival features plays, industry panels, lectures and more. Various prices. 416-5380988, freefall12.eventbrite.ca. To Mar 31 rant and Lounge, 1220 Danforth. facebook. com/events/382735608403621. marCos ramirez erre Lecture by the contemporary artist from Tijuana, Mexico. 7:30 pm. Free (doors 7 pm). Prefix, 401 Richmond W. 416-591-0357. myThBusTers: Behind The myThs TV’s Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage perform science experiments and tell stories. 8 pm. $67-$150. Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front E. sonycentre.ca. one oF a Kind spring show and sale Clothing, accessories, jewellery, pottery, furniture

Events

Bedlam: all girl pillow FighT revue

Women prove their pillow prowess on the mats. 10 pm. $20, adv $15. Lee’s Palace, 529 Bloor West. 416-532-1598.

Challenging mainsTream media’s propsyChiaTry Bias & BigoTry againsT psyChiaTriC survivors Lecture by anti-psychiatry

activist Don Weitz. 7 pm. Free. OISE, rm 3-311, 252 Bloor W. dweitz@rogers.com. lessons oF aFghanisTan Discussion with professors Maliha Chishti and John Duncan. 7 pm. $5. Noor Cultural Centre, 123 Wynford. noorculturalcentre.ca.

parKdale: From swamp To women’s Crossroads (or, unharnessed By women) Lost

rivers walk. 6:30 pm. Free. Gladstone and Queen. 416-593-2656. sisTahFesT 2012 Multidisciplinary festival showcasing female artists, with a fashion show, presentation on gender violence, readings and more. 8 pm. $10, child free. Upfront Studio Theatre, 1290 Finch W. sistahfest.com. rspring CoTTage liFe show Workshops, lectures, art auctions, displays and more. Today 11 am-8 pm; tomorrow 9 am-6 pm; Apr 1, 10 am-5 pm. $17, youth $10. International Centre, 6900 Airport. cottagelife.com. synapTiC CiTy Show of fall/winter fashions by local designer Sage Paul. 8 pm. $10. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. yoga ConFerenCe and show Classes, seminars, exhibits and more. To Apr 1. $15, classes $46-$198. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. theyogaconference.com.

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Community Arts Centre) Fundraising concert. 8 pm. $20. 422 Parliament. 416-964-2842. generaTion ngo (Bikes Without Borders) Stories from contributors to the book. 3 pm. Free. Centre for Social Innovation, rm 120, 215 Spadina. btlbooks.com. prom: CirCus (Royal Ontario Museum) Circusthemed prom party with an illusionist, cocktails, dancing and more. 8 pm. $150-$300. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. rom.on.ca.

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Performances by Anne Lederman, Chris Rawlings, Echo Women’s Choir and others. 7 pm. $25. Church of the Holy Trinity, behind the Eaton Centre. 416-462-9400.

Events

The anCienT CoFFer oF nuri Bey Talk on

teaching stories by Aubrey Davis. 1 pm. $30. Koffler Centre, Koffler House, 569 Spadina. 416-636-1800. Big on green The environmental social enterprise launches with a symposium, green marketplace and pedal-powered concert in the dark. Noon-10 pm. $10, adv free. Humber College, 205 Humber College. Pre-register bigongreen.ca. earTh hour CandlelighT walK Power down

and stand up for the planet on a walk past High Park Zoo. 8 pm. Free. Grenadier Restaurant, High Park. green13toronto.org. rearTh hour CeleBraTion A human-powered raceway and digital clock, green energy exhibit and more. 8 pm. Free. Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills. 416-321-8381. earTh hour: our earTh Candlelight celebration with spoken word, acoustic music and speakers including Toronto-Danforth MP Craig Scott. 8 pm. Pwyc. Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth. 416-463-2179.

help shape The FuTure oF The porT lands

Waterfront Toronto open house and information display. 9:30 am-3:30 pm. Free. Design Exchange, 234 Bay. portlandsconsultation.ca.

mediCare in The age oF ausTeriTy – solu-

Tions For susTainaBiliTy Students for Medicare conference. 9:30 am-2:30 pm. $5-$10. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. Pre-register studentsformedicare@gmail.com. naTional moTorCyCle & TaTToo show

Bikes, parts, accessories, clothing and tattoo artists. Today 10 am-9 pm; tomorrow 10 am-5 pm. $16, kids free. Better Living Centre, Exhibition Place. nationalmotorcycleshow.com. new growTh: dialogues on The Tree Symposium on the theme of the tree with York U grad students. 9 am-6 pm. $15. McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 10365 Islington (Woodbridge). ncropley@yorku.ca. philippine human righTs deFenders Talks by former political detainees Merry Mia-Clamor and Angelina Bisuña Ipong, and bishop Reul Marigza. 3 pm. Free. OISE, rm 5-250, 252 Bloor W. kairoscanada.org. pleasure and possiBiliTies Community sexual health conference for LGBTQ women. 10 am-5 pm. Free. Sherbourne Health Centre, 333 Sherbourne. 416-961-0113 ext 123. Queen wesT walKing arT Tour Walk led by Betty Ann Jordan. Noon. $25. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

righTeously ouTrageous Twirling Corps

The performance-based colour guard holds rehearsals for LGBT-positive people interested in participating in the 2012 Pride Parade. 12:30-2:30 pm. Free. Church Street Public School Gym, 83 Alexander. rotctoronto.com.

ronCesvalles earTh hour CandlelighT walK Community walk down Roncesvalles to King to honour the Earth. 8:15 pm. Free (bring candle). Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles.

ToronTo rally For a new eleCTion now!

Rally against election fraud. 2:30 pm. Free. Old City Hall, Queen and Bay. facebook.com/ events/340913062611341.

ToronTo roller derBy: Quad CiTy Chaos

All-day tournament with the Vixens, CN Power, Hammer City Roller Girls and Tricity RG Thunder. Today 11 am; tomorrow 1 pm. $15$30. Downsview Park Bunker, 40 Carl Hall. torontorollerderby.com.

TruTh, reConCiliaTion and eQuiTy: They maTTer To us Awareness workshop with KAIROS and Toronto Urban Native Ministry. 9 am-1 pm. $15 sugg. Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre, 439 Dundas E. Pre-register 416-504-9416.

why don’T The riCh pay? ToronTo CommuniTies uniTe To resisT ausTeriTy St Clair

West Stop the Cuts community meeting and workshop. 2:30 pm. Free. Skills for Change, 791 St Clair W. Pre-register stopthecuts. workshops@gmail.com. wwF earTh hour CeleBraTion World Wildlife Fund event with a live performance of the Team Earth Hour Anthem, video-projected street art by Jerrem Lynch and more. 7:30 pm. Free. Trinity Square at the Distillery District, 55 Mill. wwf.ca.

Sunday, April 1

Benefits

april Fools’ Comedy CaBareT (Raising the Roof) Performances by Ron James, Adam Growe, Jonny Harris and others. 7:30 pm. $150. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416-481-1838. varsiTy Jews (Lev LaLev (Heart-to-Heart) Fund) The U of T Jewish a cappella choir performs. 7:30 pm. $12-$72, stu $8. Beth Torah Congregation, 47 Glenbrook. varsityjewsconcert@gmail.com.

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revamp your wardrobe by trading gently used clothes. 10 am-3 pm. $5. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. evergreen.ca. Old BOOk And PAPer ShOw Vintage paper, and rare and antiquarian books. 10 am-4 pm. $8, under 12 free. Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. antiqueshowscanada.com. StriP SeArch! Up-and-coming burlesque artists battle to become 2012 Strip Search Champion. 8 pm. $25, adv $20. Revival, 783 College. ontariostripsearch2012.eventbrite.com. SundAy Scene Tour the current exhibitions with cinema/visual studies prof Meghan Sutherland. 2 pm. Free. Power Plant, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. tOrOntO’S GOt tAlent AuditiOnS Open auditions for dancers, carnival acts, musicians, singers, comedians, drag performers and cultural acts. 1:30-5:30 pm. Free. Holiday Inn, 30 Carlton. spectrashowcase.com.

ActiviSm in ActiOn Peaceworks workshop on gaining support for your cause through outreach and the alt media. 6:30-9:30 pm. $25. Friends House, 60 Lowther. 416-731-6605. the cBc: PASt, PreSent And Future, iF Any

Couchiching Instit talk by Eric Koch on the future of the CBC and public broadcasting in Canada. 6 pm. Free. Samara, 33 Prince Arthur. Pre-register couch@couchiching.ca.

echOeS OF A wOrkinG eden: cOnverSAtiOn with GrAeme GiBSOn The author and natur-

alist talks about why we should be spending more time in nature. 7 pm. Free. Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Pk. Pre-register rsvp@ reviewcanada.ca. hAtch! Ideas forum. 7 pm. Free. Supermarket, 268 Augusta. 416-840-0501.

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Who doesn’t love a food fight? We mean a cook-off, of course. The Food Network thrives on them, and now 10 top chefs, including Oddfellows’ Matty Matheson and Chris Brown, formerly of Perigee and now Stop Community Food Centre’s food enterprise coordinator, are battling it out at Parts & Labour, 1566 Queen West, to benefit the Stop, the org at Wychwood Barns and 1884 Davenport that promotes equitable food access, environmental health and more. Monday (April 2), 6:30 pm. $25. stopforfood.thestop.org.

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Monday, April 2 StOP FOr FOOd cheF chAllenGe (Stop Community Food Centre) Top chefs including Chris Brown and Matty Matheson battle it out. 6:30 pm. $25. Parts & Labour, 1566 Queen W. stopforfood.thestop.org.

Club, 44 Price. heartandstroke.myevent.com.

some street action. Join a march to highlight election fraud and press for a full criminal investigation and public inquiry, Saturday (March 31), 2:30 pm. Free. Old City Hall, Queen and Bay.

Turn off the lights for Earth Hour, Saturday (March 31) at 8:30 pm.

has launched legal challenges of election results in seven ridings because of robocall dirty tricks – one contest was won by the Tories by a mere 18 votes – newelectionnow.ca is calling for

rAlly AGAinSt dirty rOBOcAllS Now that the Council of Canadians liz diller Lecture by the NYC architect. 6:30 pm. Free. U of T Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, 230 College. 416-978-5038. mOOredAle SAilinG cluB Information session on the club and its activities. 6 pm. Free. C’est What, 67 Front E. mooredale.com. tee OFF with the u OF t PreSident Meet the president and get golfing tips from pros. 9-11 am. Free (clubs provided or bring your own). Varsity Centre, 299 Bloor W. harthouse.ca/ culture/tee-president. trAmPOline hAll Mini-lectures curated by Jon Davies and hosted by Misha Glouberman. 8 pm. $5-$6. Garrison, 1197 Dundas W. trampolinehall.net.

clinic. 7:30 pm. $20, adv $15. Factory Girl Restaurant, 193 Danforth. majorr@lao.on.ca.

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Presentation by writer Hugh Brewster. 2 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. 416-3955577.

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chriS mArtenSOn’S crASh cOurSe Presentation and discussion on sustainability and the root causes of our current and upcoming crises in the economy, energy and the environment. $10 or pwyc. OISE, rm 2-212, 252 Bloor W. Pre-register irbe.org. helP ShAPe the Future OF the POrt lAndS

Waterfront Toronto feedback workshop. 6:30 pm. Free. St Lawrence Hall, 157 King E. portlandsconsultation.ca.

mimicO creek: FirSt nAtiOnS StreAm OF etOBicOke Lost rivers walk. 2 pm. Free. EglinrmS titAnic: Gilded liveS On A FAtAl vOyAGe

Benefits

night of games benefits an HIV/AIDS legal aid

Earth Hour is upon us again, Saturday (March 31) from 8:30 to 9:30 pm, so get ready to go electricity-free for 60 minutes to demonstrate your commitment to using less of the earth’s scarce resources. Bring a candle and join the World Wildlife Fund singalong from 7:30 to 9 pm in the Distillery District, 55 Mill. Free. wwf.ca. Or head to Eastminister United Church, 310 Danforth, at 8 pm for music and a talk by MP Craig Scott. Pwyc. 416463-2179. If you want to be with the trees, there’s a candlelit walk through High Park at 8 pm. Free. Grenadier Restaurant. green13toronto.org. weB OF deBt Talk by Ellen Hodgson Brown on how global finance, banks and governments collude to impoverish humanity. 7:30 pm. Pwyc. Trinity St Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor W. 416-340-1865.

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wOrth? Talk on the use of photography by NGOs in storytelling and fundraising. 6 pm. Free. Urbana Coffee, 1033 Bay. Pre-register eventbrite.ca (search for “AMREF”). FindinG Science in ice creAm Lecture by food scientist H Douglas Goff. 3 pm. Free. JR Macleod Auditorium, 1 King’s College Circle. 416-977-2983. iAin BAxter& Meet the zoologist turned conceptual artist. 7 pm. $20, stu $12. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. ago.net. JAymie mAtthewS: the rOcket Science OF SuStAinABility The astrophysicist lectures

on the findings of recently discovered planets in the “habitable zone” of their parent stars. 6 pm. Free. William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks. newcollege.utoronto.ca. nAtiOnAl JOB FAir & trAininG exPO Job recruitment and career training. Today and tomorrow 10 am-7 pm. $5. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. thenationaljobfair. com. nuBiAn OriGinS Lecture on ancient Nubia. 7 pm. $35. U of T, 4 Bancroft, rm 214. Preregister 647-520-4339, thessea.org. OPerA 101: the tAleS OF hOFFmAn Canadian Opera Co discussion. 6 pm. Free. Duke of Westminster, 77 Adelaide W. coc.ca.

the uncOnventiOnAl deAth OF JOSie wellS Lift Out Loud screenplay reading and

discussion with moderator Jeremy Boxen of Cra$h & Burn. 7:30 pm. $5. Xpace, 58 Ossington. liftoutloud@gmail.com.

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Games, prizes and other surprises. 7 pm. $12. Harbourfront Community Centre, 627 Queens Quay W. myfirstwheels.ca. SAlOn: An eveninG with ArtScAPe (Artscape) Speed dating-style talks by artist Ed Pien and others, dinner and auctions of art. 6-10 pm. $75. Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. torontoartscape.org/salon. ShOw yOur heArt (Heart & Stroke Fdn) Entertainment by Laura Robinson & David Johanns. 7 pm. $40-$45. Toronto Lawn Tennis

lOS cArPinterOS The Cuban artist duo speaks about their contemporary art practice with curator Michelle Jacques. 7:30 pm. $10, stu/srs $7. Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, 401 Richmond W. prefix.ca.

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The choices are wide, with opportunities in health, safety, nutrition and more By KEVIN RITCHIE and JOANNE HUFFA Toronto is a city obsessed with food – it doesn’t take five minutes for a brand new restaurant to generate buzz. But interest has spread beyond the immediate gratification of feeding your face to more complex issues of nutrition, health and safety. Fortunately, there are fascinating careers associated with each of those areas. NOW talked to three passionate people with vastly different experiences, all employed in the food sector. One is a counsellor working to lower the rate of diabetes. Another has travelled to developing countries to see how improved access to food can transform developing communities. And then there’s the man most feared by reprobate restos: the city inspector whose job it is to guarantee that what we eat won’t make us sick. Here’s what they had to say about life on the job.

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am a food safety inspector, responsible for ensuring compliance with ontario food premises regulations so the food served to the public is safe to eat. I took a bachelor of science in biology at Dalhousie University and then applied for the public health and safety program at Ryerson University. Everything I’d studied earlier prepared me for what was taught at Ryerson, where you’re taking courses on epidemiology, the study of disease and food safety classes on all the pathogens involved in food-borne illness. You touch upon occupational health and safety as well. Unlike the careers they make TV shows about – like medicine – there isn’t much publicity out there about public health. In our profession, when nothing happens that’s a good thing, because that means we’re doing our jobs and preventing illness. On the job, you run into some really mind-boggling situ-

ations. I received a complaint about a restaurant where a cockroach was seen crawling up the wall. To a health inspector, that sets off alarm bells. I conducted my inspection, and this place was absolutely infested. Cockroaches were crawling on the ceiling, in the food, around the food, throughout the premises. The inspection resulted in a closure. I’m a pretty small guy. Just imagine me facing someone twice my size. The job involves doing things that will upset the person you’re inspecting. Developing a thick skin is something you learn on the job, not in the classroom. I’m partway through a master’s program at the University of Guelph in food safety and quality assurance. You always hear about new outbreaks around the world, so it’s important that we stay up to date with changing trends in food safety as well as new laws enacted to ensure a safe food supply. NOW March 29 - april 4 2012

Where to study BRESCIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE (London) Foods and nutrition (BSc), including nutrition and dietetics, food science and technology, and nutrition and families, $5,391 (plus fees)/year. Master of science in foods & nutrition (MScFN), $3,532.92/term. brescia. uwo.ca CANADIAN HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION (Online) Food service and nutrition management certificate, $1,795/unit (plus fees). wwwlearning.cha.ca/CourseDescriptions/FoodServiceampNutritionManagement.aspx CARLETON UNIVERSITY (Ottawa) Food science and nutrition, $6,282.90/year. carleton.ca CENTENNIAL COLLEGE (Scarborough) Food and nutrition management, food service worker, food science technology, $3,544.16/year. centennialcollege.ca CONESTOGA COLLEGE (Kitchener) Dietetic technician, food processing technician, food service worker, $2,420/year. conestogac.on.ca GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE (Toronto) Food and nutrition management postgraduate program, $3,722/ program. georgebrown.ca continued on page 36 œ George Brown College

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LiLisha Burns Dietician and diabetes project specialist at Eat Right Ontario

t Eat Right Ontario, we’re involved with Ontario’s diabetes strategy, so I develop healthy eating resources focused on various cultural groups. I have a bachelor of applied science, food and nutrition from Ryerson University, where I also I received a food security certificate and later a nutrition communications master’s in health sciences. It was when I heard of food security for the first time that I began to understand the social determinants of health. It’s not just telling people to choose healthy foods, but really understanding how their work and family environment affects how they eat, what they eat and when they eat. The master’s program honed my skills for the job I do now. I did a major research project on antioxidants and women at increased risk for breast cancer. I planned the project from beginning to end, managed a team of research assistants, applied for funding, was completely responsible for

the project’s implementation and then got the findings published. We always work on tight timelines at Eat Right Ontario. It’s a part of the job that is really stressful, but after the master’s program I felt ready to handle that. In the master’s program I also delved into cross-cultural communication and critical analysis of nutrition communications, looking at a public service announcement or article and asking, “Who does this speak to? And more importantly, who is left out? Who is not going to feel connected to it, and what can we offer that person?” I had these skills, but they weren’t developed until the master’s program. On the job, you have to be curious about people, because people have different ways of looking at food and using food. You can’t assume that because you’re educated you know right off the bat what someone is experiencing.

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Usually we don’t rush into sunglasses shopping so soon, but this balmy early spring weather brings us to Pink Eye Optical before the calendar page turns to April. Kim and Van Lam’s Queen and Ossington optical spot, in a space that had been their father’s convenience store since the 80s, opened last August but this will be the duo’s first full shade-shopping season. And there are lots of undiscovered eyewear brands to choose from. Displayed on salvaged factory furniture and shelves fashioned from century-old ammunition crates are retro Clayton Franklin pieces and Entourage of 7 sunnies with fine metal details. The store also stocks new collections from glasses go-tos like Persol and Ray-Ban. Eyewear locavores will also love the fit-focused Kay Tran line and Woody frames made from textured, timber-mimicking acetate. Pink Eye Optical picks: Japan-based Masunaga creates a rectangular style in a smoky shade, $378; reclaimedwood-crazed Toronto will love the arms of Drift shades created from found picket fence pieces and two-byfours, $498; Martin & Martin creates a matte version of a classic tortoiseshell frame, $368. Look for: The last days of their March sale. Frames are up to 50 per cent off until Saturday (March 31). Hours: Monday to Saturday 11 am to 7 pm, Sunday noon to 5 pm. 3 Kim Lam MICHAEL WATIER

It’s spring One Of A Kind Show time! Until Sunday (April 1), 450 Canadian artisans and designers set up shop at the Direct Energy Centre (Exhibition Place, 100 Princes’). Highlights include an umbrella competition where you can vote for your favourite parasol-inspired piece, a display featuring exhibitor inspiration boards, and a showcase of emerging artists. The show runs daily from 10 am to 9 pm (to 6 pm on Sunday) except tonight (Thursday, March 29), when shopping is extended until 11 pm. Adult tickets are $12 online at oneofakindshow.com or $14 at the door.

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Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 A few months after

America invaded Iraq in 2003, soldier Brian Wheeler wrote the following to help us imagine what it was like over there: “Go to the worst crime-infested place you can find. Go heavily armed, wearing a flak jacket and a Kevlar helmet. Set up shop in a vacant lot. Announce to the residents that you are there to help them, and in the loudest voice possible yell that every Crip and Blood within hearing distance is a PANSY.” As a character-building exercise, Aries, I highly recommend you try something like this yourself. APRIL FOOL! I was just kidding. What I just said is not an accurate reading of the astrological omens. But this is: get out of your comfort zone, yes, but with a smart gamble, not a crazy risk.

TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 According to a recent poll, God’s approval rating has dipped below 40 per cent for the first time on record. My research suggests the new low is due in part to a disproportionate amount of dissatisfaction by those born under the sign of Taurus. Can you fix this please? If you’re one of the discontented, please see if you can talk yourself into restoring some of your faith in the Divine Wow. APRIL FOOL! The real truth is, I encourage you to be skeptical in regard to all authorities, experts and top dogs, including God. It’s an excellent time in your cycle to go rogue, to scream, “I defy you, stars!” Be a rabble-rousing, boatrocking doubter. GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 Photographer

Darrin Harris Frisby doesn’t think people should smile in photographs. He regards it as “superficial and misleading.” In the greatest portraits ever painted, he says, the subject’s gaze is almost always neutral, “neither inviting nor forbidding.” Did Rembrandt ever show people grinning from ear to ear? No. Did Vermeer, Goya, Titian, Sargent or Velazquez? Nope. Make that your guiding thought in the coming week, Gemini. Be a connoisseur of the poker face. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, in the coming week you will have more than ample reasons to be of good cheer. You should therefore express delight extravagantly.

CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 Back in 1835, a newspaper known as the New York Sun resorted to an extreme measure in order to boost readership: it ran a story about how the renowned astronomer Sir John Herschel had perfected a telescope that allowed him to see life forms on the moon, including unicorns, two-legged beavers that had harnessed fire, and sexually liberated “manbats.” If I’m reading the astrological omens correctly, Cancerian, you temporarily have licence to try something almost equally as wild and experimental to “boost your readership.” APRIL FOOL! I lied about the unicorns. Don’t refer to clichéd chimeras like them. But it’s fine to invoke more unexpected curiosities like fire-using beavers and sexually liberated manbats. Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 In his documentary

film Prohibition, Ken Burns reports on the extreme popularity of alcohol in 19thcentury America. He says the typical person over 15 years of age drank 88 bottles of whiskey a year. In light of the current astrological omens, Leo, I suggest you increase your intake to that level and even beyond. APRIL FOOL! I lied. It’s not literal alcoholic spirits you should be ingesting in more abundance, but big ideas that open your mind, inspirational sights and sounds that dissolve your inhibitions, and

intriguing people who expand your world view.

VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 A woman in Euclid, Ohio, claims her house is haunted by randy ghosts. “They have sex in my living room,” Dianne Carlisle told a TV news reporter. “You can see the lady’s highheeled shoes.” I suspect you may soon be dealing with a similar problem, Virgo. So consider the possibility of hiring an Xrated exorcist. APRIL FOOL! The naked truth is that you will not be visited by spooks of any kind, let alone horny ones. However, you would be smart to purify and neutralize old karma that might still be haunting your love life or your sex life. Consider performing a do-it-yourself exorcism of your own memories.

LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 In Karley Sciortino’s

NSFW blog Slutever.com, she announces that “this blog is intended to trick strangers into thinking my life is more exciting than it actually is.” I highly recommend you adopt that approach, Libra. Do whatever it takes – lying, deceiving, exaggerating, bragging – to fool everyone into believing that you are a fascinating character who is in the midst of marvellous, high-drama adventures. APRIL FOOL! I wasn’t totally sincere about what I just said. The truth is, your life is likely to be a rousing adventure in the coming days. There’ll be no need to pretend it is, and therefore no need to cajole or trick others into thinking it is.

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your role model for the coming week, Aquarius. APRIL FOOL! I lied, kind of. The woman I mentioned got arrested for illegal activity, which I don’t advise you to do. But I do hope you will ascend to her level of ingenuity and audacity as you gather all the resources you need for a novel experiment.

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a woman in Tulsa, Oklahoma, made creative use of a Walmart. She gathered various ingredients from around the shelves, including lighter fluid, lithium and drain cleaner, and set up a meth lab right there in the back of the store. She’s

pisCes Feb 19 | Mar 20 A Filipino man named Herbert Chavez has undergone extensive plastic surgery to make himself resemble Superman. Consider making him your role model, Pisces. I hope he inspires you to begin your own quest

to rework your body and soul in the image of your favorite celebrity or cartoon hero. APRIL FOOL! I lied. In fact, you’d be wise to avoid comparing yourself to anyone else or remoulding yourself to be like anyone else. The best use of the current cosmic tendencies would be to brainstorm about what exactly your highest potentials are and swear a blood oath to become that riper version of yourself. Life is a bitch and then you die. APRIL FOOL! Here’s the truth: life is conspiring to give you exactly what you need exactly when you need it.

Free and easy.

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

sCorpio oct 23 | nov 21 “Before you

diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem,” said author William Gibson, “first make sure you are not, in fact, just surrounded by a-holes.” This is a good time to check in with yourself, Scorpio, and see if Gibson’s advice applies to you. Lately, the jackass quotient seems to have been rising in your vicinity. APRIL FOOL! I was half-joking. It’s true that you should focus aggressively on reducing the influence of jerks in your life. At the same time, you should also ask yourself rather pointedly how you could reduce your problems by changing something about yourself.

sAGiTTArius nov 22 | Dec 21 Do not

under any circumstances put on a frog costume, go to a shopping mall and ride around on a unicycle while reciting erotic poetry in German through a megaphone. APRIL FOOL! I lied. That wouldn’t be such a terrible use of your time. The astrological omens suggest that you will be visited by rather unusual creative surges that may border on being wacky. Personally, though, I would prefer it if you channelled your effervescent fertility in more highly constructive directions, like dreaming up new approaches to love that will have a very practical impact on your romantic life.

CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan is stirred to the point of rapture by Jay Gatsby’s silk shirts. “I’ve never seen such beautiful shirts before,” she sobs, burying her face in one as she sits in his bedroom. I sincerely hope you will have an equivalent brush with this kind of resplendence sometime soon, Capricorn. For the sake of your mental and even physical health, you need direct contact with the sublime. APRIL FOOL! I half-lied. It’s true that you would profoundly benefit from a brush with resplendence. But I can assure you that plain old material objects, no matter how lush and expensive, won’t do the trick for you. AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 Last December

The signs.

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Being easy.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

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more online nowtoronto.com/food Search restaurants by style, location, $$ and more at NOWTORONTO.COM/RESTAURANTS or download iPhone Restaurant Guide at NOWTORONTO.COM/APPS Much has been made of the bangin’ retro hip-hop that accompanies Tooke’s nuevo Tex-Mex carte. Sure, it’s loud, but not aggressively so. I’ve heard louder and worse (cranked Coldplay at Origin). And frankly, I’m expecting a more radical playlist. This one sounds like Cypress Hill’s Jump Around mixed with a little Frampton Comes Alive. But I do need to raise my voice above the general din of animated conversation to shout, “This food is fucking amazing!” Blow a gasket over Tooke’s tacos (all $3.50), soft shells generously stuffed with sweetly pulled pork belly topped with grilled pineapple salsa, or shredded chicken kicked with árbol pepper and pickled red onion. Deliciously braised beef cheeks come dressed with buttery avocado and hellaciously hot jalapeños, while fried slices of mild queso ride a bed of roasted poblano peppers. Best of the bunch are GE’s Baja-style fish tacos, here a good 6-inch strip of crisply battered tilapia finished with a chiffonade of radish and red onion lashed with crema and lime. All can be intensified to varying degrees with the house hot sauces, one mellow (green), the other thermonuclear (red). Lime wedges are hard as rocks and next to useless. Shareable tapas-style plates include chunky tuna ceviche piled high tostada-style on deep-fried tortillas, and remarkably tender rings of deep-fried

calamari drenched in a Sriracha-like hot sauce, Tooke’s take on Buffalo chicken wings (both $9). Plan on getting messy if you order his Chicken Frito ($12), a heap of miscellaneous deep-fried chicken parts doused in a five-alarm sauce thick with fresh coriander, brown sugar, chili pods and funky nam pla. Wet-naps are mandatory. Lull yourself into a sugar coma with mini-Mason jars of chocolate pudding tossed with crushed pecans, and lemony custard topped with whipped cream, based on Key lime pie (both $5). Sensational stuff. Tooke and co-owner Ian McGrenaghan (another Hoof alum) have also assembled a top-notch team who move efficiently from behind the bar to deliver plates and quickly clear them away again, all with a knowledgeable quip or a smile. The only problem is, since there’s always a throng salivating for seats, they whip you through three times faster than the food deserves, something an imminent 40-seat backyard patio will partially rectify. Stuffed after power-eating our way through more than three-quarters of the menu, we’re back on the street not 70 minutes after scoring a table. It’s like we just got off some crazy culinary roller coaster, one we immediately want to ride again, lineup be damned. 3 stevend@nowtoronto.com

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The team behind Leslieville’s Queen Margherita Pizza (1402 Queen East, at Vancouver, 416-466-6555, queenmargheritapizza.ca) and Mimico’s FBI Pizza (2336 Lakeshore West, at Burlington, 416-251-0101, fbipizza.com) have just announced they will be opening a second QMP at 785 Annette, at Jane, in the Junction. The renovation of the cavern-

ous former bank – remember them? – should be completed for an early fall launch. They’re also looking for a second location for FBI, preferably in what owner John Chetti calls “an up and coming neighbourhood.” Might we suggest the Corso Italia?

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Though it quietly opened its doors 10 days ago, the official launch of the second Pizza e Pazzi (672 St Clair West, at Christie, 647-7487882, pizzaepazzi.ca) takes place tonight (Thursday, March 29). Let’s hope the third time’s lucky for the space that was most recently a Chuck and Co. burger joint and Leopold French bistro. Ex-QMP pizzaiolo Massimo Di Lascio has left Pizzeria Via Mercanti (188 Augusta, at Denison Square, 647-343-6647). Seems his wife and kids didn’t take to Canada and they’ve returned to their native Naples. “What’s the big deal?” says Romolo Salvati, who once swung a paddle at Queen Margherita. He and Di Lascio launched Mercanti two months ago. “He’s a drama boy. Besides, I make a better pizza.”

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Out in the Beach, the ever-rockin’ Castro’s Lounge (2116 Queen East, at Hammersmith, 416-699-8272, castroslounge.com) has just introduced an all-vegetarian lineup of pub grub with plenty of vegan and gluten-free options. Fancy a bowl of basmati brown rice topped with jerked tofu and pineapple salsa, or an aloo gobi burrito washed down with a pint of Delirium Tremens?

Meat of the matter Another village landmark falls with the closing of Reither’s Fine Foods (530 Church, at Maitland). Contrary to rumour, the long-running Mitteleuropean deli wasn’t put out of business by the new Loblaws in Maple Leaf Gardens but by owner Peter Reither’s retirement. Over in the Market, European Meats (176 Baldwin, at Kensington, 416-596-8691) calls it quits after a 53-year run on April 7, though its operations in Etobicoke and Concord will continue. Watch for an organic grocery store with a focus on fresh produce to open in the space SD later this spring.

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Vietnamese Japanese Mexican banh MI boys Don Don Izakaya Rebozos on augusta 392 Queen W, at Spadina, 416-363130 Dundas W, at Bay, 416-492-5292, 214 Augusta, at Baldwin, 416-658ñ ñ ñ 0588, banhmiboys.com. After a short run dondonizakaya.com. Kaiseki-Sakura’s 5001, rebozos.ca. If you’ve always wanted

Daisuke Izutsu ditches pricy Japanese tasting menus for inexpensive tapas-style snacks geared to the after-work drinking crowd. Yes, they bang drums and shout occasionally, but the fun isn’t as forced – or time-regulated – as the similar Guu. Best: heavily salted Crispy Shrimp complete with heads ’n’ feelers; deconstructed Caesar salads of iceberg lettuce, carnation petals, parmigiano, puff-pastry croutons and very runny poached eggs; hay-smoked BC tuna with raw garlic and a line of sea salt; Hoppeta-Yaki, garlicky mashed potatoes, diced chicken and asparagus topped with shaved bonito flakes that, due to the heat, wriggle like worms on a rainy-day lawn. Complete dinners for $35 per person (sushi lunches $20), including tax, tip and a discounted domestic beer. Average main $8. Open for lunch Monday to Friday 11:30 am to 4 pm, Saturday and Sunday noon to 4 pm; dinner Sunday to Thursday 4 pm to midnight, Friday and Saturday 4 pm to 1 am. Licensed. Access: two steps at door, washrooms on same floor. Rating: nnnn

to try one of the few authentic Mexican cantinas in town but have been put off by the trek to Rogers Road and Dufferin, here’s your chance to experience the real deal a little closer downtown. Minimal seating and low-rent food-court decor make most folks get their tacos to go. Best: fresh, soft La Tortilleria’s corn tortillas stuffed with tender-sweet slow-roasted pork shoulder carnitas, caramelized onion and coriander; spicy shredded achiote chicken laced with sweet bell peppers; chewy beef tongue with cubed potato; fresh cactus salad in citrus vinaigrette; for the seriously hungover – pozole, a slightly greasy spice-fortified goulash thick with pulled pork and starchy hominy kernels and garnished with chopped iceberg lettuce, raw onion, oregano and corn chips. Complete meals for $10 per person, including all taxes, tip and a soda. Average main $6. Open Thursday to Sunday 11:30 am to 7 pm. Closed Monday to Wednesday. Unlicensed. Cash only. Access: three steps at door, no washrooms. Rating: nnnn

last December, the Boys return with a much slicker operation than the original slapdash pop-up. Expanded seating and a much-improved takeout corner ensure that lines move even faster than before. New on the menu: kimchee fries, duck confit subs, beef cheek steamed bao and squid tacos! Best: Korean tacos – grilled Indian paratha flatbread stuffed with the likes of spicy bulgogi beef, lemongrass chicken thigh or pulled sesame pork dressed with pickled carrot ’n’ daikon, diced jalapeños, English cucumber, fresh coriander, kimchee, housemade hoisin and Sriracha; Saigon-style subs stuffed with veal meatballs in tomato sauce or grilled pork belly in five-spice; steamed Chinese buns layered with deepfried tofu, pickled yellow radish and miso sauce. Complete meals for $10 per person, including tax, tip and an Orange Crush. Average main $5. Open Tuesday to Friday 11 am to 8 pm, Saturday and Sunday noon to 8 pm. Closed Monday, some holidays. Unlicensed. Access: barrier-free, washrooms in basement. Rating: nnnn 3

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CMW shows that rocked Toronto last week COLD SPECKS at the Music Gallery, Thursday,

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Rating: NNNN During her Music Gallery performance, Colds Specks (aka Al Spx) was awkward and nervous between songs, seemingly oblivious to whether the mic was anywhere near her mouth and telling some of the corniest old jokes in the history of comedy. But her amazing transformation from timid and goofy to powerfully intense the moment she started singing reduced the room to stunned silence. She makes the kind of spine-tingling modern spiritual blues that lives up to the next-big-thing buzz being thrown her BENJAMIN BOLES way.

JOEL PLASKETT EMERGENCY at the CN Tower,

ñWednesday, March 21.

Rating: NNNN Despite all the obnoxious photographers hogging sightlines, spirits were high at CMW’s industry-only CN Tower gala launch. How could they not be, 351 feet above the city on a beautiful day? (You could spot sailboats, ferries and planes simultaneously in motion.) Add in joyful rocker Joel Plaskett’s infectious songs – a mix of oldies and newbies from his about-to-drop Scrappy Happiness album (standout: Lightning Bolt) – that beg to be sung along to and, well, CARLA GILLIS nice start, CMW.

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MARTHA WAINWRIGHT at El Mocambo, Thursday, March 22. Rating: NNN

REGGIE WATTS at the Danforth Music Hall,

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ARMY GIRLS at Parts & Labour, Thursday, March 22.

Rating: NNNN Comedian/musician Reggie Watts made entertaining a young crowd for nearly two straight hours look easy. Standing alone on a stage filled with dry ice vapour, the Brooklyn-based performer brought the yuks big time, switching seamlessly between improvised stand-up bits and on-the-spot song creation using only a keyboard, a table of loop pedals and effects and his powerful singing/beatboxing voice. Some of the tunes even brought rock-star levels of epicness thanks to the powerful sound system and lights. Best was the impromptu post-encore Happy Birthday sung to him by his adoring CG fans.

Rating: NNN The basement house party vibe at Parts & Labour has never quite suited CMW, so it wasn’t much of a shock to see Toronto’s Army Girls go on more than 30 minutes late. Anyone planning to catch a later set elsewhere was out of luck, though drummer Andy Smith and singer/ guitarist Carmen Elle more than made up for it. Elle’s confidence grows by the day, and she owned the mini-stage with off-kilter guitar heroics RICHARD TRAPUNSKI and passionate, if too quietly mixed, vocals.

Back in the 90s, twin brothers John and Glenn Milchem were doing the trashy garage-punk duo thing as Starvin Hungry long before the White Stripes and the Black Keys put ragged minimalist rock on the pop charts. They’d never played outside Toronto, though. And while John kept a larger version of the band going in Montreal through the 00s,

A stubbornly chatty rock ’n’ roll bar wasn’t the ideal setting to take in Martha Wainwright’s rambling folk melodrama. Although debauchery and drama are self-ascribed hallmarks of her oeuvre, the Montreal-based singer/songwriter was in a contemplative mood. “Shut the fuck up,” she snapped at one point, a whiff of irony in her voice. “This one’s about motherhood.” Fortunately Wainwright’s vast, swooping vocals have a way of upping the gain on even the quietest of torchers. With the help of an equally loud, sparkly blazer, cabaret theatrics and aggressively nimble fingerKEVIN RITCHIE picking, she overcame the chatter.

STARVIN HUNGRY at the Bovine Sex Club, Friday, March 23. Rating: NNN

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Lee’s Palace, Friday, March ñ 23.

Rating: NNNN On their second album, Cloud Nothings took a huge leap forward by ditching generic-leaning indie rock for darker, angstier emo-grunge. Outfitted in a black T-shirt and black jeans, bespectacled, baby-faced band leader Dylan Baldi looked like a nerdy high schooler entering a goth phase, while the music sounded authentically like the 80s/90s bands on their influence list. Cloud Nothings pounded through a guitarheavy, mosh-inducing set of noisepunk, while Baldi’s frustrated, nasal vocals hit an adolescent sweet spot. RT

NICOLAS JAAR at Revival, Friday, March 23. Rating: NNN

Chants of “Jaar! Jaar! Jaar!” and “Nico! Nico! Nico!” filled Revival’s rowdy dance floor minutes before rising underground electronic star Nicolas Jaar took the stage for a cerebral latenight set. The rock star welcome and coked-up club vibe confusingly contrasted with the 22-year-old’s anti-club anguish and low-key stage presence. Fortunately, this crowd seemed up for anything – a good thing, since what they got was a nuanced, postmodern dance party. As a guitarist and saxophonist worked up a jazzy haze of freeform ambience, Jaar sculpted it into arpeggios and builds, and dropped thick techno beats only to cut the bass just when the music approached cathKR arsis.

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Palace, Saturday, March ñ 24.

Rating: NNNNN Nineties Kingston/Halifax indie pop innovators the Inbreds were overwhelmed by the warm response they got from the crowd at Lee’s. And no wonder: it’s been seven years since the reunited bass-and-drums duo played Toronto. Drummer Dave Ullrich acted as band historian, while singer/songwriter Mike O’Neill bashfully basked in the attention and pulled out rock ’n’ roll moves with his bass, which he plays with a capo through a distortion pedal. Cuff the Duke’s Wayne Petti made a

guest appearance on North Window. The exultant set ended with encore SARAH GREENE song Amelia Earhart.

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est View Chinese Restauñ rant. Saturday, March 24.

Rating: NNNN Machinedrum’s recent high-profile releases – 2011’s Room(s) and Sepalcure, with Braille, and production work for Azealia Banks – tackles the catch-all “bass music” genre: stuttering, trenchdeep tunes ribboned with bright vocals. Live, the veteran goes harder. “Like Swizz Beats threw a rave,” read an incoming text. (Shouting couldn’t break the blare.) The BPM stayed high – soca to juke to jungle – and the bass low. Men who “don’t dance” danced. Extended last call sustained Machinedrum’s nostalgic conjuring of a mythical rave scene. The crowd was temporally suspended and totally rapt. ANUPA MISTRY

ALX at the Garrison, Saturday, March 24. Rating: NNN

Theatrically inclined singer/songwriter Allie Hughes has recently reinvented herself as a synth-pop artist, and her CMW gig was only her second as ALX. Old fans shouldn’t worry, though; many of the new songs are updates of earlier ones. On a sonic level, reworking her tunes with the help of producer Damian Taylor is a smart move and makes her far more marketable. But onstage she came across as surprisingly unsure of her new identity, at least BB in comparison to her former self.

GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW at Wrongbar, Sunday, March 25.

Rating: NNN Georgia Anne Muldrow closed CMW with a laid-back set. Her singing, rapping and producing is free-form and benevolent: old-school soul cosmology meets new-school rap viscerality. “We want you to shake it and think,” Muldrow, in a floor-length kaftan, chirped. “Like patting your head and stomach at the same time!” Highlights: a cover of Dudley Perkins’s pensive piano tune Flowers and the new Madlib-produced single, Seeds. The latter embodies her sound: raw bass mixed with orchestral souljazz and hits of vocal force. Her too brief performance ended with a mini DJ set that built to a deep-house cliAM 3 max. NOW march 29 - april 4 2012

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

Singing sisters enlarge their snow globe collection By RICHARD TRAPUNSKI FIRST AID KIT with PEGGY SUE at the Great Hall (1087 Queen West), Wednesday (April 4), doors 9 pm. $18. RT, SS, TW.

Sitting in her family home in Stockholm, Sweden, Klara Söderberg’s gaze falls upon a modest collection of snow globes on her mantelpiece. “There are only five right now,” she says of the souvenirs, relics of recent tour stops throughout Europe and Australia. “Hopefully we’ll have hundreds one day.” Considering the trajectory of her band, First Aid Kit, that day will likely come sooner rather than later. Only 19 and 22 years old, Klara Söderberg and her older sister/musical partner Johanna recently released their second album, which shot to number one in Sweden and has led to sold-out shows throughout the world and a prime opening slot for Jack White’s upcoming solo tour. Whereas their stripped-down, plainly presented debut, The Big Black & The Blue, played up the intimacy of the sisters’ wistful folk harmonies, The Lion’s Roar (Wichita) swaps their bedroom for a professional studio in Omaha, Nebraska, and fleshes out the arrangements with production help from one of their personal heroes, Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes. That’s pretty momentous, considering that Bright Eyes introduced the younger Söderberg to Americana, country and folk at the age of 12. (Before then, her musical education was limited to mainstream pop radio and her father’s collection of punk and new wave albums.) Subsequently, Klara

introduced Bright Eyes to Johanna. “It took my sister a couple of months after me to get into Bright Eyes,” recalls the soft-spoken songwriter, “because whenever I would listen to the band I would sing along really loudly. One day she was listening to Bright Eyes by herself and said, ‘Oh, this is what it sounds like without your voice on it. It’s actually good.’” Not that Johanna discouraged her sister’s burgeoning interest in singing and songwriting. In fact, the sisters’ harmonies have become the band’s

most powerful weapon. For example, the most breathtaking song on their new album, Emmylou, references Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Johnny Cash and June Carter in order to demonstrate the bond that can form through singing in duet. “It’s about how close you can be to someone just by singing with them. You have to be very honest when you’re singing with someone, and give it your all. It’s a very personal thing.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

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Stephin Merritt has ended his moratorium on synths on the newest Magnetic Fields album, Love At The Bottom Of The Sea, which may explain why they’re playing cavernous waterfront club the Sound Academy instead of the soft-seat theatres they favoured when touring in support of their previous three nosynth albums. At Sound Academy (11 Polson), Friday (March 30), doors 8 pm. $31.50. RT, SS, TM. SKREAM & BENGA, PLASTICIAN, JACKMASTER, SGT POKES & HIJAK The Hoxton (69 Bathurst), tonight (Thursday, March 29) Influential dubstep heavyweights.

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GOTYE, KIMBRA

Kool Haus (132 Queens Quay East), Saturday (March 31) Quirky Belgian/Australian pop wizard.

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Lee’s Palace (529 Bloor West), Saturday (March 31) Anxiety-driven lo-fi pop from Idaho.

HUNX & HIS PUNX, HEAVY CREAM, ACTUAL WATER, FIRST BASE Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), Saturday (March 31) Bratty queer garage rock.

HOTNUTS

w/ Miss Jamaica, DJs Produzentin & Das Hussy, DJ No Problem The Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Saturday (March 31) See preview, page 58.

METRONOMY, SANDRO PERRI

The Hoxton (69 Bathurst), Monday (April 2) UK indie electronic act plus local hero.

PAGANFEST

w/ Turisas, Alestorm, Ex Deo, Arkona, Huntress, Protokult Opera House (735 Queen East), Monday (April 2) Witchy annual metal fest.

FIRST AID KIT, PEGGY SUE

The Great Hall (1087 Queen West), Wednesday (April 4) See preview, page 49.

YOUNG JEEZY, HARVEY STRIPES Sound Academy (11 Polson), Wednesday (April 4) Rapper’s Hustlerz Ambition Tour.

NADA SURF, AN HORSE

Opera House (735 Queen East), Wednesday (April 4) Indie power pop with cult fan base.

EASTERWEEN

w/ John Southworth, Peter Lutek, Andrew Downing, Kevin Turcotte, William Cam and others Lower Ossington Theatre (100A Ossington), Wednesday and Thursday (April 4 and 5) Cabaret-opera-styled song cycle.

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Music listings appear by day, then by genre, then alphabetically by venue. Event names are in italics. See Venue Index, page 60, for addresses and phone numbers.

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AquilA uPStAirS Julian Fauth (barrelhouse)

9:30 pm.

ASPettA cAffe Open Mic/Jam El Faron 8 pm. cAStro’S lounge Jerry Leger & the Situation

(country/folk/rock) 9 pm. eMMet rAy BAr Old Country w/ Patrick Brealey 9 pm. eton houSe Keith Jolie (blues/roots) 7 pm. gAte 403 Mr Rick & the Biscuits (country) 9 pm. glADStone hotel MeloDy BAr Crazy Voda (Afro-Latin polka) 9 pm. horSeShoe Dustin Bentall Outfit, Romy Mays, the Treasures (country roots) 9 pm. hugh’S rooM Diane Lee-Clemons 8:30 pm. the locAl Daiva Paskauskas. lolA Brian Cober Double Slide (solo acoustic blues) 9 pm. lou DAWg’S Call In Sick Friday Thursdays! Mike C (acoustic blues/funk/soul/ska) 10 pm.

dance muSic/dJ/lounge

DAkotA tAvern Steers & Queers Gay Ole Opry The Barettas, Ms Fluffy Souffle, ñ DJs Sigourney Beaver & Joe Blow (cult queer hoedown) 10 pm.5 gooDhAnDy’S Ladyplus Parties DJ Todd Klinck doors 8 pm.5 the hoxton Skream & Benga, Plastician, Jackmaster, Sgt Pokes & Hijak doors 9 pm. inSoMniA DJ Ron Jon (funk/soul/house). SuPerMArket AIAS Freedom by Design Ryerson Fundraiser DJ Midknight & earmilk 9 pm. WrongBAr Music For Your Mind Lori J Ward (Hifi Princess), T.Orlando & Alan Smithson (underground deep tech music) 9 pm.

Friday, March 30 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

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

chAlkerS PuB Frank Vignola, Vinny Raniolo (jazz/Gypsy jazz guitarists) 8 pm. cherry Street reStAurAnt Thursday Night Jazz Myriad 7:30 pm. the flying BeAver PuBAret Julie Michels 7:30 pm.

ASPettA cAffe Joey Clarkson (pop rock) 8 pm. BAr itAliA Shugga (funk/soul/R&B/top 40). Bovine Sex cluB The Matadors, Outbred In-

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the centrAl The Lain Leslie Band, the Mea-

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AlleycAtz 911 Night Firesound. Bovine Sex cluB Love Banshee, Reverse the

Curse, Tin Armor, Between Transit, DJ Vania.

the centrAl Neil w/ 4 Hombres 9:30 pm. c’eSt WhAt Diem Lafortune 9 pm. cloAk & DAgger PuB Take with Audio (pop/ folk) 10 pm.

DAzzling reStAurAnt Live Thursdays Omar

‘Oh’ Lunan, Mike Ferfolia, Jarelle, DJs Spoonz, Smartiez, Big Jacks, P-Plus (R&B/Motown/ soulful house/selective hip-hop) doors 8 pm. DrAke hotel lounge Weekend Startup Nights & Weekends (pop/rock) doors 11 pm. el MocAMBo DoWnStAirS Non Stop Girls, Rising Crust, Deadly Hopefuls, Little Criminals 9 pm. hArD luck BAr Flatfoot 56, Hypnophonics, Skullians, Bourbon DK (Celtic punk) doors 8 pm. holy oAk cAfe Westaway & Gabriella Ciurcovich (pop) 10 pm. kool hAuS Kasabian, Hacienda doors 8 pm, all ages. lee’S PAlAce The Psychedelic Furs doors 8:30 pm. the PiSton RAW Kirt Godwin, the Measure, Vanessa Legacy 9 pm. rivoli CD release Katie Glover, Everybody Wave, Stephan Pepler, Courtney Lynn 8 pm. the roverS PuB Arjun & Dave (rock/pop/hiphop) 10 pm. Silver DollAr We Were Heads, the Dead Highs, Random Family, Spectre. the SiSter Drunk Woman. SouthSiDe Johnny’S Skip Tracer (rock/top 40) 9:30 pm.

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Bach And Harbison Ryan MacEvoy McCullough noon. gAte 403 Jamie Ruben Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. lulA lounge Heavy Weather (jazz) 9 pm. MAgPie cAfe Rambunctious (horn/brass ensemble) 10:30 pm. MetroPolitAn uniteD church Noon At Met Terry Head (organ) 12:15 to 12:45 pm. olD Mill inn hoMe SMith BAr John Sherwood (solo piano) 7:30 pm. on cue Open Mic 9 pm. rePoSADo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). reServoir lounge Beverly Taft & her Swell Fellas 7 to 9 pm. rex Avi Granite Guitar Duo 6:30 pm. roy thoMSon hAll Saraste Conducts Brahms 3 Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Pekka Kuusisto (violin) 8 pm.

royAl conServAtory of MuSic koerner hAll Turned On By Texture Esprit Orchestra, James Parker (piano) 8 pm.

SoMeWhere there StuDio Alaniaris (Michael

Kaler, Ken Aldcroft, Mark Zurawinski) 8 pm. toronto centre for the ArtS Toronto Philharmonia Orchestra, Winona Zelenka (cello) 8 pm. trAne StuDio Trilogy Remixed 2: Gil-Scott Heron Sharron McLeod Fauxtet 8:30 pm. trinity St. PAul’S church Choral Spectacular Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra & Chamber Choir 8 pm. WincheSter kitchen & BAr Big Rude Jake (jazz) 7 pm.

york univerSity AccolADe eASt BlDg triBute coMMunitieS recitAl hAll York University Symphony Orchestra 7:30 pm.

Just announced DJ Spinna, Groove inStitute, Dirty Dale, DJ MenSa, Felix & Gani Easter Long Weekend Edition Revival 10 pm, $20. unitedsoul.ca. April 5.

SebaStian inGroSSo, aleSSo, SanDer van Doorn, artyo, otto KnowS Decadence Guvernment/Kool Haus $50. theguvernment.com. April 5.

Joey neGro Wrongbar. April 21. yo la tenGo, ChriS CuMMinGS

Images Festival: Sounds Of Silence Toronto Underground Cinema 8 pm, $15-$30. RT, SS. imagesfestival.com. April 21.

FrenCh Montana, the CoKe boyS Sound Academy doors 8 pm, $34.50$100. PDR, RT, SS, TM. April 26.

Sabaton, SKullFiSt, FienD Annex Wreckroom $15. RT. May 10. paul weller Sound Academy doors 7:30 pm, all ages, $59.50-$79.50. RT, SS, TM. May 21.

GoGol borDelo, MariaChi el bronx, two Gallant Sound Academy doors 7:30 pm, $28.50. RT, SS, TM. May 27. one DireCtion Molson Amphitheatre doors 6:30 pm, $29.50-$59.50. TM. May 29 and 31. hot Chip Sound Academy doors 8 pm, all ages, $25-$35. RT, SS, TM. July 15.

AlleycAtz Jamesking 9:30 pm. Annex WreckrooM David Choi (YouTube sensation) doors 6:30 pm, all ages.

laws, Chainsaw Lobotomy, DJ Vania.

cAStro’S lounge Ronnie Hayward (rockabilly) 5 to 7 pm.

gan De Lima Quintet 6 pm.

the centrAl uPStAirS Sweet Baby Kill 10 pm. the centrAl DoWnStAirS Chris Myers 10 pm. cinecycle CD release Odonis Odonis, Silver Dapple, Hut, Rituals, Hellaluya ñ doors 9 pm. See preview, page 52.

DoMinion on queen Swingin’ BlackJacks. DouBle DouBle lAnD Rhyton, Holy

Mount, Doc Dunn 9 pm, all ages. ñ DrAke hotel unDergrounD Paul Price & the Company, Fade Chromatic doors 8:30 pm.

the Duke live.coM Rearview Mirror (Pearl

Jam tribute).

glADStone hotel MeloDy BAr ZimZum (jazz/funk) 9 pm. grAffiti’S Paul Martin Rocks For Sick Kids 5 to 7 pm. hArD rock cAfe DC Band, No Class, New Stems. highWAy 61 Southern BArBeque The Little Naturals, Chris Caddell 8 pm. horSeShoe The Spades, Express & Co, Chris Altman 9:30 pm. kornerStoneS Love & LeBlanc (60s rock/pop duo) 9:30 pm. lee’S PAlAce Pillow Fight Revue Fooled. the loADeD Dog Playback (R&R dance) 8:30 pm. MAgPie cAfe Sonic Avenues, Uranium Comeback, First Base (powerpop/punk) 9 pm. Phoenix concert theAtre Band of Skulls, We Are Augustines doors 8 pm. PJ o’Brien iriSh PuB The Mark Joseph Band (rock & roll). rivoli The Donefors, Spookey Ruben, Blind Mule 9 pm. the roverS PuB Dirty Maria (Latin) 10 pm.

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atre doors 5:30 pm, $26.50-$120.50. TM. September 13. ben harper Massey Hall $35-$75. RTH, TM. September 29.

taKinG baCK SunDay, MiSS May i Warped Tour Molson Amphitheatre $tba. TM. July 15.

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DaKoTa Tavern The Unsettlers, Freeman Dre & the Kitchen Party 10 pm. habiTS gaSTropub The Metcalfe Trio 8 pm. ing DirecT café Fiesta de Vida/Livin’ La Vida Loca: Benefit for Pueblito Canada 7 to 10 pm. lola Sugar Plum Croxen 8 pm. lou DaWg’S Gotta Groove Fridays Jeff Eager (Motown/funk/soul/blues) 10 pm. loWer oSSingTon TheaTre New Faces Of 2012 David Warrack 8 pm. lula lounge Yani Borrell & the Clave Kings, DJ Suave, Codigo 24 (salsa/reggaeton) 10:30 pm. preSS club Jon Knight & Soulstack (blues/ roots rock) 10 pm. repoSaDo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). Sony cenTre for The performing arTS TAO: The Art Of The Drum (martial arts drummers) 8 pm. WaTerfallS Wayne Cass Blues Band 9 pm.

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Coeur Ouvert Raymond Spasovski 7:30 pm. chalKerS pub Frank Vignola, Vinny Raniolo (jazz/Gypsy jazz guitarists) 8 pm. gaTe 403 Jeff La Rochelle Quartet 5 to 8 pm. gaTe 403 Jason Raso Jazz Quartet 9 pm. harT houSe arbor room Jazz At Oscar’s Hart House Jazz Ensemble 9 pm. hugh’S room Adam Makowicz 8:30 pm. la maqueTTe White Carpet Concert Cindy Ashton, Ange Kanavas (jazz/pop/Broadway) 7 to 10 pm. lula lounge Plakaso (jazz) 8 pm. olD mill inn Fridays To Sing About! Robin Banks, Richard Whiteman, Eric St Laurent 7:30 pm. quoTeS Fridays At Five The Canadian Jazz Quartet & Kelly Jefferson 5 to 8 pm. rex Torben Waldorf Group 9:45 pm, Chris Gale Trio 6:30 pm, Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm. roy ThomSon hall 11/12 Virtuoso Performances Michael Schade, Luca Pisaroni, Justus Zeyen (tenor, bass-baritone, piano) 8 pm. SomeWhere There STuDio Joe Sorbara Sextet, Paul Dutton 8 pm. ST DaviD’S anglican church La Mode: An Evening Of Baroque Music From France Alison Melville, Kathleen Kajioka, Justin Hayes, Olivier Fortin 8 pm. Trane STuDio The David Buchbinder Ensemble 9 pm. Tranzac The Foolish Things (jazz) 5 pm. TriniTy ST. paul’S church Choral Spectacular Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra & Chamber Choir 8 pm. yorK univerSiTy accolaDe eaST blDg York University Gospel Choir 7:30 pm.

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After Party Mystical Influence Vs Sniper, Mr Brown, DJ Spinz, Scott Free, Dungeon Cru, RickToxic 10 pm. bloKe & 4Th Friday Night Chris Laroque. caKe bar FourPlay Fridays (top 40/mashups). caSTro’S lounge DJ I Hate You Rob (soul/ funk/R&B/punk rock/rockabilly) 10 pm. cobra lounge The Fix Fridays Mkutz. colD Tea Mighty Real DJs The Robotic Kid, LeatherDATA, Regina the Gentlelady (acid/disco/funky house) 10 pm.5 Devil’S marTini DJ Mike Toast, Andre Godin w/ Profit. DovercourT houSe 805 Salsa Underground Fridays DJ Fabz 9:30 pm. DraKe hoTel unDergrounD Itzsoweezee DJ Illo, Drastik doors 11 pm. DraKe hoTel lounge DJ Lazy Ray doors 10 pm.

emmeT ray bar DJ Scott McFarlane (hip-hop/

soul) 10 pm. fly Dance Camp DJ Mark Falco.5 fooTWorK Luv This City Fridays Deko-Ze Vs Addy, Iron Mike Vs Mikey Terra, Jay Force Vs Baby Joel, Jonathan Rosa Vs Andrew McDonnell doors 10 pm. gooDhanDy’S Rangeela DJ Sexy Pants doors 9 pm.5 holy oaK cafe Transgressions 11 pm.5 inSomnia Funkn’ Fresh Fridays Matty Ryce (house/breaks). levacK blocK bacK room DJ Rad McCool (hip-hop). levacK blocK fronT room DJ Nerdvana. maiSon mercer Nic Fanciulli, Nitin (tech house). mana bar DJ Trambo (reggaeton/hip-hop/ Latin urban). margreT Massive Gritty (reggae) 10 pm. parTS & labour Smithfits DJs Scott Wade, Mark Pesci, Scott Waring & Chris Colohan (Britpop/new wave/punk) 10 pm. The piSTon Shindig One Year Anniversary (60s soul/rock) 10 pm. poeTry Jazz cafe DJ Leo Love, Brownman 9 pm. Screen lounge Feature Fridays DJ J-Class (hip-hop/R&B/reggae/house) 10:30 pm. SupermarKeT Course Of Time DJs Thomas Von Party, Bordello, Mr Charlton (contemporary and modern club music) 10 pm. ThompSon hoTel The Bellboy Did It. ToiKa Millennium: Industrial Classics DJ Lazarus & Edwin Somnambulist 10 pm. WeTbar Penthouse Fridays DJs Glew, R2, KidZero & Peter Kash (house/top 40/party anthems) 10 pm.

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tant Worlds: Music From Final Fantasy Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Arnie Roth, Nobuo Uematsu 8 pm. SouThSiDe Johnny’S Street (rock/top 40 ) 10 pm, The Bear Band, Kim Doolittle (rock/blues) 4 to 8 pm. Three monKeyS Government (rock/top 40) 10 pm. Tranzac Crave Music Artist Showcase & Fundraiser Big Fog, Left 4 Dead, Gordon’s Acoustic Living Room, Gaye Zimmerman-Huycke, Chris Figgures, Elizabeth Meetoos and others 7 to 11 pm. virgin mobile moD club Strange Parade Dr Draw Collective, Tokioto, Bassmynt (circus performance) 9 pm. WaTerfallS Rub A Dub Market Tribute To The Ladies Edition Andrea Henry, Dania, Tristan Chanel, the Rebel Alliance Band, April John-

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Melannie Lilla, Roger Dorey 3 to 11 pm.

River, O.R.& S. doors 8:30 pm. bar iTalia Jordan John & the Funk Parade 10:30 pm. bovine Sex club The 3tards, the Antics, Freddy Fuckup, DJ Sir Ian Blurton. The cenTral Novacayne, the Bloody Five, Contraband 6 pm. The cenTral Eric Mattei & the Lonely Commotion 10 pm. church of The holy TriniTy Voices In The Dark: An Earth Hour Evening Of Song & Story Echo Women’s Choir, Anne Lederman, Chris Rawlings, Njacko Backo, Sandra Whiting, Dan Yashinsky 7 pm. DaKoTa Tavern Paper Beat Scissors, Loom (folk/rock) 7 to 9 pm. Dominion on queen Anastasio & Zalang 9:30 pm, Ronnie Hayward Trio 4:30 to 8 pm. The DuKe live.com The 7-Week Itch Rockabilly Showcase Christian D & the Hangovers, the Boogie Infection, Ginger St James doors 9 pm. el mocambo Sixxxer Video Screening Party The Confessions, Atom & the Volume, the Standstills doors 9 pm. eTon houSe Silmaril (rock) 9 pm. horSeShoe Cursive, Conduits, Cymbals Eat Guitars doors 9 pm. humber college norTh campuS Concert In The Dark For Earth Hour Truths & Rights (reggae) 6 to 9 pm. imageS aT 204 Wavelength #537 Fresh Snow, Shvrs, L Con 9 pm. Kool hauS Gotye, Kimbra doors 8 pm, all ages. KornerSToneS Ten Cent Millionaires (rock/blues) 9:30 pm. lee’S palace Youth Lagoon, Porcelain Raft doors 9 pm. lola Shitkicker 8 pm. neWfounDlanDer Blue Thunder (East Coast rock/ country) 9:30 pm. pJ o’brien iriSh pub The Mark Joseph Band (rock & roll). rex Justin Bacchus (funk/soul/R&B) 7 pm, Brunch Matinee Danny Marks (pop) noon.

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You’ll have to wait to hear the full band experience on record By BENJAMIN BOLES oDoniS oDoniS with Silver Dapple, huT, riTualS and hellaluya at Cine-

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ston, Amber Coates, DJ Chocolate (reggae/ lovers-rock/dancehall). WincheSTer KiTchen & bar All Funk Saturdays EJay & One King 10 pm.

Toronto surf/industrial/garage/shoegaze band Odonis Odonis might be celebrating the release of their debut album, Hollandaze (Buzz/Daps/Pleasence), on Friday, but the forward-thinking trio are already writing their third. Dean Tzenos started recording the first two albums back in 2009, long before he linked up with bassist Denholm Whale and drummer Jarod Gibson and they began playing live shows last May. “It’s still going to be a little while before the new stuff sees the light of day, because I’ve been waiting to put these first two albums out forever,” Tzenos says over coffee, laughing. Hollandaze has already opened a lot of doors for the band. Overseas, they’re carried by Fat Cat, which means they’ve already got a European tour booked and just played their first SXSW showcase. Almost makes you wonder if delaying the record release until now was a sneaky tactic meant to capitalize on growing interest in them outside Toronto. That would fit the usual local music story of no one caring until you get big overseas. According the Tzenos, though, the

real answer has to do with the weather. “Nobody wants to do a record release in December, but now it’s spring in Toronto.” He credits the band’s surfier aspects to his father’s influence on his taste. But when paired with sheets of noise and cold electronic tones, the twang and reverb have little in common with the Ventures. Maintaining that contrast live is important to Odonis Odonis’s sound, which is why Gibson has assembled an all-electronic kit that runs through their self-contained PA system. “You feel almost fooled when you see these weird lo-fi bands and they just end up sounding like a generic garage rock band. I didn’t want to fall into that category.” Bringing your own system makes sense at small DIY shows in unconventional spaces but gets problematic in the bigger rooms Odonis Odonis quickly have graduated to, rooms that require a lot of power to fill with sound. “It doesn’t actually have to be loud. As long as you’ve got your sound worked out within your group, the club can just mic [our system] and make it louder. I hate being at the mercy of sound techs.” 3 benjaminb@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

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Habits Gastropub Peter Eastmure, Angela Evans and others 8 pm.

HiGHway 61 soutHern barbeque Adam Killin 8 pm.

Hirut Fine etHiopian Cuisine Country Jam

Murray Powell (eclectic) 2 to 6 pm. Holy oak CaFe Sheesham & Lotus 7:30 pm. istars Open Mic Night 7 pm. tHe loCal Jerry Leger and the Situation (folk). lou DawG’s Southern Brunch & Live Blues Mark Bird Stafford noon to 3 pm. lou DawG’s Goodtimes Don Campbell (acoustic blues/rock) 10 pm.

lower ossinGton tHeatre Green Door Cabaret Catherine Morrow & Norman Nurmi 8 pm.

lula lounGe Salsa Saturday Moda Eterna, DJ Gio (salsa) 10:30 pm.

olD Mill inn Royal LePage Shelter Foundation Benefit Sandy MacIntyre & Steeped In Tradition (Celtic) 6 pm. rebas CaFé & Gallery Open Mic Saturdays David Crighton 1 to 4 pm. relisH New Music Night Lindy (singer/songwriter) 9:30 pm.

royal Conservatory oF MusiC koerner Hall Music From Across The Middle East 8 pm. st niCHolas anGliCan CHurCH Acoustic Har-

vest Katherine Wheatley 8 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

artsCape wyCHwooD barns New Adventures In Sound Art MiMo, NOiNO. CHalkers pub Mark Eisenman Trio (jazz) 6 to 9 pm. eDwarD JoHnson builDinG walter Hall U of T Percussion Ensemble, Michael Burritt 7:30 pm. First unitarian ConGreGation Fundraising Concert For Regent Park School Of Music First Unitarian Toronto Congregation Choir, the Parkdale Children’s Choir 2:30 pm. First uniteD CHurCH Life Everlasting Mississauga Festival Choir 8 pm. Toronto Men’s Chorus 3:30 & 7 pm.

Quartet 7:30 to 10:30 pm. Gate 403 Six Points Jazz Orchestra 9 pm. HuGH’s rooM Krooner & King Andy De Campos, Bruce Andrew Stewart , the Seventet 8 pm. lorraine’s Cool Jazz Joint Brownman Electryc Trio midnight. naisa spaCe NAISA Sound Bash Lee Pui Ming, NOiNO evening. olD Mill inn Jazz Masters Bob DeAngelis, Danny McErlain, Ron Johnston 7:30 pm. on Cue Band Clash The Can’t Go Ons Vs 1867 Vs Project Skank 10 pm, all ages. rex Rich Brown’s Rinse the Algorithm 12:45 am, Roberto Occhipinti 9 9:45 pm, O Canada: Celebrating Canadian Composition The T.J.O. Big Band 3:30 pm. roy tHoMson Hall Saraste Conducts Brahms 3 Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Pekka Kuusisto (violin) 3 pm. soMewHere tHere stuDio Colin Anthony, Michael Lynn 8 pm. st MiCHael’s ColleGe sCHool Music By Mozart NYCO Symphony Orchestra 8 pm. trane stuDio Piano Series John Campbell Group 8:30 pm. trinity st. paul’s CHurCH Choral Spectacular Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra & Chamber Choir 8 pm. york university aCColaDe east blDG York University Gospel Choir 7:30 pm.

Frankie Whyte & the Dead Idols (country rock) doors 8 pm. tHe loaDeD DoG Jessica Mondello & Mark Ripp (acoustic pop) 4 to 8 pm. opera House Digitour Dave Days, Ricky Ficarelli, Alex Goot, Asher Monroe, Nice Peter & the Key of Awesome doors 6 pm, all ages. parts & labour Night Beats, Hate Gang, the Bays Pajamas (garage/psych/punk) 8 pm. rivoli Faderhead, Encephalon, Neurodance DJs doors 9 pm. sounD aCaDeMy The Still Reckless Tour Asking Alexandria, I See Stars, Motionless in White, the Amity Affliction. soutHsiDe JoHnny’s Open Jam Rebecca Matiesen & Phoenix 9:30 pm.

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

Folk/BluEs/Country/WorlD

annex wreCkrooM DJ Rick Toxic 8 pm. auGusta House Grand Funk The Payback Crew (0=0, Bacchus, Ghaleon).

bar italia Al Webster 10:30 pm. Cake bar Dessert Saturdays (top 40/mashups). DC MusiC tHeatre Warehouse Party

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Crystal Castles, Hugsnotdrugs (DJ sets) doors 10 pm. Drake Hotel unDerGrounD Galapagos Aquarius Heaven doors 11 pm. Drake Hotel lounGe DJ DB Cooper doors 10 pm. eMbassy bar Pressure Drop: Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry tribute Mossman, Guv’nor General, Chuck Boom, Morningside 116. eMMet ray bar DJ Gerald Belanger (indie/90s) 10 pm.

pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

blaCk swan Speedwolf, Sylvus, Sepulchre, Kyfe (heavy metal) doors 7 pm. ñ tHe Central Price 9:30 pm, Busker Bros 6:30 pm. C’est wHat Clockwise (alt rock) 6:30 pm. Drake Hotel unDerGrounD Tim Fite doors 7:30 pm. ñ eMMet ray bar Tyler Edmond Group (funk fusion) 9 pm.

Garrison Crosswires Suicider, This Mess, the Dark Age 9 pm. ñtHe HarD luCk bar Tombs, Abyss, Godstopper, Sprach Zarathustra. ñ lee’s palaCe Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown,

aquila upstairs The McDale’s Open Mic 8:30 pm, Junction Jam The New Mynah Birds (mostly blues) 3:30 pm. aspetta CaFFe Oscar Mindreau (world) 3 to 5 pm. Castro’s lounGe Leon Knight & the Neon Lights (rockabilly) 4 pm. Dakota tavern Bluegrass Brunch 11 am to 3 pm. epiC lounGe Iya Ire (Afro-Cuban drum and dance) 5 to 8 pm. GlaDstone Hotel MeloDy bar Sunday Acoustic Family Brunch 9 am to 4 pm. GlaDstone Hotel art bar Great Canadian Fiddle Session 2 to 5 pm. HuGH’s rooM Gospel Matinee Ken Whiteley 2 pm.

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NOW march 29 - april 4 2012

thurs april 5 @ sound academy • $22.50 adv

tuesday may 8

thE nakEd neon the phoenix

& famous indian With

now now + vacationer

Wednesday april 4 @ opera house • $16.50 advance

nada surf with

Friday april 6 @ Mod club • $18.50 adv • all-ages • 6:00pm W i th

W/ lemonade

BurnInG loVE

Monday june 11

Friday april 13 @ opera house

lee’s palace • $ 22.50 adv

t h e m a g i k * m a g i k o r c h e s t r a & l ow thursday april 19 • massey hall all-ages / tickets $59.50 - $69.50 advance roy thompson hall box office, massey hall box office & masseyhall.com

Wed april 25 @ phoenix • $ 20.00 advance

deer

$ 18.00

advance • 7:30pm doors • Montreal ska

big d & the kids table

tick

Monday

Monday june 18

cults mogwai with spectrals

an horse

april 23

the phoenix • $ 29.50 adv

@ the phoenix

$34.00 advance • liMited seated

shoW (400) • 7:30pm doors

thursday april 26 @ horseshoe $ 23.50

advance • 8:30pm doors • 19+

supersuckers nashville pussy Friday may 18 & saturday may 19 queen elizabeth theatre scrappy happiness tour $ 29.50 advance + FF (reserved seating)

thursday may 17

queen elizabeth theatre all-ages • $29.50 advance reserved seating • 7:15pm

ron sexsmith

monday may 21

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!

march 29 - april 4 2012 NOW

saturday june 16 @ the phoenix 24.50 advance • 19+ • Merge records 90s Web in Front indie rock • First toronto shoW in over 15 years!

archers of loaf

advance ticketS @ ticketmaster.ca or 1-855-985-5000 • HorSeSHoe Front Bar • SoundScapeS • rotate tHiS Friday march 30 @ mod cluB $ 17.50

tHurS march 29 • $8.00 alt country • vancouver, Bc

dUsTin BenTall oUTfiT romy mays the treasures

friday march 30

advance • all-ages

Sunday april 15 $

oxford ToWn The KeroUaCs jessiCa speziale

HorSeSHoe tavern • 10.50 adv

Blue Bonnets the harvest corners streetcats Cai.ro Saturday april 7 • $10.00

boys who say no future history armen the bazar rory (cd releaSe @ 11:30pm)

lee’S palace • 15.00 advance

friday april 27 lee’S palace • $15.00 advance

horSeShoe tavern • $10.00 advance

With

CymBals eaT gUiTars

WedneSday april 4 3 • $4.00

christian Bonner Drew smith The oTher Color linDsay Barr

thurSday april 26 thurSday may 3 $ the garriSon • $ 15.00 advance

acid la dispUTe mother’s temple with sundelles

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

defeaTer & BalanCe and ComposUre

Saturday may 5

horSeShoe • 11.50 advance

future

islands

Sunday april 29 @ horSeShoe • $10.50 advance

jUsTin horse feathers whosarmy rUTledge wildlife horSeShoe • $17.50 advance

friday may 11 @ the horSeShoe • $10.50 advance

tHurSday april 5 • $15.00

tueSday april 3

Saturday $april 21

little Black Dress The CrUx • salTy radio friday april 6 •

$ 10.00

groovy Funky rock & roll cd releaSe

roBerTs & the live

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

Saturday may 12

xiu xiu lee’S palace • $ 13.50 advance

horSeShoe tavern • $15.00 adv

jon langford & his sadies sKUll orChard + with

w/ dirTy BeaChes BUrlingTon Welsh Choir tueSday june 5 @ lee’S palace • $13.50 advance

parlotones

The morning Thieves Saturday april 14 • $15.50 adv

Saturday june 2

thurSday

flaTfooT 56

Saturday may 12 virgin mobile mod club

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

beckett of

“The aCademy is...” Saturday march 31

hUnx & cancer margoT his pUnx neW CoUnTry Bats tim fite The nUClear rEHaB so-so’s

tHurSday april 12

march 29 @ hard luck $

10.50 advance

Sunday april 1

drake underground • $ 10.50 adv

thurSday april 5 garriSon • $ 11.50 advance

bluegraSS & alt country

ToUChe amore

a sighT for seWn eyes

friday april 13

monday april 16

lioness white indie electro record releaSe party

rituals + hollow earth $12.00 @ door • $15.00 w/ cd & $20.00 w/ vinyl

apr 20 - good old War apr 22 - handsome dick manitoba apr 26 - supersuckers

auStin texaS • $12.50 advance

denim hUndred visions +

sandman viper Command

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

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

april 7

@ the drake $

10.50 advance

heavy cream + actual Water + First Base

psychedelic furs friday march 30

BeDlam all girl pilloW fighT revUe presents

Fooled $ 15.00

advance

Saturday march 31

youth

lagoon porcelain raft solD out!

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

The revival ToUr

tyler

(hot Water muSic)

(jeff beck approved) Frankie Whyte & the dead idols

Cory Branan • norThCoTe naThaniel raTeliff

chuck ragan Bryant & the shakedoWn dan andriano (alkaline trio)

monday april 2 • london uk • solD out!

joy formidaBle With

a place to Bury strangers

thurSday april 5 • $8.00

chameleon project dynamo & BadnUTBeaTs lightsweetcruDe Daniel mager BanD BossFytE

friday april 6 • $ 10.00

sun april 29 @ the drake • $12.00 adv

friday may 4 @ the drake • $10.00 adv

mon april 30 @ the drake • 13.50 adv

sat may 5 @ hard luck • 10 @door • all-ages

daniel Knox

milagres perfume genius

sunday april 8 @ the drake • $11.50 adv

tues april 24 @ hard luck • $10.50 adv

thurSday march 29 • solD out!

The alTer KaKers lunar Piano sunday nigHt TUner Frank Fonzi family jam reUnion spaCegirl

friday april 6 @ the drake • $13.50 adv

losT in The Trees poor moon

spookey ruBen Saturday

Silver dollar • $ 11.50 advance

hypnophoniCs + sKUllians + BoUrBon dK

• $12.00

the pining + crooked Brothers

with

monday april 23

cbc cover me canada WinnerS!

Hosted by Bookie (18th year)

living with lions + such golD + exalt

San fran pSych rock & roll!

cursive shoeless mondays

With

we were the spades sleepy plants & promiseD express & co sun chris altman hanni animals jetpacks el khatiB rock & roll • $10.00 @ door

Saturday march 31 • $16.50 advance • Saddle creek

monday april 2 • no cover

comeBack kiD

Sunday april 8 • $10.00

electric guest moon hooch rasPutina ponTiaK willis earl beal daytrader apr 10 - shabazz palaces apr 12 + 13 - yukon blonde the criBs apr 21 - trampled by turtles the meatmen rocky Votolato langhorne slim andrew jackson jihad W/ joyce manor

Saturday april 17 • $20.00 advance

with

all-ageS

friday april 27 @ drake hotel • 11.50 adv $

Wed april 11 • $ 17.50 adv

sat may 19 @ hard luck • $13.50 advance

sat may 19 @ the drake • $15.50 advance

sun may 27 @ horseshoe • $11.50 adv

hounDs Below

wed may 23 @ horseshoe • $11.50 adv

joe mcmahon with Billy The Kid + miKey erg

Saturday june 23 @ horSeShoe • $15.00 advance

japanDroiDs

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

leespalace.com 529 bloor Street WeSt / bathurSt NOW march 29 - april 4 2012

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The LocaL Boxcar Boys 10 pm, Chris Coole

(banjo) 5 pm.

LuLa Lounge Sunday Family Salsa Brunch noon.

Pogue Mahone Sandy MacIntyre & Steeped

in Tradition (Celtic ceilidh) 4 to 8 pm. Press cLub Kristine Schmitt (bluegrass/country/roots) 10 pm. rebas café & gaLLery Sunday Matinee Ben & Gary’s Ice Cream Band (eclectic singer/songwriters) 1 to 4 pm. reLish Stir It Up Sundays Open Mic 10:30 pm. suPerMarkeT Freefall Sundays Open Mic/Jam 8 pm. The WiLson 96 Beefknuckle Sunday Supper Show (blues/roots) 6 to 9 pm. WinchesTer kiTchen & bar Open Mic Porter 9:30 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

beTh Torah congregaTion Benefit Concert

For Lev LaLev Fund Varsity Jews (a cappella choir) 7:30 pm. c’esT WhaT Del Dako (jazz) 3 pm. chaLkers Pub Joel Hartt w/ Mark Eisenmann, Reg Schwager, Duncan Hopkins 6 pm. cLoak & Dagger Pub Avi Granite (jazz/avant) 9 pm. DoMinion on Queen Jazz Jam Noah Leibel 4 to 7 pm.

eDWarD Johnson buiLDing WaLTer haLL

Music & Truffles Stephane Lemelin, Donna Brown (piano/soprano) 1:15 & 3:15 pm. gaTe 403 Nicole Aube 9 pm, Water Colorist (water color painting by artist, plus jazz band) 5 to 8 pm. LoWer ossingTon TheaTre April Fool Nancy White 3 pm.

MarkhaM TheaTre for The PerforMing arTs Glass Houses, Rivers & Folk Dances Kin-

dred Spirits Orchestra 8 pm. rex Ben Monder & Barry Romberg 9:30 pm.

royaL conservaTory of Music MazzoLeni haLL Mazzoleni Masters Erika Raum & Dianne Werner (violin, piano) 2 pm.

soMeWhere There sTuDio Ken Aldcroft,

Germaine Liu 5 pm.

soMeWhere There sTuDio Now Series Allison Cameron, Nicole Rampersaud, Germaine Liu, Alan Bloor, Mark Segger, Ken Aldcroft 8 pm. sT LaWrence cenTre for The arTs Opera In Concert: Die Freunde Von Salamanka Michael Ciufo, the Toronto Chamber Orchestra (tenor) 2:30 pm. Trane sTuDio Marvin Gaye Tribute The Steve Hall Group, Carlos Morgan 8 pm. TriniTy sT. PauL’s church Choral Spectacular Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra & Chamber Choir 3:30 pm. u of T scarborough caMPus Spring Awakening I UTSC Concert Choir, String Ensemble, Concert Band and Alumni & Community Concert Band 2 to 4 pm.

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

Folk/BluEs/Country/WorlD

cLoak & Dagger Pub These Boots (folk/pop)

9 pm.

Dora keogh Julian Taylor (folk rock) 9 pm. highWay 61 souThern barbeQue Chris Chambers (blues) 7 pm.

The LocaL Hamstrung Stringband (bluegrass)

9:30 pm.

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

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

eMMeT ray bar Sam Dickson Trio 9 pm. gaTe 403 Matt MacDonald Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. gaTe 403 Richard Whiteman & Laura Hubert

Jazz Band 9 pm.

york universiTy accoLaDe easT bLDg TribuTe coMMuniTies reciTaL haLL Music @ Midday: Instrumental Master Class 12:30 pm.

bovine sex cLub BYO DJ. casTro’s Lounge Watch This Sound (Jamaican

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

insoMnia DJ Shannon (old school/hip-hop/

insoMnia DJs Topher & Oranj (rock). Phoenix concerT TheaTre Feed Me,

record party) 9 pm.

disco/funk).

Lou DaWg’s Soulful Sundays DJ eMan (funk/ soul/old school hip-hop) 9 pm.

Phoenix concerT TheaTre DJ Shadow

ñdoors 8 pm.

Monday, April 2 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

bovine sex cLub Flash Lightnin’. casTro’s Lounge Rockabilly Mondays 9 pm. harLeM Open Jam Night Carolyn T (R&B/soul/

jazz/Motown/Latin) 8 pm. horseshoe The Kerouacs, Jessica Speziale 9 pm. The hoxTon Metronomy, Sandro Perri doors 9 pm. Lee’s PaLace The Joy Formidable, A Place to Bury Strangers (Brit pop) doors 8 pm. noT My Dog Monday Mishaps Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra doors 9 pm. oPera house Paganfest Turisas, Alestorm, Ex Deo, Arkona, Huntress, Protokult doors 6 pm, all ages. Press cLub Domestic Bliss Mondays 10 pm. virgin MobiLe MoD cLub The Time Capsule Tour Thomas Dolby doors 8 pm.

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WOODS 5

THE CD RELEASE LISTENING PARTY

craWforD Mix Fix Mondays DJ Shan Dub & DJ Boots.

Teeth, Kill the Noise doors 8 pm. ñ The PisTon Junk Shop DJs Jorge & Jeeks, Allosaurus & Emorie (pre to post punk/new wave/garage/indie) 10 pm. rePosaDo Mezcal Mondays DJ Elis Dean. ThoMPson hoTeL Blacklist. WaTerfaLLs The Lion’s Den (reggae).

Tuesday, April 3 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

annex WreckrooM Onslaught, Mpire of Evil, Panzerfaust, Shotgun Cure doors 7:30 pm.

bovine sex cLub Blind Cats, Barettes, Poison Arrows.

c’esT WhaT Meredith Shaw (pop/folk/coun-

try) 9 pm.

Drake hoTeL unDergrounD CD release Darrelle London doors 7 pm.

horseshoe Dave Bookman’s Nu Music Nite

Blue Bonnets, the Harvest Corners, Streetcats, Cai.ro 9 pm. The hoxTon Ozric Tentacles, Squid Lid doors 8 pm. Lee’s PaLace The Revival Tour (Members of Against Me, Hot Water Music, Akaline Trio) Chuck Ragan, Dan Andriano, Tommy Gabel, Nathaniel Rateliff, Cory Branan. Phoenix concerT TheaTre Urban Grind Tour Our Lady Peace, the Pack A.D doors 7 pm. sonic booM In-store Performance Great Lake Swimmers 6 pm.

Queer party

hotnuts Dufferin Mall drag queens By KEVIN RITCHIE

The Garrison is getting a drag makeover. After five years at the Beaver, popular gay dance party HotNuts will upgrade to the Dundas West club and take place every third month. While pop rules the west- end gay scene, HotNuts is a haven of deep house and DIY couture that’s welcomed performers like the House of Monroe and local drag institution Michelle DuBarry. On Saturday (March 31), dancehall queen Miss Jamaica takes the stage. Ahead of the event’s comeback, NOW had a three-way phoner with resident DJ Produzentin and host Mary Messhausen to find out what goes into their neo- drag look. What do you do to prepare for HotNuts? MARY: Two weeks before the party, Proddy and I go to Dufferin Mall to see the newest collection at Voluptuous, our favourite designer. Second-favourite is Comme des Garçons. PRODDY: We’re hoping now that this media blitz is starting, the CEO of Voluptuous will call Mary and ask her to do her own line. MARY: We’re talking major Dufferin Mall collaboration. There will be a lineup of tens of people outside. Memorable HotNuts moments? MARY: I have to mention Mama Messhausen, my sly old mother, who did a couple of performances. That’s always a treat. She sang traditional Filipino love songs and did Proud Mary. Right before she sang it she said, “I’m singing this song because I’m so proud of my Mary.” PRODDY: It was a real tearjerker. MARY: And Proddy, what are your fave momes? PRODDY: When Miss Margot came as Britney Spears and threw chicken wings and Cheetos at the audience and slipped on the floor, which she’d greased with Red Bull. There was a nice sweet smell of Red Bull all over the Beaver that night. What’s your beauty regime on the day of the party? MARY: We start with a three-quarter chicken dinner from Swiss Chalet. PRODDY: The last time we had the half-chicken, it wasn’t enough, but we don’t want to order a full chicken because we feel too ashamed. MARY: Never do drag makeup on an empty stomach. After we eat, it’s a good hour and a half to get the dolls ready to hit the stage. That’s not so bad. kevin riTchie PRODDY: If we douche, it takes a little longer.

Folk/BluEs/Country/WorlD

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

axis gaLLery & griLL The Junction Jam Derek

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ArtS Chick Corea (solo piano) 8 pm. rex Norman Marshall Villeneuve’s Jazz Mes-

DrAke hotel unDerGrounD Sonnymoon, Time Wharp, Teebs, mymanhenri ñ doors 10 pm.

DrAke hotel unDerGrounD EP release An-

royAl ConServAtory oF muSiC mAzzoleni hAll The GGS Chamber Music Competition

(rockabilly) 9 pm.

Somewhere there StuDio Marian Jago

GooDhAnDy’S Ladyplus T-Girl Lust DJ Todd Klinck doors 8 pm.5 inSomniA Soulful Tuesdays D-Jay. repoSADo Alien Radio DJ Gord C.

ten reStAurAnt & wine BAr Don Breithaupt,

Wednesday, April 4

sage Trio 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Finals 7 pm.

Quartet 8 pm.

Chris Smith 9 pm.

trAne StuDio Lorenzo Castelli (jazz) 8 pm. u oF t SCArBorouGh CAmpuS Spring Awak-

ening II UTSC Jazz Orchestra 7:30 pm.

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THE HUNGER GAMES: SONGS FROM DISTRICT 12 AND BEYOND (Universal)

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Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now (Bloodshot) Rating: NNNN Justin Townes Earle is a great guitarist, yet on his fourth album, produced by longtime collaborator and pianist/organist Skylar Wilson, he opts for a Memphis soul sound and, on a number of songs, takes his guitar out of the picture. His excellent backing band carries things along. Though there are fewer standout tracks than on 2010’s Harlem River Blues,

this entirely live album is warmer and more consistent, with a lot of heart. Earle’s skill at writing lyrics that are both intriguing and confessional has deepened, with recurring themes about love, family, drifting and trying to become a better person. Slow-dance to this in your kitchen and take in the horn arrangements, beautiful bass solos and Earle’s endearing rasp. Top track: Am I That Lonely Tonight? Justin Townes Earle plays the Opera House May 12. SARAH GREENE

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OUR LADY PEACE Curve (Warner)

Rating: NNN According to interviews with the band, Our Lady Peace’s eighth album is either a return to their 90s glory years or a bold experimental leap forward. It’s not either, but were you really expecting the grunge rockers to go avant-garde? It does sound like they’ve bought a bunch of new effects pedals for the guitars and spent some hours reading the manuals of their keyboards, but they’re essentially the same modern rock band they’ve always been. Curve isn’t going to change anyone’s mind about Our Lady Peace. If you’re a fan and aren’t sick of Raine Maida’s overwrought vocals, you’ll enjoy it. The rest of us will stay annoyed. However, even we haters have to admit that it sounds like OLP are trying to challenge themselves, and for the first time in a while they don’t seem to have written every song with mainstream radio play in mind. Top track: As Fast As You Can Our Lady Peace play the Phoenix Tuesday (April 3). BENJAMIN BOLES

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Happy To You (Universal) Rating: Miike Snow’s 2009 self-titled debut saw a couple of big-time Swedish pop producers (Britney Spears’s Toxic was their doing) teaming up with American rock singer/ songwriter Andrew Wyatt to try some low-key indie pop. An improbable equation, sure, but the results were highly addictive. After spending most of the time since then on the road, they’ve become a proper band, and that new dynamic plays the biggest role on their new album. There’s less emphasis on mood this

Rating: NNN Taylor Swift recently characterized The Hunger Games soundtrack as “Appalachian music 300 years from now – what Americana and bluegrass music would sound like in the future.” That’s an apt description from the young country-pop star who has two tracks on the album. Though it features recognizable names (Maroon 5, Miranda Lambert) and critical favourites (Neko Case, the Decemberists), the T-Bone Burnett-produced album admirably employs a nuanced approach and a consistent tone rather than using the opportunity to cash in on the film’s young core audience. Arcade Fire nails the future-from-thepast vibe, while many of the purely Americana acts drag the album into plodding sameness – odd when so many artists have participated. One of the few snarling, fist-in-the-air moments comes from Glen Hansard, a singer/songwriter usually in the striving folk-rock vein. You’d expect to hear more of that on the soundtrack for a film about forced sacrificial teen violence. Top track: Abraham’s Daughter, by Arcade Fire RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

MADONNA MDNA (Universal) Rating: NNN Some might recoil at the idea of a 50-plus woman indulging in bouncy, ridiculous pop music, a reaction perhaps related to the fact that it’s unusual for a woman to have such a long and successful career at the epicentre of a musical genre. Profound and understated do not a good Madonna album make, and fortunately she’s largely resisted the urge to slow the tempo on her 12th album. Following the ho-hum hip-hop-influenced Hard Candy album, Madonna is back in fine form on MDNA. The real action begins after the dull club jam Girl Gone Wild, with Gang Bang’s ass-pounding house beat and ridonkulous “Drive bitch!” soliloquy. Turn Up The Radio is pop escapism at its best; I’m A Sinner pairs a pleasant bounce with an anti-parochial message, while the lighthearted Superstar recalls True Blue-era Madonna and contains – wait for it – age-appropriate lyrics. A few breakdowns and builds fly off the rails on the clubbier numbers, but the better songs balance shiny, modern production with exuberant melodies and timeless songwriting. Top track: Superstar KEVIN RITCHIE

VELOSO AND DAVID BYRNE ñCAETANO NNNN

Live At Carnegie Hall (Warner) Rating: Recorded in 2004 as part of Carnegie Hall’s Perspectives series, this live collaboration between Brazilian superstar Caetano Veloso and former Talking Head – and outspoken Brazilian music fan – David Byrne is primarily a study in voice and acoustic guitar. Although Veloso was technically the headlining act, they perform songs by both writers. On Nothing But Flowers, the two trade vocals, with Veloso highlighting the whimsy in Byrne’s critique of consumer culture. Considering the two men’s pedigrees, it’s a bit surprising to hear the occasional flub. But the minor glitches remind you that this pristine recording is actually a concert. The sparse instrumentation (augmented only by subtle cello and percussion) keeps their voices in the foreground. Veloso still sounds as smooth and warm as on his 70s recordings that helped spearhead the Tropicália movement. The audience chuckling during some of Byrne’s songs gets irritating after a couple of listens, but that’s a minor complaint. Top track: Coração Vagabundo JOANNE HUFFA

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PAPER BEAT SCISSORS (Forward) Rating: NNN UK-to-Halifax transplant Tim Crabtree (aka Paper Beat Scissors) is incantatory on his self-titled debut album, co-produced by Mike Feuerstack (Snailhouse) and with guest vocals by Rose Cousins, Tanya Davis and Andrew Sisk. Drawing from sampling and soundscaping as much as orchestral folk, Crabtree sounds like he’s floating on a raft in the middle of the ocean or waking from an urgent dream. The music shifts between noisy experimentation and traditional arrangements, and Crabtree’s vocals can be intense or lullabyish. The lyrics – about memory, loss and hanging on – shift in meaning through repetition but sometimes get lost under waves of sound. Catch Crabtree solo to hear what he can do with just an acoustic guitar, a looping pedal and his voice. Top track: Rest Your Bones Paper Beat Scissors plays an early show at the Dakota Saturday (March 31). SG

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The Lion’s Roar (Wichita/Redeye) Rating: NNNN Young Swedish sister duo First Aid Kit bring a wonderful dour quality to their brand of folk music. On their second album, Klara and Johanna Söderberg deliver clear, bold vocal melodies and wallops of close harmonies. The younger Klara sings most of the lead, and her full, direct style is always assertive and sometimes confrontational, a pleasant departure from the bright-eyed sweetness of many of their peers. They save overt prettiness for the music. Acoustic guitars strum. Lap steels undulate. Drums shuffle. Glockenspiels tinkle. Organs hum. The reverb-heavy production, courtesy of Bright Eyes’ Mike Mogis, is a significant step up from the rawness of their debut. Second song Emmylou unabashedly declares their influences – “I’ll be your Emmylou and I’ll be your June and you’ll be my Gram and my Johnny, too” – while the transfixing This Old Routine and To A Poet reveal a worldweariness beyond their years. Top track: To A Poet First Aid Kit play the Great Hall Wednesday (April 4). CARLA GILLIS

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NAPALM DEATH Utilitarian (Century Media) Rating: NNN It’s difficult to avoid using the word “brutal” in a Napalm Death review. No other descriptor comes close to describing the grindcore band’s mercilessly speedy rhythms, throat-scraping vocals and doomy atonal riffs. Songs, ideas and lyrics fly by before you’ve had a chance to decipher them. The beautiful, moody opening instrumental track on their 15th album, then, comes as a shock. It quickly gives way to 15 tracks that continue the English fourpiece’s trademark (and influential) ferocious pace. Vocalist Mark “Barney” Greenway is in top form, seamlessly switching between screaming, growling, singing and sometimes punky chanting. When songs occasionally open up – like in Blank Look About Face and The Wolf I Feed, or get a groove going, as in Everyday Pox, which also features a crazy John Zorn sax solo – it’s sweet respite. Long-time fans will appreciate that Napalm haven’t toned down their extreme approach to metal. They also haven’t done much to freshen up their sound, but that might be too much to ask of a band conceived in 1981. Top track: Everyday Pox CG

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THE NUN’S VACATION by Tom Walmsley (Doghouse Riley). At Toronto Free Gallery (1277 Bloor West). To April 8. $20. 416-913-0461. See Continuing, page 69. Rating: NNNN

Actors from different generations peel back layers in Daniel MacIvor’s new play

Jessica Moss studied MacIvor’s work in high school and university.

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WAS SPRING written and directed by Daniel MacIvor, with Clare Coulter, Caroline Gillis and Jessica Moss. Presented by the Tarragon (30 Bridgman). Now in previews, opens Wednesday (April 4) and runs to May 6, Tuesday-Saturday 8 pm, matinees Saturday (March 10, 17 and 24) and Sunday 2:30 pm. $24-$51. 416-531-1827.

“She thinks the other two are in denial about the real world and have rewritten their histories. Kath’s been around the block and knows that ultimately one’s life doesn’t work out positively.” Kath lacks the optimism of Kit, about whom Moss says, “She’s a girl from a rural background, but she would describe herself as a young woman. “She’s young enough, though, to be trying on different sorts of identities, role-playing and acting in different ways to see where she fits in, who she is. “Among those parts she tries on, willingly or not, are the faithful believer who relies on prayer, the reader who puts her faith in books, and the good girl. That last is really important to her; she tries really hard to be good, thinking that’s what she wants and what others expect of her.”

the characters in daniel macIvor’s plays always have secrets, surprises whose revelation draws viewers closer to their emotional richness and complexity. In Was Spring, his latest work, MacIvor brings together the 20-something Kit, 50-something Kath and 80-something Kitty to talk about the past. For Caroline Gillis, who plays Kath, “the play is about three characters who share a story and argue about how it’s preserved and told.” From the viewpoint of Jessica Moss, who plays Kit, “we meet three people on the precipice of something in their lives and watch to see whether they fall into the hole or move into the next phase of their lives.” Both actors agree that the play is deceptively simple to read but layered when the words are spoken in front of an audience. Still, each woman has to establish a base line for her character before stepping onstage. “Kath very much feels she’s the one caught in the middle,” says Gillis. “She’s a drinker, accusatory and heartbroken, disappointed and bitter, but she Caroline Gillis’s can’t let go of a key traassociation gic incident that she with MacIvor holds onto as if, in a goes back to the 80s. weird way, it’s a life preserver.

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Interviewing Gillis and Moss together makes for a meeting of two worlds. Gillis has been close personally and professionally with MacIvor since before the two of them came to Toronto from Cape Breton in the 80s to present the playwright’s solo show See Bob Run, which featured Gillis. Moss is relatively new to the Toronto performing scene and has admired MacIvor’s work since she studied it in high school and university; she was already in awe of him when, in her freshman year at Dalhousie, he directed a show by fourth-year students. She’s still somewhat intimidated at being in a rehearsal hall with him, premiering his latest play. “That cracks me up,” admits the playwright’s long-time friend Gillis, “but of course I understand it, because I’d feel the same way if I were working with someone like John Murrell, whom I studied in school and whose Waiting For The Parade provided me with audition monologues.” And what do they think of MacIvor as a director? “I find the same thing in his work with us as I do in his scripts,” says Moss, “a cleanness and simplicity to get to the heart of a tale.” “It’s the precision of his directing that leads to a play’s deceptive simplicity,” adds Gillis. “I love that he cares about small things that at first drive you crazy but turn out to be amazing. “A directing note from Daniel can be as uncomplicated as ‘Hold your scarf in the other hand.’ The details matter for him.” 3 jonkap@nowtoronto.com

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In 2010, Doghouse Riley presented Tom Walmsley’s disturbing classic, Blood, in a rundown apartment off Dundas West. Now they’re back with another gritty offering fresh from Walmsley’s pen, and are staging it in a slightly more theatre-like setting: the back of a converted art space near Lansdowne and Bloor. The play centres around Brody (Glen Matthews), a middle-aged psychiatrist who unwittingly instigates a dangerous lust triangle involving his terminally ill patient (Stephen Chambers) and an old flame (Sandy Duarte) who also happens to be a nun. At the start, Walmsley’s famously searing dialogue is replaced with eru-

dite, chuckle-inducing banter – more Denys Arcand than David Mamet. But soon the pent-up sexual frustration explodes in all directions, leading to a climax that elicited both gasps and tears from the audience on opening night. The Nun’s Vacation questions the relationship between actions and identities (“How many times do you have to steal before you become a thief?”) and underlines the ways sex, religion and psychology come together to form people’s expectations of themselves and others. Director Jack Grinhaus makes good use of the naturalistic office/living room set and, with the exception of three mainly static monologues, provides plenty of explosive action, provocative blocking and razor-edged tension. The cast is uniformly good, with Matthews standing out as funny and downright scary, and together all three make us believe in the lust and violence between every combination JORDAN BIMM of characters possible.

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Opening AJAX & LITTLE ILIAD by Evan Webber and Frank Cox-O’Connell (Harbourfront World Stage). These interrelated multimedia works look at the “theatre of war” and adaptations of a Sophoclean war story. Opens Apr 4 and runs to Apr 8, Fri-Sat and Wed 8 pm, Thu 7 and 9 pm, mat Sat 4 pm, Sun 2 and 4 pm. $15-$35. Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. 416973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com. BEHOLD THE TIME OF MERCY: MEDIEVAL PAGEANTS FOR LENT (Poculi Ludique Societas).

Three short plays from a 15th-century source known as the N-Town Plays are presented. Mar 30-31, Fri-Sat 7 pm, mat Sat 2:30 pm. $20, srs $15, stu $10. St Thomas’s Anglican Church, 383 Huron. 416-978-5096, plspls.ca. 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. Opens Mar 29 and runs to Apr 8, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $23$33, stu $19-$27, mat pwyc at the door. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com.

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DeraileD (The AMY Project). The mentorship group for young women presents a workshop production about the passengers and workers of a subway system. Mar 30-31, Fri-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 4 pm. Pwyc (adv $15). Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. theamyproject.com. Drakul(j)a by Erol Boran (U of T German Department/Theater DU). This adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel is set in a lunatic asylum where the line between doctors and patients is blurred. Mar 29-31, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. Free. George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire. german.utoronto.ca/index.html. The Duck VariaTions by David Mamet (Glance Productions). Two friends watch ducks in a park while obliquely talking about life, aging and death. Opens Apr 3 and runs to Apr 14, Tue-Sat 8 pm. $18, stu/srs $15. Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen E. 416-845-9411, glanceproductions.ca. easTerween (John Southworth and Andrew Downing). A musical cabaret tells a magicrealist tale about a mythical egg hunt during an eternal winter. Apr 4-5, Wed-Thu 8 pm. $15. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. easterween.ca. FausT in The Box by Bridge Markland (GoetheInstitut). Markland performs her adaptation of Goethe’s classic with hand-puppets and pop music. Mar 29-30, Thu 7 pm (in German), Fri 6 pm (in English). Free. 100 University, 2nd floor. goethe.de/toronto. i loVe You Because by Joshua Salzman and Ryan Cunningham (Angelwalk Theatre). An uptight man meets a flighty woman in this musical modern twist on Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice. Previews to Mar 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. jack anD The GianT BeansTalk by Linda A Carson (Young People’s Theatre). This version of the classic children’s tale features audience participation. Opens Apr 2 and runs to Apr 21, see website for schedule. $10-$20. 165 Front E. 416-862-2222, youngpeoplestheatre.ca. a lasT resorT (Rough House Productions/Free Fall ‘12). This multimedia performance in English and Spanish looks at how far people will go to find a perfect life. Mar 29-31, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20 (festival pass $23-$45). Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. 416-538-0988, freefall12. eventbrite.ca. The ... Musician. an eTuDe (U of T Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies). This story of struggle, suffering and sacrifice is based on a 19th-century Russian novella by VG Korolenko. Mar 29-Apr 1, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $10, Sun pwyc. Robert Gill Theatre, 214 College. 416-978-7986. The secreT liFe oF a schoolMisTress by Adrianna Prosser (Historic Zion Schoolhouse). A retiring schoolmistress tells stories of her life in an early 20th-century one-room schoolhouse. Mar 29-Apr 1, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2 pm. $22 (must reserve). 1091 Finch E. 416-3957435, zionschool@toronto.ca.

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man seeks a family of his own but is burdened by his guilt-tripping mother. Mar 29-31, ThuSat 8 pm. $5-$10. Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. theatrelab.ca. sonGs in The keY oF sTephen (Encore Entertainment). Musical theatre artists pay tribute to composers Stephen Sondheim and Stephen Schwartz. Mar 31-Apr 1, Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $25-$45. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. encoreshows.com. unTiTleD: a clown’s liFe (Red Sandcastle Theatre). A clown and a movie star switch places in this comedic play. Mar 29-Apr 1, Thu-Sun 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 3 pm. $10, stu $8. 922 Queen E. redsandcastletheatre.com. up in The aTTic by Romeo Ciolfi (Studio Speranza). A family’s buried secrets emerge from a forgotten attic in this drama. Mar 31-Apr 1, Sat 7 pm, Sun 11 am and 6 pm. Free (donations welcome). Stone Church, 45 Davenport. 416-928-0101, studiosperanza.ca. The VaGina MonoloGues by Eve Ensler (VDay at York). Female monologists tell real women’s stories of sex, love, rape and birth. Mar 29-31, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $15-$20 (proceeds to North York Women’s Shelter and Women and Girls of Haiti). York University, 4700 Keele, Underground Bar at the Student Centre. yorkuvaginamonologues.eventbrite.ca. was sprinG by Daniel MacIvor (Tarragon Theatre). Three women from different generations confront each other about an incident in their shared past (see story, page 64). Previews to Apr 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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Theatre/Canadian Stage). A battle over race and real estate rages over two generations in a suburban Chicago neighbourhood. Previews Apr 2-4. Opens Apr 5 and runs to Apr 28, Mon-Sat 8 pm, mats Wed 1:30 pm, Sat 2 pm. $22-$49, ltd Mon pwyc. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-368-3110, studio180theatre.com.

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clareT & aMBer by Susan Shillingford (Whistling Fish Productions). The new play about an encounter between Emily Carr and Lucy Maud Montgomery gets a reading. Mar 30 at 7:30 pm. Pwyc. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley, Rehearsal Hall. whistlingfishproductions.com. cockTails wiTh larrY Miller: liTTle leaGue, aDulTerY anD oTher BaD iDeas (Richmond

Hill Centre for the Performing Arts). Actor/ comic Larry Miller performs his solo show about his perspectives on marriage, children and drinking. Mar 29 at 8 pm. $50, stu/srs $45. 10268 Yonge. 905-787-8811. Die FreunDe Von salaManka by Franz Schubert (Opera in Concert). A love triangle unfolds in Spain in this two-act comic opera. Apr 1 at 2:30 pm. $52-$73. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-366-7723, operainconcert.com. FeMcaB 2012 (Nightwood Theatre). This multi-arts performance cabaret in hon-

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our of International Women’s Day features Olivia Chow, Shoshana Sperling, Evalyn Parry, Dayna McLeod, host Elvira Kurt and others. Mar 29 at 8 pm. $25. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W, Brigantine Room. 416944-1740 ext 5, nightwoodtheatre.net. 4our woMen by Motion (Obsidian Development Series). This play about memory, migration, identity and inheritance gets a workshop production. Mar 31 at 2 pm. $10. The Cannery, 55 Mill, Bldg 58, Studio 315. 416-463-8444, obsidian-theatre.com. les aDieux ii (Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre). Jacqueline Woodley, a graduating artists of the COC Ensemble Studio, performs favourite arias and ensembles. Apr 4 at noon. Free. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. coc.ca. MYThBusTers: BehinD The MYThs (Sony Centre for the Performing Arts). TV duo Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage bring their interactive, unorthodox approach to science to the stage. Mar 29, 4:30 and 8 pm. $67-$150. 1 Front E. 1-855-872-7669, sonycentre.ca.

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BaucherY, coMpassion anD chariTY (Dr. Draw). This benefit for Sri Lanka features live music, circus, clown and more with Katelyn McCulloch, the Strange Parade Circus troupe, Emily Coutts and others. Mar 31 at 9 pm. $10. Virgin Mobile Mod Club, 722 College. drdraw.ca. sTrip search (Toronto Burlesque Festival). This funder for the July festival features a competition of up-and-coming burlesque talent and performances by established artists. Apr 1 at 8 pm. $20-$25. Revival, 783 College. ontariostripsearch2012.eventbrite.com. Tao japanese DruMMers (Sony Centre for the Performing Arts). This performance fuses Japanese drumming and martial arts. Mar 30 at 8 pm. $35-$85. 1 Front E. sonycentre.ca. True sTories, MaDe up plaYs (Sage Tyrtle). Improv troupes act out plays based on true stories. Mar 31 at 10 pm. Free. Black Swan, 154 Danforth. tyrtle.com. The unconVenTional DeaTh oF josie wells

by Adam Revesz (Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto). Revesz’s screenplay gets a reading. Apr 4 at 7:30 pm. $5. Xpace, 58 Ossington. lift.on.ca/mt/liftoutloud.html.

The unsunG sequel, GuilTY pleasures eDiTion (Special Features). The troupe combines

music, movies and improv as they use suggestions to perform made-up sequels to films. Mar 31 at 9 pm. $5. John Candy Box Theatre, 70 Peter. specialfeaturesmusical@gmail.com.

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. Mar 31 at 8:30 pm. $25. Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles W. 416-8282390, systementertainment.com.

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Laughter may indeed be good medicine, but the comedy in Anosh Irani’s My Granny The Goldfish needs to be heartier. Two years before the play’s action, the hypochondriacal Nico (Kawa Ada) left his family in Bombay to study in Canada. Now, recuperating from an operation in a Vancouver hospital, he’s visited by his Granny (Yolande Bavan), packing a whiskey-filled flask and spouting a combination of sage advice and idiosyncratic, raunchy anecdotes. Back in India, his alcoholic parents (Veena Sood and Sanjay Talwar) worry about him and argue about their relationship until they’re forced to visit Canada because of an alarming report from Granny. Irani establishes the tone of his play in Nico’s opening monologue, as much self-deprecating stand-up routine as character exposition. There’s nothing wrong with tackling family problems with comedy, but the narrative needs a

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stronger drive and structure to allow the laughs a useful function – to dissipate the stress besetting this dysfunctional group’s three generations. Unfortunately, the rhythms of the first act are lax; it’s not until the second that director Rosemary Dunsmore’s production comes together, confrontations have the proper tension and the actors do what they can with – and sometimes improve on – the material. In that latter half, there’s real warmth and affection between Ada and Bavan as their characters open up to each other, even with the sarcastic zingers that Granny unexpectedly lets fly. Talwar’s sure comic timing gives a kick to some of the father’s speeches even when the humour in the writing is lame. John Thompson’s high, pointed set and lighting allow the Factory stage to present action in Canada and India side by side, while Reza Jacobs’s sound design also conjures up both worlds. The designers suggest the travelling circus that passes through Nico’s childhood world; the circus is a fantasy realm that, sadly, he never gets to visit. Too bad the rest of the writing, even the story’s resolution, isn’t as powerful or well integrated into the action as that dreamy, potentially redemptive Jon Kaplan circus.

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Bill Coleman and Laurence Lemieux transform into poor folk in Varenka, Varenka!

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How appropriate that a cold snap descends on the city during the run of Varenka, Varenka! It adds a touch of Russian ambience that’s missing from Laurence Lemieux’s dance adaptation of Dostoevsky’s first novel, Poor Folk. We’re not expected to know the book. Snatches of Russian are heard on the speakers, yet there’s no trans lation or synopsis. In her program notes, Lemieux says that’s intention al, so we “rock to the music of the lan guage and simply try to get the emo tion inherent in the text.” That’s fine, but a bit more informa tion – basic setting or character out lines – would help us navigate the work. Inside a tenement, suggested by

David Gaucher’s set of wooden frames demarcating several rooms, two figures eke out a solitary exis tence. A man (Bill Coleman) uses large, wide gestures of his long limbs to beckon us into a scene, while a woman (Lemieux), obviously more introverted, seems to slink along the walls, not wanting to be seen. Pierre Lavoie’s lighting design is used effectively, especially when the woman finally steps outdoors. The piece consists of small mo ments like this – watching Lemieux seem to physically deflate, seeing the two of them suspended in air or stuck in a mechanical routine. The dancers are terrific (and have great planes in their faces that take to shadow beautifully), but without a narrative it’s hard to feel any momentum. Musician Vladimir Sidorov shares the stage, wielding the accordion as if it’s both a lusty Russian orchestra and a foley room, evoking wind, knocking doors and the unspoken emotional current between the two characters.

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12 belly dance soloists performing in an Ara bian tent. Mar 31 at 8 pm. $15$20. 1 Glouces ter. 4169205593, arabesquedance.ca. DrEaMDaNcE presents improvised music and dance with Lesley Greco, plus musicians. Apr 4 at 8 pm. $8. Somewhere There Studio, 227 Sterling, #112. coexisdance.wordpress.com. EGyptIaN paNoraMa Egyptian Dance Com pany presents a journey through Egypt told through belly dance. Mar 31 at 8 pm. $30$45. Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis. 416462 3498, hannandance.com. GBD SprING ShowcaSE 2012 George Brown Dance presents a performance by graduating students. Apr 45, Wed 8 pm, Thu 7 pm. $25. Betty Oliphant Theatre, 404 Jarvis. 416978 8849, uofttix.ca. SErIES 8:08 presents a choreographic per formance workshop featuring Emily Gualtieri/ Anna Smutny, Jennifer Dallas/Bienvenue Bazié, Jessica Ranson and Violaine Morinville. Mar 31 at 8:08 pm. $10, stu $8. Pia Bouman School, 6 Noble. series808.ca. SIx DEGrEES SaLSa coMpEtItIoN Six Degrees presents the finals for the international pro fessional competition. Apr 3, doors 9 pm. $15 $20. 2335 Yonge. sixdegreesvenue.com. 60th aNNIvErSary coNcErt The Na tional Ballet of Canada presents a cele bration with performances of works by Alex ander Borodin, Joby Talbot and more. Apr 3 at

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8 pm. $30$55. Royal Conservatory of Music, 273 Bloor W, Koerner Hall. 4164080208, rcmusic.ca. york DaNcES: LIGht IN thE attIc York U Dept of Dance presents world premieres choreo graphed by thirdyear dance majors. Mar 29 30, ThuFri 7 and 8:30 pm (two different pro grams). $10. York University Accolade East Bldg, 4700 Keele. 4167365888.

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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. Runs to Mar 31, ThuSat at 8 pm. $19, stu/srs $15. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. schooloftdt.org. BaDaSS DaNcE FUN Harbourfront Centre Next Steps presents two different programs of ex perimental contemporary dance curated by Eroca Nicols. Runs to Mar 31, ThuSat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $15, double bill $25. 235 Queens Quay W, Studio Theatre. 416973 4000, harbourfrontcentre.com. varENka, varENka! Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie presents dance solos performed by Laurence Lemieux and Bill Coleman in spired by Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel Poor Folk, with live music by Vladimir Sidorov (see review, this page). Runs to Mar 31, Thu Sat 8 pm. $25, stu $15. The Citadel, 304 Par liament. 4163648011, colemanlemieux. com. NNN (GS) 3

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$15. Common Good, 837 Dundas W, Underground Space. secureaseat.com. The Drowsy Chaperone by Bob Martin, Don McKellar, Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison (City Centre Musical Productions). A Broadway producer tries to thwart a starlet’s plan to marry and quit showbiz in this musical. Runs to Apr 1, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. $26, stu/srs $24. Meadowvale Theatre, 6315 Montevideo, Mississauga. mtix.ca. FunkylanD (Famous People Players). The blacklight theatre company presents a twist on Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland. Runs to Apr 28, Tue-Sat noon and 6:45 pm. $62, srs $56, child $40 (includes meal). 343 Evans. 416-532-1137, fpp.org. The Green Door CabareT series (Lower Ossington Theatre). This series features cabaret performances by Joel Hartt, Kelly Holiff and others. Runs to Apr 7, Fri-Sat 8 pm, some Sun 3 pm (see website for exact dates/ performers). $20-$30. 100A Ossington. lowerossingtontheatre.com/cabaret. hearT sTrinGs, The MusiCal (Reynold Nathaniel). In 1908, an Italian apprentice goes to Ireland to deliver an anniversary gift from Germany. Runs to Apr 28, Fri-Sat 7 pm (no shows Apr 6-7). $20-$25. The Annex Live, 296 Brunswick. 416-929-3999. invisible ToronTo: ossinGTon eDiTion (Free Fall ‘12). Theatre artist Falen Johnson looks at the neighbourhood from an indigenous perspective in this walking tour. Runs to Mar 31, Sun 3 pm, Sat 1 pm. $15 (festival pass $23$45). Queen W at Ossington, 416-538-0988, freefall12.eventbrite.ca. 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. lasT Train (The Given Forces Ensemble). This collective creation looks at oppression, desire, morality and a person’s journey to the point of no return. Runs to Mar 30, Thu-Fri 7:30 pm. $10. York University Accolade East Bldg, 4700 Keele, Studio 207. GivenForcesEnsemble@gmail.com. leGally blonDe The MusiCal by Laurence O’Keefe, Nell Benjamin and Heather Hach (Lower Ossington Theatre). A sorority girl makes it to law school in this musical based on the 2001 film. Runs to Mar 31, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 4 pm. $45-$60. 100A Ossington. 416915-6747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. Morro anD Jasp: Go bake yourselF by Heather Marie Annis, Byron Laviolette 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. Runs to Mar 31, Thu-Sat 8:30 pm, mat Sat 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 to help him recover from illness (see review, page 67). Runs to Apr 15, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $30-

$40, mat pwyc, previews $20. 125 Bathurst. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. nn (JK) new iDeas FesTival (Alumnae Theatre). The annual showcase of new writing, works-inprogress and experimental theatre features plays and staged readings by Donna Langevin, Megan Coles, Gerry McBride, Jordan Mechano, Stacy Gardner, Kelly DuMar, Radha Menon and others. Runs to Apr 1, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat SatSun 2:30 pm (staged readings Sat at noon). $15, pass $35, Sat readings pwyc. 70 Berkeley. 416-364-4170, alumnaetheatre.com. new voiCes 2012 (Ryerson Theatre School). This theatre and dance festival features works created and produced by students. Runs to Mar 31, Thu-Sat 7 pm. $18, stu/srs $14. Ryerson Theatre, 43 Gerrard E. 416-9795118, ryersontheatre.ca. The nun’s vaCaTion by Tom Walmsley (Doghouse Riley Productions). This play about a nun, an ex-priest turned psychologist and one of his patients looks at the nature of love, god and tolerance (see review, page 64). Runs to Apr 8, Tue-Sun 8 pm, mat Sun 2 pm. $20. Toronto Free Gallery, 1277 Bloor W. dhrproductions.com. nnnn (Jordan Bimm) pinkaliCious, The MusiCal by Elizabeth Kann, Victoria Kann and John Gregor (Vital Theatre). A girl turns pink after eating too many cupcakes in this family show. To May 27, 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) rouTe 501 revisiTeD by Jonathan Goldsbie (Free Fall ‘12). This streetcar tour of Queen West is conducted entirely via Twitter. Runs to Mar 31, Sat 1 pm. $20 (festival pass $23$45). 501 Queen Streetcar, starting location tba. 416-538-0988, freefall12.eventbrite.ca.

Bathurst, Studio. 416-504-9971, cahoots.ca.

The sMall rooM aT The Top oF The sTairs by Carole Fréchette (Tarragon

ñ Theatre). 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 SatSun 2:30 pm. $21-$51. 30 Bridgman. 416-

531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. nnnn (GS) sTeel MaGnolias by Robert Harling (Missis-

sauga Players). A group of Louisiana women bond at a beauty salon in this comedic drama. Runs to Mar 31, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20, srs $17, child $5. Maja Prentice Theatre, 1350 Burnhamthorpe E, Mississauga. 647-858-2153, mississaugaplayers.com. war horse based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford (National Theatre of Great Britain/Mirvish). The story’s familiar – boy gets horse, boy loses horse, etc – but the stagecraft on display in War Horse is like nothing else. Handspring Puppet Company’s equines come to life with Rae Smith’s spectacular design, which uses projections to convey the First World War

battlefields where Albert (an excellent Alex Ferber) seeks the horse he loves. We appreciate the anti-war message, as well, but it’s the magic theatre can create that’ll make you weep. Runs to Sep 30, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 1:30 pm. $35-$130. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. nnnnn (Susan G Cole)

The woosTer Group’s version oF Tennessee williaMs’ vieux Carré (The ñ Wooster Group/Harbourfront World Stage).

The NYC group uses theatre, video and sound in this radical interpretation of Williams’s autobiographical play. Runs to Mar 31, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $15-$45. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com. 3

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Nine productions written and performed by high school students will be presented. Runs to Mar 31, Fri-Sat 7 pm. $16, stu $12. Hart House Theatre, 7 Hart House Circle. 416-9788849, uofttix.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, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm. $34-$135. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. 416-644-3665, dancaptickets.com. sia by Matthew MacKenzie (Cahoots Theatre Company). A Canadian student volunteering in West Africa is taken hostage by a former child soldier. Runs to Apr 15, TueSat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $30, stu/srs $25, mats pwyc-$18.75. Factory Theatre, 125

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Thursday, March 29 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Darryl Purvis, Paul

Baluyot, Jamie O’Connor and host Andrew Searles. To Apr 1, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri-Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. COMEDY THURSDAYS The Starving Artist presents a weekly showcase w/ host Natasha Henderson. 9 pm. Free. 584 Lansdowne. 647342-5058, starvingartistbar.com. FAMILY SLIDES Underground Comedy Club presents comics telling stories about family photos w/ Darryl Orr, Diana Love, Todd Graham, hosts Sandra Battaglini & Phil Luzi and others. 9 pm. $5. 670 Queen E. 416-732-7761. GUILTY OF BEING FUNNY presents stand-up w/ hosts Andrew Fox and Jamie O’Connor. 10 pm. Free. Hot Wings, 563 Queen W. 416-359-8860. THE IMPROV SHOW Comedy Bar presents Rob Baker, Lauren Ash, Kerry Griffin, Kayla Lorette, Carmine Lucarelli, Jerry Schaefer and Leslie Seiler. 8 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. LIVE WRONG AND PROSPER Second City presents its latest revue of sketches, songs and improvisations. Tue-Sat 8 pm, plus Fri-Sat 10:30 pm, Sun 7 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. MARCH INSANITY! Kiss the Dog presents Ryan

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Dillon, Archie Zuber, Sara Hennessey and sketch from Tony Ho and Kiss the Dog. 10 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. SH’LONG Black Swan presents short- and long-form improv w/ Gord Oxley, Agnes ‘bob’ Gentili, Dave Healey, Jane Luk and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. 416-4690537, blackswancomedy.com. THE SOAPS The National Theatre of the World presents a weekly improvised soap opera. 8 pm. $10, stu $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesoaps.ca. STONER COMEDY Hot Box Cafe presents a weekly show w/ host Jillian Thomas. 7 pm. $5. 191A Baldwin. hotboxcafe.ca. THE TASTY SHOW presents weekly stand-up w/ host Jeffrey Danson. 10 pm. Free. La Revolucion, 2848 Dundas W. 416-766-0746.

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

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

Friday, March 30 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 29. COMEDIC PAWS Naughty Nadz presents

a stand-up and music show to benefit the Mississauga Humane Society w/ K Trevor Wilson, Kenny Robinson, Zabrina Chevannes, Blair Streeter and others. 9 pm. $15-$20. 1590 Dundas E, Mississauga. brownpapertickets. com. COMEDY @ CAM’S Cam’s Place presents a stand-up showcase w/ host Matt Holmes. 9 pm. Free. 2655 Yonge. 416-488-3976. COMEDY ON THE DANFORTH Timothy’s World News Café presents improv with Athletic Robot. 9 pm. Pwyc. 320 Danforth. 416-4612668, comedyonthedanforth.com. FAT KIDS VS SKINNY KIDS Fatkid Comedy and Comedy Show Room present Clifford Myers,

Dylan Gott, Adam McFawn, Bryan O’Gorman, host Adrian Sawyer and musical guest Jeff Danson. 9 pm. $15. White Swan, 836 Danforth. brownpapertickets.com/event/234940.

Sunday, April 1 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 29. APRIL FOOL’S COMEDY FEST Sony Centre

for the Performing Arts presents John ñ ñ Witherspoon w/ Kenny Robinson, Jean Paul, actor in a live show. 8 pm. $37-$57. 1 Theatre

GERRY DEE: LIFE AFTER TEACHING COMEDY TOUR Rose Theatre presents the comic/

Lane, Brampton. rosetheatre.ca.

LIVE WRONG AND PROSPER See Thu 29. NAKED FRIDAYS John Candy Box Theatre pre-

sents improv, stand-up and more. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. scnakedfridays@gmail.com. THE NO NAME COMEDY SHOW The Bar with No Name presents weekly comedy and people talking loudly w/ host Matt Shury. 9:30 pm. Free. 1651 Bloor W. 416-997-6045. THE PANEL SHOW MegaShark Productions presents a comedy quiz show w/ Fraser Young, Ron Sparks, Evany Rosen, David Tichauer, Ned Petrie and others. 8 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 29.

Saturday, March 31 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 29. ALL GIRL ACTION! Comedy Lounge presents

Candice Gregoris, Amber Harper-Young, Erin Rodgers and others. 8:30 pm. $10-$15. Lambadina, 875 Bloor W. comedylounge.ca. LIVE WRONG AND PROSPER See Thu 29. MOCKERY NIGHT IN THE JUNCTION Shoxs presents stand-up, sketch, improv and more. 8:30 pm. $5. 2827 Dundas W. mockerynight.com. SMASH HIT Opening Night Theatre presents a weekly improvised musical. 7:30 pm. Pwyc. Augusta House, 152 Augusta. openingnighttheatre.com. THEATRESPORTS Bad Dog Theatre presents unscripted comedy battles. Undercard warmup 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.

Trixx and Jay Martin. 8 pm. $30-$65. 1 Front E. 1-855-872-7669, sonycentre.ca. HAPPY HOUR @ EIN-STEIN presents Arie Kizel, Dave Kemp, Eli Jakeman, Loren SanCartier, JoAnna Downey, Cal Post, host Ruby and others. 8 pm. Free. Ein-Stein, 229 College. ein-stein.ca. LIVE WRONG AND PROSPER See Thu 29.

PIECE OF GARBAGE SEX DUNGEON: A NIGHT OF SOPHISTICATED COMEDY Revel Theatre Collective presents host DJ Demers and improv w/ Jesus vs. Moses. 8 pm. $5. Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. reveltheatre.com.

RAISING THE ROOF’S APRIL FOOLS’ COMEDY CABARET Franklin Templeton ñ Investments presents a fundraiser to reduce

youth homelessness, w/ Ron James, Adam Growe, Jonny Harris, Graham Chittenden, Mark Little and host Debra DiGiovanni (see story, page 71). 7:30 pm. $150. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416-481-1838, raisingtheroof.org. STRIP COMEDY Comedy Bar presents Matt Folliott and host Georgea Brooks-Hancock. 9:30 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE The Sketchersons present weekly sketch w/ guest hosts and musical acts. 9:30 pm. $8. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesketchersons.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 29.

Form Richards, Cheap Smokes, Tony Ho!, Daniel Stolfi, host Marissa Gregoris and others. 8 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. impulsiveent.com. LAUGHABLE AT UNLOVABLE presents Laurie Elliott, Adam Christie, Evany Rosen, Steph Tolev and host Nick Flanagan. 9 pm. Pwyc. Unlovable, 1415-B Dundas W. 416-532-6669.

TORONTO COMEDY BRAWL: GAUNTLET QUALIFYING ROUNDS See Thu 29.

Tuesday, April 3 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 29. THE SECOND CITY’S IMPROV ALL-STARS Second City presents a fast-paced, completely improvised weekly show. 8 pm. $20. 51 Mercer. 416343-0011, secondcity.com. SKETCHCOMEDYLOUNGE Rivoli presents The Headliner Series w/ Cheap Smokes, Newsdesk with Ron Sparks, Ladystache, Hunter Collins, MC Sara Hennessey and more. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. sketchcomedylounge.com. SUPERMARKET SWEEP Supermarket presents stand-up & sketch w/ the Ugly Stiks and Tino Monte. 8 pm. $5. 268 Augusta. 416-840-0501. TORONTO COMEDY BRAWL: GAUNTLET QUALIFYING ROUNDS See Thu 29. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents the Humber School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, and stand-up Amateur Night at 9:30 pm. $4. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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Monday, April 2 ALTDOT COMEDY LOUNGE Rivoli pre-

sents Mark Little, Perry Perlmutar, Ian ñ Lynch, Fiona Carver, Andy Warski, Jon

Schabl, Martha O’Neill, MC John Hastings and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. Coming Soon... w/ Kevin Dowse, Alexis Bernstein, MC Diana Love and others. 11 pm. Free. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com. BEST. MONDAY. EVER. Second City presents a weekly show featuring sketch, songs and improvisation. 8 pm. $14. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. YUK YUK’S BLAIR STREETER presents weekly open-mic DOWNTOWN stand-up comedy. 9 pm. Free. Naughty See Thu 29. Nadz, 1590 Dundas E, Mississauga. 905232-5577. 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 JOKEBOX Impulsive KennyRobinsonjoinsComedicPaws Entertainment pre(March30)andAprilFool’sComedyFest. sents the Short

ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Pro-Am Night w/

Mike Paterson, Danny Freedman, Ted Jacobs, Chris MacLean, Kris Bonaparte, Taylor Erwin and host Allison Dore. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. CHUCKLE CO. PRESENTS Joel Buxton, Adrian Sawyer and DJ Demers present weekly standup. 9 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416551-6540, comedybar.ca. COMEDY AT THE OSSINGTON presents Desiree Lavoy, Ron Sparks, Nick Flanagan, Chris Locke, Adam Christie, hosts Sara Hennessey, Greg Alsop, Steph Kaliner and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. The Ossington, 61 Ossington. 416-850-0161. LIVE WRONG AND PROSPER See Thu 29. SIREN’S COMEDY Celt’s Pub presents open-mic stand-up w/ Darren Springer and host Connor Boyle. 8:30 pm. Free. 2872 Dundas W. 416767-3339. TACOMEDY Mark DeBonis presents weekly stand-up. 10 pm. Pwyc. La Revolucion, 2848 Dundas W. iamnotmarkdebonis.com.

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mark little is on a roll. after winning Yuk Yuk’s $25,000 Great Canadian Laugh-Off competition in 2009, he’s co-starred in two series, the Comedy Network’s Picnicface and the recent CBC hit Mr. D, where he plays a geeky science teacher. And he’s performed two consecutive years at Montreal’s Just For Laughs. “That Yuk Yuk’s win was great, because I stopped having to worry about finding little part-time jobs that wouldn’t take up too much of my time,” he says. “I wasn’t sure if $25,000 was going to be enough to keep me going, but so far it has.” Tall and lanky, with trademark glasses, Little has a nerdy presence and a hint of anger he’s drawn on for his stand-up act. But his onstage persona has gradually evolved. “You know what they say about taking 10 years to find your voice,” he says. “When I look at the footage from three years ago, that’s not me at all. I was definitely in there, but it was much more affected. “Even since Just For Laughs less than a year ago, I’ve totally changed. I was more quiet and deadpan. I think it’s all from a fear that my real voice isn’t going to be funny.” This kind of analysis comes natur-

ally to the BC-born Little, who was in grad school studying English lit at Dalhousie when he decided to pursue comedy seriously. In retrospect, he says trying things out in the smaller community was helpful. “Halifax was just a very open scene. There weren’t a lot of people doing it – maybe 30 comedians total, including improvisers, sketch and stand-up. So you met each other quickly and encouraged each other to try new things. “Whereas Toronto’s been a great place to come with a certain amount of confidence. Now that I sort of know what I can do and what I want to do, I’m able to look around at these mindblowing comedians working in Toronto and focus on the ways I want to change and the people I want to work with.” Paul F. Tompkins and Louis C.K. are among his favourite comics, but he’s also a devotee of the local Laugh Sabbath crew. And on Mr. D, he says there’s a sense of camaraderie – “filtered through Gerry Dee’s wonderful mania” – with comics like Jonathan Torrens, Mark Forward and Naomi Snieckus. Is he at all like his science teacher character, Simon Hunt? “I don’t think so,” he says. “Except maybe there’s an awkwardness to him that isn’t necessarily scripted but that comes naturally from my inability to interact with people in a comfortable social manner.” 3 glenns@nowtoronto.com

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from what we read, most of us imagine that Iranians, especially women, live in constant fear of morality police crackdowns on violations of state-mandated dress codes and inappropriate socializing between the sexes. Kiana Hayeri, a young Iranian-Canadian documentary photographer who shot the images in Your Veil Is A Battleground (a reference to Barbara Kruger’s Your Body Is A Battleground, a 1989 poster for the women’s march on Washington) during a recent visit to her homeland, says this is not the

case. People find ingenious ways of getting around the myriad restrictions. In fact, despite being pulled in by the morality police for wearing leggings, she says she had a lot of fun in Iran. Her photos show why: she’s turned her camera on the subversive strategies young women employ to engage in such forbidden activities as swimming, ballet, paintball, hookah-smoking, baring their heads in public and, of course, partying – complete with booze, pot and mor ning-after toilet-hugging. Focusing mainly on people in everyday situations, Hayeri paints a compelling portrait of contemporary Iranian life. Informative captions explain what’s at stake when a woman puts on bright red lipstick or rides in a car

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tion/artist’s talk 5:30-7 pm Apr 2. Sylvat Aziz, to Mar 30. OISE/UT, 252 Bloor W, second fl. 416-978-2080. CLINT ROENISCH Sculpture/works on paper: Jason de Haan, to Apr 21. 944 Queen W. 416-516-8593. COOPER COLE GALLERY Painting/sculpture: Tessar Sebastian Lo and Mark DeLong, Mar 30-Apr 22, reception 6-10 pm Mar 30. 1161 Dundas W. 647-347-3316. DANIEL FARIA GALLERY Painting: Douglas Coupland, to Apr 7. 188 St Helens. 416-538-1880.

JESSICA BRADLEY ART + PROJECTS Installation: Zin Taylor, to May 5. 1450 Dundas W. 416-5373125. KATHARINE MULHERIN What Just Happened: OCADU scupture/installation students, Mar 29-Apr 8, reception 6-9 pm Mar 29. 1082/1086 Queen W. 416-993-6510. LOOP GALLERY John Abrams and Sung Ja Kim, Mar 31-Apr 21, reception 2-5 pm Mar 31. 1273 Dundas W. 416-516-2581. I.M.A GALLERY Photos: Kiana Hayeri, to Mar 31, artist’s talk 7 pm (IMA Building, 122 Bond, rm 307) Mar 29. Photos: Francis Bedford, Apr 4-28. 80 Spadina, suite 305. 416703-2235.

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Thursday, March 29 GURJINDER BASRAN Meet the author of Every-

thing Was Good-Bye. 6 pm. Free. Dark Horse Espresso, 682 Queen E. 647-436-3460. HUGH BREWSTER Meet and dine with the author of RMS Titanic: Gilded Lives On a Fatal Voyage. 6:30 pm. $100. Grano, 2035 Yonge. 416-361-0032. HARLAN COBEN Talking about his new thriller,

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In Kiana Hayeri’s shot, a woman’s on guard so friends can lower their headscarves.

with her boyfriend. A series depicts people in the streets of Tehran for the Ashura holiday, a publicly sanctioned opportunity for the sexes to mix. Some images capture at-home conflict between male and female family members. A white-walled, empty art gallery is an example of the nation’s many underground cultural venues. Though her subjects’ faces betray

a certain understandable tension, Hayeri also conveys their irrepressible, joyful spirit of resistance. The recent Ryerson grad – who has taken her camera to Buenos Aires (where she photographed abandoned buildings as potential occupation sites for the okupas movement) and Brooklyn, documented Iranians in exile and plans to visit eastern Europe – is one to watch. 3

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(enter via laneway). 416-588-2442. STEPHEN BULGER Photos: Benoit Aquin, Mar 31-Apr 28. 1026 Queen W. 416-504-0575. SUSAN HOBBS Photos: Arnaud Maggs, to Apr 14. 137 Tecumseth. 416-504-3699. TELEPHONE BOOTH GALLERY Local Call: Junction Neighbours group show, to Mar 31. 3148 Dundas W. 647-270-7903. TORONTO IMAGE WORKS Photos: Tony Makepeace, to Apr 21, reception 6-8 pm Mar 29. 80 Spadina. 416-703-1999. WOMEN’S ART ASSOCIATION Black/White – Red/Read, to Apr 10. 23 Prince Arthur. 416-922-2060. YYZ Installation (Images Festival): Joshua Bonnetta, Apr 3-21. Jacob Horwood, to Jul 21. Keith Langergraber, to Mar 31. 401 Richmond W. 416-598-4546.

Joachim Bandau, Mar 29-Apr 21, reception 6-8 pm Mar 29. 451 King W. 416-205-9000. O’BORN CONTEMPORARY Photos: Elle Flanders and Tamira Sawatzky, to Apr 21. 131 Ossington. 416-413-9555. OLGA KORPER Painting: John Brown, Mar 31Apr 28, reception 2-5 pm Mar 31. 17 Morrow. 416-538-8220. PAUL PETRO Painting: Stephen Andrews, to Mar 31. 980 Queen W. 416-979-7874. PREFIX INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART Marcos Ramirez Erre, Latin American Speakers Series talk 7:30 pm Mar 29. Installation: Uriel Orlow, to Apr 21. 401 Richmond W. 416-591-0357. SCRAP METAL Read All Over group show, to May 1. Fri-Sat or by appt. 11 Dublin

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Martindale and Pascal Paquette (free), to Apr 1. Francisco Goya y Lucientes and James Gillray, to Apr 15. Jack Chambers, to May 13. Iain Baxter&, to Aug 12, artist’s talk 7-8:30 pm Apr 4 ($20). $19.50, srs $16, stu $11, free Wed 6-8:30 pm. 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. ART GALLERY OF YORK U Diane Borsato, Apr 4-Jun 10, reception 6-9 pm Apr 4 (Performance Bus w/ Amy Lam and Jon McCurley from ODACU, 6 pm). 4700 Keele, Accolade E bldg. 416-736-5169. DESIGN EXCHANGE Stephen Burks, to Apr 1. Marlis Saunders, to Apr 23. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. DORIS McCARTHY GALLERY The ‘C’ Word: A Look At The Role Of Craft, to Apr 4. 1265 Military Trail. 416-287-7007. GARDINER MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART Sheridan College grads, to Apr 1. Greg Payce, to May 6. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. JUSTINA M. BARNICKE Melanie Gilligan, to Apr 8. 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398. McMICHAEL CANADIAN The Tree, to Apr 22, symposium 9 am-6 pm Mar 31 ($15). $15, stu/srs $12. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-893-1121. MOCCA Tasman Richardson; The Spectral Landscape; Daisuke Takeya, to Apr 1. 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067. OAKVILLE GALLERIES An Unregarded Art: Stylized Nature (Gairloch Gdns, 1306 Lakeshore E); Up All Night: Youth Council (Centennial Sq, 120 Navy), to Apr 1, closing party 7 pm Mar 30. 905-844-4402. THE POWER PLANT Kerry Tribe, to Jun 3. Dissenting Histories: 25 Years Of The Power Plant, to Sep 3, Luis Jacob/Barbara Fischer talk 7 pm Apr 4. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. ROM Maya: Secrets Of Their Ancient World, to Apr 9 ($25, stu/srs $22.50, Fri after 4:30 pm $19, stu/srs $17). Deborah Samuel, Mar 31-Jul 2. The Art Of Collecting, ongoing. $15, stu/srs $13.50; Fri 4:30-8:30 pm $9, stu/srs $8. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. TEXTILE MUSEUM Dare To Wear Love, to May 6. Perpetual Motion: Material Re-use; Portable Mosques: The Prayer Rug, to Sep 3. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416599-5321. U OF T ART CENTRE MVS grads, to Apr 7, performance/reception 7-9 pm Mar 29. XXXX Collective, to Apr 7, reception 6-7 pm Mar 29. Workforce: Chinese Propaganda Posters, to Apr 21. 15 King’s College Circle. 416-978-1838. 3

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LAUNCHING THIS WEEK It’s almost a rite of passage to graduate from university, or even high school, with a yearning to learn about the world outside your comfort zone. Alisha Nicole Apale and Valerie Stam gather young travellers’ first impressions of inequality, poverty and privilege in a collection of stories called Generation NGO ($24.95, Between the Lines). It launches with readings Saturday (March 31) at the Centre for Social Innovation. Bonus: proceeds from the event go to Bikes Without Borders, a non-profit org that promotes pedal power as a tool for development in marginalized SUSAN G. COLE communities. See Readings, this page. Stay Close, with mystery writer Peter Robinson. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca/appelsalon. MOTHERING A BODIED CURRICULUM Launch. 6 pm. Free. Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord. 416-922-8744.

SHANE NEILSON/CLAIRE CALDWELL/MATT LENNOX/MICHAEL WINTER Reading. 7:30 pm. Free. Magpie, 831 Dundas W. 416-916-6499.

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Readings and an open mic. 8 pm. Pwyc. Regal Beagle, 335 Bloor W. 416-591-6859. UNJUNK YOUR JUNK FOOD Andrea Donsky, Lisa Tsakos and Randy Boyer share tips for eating healthier junk food. 7 pm. Free. Indigo Yorkdale, 3401 Dufferin. chapters.indigo.ca.

Friday, March 30 YOUNG WRITERS FROM THE EDGE Showcase of writers from Danforth Crescent Town. 6 pm.

Free. S Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park. diasporadialogues. com.

Saturday, March 31 GENERATION NGO (Bikes without Borders fundraiser) Stories from contributors. 3 pm. Free. Centre for Social Innovation, rm 120, 215 Spadina. btlbooks.com. TORONTO POETRY SLAM Semi-finals featuring 12 poets from the regular season. 7 pm. $5. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042.

Monday, April 2 MAGGIE HELWIG Reading from Girls Fall Down. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca.

Wednesday, April 4 JULIE CAMERON GREY/GRACE O’CONNELL/MAT-

Reading. 8 pm. Pwyc. Press Club, 850 Dundas W. pivotreadings.ca.

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Brockton Writers Series reading. 6:30 pm. Pwyc (sugg $3$5). St Anne’s Church, 270 Gladstone. brockton writersseries. wordpress.com. KEVIN CHONG Talking about his new book, My Year Of The Racehorse. 7:30 pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-5314635. MEGAN CREWE Crewe discusses The Way We Fall with YA novelist Adrienne Kress. 6:30 pm. Free. Northern District Library, 40 Orchard View. smallprinttoronto.org. ESI EDUGYAN Reading from Half Blood Blues. 7 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca. TRILLIUM READING Poetry by Jeremy Dodds, Maureen Scott Harris, Jeff Latosik, Adam Sol, Karen Solie and others. 7 pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. omdc.on.ca. 3

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Feeling the Wrath of Sam Sam Worthington wields epic words about big-budget Titans sequel By NORMAN WILNER

WRATH OF THE TITANS directed by Jonathan Liebesman, written by Dan Mazeau and David Leslie Johnson from a story by Greg Berlanti, Johnson and Mazeau, with Sam Worthington, Rosamund Pike, Toby Kebbell, Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes. A Warner Bros release. 99 minutes. Opens Friday (March 30). For venues and times, see Movies, page 76.

new york city – two years ago, clash of The Titans demonstrated that there was a market for movies where Sam Worthington dons a skort and runs around fighting elaborate digital monsters as the demigod Perseus. This is not the sort of market one leaves untapped, so here Worthington is again, battling a new set of mythological beasties in the sequel, Wrath Of The Titans. At a press conference – flanked by co-stars Liam Neeson and Toby Kebbell, director Jonathan Liebesman and co-writer Dan Mazeau – Worthington says he wanted to make a different kind of movie this time. Apparently the first one wasn’t terribly well regarded. “I’ve been pretty vocal about how I felt about the first one and what I did in the first one,” Worthington says. “I haven’t done that [to put] the first one down at all; it’s just I think it’s my responsibility to try to create a [dramatic] conduit for the action.” For the sequel, Worthington wanted to focus on Perseus’s extended family – cousin Agenor

(Toby Kebbell), son of Poseidon (Danny Huston); brother Ares (Edgar Ramírez), who fumes because their father, Zeus (Neeson), is giving the half-human Perseus too much attention. There’s also Perseus’s urge to protect his young son Helius (John Bell), which gives him a pretty good reason to throw himself in front of a firebreathing Chimera. “Every action scene was always ‘Okay, how does this relate to [the] family?’” Worthington explains. “If you look at the Chimera chase, it’s me chasing after my son; it’s nothin’ to do with the fuckin’ monster. The second one, with the Cyclops, is more of a fun chase, but it’s me trying to go after a cousin. We drew this family story in amongst this big, spectacular blockbuster. If we lost sight of that, then some of the things I felt were misplaced and misdirected in the first one might come back to haunt us. I didn’t want that.” Another sibling rivalry presented itself in the relationship between Zeus and Hades – which gave Neeson another chance to play dress-up with his old friend (and Schindler’s List co-star) Ralph Fiennes. “Who said we were friends?” Neeson says in mock indignation. “No, he is, he’s one of my dearest friends, it’s terrific. When we did the first one, we found it hard to act with each other, so I would look at his forehead, and he would look at my forehead, because sometimes when we made eye contact it got quite silly. But

REVIEW WRATH OF THE TITANS (Jonathan Liebesman) Rating: NNN It may not have a catchphrase as instantly quotable as “Release the Kraken!” but Wrath Of The Titans is a worthy successor to Louis Leterrier’s Clash Of The Titans. Set a decade or so after the first film, it features Sam Worthington’s demigod Perseus trying to live a humble human life only to be dragged back into the pantheistic fray when his half-brother Ares (Édgar Ramírez) betrays their father, Zeus (Liam Neeson), in a plot to unleash the monstrous Kronos from his prison in the underworld. Like its predecessor, the action is near-constant, with Perseus racing from one mythological adventure to another. This time he’s accompanied by his comic-relief cousin Agenor (Toby Kebbell), son of Poseidon, and Andromeda (Rosamund Pike). And like its predecessor, it’s big and silly and kind of fun, with Worthington’s surly hero scraping up nicely against the loftier likes of Neeson’s Zeus, Ralph Fiennes’s Hades and Danny Huston’s Poseidon. Director Jonathan Liebesman employs the same vérité style he used in Battle Los Angeles in the effects sequences, which would surely be just as powerful without the annoying post-conversion 3-D. Why they keep doing that only the NW gods know.

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we were more restrained this time; we had a lot more deeper, darker issues to act, so we didn’t laugh as much.” Director Liebesman, replacing Clash director Louis Leterrier, was happy to play up the story’s more personal aspects. “It’s like a Greek Mafia movie,” he laughs. “It’s just about family issues. I remember the DP saying to me, ‘We’re shooting a lot of closeups – I feel like we’re making a family drama.’ And I think that’s what’s so relatable about Greek mythology. It’s about screwed-up families, things that still happen today, and that’s your way in.” Not that this is necessarily the most faithful interpretation of the stories, mind you. “It’s not a history lesson,” Worthington says. “These movies have never been like that to me. We’ve just mined this great field of characters, situations and journeys. And that, to me, is the most exciting thing. Purists are probably gonna fuck us, but I don’t care – I like the fact that we’re mining this world to create our own mythology, to create our own canon of stories.” 3 normw@nowtoronto.com

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Cheung). 111 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (March 30). For venues and times, see Movies, page 76. Rating: NNNN

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Hot on the heels of his 2010 Hong Kong-set romantic comedy Love In A Puff, Pang Ho Cheung’s sequel, Love In The Buff, is another very funny and poignant look at love. Call it Sex And Two Cities. Hong Kong ad exec Jimmy (Shawn Yue) and his slightly older lover, Cherie (Miriam Yeung), who works for a cosmetics company, are at an impasse in their relationship. He’s basically a boy who won’t grow up, and she doesn’t want to nag. When he’s transferred to Beijing, there’s no talk of her moving

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with him, but as fate would have it, she too gets stationed there. Soon, although both have new partners – a squeaky-voiced young flight attendant for him, a serene and mature engineer for her – the two begin flirting, texting and carrying on an affair. Pang and his co-writer, Heiward Mak, offer up lots of funny sequences for the two stars, who are surrounded by great comic talents as their friends and a handful of cameos by Hong Kong celebrities. The novel settings range from a matchmaking park where mothers try to pawn off their single sons, to a restaurant washroom where Cherie has an unfortunate accident with her iPhone. There’s a whiff of Pacific Rim lifestyle porn to the flick, but the actors are superb, especially Leung, whose wounded Cherie expertly uses brittle repartee to hide her true feelings. GLENN SUMI

Shawn Yue’s Jimmy makes out with flight attendant Mini Yang in charming flick.

Director explores the rampant injustices at Guantánamo Bay By NORMAN WILNER THE GUANTANAMO TRAP directed by Thomas Selim Wallner. A KinoSmith release. 90 minutes. Opens Friday (March 30). For venues and times, see Movies, page 76 .

thomas selim wallner is furious. When Barack Obama took office in 2009, his first act as president was to order the closing of the American detention facility established at Guantánamo Bay after 9/11. Three years later, the prison is still operating, a horrible legacy of the war on terror that can’t be shut down or reformed because that would constitute an admission that the people being detained there aren’t the monsters the U.S. claims they are – and that some of them might even be innocent of the crimes they’re alleged to have committed. “It’s a real dilemma,” Wallner says, discussing his documentary The Guantanamo Trap at last year’s Hot Docs film festival. “I mean, you tell the world that you’ve got these really dangerous people. And by the way, I do believe there are dangerous people at Guantánamo – let’s not be naive. But there are a lot of people who are not.” One of them was Murat Kurnaz, a German Muslim wrongly arrested in Pakistan and sold to the U.S. as a high-value target. Kurnaz spent five years in Guantánamo before being released, and his story is a key element of Wallner’s documentary. The director says he was aghast at the negotiations required to set Kurnaz free. “The Americans were really making a strong case for the fact

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REVIEW THE GUANTANAMO TRAP (Thomas Selim Wallner) Rating: NNN If you’ve never given much thought to the legal and moral nightmare that is the United States detention camp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, The Guantanamo Trap is a good place to start. Thomas Selim Wallner’s dry, methodical approach may lack the flash of previous Gitmo docs, but he lays out the story clearly and without any unnecessary posturing. The film provides a measured examination of the extra-legal prison facility through interviews with U.S. Army lawyer Diane Beaver, who authored the infamous Bush-era memo sanctioning torture; Matthew Diaz, formerly in Guantànamo’s legal office, who blew the whistle on the harsh treatment of detainees; and Spanish lawyer Gonzalo Boye, who brought suit against the Bush administration for its attempts to cover up its rampant violation of human rights. But it’s the story of Murat Kurnaz that makes the biggest impact. A Turkish-German Muslim wrongly arrested in Pakistan and sold to the American military as a high-value target, he’s still haunted by the five years he spent in detention. Kurnaz comes to represent the dozens of other faceless captives still held at Guantánamo. He was just lucky enough to have people who fought NW for him on the outside.

that he was extremely dangerous,” he says. “One of the conditions was that he would be surveilled round the clock when he was back, watched so he wouldn’t perpetrate any terrorist acts. And the Germans sort of gave them assurances and then just forgot about it. I’m not even sure whether the people doing those negotiations cared about whether these things were implemented or not, but to save face, I think they had to say he was dangerous. How else do you justify keeping the guy cooped up for so long?” Another of Wallner’s subjects, Spanish prosecutor Gonzalo Boye, became an anti-Guantánamo activist once he realized the facility was making it harder for him to secure convictions against actual terrorists. “The Supreme Court of Spain acquitted two people of very, very grave criminal offences because anything obtained in Guantánamo is not at the standard of evidence to be presented in a court of law anywhere in the world,” says Boye. “At the end of the day, I think we have the moral authority to say this is not the way.” And Boye can’t be dismissed as a dilettante. He’s spent years steeped in genuine terrorism cases, including the trials of the 2004 Madrid train bombers. “There’s nobody in this world, nobody, who has been able to convict more Islamic terrorists than myself,” he says. “Without crossing any [ethical] lines, we convicted 21 persons for March 11 in Madrid. Can any prosecutor in the States tell me the same?” 3 normw@nowtoronto.com

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Fierce feuding THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD (Joshua Marston). 109 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (March 30). For venues and times, see Movies page 76. Rating: NNN Albanian feuds are inspiring filmmakers lately. Jennifer Baichwal included a heartbreaking feud story in her documentary Payback, and now Joshua Marston (Maria Full Of Grace) has made a feature on the subject. The Kanun, Albania’s tribal code, dictates that when blood is shed in one family, a male member of the offender’s family must pay in kind. So, when a man kills his neighbour over a land claim and then leaves town, it’s his high schooler son Nik (Tristan Halilaj) who’s forced to live under virtual house arrest or be killed himself. The Forgiveness Of Blood portrays some fascinating sexual politics. It’s the men, of course, who are commit-

ted to the Kanun’s archaic values. Paradoxically, while the restlessly hormonal Nik must stay put, his younger sister, Rudina (Sindi Lacej), wins more freedom and responsibility, taking over the family business and running it shrewdly. Nik’s dad (Refet Abazi) secretly makes the occasional visit home and has no idea why Nik resents having to take the rap. In an astonishing scene, he uses a logic to defend himself that will make your brain bubble. This is a film about the old country represented by the Kanun (suppressed during Communist rule, by the way) and the new Albania represented by Nik, his cellphone and his dream of opening an internet café. The movie doesn’t exactly gallop along – Baichwal’s documentary take on the subject has more energy – but it builds tension, the performances, especially Halilaj’s, are strong, and, like recent Oscar winner A Separation, it’s SUSAN G. COLE got many layers.

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John Greyson Filmmaker

Sleeping Sickness is full of stunning visuals and frustrating ideas.

Local queer artist, activist and York prof John Greyson has been provoking audiences for over 25 years with his videos, experimental shorts and feature films dealing with, among other things, AIDS, sexual liberation and Israel/Palestine. With a major weeklong retrospective beginning at the AGO and the TIFF Bell Lightbox tomorrow (Friday, March 30) and a DVD box set for release, the articulate and charmingly self- deprecating Greyson talks to NOW about his work, why humour is essential to political art and how times have changed for filmmakers – or not. See Indie & Rep Film, page 85. Whose idea was the DVD box set? VTape’s been my distributor forever, and they wanted to put out a box set. I’m always at the end of a curve, so just as DVD ceases to exist as a distribution format, I’ve decided to put my work on DVD. Strange that a radical artist like you would turn to institutions like the AGO and TIFF. My experiences at Jackman Hall are part of my Queen West film education – I didn’t go to film school. I saw Yvonne Rainer’s work for the first time there, and it changed my life. And I’ve been working with TIFF on a Yorkdowntown film series. So as much as they represent the dominant culture of the city, both institutions always had room for community. What was your major discovery putting these two projects together? It’s been fascinating to go back to the 3/4-inch videos from the 80s. So many of the people who appear in them are dead. These films become an archival memoir of so many collaborators: Colin Campbell, Michael Balzer.... It’s such a long list. Is there a through line? The through line is activism and how in every story – as much as there’s fiction and invention – I can see how every moment has its origins in the real experience of the queer community. Anything missing from the box set? Four features. Three – Lilies, Zero Patience and The Law Of Enclosures – are distributed by Alliance. There’s some frustration there. And the Canadian Film Centre for reasons inexplicable won’t distribute The Making Of “Monsters,” despite the fact

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that the music that was supposedly a copyright problem has been in the public domain for 10 years. Given the changes in technology, how would a 22-year-old John Greyson be pursuing his art. We go on about the digital revolution, but actually, the practice wouldn’t be that different. As one of the first beneficiaries of portable equipment, I bought mine in 1983. To own your own equipment gives you independence – I jumped on a plane and went to Nicaragua that year. The situation was radically different before that: fundraise, get a team together. Independence is what we see today 100-fold. What’s the key to creating effective political art? We’ve walked into demos where you’re about to die of boredom with the same old chants and the same old speeches. As artists, we try to use our tool kit to light a movement back on fire and get the message out in a way that speaks to people. Sometime you use humour, sometimes design, sometimes it’s interventions that shock the imagination. Are you offended when someone refers to your work as agitprop? I love agitprop. Thanks to YouTube, agitprop has become rich and inventive. You have to tune your sensibility toward communication that’s clear, witty and catches people off guard. So what’s the difference between agitprop and propaganda? Propaganda treats people as if they’re stupid. Agitprop treats people as if they’re intelligent You never went to art school. What would you say to a young artist considering it? Don’t go for the degree. If it’s a job you’re after, the job drought should caution you against that mandate. Go for the extraordinary access to resources and people. Gus Van Sant or Bruce LaBruce? I’d look at them both side by side, split screen. My Private Idaho was hugely influential for me, and I have a favourite memory of seeing a trailer for LaBruce’s No Skin Off My Ass. It was a great avant-garde collage, one part Genet, one part Anger and two parts LaBruce. SUSAN G. ColE

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Sketchy ideas SlEEPING SICKNESS (Ulrich Köhler). 88 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (March 30). For venues and times, see Movies, 76. Rating: NNN

Ulrich Köhler won the Silver Bear at the 2011 Berlin Film Festival for his assured direction of Sleeping Sickness, and with good reason. He packs mundane scenes with meaning and composes visuals that never fail to put their message across. Unfortunately, the film’s many finely drawn moments don’t add up to

a completely satisfying whole. Pierre Bokma stars as Ebbo Velten, a German doctor running a hospital program in Cameroon that treats an epidemic that’s no longer a threat. Ebbo knows this but balks at returning to his native land. People treat him like royalty in the Third World, while in Europe he’s just another white guy. Ebbo’s time is up when another doctor, Alex Nzila (Jean-Christophe Folly), arrives to evaluate his program. Alex happens to be black, and the local Africans treat him with disdain despite the fact that he’s French. Both doctors occupy a void between continents, belonging to neither. Köhler takes the intellectual high road, using his characters as allegorical figures to serve an unsubtle debate on neo-colonialism. Both Ebbo’s and (especially) Alex’s personalities remain undefined, so the film’s themes, though food for thought, never resoRADhEYAN SIMoNPIllAI nate emotionally.

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Richter scaled GERhARD RIChTER PAINTING (Corinna Belz). 97 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (March 30) at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. See Times, page 82. Rating: NNN

According to the journalists interviewing the painter Gerhard Richter at a press conference early in Gerhard Richter Painting, the artist is most fascinating because of his willingness to change styles, radically reinventing himself on a whim. Corinna Belz’s film similarly switches things up every 20 minutes or so, shifting from a conventional portrait-of-the-artist documentary to something more experimental and far more intriguing. The doc oscillates between the usual elements – that press conference, testimonials from colleagues and journalists, a few moments when Richter discusses his influences – and long, luxurious takes where Belz just ob-

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A cold dish SERVITUDE (Warren P. Sonoda). 85 minutes. Opens Friday (March 30). For venues and times, see Movies, page 76. Rating: N

Servitude wrings only a few weak laughs from its promising premise: a restaurant’s wait staff learn they’re facing mass firing and go ballistic on the customers. This might have been a hoot if the restaurant had been upscale, the staff downtrodden, the customers overprivileged slime and the servers’ revenge cunning and extreme. But we’re in the land of the conventional sitcom, where nothing gets too twisted. Staff and customers are regular folk. There’s the nice-guy hero, his wacky coworkers – one flamboyantly gay, the other a horn-dog

This is Gerard Richter Painting. Literally.

serves him in his studio as he works on a painting. That’s when the project truly comes to life for me, when it puts aside any concerns of structure or pacing and just settles in to watch the man paint. There’s nothing wrong with the other stuff; it’s just not as interesting as observing the artist in his element, maklout – the ineffectual manager and the front-office fascist. Customers include a family with bratty kids, a quarrelling old couple, a quartet of cellphoneentranced businessmen, a cranky middle-aged lady and a trio of obnoxious frat-boy types. Comic revenge reaches its creative peak with a live lobster painted red and placed before an unsuspecting diner. It scuttles out of shot before we can fully appreciate the joke, and diner Margot Kidder’s reaction is nothing special. Otherwise, the comedy leans toward fart jokes and snappy remarks, with most of the cast working hard to be charming. Dave Foley is relaxed and mildly amusing as the drunk manager.

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ing aesthetic decisions with the mere placement of a brush or the intensity of a stroke. The footage of Richter at work, though, is so enthralling that I came away wishing Belz had devoted her whole movie to it. She wouldn’t even have had to change the title. NoRMAN wIlNER

also opening Mirror Mirror (D: Tarsem Singh, 106 min) Tarsem Singh (The Cell, Immortals) is a director best known for his stunning visuals, so expect Julia Roberts, Lily Collins and Armie Hammer to at least look good in this comic spin on Snow White. (Not to be confused with 2012’s other SW vehicle, Snow White And The Huntsman.)

Titanic In 3D (D: James Cameron, 195 min) For the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the mythic ship, Fox is re-releasing James Cameron’s romantic weeper enhanced by 3-D technology he helped create for his blockbuster Avatar. Mirror opens Friday (March 30). See review March 30 at nowtoronto.com/ movies. Titanic opens Wednesday (April 4). See review April 6 at nowtoronto.com/movies.

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(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) is a parody brought to you by Will Ferrell and his Funny Or Die amigos. Ferrell speaks Spanish and sports a tan and deep-fried hair as a dim-witted ranchero fighting Mexican drug lords. Ridiculing Mexican tele-

novelas and Zapata westerns can be moderately funny, but Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez already affectionately mimicked these genres. 84 min. NNN (RS) Scotiabank Theatre

A DANGEROUS METHOD (David Cronen-

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

THE DESCENDANTS (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,

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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, Carlton Cinema, Cumberland 4, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Rainbow Market Square, Yonge & Dundas 24

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THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MCKINLEY NOLAN (14A) “Brimming with cultural resonance and historical savvy.” – The Boston Phoenix

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 FootNote (Joseph Cedar) folds an entire universe of conflict into the tale of two Talmudic scholars: a meticulous father

(Shlomo Bar-Aba) who toils angrily in obscurity and his populist, media-savvy son (Lior Ashkenazi). When the father is mistakenly told he’s being given the prestigious Israel Prize, which was actually awarded to his son, the conflict explodes. Writer/director 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 crosscutting 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. Subtitled. 105 min. NNN (NW) Cumberland 4, Grande - Yonge

the ForgiveNeSS oF BLooD (Joshua

Marston) 109 min. See review, page 74.

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Opens Mar 30 at Cumberland 4.

FrieNDS With KiDS (Jennifer Westfeldt) is an entirely okay comedy about two long-

“LAUGH ALL YOU WANT...IT’S A BLAST.” Peter Travers,

time 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 Mississauga, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

gerharD richter PaiNtiNg (Corinna Belz) 97 min. See review, page 76. NNN (NW) Opens Mar 30 at TIFF Bell Lightbox. the girL With the DragoN tattoo

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

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fried as a woman who once escaped from a serial killer and now is pursuing him, convinced he’s abducted her sister. Seyfried’s energy, a smart script that avoids clichés and good use of Portland locations make this a tense, plausible thriller. 88 min. NNN (AD) Yonge & Dundas 24

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the guaNtaNamo traP (Thomas Selim Wallner) 90 min. See interview and review, page 74. NNN (NW) Opens Mar 30 at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema. hugo (Martin Scorsese) turns a children’s

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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, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga

the huNger gameS (Gary Ross) is an adaptation of the popular Suzanne Collins novel that 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-the-death spectacle. When her younger sister is chosen, Katniss volunteers to take her place in 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. The film looks great, contrasting the greys and browns of the povertystricken district with the Capitol’s outrageous fashions and architecture. 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. 142 min. NNN (SGC) 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

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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

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, 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

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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

love iN the Buff (Pang Ho Cheung)

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production of Verdi’s early opera, starring Marcello Giordani in the title role. 214 min. Mar 31, 12:55 pm, at Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yonge

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 pretty entertaining stuff, but whenever it lurches into grandiose space-opera mode it feels rushed and overstuffed. 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, Humber Cinema, 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 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

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Mirror Mirror (Tarsem Singh) 106 min. See Also Opening, page 76. Opens Mar 30 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24.

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

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that captures the pulse of both primary Jason Bourne movie. If you’ve been condischool politics and Canadian immigration. tioned by years of cookie-cutter television Algerian refugee Bachir Lahzar (Fellag) to need a resolution in 45 minutes, it’ll have becomes a substitute teacher to students you climbing the walls. But if you’re open to struggling with grief after their former other possibilities, there’s some great stuff teacher’s suicide. He must navigate the going on here. Subtitled. 157 min. NNNN minefield that is dealing with traumatized (NW) children – no physical contact being of utTIFF Bell Lightbox most importance. Like the kids who are ONE LIFE (Michael Gunton, Martha Holmes) faced with a new world of tragedy and lost is essentially a greatest-hits package innocence, Bachir must confront his own compiled from BBC’s acclaimed 10-part Life personal demons while figuring out his series, with James Bond’s Daniel Craig actplace in a new country. Director Falardeau ing as narrator. Naturally, the high-def proves once again why he’s one of Canada’s images of a few dozen of the world’s thoupremier talents in this focused and intelsands of species look glorious, especially on ligent drama that never allows allegorical a big screen. It’s full of mammal money touches to overwhelm the very personal shots, like the female humpback whale story at its centre. A witty screenplay, deciding who gets to hump her, or a wise moving performances – particularly from elephant pushing her daughter out of the the precocious child cast – and social obserway to rescue her granddaughter from a vations free of a political agenda makes muddy death. But Monsieur Lazhar a high there’s not much to the achiever. Subtitled. 94 narration, and Craig min. NNNNN (RS) EXPANDED REVIEWS often sounds slightly TIFF Bell Lightbox, Varsity nowtoronto.com embarrassed to be MY WEEK WITH MARIreading his cheesy lines LYN (Simon Curtis) is as about how all the world’s star-struck by its subject as its narrator is. creatures are connected by our desire to It’s based on the memoirs of Colin Clark, eat, propagate and make a home. This is a who barely registers as a character. The film family movie, although a scene where a acknowledges the void between Marilyn bunch of Komodo dragons poison a water Monroe’s (an excellent Michelle Williams) buffalo and then tear it apart might give public persona and private life but does the little ones nightmares. 85 min. NNN (GS) very little to fill it. 101 min. NN (RS) Yonge & Dundas 24 Carlton Cinema, Regent Theatre PAYBACK (Jennifer Baichwal) comes NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: SHE STOOPS TO to life thanks to director Baichwal, CONQUER is a live broadcast of Oliver Gold- who finds four human stories to match smith’s comedy about a lady who poses as a Margaret Atwood’s intellectually ferocious servant to win a man, produced by the rebook about debt. Oppressive farmers pay a nowned London company. 180 min. “debt” to migrant workers; ex-cons describe Mar 29, 7 pm, at Coliseum Mississauga, Colitheir life in prison, where they supposedly seum Scarborough, Grande - Yonge, Queenspaid a debt to society; British Petroleum way, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yonge owes a whopping debt to the environment; OFF WORLD (Mateo Guez) barely feels like a and in Albania, a family feuds brutally over an old score. As always in a Baichwal film, movie. A Toronto man (Marc Abaya) who the visuals are the stars, more than Atwood returns to the Philippines in search of his herself, who also appears. The director’s the identity finds his long-lost brother (Marco master of the tracking shot, following a Morales) working as a transvestite hooker farmer tying up a long row of tomato in the Manila slum of Smokey Mountain. plants, for example. And images – by Ed The tale blends fictional storytelling and Burtynsky and especially aerial shots by ethnographic travelogue, but the actors Daniel Beltrá – of the BP oil spill are speccan’t carry the drama and the documentary tacular. Taken all together, Payback is both material is poorly organized and fairly smart and beautiful. Some subtitles. 90 superficial. Some subtitles. 76 min. NN min. NNNN (SGC) (NW) Grande - Yonge, Varsity TIFF Bell Lightbox

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(Nuri Bilge Ceylan) is to police procedurals like Law & Order as Haywire is to a

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

PROJECT X (Nima Nourizadeh) puts a

found-footage spin on the teencomedy genre, dropping us into a high school zero’s birthday party that spirals disastrously – and spectacularly – out of control. It’s not for everybody, but if you ever wondered what Risky Business would have felt like without the glossy cinematography and Tangerine Dream score, you’ll be very pleasantly surprised. 88 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yorkdale

THE RAID: REDEMPTION (Gareth Huw

Evans) sets itself up as a non-stop action movie, and pretty much delivers on that premise, with a Jakarta tactical team’s assault on a crime lord’s apartment building turning into a frantic battle for survival against dozens of heavily armed thugs. But the constant bone-shattering kung-fu smackdowns both define and undermine The Raid, since there’s literally nothing else to the movie; 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 clockwork pacing, The Raid just lurches from one battle to the next like a blunt instrument. Effective, sure, but not exactly distin-

guished. Subtitled. 101 min. NNN (NW) Scotiabank Theatre

RAMPART (Oren Moverman) stars Woody Harrelson as a dirty cop who’s being set up by his department to deflect media attention from a scandal. Or maybe not – the film is so confusing, it’s never clear what’s actually happening. But performances by Harrelson, Robin Wright and Ben Foster are terrific. 108 min. NNN (SGC) Carlton Cinema SAFE HOUSE (Daniel Espinosa) is an okay

Bourne Trilogy knock-off. A novice CIA agent and a captured rogue agent go on the run when a Johannesburg safe house gets raided. Its car chases and punch-ups lack the Bourne series’ manic invention, but it still delivers solid thrills, good acting and a fast-paced if predictable spy story. 115 min. NNN (AD) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande Steeles, Humber Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Yonge, Yonge & Dundas 24

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. 112 min. NN (NW) Beach Cinemas, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, 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

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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, 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

SERVITUDE (Warren P. Sonoda) 85 min. See review, page 76. N (AD) Opens Mar 30 at Cumberland 4. SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (Guy Ritchie) follows the bigger-

and-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

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. Remaking Gustavo Hernandez’s 2010 Uruguayan thriller La Casa Muda, directors Kentis and Lau (Open Water) doom themselves to repeating the mistakes of that movie’s last act, which deflates the initial tension and eventually garbles the plot beyond coherence. 86 min. NN (NW) Colossus, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24 SISTERS&BROTHERS (Carl Bessai) is the

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final instalment of Carl Bessai’s family trilogy, in which four sets of siblings encounter crises and work toward resolving them. A few of the conflicts feel contrived and resemble overblown acting exercises, but Bessai successfully plays with tone and mood, interspersing the narratives with interviews and employing comic-book-style graphics and thought bubbles to amusing effect. In what’s largely a big performing showcase, most of the actors rise to the challenge of the improvisatory style. Benjamin Ratner and Corner Gas’s Gabrielle Miller are completely convincing as siblings dealing with mental illness, while Cory Monteith and Dustin Milligan, both well known for their TV roles (on Glee and the

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90210 reboot respectively), enact a gentle send-up of the Entourage scenario as siblings on different levels of the fame spectrum. 90 min. NNN (GS) Yonge & Dundas 24

SLEEPING SICKNESS (Ulrich Köhler) 88 min.

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

ñSTARRY STARRY NIGHT

(Tom Lin) tells the whimsical story of two children rejected by their classmates and quietly suffering in broken homes who find warmth and acceptance in their shared fantasies. In only his second feature, Lin crafts a touching fable of lost innocence, with incredibly naturalistic performances from his young leads and a magical use of CGI that allows their childish imaginations to seep out into the real world. Cynics may scoff at the simplicity of the story and themes, but anyone who remembers painfully losing their naive childhood mindset will be flooded with emotion. Subtitled. 99 min. NNNN (Phil Brown) 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) Colossus, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway

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 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, Kingsway Theatre, Mt Pleasant

TITANIC IN 3D (James Cameron) 195 min. See Also Opening, page 75. Opens Apr 4 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at

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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 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, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

TYLER PERRY’S GOOD DEEDS (Tyler Perry) is not your typical Perry movie. Missing are the juvenile gags, the combustible, circuslike shouting matches (there are still a few, but not as many as we’re used to) and Madea, Perry’s pistol-packing, smack-talking mammy alter ego. His attempt to be taken seriously results in a schmaltzy, joyless melodrama that lacks edge and loses its grip with Perry’s audience. The director plays the bland Wesley Deeds, a CEO from a wealthy family whose charitable eye falls on a janitor (Thandie Newton) living in a minivan with her precocious six-year-old daughter. Newton turns in a ferocious performance, but even she can’t save Good Deeds from being predictable and overly earnest. 111 min. NN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Kennedy Commons 20

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) Colossus, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Mt Pleasant, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñWANDERLUST

(David Wain) stars Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston as a Man-

hattan 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, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24

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ñWAR HORSE

(Steven Spielberg) adapts Michael Morpurgo’s children’s novel to tell a simple but affecting story about an English farm boy (Jeremy Irvine) following his beloved horse into World War One. The script allows Spielberg to touch on the senseless brutality of combat and the redemptive power of a non-human creature, all captured in cinematographer Janusz Kaminski’s vivid imagery. The result is an old-fashioned picture full of humanity and heroism that only occasionally dips into sentimentality. 146 min. NNNN (GS) Regent Theatre

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ñWE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

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

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

WRATH OF THE TITANS (Jonathan Liebesman) 99 min. See interview and review, page 73, and Q&A with director Liebesman at nowtoronto.com/movies. NNN (NW) Opens Mar 30 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale. WWE WRESTLEMANIA XXVIII is the live simulcast of a match featuring wrestling stars John Cena, The Rock and others. 240 min. Apr 1, 7 pm, at Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre 3

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55 Bloor st W, 416-961-6304 Dr. sEuss’ ThE lorAX 3D (G) thu, sun-tue 12:20, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:40 Fri-sat 12:10, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:40 frIEnDs WITh KIDs thu 4:20, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-sat 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:30 sun-tue 1:00, 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 Wed 1:00, 3:50, 9:20 ThE hunGEr GAMEs (PG) thu 12:30, 1:30, 3:45, 4:30, 7:00, 8:00, 10:15 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 jEff, Who lIvEs AT hoME (14A) thu 12:35 2:50 5:10 7:30 10:10 Fri-Wed 12:40, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 10:10 MIrror MIrror (PG) Fri-sat 12:00, 2:35, 5:05, 7:45, 10:20 sun-Wed 1:20, 4:00, 6:50, 9:30 MonsIEur lAzhAr (PG) 1:10, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 pAybACK thu 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:00 sAlMon fIshInG In ThE yEMEn (PG) thu, sun-Wed 12:50, 3:40, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-sat 12:50, 3:40, 7:00, 10:00 TITAnIC 3D (PG) Wed 12:20, 4:30, 8:40

VIP SCREENINGS

ThE hunGEr GAMEs (PG) thu 3:25, 6:35, 9:35 Fri-Wed 12:25, 3:25, 6:35, 9:35 jEff, Who lIvEs AT hoME (14A) thu 1:35, 4:25, 7:05, 9:25 MIrror MIrror (PG) Fri-sun 12:35, 2:55, 5:15, 7:35, 10:05 mon-Wed 12:55, 3:45, 6:15, 8:45 pAybACK thu 1:55, 4:15, 7:25, 9:45 Fri-sat 12:45, 3:00, 5:25, 7:45, 9:55 sun 12:45, 5:25, 7:45, 9:55 mon-Wed 1:55, 4:25, 7:05, 9:25 sAlMon fIshInG In ThE yEMEn (PG) thu 1:05, 3:45, 6:25, 9:05 Fri-sat 12:15, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:15 sun-Wed 1:15, 3:55, 6:45, 9:15

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

ACT of vAlor (14A) 2:30, 5:15, 8:00, 10:25 sat-sun 11:40 mat

AGEnT vInoD (14A) 3:05, 6:25, 9:50 sat-sun 11:40 mat ThE ArTIsT (PG) thu 2:00, 7:10 Dr. sEuss’ ThE lorAX (G) thu 3:15 5:45 8:15 10:30 Fri-Wed 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:25 sat-sun 10:30, 12:45 mat Dr. sEuss’ ThE lorAX 3D (G) 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 thu 2:30 mat, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 sat-sun 11:00, 1:30 mat frIEnDs WITh KIDs 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 10:15 thu 3:45 mat, 6:15, 9:00 sat-sun 11:45 mat ThE GIrl WITh ThE DrAGon TATToo (18A) thu 6:40 10:05 Fri-Wed 4:20, 10:05 sat-sun 10:40 mat GonE (14A) thu 3:35, 8:15 ThE Iron lADy (PG) thu 4:20, 9:40 john CArTEr (PG) 2:45, 6:00, 9:15 sat-sun 11:15 mat john CArTEr 3D (PG) 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 thu 3:15 mat, 6:30, 9:45 sat-sun 12:15 mat john CArTEr: An IMAX 3D EXpErIEnCE (PG) thu-Fri, mon 4:15, 7:30, 10:30 sat-sun 1:00, 4:15, 7:30, 10:30 tue 4:15, 7:30 journEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IslAnD 3D (PG) 2:10, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 sat-sun 11:35 mat KAhAAnI (14A) 3:20, 6:45, 10:05 sat-sun 11:50 mat lovE In ThE buff 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 sat-sun 11:00, 1:45 mat MIrror MIrror (PG) thu 12:01 Fri, mon-Wed 2:00, 2:45, 4:00, 5:00, 5:45, 7:00, 7:45, 8:45, 9:45, 10:30 sat-sun 10:30, 11:15, 12:05, 1:15, 2:00, 2:45, 4:00, 5:00, 5:45, 7:00, 7:45, 8:45, 9:45, 10:30 nAMElEss GAnGsTEr 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 sat-sun 10:30, 1:30 mat onE lIfE (G) 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:25 sat-sun 11:55 mat sAfE housE (14A) 4:00, 7:15, 10:10 sat-sun 10:35, 1:15 mat ThE sECrET WorlD of ArrIETTy (G) thu 3:45 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 A ThousAnD WorDs (PG) 2:45, 5:00, 7:35, 10:00 sat-sun 12:15 mat TITAnIC 3D (PG) mon 6:30 Wed 3:15, 4:45, 7:45, 9:15 TITAnIC: An IMAX 3D EXpErIEnCE (PG) tue 12:01 Wed 1:45, 6:15, 10:45 ThE voW (PG) 3:30, 6:35, 9:30 sat-sun 12:45 mat WAnDErlusT (14A) 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:10 sat-sun 11:55 mat ThE WoMAn In blACK (14A) thu 5:55, 10:30 Fri-Wed 2:00, 7:40

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 sAfE housE (14A) 4:10, 6:50 Fri 9:20 sat-sun 1:20 mat, 9:20 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) thu, mon-Wed 4:50, 7:20 Fri 4:50, 7:30, 9:45 sat-sun 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 9:45 WE nEED To TAlK AbouT KEvIn (14A) thu 4:10, 6:50

mt Pleasant (i)

675 mt Pleasant rD, 416-489-8484 TInKEr TAIlor solDIEr spy (14A) thu, Wed 7:00 Fri-sat 6:50 sun 4:15 ThE voW (PG) Fri 9:25 sat 9:30 sun, tue 7:00

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

My WEEK WITh MArIlyn (14A) Fri-sat 9:30 sun, tueWed 7:00 WAr horsE (PG) thu 7:00 Fri-sat 6:45 sun 4:00

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

Dr. sEuss’ ThE lorAX (G) thu 12:30 Fri-tue 12:10 Wed 12:40 Dr. sEuss’ ThE lorAX 3D (G) thu 2:45, 5:00, 7:30, 9:45

Fri-sun 2:30, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15 mon-Wed 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:45 ThE hunGEr GAMEs (PG) thu 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:45, 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 5:40, 7:40, 8:20, 9:00, 9:35, 10:30 Fri 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 2:10, 3:10, 3:50, 4:20, 6:00, 6:30, 7:10, 8:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 sat 12:00, 1:00, 2:10, 3:10, 4:20, 6:00, 6:30, 7:10, 8:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 sun 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 2:10, 3:10, 3:50, 4:20, 6:00, 6:30, 7:10, 8:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:15 mon-tue 12:30, 1:00, 2:10, 3:10, 3:50, 4:20, 6:00, 6:30, 7:10, 8:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:15 Wed 12:30, 2:10, 3:10, 3:50, 4:20, 6:00, 6:30, 7:10, 8:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:15 john CArTEr 3D (PG) thu 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 9:55 Fri-sat 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 10:10 sun-tue 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 ThE METropolITAn opErA: ErnAnI EnCorE sat 12:55 MIrror MIrror (PG) Fri-sat 12:50, 3:30, 6:40, 9:45 suntue 12:50, 3:30, 6:40, 9:40 Wed 3:30, 6:40, 9:40 nATIonAl ThEATrE lIvE: shE sToops To ConquEr thu 7:00 sAfE housE (14A) thu 12:50, 3:30, 6:40 TITAnIC 3D (PG) Wed 12:30, 4:30, 8:30 21 juMp sTrEET (14A) thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 10:15 Fri-sat 1:50, 4:30, 7:40, 10:25 sun-tue 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10:05 Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 10:05 WrATh of ThE TITAns 3D (14A) thu 10:00 Fri-sat 1:30, 4:10, 7:30, 10:20 sun-Wed 1:30, 4:10, 7:30, 10:10

Metro

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

Dr. sEuss’ ThE lorAX (G) 2:30, 4:30 thu 6:30 ThE hunGEr GAMEs (PG) 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 john CArTEr (PG) Fri-Wed 7:00, 9:35 sAfE housE (14A) thu 9:00

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

ThE ArTIsT (PG) 7:00 ThE DEsCEnDAnTs (14A) thu 2:30 Fri-Wed 1:00 ThE GIrl WITh ThE DrAGon TATToo (18A) thu 8:55 ThE Iron lADy (PG) thu 12:30 TInKEr TAIlor solDIEr spy (14A) thu 4:30 Fri-Wed 3:00 ThE voW (PG) Fri-Wed 5:00 WAnDErlusT (14A) Fri-Wed 8:55

queensWay (ce)

1025 tHe queensWay, qeW & islington, 416-503-0424 Dr. sEuss’ ThE lorAX (G) thu 1:20, 4:15, 6:40 Fri-sat 1:15, 4:25 sun 11:50, 2:10, 4:25 mon-Wed 2:10, 4:25 Dr. sEuss’ ThE lorAX 3D (G) thu 2:20, 5:10, 7:25, 9:45 Fri-sat 12:35, 2:55, 5:15, 7:45, 10:00 sun 12:30, 2:55, 5:15, 7:40, 9:55 mon 1:10, 3:25, 7:15, 9:40 tue 2:55, 5:15, 7:40, 9:55 Wed 12:45, 2:55, 5:15, 7:40, 9:55 frIEnDs WITh KIDs thu 1:05, 3:50, 6:55, 9:40 Fri 1:50, 4:30, 7:05, 9:55 sat 11:05, 1:50, 4:30, 7:05, 9:55 sun-Wed 1:50, 4:30, 7:05, 9:40 ThE hunGEr GAMEs (PG) thu 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 Fri 12:00, 12:25, 12:50, 1:30, 2:50, 3:20, 3:45, 4:10, 4:45, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45, 11:15 sat 11:40, 12:00, 12:25, 1:30, 2:50, 3:20, 3:45, 4:45, 6:05, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45, 11:15 sun 11:45, 12:15, 12:45, 1:45, 2:30, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 5:00, 5:45, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 9:00, 9:30, 10:30 mon 12:45, 1:45, 2:30, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 5:00, 5:45, 6:15, 6:45, 8:15, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:35 tue 12:45, 1:45, 2:30, 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, 5:00, 5:45, 6:15, 6:45, 7:15, 8:15, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 Wed 12:45, 2:30, 3:30, 4:00, 5:00, 5:45, 6:45, 7:15, 8:15, 9:00, 10:00, 10:30 jEff, Who lIvEs AT hoME (14A) thu 2:25, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15 Fri-sat 1:35, 3:50, 6:05, 8:20, 10:35 sun-Wed 1:25, 3:35, 5:50, 8:05, 10:25 john CArTEr 3D (PG) thu 12:55, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15 Fri-sat 12:40, 4:00, 7:15, 10:20 sun 12:50, 4:05, 7:10, 10:20 monWed 12:55, 4:05, 7:10, 10:20 journEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IslAnD (PG) thu 1:40 journEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IslAnD 3D (PG) thu 4:40, 7:05 Fri 2:00, 4:50, 7:20 sat 11:20, 2:00, 4:50, 7:20 sun 12:00, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20 mon-Wed 2:25, 4:50, 7:20 ThE METropolITAn opErA: ErnAnI EnCorE sat 12:55 MIrror MIrror (PG) Fri-sat 12:00, 2:45, 5:25, 8:10, 10:50 sun-tue 1:15, 4:10, 7:00, 9:45 Wed 4:10, 7:00, 9:45 nATIonAl ThEATrE lIvE: shE sToops To ConquEr thu 7:00

ThE nEvErEnDInG sTory sat 11:00 projECT X (18A) thu 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:10 Fri-sat 1:10, 3:40, 6:10, 8:35, 11:05 sun 12:40, 3:05, 5:25, 7:50, 10:20 mon-Wed 3:05, 5:25, 7:50, 10:20 sAfE housE (14A) thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:30, 10:25 Fri 1:20, 4:20, 7:40, 10:30 sat 11:10, 2:05, 4:55, 7:40, 10:30 sun-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:30, 10:15 sIlEnT housE (14A) thu 1:50, 4:10, 10:35 Fri-Wed 9:50 ThIs MEAns WAr (14A) thu 9:10 A ThousAnD WorDs (PG) thu 2:35, 4:55, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-sat 12:10, 2:35, 5:00, 7:55, 10:25 sun-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 6:55, 9:20 TITAnIC 3D (PG) mon 6:30 Wed 12:35, 4:45, 8:55 21 juMp sTrEET (14A) thu 1:10, 2:00, 3:55, 4:50, 6:35, 7:35, 9:20, 10:20 Fri 12:05, 2:40, 5:20, 7:25, 8:05, 10:05, 10:55 sat 11:55, 2:40, 5:20, 7:25, 8:05, 10:05, 10:55 sun-Wed 1:05, 3:55, 6:50, 7:25, 9:35, 10:05 WrATh of ThE TITAns (14A) Fri-sat 2:05, 4:40, 7:35, 10:10 sun-tue 1:00, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10 Wed 1:10, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10 WrATh of ThE TITAns 3D (14A) thu 10:05 Fri-sat 12:30, 3:10, 5:45, 8:25, 11:00 sun-Wed 2:05, 4:40, 7:35, 10:10 WWE WrEsTlEMAnIA XXvIII sun 7:00

rainBoW WooDBine (i)

WooDBine centre, 500 rexDale BlvD, 416-213-1998 Dr. sEuss’ ThE lorAX (G) 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:05, 9:15 ThE hunGEr GAMEs (PG) 1:00, 3:30, 4:00, 6:30, 7:00, 9:30 john CArTEr (PG) thu 12:55, 3:55, 6:45, 9:30 journEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IslAnD (PG) Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:45, 6:50, 9:20 journEy 2: ThE MysTErIous IslAnD 3D (PG) thu 1:05, 3:45, 6:50 MIrror MIrror (PG) Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:10, 7:10, 9:40 sIlEnT housE (14A) thu 1:30, 3:50, 7:15, 9:45 A ThousAnD WorDs (PG) 1:20, 3:40, 6:55, 9:25 21 juMp sTrEET (14A) 1:10, 4:05, 7:00, 9:35 WrATh of ThE TITAns 3D (14A) thu 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:15, 3:50, 6:45, 9:30

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

Dr. sEuss’ ThE lorAX (G) sat-sun 1:30 Dr. sEuss’ ThE lorAX 3D (G) thu 4:10, 6:30, 9:00 Fri 3:40, 6:20, 8:40 sat 6:30, 8:50 sun 3:50, 6:20, 8:40 mon-Wed 6:30, 8:40 ThE hunGEr GAMEs (PG) thu 3:40, 6:40, 7:00, 10:00, 10:15 Fri 4:00, 6:40, 7:15, 9:50, 10:20 sat 12:00, 12:30, 3:20, 4:00, 6:40, 7:15, 9:50, 10:20 sun 12:00, 12:30, 3:20, 4:00, 6:40, 7:10, 9:50, 10:15 mon-tue 6:40, 7:10, 9:50, 10:15 Wed 7:10, 10:15 john CArTEr 3D (PG) thu 4:00, 6:50, 9:50 ThE METropolITAn opErA: ErnAnI EnCorE sat 12:55 MIrror MIrror (PG) Fri 3:30, 6:10, 8:50 sat 12:40, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00 sun 12:40, 3:40, 6:10, 8:50 mon-Wed 6:20, 8:50 sAlMon fIshInG In ThE yEMEn (PG) thu 3:50, 6:20, 9:20 TITAnIC 3D (PG) Wed 8:00 21 juMp sTrEET (14A) thu 4:20, 7:00, 10:10 Fri-sat 4:10, 7:30, 10:00 sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:30, 10:00 mon-Wed 7:30, 10:00 WrATh of ThE TITAns 3D (14A) 7:00, 9:30 Fri 4:20 satsun 1:50 mat, 4:20

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

ThE DEsCEnDAnTs (14A) thu 9:40 ThE hunGEr GAMEs (PG) thu 2:15 3:20 4:00 4:30 5:30 6:45 7:15 7:45 8:45 10:00 10:30 Fri-Wed 2:15, 3:15, 4:00, 4:45, 5:45, 6:40, 7:15, 8:15, 9:15, 10:00, 10:30 sat-sun 12:00, 12:45, 1:30 mat john CArTEr 3D (PG) thu 3:30 6:30 9:30 Fri-Wed 3:30, 6:45, 9:40 sat-sun 12:15 mat sAfE housE (14A) thu 4:20, 7:00, 10:10 Fri, mon-tue 3:45, 7:20, 10:20 sat 12:30, 3:45, 7:20, 10:20 sun 12:30, 3:45, 7:20 A ThousAnD WorDs (PG) thu 3:50, 4:10, 6:50, 7:10, 9:50 TITAnIC 3D (PG) Wed 1:45, 3:00, 5:45, 7:15, 9:45 21 juMp sTrEET (14A) thu 2:30, 4:15, 5:15, 7:30, 8:30, 10:15 Fri, mon-Wed 2:45, 4:30, 5:30, 7:30, 8:30, 10:10 sat 1:00, 2:45, 4:30, 5:30, 7:30, 8:30, 10:10 sun 1:00, 2:45, 4:30, 5:30, 8:30, 10:10 WrATh of ThE TITAns (14A) Fri-Wed 2:30 WrATh of ThE TITAns 3D (14A) 4:15, 5:15, 7:00, 8:00, 10:15 Fri 10:45 sat-sun 1:15 mat, 10:45 WWE WrEsTlEMAnIA XXvIII sun 7:00

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

ThE ArTIsT (PG) thu 4:15, 9:35 Fri-sat, mon-Wed 4:20, 6:50, 9:25 sun 1:05, 4:20, 6:50, 9:25 Dr. sEuss’ ThE lorAX (G) thu 4:20, 6:45 Fri, mon-Wed 4:25 sat-sun 1:30, 4:25 Dr. sEuss’ ThE lorAX 3D (G) thu 4:50 7:15 9:30 Fri-Wed 4:50, 7:15, 9:20 sat-sun 2:20 mat fooTnoTE (14A) thu 4:10 7:00 9:45 Fri-Wed 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 sat-sun 1:00 mat frIEnDs WITh KIDs 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 sat-sun 1:40 mat huGo 3D (PG) thu 4:00 7:00 9:50 Fri-Wed 4:00, 6:55, 9:50 sat-sun 1:10 mat jEff, Who lIvEs AT hoME (14A) thu 4:25, 7:10, 9:25 Fri, mon-Wed 4:35, 7:25, 9:35 sat-sun 1:45, 4:35, 7:25, 9:35 ThE METropolITAn opErA: ErnAnI EnCorE sat 12:55 MIrror MIrror (PG) 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 sat-sun 1:20 mat continued on page 84 œ

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naTionaL TheaTre LiVe: she sToops To conquer Thu 7:00 payBacK Thu 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Wed 7:20, 9:55 saLMon FishinG in The yeMen (PG) Thu 4:05 6:40 9:40 Fri-Wed 4:05, 6:40, 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:15 mat a separaTion (14A) Thu 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:05, 9:50 Sat 1:25, 7:05, 9:50 Sun 1:25, 4:30, 7:05, 9:50

saFe house (14A) Thu 4:55, 7:35, 10:10 Fri, Tue 7:50, 10:40 Sat 7:40, 10:45 Sun 7:50, 10:25 Mon 7:30 a ThousanD WorDs (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:15, 9:30 Fri, Tue 3:55, 6:15, 8:25, 10:40 Sat 12:40, 3:20, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00 Sun 1:30, 3:55, 6:15, 8:30 Mon, Wed 6:00, 8:30 TiTanic 3D (PG) Wed 7:15 21 juMp sTreeT (14A) Thu 4:35, 7:10, 9:45 Fri, Tue 5:30, 8:00, 10:40 Sat 12:25, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:40 Sun 12:25, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Mon, Wed 5:30, 8:40 TyLer perry’s GooD DeeDs (PG) Thu 6:45 WraTh oF The TiTans (14A) Fri, Tue 4:45, 7:10, 9:45 SatSun 2:00, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45 Mon 4:45, 7:15 Wed 4:45, 7:30 WraTh oF The TiTans 3D (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri, Tue 3:20, 5:45, 8:10, 10:20, 10:35 Sat 12:50, 3:15, 5:45, 8:10, 10:20, 10:35 Sun 12:50, 3:15, 5:45, 8:10, 10:30 Mon, Wed 5:45, 8:20

ColiSeuM SCarborough (Ce) SCarborough ToWn CenTre, 416-290-5217

Dr. seuss’ The Lorax (G) Thu 2:20 Fri-Wed 12:30 Dr. seuss’ The Lorax 3D (G) Thu 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Wed 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:00 The hunGer GaMes (PG) Thu 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 Fri-Sat 12:00, 12:25, 12:50, 3:20, 3:50, 4:10, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45 Sun 12:00, 12:25, 12:45, 3:20, 3:50, 4:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:30 Mon 12:25, 12:45, 3:20, 3:50, 4:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:30 Tue-Wed 12:15, 12:45, 3:20, 3:50, 4:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:30 john carTer 3D (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 7:00, 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:00, 4:00, 7:15, 10:30 Sun 12:15, 3:30, 6:45, 9:55 Mon-Tue 12:40, 3:45, 6:45, 9:55 journey 2: The MysTerious isLanD (PG) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:35 Mirror Mirror (PG) Fri-Sat 12:10, 2:50, 5:30, 8:10, 10:50 Sun-Tue 12:50, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30 Wed 3:40, 6:40, 9:30 The neVerenDinG sTory Sat 11:00 TiTanic 3D (PG) Wed 12:20, 4:25, 8:30 21 juMp sTreeT (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Fri, SunTue 1:10, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Sat 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Wed 4:20, 7:20, 9:50 WraTh oF The TiTans (14A) Fri-Sat 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:20 Sun-Tue 1:00, 4:10, 7:05, 9:40 Wed 1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 9:40 WraTh oF The TiTans 3D (14A) Thu 10:10 Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 11:00 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:20

The hunGer GaMes (PG) Thu 12:45, 1:30, 2:00, 2:40, 3:20, 3:50, 4:45, 5:15, 6:00, 7:10, 8:00, 8:45, 9:15, 10:20, 10:30 Fri 12:00, 12:30, 12:50, 2:50, 3:20, 3:50, 4:10, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45 Sat 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 12:50, 2:50, 3:20, 3:50, 4:10, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:15, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45 Sun-Tue 12:30, 1:00, 2:00, 2:30, 3:40, 4:10, 5:10, 6:00, 6:50, 7:20, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 Wed 12:30, 1:00, 2:30, 3:40, 4:10, 6:00, 6:50, 7:20, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 john carTer 3D (PG) Thu, Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:25, 10:25 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:25, 7:25, 10:40 journey 2: The MysTerious isLanD (PG) Thu 1:05 FriSat 12:05 Sun-Wed 12:45 journey 2: The MysTerious isLanD 3D (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Sat 3:05, 5:35, 8:05, 10:35 Sun-Wed 3:30, 7:00, 9:35 The MeTropoLiTan opera: ernani encore Sat 12:55 naTionaL TheaTre LiVe: she sToops To conquer Thu 7:00 The neVerenDinG sTory Sat 11:00 saFe house (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:25, 7:40, 10:25 sTar 67 Fri-Sat 12:15, 3:00, 5:40, 8:10, 10:40 Sun-Wed 2:30, 5:30, 8:00, 10:20 a ThousanD WorDs (PG) Thu 12:15, 2:45, 5:10, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Sat 12:20, 2:45, 5:45, 8:25, 10:50 Sun-Wed 2:15, 4:55, 7:40, 10:10 TiTanic 3D (PG) Wed 1:00, 1:45, 5:00, 5:45, 9:10, 9:50 21 juMp sTreeT (14A) Thu 2:05, 2:30, 4:40, 5:10, 7:15, 7:50, 9:55, 10:30 Fri 12:10, 2:20, 2:50, 5:00, 5:30, 7:40, 8:15, 10:30, 11:00 Sat 12:10, 2:50, 5:30, 7:40, 8:15, 10:30, 11:00 Sun 12:30, 2:10, 3:05, 5:00, 7:45, 10:25 Mon-Tue 1:30, 2:10, 4:30, 5:00, 7:15, 7:45, 9:55, 10:25 Wed 2:10, 5:00, 7:45, 10:25 WWe WresTLeMania xxViii Sun 7:00

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Dr. seuss’ The Lorax (G) Thu 1:00 Fri-Wed 12:50 Dr. seuss’ The Lorax 3D (G) Thu 3:20, 5:40, 8:05, 10:25 Fri-Sat 3:15, 5:40, 7:55, 10:10 Sun-Wed 3:05, 5:25, 7:40, 10:00 The hunGer GaMes (PG) Thu 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 Fri-Sat 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 3:10, 3:40, 4:10, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45 Sun 12:00, 12:45, 1:30, 3:15, 4:00, 4:45, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:45, 10:30 Mon-Wed 12:45, 1:30, 3:15, 4:00, 4:45, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:45, 10:30 john carTer (PG) Fri-Sat 12:40, 4:00, 7:10, 10:30 Sun 12:30, 3:50, 7:00, 10:10 Mon-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:15 john carTer 3D (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:55, 7:10, 10:20 journey 2: The MysTerious isLanD (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:20 Fri-Sat, Tue 12:45, 3:20, 5:45 Sun 12:40, 3:20, 5:45 Mon 12:45, 3:20 Mirror Mirror (PG) Fri-Sat 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 8:00, 10:35 Sun 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 Mon-Wed 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 projecT x (18A) Thu 10:00 a ThousanD WorDs (PG) Thu 2:40, 5:20, 7:40, 10:05 Fri-Sun, Tue 8:10, 10:30 Mon 10:30 TiTanic 3D (PG) Mon 6:30 Wed 12:30, 4:30, 8:35 21 juMp sTreeT (14A) Thu 1:10, 1:50, 4:05, 4:40, 6:50, 7:30, 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:40, 10:20 Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:35, 10:15 Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 WraTh oF The TiTans 3D (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:20, 2:00, 3:00, 4:40, 5:30, 7:20, 8:05, 10:00, 10:40 Sun 12:20, 2:00, 2:50, 4:30, 5:20, 7:10, 7:55, 9:50, 10:25 Mon-Wed 2:00, 2:50, 4:30, 5:20, 7:10, 7:55, 9:50, 10:25

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

Dr. seuss’ The Lorax (G) Thu 4:25, 9:15 Sat-Sun 1:25 Dr. seuss’ The Lorax 3D (G) Thu 5:00, 7:20 Fri-Sat, Tue 3:30, 6:00, 8:10 Sun 3:30, 6:00, 8:15, 10:20 Mon, Wed 4:30, 6:50 The hunGer GaMes (PG) Thu 4:20, 4:45, 5:25, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:45, 10:05 Fri, Tue 3:45, 4:15, 6:10, 6:50, 7:25, 9:15, 10:00, 10:30 Sat 12:35, 1:10, 2:30, 3:45, 4:15, 6:10, 6:50, 7:25, 9:15, 10:00, 10:30 Sun 12:35, 1:10, 2:30, 3:45, 4:15, 6:10, 6:50, 7:25, 9:15, 10:00, 10:25 Mon, Wed 4:20, 5:00, 7:00, 7:40, 8:10 john carTer (PG) Fri, Tue 4:00, 7:00, 10:25 Sat 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:25 Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:05 Mon, Wed 4:40, 7:50 john carTer 3D (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 journey 2: The MysTerious isLanD (PG) Thu 6:15, 9:00 Fri, Tue 4:30 Sat 1:30, 4:00 Sun 1:45, 4:30 Mon 4:50 Mirror Mirror (PG) Fri, Tue 5:15, 7:40, 10:15 Sat-Sun 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:40, 10:15 Mon, Wed 5:15, 8:00

march 29 - april 4 2012 NOW

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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) Thu 1:35, 3:50, 6:10 Fri-Sun 11:00, 1:35, 3:50, 6:10, 8:30 Mon-Wed 1:35, 3:50, 6:10, 8:30 FrienDs WiTh KiDs Thu 2:00, 4:25, 6:50, 9:10 Fri-Sun 11:20, 2:00, 4:25, 6:50, 9:20 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:25, 6:50, 9:20 GhosT riDer: spiriT oF VenGeance 3D (14A) Thu 1:50, 10:15 The GirL WiTh The DraGon TaTToo (18A) Thu 3:00, 6:30, 10:00 huGo 3D (PG) Thu 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) Thu 3:45, 7:00, 10:25 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:50, 7:00, 10:25 Mon-Wed 3:50, 7:00, 10:25 LoVe in The BuFF 3:15, 5:30, 8:00, 10:20 Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:00 mat Mirror Mirror (PG) Fri-Sun 11:30, 12:30, 2:30, 3:30, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00 Mon 2:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:00, 10:00 Tue-Wed 2:30, 3:30, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00 projecT x (18A) Thu 2:45, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 saFe house (14A) 4:00, 6:50, 9:45 Fri-Sun 10:30, 1:20 mat The secreT WorLD oF arrieTTy (G) Thu 3:40, 6:20, 9:00 Fri-Sun 10:50, 1:10, 3:40 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:00 a separaTion (14A) 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 Fri-Sun 10:30, 1:15 mat siLenT house (14A) Thu 3:30, 5:40, 8:00, 10:20 sTar Wars: episoDe i – The phanToM Menace 3D Thu 4:15, 7:15 sTarry sTarry niGhT 2:05, 4:45, 7:45, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:45 mat This Means War (14A) Thu 2:10, 5:00, 7:45, 10:05 Fri-Sun 6:00, 8:15, 10:30 Mon-Wed 8:15, 10:30 TyLer perry’s GooD DeeDs (PG) Thu 2:50, 6:00, 9:00 Fri-Wed 2:10, 7:15 The VoW (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Sun 11:30, 4:50, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:50, 9:45 WraTh oF The TiTans (14A) 3:45, 6:15, 8:45 Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:15 mat WraTh oF The TiTans 3D (14A) 1:45, 2:45, 4:15, 5:15, 6:45, 7:45, 9:15, 10:15 Fri-Sun 11:15, 12:15 mat

FrienDs WiTh KiDs Thu 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 The hunGer GaMes: The iMax experience (PG) Thu 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 11:00 The hunGer GaMes (PG) Thu 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, 10:30, 10:45, 11:30 Fri 10:30, 11:00, 11:30, 12:00, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 Sat-Sun 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30, 12:00, 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 MonTue 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 Wed 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 john carTer (PG) Thu 1:35, 4:25, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Sun 10:00, 4:05, 10:35 Mon-Tue 4:05, 10:35 john carTer 3D (PG) Thu 2:35, 5:25, 8:10, 11:00 Fri-Tue 1:05, 7:35 Mirror Mirror (PG) 1:45, 3:15, 4:10, 5:45, 6:45, 8:15, 9:10, 10:45 Fri-Sun 10:15, 11:15, 12:45 mat projecT x (18A) 1:35, 3:45, 5:55, 8:05, 10:15 Fri-Sun 11:25 mat saFe house (14A) 3:10, 5:50, 8:25, 11:00 Fri-Sun 10:10, 12:40 mat a ThousanD WorDs (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:05, 5:35, 8:10, 10:40 TiTanic 3D (PG) Wed 1:30, 3:30, 6:00, 8:00, 10:00 21 juMp sTreeT (14A) Thu 1:45, 3:15, 4:15, 5:45, 7:15, 8:15, 9:45, 10:45 Fri-Sun 10:15, 11:15, 12:45, 1:50, 3:10, 4:15, 5:45, 7:15, 8:15, 9:45, 10:55 Mon-Wed 1:50, 3:10, 4:15, 5:45, 7:15, 8:15, 9:45, 10:55 WraTh oF The TiTans (14A) 3:40, 6:30, 9:15 Fri-Sat 10:05, 12:55 mat WraTh oF The TiTans 3D (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sun 11:30, 2:30, 5:15, 8:00, 10:45 Mon-Wed 2:30, 5:15, 8:00, 10:45 WraTh oF The TiTans: an iMax 3D experience (14A) Thu 12:01 Fri-Sun 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30

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aGenT VinoD (14A) Thu 4:30, 6:00, 7:45, 9:15 Fri, MonWed 4:45, 6:15, 9:30 Sat-Sun 3:00, 4:45, 6:15, 9:30 Massi Thu 4:30, 7:00, 10:00

GTA Regions Mississauga

Dr. seuss’ The Lorax (G) Thu 4:15, 6:30 Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:00, 5:20 Sun 1:00, 3:15, 5:25 Mon-Tue 4:20 Dr. seuss’ The Lorax 3D (G) Thu 5:35, 8:00, 10:20 Fri 1:30, 3:45, 6:10, 8:20, 10:35 Sat 11:00, 1:30, 3:45, 6:10, 8:20, 10:35 Sun 12:15, 2:40, 5:10, 7:35, 10:00 Mon-Wed 5:10, 7:35, 10:00 FrienDs WiTh KiDs Thu 4:20, 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:30, 7:00, 9:40 Sun 1:50, 4:35, 7:10, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:10, 9:50 The hunGer GaMes (PG) Thu 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 Fri 12:15, 1:00, 1:40, 2:30, 3:35, 4:20, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 7:40, 8:15, 9:15, 10:15, 11:00 Sat 11:10, 12:15, 1:00, 1:40, 2:30, 3:35, 4:20, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 7:40, 8:15, 9:15, 10:15, 11:00 Sun 12:30, 1:40, 2:30, 3:45, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 7:15, 8:15, 9:15, 10:20 Mon 3:45, 4:30, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 7:45, 8:35, 9:15, 10:20 Tue-Wed 3:45, 4:30, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 7:45, 8:15, 9:15, 10:20 john carTer (PG) Thu 4:50, 7:50 Wed 3:50, 7:05, 10:10 john carTer 3D (PG) Thu 3:50, 7:00, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:35, 7:35, 10:40 Sun 12:40, 3:50, 7:05, 10:10 Mon-Tue 3:50, 7:05, 10:10 journey 2: The MysTerious isLanD (PG) Thu 5:00, 7:35 Fri 2:10, 4:50, 7:20 Sat 11:20, 2:10, 4:50, 7:20 Sun 2:10, 4:50, 7:30 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:30 Mirror Mirror (PG) Fri-Sat 12:10, 2:50, 5:35, 8:10, 10:50 Sun 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 The neVerenDinG sTory Sat 11:00 projecT x (18A) 10:00 saFe house (14A) Thu 4:10, 7:05, 9:55 Fri-Sat 2:00, 5:00, 7:55, 10:45 Sun 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 Mon-Tue 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 Wed 4:10, 6:55, 9:40 a ThousanD WorDs (PG) Thu 4:50, 7:15, 9:35 Fri-Sat 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Sun 2:10, 4:30 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:00, 9:20 TiTanic 3D (PG) Wed 4:00, 8:15 21 juMp sTreeT (14A) Thu 3:50, 4:45, 6:40, 7:30, 9:25, 10:15 Fri 12:10, 2:55, 5:40, 7:40, 8:20, 10:25, 11:00 Sat 2:55, 5:40, 7:40, 8:20, 10:25, 11:00 Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 7:40, 10:15, 10:25 Mon-Tue 4:45, 6:40, 7:30, 9:25, 10:15 Wed 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 WraTh oF The TiTans (14A) Fri-Sat 12:00, 2:35, 5:15, 7:50, 10:30 Sun 1:00, 3:45, 6:25, 9:10 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 WraTh oF The TiTans 3D (14A) Thu 10:20 Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:25, 6:00, 8:35, 11:15 Sun 12:00, 2:35, 5:15, 7:50, 10:30 MonWed 5:15, 7:50, 10:30 WWe WresTLeMania xxViii Sun 7:00

Dr. seuss’ The Lorax (G) Thu 1:50, 4:10, 7:00, 9:10 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:30, 3:50 Sat 11:15, 1:30, 3:50 Dr. seuss’ The Lorax 3D (G) Thu 1:00, 3:40, 6:00 Fri-Sat, Tue-Wed 12:50, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30 Sun-Mon 12:50, 3:10 The hunGer GaMes: The iMax experience (PG) Thu 12:15, 3:30, 6:45, 10:00 The hunGer GaMes (PG) Thu 12:45, 1:30, 2:15, 3:00, 4:00, 4:45, 6:15, 7:15, 8:00, 9:30, 10:30 Fri 12:40, 1:20, 2:10, 3:00, 4:00, 4:40, 5:30, 6:20, 7:10, 8:00, 8:50, 9:40, 10:30 Sat 11:30, 12:40, 1:20, 2:10, 3:00, 4:00, 4:40, 5:00, 5:30, 6:20, 7:10, 8:15, 8:50, 9:40, 10:30 Sun-Tue 12:40, 1:20, 2:10, 3:00, 4:00, 4:40, 5:30, 6:20, 7:10, 8:00, 8:50, 9:40, 10:20 Wed 12:40, 2:10, 4:00, 4:40, 5:30, 7:10, 8:00, 8:50, 10:20 john carTer (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:40, 7:50 Wed 12:45, 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 john carTer 3D (PG) Thu 12:20, 3:20, 6:30, 9:20 Fri, SunTue 12:45, 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 Sat 12:20, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 journey 2: The MysTerious isLanD (PG) Thu 12:30 Fri, Sun-Tue 12:20 Sat 12:00 Wed 12:10 journey 2: The MysTerious isLanD 3D (PG) Thu 3:10, 5:50, 8:10 Fri-Wed 2:30, 4:50, 7:00 The MeTropoLiTan opera: ernani encore Sat 12:50 naTionaL TheaTre LiVe: she sToops To conquer Thu 7:00 The neVerenDinG sTory Sat 11:00 projecT x (18A) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 Fri-Wed 6:10, 8:30 TiTanic 3D (PG) Mon 6:30 Wed 1:00, 5:00, 9:00 TiTanic: an iMax 3D experience (PG) Wed 12:00, 4:00, 8:00 21 juMp sTreeT (14A) Thu 1:40, 2:50, 4:30, 5:40, 7:30, 8:30, 10:20 Fri 1:50, 2:20, 4:20, 5:00, 6:50, 7:50, 9:50, 10:40 Sat 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 7:50, 9:50, 10:40 Sun-Tue 1:50, 2:20, 4:20, 5:00, 6:50, 7:40, 9:50, 10:20 Wed 2:20, 4:20, 5:00, 6:50, 7:40, 9:50, 10:20 WraTh oF The TiTans (14A) Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:20 WraTh oF The TiTans 3D (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:00, 3:20, 5:50, 8:20, 10:50 Sun-Wed 1:00, 3:20, 5:50, 8:20 WraTh oF The TiTans: an iMax 3D experience (14A) Fri-Tue 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45, 10:05 WWe WresTLeMania xxViii Sun 7:00

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aGenT VinoD (14A) 2:40, 6:00, 9:30 Fri-Sun 11:00 mat 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

Dr. seuss’ The Lorax (G) 2:15, 6:30 Fri-Sun 10:00 mat Dr. seuss’ The Lorax 3D (G) Thu 1:10, 3:20, 4:20, 5:20, 7:30, 9:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:10, 4:20, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:20, 9:30

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SilverCiTy MiSSiSSauga (Ce) acT oF VaLor (14A) Thu 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Tue 9:05 The DescenDanTs (14A) Thu 3:35, 6:20, 9:15 Dr. seuss’ The Lorax (G) Thu 4:00, 6:35, 9:00 Fri-Sun 1:25, 3:55, 6:20 Mon-Tue 3:35, 6:20 Dr. seuss’ The Lorax 3D (G) Thu 5:00, 7:15, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:10, 9:25 FrienDs WiTh KiDs Thu 4:15, 7:00, 9:35 Fri-Sun 1:35, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:00, 9:45 huGo 3D (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:45 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:40, 9:35 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 The iron LaDy (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:25, 9:05 Mirror Mirror (PG) Fri-Sun 12:55, 1:45, 3:40, 4:30, 6:30, 7:20, 9:15, 10:05 Mon-Wed 3:40, 4:25, 6:30, 7:05, 9:15, 9:55 saLMon FishinG in The yeMen (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:55, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:30, 6:45, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:40, 9:30 siLenT house (14A) Thu 4:25, 7:25, 9:55 TiTanic 3D (PG) Wed 4:00, 8:15 The VoW (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 WraTh oF The TiTans (14A) Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:05, 6:55, 9:25 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:35, 9:20 WraTh oF The TiTans 3D (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:20, 10:00

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

Dr. seuss’ The Lorax (G) Thu 3:35, 6:00 Fri-Sun 12:55, 3:25, 5:25 Mon-Tue 3:30, 5:35 Dr. seuss’ The Lorax 3D (G) Thu 4:15, 6:40, 9:20 Fri-Sun 12:10, 2:30, 4:40, 6:55, 9:15 Mon-Wed 4:40, 6:55, 9:15 The hunGer GaMes: The iMax experience (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:45, 10:00 The hunGer GaMes (PG) Thu 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:45, 6:15, 7:15, 7:45, 8:15, 9:00, 9:30, 10:30 Fri 12:00, 12:40, 1:20, 2:10, 3:10, 3:50, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:10, 7:50, 9:10, 9:50, 10:30, 11:15 Sat 11:10, 12:00, 12:40, 1:20, 2:20, 3:10, 3:50, 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:10, 7:50, 9:10, 9:50, 10:30, 11:15 Sun 12:45, 1:15, 1:45, 2:20, 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:40, 7:15, 8:00, 8:40, 9:30, 10:30 Mon 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:40, 7:15, 8:40, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 TueWed 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:40, 7:15, 8:00, 8:40, 9:30, 10:30 john carTer (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:50, 9:45 john carTer 3D (PG) Thu 4:35, 7:20, 10:25 Fri-Sat 1:00, 4:25, 7:40, 11:00 Sun 12:00, 3:15, 6:45, 9:55 Mon 3:45, 6:45, 9:55 Tue-Wed 3:40, 6:45, 9:55 journey 2: The MysTerious isLanD (PG) Fri, Sun 1:05 Sat 11:40 journey 2: The MysTerious isLanD 3D (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:30, 8:50 Fri 3:55, 6:40, 9:30 Sat 2:05, 4:50, 7:15, 9:55 Sun 3:55 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:40, 9:20 Mirror Mirror (PG) Fri-Sat 12:20, 1:15, 3:20, 4:00, 6:20, 7:00, 9:00, 9:40 Sun 12:20, 1:20, 3:10, 4:00, 6:20, 7:00, 9:00, 9:40 Mon 3:40, 4:05, 6:30, 7:30, 9:05, 10:20 Tue-Wed 3:45, 4:20, 6:30, 7:00, 9:05, 9:40 The neVerenDinG sTory Sat 11:00 projecT x (18A) Thu 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Fri-Sat 12:50, 3:15, 5:40, 8:00, 10:50 Sun 12:40, 3:00, 5:30, 8:10, 10:25 MonWed 5:30, 8:10, 10:25 saFe house (14A) Thu 4:10, 7:00, 9:55 Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:45,

7:30, 10:20 Mon 4:45, 7:25, 10:20 Tue-Wed 4:45, 7:30, 10:20 siLenT house (14A) Thu 5:20, 7:35, 10:15 This Means War (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:05, 9:35 Fri 1:45, 4:15, 7:05, 9:45 Sat 11:50, 2:40, 5:20, 7:55, 10:45 Sun 1:55, 4:15, 7:05, 9:45 Mon-Tue 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 Wed 4:25, 7:10, 9:45 a ThousanD WorDs (PG) Thu 4:05, 6:35, 9:10 Fri, Sun 12:35, 3:30, 6:15, 8:55 Sat 11:30, 1:55, 4:10, 6:35, 8:55 MonWed 3:30, 6:15, 8:55 TiTanic 3D (PG) Mon 6:30 Wed 4:15, 8:30 21 juMp sTreeT (14A) Thu 3:45, 4:45, 6:45, 7:30, 9:40, 10:20 Fri 12:05, 1:30, 2:40, 4:10, 5:20, 7:20, 8:10, 10:00, 10:40 Sat 1:30, 2:10, 4:35, 5:00, 7:20, 8:10, 10:00, 10:40 Sun 12:15, 1:30, 3:20, 4:10, 6:35, 7:20, 9:10, 10:00 Mon-Wed 3:35, 4:10, 6:35, 7:20, 9:10, 10:00 The VoW (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:25, 10:05 Fri-Tue 7:35, 10:15 WraTh oF The TiTans (14A) Fri 2:00, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 Sat 11:20, 1:45, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 Sun 2:15, 6:30, 8:50 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:20, 8:45 WraTh oF The TiTans 3D (14A) Thu 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:10, 3:40, 6:00, 8:40, 11:10 Sun 1:10, 3:40, 7:10, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 WraTh oF The TiTans: an iMax 3D experience (14A) 5:15, 7:45, 10:05 Fri-Sun 12:30, 2:50 mat WWe WresTLeMania xxViii Sun 7:00

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30 inTerChange Way, hWy 400 & hWy 7, 416-335-5323 acT oF VaLor (14A) Thu 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 Fri 2:05, 4:40, 7:10, 9:45 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:05, 4:40, 7:10, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:10, 9:45 aGenT VinoD (14A) Thu 4:20, 8:30 Fri, Sun 2:00, 5:30, 9:00 Sat 10:30, 2:00, 5:30, 9:00 Mon-Wed 5:30, 9:00 chronicLe (14A) Thu 4:25 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:40, 9:35 SatSun 11:40, 4:40, 9:35 conTraBanD (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 Fri 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:20, 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:25, 10:00 The DescenDanTs (14A) Thu 4:35, 7:25, 10:15 Fri 2:00, 4:35, 7:25, 9:55 Sat-Sun 11:15, 2:00, 4:35, 7:25, 9:55 MonWed 4:35, 7:25, 9:55 FrienDs WiTh KiDs Thu 5:00, 7:45, 10:15 Fri 2:25, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:05, 2:25, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 GhosT riDer: spiriT oF VenGeance 3D (14A) 7:40, 10:00 Sat-Sun 1:30 mat The GirL WiTh The DraGon TaTToo (18A) Thu 6:15, 9:35 Fri 2:30, 6:00, 9:15 Sat-Sun 11:00, 2:30, 6:00, 9:15 MonWed 6:00, 9:15 Goon (18A) Thu 5:30, 7:35, 9:40 Fri 3:15, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50 Sat-Sun 10:45, 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50 Mon-Wed 5:30, 7:40, 9:50 huGo 3D (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 Sat-Sun 10:40, 1:20, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 Mission: iMpossiBLe – GhosT proTocoL (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:05, 10:05 Fri 4:05, 7:00, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:05, 4:05, 7:00, 9:50 Mon-Wed 7:00, 9:50 saLMon FishinG in The yeMen (PG) Fri 4:10, 7:05, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:10, 7:05, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:05, 9:45 The secreT WorLD oF arrieTTy (G) Thu 4:00 sherLocK hoLMes: a GaMe oF shaDoWs (PG) Thu 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 Fri, Mon-Wed 6:45 Sat-Sun 1:45, 6:45 sTar Wars: episoDe i – The phanToM Menace 3D 4:30 Sat-Sun 10:35 mat WanDerLusT (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:15, 9:50 Fri 2:20, 4:55, 7:15, 9:35 Sat-Sun 12:10, 2:20, 4:55, 7:15, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:55, 7:15, 9:35 The WoMan in BLacK (14A) Thu 6:30

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ProMenade Mall, hWy 7 & baThurST, 905-764-3247 Dr. seuss’ The Lorax (G) 1:05, 3:00, 5:00, 7:05, 9:00 The hunGer GaMes (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:30, 4:00, 6:30, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 1:00, 3:30, 4:00, 6:30, 7:00, 9:20 Mon 3:30, 4:00, 6:30, 7:00, 9:20 john carTer (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:05, 6:50, 9:25 journey 2: The MysTerious isLanD 3D (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10 Mirror Mirror (PG) Fri-Wed 1:15, 3:45, 6:50, 9:10 21 juMp sTreeT (14A) 1:30, 4:30, 7:15, 9:35 WraTh oF The TiTans (14A) Thu 10:00 WraTh oF The TiTans 3D (14A) Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:30

West grande - STeeleS (Ce) hWy 410 & STeeleS, 905-455-1590

Dr. seuss’ The Lorax (G) Sat-Sun 12:10 Dr. seuss’ The Lorax 3D (G) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 Fri 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 Sat 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 Sun 2:20, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 The hunGer GaMes (PG) Thu 3:30, 3:45, 4:40, 5:45, 6:20, 6:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15 Fri 3:20, 3:50, 4:20, 6:40, 7:10, 7:40, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 Sat 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 3:20, 3:50, 4:20, 6:40, 7:10, 7:40, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 Sun 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, 3:15, 3:45, 4:45, 6:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:45, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:45, 4:45, 6:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:45, 10:15 john carTer 3D (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-Sat 6:50, 10:10 Sun-Tue 6:50, 10:00 journey 2: The MysTerious isLanD 3D (PG) Fri 3:30 Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:30 Mon-Tue 4:10 Mirror Mirror (PG) 4:00, 6:45, 9:40 Sat-Sun 12:50 mat projecT x (18A) Thu 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 saFe house (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 Fri 4:10, 7:20, 10:20 Sat 1:20, 4:10, 7:20, 10:20 Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7:20, 10:05 MonWed 4:20, 7:20, 10:05 TiTanic 3D (PG) Wed 4:10, 8:30 21 juMp sTreeT (14A) Thu 4:00, 7:20, 10:10 Fri 4:30, 7:30, 10:40 Sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:40 Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 WraTh oF The TiTans (14A) Fri 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 Sat 1:10, 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 Sun 1:10, 3:40, 6:40, 9:20 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 WraTh oF The TiTans 3D (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri 5:15, 7:50, 10:50 Sat 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:50 Sun 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:35, 10:10 Mon-Wed 5:10, 7:35, 10:10 3

indie&rep film

General of France present Finyé (Le Vente) D: Souleymane Cisse. 2 pm. Tabataba D: Raymond Rajaonarivelo. 4 pm. Free. FrI 30 – L’Institut Francais and the Consulate General of France present Alain Gomis X 2: L’Afrance. 2 pm. Andalucia. 4 pm. Free. wED 4 – Green Screens: There Once Was An Island (2010) D: Briar March. 7 pm. $6. planetinfocus.org.

How to find a listing

ontario science centre

complete festivals, independent and

repertory schedules

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

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

Thu 29-FrI 30 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11

am & 2 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. Tornado Alley. 1 pm. SAT 31 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am, 2 & 4 pm. Tornado Alley. Noon. Jane Goodall’s Wild Champanzees. 1 pm. Under The Sea. 3 pm. SuN 1 – Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am, 2 & 4 pm. Tornado Alley. Noon. Jane Goodall’s Wild Champanzees. 1 pm. Under The Sea. 3 pm. MoN 2-wED 4– Rocky Mountain Express. 11 am & 2 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. Tornado Alley. 1 pm.

= Critics’ pick (highly recommended)

How to place a listing

All listings are free. Send to: movies@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-3641166 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.

festivals canadian film festival

the ProJection booth Webdultery (left), A Little Bit Zombie and If I Should Fall screen at the Canadian Film Fest.

Celebrating homegrown talent

royal cinema, 608 college. canfilmfest.ca

CANADIAN FILM FESTIVAL at the Royal

Thu 29-SAT 31– Festival of emerging and established Canadian filmmakers. $7, short film block $15, five-film mini-pass $20, allaccess VIP pass $100. Thu 29 – Material Success (2011) D: Jesse Mann. 7:45 pm. My Loss, Your Gain (2011) D: Elli Raynai, and Below Zero (2011) D: Justin Thomas Ostensen. 9:55 pm. FrI 30 – Waiting For Summer (2011) D: Senthil Vinu. 7:45 pm. The Unleashed (2011) D: Manuel H DaSilva. 9:55 pm SAT 31 – Short films including Onion Skin, Rosie Takes The Train, Long Branch, Sonata For Christian and others. Noon. If I Should Fall (2011) D: Brendan Culliton. 2 pm. Hit N Strum (2011) D: Kirk Caouette. 4:15 pm. Webdultery (2011) D: Charles Wahl. 6:15 pm. A Little Bit Zombie (2011) D: Casey Walker. 9 pm.

through Sunday (April 1). See listings, this page. canfilmfest.ca. Rating: NNN

cinÉfranco film festival

tiff bell lightbox, reitman square, 350 king w. cinefranco.com

Thu 29-SuN 1 – International francophone

cinema. $12, stu/srs $10, up to 18 yrs $8, festival pass (10 tickets) $99. 416-599-8433. Thu 29 – A Mad Venture, In The Footsteps Of Jeanne Mance (2011) D: Annabel Loyola. 6:30 pm. Labor Court (2011) D: Stéphane Goël. 9 pm. Director in attendance. FrI 30 – Guilt (2011) D: Ismaël Ferroukhi. 6 pm. My Little Princess (2011) D: Eva Ionesco. 9 pm. SAT 31 – My Piece Of The Pie (2011) D: Cédric Klapisch. 12:30 pm. Report For Missing Persons (2011) D: Franck Mancuso. 3 pm. You Don’t Choose Your Family (2011) D: Christian Clavier. 6:15 pm. The Art Of Love (2011) D: Emmanuel Mouret. 9 pm. SuN 1 – The Rif Lover (2011) D: Narjiss Nejjar. 11 am. Back To Square One (2011) D: Thomas Ngijol, Fabrice Eboué and Lionel Steketee. 1:30 pm. The Tuches (2011) D: Olivier Baroux. 4 pm. All Our Desires (2011) D: Philippe Lioret. 6:30 pm.

toronto silent film festival casa loma, 1 austin terrace (cl); fox theatre, 2236 queen e (ft); innis town hall, 2 sussex (it); revue cinema, 400 roncesvalles (rc); carlton cinema, 20 carlton (cc). torontosilentfilmfestival.com.

Thu 29-TuE 3 – Festival of silent films. $10$20, fest pass $65-$100. 416-461-9287. Thu 29 – Our Dancing Daughters (1928) D: Alan Crosland, Cinderella (1922) D: Lotte Reiniger, and The Best of TUFF 2011 Animation. 8 pm. $15 (IT). FrI 30 – Tabu: A Story Of The South Seas (1931) D: FW Murnau, and short animated films Flapjacks, Mutt And Jeff, Bokays And Brickbatz and Krazy Kat. 7:30 pm. $10 (CC). SAT 31 – Blood And Sand (1922) D: Fred Niblo, Koko And The Cartoon Factory (1925) D: Max & Dave Fleischer. 4 pm. $12 (RC). SuN 1 – 1000 Laffs: Playmates Program: The

Thu 29 – L’Institut Français and the Consulate

Back after a four-year hiatus, the CanadianFilmFesttakes over the Royal in Little Italy for four days of screenings, parties and panels. Things got under way earlier in the week with the Toronto premiere of Thom Fitzgerald’s Cloudburst; Thursday through Sunday are devoted to shorts, features and discussions about independent Canadian cinema. The programming ranges from earnest documentaries like Brendan Culliton’s IfIShouldFall, memorializing Marc Diab, a Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan, to the strained Cure (1917) D: Charlie Chaplin, Frauds And Frenzies (1918) D: Larry Semon, Back Stage (1919), Saturday Afternoon (1926), and We Faw Down (1928). Musical accompaniment by Bill O’Meara. 4 pm. $10-$12 (FT). MoN 2 – The Italian Straw Hat (1927) D: René Clair. Musical accompaniment by Clark Wilson. 8 pm. $20 (CL). TuE 3 – Varieté (1925) D: EA Dupont. 8 pm. $15 (IT).

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

Thu 29 – Tabloid (2010) D: Errol Morris. 6:30 pm. Eames: The Architect And The Painter (2011) D: Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey. 9 pm. FrI 30 – The Guantanamo Trap (2011) D: Thomas Wallner. 3:30 & 6:30 pm. The Disappearance Of McKinley Nolan (2010) D: Henry Corra. 9:30 pm. SAT 31 – The Thin Blue Line (1988) D: Errol Morris. 3:30 pm. The Disappearance Of McKinley Nolan. 6:30 pm. Director in attendance. The Guantanamo Trap. 9:15 pm. SuN 1 – Umbrellas (1994) D: Henry Corra. 3:30 pm. Director in attendance. The Disappearance Of McKinley Nolan. 6:30 pm. The Guan tanamo Trap. 9:15 pm. MoN 2 – Inside Hana’s Suitcase (2009) D: Larry Weinstein. 6:30 pm. The Guantanamo Trap. 9:15 pm. TuE 3 – Cultures Of Resistance (2011) D: Iara Lee. 6:30 pm. The Guantanamo Trap. 9:15 pm. wED 4 – Hot Docs Doc Soup: Under African Skies (2012) D: Joe Berlinger. 6:30 & 9:15 pm. $14. hotdocs.ca.

social relevance of Hit’NStrum, a classstruggle reworking of Once about a member of the 1 per cent (Michelle Harrison) who befriends a homeless busker (writer/director Kirk Caouette) after she hits him with her car. There are quite a few genre pieces, including JustinThomasOstensen’s BelowZero, a thriller about a burnedout screenwriter (Edward Furlong) who comes up with a novel solution to his writer’s block, and closing-night gala A LittleBitZombie, in which a mosquito bite leaves hapless bridegroom Steve (Kristopher Turner) craving brains but otherwise pretty much okay during a cottage weekend. There’s some good stuff in Zombie, not the least of which are supporting turns by Kristen Hager as Steve’s sister

and Pontypool’s Stephen McHattie as a no-nonsense zombie hunter, but director CaseyWalkerestablishes such a broad tone so early on that there’s nowhere for the comedy to go once the premise is established. (There’s also the problem of the movie’s ending, in that it doesn’t have one.) The inclusion of ManuelH. DaSilva’s atrocious horror movie The Unleashedgives pause; it’s not the sort of film that plays festivals, but the sort that gets booed off the screen. It had a dismal local run last summer, and I’m assuming it’s here because someone owed someone else a favour. That doesn’t mean you have to get suckered in, too.

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Ghibli: Only Yesterday (1991) D: Isao Takahata. 8:45 pm. wED 4 – Four Nights Of A Dreamer (1971) D: Robert Bresson. 6:30 pm.

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

SAT 31 – Rashomon (1950) D: Akira Kurosawa. 3 pm. Free.

cinematheque tiff bell lightbox

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

Thu 29 – The Junos at TIFF: Canadian Music

On Films including Burning Bright (David Francey), Look At What The Light Did Now (Feist), Peter Katz Live At The Music Gallery (Peter Katz), Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland (Rush), and Get Along (Tegan and Sara). 7 pm. FrI 30 – Four Nights Of A Dreamer (1971) D: Robert Bresson. 6:30 pm. John Greyson X 3: Zero Patience (1993), ADS Epidemic (1987), and Roy & Silo’s Starter Home (2009). 7 pm. Soviet Sci-Fi: Ikarie XB-1 (1963) D: Jindrich Polák. 9:30 pm. SAT 31 – Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki X 2: Howl’s Moving Castle (2004). 10:30 am. Castle In The Sky (1986) D: Hayao Miyazaki. 5 pm. Classic Film Festival Road To Hollywood: The Last Picture Show (1971) D: Peter Bogdanovich. 7:30 pm. Director in attendance. The Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans (2009) D: Werner Herzog. 10 pm. SuN 1 – Flying Leathernecks (1951) D: Nicholas Ray. 1 pm. John Greyson X 2: Carte Blanche: Edward II (1991), and White Money (1983). 4 pm. Studio Ghibli: Spirited Away (2001) D: Hayao Miyazaki. 7 pm. MoN 2 – John Greyson X 3: Fig Trees (2009), The Sixth Room (2001) and Motet For Amplified Voices (2004). 6:30 pm. TuE 3 – Flying Leathernecks. 6:30 pm. Studio

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fox theatre

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

Thu 29 – Pina 3D (2011) D: Wim Wenders. 7

pm. Albert Nobbs (2011) D: Rodrigo Garcia. 9:15 pm. FrI 30 – The Artist (2011) D: Michel Hazanavisius. 7 pm. Shame (2011) D: Steve McQueen. 9:15 pm. SAT 31 – Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) D: Brad Peyton. 2 pm. The Artist. 4 & 7 pm. Shame. 9:15 pm. SuN 1 – Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. 2 pm. Toronto Silent Film Festival. See listings, this page. 4 pm. The Artist. 7 pm. Shame. 9 pm. MoN 2 – Goon (2011) D: Michael Dowse. 7 pm. Shame. 9 pm. TuE 3 – Shame. 7 pm. Goon. 9:15 pm. wED 4 – .The Artist. 1:30 & 7 pm. Safehouse (2012) D: Daniel Espinosa. 9 pm.

graham sPry theatre

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

Thu 29-wED 4 – Continuous screenings Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Free. Thu 29-FrI 30 – 8th Fire: Part Four. MoN 2-wED 4 – Growing Up Cold.

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

Thu 29 -wED 4 – More than 5,000 NFB films

available at digital viewing stations. TueWed noon-7 pm, Thu-Sat noon-10 pm, Sun noon-5 pm. Free.

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

Thu 29 – Pink Ribbons (2011) D: Léa Pool. 1 & 7 pm. Black Butterflies (2011) ñ D: Paula van der Oest. 3 pm. Newlyweds

(2011) D: Edward Burns. 5 pm. Battle Royale (2000) D: Kinji Fukasaku. 9 pm. FrI 30 – Monsters And Martians Fridays: Queen Of Out Space (1958) D: Edward Bernds, and Robot Monster (1953) D: Phil Tucker. 9 & 10 pm. SAT 31 – Super Punch Saturdays: Master Of The Flying Guillotine (1976) D: Yu Wang, and Shoguns Ninja. 9 & 11 pm. SuN 1-wED 4 – Check website for schedule.

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

Thu 29 – Oxygene (2007) D: Jean Michel Jar-

ré. 7 pm.

MoN 2 – Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)D: Kevin Brownlow. 7 pm. Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) D: Herbert Brenon. 9 pm. TuE 3 – The Eternal Jew (1940) D: Fritz Hippler. 7 pm. Jud Süss (1940) D: Veit Harlan. 9 pm. wED 4 – John J Michalczyk X 2: The Cross And The Star (1922). 7 pm. Nazi Medicine (1997). 8 pm. Titanic (1943) D: Werner Klingler and Herbert Selpin. 9 pm.

revue cinema

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

Thu 29 – Epicure’s Revue: A Matter Of Taste:

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Gay, 16 and desperate I’m 16 and an openly gay boy In a

very welcoming community. My first boyfriend and I broke up recently. We’ll be friends again, I’m sure, but now I don’t even have a hint of any sort of anything on the horizon, and it’s driving me insane. All the out gay guys here are nice, but most are sassy stereotypical caricature flamer types, and I’m not attracted to any of them. But those are the kind of people who are out at 16. I just hate thinking I’m alone for the foreseeable future. I know the logical thing is to wait, but how am I supposed to wait? Is there any alternative? Whiny Angsty Sad Teen Entreats Dan Sorry, WASTED, but you’re gonna get the same advice I give to hard and hard-

up 16-year-old straight boys: Worry less about getting your 16-year-old self laid and more about getting your 20-yearold self laid. Get out of the house and do shit, get books and read shit, volunteer for a political organization and change shit. You’ll have more boys to choose from in a few years, and you’ll be a more interesting, more informed, more attractive guy thanks to all that doing, reading and volunteering. Beat off in the interim, WASTED, remembering to vary your masturbatory routine (left hand, right hand; firm grip, soft touch; with toys, without; lots of lube, just a drop; etc), and try to cultivate your own erotic imagination (translation: don’t jerk off to internet porn exclusively; use your imagination once in a while). I’m not telling you that you should wait until you’re 20 to date. But you’ll find the next few years less aggravating if you take the long view and keep busy, all the while jerking it to your part’s content. And who knows? You might meet a nice boy while you’re out there doing shit. As for those “sassy stereotypical caricature flamer types,” WASTED…. SSCFTs can be attractive, and some guys are into SSCFTs. But some boys react to the pressures of being young, gay and out by dialling it up to 20. It’s a force field – it’s a fierce field – that many SSCFTs eventually drop. Which is to say: uou may have already met your next boyfriend, WASTED, but his fierce field was up. You might want to give ’em a little time.

My nephew’s pal is gay, 50 my 13-year-old nephew, who Is

straight, was in a play last year. It was a very positive experience. The only problem is that one of the theatre group’s fans, who is 50 and gay, befriended my sister and seems to be fixated on my nephew: he posts to my nephew’s Facebook page, he’s constantly asking my sister to allow my nephew to spend the night at his apartment, etc. I would like you to weigh in on this situation, Dan. Other family

members share my suspicions, but we’re afraid to say anything to my sister because she has a temper. Should I go ahead and tell my sister and brotherin-law that I think the guy is attracted to my nephew? A Worried Aunt Thanksgiving, 2019: “I’m so sorry you got raped when you were 13. I thought something was off about that guy. But I didn’t say anything at the time because I was afraid your mom would yell at me. So, um, pass the yams?” Unless you’re looking forward to making an apology like that after your nephew confronts his whole family for failing to protect him when he was a child, AWA, you should speak the fuck up. Talk to your sister, temper be damned, and talk to your nephew, too. Your sister could be colour-blind in addition to being an angerbomb – prone to rages and incapable of seeing red flags – and it’s possible that your nephew already told his mother that this man makes him uncomfortable and got yelled at himself. Firmly raise your concerns, AWA, but don’t make accusations. You may not have all the information. It’s possible that this man has no sexual interest in your nephew. It’s also possible that your nephew is gay, recently came out to his mother and father but wasn’t ready to come out to his extended family, and this man is mentoring your nephew at your sister’s request. But even so, 50-something gay men do not invite 13-year-old boys to sleepovers for the same reason that 50-something straight men don’t invite 13-year-old girls to sleepovers: suspicions will be aroused, even if nothing else is. In my opinion, the invite itself is a mentor-disqualifying display of piss-poor judgment. Speak up, AWA. Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger. com/savage. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter

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