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“ Do we want the mayor’s negative opinion of gays messing with positive Pride vibe? ” Cops’ mental health check i agree with ben spurr that more emphasis ought to be placed on officers becoming more familiar with the mentally ill (NOW Daily, April 20). I’m a psychiatric mental health RN. There have been too many incidents when the mentally ill have fatally fallen victim to police officers.

In Vancouver, police and mental health professionals work together to evaluate and assess a crisis situation involving the mentally ill. The program works well. Police here need to be re-educated to see the mentally ill as people, not violent criminals. David Wagner From nowtoronto.com

Propagandizing Wiebo i find it incredible that while mentioning the fact that Wiebo Ludwig was convicted of blowing up a Suncor oil well you describe him as an “eco-activist” in your obituary (NOW Daily, April 10). Please tell me, had he blown up an abortion clinic, would you refer to him as a pro-life activist or terrorist? I appreciate the fact that NOW is cognizant of who its readers generally are. But the obit’s complete [lack] of balance makes it propaganda more than reasonable discourse. Conor D. O’Hare Toronto

NDP’s wealth deficit re capital gains, by wayne roberts (NOW, April 19-25). Now that the federal NDP can taste the sweetness of government, the party’s policy people are turning from “wealth distribution” to “wealth creation.” This is a huge mistake. The real problem is inequality in the distribution of wealth, not wealth creation. Where is the Regina Manifesto’s call for the eradication of capitalism and a full program of socialized planning? In the dustbin of history. Ted Turner Toronto

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Downtown relief for burbs regarding may warren’s frontlines on the virtues of light rail (NOW, April 19-25). It’s not just lefties who are against Ford’s subway. Fiscal conservatives are against it, too. The Sheppard subway was planned in the 80s, when people thought North York and Scarborough were going to become job centres. It didn’t turn out that way. Most people in the suburbs want an efficient way to go downtown. There is a subway plan that actually benefits the suburbs. It’s called the Downtown Relief Line. The idea could have united the suburbs and downtown, but that’s not the Ford way. He’d rather be the mayor of Ford Nation than the mayor of Toronto. P. Darrel From nowtoronto.com

Rip this joint advice i was disappointed that juice Your Joints (NOW April 19-25) brought us to the bar but did not let us drink. Trouble with our joints, especially the spine, hips and knees, is epidemic among us. Effective means of reducing selfinflicted injury and unnecessary joint strain are available to the general public from practitioners of Western medicine. Instead, your so-called “alt health” column offers ginger root, magnetic bracelets, oils, fatty acids, academic advice and a recommendation to exercise, with a warning that exercise may damage the connective tissue of the joints. Philip Nessel Toronto

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[Frontlines] Susan G. Cole on why American film remakes are useless. So Steven Spielberg is remaking the Quebec comedy Starbuck. Why, exactly? If he loves it so much, why not just buy the film, about a man who finds out he’s fathered over 500 children via a sperm bank, distribute it all over the U.S. and make his money that way? Oh, right, Starbuck is set in La Belle Province, and American audiences are just plain xenophobic. They have a famous fear of travel; less than 50 per cent have ever left the country. And their remakes reflect that phobia, as if audiences have zero interest in experiencing another land or culture. So La Cage Aux Folles (1978), set in Paris, becomes The Birdcage (1996), set in Miami. Shall We Dance? (1996) crosses the ocean from Japan in 2004 to disastrous effect. Some concepts are

It’s okay to look to books for inspiration. Adaptation is an art. Remakes are not. culturally specific. Consider my favourite waste of remake time and effort: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011). Mercifully, the filmmakers didn’t dare set the story anywhere but Stockholm, but even with one of America’s most gifted directors, David Fincher, at the helm and a cast including Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer and breakthrough star Rooney Mara, it was vastly inferior to the Swedish original (2009). So why bother? Maybe American writers have run out of ideas. They’re always turning to books for cinematic inspiration, but I can’t blame them for that. Adaptation is an art. Remakes are not. Three Men And A Baby (1987), based on a 1985 French film and one of the first American remakes, like Tattoo added very little to the original concept. I think it’s all about the subtitles. Some of us assume that a film with subtitles will be artful and high-quality, given how few foreign films get distribution deals in the first place. Others run the other way. Maryam Keshavarz, director of the Iranian lesbian love story Circumstance, told me that while in L.A. showing her movie at the Los Angeles Film Festival, the hotel bartender asked her about it. When she told him the premise, he narrowed his eyes. “Does it have subtitles?” “Yes, actually.” “All the way through?” he asked, with an expression of sheer horror. Now that I think of it, maybe Spielberg bought Starbuck because the title has the whiff of a coffee franchise. And that’s as American as you can get. susanc@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontonews

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Reefer madness: Medical marijuana activists – and a few potheads – mark the annual 4:20 smokeout at Yonge-Dundas Square on Friday, April 20, part of cross-country protests calling for the end of marijuana prohibition. The former U.S. prosecutor who put former mail-order pot seed entrepreneur Marc Emery, aka the Prince of Pot, in jail called publicly last week for the legalization of weed.

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Spotted Rob Ford puts his backside into it at the mayor’s community cleanup day at Amesbury Park in the west end Saturday, April 21. It’s not his best side, but his handlers weren’t letting photographers get too close. And we didn’t want to make him look really bad by showing the pic we have of him bagging recyclables.

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on the record Our tough new laws to tackle crime are starting to end the revolving door of justice by keeping dangerous criminals behind bars longer. Public Security Minister Vic Toews plays jailhouse goof, announcing that the closure of the Kingston and Leclerc federal prisons is somehow the happy result of the HarperCons’ law-and-order agenda – even though jail populations are on the increase. Kingston’s closure may have more to do with the valuable waterfront site it occupies.

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With Billy Bryans passing away this week, we recall that the drummer/producer/DJ was on NOW’s cover three times. Here we spotlight the second time, when we featured Bryans and his cohorts Lorraine Segato and Lauri Conger, the mainstays of the Parachute Club. They’d just released their selftitled debut LP, which included the smash hit Rise Up! Bryans helped the ’Chutes concoct an irresistible mix of dance, outrage and celebration that proved political art doesn’t have to be earnest. We can call for change and party at the same time. See Susan G. Cole’s obit on 57. See online at nowtoronto.com/archives

The Economic Development Committee hears a pitch from Centennial College and University of Toronto reps on the creation of an aerospace campus on Parc Downsview Park lands.

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A plaque commemorating T.O.’s oldest known surviving home forever etches the 1794 pioneer log cabin of John Scadding into our recorded history.

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Two years after the BP oil rig explosion that killed 11 workers and laid waste to marine ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico, there’s still no law in the U.S. protecting the environment from future deep water disasters. A former BP engineer was charged this week with destroying 200-plus text messages related to the catastrophe.

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e t r o l i n x has rendered its final decision on the subways-versus-LRT debate, and it’s light rail transit all the way on Sheppard and Finch and along Eglinton, just as council said it should be when it beat back Rob Ford’s Sheppard subway fantasy last month. The mayor figures he’s still got time to kill this LRT business, since construction of the Sheppard East LRT isn’t slated to begin until 2014 and not until 2015 on Finch West. Ford is already recruiting a slate to run in 2014 against councillors who defied his scheme to bury the Eglinton LRT east of Laird and extend the existing Sheppard subway from Don Mills to Scarborough Town Centre. Of course, we’ll be occupying a different political reality by then, one Ford is out of step with. In the meantime, it’ll be a couple of years before the tunnel-boring machines now cutting under Eglinton get to Leaside, where the LRT is supposed to come above ground. We could conceivably have a whole new government in charge at Queen’s Park – and, seeing as the pendulum is swinging to the left, not necessarily the PCs Ford’s banking on. The one big proviso: the cost of building these lines is going up thanks to the delays Ford caused when he unilaterally declared Transit City dead. But the $8.4 billion al-

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lotted to the projects is a hard number, which means it ain’t going up. Metrolinx’s report refers to its staff working with the federal government “to seek additional P3 Canada Fund support for these projects.” It would be stupid to turn the clock back now on building light rail. We simply can’t afford the costs of congestion. But in Toronto, politics can get in the way of transit planning. We’ll see. Cities in North America that once looked to Toronto for guidance on public transit, in particular our surface rail system, have since surpassed us. Call it The Toronto Tragedy. That’s the title Montreal author Taras Grescoe chose for his chapter on the Big Smoke in Straphanger, Saving Our Cities And Ourselves From The Automobile. He was in Toronto to promote his book and took part in a NOW Talks at the Drake on Tuesday, April 24. (See the video of our interview at nowtoronto.com). Grescoe, who travelled the planet to study the transit systems of more than a dozen cities, asks: “How did a city that used to work so well end up so broken?” He tracks transit’s demise to Mike Harris and amalgamation, which did away with the Metro level of government responsible for regional planning. Metro’s disappearance sent low-density sprawl on the fringes of the city into overdrive, the results of which we’re seeing today in longer commutes from the 905. The halving of provincial subsidies

to the TTC by the Harris gang compounded the congestion problem by making transit a less viable option for commuters in the inner burbs. And then along came Ford with his “war on the car” rhetoric and what Grescoe describes as Toronto’s “catastrophic derailment.” “After having its autonomy and power usurped by Mike Harris’s Common Sense Revolution, the urban area that is the economic engine of Canada finds itself a slave to the ideology of suburbia.” I’d assign Grescoe’s book as required reading for city councillors. Not sure if TTC chair Karen Stintz has her copy yet, but she did request a meeting with Grescoe. But back to Metrolinx’s decision. Before Ford, Toronto was on the cutting edge of a streetcar renaissance, expanding its system into the largest in North America while other cities were abandoning their surface lines. The CLRVs based on Swiss prototypes championed by Toronto developed into the sleek LRT vehicles running on dedicated lanes we see today in European and American cities – and Vancouver and Calgary – but not T.O. In fact, as far back as the mid1970s, streetcars were being touted as the preferred transit mode in North America, filling the capacity niche in areas too dense for buses but not populous enough for subways. A 2004 report presented to the city opined that the rail revolution Toronto was instrumental in pushing showed no signs of letting up and was indeed accelerating.

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Metrolinx’a announcement Tuesday confirming council’s decision on LRT puts T.O. transit back on the rails – we hope. By ENZO DiMATTEO

Before Ford came along to deride streetcars – the predecessors to LRT – Toronto was on the cutting edge of a rail renaissance, expanding its system into the largest in North America. By that time, we had working examples of LRT’s predecessors: streetcars along dedicated lines on Spadina and Queens Quay. The St. Clair rightof-way was on the drafting table, too. On streetcar rights-of-way, Toronto was way ahead of the curve. The original St. Clair streetcar ran in a dedicated lane between Yonge and Caledonia when it opened in 1913. It was removed between 1928 and 1935, first to make room for more autos, then as a make-work project during the Great Depression. Arguably, our streetcars saved the city, its ridership comparable to that of subways in some American cities and, more than any other mode of public transit, making Toronto the

city of neighbourhoods it is today. The old burbs of Moore Park, the Beaches, Danforth, Bloor West, Long Branch and St. Clair West, to name a few, owe their unique emergence to the streetcars that used to serve them, and in the case of Long Branch, St. Clair and the Beaches, still do to this day. Transit City was supposed to be an extension of Toronto’s streetcar renaissance, the next generation that would propel our system into the future, connecting the burbs via modern streetcars, aka light rail vehicles. Contrary to Ford’s suggestion that surface rail causes traffic hang-ups, light rail in dedicated lanes actually reduces conflict with cars. Vancouver got the message. Calgary, too. Both embarked on light rail construction and have surpassed us when it comes to light rail in dedicated lanes. Melbourne, another city to which Toronto is often compared, has a downtown and inner burbs almost exclusively served by light rail on dedicated rights-of-way. Although our streetcar system carries more passengers than any other on the continent, it’s given the lowest priority, stuck in mixed traffic, to everyone’s chagrin. We once led the way on the rails. Metrolinx’s announcement this week confirming council’s decision puts us back on the right track. We hope. 3 enzom@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/enzodimatteo

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Horwath’s win on tax for super-rich draws a clear line between NDP and Slash-and-Burn Libs By MICHAEL HOLLETT

hen provincial ndp leader andrea Horwath extracted progressive concessions from Ontario’s Liberal premier, dalton McGuinty, as the price of preserving his government this week, she not only avoided an election but also underlined the very real differences between the two parties. Horwath has boldly secured a tax on the super-rich, soft-pedalled by the Libs as a surtax, a seemingly radical move supported by the vast majority of Canadians, though only reluctantly by McGuinty. She’s managed to put the notion of reasonable taxation back in discussion at a time when the Liberals prov-

incially are trying to position themselves as Slash-and-Burn Lite while in fact cutting like the Conservatives federally – except where restrained by the ndp. As Harper’s Conservatives come under fire for outrageously over-budget spending on unnecessary fighter planes, the Liberals simply call for open bids. The ndp says forget the weapons of mass budget destruction altogether and use the money for social programs, hospitals and education. Two vastly different approaches for parties too quickly lumped together by progressives. The political shape-shifting is taking place federally as well. The Liberals are scrambling to dance in the disappearing middle when a clear divi-

sion between Canadians is firming up along Conservative and ndp lines. The same week that federal ndp leader Thomas Mulcair and his family moved into Stornoway, official residence of the leader of the opposition, former Liberal pM Jean Chretien publicly daydreamed about merging the two parties, to the horror of interim Lib leader Bob Rae. The cagey Chretien is continuing a Liberal tradition of eating its own, fouling the waters for the struggling Rae. Meanwhile, Mulcair and his party continue to challenge or top the Conservatives in national public opinion polls, clobbering both the Liberals and Conservatives in all-important Quebec.

the political shapeshifting is taking place federally as well, where the Liberals are scrambling to dance in the disappearing middle when a clear divide between Canadians is firming up along NDP and Conservative lines.

While Chrétien and the old guard might dream of life support being offered the badly listing Liberals by a merger with the ndp, progressive Canadians are seeing a clarity of choice – that the best way to realize Chretien’s dream of defeating Harper is by uniting behind the ndp and using the next three years to build and shape that party from within. That includes the Greens. Elizabeth May’s party should hold one more convention – one of dissolution – so this political vanity enterprise can stop robbing progressive votes in its hopeless attempt to build another non-Conservative party. The ndp has the greatest chance in a generation of taking federal power. It is the only party committed to electoral reform – the kind that makes room for all varieties of protest parties without ensuring perpetual Conservative majority rule with a minority of votes. All those who want electoral reform should join the ndp and build it to achieve truly representative democracy in Canada. The Liberals never did it; the Conservatives won’t. Only the ndp is committed to acting on this long-overdue initiative. As the ndp demonstrates that it won’t run from victory but instead will run for it, the party emerges as the best bet for creating real progressive change. A vote-bleeding Green party is pointless. And as ndp and Liberal differences are continually and critically underlined, progressive Libs should stop waiting around for unlikely mergers. They should build the future from within the ndp so they can help shape the next Canadian federal government. 3 michaelh@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/m_hollett

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when a city lacks clear direction and an administration is concerned only about a few high-profile issues, progress stops on a lot of projects – especially those the mayor is not interested in. Count recycling efforts in this category. Currently, the city is stuck at a 47 per cent diversion rate – meaning more than half of all trash heads to the dump instead of being recycled or composted. We’ve been stalled for several years at this level, far from the council-set goal of 70 per cent. And now, deputy mayor Doug Holyday is talking about removing the objective from the list of council priorities. Whether he can deliver on that threat is iffy, given the mayor’s recent defeats. What would it take to achieve 70 per cent diversion? The primary objective is to reduce total waste produced. To this end, the city could push the province to impose extended producer responsibility, like in Europe. This means producers of products would have to coordinate proper disposal and pay all associated costs, a great encourager of manufacturing recyclable objects. The province could also get tough on industrial, commercial and institutional waste. Stunningly, this makes up 50 per cent of our garbage, and includes trash from offices, factories, fast food joints and restaurants. This sector is almost entirely handled by private waste haulers and has a very low recycling rate because provincial laws are not enforced. The easiest, albeit rather expensive, way to raise diversion levels would be to follow Halifax and Edmonton in buying a state-of-the-art trash sorting plant. An operation like this, which would cost about $250 million, uses magnets and gravity as well as computerized optical sorters

to separate out missed recyclables and compostables. This would allow the city to run garbage bags through a process that removes materials people neglected to recycle, finding every last pop can, scrap of paper or compostable tissue. The process ends by sucking the moisture out of trash, turning it into a fluffy, dry, inert substance so there is no leachate in the landfill. It’s estimated that this process would ultimately boost our diversion rate by 8 per cent. Of highest priority is upping recycling in multi-family buildings, which have a diversion rate of only 18 per cent compared to 63 per cent in single-family houses. Only 100,000 condos and apartments out of a possible 500,000, approximately, have a green bin option at this point. Expanding that program would bring in an additional 75,000 tons of compostable material. It wouldn’t come cheap, however. Green bin processing costs twice as much as landfilling, or around $140 per ton versus $70, but it would add another 4 to 5 per cent to our diversion total. With the 8 per cent from mechanical sorting above, we’d be near 60 per cent. Toronto currently operates several mechanical facilities to sort the hundreds of thousands of tons of recycling collected every year. Another upgrade option would be to retrofit these plants with new tech like optical scanners to better process plastics and coloured glass. Today, most of the glass is crushed, ground up for asphalt or fibreglass and not recycled because it can’t be adequately separated, limiting its reuse options. In addition, the various kinds of plastics aren’t properly sorted, so there is a risk that as the list of recyclable plastics expands, some of it could end up exported to China,

where it’s often burned instead of repurposed. Adding new sorters alone would up our rate another 1 to 3 per cent. To reach the 70 per cent target, the city needs to do more education about existing curbside collection of used electronics, mattresses and furniture and depots for household hazardous waste, and make provisions to expand service as volume increases. The good news is that Environment Days were saved in this year’s budget, meaning there is a place to take used articles and hazardous waste. But you need a car to get to most of the city-operated recycling depots that take toxins and construction waste, and their hours are limited. The city needs to invest in a slew of local drop-offs. Reducing, reusing and recycling are good environmental principles to live by, but there are also huge financial rewards. If we can attain a 70 per cent diversion rate, the cityowned Green Lane landfill site in Elgin County, purchased for $250 million dollars in 2008, can be used for another 20 years. (The cost of disposing waste there, amortized purchase price and operating factors, is close to $70 per tonne, less than at other landfills.) But if we can reach 90 per cent diversion, the site could be used perpetually, in the sense that the rate at which we add garbage to it would be equal to or less than its decomposition and settling rate. We’d never run out of space – or not for a very long time. With the cost of landfill expected to more than triple over the next 20 to 30 years, it makes good financial sense to extend recycling and hence the use of our site. At the same time, we’d be putting Toronto on a sustainable path. 3 news@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontonews

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one of the most insulting assumptions a government can make is that voters are either too dumb to know they’re being conned or too lazy to get engaged.

Lately, this strategy hasn’t worked so well. Think Vic Toews’s beloved online spying bill, which went AWOL because of withering public condemnation. Or how about the con from the McGuinty Libs at Queen’s Park? They know that exhaust from the diesel trains they plan to use for their westend rail expansion is potentially carcinogenic, affecting 300,000 people and 75 schools within a kilometre of the tracks.

But they intend to build it that way anyway and tell us not to worry because one day, maybe eight or 80 years from now – who knows when? – they’ll switch to clean electric trains. It’s like saying, “We’re going to knowingly dump toxins in your drinking water. But chill, in a decade or so we’ll go green.” This one really ain’t flying. Indeed, as I go door to door along the rail corridor with my Davenport NDP provincial colleague, Jonah Schein,

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inviting people to the Clean Train Festival Saturday, we hear almost unanimous condemnation of the government’s plan to greatly increase diesel rail traffic in the westend corridor, the first step being a link from Pearson Airport to Union Station. Call it a billion-dollar toxic white elephant aimed at shuttling mostly out-of-town businessmen from the airport to downtown hotels. The service will make only two stops, tickets will cost 15 to 35 bucks a pop (depending on the day’s rumours out of the province’s regional transit agency, Metrolinx), and the line won’t even link to a subway until Union, where you’ll have to pay a TTC fare to get on. This colossal wasted opportunity becomes a doomsday report when you factor in the health costs, both short- and long-term, of breathing in noxious particulate. Are the McGuinty Liberals pulling a Wildrose and now doubting the sci-

ence pointing to diesel’s potent carcinogenic effects? So why are they just choosing to ignore alarm bells raised by Toronto’s medical officer of health and the many studies proving that the micro-particulate from diesel exhaust has a knack for embedding itself in lungs – particularly children’s and the elderly’s. And so, building on the great work of the Clean Train Coalition and communities along the West Toronto Railpath, volunteer organizations responsible for putting this issue on the public agenda in the first place, a renewed mobilization has begun linking concerned residents with nearby schools, businesses, social agencies and progressive politicians. With loads of volunteer help, games for kids, food and music by the likes of Wayne Petti of Cuff the Duke and string band Alberta Darling, not to mention yours truly, the Clean Train Festival is going to be a party with a purpose. Simply put, we need every citizen who cares about this issue to let the premier know that enough is enough. We need mass public transit expansion that is clean, accessible and affordable. Any new transit needs to meet these criteria. The air-rail link fails all three. After being in Parliament for a year now, I’ve seen how the power of public engagement and protest can change a government agenda. See you all on the Railpath. 3 Andrew Cash is NDP MP for Davenport. news@nowtoronto.com

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Just before Rob Ford announced his new graffiti-reporting mobile app, he made the quiet, offhand announcement that he wouldn’t be attending Toronto’s Pride festivities. In retrospect, it was a genius manoeuvre – or perhaps an extremely cynical one. With his “downloadable app,” Ford was attempting to: • Get the narrative back to cleaning up the streets, an easy way to drum up support among his base; • Be even tougher on graffiti – again, a grand slam for those who voted for him; • Break through to a new level of efficiency, letting citizens do the legwork on reporting graffiti. And, amid all the outraged reaction to his Pride boycott, the downloadable app mostly accomplished this. First, look at the optics: he’s not

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going to Pride, he mentions, while he single-handedly cleans the streets of grime. Small-government guys have to be high-fiving each other over stuff like this. And then there’s the reaction of those living downtown, that street art is a valuable part of the city. That’s exactly the debate Ford wants, pitting clean streets against what he can call vandalism. “Residents will be able to use their smartphone to take a picture of graffiti vandalism and send it directly to the city department on a downloadable app,” said the mayor. “This is remarkable, folks. This is as efficient as it gets.” But here’s what’s wrong with that. First of all, the app is actually two separate

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apps, confusingly, and neither is for graffiti. Nor is either of them new. And neither is all that remarkable. Let’s start with the free app, SeeClickFix. This was originally marketed as an app to spot potholes when it launched in New Haven, Connecticut, in 2008. It was brought to Toronto by former councillor and mayoral candidate Joe Pantalone in 2010. He marketed it as a neighbourhood improvement tool. “Imagine a neighbourhood in need of a playground,” he said. “SeeClickFix helps raise awareness on this need and helps bring together corporations, volunteers and city services to help build that playground.” So Ford simply refashioned this old technology to suit his current hobby horse: much ado about four-year-old technology. The other app, the iPhone-only, $1.99 per app TDOT 311, is worse. It uses Google to pinpoint the location of the problem, and the built-in phone camera to take the photo. Then, of course, it uses 311 to submit it. So, essentially it collects a bunch of free (well, 311 is paid for in taxes), already convenient services, loosely organizes them and charges for it. Though 30 cents goes to the public library, there’s no indication what the other $1.69 pays for. All in all, it was a stunt by the mayor. And, unfortunately for the public, one he pulled off rather successfully. joshuae@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/joshuaerrett

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options. Advil’s pediatric drops may have lots of artificial flavours and, depending on the product, dyes, but there are no parabens or corn syrup. Motrin Liquid IB Gels are parabenfree, too, and so is aspirin. Natural alternatives include white willow bark and anti-inflammatory bromelain. Ask a natural health practitioner about custom options. Which brings us to our next ingredient category, phthalates. A 2009 study published in Toxicology Letters found that a single over-thecounter tablet containing phthalates could spike levels 100-fold for a 24 hour period. A 2012 study by researchers from Harvard’s School of Public Health and Boston University tested for several phthalates in meds, including DBP, aka DnBP (di-n-butyl phthalate), a reproductive toxin linked to femin-

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ization of newborn boys. They found DBP in nine drugs, including Dilt- CD for blood pressure, over-the-counter constipation med Dulcolax and Asacol for Crohn’s and colitis. The Boston researchers found a phthalate of lesser concern but still linked to lowered sperm count, DEP (diethyl phthalate), in over 100 prescription and over-the-counter drugs (especially OTC acid reducers). But the biggest shocker is that DEP was also found in some health store supplements. DEP-laced supplements included some garlic pills (brands not available in Canada) and two lesser-known fish oils. Among phthalate-laced products, enteric-coated probiotics are the biggest culprits. Swiss Natural 5 Strain Dophilus and Natural Factors Protec both have DEP on the label, while Nature’s Way Primadophilus and Renew Life Advanced Naturals Ultimate FloraMax tested positive but didn’t list it. (Renew Life maintains that its aqueous enteric coating is phthalate-free). Last I checked, natural Canadian Wobenzym N enzymes even had DBP. All in all, the researchers found that phthalates are more commonly used in time-release or entericcoated RX drug formulations, including time-released ASA. So what next? Read the fine print on any drug or supplement. Keep in mind that phthalate polymers with no known toxicity include hypromellose phthalate, cellulose acetate phthalate and polyvinyl acetate phthalate. If you’re prescribed a med containing parabens or phthalates, ask your health practitioner if there are alternatives. And if you’ve got to be on meds containing questionable substances, make some noise with manufacturers, letting them know they need to make changes ASAP.

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A couple of weeks ago I peed in public – well, on a test stick in my bathroom actually, but the results of my subsequent pollutants test went public in the pages of this paper. Since then, a few readers have pressed me for details on which meds are hiding the dodgy fillers. Turns out lots of over-the-counter and behind-the-counter drugs as well as some (gasp) natural supplements are loaded with filler ingredients that many Ecoholic readers are already avoiding in their shampoos and shaving creams. Let’s start with the parabens, shall we? Two of these estrogen-mimicking chemicals (namely butyl and propyl paraben) have been banned in Denmark from personal care items intended for kids under three. But wouldn’t you know, butyl parabens are the second inactive ingredient here in Children’s Tylenol Liquid, Infants’ Tylenol Drops and Infant’s Tylenol Fever From Colds And Flu. It’s in the mix with another villain, high-fructose corn syrup, as well as propylene glycol, an oil refinery/natural gas by-product. Not so for their non-liquid formulas. The box of Buckley’s stashed in my desk ever since I had an unstoppable coughing fit in an airport two years ago lists butyl parabens as the first non-medicinal ingredient, before Canada balsam, and sixth in line is propylparaben. Since then Buckley’s has dropped parabens lower down on the ingredient list and switched to butyl and propyl paraben salts. (Denmark’s banned those, too.) Shame, considering Buckley’s gets most of its active and inactive ingredients from nature. Want to relieve a nighttime cough without Buckley’s? A study published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine found that a spoonful of buckwheat honey before bed helped kids cough less and sleep better than honey-flavoured cough syrup with dextromethorphan (DM). By the way, Quebec coroners just this year requested that DM cough suppressants be kept behind the counter after the death of two men who took them. Looking for a little more expectorant factor for a phlegmy cough? Saunter into a health store and pick up some 100 per cent naturally sourced Nin Jiom, a Chinese herbal expectorant blended into honey. Trying to kill pain? The fine print tells us that Advil tablets, caplets and Cold & Sinus contain unspecified parabens. Same goes for Motrin Cold and Sinus. Look for paraben-free

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when tiny changes occur,” said Leo Tolstoy. I agree. It’s rare for us to undergo rapid, dramatic transformations in short periods of time. That’s why it’s delusional to be forever pining for some big magic intervention that will fix everything. The best way to alter our course is slowly and gradually, by conscientiously revamping our responses to the small daily details. Keep these thoughts close at hand in the coming weeks, Aries. Be a devotee of the incremental approach. Step-by-step. Hour-by-hour.

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really need and demand from life is not wealth, comfort or esteem, but games worth playing,” said psychiatrist Thomas Szasz. I love that thought and am excited to offer it up to you right now. You have been invited or will soon be invited to participate in some of the best games ever. These are not gruelling games foisted on you by people hoping to manipulate you, nor pointless games that exhaust your energy for naught. Rather, they are fun challenges that promise to stretch your intelligence, deepen your perspective and enhance your emotional riches.

GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 Is it conceivable that you’ve gotten a bit off track? As I close my eyes and ask my higher powers for a psychic vision, I get an impression of you staring at a blurry image of a symbol that is no longer an accurate representation of your life goal. Now of course there’s a chance that my vision is completely unfounded. But if it does ring at least somewhat true to you – if it suggests a question worth asking yourself – I invite you to meditate on the possibility that you need to update your understanding of what your ultimate target looks like. CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 From an astro-

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this is an excellent phase in your longterm cycle to organize a gathering for the close allies who will be most important in helping you carry out your master plan during the next 12 months. Have you ever heard the term “Temporary Autonomous Zone”? It’s a time and place where people with shared interests and common values can explore the frontiers of productive conviviality. It might be a dinner party in an inspirational setting, a boisterous ritual in a rowdy sanctuary, or a private festival for fellow seekers. I hope you make sure something like that materializes.

LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 I’m about to list some declarations that I hope will come out of your mouth at least once in the next three weeks. If for any reason you’re not finding yourself in situations where these words would make sense for you to utter, please rearrange your life accordingly. 1. “There’s nothing else I’d rather be doing right now.” 2. “Is it okay with you if we take this really slow?” 3. “No one’s ever done that before.” 4. “Squeeze my hand when it feels really amazing.” 5. “It’s like we know what each other is thinking.” 6. “Can I have some more, please?”

the Kama Sutra, which gives practical advice about erotic love. The most popular edition of the book offers instructions on eight kinds of kisses and 64 sexual positions, with additional tips on styles of embracing and caressing. This would be an excellent time for you to get inspired by information like that, Capricorn. Your relationship with the amorous arts is due for expansion and refinement. You don’t necessarily need to rely on book learning, of course. You could accomplish a lot of empirical exploration simply by getting naked and firing up your imagination.

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sCorpio oct 23 | nov 21 A political strategist told me one of her most important rules: To win an election, you have to help your candidate choose the right fights. I think that would be an excellent guiding principle for you in the coming weeks, Scorpio. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will be getting invitations to spar, joust, and wrangle. Although it might be exciting to leap into each and every fray with your eyes blazing, I suggest you show careful discernment. Try to confine your participation to those tangles that will downplay your weaknesses and highlight your strengths.

AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 Singer/songwriter Tom Waits was strongly influenced by Bob Dylan’s down-to-earth album The Basement Tapes. “I like my music with the rind and the seeds and pulp left in,” Waits testifies. “The noise and grit” of Dylan’s rootsy, intimate songs, he says, creates a mood of “joy and abandon.” That’s the spirit I wish for you in the coming weeks, Aquarius. Wherever you are and whatever you’re doing, get down to the gritty, organic core of things. Hunker down in the funky fundamentals. Hang out where the levels of pretension are low and the stories are fresh and raw.

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pisCes Feb 19 | Mar 20 You’re not really breaking the rules, right, Pisces? It’s more like you’re just testing their elasticity; you’re helping them become more supple and flexible. I’m sure that sooner or later people will thank you for how you’re expanding the way the game is played. It may take a while, but they will eventually appreciate and capitalize on the liberties you are now introducing into the system. In the short run, though, you might have to take some heat for your tinkering and experiments. Try not to let that inhibit your eagerness to try creative risks.

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performances, comedian and musician Steve Martin ambled onstage and told his audience what to expect. “Before every show,” he said, “I like to do one thing that is impossible. So now I’m going to suck this piano into my lungs.” That’s the kind of brag I hope to hear coming from you sometime soon, Leo – the more outrageous the better. Why? Because I’d love to see you cultivate a looser, breezier relationship with your actual ambitions. To make boastful jokes about wacky or far fetched goals might inspire you to be jauntier and friskier about those real ones. And that would rouse a burst of fresh motivational energy.

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week’s oracle comes from Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a great American statesman who, after escaping slavery, became a leader of the abolitionist movement. “Those who profess to favour freedom and yet deprecate agitation,” he said, “are people who want crops without plowing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning.... The struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, or it may be both. But it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand.” Please apply these thoughts to your own situation, Virgo. You have entered the liberation phase of your cycle.

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raphy festival offers exhibitions, public installations, workshops, portfolio reviews, talks and more. Most shows free. Various venues. contactphoto.com. May 1 to Jun 30 Deep Wireless New Adventures in Sound Art festival of radio and transmission art, with performances, installations and a conference. NAISA Space, Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie. naisa.ca. May 1 to 31 Hot DoCs North America’s largest documentary festival features Canadian and international films, plus a conference and forum. $9-$20, passes $98-$205. Various venues. hotdocs.ca. Apr 26 to May 6

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ness) Stand-up comedy benefit with Frank Central teCHniCal sCHool environmentSpadone, Steve Patterson, Meg Soper and al Film Festival Films, an eco-fair and others. 6:30 pm. $200. Kool Haus, 132 panel discussions. Central Technical School, Queens Quay E. comicvision.ca. 725 Bathurst. centraltechnicalschool.ca/ tHe ernestine aFFair (Ernestine Women’s EFF/eff.html. Shelter) Fundraising dinner and auction. To Apr 26 6:30 pm. $100. Old Mill Inn, 21 Old Mill. ern|Fat| arts & FasHion Week Indie design estines.ca/take-action/fundraising/ourcelebration, with runway and photo exhibevents. an evening oF musiC (Kotu-Erinjang School) Performances by Maryem Hassan Tollar, Roula Said and others support a school in The Gambia. 7:30 pm. $20. New artFul@sage Interactive art history discusBilan Restaurant, 183 Dundas E. kotuschool. sion. 6 pm. Free. Sage Cafe, 166 McCaul. com. 416-340-7345. a gutsy aFFair (Crohn’s and Colitis Fdn) PerConneCt Beauty Women’s Healthy Environformanes by DJ Agile and Yosvani ments presents sustainable fashions on the Castañeda, and a silent auction. 7:30 pm. runway, a silent auction of eco-friendly $60, adv $50. Revival, 783 College. agutsyafitems and more. 6 pm. $25-$35. Centre for fair.com. Social Innovation Annex, 720 Bathurst. connectbeauty2012.eventbrite.ca. ligHts! Camera! auCtion! (Inside Out Reach) Inside Out Film Festival launch party CrasH tHe golDCorp BasH Protest and and silent auction with entertainment by march against Goldcorp’s environmental Miss Fluffy Souffle, DJ Craig Dominic and and human rights record. 1:30 pm. Free. 130 others. 7 pm. $10 sugg donation. BurAdelaide W. solidarityresponse.net. roughes Bldg, 639 Queen W. insideout.ca. an eCology oF minD Screening and talk on more tHan Just a yarDage sale (Textile Nora Bateson’s film portrait of anthropoloMuseum) Sale of fine fabrics, beads, butgist Gregory Bateson. 3:30 pm. Free. George tons, patterns and more. 10 am-1 pm. Free. Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire. oise.utoTextile Museum, 55 Centre. textilemuseum. ronto.ca/tps. ca. Huge Book sale Books, music and videos. yarD sale For tHe Cure (Canadian Breast Today 6-9 pm; tomorrow noon-9 pm; Apr Cancer Fdn) 8 am-4 pm. Free. Kew Gardens 28, 10 am-1 pm. Free admission. Fairlawn (Queen and Woodbine) and other locations Avenue United 28 Fairlawn. fairKRO 095 Now Mag Ads Apri26_FNL 23/04/12 12:33Church, PM Page 1 around the city. yardsaleforthecure.com. lawnbooks@gmail.com.

Champagne reception, exhibition and talk. To Apr 29, 6:30 pm. Gardiner Museum 111 Queen’s Park. gardinermuseum.on.ca.

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time manage your nutrition: HealtHier you! Lecture by a holistic nutritionist. 7 pm. Free. Big Carrot, rm 212, 348 Danforth. 416466-2129. toronto: a natural City? Lecture about re-envisioning our built environment, with Matt Blackett, Ken Greenberg and others. 7:30 pm. $10. Fort York, 250 Fort York. 416392-6907 ext 221.

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sHreD tHe love toronto (Boarding for Breast Cancer) Music by DJ Lucie Tic, an interactive photo booth and more. 9 pm. $25. Airship 37, 37 Parliament. b4bccanada. org.

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tHe BaBytime sHoW Seminars on pregitions, fashion installations and more. $30$35. Various venues. fashionarttoronto.ca. To Apr 28 rkeep toronto reaDing Readings, talks, workshops, interviews and more. Free. Various Toronto Public Library branches. torontopubliclibrary.ca. To Apr 30

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panel with the radio hosts. 7 pm. $10. Steam Whistle Brewing, 255 Bremner. 416-3622337, newstalk101iandi.com.

non-violent Civil DisoBeDienCe or nonCivil oBeDienCe – WHat strategies Work?

Occupy First Unitarian Congregation workshop. 7 pm. Free. First Unitarian Congregation, 175 St Clair W. firstunitariantoronto.org.

sCulptures oF gian lorenzo Bernini in rome, toronto anD neW york Illustrated lecture by U of T’s Evonne Levy. 6:30-8:30 pm. Free. Italian Cultural Institute, 496 Huron. 416-921-3802 ext 221.

sensational Colour: neW researCH on synestHesia Talk on developments in

neuroscience and visual perception. 6:30 pm. Pwyc ($5 sugg). General Hardware Contemporary, 1520 Queen W. Pre-register eventbrite.com/event/3297736619. sHelley BroaDer Women of Influence luncheon and talk by the Walmart Canada CEO. 11:15 am. $99. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. 416-923-1688.

Jays Way and Navy Wharf Court. mayworks. ca.

spring ConvergenCe – impaCting CritiCal mass in toronto Permaculture Project GTA event, with workshops on media literacy, a mass seeding of the city, local food, rallies and more. To Apr 29 noon-6 pm. Pwyc ($10 sugg). Children’s Peace Theatre, 305 Dawes. Pre-register thepermacultureprojectgta. com.

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nancy and parenting, plus a fundraising diaper crawl race (for the Diaper Bank) and exhibits. To Apr 29, 10 am-6 pm. $10-$16. International Centre, 6900 Airport. babytimeshows.ca.

Class DismisseD: HoW tv Frames tHe Working Class Rebel Films screening and

talk. 7 pm. $4. OISE, rm 2-212, 252 Bloor W. 416-535-8779, socialistaction-canada.blogspot.com. cContaCt launCH The photography festival launches with a celebration. 7-10 pm. Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, 952 Queen W. contactphoto.com.

Design tHinking! manuFaCturing: “maDe in CanaDa” Workshop on the challenges facing local and North American manufacturing. 9 am-1 pm. $50. Design Exchange, 234 Bay. Pre-register 416-216-2126.

egypt’s unFinisHeD revolution – promises & perils GTWA Coffehouse discussion

with David McNally and Ali Mustafa. 7 pm. Free. Regal Beagle, 335 Bloor W. facebook. com/events/326774054051216. FriDay nigHt live @ rom Sneak peek at this year’s festival films curated by Hot Docs, plus a dance party with DJs Lokei and Cal. 6 pm. $9. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. rom.on.ca/fridays. mkill a Worker, go to Jail Health and safety activists, city councillors and hip-hop artist MC Mohammad Ali mark the passing of those who’ve been killed on the job and demand justice for all workers. Noon. Free. Chinese Railway Workers’ Memorial, Blue

Screenings of Peggy Sue Got Married (1:15 pm), Romancing The Stone (4:15 pm), War Of The Roses (7 pm) and Body Heat (9:15 pm). Free/donations. Carlton Cinema, 20 Carlton. mirvish.com/films. lakesiDe loop (Toronto Centre for Active Transportation) MEC’s 5K run for all levels. 8:30 am check-in. $10-$15. Starts at Coronation Park and continues along Martin Goodman Trail. blog.mec.ca/events/register. spring sprint (Brain Tumour Fdn of Canada) 2.5K and 5K routes for walkers, joggers and runners. 9 am. Pledges. Sunnybrook Park, Leslie and Eglinton. springsprint.ca.

torn From tHe pages – linDen maCintyre (Toronto Public Library/Frontier College) MacIntyre reads from his novel Why Men Lie, and singer/songrwiters including Bidiniband and the Billie Hollies perform songs inspired by the book. 8:30 pm. $15. Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas W. 416-5316604.

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Bikes BeFore Cars: toronto’s olDest City Bike lane City walk or cycle. 6:30 pm. Free.

King and Shaw. 416-593-2656. BlaCk DiaBetes expo Speakers, blood sugar testing, exercise and nutrition tips and more. 9:30 am-4 pm. Free. Jamaican Canadian Assoc, 995 Arrow. Pre-register 416408-7190.

Business, FranCHise & investment expo

Seminars, info and exhibits. Today and tomorrow 11 am-5 pm. $20, free if you register online. Queen Elizabeth Bldg, 190 Princes’ Blvd. businessexchange.ca. CaBBagetoWn nortH Heritage Toronto walk. 1:30 pm. Free. NE corner of Wellesley and Parliament. 416-338-3886. rCatHerine Byrns: House servant Learn about the Mackenzie family’s house servant and what her life was like. Sat & Sun, noon5 pm. $3-$6. Mackenzie House, 82 Bond. 416-392-6915.

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rClean Train feSTival Speeches, music

and children’s games. 1-4 pm. Free. West Toronto railpath at Wallace Ave. facebook. com/events/299570210112567. fiGhTinG fOr The 99%! Socialist Action May Day celebration, with speakers Jorge Soberon, Magdalena Diaz and others plus entertainers Robert Priest, Glen Hornblast and more. 7 pm. $10, non-waged $5 or pwyc. Free Times Cafe, 320 College. 416-535-8779.

GlOBe anD mail Open hOuSe feSTival

Panel discussion on the important issues facing global health in the coming years, with Stephen Lewis, Samantha Nutt, James Orbinski and others. 10 am-4:30 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca. GTa rOllerGirlS: BOrDer aSSaulT The Gstars take on Assault City. Doors 6 pm. $15, adv $12. Ted Reeve Arena, 175 Main. gtarollergirls.com. hinDuiSm SummiT Conch blowing, Vedic recitations, presentations by Hindu thinkers and more. 2:30 pm. Free. Hindu Heritage Centre, 6300 Mississauga Rd. hinduawakening.org/events. inDie WeDDinG ShOW Flower arranging workshop and independent vendors. 10 am. $10. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042.

invaSive inSeCTS Illustrated lecture by Han-

nah Fraser. 1:15 pm. Free. Northrop Frye Hall, 73 Queen’s Park Cres E. ontarioinsects.org. rlaTin ameriCanS ThOuGhT Of iT Hispanic Heritage Month event with food, music, crafts and book reading. 2-4 pm. Free. Toronto Women’s Bookstore, 73 Harbord. 416-9228744, womensbookstore.com.

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Bus to the Six Nations to join in a march for native land rights. 12:30-5 pm. $10 sugg. Departs OISE, 252 Bloor W. Pre-register nooneisillegal@riseup.net. meeT yOur makerS Learn about city farming and sample local produce in this Fresh City season launch event. 6 pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel Gallery, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. Queen WeST Gallery TOur Explore the galleries and project spaces along the Queen West strip. 11:45 am. $25, two for $45. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042.

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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. rSprinG flOWerS Family nature walk. 1 pm. $2. High Park Nature Centre, 440 Parkside. highparknaturecentre.com.

SprinG fOrWarD: pOliTiCal reneWal fair

Discussion about how to remake Canadian politics, with Gerard Kennedy and MP Kirsty Duncan. 2 pm. Free. Bonar-Parkdale Church, 250 Dunn. phpliberals.ca.

SuBSpaCe feTiSh niGhT fifTh anniverSary Russ Foxx FreakShow, PlastikWrap fashion show and DJs Paul Savage, Warmuffin and Osaze. $5. Great Hall, 1087 Queen W. subspacelive.ca.

WeST-enD COmmuniTy pOWer iniTiaTive

Launch with city councillor Mike Layton. 10:30 am-4 pm. Free. Bickford Centre, 777 Bloor W. greenbiz.org/event/21/west-end-community-power-initiative.

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feSTival Of muSiC anD CulTure (University Settlement) Performances by Adrian Anantawa, U of T Klezmer Band, Yuan Wang, and students and teachers. 2 pm. $45, srs/yth $20. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front W. 416872-4255, roythomson.com. Game Of life run/Walk (Commonwealth Games Canada grassroots sports programs) 10K run/walk at 9 am, 5K run/walk at 9:10 am. $25-$50. Ashbridge’s Bay Park and Beaches Park. Pre-register runningroom. com. hiGh park liTerary ZOO (High Park Zoo) Readings by Liz Worth, Spencer Gordon, Danilla Botha and others. 1 pm onward. Free. Cafe Novo, 1986 Bloor W. 647-3503538. peDiaTriC OnCOlOGy run/Walk (Pediatric Oncology Group of Ont) 5/10K charity run or walk. $40-$85. Sunnybrook Park, Leslie just N of Eglinton. cadillacfairviewrun.ca.

Simply DivaS (Family Assoc for Mental

Health Everywhere) Performances by Etobicoke School of the Arts students, culinary delights and a silent auction. 1-5 pm. $50. Great Hall, 1087 Queen W. simplydivas.ca.

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anniverSary Of The GreaT Walk TO STOp The Quarry Presentation on environmental

protection from a North American native perspective and film screening. 1:30 pm. $15 (sliding scale). First Unitarian Congregation, 175 St Clair W. firstunitariantoronto.org. BaTTle Of yOrk COmmemOraTiOn Musket firing demos, seamanship, Georgian-era cooking and more. 10 am-5 pm. $4-$8. Fort York, 250 Fort York Blvd. 416-392-6907.

GeT frauD OuT Of parliamenT – DemanD puBliC inQuiry anD By-eleCTiOnS Rally

against election fraud, voter suppression and anti-democratic neo-conservative behaviour. 2:30 pm. Free. Old City Hall, Queen and Bay. facebook.com/ events/212452192194745. rinTernaTiOnal reD panDa Day Learn about pandas and meet a panda family. 11 am-4 pm. Free w/ admission. Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale N of 401. 416-392-5929. manSiOnS Of JarviS STreeT Heritage Toronto walk. 11 am. Free. SE corner of Jarvis and Isabella. 416-338-3886, heritagetoronto.org. may Day CulTural evenT Performances by Faith Nolan, Voces Poeticas and others. 2 pm. Free. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. face-

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memOrial Walk fOr Dr Cyril GreenlanD, Camh refOrmer Walk. 6:30 pm. Free.

Queen and Shaw. 416-593-2656. OuT inTO The WOODS Toronto Bruce Trail Club bus hike to Scotsdale Farm. $10. Meet at Clarence Square, Spadina S of King. 416763-9061, torontobrucetrailclub.org. TOrOnTO mOnOlOGue Slam Local up-andcoming actors deliver performances in a monologue slam. 7 pm. $10-$15. Trane Studio, 964 Bathurst. 647-780-2513, toslam. com. TrianGle SQuareS anniverSary Square dance for former members. 2:30 pm. Free. 519 Church Community Centre, 519 Church. Preregister trianglesquaresflyin.wordpresscom.

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May Day celebration with cultural performances, speakers, a kids’ program, food and more. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. 416-4692446.

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everyOne’S human (Kids’ Help Phone) A laugh-off competition led by filmmaker Albert Nerenberg, performance by comedian Samra Ann, and more. 7:30 pm. $10 min. Tranzac Main Hall, 292 Brunswick. facebook. com/everyoneshuman.

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In nayman’s terms: the FIlms oF stanley KubrIcK Screening of clips from The Killing

and Paths Of Glory, and lecture by film critic Adam Nayman. 7 pm. $12, stu $6. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Bloor W. 416-924-6211 ext 606. new musIc 101 Members of the Toronto Music Alliance guide you through the world of contemporary classical music. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. 416-393-7172.

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shop for artists with Sue Edworthy. 7-9:30 pm. $65. Gallery 1313, 1313 Queen W. 416-5366778.

Thursday, May 3

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art auctIon For aFrIca (Habitat for Humanity) Silent auction, raffle, music by Christian D and the Hangovers and more. 7 pm. $5. Press Club, 850 Dundas W. facebook.com/events/ 405752949434894.

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art battle: cage matches Full-contact live competitive painting. 8 pm. $20. Great Hall, 1087 Queen W. artbattleto.com. From Ideas to Impact: catalyzIng a movement oF socIal entrepreneurs NESTA CEO

Geoff Mulgan speaks and is interviewed by Tonya Surman. 5-pm. $10-$25. CSI Annex, 720 Bathurst. socialinnovation.ca/ideastoimpact. lIFe and Fear In tIbet Lhama Tso discusses her imprisoned husband and life in Tibet, plus Freedom From Fear video screening. 7 pm. Free. Amnesty International, 1992 Yonge. 647342-0846. may day #may1to OccupyTO rally for workers, students and families. 4 pm. Free. Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen W. occupyto.org.

memorIal walK to lawrence solman, JewIsh ImpresarIo Walk. 6:30 pm. Free. King and

build the airport rail link as a frequently running, affordable, multistop electric transit service. But, alas, the province is not on the same page. Clean Train Coalition folks are keeping the pressure on and hoping Metrolinx dumps the dirty diesel concept. Join a Clean Train Festival Saturday (April 28), 1 to 4 pm, featuring MPP Jonah Schein and MP Andrew Cash, plus music and games. Free. West Toronto railpath at Wallace. cleantrain.ca.

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(Camp Awakening) CBC humorist Stuart McLean, music by Justin Hines and others. 7 pm. $75. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. campawakening.com. tFI 25 (Toronto Fashion Incubator) Evening of spectacular fashion and glamour with MC Jully Black. 9:30 pm. $100. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. tfi25.eventbrite.ca.

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rights implications and legal challenges resulting from the uprising in Egypt. 7 pm. $10. Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. beitzatoun.org. yIddIsh vInKl Author Shirley Kumove talks about her translation of Yehoshue Perle’s book Yidn Fun A Gants Yor. Noon. $18 (includes buffet lunch). Free Times Café, 320 College. Pre-register yiddishvinkl@yahoo.ca. 3

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Local writers do their part to revive the High Park Zoo, under threat of closure from budget cuts. Liz Worth, author of Treat Me Like Dirt: An Oral History of Punk In Toronto And Beyond, Wrong Bar author Nathaniel G. Moore and others read to raise funds for the zoo’s reconstruction. Cafe Novo (1986 Bloor West) on Sunday (April 29). 647-350-3538, tightropebooks.com.

participating, and organizers are calling for small actions and rallies through the day. The May Day March starts at 4 pm at Nathan Phillips Square. Free. occupyto.org.

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City council has endorsed a motion asking the government of Ontario to

toronto Iww may day aFterparty Join the T.O. branch of the Industrial Workers of the World for a post-rally party. 7 pm. Free. Toronto Free Gallery, 1277 Bloor W. toronto. nooneisillegal.org/may1to. transIt archItecture Panel with architects Richard Stevens, Jim Berry and Eric Turcotte, Spacing’s Dylan Reid and SNC Lavalin’s Chris McCarthy. 6:30-8:30 pm. Free. Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm. torontosocietyofarchitects.ca.

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matoes, sliced avocado and a good 6 ounces of medium-rare flank (Tagliata di Manzo, $15.95), more main than starter. Another salad of wilted kale with currants and pine nuts in lemony vinaigrette (Cavolo Nero, $11.95) seems like a half-portion by comparison. Moroccan-spiced chicken ($17.95) gets sided with spinach, smoked paprika-dusted spuds and optional spring asparagus ($6.95), while Spaghetti Chitarra alle Vongole ($14.95) tossed with a dozen manila clams might as well be summer on a plate. So far, so Gusto good. Zuccarini’s pizzas, however, are an altogether different kettle of calamari. Strange that a pizzaiolo certified by the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana installs a wood-burning grill but an electric oven. And so we get chewy thin-crusted ’za topped with kale and thinly sliced sweet potato, its advertised local fior di latte gone AWOL (Da Dee, $13.50). Suckling pig Pizza Farcite – pizza stuffed with porchetta ($11.50 with organic greens)

– turns out to be a roast pork sandwich, albeit Italian-style with rapini and roasted peppers. Some are significantly better, most notably the San Marzano tomatosauced pies finished with veal meatballs and smoked provolone (Polpette, $14.95) and the brunch-only Pizza all’Uova ($13.95) with Pingue speck, chili oil and runny free-range eggs. Make sure to save room for Cioccolato (all desserts $3.95), a chocolate mousselike pudding swirled with caramel parfait, crushed biscotti, flaky sea salt and a shot of olive oil from the Zuccarini family grove back in Abruzzi. Worth an up-to-two-hour wait to share face time with the likes of Seamus O’Regan and Belinda Stronach? Not in these books. But now that 101 takes reservations for its noon and 6 pm seatings and not just a select few tables as previously, we’ll be back in a flash, especially since it’s terrific 100-seat rooftop deck opens any day now. 3 stevend@nowtoronto.com

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Eric Wood has left Fabarnak, giving few hints about his future plans.

Liu now Lau

Temporarily shuttered last summer when its lease ran out, Yonge and Eglinton’s Cha Liu has relaunched downtown as Cha Lau (476 Yonge, at Alexander, 647-344-6578, chalaudimsum. com). The name might have changed, but the agenda remains the same: mainstream dim sum at slightly higher price points than Chinatown but minus the grungy Spadina veneer.

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Executive chef Eric Wood has left fabulous Fabarnak (519 Church, at Dundonald, 416-355-6781, fabarnak. com), superseded by his long-time sous, Jason Becker. Other than hinting he’ll be opening an anti-comfortfood spot in the core in the very near future, Wood remains tight-lipped about his immediate plans. “I’d hate to fall into the same trap as so many who boast and declare time-frames, and then fall short,” Wood explains.

Fili soul

Rising out of the ashes of Rosebud, Lamesa Filipino Kitchen (669 Queen West, at Bathurst, 647-346-2377, dev. lamesafilipinokitchen.com) is now open for preview suppers, although it doesn’t officially get under way till May 5. Watch for ex-Oyster Boy and Cadillac Lounge chef Rudy Boquila’s contemporary takes on pork adobo and seafood sinigang stew in the forSD mer home of Mister Pong. Got some insider dish to share? Contact stevend@nowtoronto.com

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1438 Dundas W, at Dufferin, 647352-9120, thefed.ca. With owners whose CVs include stints at Terroni, the Rivoli, the Swan and Woodlot, it’s little wonder this 36-seat all-day lunch ’n’ brunch café is such a well-oiled machine. And they need to be to keep up with the weekend crush. Show up after 11 and join the queue on the sidewalk. Best: to start, lightly toasted cheddar scones; classic Cobb salads with free-range chicken confit, Bosc pear, avocado, bacon and hard-boiled egg over arugula and spinach in blue cheese dressing; grilled Cubano sandwiches of pulled pork, Black Forest ham, cheddar and avocado on toasted St

Johns Bakery raisin bread; buttermilk Belgian waffles finished with whipped cream and maple syrup; house-made lemony ginger ale. Complete meals for $22 per person, including tax, tip and a soda. Average main $12. Open Tuesday to Friday 9 am to 4 pm, Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 3 pm. Closed Monday, some holidays. Unlicensed. Cash only. Access: barrier-free, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNNN

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1330 Queen W, at Elm Grove, 416627-3459, grandelectricbar.com. Until the 40-seat garden patio out back opens in May, access to this tiny reservation-free Parkdale taqueria helmed by ex Black Hoof chef Colin Tooke is nigh on impossible

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170 Spadina, at Queen W, 647-3443416, facebook.com/comeandgetit416. Come and Get It Before They Turn Us into Condos, more like. Jon Polubriec and crew turn the old Ackee Tree into a temporary pop-up sandwich shop. Despite its spartan digs, CG&I has the potential to succeed in a permanent location. Best: sandwiches of braised beef short ribs dressed with sweet ’n’ sour coleslaw and deep-fried onions on Golden Wheat Bakery milk buns spread with ancho chili barbecue sauce; go Hawaiian with slow-roasted pork belly glazed in hoisin topped with pineapple salsa, pickled red onion and crunchy crackling; convert both into poutine with the addition of skinny fries, rich demiglazed gravy and local mozzarella curds; meal-sized green bean salads finished with fluffy quinoa in garlicky tomato vinaigrette. Complete meals for $12 per person, including tax, tip and a soft drink. Average main $8. Open Tuesday to Saturday 11 am to 8 pm. Closed Sunday, Monday, holidays. Unlicensed. Access: four steps at door, washrooms on same floor. Rating: NNNN 3

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NEW LABELS LINEUP

The Toronto Fashion Incubator (fashionincubator.com) recently released the designer lineup for its New Labels gala on May 3. Four labels, Toronto’s Jameson Kane and [blak], Montreal’s Patrick L’Arrivée and Edmonton’s Sid Neigum, compete for a $25,000 cash prize, a magazine feature and a studio at the Incubator at Exhibition Place. Tickets to the Jully Blackhosted show at the Royal Ontario Museum (100 Queen’s Park) are still available for $100 each at tfi25.com.

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It’s sample sale week, when designer showrooms open their doors to the public and offer up deep discounts on overstock, season leftovers and more. At Reia Studio (63 Wingold, #200A) the label lineup is extratempting, with finds from Acne, Dries Van Noten, Lanvin, Stella McCartney and many more marked down by at least 70 per cent off today (Thursday, April 26) from 9 am and 6 pm. Alyssa Agency’s event, on until Friday (April 27) at 2770 Dufferin, suite 206, features a budget-friendly brand offering including Brave, Fidelity and Covet. For some Canadian designer sale action, check out Platinum Agency’s (71 Wingold, #109) promotion on until Saturday (April 28) and then continuing May 3 to 5. Here you’ll find pieces by LOVAS by Wesley B and Nadya Toto plus DKNY, Designers Remix Collection, Charli and Love Moschino.

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The storefronts on Dundas West across from the Wallace Avenue bridge may be relatively undiscovered (for now) but that hasn’t stopped Simply Crafted from drawing in a gift-hunting clientele from neighbouring Roncesvalles, Bloordale and the Junction. They come for its handcrafted lineup of cards, baby buys, pet finds and natural body products, sourced whenever possible from local, independent suppliers. Wicker baskets are packed with peacock-feather- and plaid-patterned wrapping paper, a curio case holds stained glass pendants and Thymes body wash and lotions in lavender and eucalyptus scents. A SugarBooger rattle is a worthy buy for its cutesy brand name alone. Hamro Village photo albums are designed in Toronto but fair-trademanufactured in rural Nepal. Simply Crafted picks: Citrus and coriander Eco Soy candles come packed in miniature enamel pots, $15.99; Triple C Designs hides a lunch compartment in the bottom of an owl-print canvas tote, $49.99; Missy Williams creates a collection of cards exclusively for the shop, including a new selection of Mother’s Day greetings, $5.95 each. Look for: A lineup of picnic baskets, knapsacks and totes perfect for packing a High Park lunch. Hours: Tuesday to Friday 11 am to 7 pm, Saturday 10 am to 6 pm, Sunday 11 am to 6 pm. 3

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Regardless of economic conditions, political changes or social trends, there will always be real estate. And as long as there is real estate, trades people will be in major demand. In this edition of our Class Action series, three people working in green aspects of construction – a renovator, an installer of solar energy panels and a restorer of heritage buildings – give their take on what it’s like on the job.

ourth Pig is a non-profit co-op that does green contracting in Toronto and the surrounding area. We’re a small company, so I do diverse things, including a lot of renovation work that involves framing and insulating. I took the sustainable building design and construction course through Fleming College, graduating in 2007. It’s a five-month certificate program, and then I went on to become a carpenter apprentice. I’ve always thought the trades would be a great and practical way to support my artistic interests. I cofounded a screen-printing company but I was getting a chemical sensitivity from working with the emulsions, inks and cleaners, so I wanted to work with natural materials. The Fleming program was great in that it gave me a good start with the hands-on tool experience. It was an education in all different types of sustainable methodology: renewable energy options, natural materials, how to apply them in a home building context and thinking about integrated design and building science. How does a building need to breathe? How is it go-

ing to be transformed throughout its life and the life cycle of products? The biggest revelation for me came from thinking about a building in its entirety and its whole life cycle. If you’re building with things that are never going to decompose when you renovate, everything will go to landfill. You might have a super-insulated house, but if it’s impossible to renovate, then you’re basically creating a gigantic garbage dump. The best part of my job is being able to use natural materials in the city. We finished a straw bale addition to a home in the Oakwood-Eglinton area at the end of last year, the first-ever straw bale house in downtown Toronto. The worst part is doing things that compromise my green ideology, like working on homes that are too large for the number of people who live in them. Eco-carpentry is for people who are interested in the trades but want to go against the grain. Doing things innovatively right now might involve challenging companies, challenging oldtimers or even starting your own company.

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y job involves managing the site and doing physical installations of racking systems, panels and wiring. We do small-scale systems for off-grid customers who use solar arrays or wind installations with battery backup for wintertime use. We also do solar hot-water heating and large-scale solar installations that are grid-tied so the customer sells energy back to the grid. I have a bachelor of commerce from McMaster University and did a certificate program in arboriculture. Later, when I travelled in South America, I saw a bit of green building on a farm where I worked. At home, that stuck in my mind, so I found Fleming’s sustainable building design and construction program. General construction knowledge is probably the best way school prepared me. We do a lot of roof penetrations, and we have to understand the way buildings work when we start cutting into them, doing wiring and securing structures to the ground.

I think my employer sought out a graduate of the program because it’s well rounded, though it’s not necessarily the best preparation for the electrical side of what I do, which I learned mainly on site from my employer. Inclement weather is the worst part of my job. It’s hard to be patient and communicate effectively when everyone is uncomfortable. In the Fleming program, 20 of us from varying backgrounds worked together, so we ran into a lot of personalities. You have to get along with the people you’re working with. The program gave us two weeks of studying theory related to the building as a system and design basics and then sent us to a site to complete a building from start to finish for a client. You have to be reasonably physically fit to be a renewable energy installer. You can’t have a fear of heights and need the ability to work hard and communicate, as well as hands-on skills. A construction background certainly helps.

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ADR. 503 70– ethical issues in ADR monday, sept. 10 – Dec. 17 (45 hours) | 4:20 pm - 6:55 pm explore ethics in both a broad and specific sense, not only from the view of the role that the conflict resolution practitioner plays, but also with a look at self-reflection.

ADR. 504 70– Advocacy Skills for ADR Professional wednesday, sept. 5 – Dec. 17 (45 hours) | 4:20 pm - 6:55 pm an introduction to advocacy skills, this course will focus on students gaining the public speaking skills required for the role as a conflict resolution professional.

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hobbies is restoring historical motorcycles, and I build my own furniture instead of going to Ikea. I took an architectural technician diploma at George Brown. You learn the technicalities and the methodologies, but it’s not until you get on site that you get to implement what you’ve learned. In school they focus on creating simple designs that can be massproduced quickly at reasonable cost. I was never interested in that, so historical restoration is something I pursued on my own. The work we do allows people to live downtown without constructing new houses. When you compare a historical building that’s over 100 years old with new builds whose materials have a lifespan of less than 50 years, you see more sustainability in something that’s historic.

work for a small company that does restorations for Heritage Board houses and churches in Toronto. I deal mostly with the repair of historical buildings, whether to brickwork or stone architectural features. Heritage masonry is a lost art here. It’s pretty gratifying to work on a building that’s 100 or 200 years old. Reproducing architectural features through masonry is really challenging but rewarding work. I have a geography degree from the University of Guelph, with a minor in environmental studies, which led me into the office world. But I knew I would go crazy in an office. When I was a kid, I’d buy a toy and take it apart as soon as I got home. I’ve always had an interest in the historical aspect of craftsmanship. One of my

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ALGONQUIN COLLEGE (Perth) Construction carpentry – advanced, $1,212/term (plus fees). algonquincollege.com CENTENNIAL COLLEGE (Toronto) Electrician, construction maintenance as an apprenticeship or as part of the electrical engineering technician program; architectural technology or technician, $3,544/year (including fees). centennialcollege.ca

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urday, April 21. Rating: NNNN Thanks to the Images Festival, Torontonians finally had a chance to see and hear The Sounds Of Science, in which Yo La Tengo play a live soundtrack to accompany eight short films by director Jean Painlevé. The films are primarily explorations of sea life, with titles like Sea Urchins, The Sea Horse and The Love Life Of The Octopus. Their subtitled text ranges from the scientific to the whimsical: surreal, almost anthropomorphic tales about the life cycles of molluscs, fish and other underwater creatures. At the Underground Cinema, the New Jersey indie rock trio blended noise, melody, jazz and, in the case of the film about shrimp, some pretty heavy funk. The well-considered instrumentals genuinely added to the films, alluding to the octopus’s heaviness, offering effervescent feedback to images of crystallizing water and a 42

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sweet, hypnotizing track for the sea horses to bob along to. While it wasn’t the same as a Yo La Tengo concert, the palette from which they drew was as rich and varied as we’ve come to expect from them. JOANNE HUFFA

CHILLY GONZALES at the Glenn Gould Studio, Tuesday, April 17. Rating: NNNN

Chilly Gonzales has added yet another bizarre item to his increasingly baffling resumé: first person to crowd-surf (twice in one show!) at the Glenn Gould Studio. We don’t recommend attempting that at soft-seat theatres, but the move fits nicely into his long history of stunts, even if it doesn’t overshadow his world record for longest solo piano performance. Gonzales has made most of his fortune collaborating in the studio with big names like Feist and Drake, but his own work is often closer to comedy than music. His shows are mostly just him talking to the audience; still, when he finally starts playing piano, his im-

pressive skills put most pop musicians to shame. The tension between his classicalinfluenced keyboard work and his ridiculous, grumpy super-villain persona makes his shows work. The jokes disarm you emotionally: just as you’re getting comfortable giggling at the gags, he hits you with the most moving music ever played by a smirking BENJAMIN BOLES man in a bathrobe.

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ñTEMPLETON and DOC DUNN at Weird Canada HQ,

Thursday, April 19. Rating: NNNN CBC Searchlight Award-winning website Weird Canada functions as a spotlight for boundary-pushing Canadian musicians but also aims to foster a community that nourishes those underrepresented sounds. In that spirit, site co-founder Aaron Levin threw open the doors of “Weird Canada HQ” (his apartment/office) for the first time since moving from Edmonton to Toronto. “Things tend to get stranger the further north you

get,” said Levin in his role as MC. Still, he found a receptive crowd willing to greet a trio of experimental weirdos in his perch above Queen West. Playing by candlelight, electroacoustic experimentalist Nick Storring coaxed a mini-symphony out of his cello, laptop and tableful of pedals, layering electronics and strings until they swelled into blurry compositions of past and future sounds. Edmonton’s Mark Templeton followed with a set of ambient drones that drifted more than pulsed but nonetheless attracted a visit from a perplexed-looking police officer. Luckily, the next act, Doc Dunn, was twangy and acoustic, ending the evening on a warm, rustic note. RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

NICK LOWE at the Phoenix, Monday, April 23. Rating: NNNN

For the final song of the night, during his second encore, Nick Lowe performed an astonishingly gentle rendition of Elvis Costello’s Alison that left the crowd awed and on its feet. The

moment presented a marked contrast between the two iconic English singer/ songwriters. While Costello’s style has become grossly histrionic with age, Lowe increasingly wields a hushed mellow power. Subtlety and warmth were on display throughout Lowe’s and his fourpiece band’s Phoenix show in support of new album The Old Magic, from which the set drew heavily. Recent songs like Stoplight Roses, House For Sale and I Read A Lot prove that the 63-year-old former pub-rockist’s gift for conveying devastating emotion through brilliant, crystal-clear lyrics hasn’t faltered. Mixed in were hefty (too hefty, perhaps) doses of upbeat honky-tonk that my mom would’ve loved jiving to, personable between-song banter and some of the best songs Lowe’s ever written: Cruel To Be Kind, I Live On A Battlefield, Lately I’ve Let Things Slide and, of course, What’s So Funny About Peace, Love And Understanding, made CARLA GILLIS famous by Costello.

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MIIKE SNOW with PENGUIN PRISON at Sound Academy (11 Polson), Tuesday (May 1), doors 8 pm, all ages. $26. RT, SS, TM.

Many of the strict divisions between underground and mainstream music have broken down in the 21st century, but there’s still something novel about the Miike Snow story. The condensed version goes like this. The Swedish production team Bloodshy & Avant (aka Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg) met NYC singer/producer/ songwriter Andrew Wyatt and started the band for kicks. It’s resulted in two critically acclaimed electronic pop albums and a rapidly growing cult following. So far, nothing odd. But now conPOP/ROCK sider that Karlsson and Winnberg are better known for writing Britney Spears’s massive hit Toxic and Wyatt for helping pen Bruno Mars’s Grenade. “We all started out playing in bands, and people came to each of us asking if we could write something for someone else’s album,” recalls Wyatt from a tour Mainstream pop and indie rock aren’t so different after all stop in Oakland. “I tend to say yes and try new things rather than saying no and shutting the door. One thing leads to another, and the next thing you know you’re doing this thing. “People get hung up on social identifiers when they talk about different types of artists. We don’t worry about that so much. We just do what we do. We write songs, and certain principles run through all types of songwriting. A song is a song is a song, and that’s why people can cover them in so many different ways.”

Wyatt comes across as Zen about his craft but equally calculating and precise about the mechanics of songwriting and performance. When asked about the current Miike Snow live band, he happily goes into detail about their custom modular synths and the gear they bought from disco producer/film composer Giorgio Moroder. Asked about songwriting, he discusses modern popular music’s focus on variations of timbre rather than chord progressions. He will, however, admit that some aspects of mainstream pop have little to do with the love of songcraft that attracted him. “There are enclaves of pop songwriting that are toxic, if you pardon the pun. There are people who are just worried about making money and only want a hit song. We’ve been fortunate enough to somehow sidestep that. If there’s something transcendent about what you’re doing, it will track with listeners. There are definitely dark spots in the pop world, but I think we’re on different paths than a lot of the people who do it.” Miike Snow’s 2009 self-titled debut album was made with no expectation of By BENJAMIN BOLES success but with the benefit of years of experience. Recording the follow-up, 2012’s Happy To You (Downtown/Universal), was a less casual affair that included a larger cast of guests in an attempt to see how far the band could stretch its sound. In the end, though, the formula for their melancholy late-night pop stayed the same. “The sound of Miike Snow is essentially the three of us getting together in the studio and just seeing what happens.”

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Willis Earl Beal has the kind of bio that sounds too good to be true. Born and raised in Chicago, he moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the age of 23 following a short stint in the army. There, he drifted, alternating between menial work and homelessness. Teaching himself to play music on

barely tuned thrift-store instruments, Beal started recording as a way to battle loneliness. He’d leave his homemade cassette and CD-R recordings around town alongside hand-drawn flyers with his phone number. Dial the number and he’d sing you a song. It’s the kind of mythology bands pay PR firms big money to construct, but by all accounts the story checks out. In fact, the phone number given to me by his publicist is the same as the one on his flyers. Beal, though, is uneasy about

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focusing on his background. “I feel like I’m being misrepresented,” says the 27-year-old over the phone from his girlfriend’s apartment in Manhattan. “I made these songs for myself, without anybody watching. That they’re being released as my first album – I feel kind of exposed.” He’s referring to Acousmatic Sorcery, a compilation of songs written and recorded while he was in Albuquerque and issued as the first release on XL subsidiary Hot Charity. (The parent label is home to Radiohead and Adele.) “Now that it’s actually out, I feel like they’ve done a hell of a job marketing it and getting it out there, and there are people really embracing the lo-fi sound,” he says. “But I never wanted to be a lo-fi musician or a lo-fi singer or a lo-fi anything. I was just doing it that way because I was poor and couldn’t afford to do it any other way.” Though Beal’s story threatens to overshadow his music, the music itself is just as remarkable, stunning evidence of the power of passion over training. Most arresting is his voice, whose elastic register varies from a sensitive folky sound to a soulful croon and a whisky-soaked Tom Waits wail. Beal considers his already finished next album to be his true debut but sees the value of Acousmatic Sorcery as a kind of manifesto. “It’s a testament that anybody can do art. Anybody can do music,” he says. “Don’t pay attention to your limitations. Just don’t give a fuck.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

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young eMPires, dinosaur Bones, eight and a halF, disMaj Sound Academy (11 Polson), Friday (April 27) Local indie rock heavyweights.

Bellevue), Friday (April 27) Bass-heavy dance party in a church.

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Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), Saturday (April 28) See preview, page 52.

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Thursday, April 26 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

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Bovine sex cluB Greg Rekus, Dennis Clark,

After making a name for herself in the noisy garage pop world for her work with Crystal Stilts, Frankie Rose and the Outs, Dum Dum Girls and Vivian Girls, Rose threw everyone for a loop by going for a jangly 80s-inspired new wave feel on her most recent release. It may have been a surprise, but it turned out to be a good one. At Parts & Labour (1566 Queen West), Wednesday (May 2), doors 10 pm. $11.50. RT, SS, TW.

Just announced jaMes MurPhy (dj set) The Hoxton doors 10 pm, $15. RT, SS, TW. May 4. alyssa Wright Roy Thomson Hall 7:30 pm, all ages, $50. RTH. May 11. carl cox, arMin van Burren

Freedom Guvernment $50. TD. May 20. Michel BéruBé CD release Glenn Gould Studio 8 pm, $26.50. RTH, TM. May 24.

stalley, rich kidd, the cyPher, the antiheroes, viBonics El Moc ambo $20. PDR, RT, SS. June 2. Honey Jam Artist Auditions Virgin Mobile Mod Club 2 pm, $10. honeyjam.com. June 3.

NBad religion, no use For a naMe NXNE YongeDundas Square free. nxne.com. June 14.

NMattheW good NXNE YongeDun das Square free. nxne.com. June 15. NFace to Face NXNE Sound Academy doors 8 pm, $13.50. RT, SS, TM. June 15. Nthe FlaMing liPs NXNE Yonge Dundas Square free. nxne.com. June 16. NraekWon & ghostFace killah NXNE YongeDundas Square free.

nxne.com. June 17. dan sartain Horseshoe doors 8:30 pm, $9. HS, RT, SS. June 18. tycho The Hoxton doors 8 pm, $15. RT, SS, TW. July 10. trust, light asyluM The Great Hall doors 9 pm, $12.50. RT, SS, TW. July 13. iceage Horseshoe doors 8:30 pm, $12.50. RT, SS, TW. July 18.

the Breaks, Redd Monkey. cAdillAc lounge Jeremy Fisher & the Mighty Big Word 10 pm. the centrAl Take With Audio 10 pm, Spring Has Sprung 7 pm. c’est whAt Red Nightfall (rock) 9 pm. clinton’s Bones & the Black Stars, the High Spots (roots/country/rock) doors 8:45 pm. cloAk & dAgger PuB The Calrizians (surf/ rock) 10 pm. dAkotA tAvern CD release Alistair Christl (folk/rock) 7 pm. drAke hotel lounge Weekend Startup Boot Knives (rock) doors 11 pm. el mocAmBo downstAirs Tin Star Orphan, VistaVision, Dean Marino 9 pm. the gArrison Acid Mothers Temple, Phan tom Family Halo doors 8 pm. horseshoe Supersuckers, Nashville Pussy, Bill Cosby Anarchist Society (garage rock) doors 8:30 pm. inter steer Ronnie Hayward Trio (rockabilly) 8 to 11 pm. linsmore tAvern Desmond Nathan (power pop piano) 10 pm. lou dAwg’s ryerson Jeff Eager (acoustic soul/funk/Motown) 10 pm. 109 ossington 109 OZ Launch Party Eight & A Half (Justin Peroff, Dave Ham elin & Liam O’Neil) 9 pm.

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Gould’s Birthday BACHanalia Royal Conserv atory of Music Koerner Hall 7 pm, from $50. RCM. September 24. Mark kozelek The Great Hall doors 8 pm, $20. HS, RT, SS, TM. October 3. disPatch, good old War Sound Academy doors 7 pm, all ages, $41. TM. October 8.

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Music Koerner Hall 8 pm, from $45. RCM. October 19. video gaMes live Massey Hall $37.50-$67.50. RTH. October 25. keB’ Mo’ Royal Conservatory of Music Koerner Hall 8 pm, from $40. RCM. November 8. alex cuBa Royal Conservatory of Music Koerner Hall 8 pm, from $30. RCM. November 9.

er Hall 8 pm, from $45. RCM. December 5.

Dear Diary, DJs Tim McCready & Hardcore snaps (emo/screamo/pop punk) 10 pm. Phoenix concert theAtre Sammy Adams (rap) doors 8 pm, all ages. the Piston Raw Carmela Antonio, Oscar Tango, Kendal Thompson 9 pm. rivoli Exposed G Stokes, Rob GF, Steph J, Cash Dough, Francesco 7 pm. sAzerAc gAstro lounge The Capitol Beat (funk/soul/R&B) 10 pm. silver dollAr White Mystery, the Speaking Tongues, Mad Ones, New Ghost doors 9 pm. the sister Sean Pinchin. sound AcAdemy French Montana, the Coke Boys doors 8 pm. southside Johnny’s Skip Tracer (rock) 10 pm. suPermArket Rebel Rebel, Danger Bees, Le land Sundries, Joan Hutcheson doors 9 pm. virgin moBile mod cluB Music Not Mischief.

Rivers Christina Petrowska Quilico (piano) 8 pm.

Mark o’connor, hoWard levy, trichy & suBa sankaran, autorickshaW, retrocity, Free Play duo, sylvain Blassel, the dave young trio Glenn

chick corea & gary Burton W/ the harleM string Quartet Royal Conservatory of Music Koern

oPerA house Augustana doors 7:30 pm. PArts & lABour Met You On Live Journal 5.0

Beryl Markham Flying West With The Night Diana McIntosh (piano) 8 pm. mélAnge Norman Marshall Villeneuve Jazz Message Trio 7 to 10 pm.

old mill inn home smith

BAr John Sherwood (solo piano) 7:30 pm. James Murphy

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NOW april 26 - may 2 2012

COUSINS with BY DIVINE RIGHT and the FIRST IMPRESSIONS at the Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), Saturday (April 28), 10 pm. $7. RT, SS.

Cousins are in some trouble. The touring duo of Aaron Mangle and Leigh Dotey have been stuck in Chicago for five days, trying to figure out how to get back to Sterling, Colorado, where they left their van after it broke down. “It’s been fixed,” says Mangle, “and we’ve decided to go back for it.” Probably a good idea considering the Halifax lo-fi garage-rockers are facing down another three weeks of shows in support of their new album, The Palm At The End Of The Mind (Saved by Vinyl). And those come after six weeks’ worth. No wonder their van conked out. Mangle admits that the Chicago layover has left them “getting pretty weird” but still won’t knock touring. “Playing is the best. We love meeting other crazy idiots who drive around and play for people and barely get paid enough to eat and drive. At times it seems like a stupid thing to do, but we’re sort of sick of waiting and hoping that we’ll get support from ‘music people,’ so we’re just doing it anyway.” It’s hard to say if the raucous new

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REPOSADO The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). REX Dave Young Quintet 9:30 pm, Richard

Whiteman Five 6:30 pm. ROY THOMSON HALL Perlman Plays Beethoven Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Itzhak Perlman (violin) 8 pm. SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO Mark Segger 8 pm. TORONTO CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Toronto Philharmonia Orchestra, Joni Henson, Brennan Guillory (soprano, tenor) 8 pm. TRANE STUDIO Ivan Garzon Quartet 8:30 pm. WINCHESTER KITCHEN & BAR Jazz Thursdays Melissa Lauren 7 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

BURROUGHES BUILDING Inside Out’s Festival

Launch Party DJ Craig Dominic (R&B/hip-hop/ dancehall) 7 pm. CAMP 4 Switched On DJs Jaime Sin & Pammm (indie pop/college rock) 10 pm. CRAWFORD UPSTAIRS Rap Bitches DJ Trishelle (hip-hop/R&B). CRAWFORD DOWNSTAIRS EFF EMM ELL DJ Eric C. DANCE CAVE Transvision DJ Shannon (alt indie/ electro/retro). GOODHANDY’S Ladyplus Parties DJ Todd Klinck doors 8 pm.5 HOLY OAK CAFE DJs Thomonate & Schpense 10 pm. INSOMNIA DJ Ron Jon (funk/soul/house). LAIDE LOUNGE Throw-back Thursdays DJ Sugar Rush (classic hip-hop/old school house) 9 pm. RIVOLI POOL LOUNGE DJ Plan B (reggae/funk/ electroretro). WAYLABAR Outlet DJ Lindzrox, JRox (dancedriven indie/electro/dance). WRONGBAR Music For Your Mind Lori J Ward (Hifi Princess), T.Orlando & Alan Smithson (underground deep tech music) 9 pm.

Friday, April 27 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

AIR CANADA CENTRE Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sleigh Bells doors 7 pm. ñ ALLEYCATZ Uptown 9:30 pm.

ANNEX WRECKROOM Schools Out! DJs Mac &

Teeves, Amy Traphouse, Kunfu Candy 10 pm.

AQUILA UPSTAIRS Ironbark (rock) 9:30 pm. THE BALLROOM BOWL BAR BISTRO Wednes-

day’s Engine 10 pm. BAR 460 Chachi on Acid, the Rough Boys,

APRIL 26 - MAY 2 2012 NOW

COUSINS FOUR-TRACK ROCK

A broken van can’t stop these Halifax noise-makers By CARLA GILLIS

album, which also features guitarist Pat Ryan, who bowed out of the tour, will lead to a breakthrough. Mangle’s appealing high voice and yearning pop melodies lift off over big guitar crunch, trashy bare-bones drums and boomy four-track production, bringing to mind Chad VanGaalen’s noisier, weirder work. The songs sometimes halt and swerve, and the echo chamber sounds as if it was turned to 11. (Coincidentally, the album was partially recorded at Halifax’s Echo Chamber.) “We were aiming to get our character across,” says Mangle, who plays kick drum, guitar and sings lead. “We do most things at home: cook, record, practise, drink beer, shoot fireworks, play dice, play dominos, listen to records. [We wanted the album to] sound or at least feel like that.” He admits that people don’t always know how to take them, though that’s not completely because of their offkilter sound. “At times, I think we catch people off guard because we dress like children. In Austin, a guy said to me, ‘You look like a teenager, but when you play, it’s like you’re serious and the songs are intense. It’s strange – like two things are happening at once.’” 3 music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/carlagillis

Black Absinthe, Kount Rottula, Torque Down (punk rock/heavy metal) doors 8:30 pm. BAR ITALIA Shugga (funk/soul/R&B/top 40). BOVINE SEX CLUB CD release Rabid Whole, Raised Emotionally Dead, Ogenix, DJ Vania. CASTRO’S LOUNGE Ronnie Hayward (rockabilly) 5 to 7 pm. THE CENTRAL Flawless Magic 10 pm. DAVE’S... ON ST CLAIR Chris Gostling & the Tempo (pop/rock) 9:30 pm. DC MUSIC THEATRE Metal As F$#% Fest 26 Blacked Out Hatred, Black Eye all ages. DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Pontiak, Greg Fox, Michael Rault (indie rock) doors 7:30 pm. THE DUKE LIVE.COM Tres Hombres (ZZ Top tribute). EL MOCAMBO DOWNSTAIRS CD release Fat Cats, Sam Klass doors 9:30 pm. ETON HOUSE Alley Beat Grind (rock) 9 pm. GALLERY 444S STUDIO THREE Off World Party Sandro Perri & Lorenz Peter 8 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR We Walk The Line We Walk the Line (Johnny Cash tribute) 9 pm. GRAFFITI’S The Tex-Styles (honkytonk R&R/ country swing) evening, Paul Martin (classic covers) 5 to 7 pm. HABITS GASTROPUB Tiger Lil & Terence Vince 8:30 pm. HARD LUCK BAR Negura Bunget, Wolven Ancestry, Eclipse Eternal, Din Brad doors 7 pm. HORSESHOE Permanent Bastards, Bootleg Glory, the Stables, Stone Sparrows 9:30 pm. IMAGES AT 204 Wavelength #539 Kontravoid, Rat Tail, Mausoleum, Sexy Merlin doors 9 pm. LEE’S PALACE We Were Promised Jetpacks, Breton, Ft Lean doors 9 pm. THE LOADED DOG Tungsten (pop rock/top 40) 8:30 pm. LOU DAWG’S Jeff Eager (acoustic soul/funk/ Motown) 10 pm. LOU DAWG’S RYERSON Don Campbell (acoustic blues/rock) 10 pm. NOW LOUNGE Little Creatures, Charge of the Light Brigade doors 7 pm, show 10 pm. OPERA HOUSE Stewed, Screwed & Tattooed Reverend Horton Heat, Real McKenzies, the Brains doors 8 pm. OZ STUDIOS Sailboats Are White, Femme Tops, Mass Horns 9 pm, all ages. PARTS & LABOUR THE SHOP The Prowlers, Byrds of Prey, S.H.I.T. (streetpunk) doors 9 pm. PJ O’BRIEN IRISH PUB Mark Joseph Band (rock/pop). RIVOLI CD release The Little Black Dress, Winter City, Mightnight Romeo, Lauren Malyon 8:30 pm.

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SILVER DOLLAR Stray Feathers, Dress Rehears-

Canadian Jazz Quartet 5 to 8 pm. REX Rez Abbasi, Dave Binney, Dan Weiss 9:45 pm, Artie Roth Trio 6:30 pm, Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm.

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ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC KOERNER HALL Stephan Moccio (piano) 8 pm. SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO Tilman Lewis,

al, Kevin Myles Wilson, A Northern Drawl doors 9 pm. THE SISTER Red Revue, Cris Derksen, David West. SNEAKY DEE’S Album Release Steamboat (indie rock) 10 pm. SOUND ACADEMY Bookie’s Big Blast Young Empires, Dinosaur Bones, Eight & a Half, Dismaj doors 8 pm. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S The Homeless Band (rock/R&B.funk/top 40/Latin) 10 pm. VIRGIN MOBILE MOD CLUB Bigfoot 9 pm.

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

Quartetto Grafico 8 pm.

TRINITY ST. PAUL’S CHURCH The Original Carmina Burana Toronto Consort 8 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

BOAT All That 90s DJs LK & Streets

(hip-hop/R&B/club-kids hits) 9:30 pm.

ASPETTA CAFFE Cool Chase, Rich Alleyne,

BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES THEATRE Fuck You Fridays

CADILLAC LOUNGE 24th Street Wailers (blues) 10 pm. CAMERON HOUSE Jane’s Party 10 pm,

CAKE BAR FourPlay Fridays (top 40/mashups). CASTRO’S LOUNGE DJ I Hate You Rob (soul/

Moonshine Nookie (rock) 7 pm.

Patrick Brealey (folk rock/roots) 8 pm, David Celia (folk/rock) 6 pm. GLENN GOULD STUDIO Kellylee Evans (singer/ songwriter) 8 pm. HUGH’S ROOM CD release Don Ross, Brooke Miller 8:30 pm. LOLA The Gypsy Rebels (fusion/world music) 8 pm, Jam Danny Beerio 3 pm. LULA LOUNGE Cafe Cubano (salsa) 10:30 pm. PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE The Drums, Craft Spells, Part Time doors 7:30 pm. REPOSADO The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS The Ryan Driver Quartet (indie powerpop) 10 pm, Emily Jill West w/ T Buckley 7:30 pm, the Foolish Things w/ Hugh Oliver (jazz) 5 pm.

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JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DOWNTOWN Rigour And

Craziness Of Guitar In France Pascal Valois 7:30 pm. DAVE’S... ON ST CLAIR Jordan Saul Quartette (jazz) 5 to 8 pm. DOMINION ON QUEEN Havana To Toronto Joaquin Nunez Hidalgo 9 pm. FLECK DANCE THEATRE Toronto Dance Theatre: Rivers Christina Petrowska Quilico (piano) 8 pm. GALLERY 345 New Music Concerts: Small Is Beautiful Yoko Hirota (piano) 8 pm. GATE 403 Denielle Bassels Jazz Band 9 pm, Andy De Campos Plus Trio 5 to 8 pm. GROSSMAN’S Frankie Foo & the Yoyo Smugglers (ska) 10 pm. LULA LOUNGE Iroko & Jane Bunnett (jazz) 8 pm. NAWLINS JAZZ BAR The N’awlins All Star Band w/ Brooke Blackburn (jazz/blues) 9:30 pm. OLD MILL INN Fridays To Sing About Arlene Smith, Mark Eisenman, Terry Lukiwski 7:30 pm. QUOTES Fridays At Five William Carn & the

DJ Triple-X, DJ CJ Sleez (retro/rock) 10:30 pm.5

funk/R&B/punk rock/rockabilly) 10 pm.

C’EST WHAT McManager 10 pm. CLINTON’S Jamz! Andy & Ty (80s/90s/00s)

doors 10 pm.

COBRA LOUNGE The Fix Fridays Mkutz. CRAWFORD UPSTAIRS Ignition DJ Caff

(R&B/90s hip-hop).

CRAWFORD DOWNSTAIRS Grilled Cheese (old school and new school hip-hop).

(rock) 10 pm.

REVIVAL Skratch Of All Trades Skratch Bastid. ñ ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM Friday Night Live DJs

Lokei & Cal 6 to 11 pm. SALVADOR DARLING Way Out Dougie Boom, Kaewonder, Andrew Allsgood (pan-psychedelic music) 10 pm. ST STEPHEN-IN-THE-FIELDS CHURCH Surefire Sound Tour Addison Groove & Doc Daneeka, Vlsonn 10 pm. SUPERMARKET Soop!, the Soul Proprietor & Nightbox DJs 10 pm. VIRGIN MOBILE MOD CLUB Come Out & Play DJ Matt Medley 10:30 pm. WETBAR Penthouse Fridays DJs Glew, R2, KidZero & Peter Kash (house/top 40/party anthems) 10 pm. WRONGBARUnderground Rebel Bingo Club 9:30 pm.

Saturday, April 28 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

AIR CANADA CENTRE Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sleigh Bells doors 7 pm. ñ ALLEYCATZ Uptown 9:30 pm.

DOVERCOURT HOUSE 805 Salsa Underground

BOVINE SEX CLUB Darlings of Chelsea, the

DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Itzsoweezee Jim

CADILLAC LOUNGE Double O Soul 10 pm. THE CENTRAL Youngwilco & the Bitter Foes

Fridays DJ Fabz 9:30 pm. E Stack doors 11 pm.

DRAKE HOTEL LOUNGE DJ Your Boy Brian doors

10 pm.

EMMET RAY BAR DJ Funky Flavours (funk/soul) 10 pm.

FLY Dance Camp DJ Mark Falco 10 pm.5 FOOTWORK Luv This City JELO doors 10 pm. FOUNDATION ROOM Groove Fridays Four Year

Anniversary Mista Jiggz & Spence Diamonds (R&B/funk/soul/house/hip-hop) doors 9 pm. THE GREAT HALL Uma Nota: Roots Rhythm Reggae Edition Friendlyness & the Human Rights, DJ Rollin’ Cash, Mar Aberto Soundsystem, General Eclectic, Chuck Boom 10 pm. GUVERNMENT CHROMA Projek: Loadstar Loadstar, Tantrum Desire, Marcus Visionary, Hydee, Stickbubbly, Chilton Gaines doors 10 pm. HOLY OAK CAFE Transgressions 10 pm.5 THE HOXTON EC Twins doors 9 pm. INSOMNIA Funkn’ Fresh Fridays Mickey D (house/breaks). MARGRET Massive Gritty (reggae) 10 pm. LA PERLA Room Temperature Parasol. THE PISTON Gin & Phonic (funk/soul) 10 pm. PRESS CLUB DJs Ironwill & Madame Hair

Dirty Water, DJ Sir Ian Blurton.

(alternative) 10 pm, Contra Band 7 pm. CRAWFORD DOWNSTAIRS Jam Shan Dub (hiphop/reggae). DOMINION ON QUEEN Ronnie Hayward Trio (rockabilly) 4 to 7:30 pm. DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Mrs Johnston (funk) doors 8 pm. ETON HOUSE Midnight Jewel (top 40/dance/ rock) 9 pm, Go Freddy Go (rock) 4 to 7 pm. GRAFFITI’S Russel Leons SSW Night evening, The High Tides, the Zrays 4 to 7 pm. HORSESHOE The Dudes, Poor Young Things, Ascot Royals, Archives 9 pm. THE LOADED DOG Moonshine (pop rock/top 40) 8:30 pm. THE LOCAL Combo Royale. LOU DAWG’S Don Campbell (acoustic blues/ rock) 10 pm. LOU DAWG’S RYERSON Southern Brunch Irene Torres Duo (soul) noon to 3 pm. NEWFOUNDLANDER Blue Thunder (East Coast rock/country) 9:30 pm. PJ O’BRIEN IRISH PUB Mark Joseph Band. REX Danny Marks (pop) noon. SILVER DOLLAR Whiskeyjack 7 pm.

Silver Dollar Late Night Live Cousins, By Divine Right, the First Impressions ñ (rock) 10 pm. See preview, page 52. The SiSTer Hellbent Rockers. SouThSiDe Johnny’S Wild T & the Spirit

(rockin’ blues) 10 pm, The Bear Band w/ Penny Skolski (rock/blues) 4 to 8 pm. SporTSTer’S Nicola Vaughan 10 pm. Three MonkeyS Rock Gods (all 80s tribute) 10 pm. TiMoThy’S pub Open Jam The Meteors 4 to 8 pm. TryST Natalia Kills 10 pm. virgin Mobile MoD Club Hoodie Allen (rap) doors 7 pm, all ages. WinCheSTer kiTChen & bar All Funk Saturdays Soulchild 10 pm.

Folk/Blues/Country/World

aquila upSTairS Taxi Chain (roots/Celtic/

soul) 9:30 pm.

CaDillaC lounge Mary & Micky (country) 3:30 pm. CaMeron houSe Devin Cuddy 10 pm,

Whitney Rose (country) 8 pm, Colonel Tom Parker 6 pm. CaSTro’S lounge Big Rude Jake (blues shouter) 4:30 pm. Dave’S... on ST Clair Mark Ripp (acoustic folk/rock) 4 to 7 pm. DoMinion on queen Saturday Night Blues Jerome Godboo (blues) 9:30 pm. The Duke live.CoM Shania Twin Band (Shania Twain tribute). gaTe 403 Ken Yoshioka (blues) 5 pm. glaDSTone hoTel MeloDy bar Country Saturdays Joanne Mackell & Tru Grit 9 pm. harT houSe TheaTre Song To A Memory Proyecto Altiplano, Freddy Torrealba, the Jubilate Singers & Grupo Chile 7:30 pm. hiruT Fine eThiopian CuiSine Country Jam Murray Powell (eclectic) 2 to 6 pm. hugh’S rooM Globe & Mail Open House Festival: Torn From The Pages, a celebration of Linden MacIntyre’s new novel Why Men Lie Bidiniband, the Billie Hollies, Claudia Dey, Ben Errett, Lazybones, Linden MacIntyre, Selina Martin, Corin Raymond and others 8:30 pm. The loCal Arthur Renwick (blues) 5 pm. lola Shitkicker 8 pm. lou DaWg’S Southern Brunch Mark Bird Duo (traditional blues) noon to 3 pm. lou DaWg’S ryerSon Mike C, Matt Morgan 10 pm. lula lounge Un Poco Latino (salsa) 10:30 pm. Menaka Thakkar DanCe STuDio Monica Shah (Indian classical) 7:30 pm. rebaS CaFé & gallery Open Mic The Just Us Band 1 to 4 pm. reliSh New Music Night Tucker Green (singer/ songwriter) 9:30 pm. ST STephen-in-The-FielDS ChurCh Feria Upside-Down Fedora Upside-Down 8 pm. TranzaC Joe Hall 6:30 pm. TranzaC SouThern CroSS The Origins Ensemble w/ Shannon Graham 10 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/experimental

al green TheaTre CD release Ori Dagan 8 pm. blue DoT gallery Anniversary Jazz Concert

Series Lyne Tremblay, Marcel Aucoin, Scott Marshal, Great Bob Scott 6:30 pm. ChalkerS pub Saturday Dinner Jazz The Lorne Lofsky Trio w/ Kieran Overs & Barry Romberg 6 to 9 pm. eaSTMinSTer uniTeD ChurCh Vienna Music Through Time The Lumière Quartet, Kerri McGonigle (cello) 8 pm. FleCk DanCe TheaTre Toronto Dance Theatre: Rivers Christina Petrowska Quilico (piano) 8 pm. gaTe 403 Donné Roberts Band 9 pm. groSSMan’S The Happy Pals (New Orleans jazz) 4:30 pm. inTer STeer Laura Hubert 4 to 7 pm. MuSiC gallery Encounters: The Toy Piano Composers Array Ensemble 8 pm. naWlinS Jazz bar The N’awlins All Star Band w/ Brooke and Duane Blackburn (jazz/blues) 8:30 pm. noW lounge Ken Skinner, Owen Tennyson, Lee Saba Hutchinson, Grant Lyle (jazz/blues/ soul) 8:30 pm. noW lounge Album release after-party Ori Dagan (jazz) 11:30 pm. olD Mill inn Jazz Masters Tom Szczesniak, Neil Swainson, Bob McLaren 7:30 pm. rex Donna Grantis Electric Trio 12:45 am, Rez Abbasi, Dave Binney, Dan Weiss 9:45 pm, James Brown Duo 7 pm, George Lake Big Band 3:30 pm. roCCo’S pluM ToMaTo Andy De Campos 6 to 9 pm. roy ThoMSon hall An Evening With Itzhak Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Itzhak Perlman (violin) 8 pm.

royal ConServaTory oF MuSiC Mazzoleni hall Academy Chamber Orchestra 7:30 pm.

SoMeWhere There STuDio Eminent Domain 8 pm.

Trane STuDio Trane Studio 9th Anniversary Dinner & Concert The Sharron McLeod Fauxtet.

TriniTy ST. paul’S ChurCh The Original Carmina Burana Toronto Consort 8 pm.

danCe musiC/dJ/lounge

annex WreCkrooM DJ Rick Toxic 8 pm. bunDa lounge Funkete Dos Mundos DJs, DJ

Wayuu (tropical bass party). Cake bar Dessert Saturdays (top 40/mashups). C’eST WhaT DJ Malxp 10 pm. ClinTon’S Shake, Rattle & Roll (60s dance party) doors 10 pm. CraWForD upSTairS Ice Cold Dranks (old school hip-hop/club bangers/mashups). Dave’S... on ST Clair Funkmaster Franky (80s/90s) 10 pm. Drake hoTel unDergrounD Evening Standard Cole Medina (disco/house) doors 11 pm. Drake hoTel lounge Famous Players DJs doors 10 pm. eMbaSSy bar Pressure Drop: 5th Anniversary Party Devon Irie, Guv’nor General, Chuck Boom, Morningside 116 (roots/reggae/rocksteady/dubwize/ska). eMMeT ray bar DJ Gerald Belanger (house/ ol’ skool) 10 pm. Fly DJ Micky Friedmann, DJ Jeremy Khamkeo doors 10 pm.5 FooTWork MANIK doors 10 pm. glaDSTone hoTel ballrooM Stay Golden: Benefit for Red Door Women’s Shelter (classic rock dance party). The greaT hall Subspace Fetish Night 5 Year Anniversary DJ Paul Savage, DJ Warmuffin, DJ Osaze. holy oak CaFe Essence Brown 10 pm. inSoMnia Sense Saturdays DJ Charles (deep house). lee’S palaCe DJ Yoda, Big League Chu, Farbsie Funk doors 9:30 pm. parTS & labour White Girl DJs Patrick McGuire, Josh McIntyre, Ghetto Gold Matt (rap from 1993-2012) 11 pm. periDoT lounge Good Saturdays DJs Glew & R2 (hip-hop/R&B/old school) 10:30 pm. The piSTon Brendan Canning (DJ set) 10 pm. preSS Club DJ Northern Soul (Motown/R&B) 10 pm. The reD lighT Lick A Shot Pho (Bonjay DJ set) doors 10 pm. revival Midnight Mix DJ Wristpect, DJ JClass, JB Allen, Big Philly, Corey Dawkins, DJ Laze, Oscar De Conga. rivoli pool lounge DJ Osum (disco/electro/ funk). rivoli baCk rooM Footprints DJs General Eclectic, Jason Palma, DJ Stuart (soul/jazz/reggae/ska/funk) 10 pm. Sneaky Dee’S Shake A Tail 10 pm. SuperMarkeT Do Right Saturdays! DJ John Kong, MC Abs. SuTra Tiki bar The Bridge DJ Triplet (old skool hip-hop). velveT unDergrounD PANIC: New Order Spotlight DJ Lazarus (retro party ) 10 pm. virgin Mobile MoD Club UK Underground MRK, Tigerblood (indie/electro/dubstep/rock). Wrongbar Wheel Wells, Coleco, Kyle Marshall doors 9 pm.

Sunday, April 29 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

aSpeTTa CaFFe The Dio Project, Roger Ill Company, Leela & the Agrestics 3 to 6 pm.

CaDillaC lounge Matt Storch, Brian Cober 4

to 7 pm.

The CenTral upSTairS Greg McEvoy 7 pm. The CenTral Sunday Glow 7 pm. DoMinion on queen Rockabilly Brunch 11 am to 3 pm.

Double Double lanD Ches Smith’s Cong for

Brums, Travis Laplante, New Positions 9 pm, all ages. Drake hoTel unDergrounD Electric Guest, New Look doors 8 pm. eMMeT ray bar Dani Nash (rockabilly) 9 pm. The garriSon Crosswires Noise-Stravaganza Nick Storring, Pants & Tie, Man Made Hill, the Lost Babies 9 pm. graFFiTi’S Blackmetal Brunch, Michael Brennan 4 to 7 pm. The hiDeouT Julian Taylor Band (rock) 10 pm. horSeShoe Horse Feathers, Brown Bird (indie folk rock) doors 8:30 pm. The loaDeD Dog Jessica Mondello & Mark Ripp (acoustic pop) 4 to 8 pm.

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NOW April 26 - MAy 2 2012

tuesday may 8 @ the phoenix

sat june 9 @ phoenix

sunday april 29 @ the phoenix

Two Hours Traffic + THe elwins

with

neon indian zeus kina grannis with

lemonade

arts & craFts • $15.00 advance

Fri june 15 @ queen elizabeth theatre

monday june 11

the tallest

deer

$ 27.50

advance • 7:15pm doors • all-ages

man on earth monday june 18 @ the phoenix

mogwai $ 29.50

advance • 8:00pm doors • 19+

lee’s palace • $ 22.50 adv

Rhode Island • dIne alone • alt CountRy RoCk & Roll

Friday may 18 & saturday may 19 queen elizabeth theatre • $29.50 adv + FF (reserved seating) • all-ages

tick

scrappy happiness tour

turbo fruits + the novaks ex Jam & style council

thurs june 28 @ sound academy $ 32.50

imaginary friend

$59.50

advance aLL-ages/ 19+ London uk • RaRe toRonto PLay • onLy 3 noRth ameRican dates!

advance ga (all-ages) • $ 42.50 advance vip (19+)

monday may 21 • sound academy tuesday july 31

saturday june 16 @ the phoenix $

24.50 advance • 19+ • First toronto show in over 15 years!

arcHers of loaf sharon @ the phoenix

18.50 advance • JagJaguar Fat possum indie Folk pop $

sunday july 15

hot tennis chip sound academy • $ 25.00 advance • all-ages

van etten

with

metz

sunday june 17 @ sound academy all-ages • $25.50 advance ga • $35.50 advance 19+ vip

wed august 1 $ phoenix • 20.00 advance

thurs july 19 @ sound academy

beirut all-ages / licensed • $ 35.00 advance ga •

$ 50.00

with

advance vip (19+)

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

with

little scream

april 26 - may 2 2012 NOW

ska!

mozart’s sister

fishbone

Los angeLes ska souL Punk Legends

advance ticketS @ ticketmaster.ca or 1-855-985-5000 • HorSeSHoe Front Bar • SoundScapeS • rotate tHiS WedneSday may 2 mod club • $18.50 advance

thurSday april 26 • $23.50 advance • rock double header!

supersuckers nashville pussy with

bill cosby anarchists society

Friday april 27 • $10.00

PermanenT BasTards bootleg gloRy The sTaBles stone sParroWs Sunday april 29 •

$ 10.50

Saturday april 28 • $10.00 calgary rock & roll

The dUdes Poor yoUng things ascot royals

adv

portland folk rock

horse

feathers With brown bird

Hosted by bookie (18th year)

tueSday may 1

autistic love small WorlD silence On eurOpa baytown brOken arrOws you me Baxter Phil

monday april 30 • no cover shoeless mondays

WedneSday may 2 • $4.00

Milk Run henry taylor Before The flood hisland band

thurSday may 3 $ 11.50

advance • baltimore

Future gruve islands friday may 4

$ 6.00

• local alternative

alerT The medic BernadeTTe Connors Sunday may

6•

$ 25.00

steven david hnatiuk memorial night

with ed sChrader’s mUsiC BeaT + Valleys Sat may 5 • $17.50 adv

tHurS may 3 @ mod cluB • $ 18.50 adv • all-ages • 6pm

la dispute

Boxer bear in active Saturday may 5 the garriSon • $11.50 advance

defeaTer & BalanCe and ComPosUre

tueSday may 15

lee’S palace • $ 15.00 advance

rebelliOn heaven child With canon

blue BloUse + doldrUms

thurS may 17 @ queen elizabeth theatre

ron sexsmith

W/ balam acab

Sunday may 27

lee’S palace • $ 10.00 @door

all-ageS • $ 29.50 advance • reServed Seating • 7:15pm

chris murray the fundamentals

WedneSday may 23 @ horSeShoe • $11.00 advance

Saturday june 2

joe mcmahon jon langford stanley Brinks & his sadies the inDePenDents dJ langhorne slim Me yoda parlotones without

we were promised jetpacks

WedneSday may 2 • $10.00

friday may 4 • $ 7.00

thurSday may 3 • $ 6.00 local metal

BeacheD crookeD hill

Billy The Kid + miKey erg

horSeShoe tavern • $15.00 adv

(x-herman dune)

friday may 25 @ lee’S palace • $9.00 advance • punk rock rehaB for qUiTTers

with sKUll orChard + BUrlingTon Welsh Choir

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thurSday april 26 Sunday april 29 the garriSon • 15.00 advance $

daniel romano

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MUSIDEUM The Jessica Stuart Few (dancefloor jazz).

RIVOLI Dig Devil Dig, Further the Lion, Metro 4, Adrenaline City, Com-Oh, Crooked Hill, Fire & Sound, 9 Vol, Hard Honey, Captain Buzzkill 7 pm. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S Open Jam Rebecca Matiesen & Phoenix 9:30 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Puzzleroot, Annabelle Chvostek (roots) 7:30 pm.

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

AQUILA UPSTAIRS The McDale’s Open Mic 8:30 pm, Junction Jam The New Mynah Birds (mostly blues) 3:30 pm. CAMERON HOUSE Kevin Quain 9 pm, Joanne Mackell (folk) 6 pm. CLOAK & DAGGER PUB Alex Goyetche (folk/ pop) 9 pm. DAKOTA TAVERN Bluegrass Brunch 11 am-3 pm.

DUFFY’S TAVERN Ken Yoshioka (blues) 9:30 pm. ETON HOUSE Acoustic Party Douglas John

Cameron (bluegrass/roots/country) 4 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Sunday Acoustic Family Brunch 9 am to 4 pm. GROSSMAN’S Blues Jam Brian Cober Band 9:30 pm. HIRUT FINE ETHIOPIAN CUISINE Open Stage With Gary 17 3 to 6 pm. HOLY OAK CAFE Luke Kuplowsky, Sophie Traub, Stephen Prickett, Mimi Ursa (pop) 9 pm. HUGH’S ROOM Ottmar Liebert & Luna negra w/ Jon Gagan, Chris Steele & Mike Middleton 2 & 8:30 pm. LABYRINTH LOUNGE Open Mic Joy Thompson 5 to 9 pm. THE LOCAL Boxcar Boys 10 pm, Chris Coole (banjo) 5 pm. LOLA Nick Pickin’ 3 pm. LULA LOUNGE Small World Asian Music Series: Asian Sound Slam Violets & Viruses, the Gunsmith & MoHit, Sing Bandana Singh, Ally & Kevin 7 pm, Family Salsa Brunch noon. MCGRADIES TAP AND GRILL Open Jam Dan Walek (R&B) 6 to 10 pm.

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aginary Friend (singer/songwriter) doors 7 pm, all ages. POGUE MAHONE Sandy MacIntyre & Steeped in Tradition (Celtic ceilidh) 4 to 8 pm. PRESS CLUB Kristine Schmidt & Her Special Powers (bluegrass/country/roots) 10 pm. REBAS CAFÉ & GALLERY Sunday Matinee Steven Raiken, Ruth Jenking, Roger Zuraw (singer/songwriters) 1 to 4 pm. RELISH Stir It Up Sundays Open Mic 10:30 pm. ROSE & THORNE The Lil’ Steve Band 3:30 to 7:30 pm. SARAH’S CAFE Open Stage Dan McLean Jr 3 to 6 pm.

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WINCHESTER KITCHEN & BAR Open Mic Porter 9 pm.

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Elmer Iseler Singers (classical) doors 3:15 pm.

C’EST WHAT Del Dako (jazz) 3 pm. CHALKERS PUB Duke Ellington Tribute Hillcrest

Village Singers, Norm Amadio, Dave Young,

Norman Marshall Villeneuve 7 to 10 pm. GATE 403 Brownman Akoustic Trio 9 pm, Bari’d Alive 5 to 8 pm. GLENN GOULD STUDIO Festival Of Music And Culture: Benefit concert for University Settlement Adrian Anantawan, Azar Borghei, Yuan Wang, U of T Klezmer Band, University Settlement Music School, Darrett Zusko 2 pm. GROSSMAN’S New Orlean Connection Allstars 4:30 to 8 pm. NAWLINS JAZZ BAR Brooke Blackburn (solo guitar) 7 to 10 pm. REX Jaclyn Guillou Quintet 9:30 pm, Ugly Beauties 7 pm, Freeway Dixieland 3:30 pm, Excelsior Dixieland Jazz noon.

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T.O. MUSIC NOTE

Billy Bryans, 1949-2012 Spirit of Queen West was always changing it up By SUSAN G. COLE

In death as in life, Billy Bryans was dogged, rallying repeatedly in the face of adversity until he took his last breath with a smile on his face. The political and musical powerhouse died on April 23 of lung cancer. The Montreal-bred Bryans moved to Toronto in 1970 with his band Theodore’s Smokeshop. He soon developed a reputation as a producer and engineer, working on records by the Time Twins and the Downchild Blues Band, whose Bootleg album (1971) is considered Canada’s first artist-produced, independently distributed album. As a drummer and songwriter, he became famous for his collaboration with Lorraine Segato in the multi-Junowinning Parachute Club, whose ecstatic blend of dance music and revolutionary lyrics – especially the song Rise Up! – became a nationwide sensation in the 80s. A chronic collaborator, he was in so many bands – the socadrenched V among them – that he could frequently be seen carting his drums down Queen West from gig to gig, from the Bamboo to the Horseshoe to the Cameron.

Later, he developed a reputation as a dazzling DJ whose unique mix of world music, salsa and soul kept the party jumping. In the last years of his life he devoted his time to playing and promoting Cuban music. “He was my musical soulmate. It’s hard to imagine my artistic life without him,” says a saddened Segato. “He touched so many people. He always took what he learned and paid it forward, mentoring people to make sure they didn’t make the same mistakes he did. “We were aligned so completely, not just around the music and the beats, but around our ways of looking at music, gender equality and what music can do to make change.” I remember when he played drums for Mama Quilla II, the (almost) allwomen band Segato fronted in the early 80s. They were set to play a dyke dance on New Year’s but faced firm opposition from some activists who complained that Bryans was invading women’s space.” “Are you kidding?” I argued loudly. “That guy’s an honorary lesbian if I ever saw one.” 3

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album reviews

Electronic

melodies. They may not see this as a band made for big festival stages, but it could end up being one. I just hope they don’t ditch their experimental tendencies along the way. Top track: Two Points Eight and a Half play 109 Ossington tonight (Thursday, April 26), and Sound Academy Friday (April 27). BB

RUSKO Songs (Mad Decent) Rating: NN

Roots Rock

SKYDIGGERS Northern Shore (Latent) Rating: NNN The eighth album from local roots rockers Skydiggers is an ambitious, almost hour-long effort that was recorded over a few sessions at guitarist Josh Finlayson’s Man Cave, Blue Rodeo’s Woodshed and the Tragically Hip’s Bathouse studio. There’s a lot of variety, from the sparse slow build of accordion-drenched opener Waves to the big alt-pop groove of Fire Engine (Red Explosion) and the Byrdsy Andrew Cash cover You’ve Been Gone So Long. The band’s adventurous use of sampling and beats pays off when supporting Andy Maize’s vocal on The Herd, but the alt-folk arrangements tend to get melodramatic on quieter songs like I’ll Be There and the tremolo-piano-treated title track. They save some of the best for near-last: a rollicking cover of Mickey Newbury’s Why You Been Gone So Long and pretty Without Me, featuring Guelph’s Jessy Bell Smith. Top track: You’ll Come Around Skydiggers play Hugh’s Room on June 8 and 9. SARAH GREENE

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Master Of My MakeBelieve (Atlantic). Rating: NNNN It’s been an excruciating four-year wait for Santi White’s sophomore record. Early singles for Master Of My Make-Believe – Go! featuring the indomitable Karen O, and Disparate Youth, a blissed-out rebel yell – indicated that it would deliver in the same supersaturated, genre-blurring, macrofocused way that made her debut feel so important. My Make-Believe is a refined continuation of Santi’s dubby, militarized, post-punk experimentation. But it’s also a bit wearier than its comparatively perky predecessor. Disparate Youth (produced by Ricky

Blaze, who did Gyptian’s Hold Yuh) and God From The Machine prove Santi’s one of those rare pop visionaries, like David Byrne or Prince or even TheDream, capable of writing searing, lighters-up hooks laced with toohuman discomfort. Freak Like Me, a kinetic dancehall twister, is offset by the wide-eyed melancholy of The Riot’s Gone. Santi’s vocals lean heavily on rogue dissonance, but there’s peace amongst the candied synth tones, handclaps and hip-propelling force of songs like This Isn’t Our Parade and The Keepers. Top Track: Disparate Youth Santigold plays Kool Haus May 15. ANUPA MISTRY the way of Rebennack’s slinky keyboard riffs and rich Creole drawl. His gravelly voice is as evocative as ever and benefits greatly from a touch of warm garage rock crunch. There are a few moments when Auerbach’s production touches threaten to distract from the grooves, but the overall quality is so impressively high that the occasional misstep is quickly forgotten. Top track: You Lie BENJAMIN BOLES

EIGHT AND A HALF Scissors (Arts & Crafts) Rating: NNN Can you deal with yet another Broken Social Scene offshoot? This time it’s drummer Justin Peroff’s turn. He’s teamed up DR. JOHN Locked Down (Nonesuch/ with Dave Hamelin and Liam O’Neil of the Warner) Rating: NNNN Stills in the new electronic rock band Eight I see why people are suspicious about this and a Half. Since neither the Stills nor BSS collaboration between Dr. John (aka Mac officially exist any more, it’s hard to disRebennack) and the Black Keys’ Dan Auermiss this as a side project, and hopefully bach. When a younger fanboy musician they’re taking it seriously, too – there’s tries to revive the career of an influential tons of potential here, even if the disc elder, things can get uncomfortably close feels like a work in progress. to parody, especially if the artists get too Eight and a Half sound a bit like Radioromantic about the past. Thankfully, head would had they not ended up so terLocked Down captures everything you rified of hooks and pop songs after they love about the flamboyant New Orleans discovered electronic music. Or maybe icon: it’s gritty, greasy, swampy, trippy, Junior Boys, without their late-career 80s spooky, funky and definitely up for a new wave fetish. While both these propgood/weird time. ositions are promising, the most exciting Auerbach Ad_Now_1-5 assembled the band for the1 4/20/12 moments3:23 comePM when the trio brave more 200412.ai project, and the players wisely keep out of upbeat tempos and let loose with bigger

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Rules (independent) Rating: Steamboat have spent the last few years proving themselves a soulful, well-oiled machine of a live band, and now have a hot slab of wax (their words) to match. On their first full-length, the members, who make a living as session players and sidemen around Toronto, apply their wellhoned musicianship to 70s-referencing Southern blue-eyed soul-rock. It’s unabashed throwback music, but they sell it with zeal, studied songwriting and instrumental chops. Singer/keyboardist Matt McLaren’s vocal cords seem made for this type of music and are briefly augmented by the funky soprano of Maylee Todd (a dead ringer for a young Michael Jackson). Meanwhile, swaths of horns, organ and bass keep the good times flowing, even when the lyrics delve into heartbreak. Top track: Part One/It’s Not An Omen Steamboat play an album release show Friday (April 27) at Sneaky Dee’s. RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

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MELANIE FIONA The MF Life (Universal) Rating: NN On her debut, The Bridge, Toronto-born singer Melanie Fiona sought to nudge the American R&B charts away from AutoTuned simplicity toward unpredictable melody and unbridled emotion. Her follow-up, however, is closer to a traditional multi-producer record featuring a checklist of styles – hip-hop, R&B, retro soul, rock and radio pop – that showcase her technical precision as a singer but reluctance to colour outside the lines. Fiona’s gleaming clarity works on sobering ballads like the minimal 4am and the maximal Wrong Side Of A Love Song, but less so on the Drake-penned I Been That Girl, a dark, sinewy song with more nuanced, self-reflective lyrics than those on the rest of the album. Her confidence comes off as over-mannered on the more rollicking numbers like Running (featuring Nas) and Watch Me Work. She adds gristle to her husky delivery on soul throwback Bones but plays the song’s morbid metaphorical lines, which liken love to an anatomical journey, a little too straight to make them work. Top track: 4am KEVIN RITCHIE

PLANET CREATURE You’re On Planet Creature (Optical Sounds) Rating: NNN Planet Creature, Toronto’s all-female garage pop quintet, mix infectious bubblegum hooks with a raw, slightly dark edge. You’re On Planet Creature showcases their light/dark approach, layering reverby, girlgroup harmonies (all five members sing) over bouncy organ and swirling, highpitched guitar riffs. The songs stay in your head, while the psychedelic, lo-fi production often saves them from sounding too lightweight. Meanwhile, the band’s forays into slower, moodier territory – like the dreamy (but unfortunately named) Hymns For Hitler – are just as liable to get under your skin. That said, despite being billed as their debut LP, the album whips by in under 25 minutes. That’s barely longer than their Pigeon EP. Still, that means Planet Creature never overstay their welcome. Top track: Devil In Her Eyes Planet Creature play an album release/ house party at 7 Dora (Bloor and Lansdowne) on Saturday (April 28). RT

Poor Rusko sounds like he’s having a major identity crisis. I see why he’d feel guilty about his role in creating the frat-boyfriendly brostep offshoot of dubstep, but this definitely isn’t the way to atone for his crimes. With Songs, the producer alternates between hamfisted attempts to reconnect dupstep to its roots in the UK reggae sound system tradition and ridiculously cheesy helium-vocal Europop. He seems stuck between self-consciously chasing mainstream pop crossover and some underground ideal, and pulls off neither. Maybe he’s spent too much of the last couple of years writing dubstep breakdowns for American R&B stars and lost touch with his own strengths. Even if you hate how his chainsaw bass lines and mosh-pit-friendly beats helped obliterate dubstep’s subtler aspects when it blew up in North America, at least he was good at those things. Top track: Roll Da Beats (Old School Edition) Rusko plays Sound Academy May 8. BB

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The Pilgrimage (Sonic Unyon) Rating: NNNN The sophomore album by Calgary noisedoom two-piece Mares of Thrace has been gathering considerable buzz. And for good reason. Yes, there’s a wow factor inherent in the mere idea of an all-female metal duo, but far more notable is the dynamic, powerful music this one makes. Frontwoman Thérèse Lanz employs a custom-made baritone guitar outfitted with both bass and guitar pickups to churn out roiling, menacing sludge riffs. Over top she adds demonic vocals that hiss and seethe, spit and scrape, while drummer Stef MacKichan shifts between furious pummelling and jazz-informed, time-shifting syncopation. Despite the limited instrumentation, arrangements are thoughtful, and the 10 songs build slowly and hypnotically through repetition. Just when a sameness begins to set in, a handful of tunes near the end – melancholic instrumental The Three-Legged Courtesan, loud/soft epic The Goat Thief, nuanced but super-heavy ...And The Bird Surgeon – tip us off to the fact that we’ve glimpsed just a fraction of Mares of Thrace’s capabilities. Top track: The Goat Thief Mares of Thrace play the 460 on May 11. CARLA GILLIS 3

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Taking a Crash course Pamela Mala Sinha explores sexual violence in solo show By JON KAPLAN with a different kind of loss: that of power and innocence, which is part of rape trauma. In each, you lose a part of yourself forever.” Though based on personal experience, the narrative has been transmuted through art. Sinha’s dealt with the material before in a short story, Hiding, published in Dropped Threads, edited by Carol Shields and Marjorie Anderson. “I want to own both losses,” notes Sinha, whose latest theatre work includes appearances in The Penelopiad, The Rez Sisters, Tout Comme Elle and Brothel #9. “Who I am is shaped by those experiences. But I’m not putting my life onstage. It’s the story of the Girl and how she deals with loss.” Crash isn’t so much a monologue as a multimedia examination of pain and potential healing, with a structure that’s intentionally fragmented. Lighting, soundscape, dance and projection form an integral, interactive web and, along with the text, are used to explore the material – all of which proved a draw for director Alan Dilworth. “The play has two image systems, seemingly in contrast with each other,” says Dilworth, who helmed The Middle Place, After Akhmatova and If We Were Birds.

“One is a world of sharp, harsh, cold, clinical images. The other, more natural, contains a flowing river, incense and spirituality. But when you go deeper into the play’s mystery, the two worlds are intrinsically connected. “The images were so clear to me when I first read the play that I had to work on it. I knew implicitly that they were deeply authentic.” Sinha says she wrote the script as a score, “and from the start intended on collaborating with other artists.” They include her brother, Debashis, who created the sound design, and her mother, Rubena, a dancer and storyteller who provided choreography for a classic Indian tale. Both writer and director agree on the mythic nature of the story and that anyone can relate to its ideas. “It’s a coming-of-age tale, a quest in which what the Girl experiences in the labyrinth is different from what she expects,” offers Dilworth. “And beyond that, the consequences of pain and loss have to be part of any human equation,” continues Sinha. “One doesn’t live despite them but with them.” 3

adian Opera Company). Zemlinsky’s satire THEATRE REVIEW based on an unfinished Oscar Wilde play is presented with Puccini’s comedy about a greedy family members scheming over a will (see story, page 66). Opens Apr 26 and runs to May 25: Apr 26, May 2, 5, 15, 18 and 25 at 7:30 THE GAME OF LOVE AND CHANCE by pm, May 12 at 4:30 pm, May 20 at 2 pm. $12Marivaux, adapted and translated by $318. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231, coc.ca. Nicolas Billon (Canadian 42ND STREET by Michael Stewart, Mark Stage). At the Bluma Appel Bramble, Harry Warren and Al Dubin (Etobi(27 Front East). To May 12. coke Musical Productions). A chorus girl upstages an aging diva in this musical set $20-$99. 416-366-7723. in the 30s. Opens Apr 27 and runs to May See Continuing, page 65. 12, Fri-Sat 8 pm (except May 12 at 2 pm), Rating: NNN Sun 2 pm. $26, stu $20. Burnhamthorpe Auditorium, 500 the East Mall. e-m-p.net. Written in 1730 by THE INNOCENTS by Daniel Karasik (Innocents Collective/Tango Co). Marivaux, a French A lawyer meets a young man dramatist now with a bright future who’s often overlooked confessed to a senseless murder. Previews Apr 26 at 8 in favour of his pm. Opens Apr 27 and runs to countryman May 13, Fri-Sat and Wed 8 pm, Molière, The mat Sun (and May 5, 12) 2:30 pm. $22, stu/srs $17. Tarragon Game Of Love Theatre, 30 Bridgman, Near And Chance is Studio. 416-531-1827, light and fluffy tangoco.net. PAUL & MARIE by Roberto but still amusAngelini (Two Snakes Producing. Silvia (Trish tions). A couple risk their seLindström) and cure life to pursue fulfilling careers in the arts. Apr 27-28 Dorante (Harry at 8 pm (will also run May 24Judge) are young, eliTrish Lindström Jun 2). $25. George Ignatieff is maid to order gible aristocrats Theatre, 15 Devonshire. for The Game Of twosnakesproductions. about to meet by com. Love And Chance. parental arrange-

ment, but each decides to switch places with a servant in order to secretly observe the other. The characters are one-dimensional stereotypes drawn from the commedia dell’arte tradition, but hilariously exaggerated movements, inventive staging and a snappy new translation by Nicolas Billon keep this chestnut feeling dynamic. While the entire cast squeezes every last drop of funny out of the script, Gil Garratt and Gemma James-Smith, who play the two servants suddenly thrust into high society, stand out. Garratt plays Arlequino with a full-on knavish glee that’s part slovenly rock star and part court jester with ADHD, and scores the biggest laughs for his fabulously overblown entrances. Director Matthew Jocelyn uses Anick La Bissonnière’s intriguing set design (involving two movable mirror walls) to create some visuals nicely evocative of the themes of identity and deception. But even at a tight 90 minutes, the shenanigans get a little tedious, and the constant stream of high-strung babble loses its colour toward the end.

CRASH written and performed by Pamela Mala Sinha, directed by Alan Dilworth. Presented by Theatre Passe Muraille (16 Ryerson). Previews begin Friday (April 27), opens Tuesday (May 1) and runs to May 13, Tuesday-Saturday 7:30 pm, matinee Saturday 2 pm. $15-$30. 416-504-7529.

there’s plenty of drama in pamela Mala Sinha’s solo show Crash, about the victim of a sexual attack. Its power, though, lies not just in the incident itself but also in the post-traumatic stress the central character faces. That character, simply called the Girl, has blocked details of the attack from her memory. Her father’s death revives the pain and brings the past to the surface. “It infuriates me that the media always focus on the events of a trauma but ignore the long-term influence on the victim and family,” says the actor and first-time playwright. “I know how relationships can be affected by a trauma that’s not discussed; people live with it daily.” Sinha intentionally handles the assault by linking it to the loss of a parent. “Though unrelated, the one event triggers repressed memories of the other. Everyone can relate to a family member’s death, juxtaposed here

In Crash, Pamela Mala Sinha links rape with the loss of a parent.

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raise funds for its run in New York. Apr 27-29 at 7 pm. $10. Imperial Pub, 54 Dundas E. babyredbootsrevenge.wordpress.com. BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL by Jeff Whitty, LinManuel Miranda, Tom Kitt and Amanda Green (Mirvish). This musical comedy looks at high school rivalries and friendship in the world of competitive cheerleading. Opens May 2 and runs to Jun 3, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm (no mat May 2; see website for other performances). $35-$119. Ed Mirvish Theatre, 244 Victoria. mirvish.com. BROTHERS KARAMAZOV by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Wordsmyth Theatre). Four women play the roles of the brothers in this adaptation of the Russian novel. Previews Apr 26. Opens Apr 27 and runs to May 20, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $29, preview $20. Odyssey Studio, 636 Pape. wordsmyth.ca. CRASH by Pamela Mala Sinha (Theatre Passe Muraille). The death of her father triggers a girl’s long-suppressed memories of an unresolved crime (see story, this page). Previews Apr 27-28. Opens May 1 and runs to May 13, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $25-$30, previews $15, mat pwyc. 16 Ryerson. 416-5047529, passemuraille.on.ca. THE 50’S ON A PLATTER (Windmill Theatre). This cabaret features music from the golden age of rock n’ roll. Apr 27-28 at 8 pm. $30. Unitarian Congregation Great Hall, 84 South Service Rd, Mississauga. windmilltheatre.com. A FLORENTINE TRAGEDY/GIANNI SCHICCHI by Alexander Zemlinksy/Giacomo Puccini (Can-

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Taylor Hayden, Hannah Moscovitch and Marcia Johnson read from their plays. Opens Apr 30 and runs to May 4, Mon-Fri 6 pm. Free. Chapters Festival Hall, 142 John, 2nd floor. playwrightsguild.ca. the real World? by Michel Tremblay (Tarragon Theatre). A playwright draws on his family as the raw material for his first work. Previews to May 1. Opens May 2 and runs to Jun 3, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2:30 pm (no mats during previews). $21-$51. 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. the tenneSSee ProjeCt (The Tennessee Project). Seven one-act plays by Tennessee Williams will rotate through seven different neighbourhoods, with productions by Theatre Caravel, Red One Theatre Collective, Red Light District, Birdtown and Swanville, Afterglow Theatre and others. Opens May 1 and runs to May 7, see website for schedule and venue addresses. $18, passes $45-$85. tennesseeprojecttoronto.com. toPSY turvYdom (Toronto Operetta Theatre). These concerts feature favourites from Gilbert & Sullivan’s Mikado, Gondoliers and other operettas. Apr 27-29, Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $30-$45. 27 Front E. 416-366-7723, torontooperetta.com. the WoolGatherer by William Mastrosimone (Dayle McLeod Productions). This play about two neurotic people searching for love is staged in a Chicago-style storefront theatre space. Opens Apr 28 and runs to May 12, TueSun 8 pm. $17-$25. Empty Storefront, 3087 Dundas W. secureaseat.com/woolgatherer. WronG For eaCh other by Norm Foster (Encore Entertainment). A chance meeting draws a divorced couple into flashbacks. Opens Apr

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27 and runs to May 6, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $28-$29.50. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge, Studio Theatre. encoreshows.com. You Can’t take It WIth You by George S Kaufman and Moss Hart (Soulpepper). An eccentric clan experiences order when their daughter finds a fiancé from a conservative family. Opens Apr 26 and runs to Jun 20, see website for schedule. $51-$68, stu $32; rush $22/stu $5. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca.

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Bramble, Harry Warren and Al Dubin (Stratford Festival). A director falls for a chorus girl while trying to keep his musical production afloat. Previews to May 28. Opens May 29 and runs in rep to Oct 28. $49-$106, srs $41-$66, stu $19-$29. Festival Theatre, 55 Queen, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. GrueSome PlaYGround InjurIeS by Rajiv Joseph (Birdland Theatre). This drama about wounded friendships follows the lives of two childhood pals over 30 years. Previews May 2. Opens May 3 and runs to May 13, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat-Sun 1:30 pm (no mat May 5). $20-$30. Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. 416538-0988, birdlandtheatre.com. maChomer by Rick Miller (Stratford Festival/ WYRD Production). Miller voices characters from TV’s The Simpson’s in this solo comedic adaptation of Macbeth. Previews May 2-4. Opens May 5 and runs in rep to May 26. $30$70. Studio Theatre, 34 George E, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. a man and Some Women by Githa Sowerby (Shaw Festival). A man seeks a new life but feels duty-bound to his wife and unmarried sisters. Previews Apr 27-May 23. Opens May 24 and runs in rep to Sep 22. $35-$90, stu mats $24. Court House Theatre, 26 Queen, Niagaraon-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com.

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Happy Hour the eXQuISIte hour by Stewart Lemoine (Theatre Department). At Factory Studio (125 Bathurst). To April 29. Pwyc-$17. 416-504-9971. See Continuing, page 65. Rating: nnn

Edmonton playwright Stewart Lemoine sets The Exquisite Hour in an era when a gentleman offered a lady his arm as they exited a room. It was a time when everything moved at a slower pace, the mood believably set here by violin and piano music. The Theatre Department’s production captures that tone, blending moments alternately comic and touching along with some melancholic thoughts about the passage of time. On a quiet summer evening in 1962, Zachary Teale (Ted Dykstra) has a surprise visit from a woman who introduces herself as Mrs. Darimont (Daniela Vlaskalic), who asks pointedly if he’s satisfied with what he knows. A strange question, and for the next hour she and he try to discover if he is.

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That hour involves the “H” volume of the encyclopedic Universal Compendium Of Information. The pair improvise scenes about the little-known Saint Hubert and the “chewy names” of the royal family of Hohenstaufen. Their developing relationship is laced with laughs and clever narrative twists as Zachary becomes confident about sharing more of himself with Mrs. Darimont. Director Ron Pederson, who’s worked with Lemoine out west and understands the writer’s style, evokes the right mixture of emotions from his cast. Dykstra’s Zachary, who’s initially shy and stolid, eventually becomes ebullient, ready to discover what life may hold. Vlaskalic’s occasionally enigmatic Mrs. Darimont throws herself forcefully into the role-playing, whether she’s a moralistic stag (you have to be there) or a toothache-troubled patient in a dentist’s office. Short, sweet and charming, The Exquisite Hour offers 60 minutes of hilarity and hope – and, for both characters and audience, happiness.

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dANcING qUEEN by Sky Gilbert (Cabaret Company). At Buddies in Bad Times (12 Alexander). To April 29. Pwyc-$30. 416975-8555. See Continuing, page 65. Rating: NNN A clever design and smart choreography add lots of eye candy to Dancing Queen, Sky Gilbert’s amusing look at queer love both real and imagined. In a present-day nightclub, naive twink Alan (Nick Green) gets obsessed with a detached older hookup, Bart (David-Benjamin Tomlinson). Later on, at a mall, Alan becomes the object of older novelist Calder’s (Ryan Kelly) unreciprocated love. Gilbert punctuates the contemporary sections with scenes set against a romantic rural backdrop where the actors, clad now in period costumes,

wordlessly play out these relationship dynamics via stylized dancing, jousting and – in one hilarious sequence – chases involving cardboard trains, planes and automobiles. Andy Moro’s sets – which include video projections and a glamorous curved staircase – and Sheree Tams’s costumes add lots to the production, while Keith Cole’s choreography, especially in the period scenes, is a delight. There’s also cleverness in Gilbert’s script, which repeats some dialogue about character insecurity and suggests a communication gap between the generations. The piece could be 20 minutes shorter, however, and more shading in the older characters would provide a bigger emotional payoff. The performances are generally fine (and kudos to the stage manager for the quick clothing changes), but the standout is Kelly, who digs deep into his character and seems unafraid of GLENN SUMI what he’ll find there.

dance listings Opening AGWA/corrErIA Harbourfront World Stage and Compagnie Käfig present an ñ all-ages double bill featuring a blend of hip-

hop and urban dance from Brazil. Opens May 2 and runs to May 5, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $15-$45. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com. ArABESqUE SPrING GALA Arabesque Dance Company presents Yasmina Ramzy and 200 student and company belly dancers. Apr 28 at 8 pm. $15-$20. Estonian House, 958 Broadview. 416-920-5593, arabesquedance.ca.

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ronto and Taiwanese Canadian Community Network present an arts and culture event with Da-Guan Dance from Taiwan. Apr 28 at 7 pm. $35, under 14 $15. Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge. bit.ly/fantastic-taiwan-ticket. INSIdE INvENTIoN: ArTIST SALoN Kaha:Wi Dance Theatre presents an interactive discussion with poet Duke Redbird and artist Steven Loft about the company’s upcoming production, TransMigration, plus performance excerpts. Apr 26 at 7:30 pm. Free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W, Lakeside Terrace. kahawidance.org.

INTErNATIoNAL BELLYdANcE coNfErENcE of cANAdA presents 150 performers from

around the world. Opens May 2 and runs to May 6, Wed-Sat 8 pm, closing night party Sun 7 pm at Hugh’s Room (2261 Dundas W). $25$45. Lithuanian House, 1573 Bloor W. 416920-5593, bellydanceconference.com. NIGhTBIrd Ink on Paper presents contemporary dance by Alice Irene that looks at the mind as a dusty old attic, as expressed by five writers sitting at their typewriters. Apr 26-28, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $20, stu $17. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. 416-822-3380, inkonpaper.ca. SErIES 8:08 presents a choreographic performance workshop featuring Tracey Norman, Amy Hampton, Brittany Duggan/Krista Posyniak and Deanna Peters. Apr 28 at 8:08 pm. $10, stu

$8. Pia Bouman School, 6 Noble. series808.ca. SLEEPING BEAUTY Etobicoke School of the Arts presents original choreography by Gabby Kamino and Colleen Friedman, set to the music of Michael Jackson. Opens May 2 and runs to May 4, Wed-Fri 7 pm. $15-$30. 675 Royal York. esainfo.ca. ThE WhEEL presents a pagan beltane masquerade featuring the Dragon Ritual Drummers and allegorical dance performances. Apr 27 at 8 pm. $10-$14. El Mocambo, 464 Spadina. thewheel.ca. Y ENAMorArSE Nur Productions present the Domingo Ortega Flamenco Company featuring Delara Tiv, Carmen Romero and others. Apr 26 at 8 pm. $50. Glenn Gould Studio, 250 Front W. 416-872-4255, nurflamenco.com.

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Jump 30 years in time and the older Lanier (Jeremiah Sparks), living in Boston, has to face the prejudice of angry whites when his daughter (Starr Domingue) is bused to an integrated school. Chafe blends the two tales, along with that of a St. Lawrence family confronting health and financial problems. If the first act’s various narratives are sometimes blurred and the performances occasionally stiff, the second act is a series of powerful emotional moments that build to a rousing, moving conclusion. Director Jillian Keiley’s inventive staging adds an extra dimension to Chafe’s incisive dialogue. Just as impressive is the a cappella soundscape created by Andrew Craig and musical director Kellie Walsh, a blend of mostly wordless spiritual and Newfoundland melodies performed largely in the background by the entire cast. There’s fine acting, too, including that of Neema Bickersteth as the spirit of Phillips’s great-grandmother, Petrina Bromley as the tart-tongued but big-hearted woman who nurses Phillips, and Alison Woolridge as the photographer who documents the Jon KaPlan town’s care for the sailors.

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in French. Apr 27 at 8 pm. $12, stu $8. Etienne Brûlé Secondary School, 300 Banbury. 416397-2085. ToronTo Monologue SlaM (Trane Studio). Upcoming actors deliver intimate and energetic performances. Apr 29, doors 7 pm. $10$15. 964 Bathurst. toslam.com. Tough CaSe by David S Craig (Roseneath Theatre). This performance showcase fundraiser features Craig’s courtroom drama about restorative justice, plus a reception. Apr 28 from 2 to 6 pm. $40. 651 Dufferin. roseneath.ca. True STorieS, Made up playS (Sage Tyrtle). Improv troupes act out plays based on true stories. Apr 28 at 10 pm. Free. Black Swan, 154 Danforth. tyrtle.com. The Way of WaTer by Caridad Svich (Alameda Theatre Company). Svich’s play about the aftermath of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill gets a reading, followed by Q&A. Apr 29 at 2:30 pm. Free. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. alamedatheatre.com. WildSound SCreenplay feSTival (WILDsound). Original reading of a screenplay from the TV show It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. Apr 28 at 9 pm. Free. National Film Board, 150 John. wildsound.ca/screenplayfestival.html.

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countryside to honour her dying wish in this workshop production. Runs to Apr 29, Tue-Sat 7 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $15 (Apr 26 fundraiser gala $45, stu $22). Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. 416-538-0988, theatrecentre.org. Clybourne park by Bruce Norris (Studio 180 Theatre/Canadian Stage). Norris’s award-winning, unsettling comedy follows the sale of a suburban Chicago house, first in 1959 and then again in 2009. A tale of real estate and race relations, the play gets a strong production featuring a talented cast. It’s a demonstration that while social niceties might change over the years, underlying attitudes are more inflexible. Runs to Apr 28, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $22-$49. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-3683110, studio180theatre.com. nnnn (JK) CoSi by Louis Nowra (Alumnae Theatre). A theatre director looks to stage Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte with a cast of mental patients in 70s Australia. To Apr 28, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20. 70 Berkeley. 416-364-4170, alumnaetheatre.com. danCing Queen by Sky Gilbert (The Cabaret Company). This fusion of theatre and dance looks at gay romance in an intergenerational love triangle (see review, page 63). Runs to Apr 29, Wed-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $25-$30, stu $20-$24, Sun pwyc ($18-$20 adv). Buddies in Bad Times, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, ticketweb.ca. nnn (GS) The elephanT Man by Bernard Pomerance (The Bench Theatre Initiative). Appearance versus reality and the limits of charity are explored in this drama about John Merrick. Runs to May 12, Fri-Sat 8 pm. $12-$15. Sanctuary, 25 Charles E. thebenchtheatre.com. l’eMMerdeur by Francis Veber (Théâtre français de Toronto). A suicidal oddball jeopardizes a hit man’s task in this comedy performed in French with English surtitles (see review online at nowtoronto.com/stage). Runs to May 5, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mats Apr 28, May 5 at 3:30 pm. $33-$100, srs $28-$100; Wed pwyc. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-5346604, theatrefrancais.com. The exQuiSiTe hour by Stewart Lemoine (The Theatre Department). A seemingly happy bachelor finds his life altered when an alluring stranger enters his backyard and asks a simple question (see review, page 62). Runs to Apr 29, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $17, Sun pwyc at the door. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst, Studio. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. nnn (JK) forever plaid by Stuart Ross (Lower Ossington Theatre). Four young singers get a posthumous chance to fulfill their dreams in this musical revue. Runs to Apr 29, Fri-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sun 4 pm. $45. 100A Ossington. 416-9156747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. 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 gaMe of love and ChanCe by Marivaux (Canadian Stage/Centaur Theatre). A betrothed couple who’ve never met trade places with their servants in order to spy on each other in this 18th-century romantic comedy (see review, page 61). Runs to May 12, MonSat 8 pm, mats Wed 1:30 pm, Sat 2 pm. $20$99, limited Mon pwyc. Bluma Appel Theatre,

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Singer turns director in double bill By GLENN SUMI A FLORENTINE TRAGEDY/GIANNI SCHICCHI by Alexander Zemlinsky (Tragedy) and Giacomo Puccini (Schicchi), directed by Catherine Malfitano. Presented by the Canadian Opera Company at the Four Seasons Centre (145 Queen West). Opens tonight (Thursday, April 26) at 7:30 pm and runs to May 25, various days (see coc.ca). $12-$318. 416363-8231.

catherine malfitano is praising monster-like behaviour on the stage. “It’s a compliment,” she says, laughing. “When you’re called an animal or a monster, you are someone who can devour any role – anything that’s thrown at you! – and create something with magic and power. You’re a huge personality.” She should know, since in her legendary operatic career she’s devoured tons of roles, and spit them out beautifully. Take her outing as Strauss’s sexually twisted teen Salome. Not only did she sing the role for the first time in a live German broadcast, but, unlike 99.9 per cent of sopranos, she performed the erotic dance of the seven veils – complete with nudity. “Yes, that took guts, and a lot of talking to myself,” she says, looking imperious and proud in a red and

black ensemble in a lounge at the Canadian Opera Company’s Four Seasons Centre. “I was shy about it, but I had to be in the skin of the character, and the character had no problem doing it.” Or take her Emmy-winning turn as Tosca in an unprecedented 1992 realtime broadcast from the actual Roman settings of the opera. “That was a once-in-a-lifetime, maybe a once-in-a-century kind of experience,” she says. “There were problems. The stakes were high. Even my husband was telling me not to do it. But if I had listened to everyone, I would have missed out. “And I wanted to be the one who crossed the finish line,” she says, “not some other soprano.” She’s bringing that same chutzpah to the next part of her career: directing, which she’s done since 2005. She’s helming a double bill of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Alexander Zemlinsky’s A Florentine Tragedy. Even opera novices will recognize the former by its famous aria O mio babbino caro (used in car commercials and the movie A Room With A View). But the latter’s new, to Malfitano, too. “It was a complete discovery, yet it quickly turned into something I could adore and get excited about,” she says.

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“The first few bars sound like Salome It’s the human connection, sugor Elektra, but then it goes way past gested in music and text, that draws being imitation Strauss. [Zemlinsky] Maltifano to a piece. has his own very distinct language; he “That’s where I like to delve,” she was influenced by the composers says, “in the world of emotion, feeling around him but was also himself in- and intention. ‘What do people mean fluential.” by saying this or that? Where are you The two men wrote the operas a coming from?’ year apart – the Austrian Zemlinsky “Those were questions I always in 1917, the Italian Puccini a year later. asked of my own characters, and now But both use Florence as a setting for as a director I’m asking them of everytheir stories of family problems. one.” 3 glenns@nowtoronto.com “Audiences will see themselves in twitter.com/glennsumi these pieces,” says Malfitano, “or at least see their own temptations, the horrible, awful and dreadful 25028 HatchPaper laced things NOW ad:Layout 1 4/20/12 4:54 PM MORE ONLINE Interview clips at nowtoronto.com they do that are also very funny.”

Willie Gilbert and Frank Loesser (Toronto Youth Theatre). A man schemes his way to the top in this musical. Runs to Apr 28, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $17.50-$37.50. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-9156747, tythowtosucceed.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. THE MELVILLE BOYS by Norm Foster (Panfish Productions). Two pairs of siblings have their cottage getaway plans changed by a chance meeting in this comedy. Runs to Apr 28, TueSun 8 pm. $25. Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley, Studio. 647-401-9727, panfishproductions.ca. OIL AND WATER by Robert Chafe (Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland/Performance Spring Festival). This theatrical retelling tells the story of Lanier Phillips, the only black survivor of a 1942 shipwreck off the coast of Newfoundland (see review, page 64). Runs to May 6, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $30-$40. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst, Mainspace. 416504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. NNNN (JK) PHYRO-GIANTS! by Michael Blieden (Unit 102 Actors Company). Four 30-somethings discuss ghosts, religion, family and marriage over dinner. Runs to Apr 28, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20, adv $15 (by email). Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. unit102tix@gmail.com. PINKALICIOUS, THE MUSICAL by Elizabeth Kann, Victoria Page 1 Kann and John Gregor (Vital Theatre). A girl turns pink after eating too many cup-

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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) Was sPring by Daniel MacIvor (Tarragon Theatre). MacIvor’s play about one woman at various stages in her life feels more like a poem for three voices than a play. There are vivid, knowing lines about sex and relationships, but little narrative subtext. Still, it’s worth seeing for performers Caroline Gillis, Jessica Moss and especially the luminous Clare Coulter. Runs to May 6, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $24-$51. 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. nnn (GS)

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News Café presents improv with Athletic Robot. 9 pm. Pwyc. 320 Danforth. 416-4612668, comedyonthedanforth.com. LIVE WRONG AND PROSPER See Thu 26. NAKED FRIDAYS John Candy Box Theatre presents weekly improv, sketch, stand-up and music. 9 pm. Pwyc. 70 Peter. scnakedfridays@ gmail.com. THE NO NAME COMEDY SHOW The Bar with No Name presents weekly comedy and people talking loudly w/ host Matt Shury. 9:30 pm. Free. 1651 Bloor W. 416-997-6045. THE PANEL SHOW MegaShark Productions presents a comedy quiz show w/ Ron Sparks, Evany Rosen, Mike Kiss, Steven Shehori, David Tichauer, Chris Leveille and others. 8 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 26.

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Pole Productions presents Hutcheson plus local underground comics Evalyn Parry, Chris Gibbs, Shawn Hitchins, Darla Biccum, Evalyn Reese and Silvia Glammichele. 8 pm. $10. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555. 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 (one or both shows). Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 26.

Sunday, April 29 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 26. CHICKA BOOM Laura Bailey and Jess

Beaulieu host an all-female comedy/ ñ cabaret night w/ Amanda Brooke Perrin,

Haley McGee, the Ladies of the Second City TourCo and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. Free Times Café, 320 College. 416-967-1078. COMEDY ABOVE THE PUB – LIVE! Comedy Bar presents a live recording of the podcast show w/ Ryan Belleville and host Todd Van Allen. 8 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. heyitstva.com. COMEDY AT 51 Kyra Williams presents a latenight comedy cabaret w/ Eric Andrews, Robert Keller, Joel West, Andy Itwaru, Illusionoid, Andrew Chapman and Jim Kim. 10 pm. Pwyc. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011. HAPPY HOUR @ EIN-STEIN presents Anto Chan, Bernard Higgins, Suneet Luthra, Blair

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improvisation. 8 pm. $14. 51 Mercer. 416-3430011, secondcity.com. BLAir sTreeTer presents weekly open-mic stand-up comedy. 9 pm. Free. Naughty Nadz, 1590 Dundas E, Mississauga. 905-232-5577. CHeAP LAUgHs MondAY PJ O’Briens Irish Pub presents a show w/ Russell Roy and guests. 9 pm. Free. 39 Colborne. 416-815-7562. THe CoMedY CABAreT Chris MacLean and Robin Crossman present stand-up w/ Ian Sirota, Rob Bebenek, Jeffrey Danson, JP Hodgkinson, Anto Chan, Joel West and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. Charlotte Room, 19 Charlotte. thecomedycabaret.com. LAUgHABLe AT UnLovABLe presents Paul Bellini, Steve Boleantu, Dylan Gott, Ted Morris, Georgea Brooks-Hancock, Jesse Owens, Steph Tolev and host Nick Flanagan. 9 pm. Pwyc. Unlovable, 1415-B Dundas W. 416-532-6669. sTAnd-UP AT sAZerAC presents weekly standup. 9 pm. Free. Sazerac Gastro Lounge, 782 King W. 647-342-8866, sazerac.ca.

Dolson, Hannah Hogan, host Tim Golden and others. 8 pm. Free. Ein-Stein, 229 College. ein-stein.ca. Live Wrong And ProsPer See Thu 26.

nUBiAn disCiPLes ALL BLACK CoMedY revUe: 18TH AnniversArY sHoW Yuk ñ Yuk’s Downtown presents the monthly show

w/ Dante Nero, Poetik Justiz, John Hastings, Martha Chavez, Daniel Woodrow, Trixx and host Kenny Robinson. 8:30 pm. $20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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soPHisTiCATed CoMedY Revel Theatre Collective presents host Eric Miinch and improv by Jess Grant, Brainiac Five, RN and Cawls. 8 pm. $5. Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. reveltheatre.com. 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.

Monday, April 30 ALTdoT CoMedY LoUnge Rivoli presents Debra DiGiovanni, Andrew Johnston, ñ Rhiannon Archer, Julia Hladkowicz, Geoff Hendry, Todd Van Allen, Pat MacDonald, MC John Hastings and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com. BesT. MondAY. ever. Second City presents a weekly show featuring sketch, songs and

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Aquila Restaurant presents the improv troupe performing stand-up, sketch and musical comedy. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 347 Keele, Upstairs. 647-341-8487. FUnnY in THe BAnK Banknote presents a weekly comedy show. 9 pm. Free. 663 King W. 416-947-0404. i HeArT JoKes The Central presents weekly comedy w/ host Evan Desmarais. 7 pm. $5. 603 Markham. 416-913-4586. THe rev. BoB LevY The AltDot Comedy Lounge and Dark Comedy Festival present the Howard Stern show’s Rev. Bob Levy w/ Rob Mailloux, Jeff Danson and others. Doors 8 pm. $15. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. ticketweb.ca.

THe seCond CiTY’s iMProv ALL-sTArs City presents a fast-paced, comñSecond pletely improvised weekly show. 8 pm. $20.

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.

Wednesday, May 2 ABsoLUTe CoMedY presents Pro-Am Night w/ Ryan Belleville, Brian Coughlin, ñ Erik Bamberg, Hannah Hogan, Peter Fulton,

Kirk Hicks and host Barry Taylor. 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. 25004 Agwa NOW ad:Layout 1 CoMedY AT THe ossingTon presents Ben

Beauchemin, Jy Harris, Steve Patrick Adams, Bill Turnbull, hosts Steph Kaliner, Sara Hennessey, Greg Alsop and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. The Ossington, 61 Ossington. 416-850-0161. HUMPdAY HUMoUr Muoi Nene Productions present weekly Afrocentric comedy w/ Raïs Muoi and others. 7 pm. Free. Hakuna Matata Sports Bar, 326 Parliament. 416-519-1569. Live Wrong And ProsPer See Thu 26. siren’s CoMedY Celt’s Pub presents open-mic stand-up w/ Jordan Foisy and host Marc Hallworth. 8:30 pm. Free. 2872 Dundas W. 416767-3339. sPiriTs CoMedY nigHT presents K Trevor Wilson, Jen Grant, Julia Bruce, Brander, 4/20/12 4:50 PM Heidi Page 1 Graham Kay, Rene Robichaud, Phil Gilles, Camille

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51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. sTAnding on THe dAnForTH Eton House presents Scott MacLean, Simon McCamus, Al Val, Darren Pyle, Troy Stark, Vida, Hunter Collins, Catherine Montgomery, Richard Ryder and host Jo-Anna Downey. 9 pm. Free. 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161. YUK YUK’s doWnToWn presents the Humber

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Cote, Andrew Barr, Azfar Ali and host Jo-Anna Downey. 9 pm. Free. Spirits Bar & Grill, 642 Church. 416-967-0001. TACoMedY Mark DeBonis presents weekly stand-up. 10 pm. Pwyc. La Revolucion, 2848 Dundas W. iamnotmarkdebonis.com. THrone oF gAMes Bad Dog Theatre presents a weekly improv show based on the Game Of Thrones fantasy series w/ Colin Munch, Paul Bates, Aurora Browne and others. To May 23, 9:30 pm. $10-$12. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, baddogtheatre.com. YUK YUK’s doWnToWn presents Eddie Della Siepe. To May 6, Wed-Sun 8 pm (plus Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. 3

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Humour, anger, history Aboriginal artists explore the complexities of colonization By FRAN SCHECHTER SOVEREIGN ACTS at Justina M.

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in this season of graduating students’ exhibits, U of T curatorial studies master’s candidate Wanda Nanibush goes to the head of the class. Exploring the many dimensions of aboriginal performance, Sovereign Acts showcases work by some of Canada’s major artists. From the beginning of coloniza-

tion, when Europeans exhibited them as curiosities, through the Wild West shows and cowboy films of the reservation era, North America’s indigenous people have had a fraught relationship to the “command performances” they gave for their conquerors, who viewed them with both fear and fascination. Rebecca Belmore’s three-channel video In A Wilderness Garden plays with images of land and captivity. Belmore, her hands tied behind her, runs through the woods and fran-

tically tries to dig with her feet in the earth under dead leaves; on another screen a motionless blanketwrapped person looks away from the camera at an alien manicured garden hedge “wall.” Adrian Stimson brings deadpan comedy to his character Buffalo Boy, occasionally donning a shamanic horned buffalo robe but more often sporting androgynous regalia of cowboy boots and hat, fishnet pantyhose and fur mini-dress. In a series of tiny peephole videos he attracts attention wandering around Venice or riding a rocking horse. He teams up with Lori Blondeau, as alter ego gay Wild West show performer Belle Sauvage, for a series of old-timey souvenir-type photos in which the pair engage in assorted hanky-panky behind solemn white people dressed as soldiers, priests or chiefs. Robert Houle’s paintings of historical performers, Terrance Houle’s video of the burning of a toy covered

Adrian Stimson taps a comic vein as Buffalo Boy, part of the group show Sovereign Acts.

wagon, Shelley Niro’s impersonation of Marilyn Monroe, and Jeff Thomas’s photos documenting the powwow circuit round out the show. But perhaps its most shocking element is a 24-second clip made at Edison Studios in 1894 of a Wild West

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to Apr 29. Art Auction: Silver, preview May 2-3. 300 City Centre (Mississauga). 905-896-5088. ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO Jack Chambers, to May 13. Annie MacDonell, to Jun 3. C Max Dean’s Albums: TDSB students, May 1-Jun 3 (also at selected schools). Iain Baxter&, to Aug 12. Pablo Picasso, May 1-Aug 26 ($25, stu $16.50). $19.50, srs $16, stu $11, free Wed 6-8:30 pm (special exhibits excluded). 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. ART GALLERY OF YORK U Diane Borsato, to Jun 10, two-day symposium Apr 27 (Hart House). 4700 Keele, Accolade E bldg. 416-736-5169. BLACKWOOD GALLERY Door To Door home delivery exhibition: Gina Badger and Tazeen Qayyum, to Apr 29. 3359 Mississauga N, U of T Mississauga (Mississauga). 905-828-3789. CCAMPBELL HOUSE MUSEUM Asif Rehman, May 1-Jun 3. 160 Queen W. 416-597-0227. DESIGN EXCHANGE High School Design Com-

petition, to May 22. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. DORIS McCARTHY GALLERY Age Of Consent, to May 12. 1265 Military Trail. 416-287-7007. GARDINER MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART Spring Awakening floral show, reception 6:30 pm Apr 26 ($100), Apr 27-29. 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 Sovereign Acts, to May 27, curator’s talk 4 pm Apr 28. 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398. CMOCCA Public: Collective Identity/Occupied Space; Street View, Apr 28-Jun 3, reception/festival launch 7-10 pm Apr 27, artists’ talks noon and 2 pm Apr 28. Scott McFarland, Apr 27-Jun 25. 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067. POWER PLANT Kerry Tribe, to Jun 3. C Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber, to Jun 18. Dissenting Histories: 25 Years Of The Power Plant, to Sep 3. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. CROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM Deborah Sam-

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CALLIANCE FRANÇAISE Photos: Elisa Julia Gilmour and Gemma Warren, May 1-Jun 1, reception 6:30-8:30 pm May 1. 24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-2014. CARSENAL TORONTO Photographie group show, to Jun 9. 45 Ernest. arsenaltoronto.com. ARTSCAPE WYCHWOOD BARNS Deep Wireless Festival of Radio & Transmission Art, May 1-31 (naisa.ca). 601 Christie. 416-392-7834. BARBARA EDWARDS CONTEMPORARY Painting: April Gornik, Apr 27-Jun 16, reception 6-9 pm Apr 27 (RSVP), artist’s talk 2 pm Apr 28. 1069 Bathurst. 647-348-5110. CBAU-XI PHOTO Dan Dubowitz, May 1-31. Barbara Cole, to Apr 28. 324 Dundas W. 416-977-0400. CCONTACT GALLERY Photos: Lynne Marsh, May 1-Jun 15. 80 Spadina. 416-539-9595. COOPER COLE GALLERY Drawing: Ryan Travis Christian and Marissa Textor, Apr 27-May

20, reception 6-10 pm Apr 27. 1161 Dundas W. 647-347-3316. CGALLERY TPW Video: Mark Boulos, to May 26. 56 Ossington. 416-645-1066. CGLADSTONE HOTEL Maximum Exposure: Ryerson photography grads, Apr 27-29, reception 7-10 pm Apr 27. Photos: Laurie Kang and Jamie Campbell, May 2-Jun 2. 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. CI.M.A GALLERY Photos: Rehab Nazzal, May 2-26. Photos: Francis Bedford, to Apr 28. 80 Spadina, suite 305. 416-703-2235. CINDEXG GALLERY Photos: Laura Barrón, Apr 28-May 27, reception 3-6 pm Apr 28. 50 Gladstone. 416-535-6957. JESSICA BRADLEY ART + PROJECTS Installation: Zin Taylor, to May 5. 1450 Dundas W. 416537-3125.

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show troupe performing the Ghost Dance, a forbidden ritual shrouded in tragedy. It’s easy to see why contemporary aboriginal artists, using humour and anger, are still mining this complex history. 3 art@nowtoronto.com

uel, to 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 OF CANADA Toronto Slow Art Day: Tara Bursey, lunch/discussion noon-2 pm Apr 28 (free). Dare To Wear Love, to May 9, designers’ tour 6:30 pm May 2. Perpetual Motion: Material Re-use In The Spirit Of Thrift, Utility And Beauty; Portable Mosques: The Sacred Space Of The Prayer Rug, to Sep 3. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-599-5321. CU OF T ART CENTRE Public: Collective Identity/Occupied Space; Robert Girard, May 1-Jun 30, Public curators’ panel 4:30 pm, reception 6-9 pm Apr 28. 15 King’s College Circle. 416-978-1838. VARLEY ART GALLERY Deconstructed: From The Permanent Collection, to May 12, Richard Rhodes talk 7:30 pm May 2 ($15). $5, stu/srs $4. 216 Main (Unionville). 905-477-9511. 3

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of MacIntyre’s The Bishop’s Man. A Celtic studies prof living in T.O., she draws liars into her life like bees to honey. There’s her philandering ex, Sextus, and her maybe terrorist-sympathizer deceased husband, Conor, to say nothing of the relatives and old friends not exactly forthcoming about her family’s past. She is, however, comfortably settled and single. When the journalist J.C., an old pal from Cape Breton, surfaces and draws her into a full-on af-

LAUNCHING THIS WEEK Anne Fleming’s stories are sharp, funny and surprising, and given that she makes us wait for every collection, it’s great to hear that another has arrived. Her first book, Pool-Hopping And Other Stories, published in 1999, was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award. She launches her third, the intriguingly titled Gay Dwarves Of America ($21, Pedlar), at the Brockton Reading Series Wednesday (May 2). Alec Butler, Donna Kirk and Doyali Farah Islam also read in a series that is consistently SGC strong. See Readings, this page.

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about Drink The Bitter Root. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca. JOHN FRASER Reading. 7 pm. Free. Barbara Frum Library, 20 Covington. 416-395-5440.

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Reading. 8 pm. Pwyc. Regal Beagle, 335 Bloor W. 416-591-6859. LEE MARACLE Meet the author of First Wives Club – Coast Salish Style. 2 pm. Free. Spadina Road Library, 10 Spadina Rd. 416393-7666. THE REASONABLE OGRE Launch of a collaborative book by writer Mike Barnes and illustrator Segbingway. 6 pm. Free. Type Books, 883 Queen W. biblioasis.com. SPEAKEASY Readings by Jimmy McInnes, Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer and others 7:30 pm. Free. Magpie, 831 Dundas W. 416-916-6499.

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others. 1 pm. Free. Cafe Novo, 1986 Bloor W. 647-350-3538. ERIN MOURE/OANA AVASILICHIOAEI Reading. 5:30 pm. Pwyc. Holy Oak Cafe, 1241 Bloor W. liz.howard.poetry@gmail.com. BARBARA REID Reading. 2 pm. Free. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. evergreen.ca.

Monday, April 30 MAJA ARDAL Reading from her play The Cure For Everything. 6 pm. Free. Chapters, 142 John. playwrightsguild.ca.

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Launch and reading. 7 pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. MARK TREDINNICK/LINDA ROGERS Reading. 5:30 pm. Free. Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. harthouse.ca/arts/montrealpoetryprize.

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fair, she realizes that yet another guy is not telling her everything. MacIntyre has a terrific grasp of dialogue and deploys it skilfully via his often single-malt-fuelled characters. And he cannily builds tension and mystery. But there’s way too much going on. With its flashbacks and shifting locations, Why Men Lie can’t be read in intermittent spurts or you’ll lose track. Some storylines – intended to enhance the sense of J.C.’s unreliability – are really unnecessary. Stalker guy Paul, for example, takes the narrative way over the top. You may be left frustrated by MacIntyre’s decision to leave most of the questions – including the one in the title – unanswered. But I love that he doesn’t tie up all the threads he’s let unravel. SUSAN G. COLE Life is not tidy. MacIntyre reads from his book at the Torn From The Pages event at Hugh’s Room, Saturday (April 28). See Readings, this page.

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ALEC BUTLER/ANNE FLEMING/DONNA KIRK/ DOYALI FARAH ISLAM Reading. 7 pm. Pwyc.

Full of Beans Coffee House, 1348 Dundas W. farzanadoctor@rogers.com.

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Press Club, 850 Dundas W. pivotreadings.ca. HANNAH MOSCOVITCH Reading from East Of Berlin and The Russian Play. 6 pm. Free. Chapters, 142 John. playwrightsguild.ca. TRILLIUM 25TH ANNIVERSARY Readings by Mark Frutkin, Rabindranath Maharaj and others. 6:30 pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. omdc.on.ca. 3

NIK BEAT The poet launches the reissue of The Tyranny Of Love. 6 pm. Free. Origo Books, 49 Lower Jarvis. 416-703-3535.

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peter lord is eating like a pirate. As he tours North America promoting The Pirates! Band Of Misfits, the veteran animator – co-owner and creative director of England’s Aardman Animation, home of the Wallace & Gromit films, Chicken Run and last winter’s Arthur Christmas – has been making a point of seeking out the least healthy local dishes. In Philadelphia, just hours earlier, he sampled two different kinds of cheesesteaks, and now in Toronto, while his movie plays for a delighted TIFF Kids Fest crowd, he’s having poutine for dinner, with a bottle of Keith’s on the side. Lord’s been walking around with the attitude of a lusty, larger-thanlife and rather silly pirate for a couple of years now – an occupational hazard of making a pirate movie. Everything’s bigger than it ought to be; even the stop-motion puppets were about twice the size they’d usually be for an Aardman production. “It’s because they’re pirates, you

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Never mind the awkward title. The Pirates! Band Of Misfits is as energetic and fearlessly goofy as anything bearing the stamp of Aardman Animation. And that’s saying something, given that Aardman’s body of work includes such inspired entertainments as Chicken Run, Flushed Away, Arthur Christmas and the Wallace & Gromit oeuvre. Chicken Run co-director Peter Lord’s delightful stop-motion adventure sends an affable Pirate Captain (voiced by Hugh Grant) and his jolly crew (including Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson and Anton Yelchin) on an adventure with scientists. The ship’s parrot brings our heroes to the attention of both Charles Darwin (David Tennant) and Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton) and the story’s cracked alternate history gets funnier as it goes along. So does the film itself, sailing merrily through a series of inspired set pieces while the cast lustily recites some very silly dialogue. And it’s shot in 3-D, which offers a better perspective from which to NW notice the sight gags crammed into every corner of the frame.

know?” he laughs, putting his fork down to chat. “You don’t want it too big, but you want a lot of detail, because pirates seem to me to need belts and buckles and sashes and cuffs and stuff like that. So that’s what dictated the size – that desire to make them look spectacular. Everything else followed from that.” The swashbuckling subject matter is nicely suited to the mentality of Aardman Animation. As in Nick Park’s Wallace & Gromit films and Chicken Run, which Lord co-directed, there’s a delight in random sight gags and twists of dialogue that define a certain playfulness. “That’s a key word for me,” Lord says. “I love anything, any art form that manages to be playful – that can be light on its feet and skip from thing to thing, that can surprise you and force a laugh out of you and engage you.” The hand-crafted sets of The Pirates! are packed with little oddities – and don’t worry if you miss something, because most of them come

back for the endcredit roll. “ There’s tons to enjoy in the sets,” Lord says. “Great things, funny things. It’s very much in the tone and the spirit of the book, which is full of these astonishing, surprising sequences of ideas that the writer delights in, and we delight in. And then we decorate it further with all the signage and the comic items that are in the set.” Finding the right actors to voice his characters was just as important. When Lord decided Hugh Grant would be ideal for the role of the Pirate Captain, he spun up a few of the actor’s earlier films, with a particular focus on About A Boy, to get a feel for his range. Grant still had to audition, though. “I knew he could do all those little emotional things with his lines,” Lord says. “But I didn’t know if he could do them running up three stairs at a time while swinging a cutlass.” 3 normw@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowfilm

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Burmese bore THE LADY (Luc Besson). 145 minutes. Some subtitles. Opens Friday (April 27). For venues and times, see Movies, page 76. Rating: NN

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Safe bet SAFE (Boaz Yakin). 95 minutes. Opens Friday (April 27). For venues and times, see Movies, page 76. Rating: NNN

If you’re looking for dumbed-down, non-stop action, a Jason Statham movie is always a safe bet. Sure, the dialogue in his latest smackdown is as brutal and in-your-face as his feet, and the plot will have you believe the star can do the uncanny. But even when Safe is bad, it’s good. In this rehash of the set-up from his Transporter movies, Statham plays Luke, a down-on-his-luck, verging-onsuicidal prizefighter who finds new purpose when he must protect a

young Chinese girl from the Triads, the Russian Mob and corrupt NYPD officers. Everyone has itchy trigger fingers, turning New York’s boroughs into the Alamo. Meanwhile, Statham bounces around scenes and people like a pinball that explodes on contact. There’s something downright existential about his Luke, whom we meet as a boxer before finding out he’s a garbage collector, a rundown cop and/ or whatever else the ludicrous plot dictates at any given moment. Oh, wait, now he’s speaking Russian. But this kinetic shape-shifter’s always Statham: stripped-down masculinity with a bullet-shaped head, a husky voice and a fist that dislocates jaws. That’s what we expect. Nothing more, nothing less. RADHEYAN SIMONPILLAI

French action czar Luc Besson – maker of slick pop confections like La Femme Nikita and The Fifth Element, and more recently the producer of action cinema like Taken and Lockout – is not the sort of person you’d expect to direct an expensive, sombre biopic of Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist Aung San Suu Kyi. Perhaps that was what drew him to the project in the first place. But Besson seems confounded by the static nature of Suu Kyi’s battle against the Burmese military dictatorship that confined her to house arrest while preventing her British husband, academic Michael Aris, and their two children from visiting her.

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Soulless epic titled. Opens Friday (April 27). For venues and times, see Movies, page 76. Rating:

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Poe boy THE RAvEN (James McTeigue). 111 minutes. Opens Friday (April 27). For venues and times, see Movies, page 76. Rating: NNN The Raven is a moderately enjoyable old-school murder mystery that casts famed writer Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack) as a sleuth after somebody uses his stories as a pattern for grisly killings in 1849 Baltimore. The movie never catches the delirious tone of Poe’s stories, but there are some sequences of atmospheric, suspenseful fun, notably the horseman at the party and the mystery of the missing stagehand.

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Cusack does a fine job suggesting a keen intellect hard at work when he’s detecting with the tight-lipped cop on the case (Luke Evans). He’s amusing as Poe reciting The Raven to a salon full of enthralled women or romancing the love interest (Alice Eve). But Cusack is awkward as the alcoholic ranter and melancholic the script insists upon, and, whatever he’s doing, he moves and sounds like a 21stcentury man. The little moustache and goatee that look like they were ripped off Nicolas Cage don’t help. Some of the details from Poe’s life and work that fill out the movie are witty and add to the story, but others kill the momentum. And some are glaring anachronisms, like the headline that blares “Serial Killer.”

Unable to convey the inspirational value Suu Kyi held to her people as an icon of peaceful resistance, Besson and screenwriter Rebecca Frayn focus the story on Aris, who offers unbending support to his wife throughout their years of separation – and, eventually, his diagnosis of terminal cancer. Suu Kyi’s opponents are drawn as one-dimensional fanatics and thugs

The action’s fine, but it’s hard to care about these Warriors.

wARRIORS OF THE RAINbOw: SEEDIq bALE (Wei Te-Sheng). 154 minutes. Sub-

Alice Eve and John Cusack have a ball in The Raven.

Michelle Yeoh carries herself with dignity as Aung San Suu Kyi.

DARLINg COMPANION (Lawrence Kasdan). 103 minutes. Opens Friday (April 27). For venues and times, see Movies, page 76. Rating: N

The good news is that Lawrence Kasdan has escaped the cesspool of batshit craziness that constituted his demented adaptation of Stephen King’s Dreamcatcher nearly a decade ago. The bad news is that he’s escaped it by making a different sort of terrible movie. In Darling Companion, the search for a lost dog sends an empty-nester (Diane Keaton), her distracted husband (Kevin Kline), his affable nephew (Mark Duplass), the nephew’s flighty mother

history, and it’s a shame that kind of cash paid for 15,000 extras instead of a compelling screenplay. It’s about the 1930 uprising of the indigenous Seediq people against Taiwan’s Japanese colonizers, who took control of the island in 1895. Rival tribes joined forces for a surprise attack, and the Japanese army retaliated by annihilating the rural rebels with planes and machine guns. (Dianne Wiest) and her doofus boyfriend (Richard Jenkins) racing all over a small Colorado town. And wouldn’t you know it, they end up learning valuable lessons about themselves and each other along the way. Like Kasdan’s The Big Chill and Grand Canyon – both of which also featured Kline as a sardonic truth-teller – Darling Companion is ultimately about well-off people whose problems turn out to be the catalyst for selfdiscovery and happiness. But where those earlier films were genuinely concerned with searching their characters’ souls, this one sets up a bunch of empty scenes where people are trapped with each other and pass the time by arguing and reconciling. It also feels ridiculously out of touch, as in the scene where Keaton and Kline find themselves lost in the Rockies. Apparently, neither Kasdan nor his cowriter/wife, Meg, is aware of the GPS function on their iPhone. NORMAN wILNER Yup, Diane Keaton’s in another dog.

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who delight in thwarting her. Leads Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis carry themselves with great dignity, except when Thewlis allows himself a little fun as Michael’s twin brother, Anthony. But every scene is staged with the self-importance of an Oscar clip because Besson can’t think of any other way to present the drama. NORMAN wILNER

It’s a glossy Braveheart-style adventure saddled with corny army-rousing speeches and excessively demonized villains. But despite some dodgy CGI, the decapitation-packed battles are expertly staged. In Asia, the movie was released as a nearly five-hour two-part epic with equally split between narration and action. This truncated two-and-a-halfhour international version favours bloodshed over characterization and clarity. Only Lin Ching-Tai’s Seediq leader Mona Rudao gets enough screen time to make an impact. The rest of the cast are merely bullet fodder. No matter how spellbinding the spectacle, without characters to care about, it quickly becomes empty and exhausting. Such streamlining might work in unapologetic B-movies like The Raid, but not in projects with artistic aspirations attempting to honour a PHIL bROwN true story.

also opening The Five-Year Engagement (D: Nicholas Stoller, 124 min) We’re approaching wedding season, so what better time to send up the idea of happily-ever-afterness with a comedy about a couple’s rocky relationship leading to the altar? Co-writer Jason Segel and Emily Blunt play the leads and seem to have great chemistry, plus it’s an Apatow Productions flick, so expectations are high, even with that two-hour running time. Opens Friday (April 27). Screened after press time – see review April 27 at nowtoronto.com/movies.

Emily Blunt and Jason Segel should be pretty engaging.

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THE DEEP BLUE SEA

Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston (the Thor/ Avengers villain) and Simon Russell Beale star in this pic about a love triangle in 1950s London, adapted from the Terence Rattigan play.

DAMSELS IN DISTRESS

The queen of mumblecore movies, Greta Gerwig, stars in this comedy of manners about a group of female college students who condescend to date stupid frat boys.

THE HUNGER GAMES

Apparently archery ranges across the world are hopping thanks to this blockbuster about kids in a dystopia forced to kill each other for a violent reality-TV-style show.

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS

If you like clever horror ﬂicks, see Drew Goddard’s movie about ﬁve young people who visit youknow-what before someone spoils all the twists and turns.

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

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ALBERT NOBBS (Rodrigo García) isn’t nearly

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

West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson

Acclaimed documentary filmmakers Peter Raymont and Michèle Hozer explore the life and legacy of one of Canada's most iconic painters, whose career was cut tragically short by his mysterious, still-unsolved death. Now Playing. enter to win a pair of tickets nowtoronto.com/contests

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AMERICAN REUNION (Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg) demonstrates, for all of its gross-out pranks and wacky misunderstandings, that the American Pie franchise really only needed to be two movies long at most. Reuniting the entire cast of the original film (including Chris Klein, who sat out the third one) for a largely pointless vehicle that finds our heroes facing their Carlsberg years with a mixture of exhaustion and confusion, it’s an empty vessel drained of almost all the warmth and goodwill generated by the original breakout hit way back in 1999. That said, it’s nice to see the awkward chemistry between Jason Biggs and Eugene Levy remains intact, Eddie Kaye Thomas continues his remarkable Nicolas Cage impression as the enigmatic Finch, and Seann William Scott does some amazing things with his face as id-monster Stifler. But those are only fleeting moments of pleasure in a very long, very empty movie. 113 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, 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

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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, Kennedy Commons 20

ñBULLY

(Lee Hirsch) focuses on five families and their middle-school children in a relatively conventional inside look at kids being mercilessly bullied by their peers. It’s upsetting in all the right ways. A young girl finds a gun and threatens her harassers – eventually experiencing the full force of the law. Lesbian Kelby survives thanks to supportive parents and gay friends. Alex, who has Aspergers and whose bullying is most graphically exposed, doesn’t tell his family anything about his ordeal. Two sets of parents try to make school authorities accountable for the suicides of their kids. Hirsch rides the bus – truly hell on wheels – to record the abuse, the pathetically passive bystanders and the distressing response from wholly inept teachers. Committed filmmaking at its best – and guaranteed to make a difference. 108 min. NNNN (SGC) Grande - Yonge, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñTHE CABIN IN THE WOODS

(Drew Goddard) should be viewed with as little advance knowledge as possible – frankly, you shouldn’t even be reading this capsule. But since you are, let’s just say that director Goddard and producer/co-writer/ nerd godhead Joss Whedon have constructed a delightful puzzle box of a picture, rooted in the cheesy horror movies they watched back in the 1980s and gamely played out by attractive youngsters Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Jesse Williams and Dollhouse’s Fran Kranz. (It’s also one of the driest workplace comedies ever made, thanks to the performances of Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins.) The script is inspired, the direction is sprightly, and the third act does not falter. And everything you need to know is in the title. Well, almost everything. 95 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

CHIMPANZEE (Alastair Fothergill, Mark

Linfield) finds veteran nature filmmakers Fothergill (African Cats) and Linfield (Earth) documenting the life of a young chimp living with his troop somewhere in the jungles that run through Uganda and Côte d’Ivoire. As is becoming standard practice for the Disneynature films, this is pitched at family audiences, which means actual footage has been organized into an easily understood narrative straight out of The Lion King, right down to the appearance of a villainous chimp called Scar. It’s a little on the anthropomorphic side, and Tim Allen’s insistently chummy narration grates, but the developments in the second half are genuinely gripping, and the high-def images are stunning. 78 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT (Yung Chang) is the live broadcast of the Hot Docs screening of Chang’s film about boxing in China, complete with a Q&A with the director. See nowtoronto.com/hotdocs for our review of the film. 89 min. NNN (NW) May 2, 9 pm, at Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga COMIC-CON EPISODE IV: A FAN’S HOPE

(Morgan Spurlock) follows a handful of people – a collector, a costume designer, a vendor, two aspiring artists and a sweet-

hearted nerd who’s planning to propose to his girlfriend during a Kevin Smith Q&A – through the frenzy of the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con. Staying off-camera this time, director Spurlock breaks up the busy convention footage with testimonials from celebrities who’ve wandered into his studio, including geek icons Joss Whedon, Edgar Wright, Guillermo del Toro, Todd MacFarlane and Robert Kirkman. But he never figures out how to turn all the material into a smooth narrative – and he can’t help poking fun at some of the more extreme nerds, giving the movie a sour undercurrent of jocky superiority that’s completely at odds with Comic-Con’s all-inclusive vibe. 88 min. NNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñDAMSELS IN DISTRESS

(Whit Stillman) finds writer/director Stillman (Metropolitan, Barcelona, The Last Days Of Disco) picking up precisely where he left off after a 13-year absence from filmmaking, once again chronicling the interactions of wellspoken young people with more privilege than sense. Here, the bone-dry comedy springs from the efforts of four haughty college girls – including a queen bee played by Greta Gerwig (Greenberg) and new recruit (Analeigh Tipton of Crazy, Stupid, Love.) – to make their campus a better place by condescending to date idiot frat boys. It’s a little more complex than it sounds – and much funnier, thanks to Stillman’s ear for pompous dialogue and fondness for inspired running gags. There’s no ending, but who needs one when you have two musical numbers? 99 min. NNNN (NW) Varsity

DARLING COMPANION (Lawrence Kasdan)

103 min. See review, page 74. N (NW) Opens Apr 27 at Varsity.

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(Terence Davies) spans two days in the life of Hester Collyer (Rachel Weisz), who’s abandoned her comfortable marriage to a stuffy judge (Simon Russell Beale) for a younger, more sexually desirable man (Tom Hiddleston). It’s just that living with that decision is much, much harder than she expected. All three actors are terrific; Weisz, who’s in virtually every shot, is mesmerizing. If you only know Hiddleston as the bad guy from Thor, this will give you a sense of his impressive range. Adapting the play by Terence Rattigan, writer-director Davies fixes his actors in period detail so exacting that even the dust on the chintz curtains seems vintage. It’s as if Douglas Sirk had been entrusted with Brief Encounter instead of David Lean, and taken the material in rather a more expressive direction. The result is a deliberate, absorbing melodrama in the best sense of the word. 98 min. NNNN (NW) Grande - Yonge, Regent Theatre, Varsity

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, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24 THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT (Nicholas

Stoller) 124 min. See Also Opening, page 74. Opens Apr 27 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Humber Cinema, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, 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). Writer/director Cedar satirizes academic politics, personal integrity and generational resentment, but his stylistic choices undermine the points and

Sutherland (High Life) and Karine Vanasse (Polytechnique) in a trifling two-hander about a Wall Street player who finds himself on a road trip from Manhattan to North Bay after a night with a mysterious woman. There’s just one problem: if you’re going to build an entire movie around two people in the same space, you have to give them interesting things to do, and writer-director Farlinger (All Hat) never quite makes the characters’ respective secrets and motivations line up in a way that justifies all the drama. Sutherland and Vanasse are appealing, and they do what they can to get us involved, but they’re working with some pretty thin material here. 78 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Cumberland 4

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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) Kennedy Commons 20, Regent Theatre

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Jason Segel and Emily Blunt are hoping The Five-Year Engagement sets off box office fireworks. punchlines. Subtitled. 105 min. NNN (NW) Cumberland 4, Grande - Yonge

FrieNds With Kids (Jennifer Westfeldt) is

an entirely okay comedy about two longtime pals (writer/director Westfeldt and Parks And Recreation’s invaluable Adam Scott) who impulsively decide to have a baby together without any romantic entanglement. Westfeldt’s script is stronger in the first half – she’s far better at establishing characters and situations than she is wrapping them up – but the actors are appealing and talented enough to make it work, particularly Scott. 107 min. NNN (NW) Canada Square, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Yonge & Dundas 24

Gerhard richter PaiNtiNG (Corinna Belz) oscillates between the usual documentary elements – a press conference, testimonials from colleagues and journalists, a few moments where the painter discusses his influences – and long, luxurious takes where Belz just observes Richter in his studio as he works on a piece. And while there’s nothing wrong with the usual stuff, it’s just not interesting as observing the artist in his element, making aesthetic decisions with the mere placement of a brush or the intensity of a stroke. The footage of Richter at work is so enthralling that you’ll come away wishing Belz had devoted her whole movie to it. She wouldn’t even have had to change the title. Subtitled. 97 min. NNN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox Girl Model (David Redmon, Ashley Sabin)

is a bleak doc tracking poverty-stricken Siberian girls hoping to snag a modelling career. Barely pubescent young women wait in packed cattle calls, clad only in their underwear, hoping to be picked to pose in Japan – where they like them young and short and where their recruiters say they’re guaranteed work. Not so fast: when 13-year-old Nadya is chosen and sent thousands of miles from home, she gets a photo portfolio, a few auditions, lots of judgment from art directors and rapidly accumulating debts. The doc could use more of recruiter Ashley Arbaugh’s intriguing ambivalence; as a former model, she knows the pitfalls of the industry, yet lies to the young hopefuls. And the modelling agency running this strange operation is never confronted by the filmmakers. But the opening meat market sequence is spectacular, and the sad cautionary tale is important. Subtitled. 78 min. NNN (SGC) Carlton Cinema

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

the huNter (Daniel Nettheim) is an ecofriendly quasi-western that’s constantly on the verge of getting interesting but never quite goes in for the kill. Willem Dafoe’s Martin is a stranger in the Australian wilderness, under contract to a cloak-anddagger biotech company that wants him to capture the presumed-extinct Tasmanian tiger. He stirs up a ruckus with typically brutish loggers and befriends two engineered-to-be-adorable children who warm his cold demeanour. Director Nettheim shows a patient hand in developing Martin’s relationship with nature, and Dafoe, who can pretty much phone in a precise performance while using his hypnotic bone structure, logs many hours in the fogshrouded Tasmanian woods. But the film falls prey to clichés and predictability, following the plot points laid out by so many westerns without covering its tracks. 100 min. NN (RS) Carlton Cinema, Varsity i’M Yours (Leonard Farlinger) casts Rossif

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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. Gelb patiently takes us through each step of the sushi-making process, but there are some oddities; the omission of any mention of Ono’s wife sticks out like a rogue grain of rice on an otherwise impeccable plate. 81 min. NNN (GS) TIFF Bell Lightbox

JohN carter (Andrew Stanton) tries a little too hard to turn Edgar Rice Burroughs’s simple adventure story about a Civil War veteran (Taylor Kitsch) transported to Mars into the next massive SF epic. When it’s just the simple story of a broken man reinventing himself as a hero – and falling in love with a Martian princess (Lynn Collins) – it’s pretty entertaining stuff, but whenever it lurches into grandiose space-opera mode it feels rushed and overstuffed. Some subtitles. 132 min. NNN (NW) Coliseum Scarborough, Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24 JourNeY 2: the MYsterious islaNd

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(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) Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Kennedy Commons 20

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becomes a substitute teacher to students struggling with grief after their former teacher’s suicide. Falardeau proves once again why he’s one of Canada’s premier talents in this focused and intelligent drama that never allows allegorical touches to overwhelm the very personal story at its centre. Subtitled. 94 min. NNNNN (RS) Kingsway Theatre, Varsity

MY WAY (Kang Je-kyu) is a big-budget South Korean film about rival marathon runners – one Korean, one Japanese – who work together to survive the Second World War. 137 min. Grande - Yonge, Scotiabank Theatre

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(Pang Ho Cheung) is a funny and poignant sequel to 2010’s Hong Kong-set romantic comedy Love In A Puff. Hong Kong ad exec Jimmy (Shawn Yue) and his slightly older lover, Cherie (Miriam Yeung), find themselves in Beijing, where they’re dating others but are still drawn to each other. The two stars, surrounded by great comic talents and a handful of celebrity cameos, are superb, especially Leung, whose wounded Cherie expertly uses brittle repartee to hide her true feelings. Subtitled. 111 min. NNNN (GS) Kennedy Commons 20

THE LUCKY ONE (Scott Hicks) is a soft romance that offers weak acting and dialogue and unintentional humour. A soldier tracks down a woman whose photo he found on a Iraq battlefield. She’s aloof but secretly interested. We can’t tell if the soldier reciprocates because Zac Efron plays him with all the verve of an ox. Complications in the form of her possessive ex-husband keep them apart until the movie ditches its golden light and soft guitar music for a Victorian melodrama climax complete with raging storm and peril on a suspension bridge. 101 min. N (AD) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 MATERIAL SUCCESS (Jesse Mann) 83 min. See review, page 84. NN (SGC) Opens Apr 27 at the Projection Booth (see Indie & Rep Film, page 84). THE METROPOLITAN OPERA: MANON ENCORE is a repeat broadcast in high def of

the Met’s production of the Massenet opera, starring soprano Anna Netrebko in the tragic title role. 248 min. Apr 28, noon, at Beach Cinemas, Coliseum

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London’s National Theatre of Richard Bean’s English version of Goldoni’s Italian comedy, starring James Corden. 160 min. Apr 26, 6:45 pm, at Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yonge

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MIRROR MIRROR (Tarsem Singh) is an allstyle, no-substance remake of Snow White that casts Julia Roberts as a bitchy cougar of an Evil Queen who wants her stepdaughter (Lily Collins) killed and the hunky prince (Armie Hammer) all to herself. Structurally, the film’s a mess. Director Singh has no idea whose story to tell, and the laughs are uninspired. Singh is more art director than director, but we’ve seen these costumes and fairy-tale forests in any number of Tim Burton movies. 106 min. N (GS) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Cumberland 4, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Humber Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Nima Nourizadeh) puts a found-footage spin on the teen-comedy 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) Scotiabank Theatre

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 distinguished. Subtitled. 101 min. NNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre THE RAVEN (James McTeigue) 111 min. See

review, page 74. NNN (AD) Opens Apr 27 at 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, 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, Yonge & Dundas 24.

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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) Colossus, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, 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) Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity THE SALT OF LIFE (Gianni Di Gregorio) stars its writer/director as Gianni, an early retiree who walks his dog through his quiet Rome neighbourhood, runs errands for his wife (Elisabetta Piccolomini) and basically acts as a servant for his mother (the scratchyvoiced Valeria di Franciscis Bendoni), who lives in luxury yet doesn’t want to sell her home to help him out. Lately, Gianni’s begun to feel useless and invisible. Is he going to turn into one of the old geezers shooting the breeze outside the corner store? Or does he still have a shot at romance? This is a very European midlife crisis movie (nobody blinks at the idea of his pondering an affair) with little plot and no real big laughs. It has the leisurely pace of one of Gianni’s walks, observing life as it goes by. But the details are full of honesty and charm, and Di Gregorio has a wonderfully droll deadpan face that he uses to maximum effect. Subtitled. 90 min. NNN (GS) Canada Square

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(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

(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) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre

servant (Deanie Ip) who suffers a stroke, forcing her lifelong movie producer client (Andy Lau) to find a nursing home and care for the woman in her dying days. Director Hui’s humanistic touch and gentle humour enliven the weepy material. The nursing home is a genuinely sweet place filled with eccentrics rather than tragedy cases. Lau admirably ditches his movie star baggage in favour of pained realism, while Ip offers a heartbreaking performance as a dying caregiver without a family. A rare movie about the elderly that never panders and loosens tear ducts without prodding. Subtitled. 117 min. NNN (Phil Brown) Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

WEST WIND: THE VISION OF TOM THOMSON (Michèle Hozer, Peter Raymont) is a

straightforward doc about Group of Seven painter Thomson, whose richly colourful landscapes of the harsh yet beautiful northern Ontario wilderness are well known but whose life and death are shrouded in mystery. Talking heads discuss the paintings in elaborate detail, providing context about what was going on in art circles in Toronto and the rest of the world. The directors are less successful mining Thomson’s personal life. The shy bachelor may have left behind some broken hearts – including that of a Seattle woman who later became a romance novelist – and theories abound about his death by drowning at age 39. Was he murdered? There’s even mystery surrounding the fate of his corpse. Unfortunately, the filmmakers never unearth something that explains the man. But at least the art endures. 95 min. NNN (GS) TIFF Bell Lightbox

STREETDANCE 2 (Max Giwa, Dania Pas-

quini) stands as the most unintentionally hilarious breakdance film since Electric Boogaloo. This laughably acted and illogical tale of an American dancer trying to put together a crew of Europe’s best talents has vivid 3-D, uninspired dancing and zero logic. 85 min. N (Andrew Parker) Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Queensway, Yonge & Dundas 24

THINK LIKE A MAN (Tim Story) is a slick bit

of self-promotion from author (and executive producer) Steve Harvey, who uses his tell-all guidebook, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, to kick off the plot and set up the punchlines in this harmless rom-com. A handful of black women heed advice from Harvey’s bible on how to deal with male clichés like the player, the mama’s boy and the guy too comfy to drop some dime on a ring. All they really had to do was refer back to Carrie’s misadventures in Sex And The City, but then Harvey would be without a movie. There’s no point arguing that the characters are stereotypes, since the book makes a point of categorizing people by sex and malfunction. Some strong actors manage to make the most out of thin material. 122 min. NNN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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The Raid: Redemption cuts it as a terrific actioner. nursed for years, and it’s easily their best movie since the 90s. Larry, Curly and Moe attempt to save an orphanage before stumbling into a ridiculous murder plot played for deliberately cheesy laughs. The current cast’s Stooges impressions are eerily accurate, the slap-happy sound effects remain intact, and thankfully no one tries to cram in a pointless moral or love story. Aside from a few awkward contemporary pop culture references, the movie is surprisingly true to the sweetly violent source. Yes, the humour is idiotic and infantile, but with the Stooges, it couldn’t be any other way. 92 min. NNN (Phil Brown) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, 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, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(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) Carlton Cinema, Mt Pleasant

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(James Cameron) is now in 3-D, and it still works brilliantly; it’s a grand-scale studio epic with the heart of a romance and the pulse of an action movie. It’s the only American film that rivals Gone With The Wind for both swoonery and production values. Yes, Cameron paints his story in broad strokes, and some of the dialogue is risible. But Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet sell the hell out of it – particularly Winslet, whose fiery, spirited performance is just as strong 15 years on. (The little moment where she almost psychs herself out of disrobing for that portrait remains the best thing she’s ever done.) The 3-D is, at best, unobtrusive; the image rarely blurs or strobes the way it

does in certain other conversions with the word “Titan” in the title. But you’re not really going back to count Bernard Hill’s beard hairs, are you now? 195 min. NNNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Phil Lord, Christopher Miller) reboots the 80s television series, where young undercover cops pose as high school students. Thankfully it never takes its source material too seriously. The meta comedy is all tongue-in-cheek shenanigans that proudly lift a middle finger to the hoary clichés the film recycles. It’s not brilliant, but it damn sure is a lot of fun. 109 min. NNNN (RS) Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande Steeles, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

WRATH OF THE TITANS (Jonathan Liebesman) is a worthy successor to Louis Leterrier’s Clash Of The Titans. Sam Worthington’s demigod Perseus is 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. The effects sequences would surely work as well without the annoying post-conversion 3-D. Why they keep doing that only the gods know. 99 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale 3

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(David Wain) stars Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston as a Manhattan couple who lose their condo and head south in search of a fresh start, winding up at a commune outside Atlanta. It’s hysterically funny. My face actually hurt from laughing afterward, and I cannot remember the last time that’s happened. 98 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30

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(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

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AMErICAn rEunIon (14A) thu 1:25, 3:55, 6:45, 9:10 FriWed 6:40, 9:05 ThE ArTIsT (PG) thu 1:35, 7:05 Body hEAT sat 9:15 ThE CABIn In ThE woods (18A) thu 1:40 4:10 7:20 9:30 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 9:30 CoMIC-Con EpIsodE IV: A FAn’s hopE Fri, sun-Wed 2:00, 4:15, 7:15, 9:15 dr. sEuss’ ThE LorAx (G) thu 2:00, 4:30 ThE FIVE-yEAr EngAgEMEnT (14A) Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:50, 6:45, 9:20 gIrL ModEL thu 1:20, 7:10 ThE hunTEr (14A) Fri-Wed 1:35, 4:20, 7:05, 9:35 JEFF, who LIVEs AT hoME (14A) 1:55, 7:25 thu 4:25, 9:20 ThE LuCky onE (PG) thu 1:30, 4:00, 6:55, 9:15 Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:25, 7:10, 9:25 MIrror MIrror (PG) Fri-Wed 1:25, 3:55 pEggy suE goT MArrIEd sat 1:15 ThE rAId: rEdEMpTIon (18A) thu 1:50, 4:05, 7:15, 9:25 Fri-Wed 4:05, 9:45 ThE rAVEn (18A) Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:00, 6:50, 9:10 roMAnCIng ThE sTonE (14A) sat 4:15 TInkEr TAILor soLdIEr spy (14A) thu 3:50, 9:40 21 JuMp sTrEET (14A) thu 1:45 4:15 6:40 9:05 Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:10, 6:55, 9:40 wAndErLusT (14A) thu 4:20, 9:35 ThE wAr oF ThE rosEs sat 7:00 wE nEEd To TALk ABouT kEVIn (14A) thu 6:50, 9:45

cumBerlanD 4 (aa) 159 cumBerlanD ave, 416-646-0444

FooTnoTE (14A) thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:30 Fri-sat 1:50, 4:40, 7:10, 9:45 sun-Wed 2:15, 4:50, 7:15 I’M yours (14A) thu 2:30, 4:50, 7:20 MIrror MIrror (PG) thu 2:45, 5:15, 7:40 A sEpArATIon (14A) thu 2:15, 5:00, 7:50 Fri-sat 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 sun-Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:30

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

AMErICAn rEunIon (14A) thu 1:15, 3:50, 7:00, 9:20 ThE CABIn In ThE woods (18A) 1:05, 3:05, 5:05, 7:10, 9:10 Fri 11:10 late ThE FIVE-yEAr EngAgEMEnT (14A) Fri-Wed 12:55, 3:30, 6:50, 9:25 ThE hungEr gAMEs (PG) thu 3:45, 6:45, 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:30 ThE LuCky onE (PG) thu 1:00, 3:15, 5:15, 7:25, 9:35 Fri 1:00, 3:20, 5:20, 7:30, 9:35, 11:35 sat-Wed 1:00, 3:20, 5:20, 7:30, 9:35 ThE pIrATEs! BAnd oF MIsFITs (PG) 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:20 Fri 11:15 late ThE rAVEn (18A) 1:30, 4:05, 6:55, 9:15 Fri 11:30 late ThE ThrEE sToogEs (PG) thu 12:55, 3:00, 5:10, 7:20, 9:25 21 JuMp sTrEET (14A) thu 4:05, 6:55, 9:15

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

AMErICAn rEunIon (14A) thu 1:10, 2:40, 3:50, 6:10, 6:40,

9:00, 9:40 Fri 12:20, 1:15, 3:10, 4:30, 6:10, 7:15, 9:00, 10:00 sat 1:15, 4:30, 6:10, 7:15, 9:00, 10:00 sun 1:50, 4:10, 4:45, 7:10, 9:50 mon 1:15, 1:40, 4:00, 4:45, 8:15, 10:20 tue 1:15, 1:40, 4:00, 4:45, 7:00, 8:15, 9:40 Wed 1:15, 1:40, 4:00, 4:50, 7:00, 9:40 ThE BrIghT sTrEAM: BoLshoI BALLET - LIVE sun 1:00 ChInA hEAVywEIghT Wed 9:00 gLAdIATor (14A) mon 7:00 ThE hungEr gAMEs (PG) thu 12:50, 1:30, 4:00, 5:00, 7:10, 8:20, 10:20 Fri 12:10, 2:30, 3:45, 6:00, 6:50, 9:20, 10:20 sat 12:10, 2:30, 3:10, 6:00, 6:50, 9:20, 10:20 sun 12:10, 2:30, 3:20, 5:45, 6:40, 9:00, 9:45 mon-Wed 2:15, 3:20, 6:00, 6:40, 9:10, 9:50 JEFF, who LIVEs AT hoME (14A) thu 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:50 Fri-sat 2:00, 4:20, 6:30, 8:50 sun 12:45, 3:00, 6:10, 8:30 mon-Wed 1:00, 3:10, 6:10, 8:30 LoCkouT (14A) thu 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 Fri-sat 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 9:50 sun 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:20 mon 1:50, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 tue-Wed 1:50, 4:20, 7:10, 9:30 ThE METropoLITAn opErA: MAnon EnCorE sat 12:00 My wAy (18A) thu 3:00, 6:20, 9:45 onE MAn, Two guVnors - EnCorE prEsEnTATIon thu 6:45 proJECT x (18A) thu 1:20, 4:10, 7:40, 10:00 ThE rAId: rEdEMpTIon (18A) thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-sat 2:40, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 sun 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 mon-Wed 2:30, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 sAFE (14A) Fri-sat 1:00, 2:20, 4:10, 5:00, 7:10, 7:50, 9:40, 10:30 sun 1:15, 2:20, 4:00, 5:00, 6:50, 7:30, 9:30, 10:20 mon 1:10, 2:00, 3:50, 5:00, 6:50, 7:30, 9:30, 10:20 tue-Wed 1:10, 2:00, 3:50, 5:00, 6:50, 7:30, 9:20, 10:20 21 JuMp sTrEET (14A) thu 1:00, 1:50, 3:40, 4:30, 6:30, 7:20, 9:10, 10:20 Fri-sat 12:45, 1:45, 3:20, 4:40, 6:20, 7:20, 9:10, 10:00 sun 12:20, 1:40, 3:10, 4:20, 6:20, 7:20, 9:10, 10:00 mon 1:30, 4:10, 7:20, 10:00 tue 1:30, 3:30, 4:10, 6:20, 7:20, 9:00, 10:00 Wed 1:30, 3:00, 4:10, 6:20, 7:20, 9:15, 10:00 wArrIors oF ThE rAInBow: sEEdIq BALE (14A) Fri-sun 12:00, 3:30, 7:00, 10:30 mon-Wed 1:00, 4:30, 8:00 wrATh oF ThE TITAns (14A) thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-sat 1:30, 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 sun 1:30, 3:50, 6:30, 8:50 mon-Wed 1:20, 3:40, 6:30, 8:50 wrATh oF ThE TITAns: An IMAx 3d ExpErIEnCE (14A) 2:50, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-sun 12:30 mat wwE ExTrEME ruLEs - 2012 sun 8:00

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

gErhArd rIChTEr pAInTIng (PG) thu 6:15, 8:45 JIro drEAMs oF sushI (G) thu 2:00, 4:45, 6:45, 7:15, 9:00, 9:45 Fri-sun, tue 1:00, 6:15 mon, Wed 6:15 kEyhoLE (14A) thu 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:15 Fri-Wed 8:30 wEsT wInd: ThE VIsIon oF ToM ThoMson thu 7:00 Fri-Wed 4:00

varsity (ce)

55 Bloor st W, 416-961-6304 BuLLy (PG) thu 12:35, 3:00, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20 Fri-tue 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 Wed 12:30, 3:00, 10:25 dAMsELs In dIsTrEss thu 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:00 Fri-sun 12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 mon-Wed 12:25, 2:50, 5:15, 7:35, 10:00 dArLIng CoMpAnIon (PG) Fri-sun 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20 mon-Wed 12:15, 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 ThE dEEp BLuE sEA (14A) thu 1:10, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Fri-sun 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8:05, 10:30 mon-tue 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 9:40 Wed 1:00, 4:00, 9:55 ThE hungEr gAMEs (PG) thu 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 Frisun 12:10, 3:30, 7:00, 10:15 mon-Wed 12:20, 3:40, 7:00, 10:15 ThE hunTEr (14A) thu 1:00, 4:10, 9:30 ThE LAdy Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 MonsIEur LAzhAr (PG) thu 12:25, 2:40, 5:05, 7:25, 9:40 Fri-sun 12:25, 2:50, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 mon-Wed 12:35, 2:55, 5:25, 7:45, 10:10 sALMon FIshIng In ThE yEMEn (PG) thu 12:50, 3:40, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-sun 12:50, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 mon-Wed 12:50, 3:45, 6:45, 9:30 TITAnIC 3d (PG) thu 12:20, 4:30, 8:40

VIP SCREENINGS

BuLLy (PG) thu 12:15, 2:45, 5:05, 7:25, 9:45 dAMsELs In dIsTrEss thu 12:35 2:55 5:15 7:35 9:55 FriWed 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:45, 9:55 dArLIng CoMpAnIon (PG) Fri-Wed 12:15, 2:35, 4:55, 7:15, 9:35 ThE hungEr gAMEs (PG) thu 12:25 3:25 6:35 9:35 Fri-Wed 12:35, 3:35, 6:35, 9:45 ThE LAdy Fri-Wed 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 sALMon FIshIng In ThE yEMEn (PG) thu 1:15, 3:55, 6:45, 9:15

5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 8:45, 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 Fri 1:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:15, 7:15, 8:00, 8:45, 9:45, 10:30, 11:00 sat 11:15, 12:15, 1:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:15, 7:15, 8:00, 8:45, 9:45, 10:30, 11:00 sun 11:15, 12:15, 1:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:15, 7:15, 7:45, 8:30, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45 mon-Wed 1:45, 4:30, 5:15, 6:15, 7:15, 7:45, 8:30, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45 ChIMpAnzEE (G) thu 1:30, 2:30, 2:45, 4:00, 5:15, 6:30, 7:30, 9:15, 10:00 Fri 12:45, 1:55, 3:15, 4:15, 5:30, 6:30, 7:45, 9:15, 10:15 sat-sun 11:25, 12:45, 1:55, 3:15, 4:15, 5:30, 6:30, 7:45, 9:15, 10:15 mon-tue 1:55, 3:15, 4:15, 5:30, 6:30, 7:45, 9:15, 10:15 Wed 1:55, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:15 CoMIC-Con EpIsodE IV: A FAn’s hopE thu 2:50, 5:20, 7:45, 10:15 dr. sEuss’ ThE LorAx (G) thu 3:00, 5:15 ThE FIVE-yEAr EngAgEMEnT (14A) thu 12:01 Fri 12:45, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:45 sat-sun 11:00, 11:45, 12:45, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:45 mon-Wed 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 10:45 FrIEnds wITh kIds 4:45, 10:05 sat-sun 11:05 mat John CArTEr (PG) thu 3:00, 6:30 ThE LuCky onE (PG) thu 1:30, 2:00, 2:45, 3:45, 4:45, 5:30, 6:45, 7:30, 8:15, 9:00, 9:30, 10:15 Fri 12:50, 2:00, 2:50, 3:45, 5:30, 6:45, 7:30, 8:15, 9:30, 10:45 sat 12:05, 12:50, 2:00, 2:50, 3:45, 5:30, 6:45, 7:30, 8:15, 9:30, 10:45 sun 12:05, 12:50, 2:00, 2:50, 3:45, 5:30, 6:45, 7:30, 8:15, 9:30, 10:35 mon-Wed 2:00, 2:50, 3:45, 5:30, 6:45, 7:30, 8:15, 9:30, 10:35 MIrror MIrror (PG) thu 3:30, 6:15 Fri 1:10, 3:40 sat-sun 10:40, 1:10, 3:40 mon-Wed 3:40 ThE pIrATEs! BAnd oF MIsFITs 3d (PG) 1:45, 2:30, 3:00, 4:30, 5:15, 7:15, 8:00, 10:00, 10:45 sat-sun 11:15, 12:05 mat ThE pIrATEs! BAnd oF MIsFITs (PG) 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 Fri 1:00 mat sat-sun 10:30, 1:00 mat ThE rAVEn (18A) Fri 1:45, 2:45, 4:45, 5:45, 7:30, 8:30, 10:15, 11:00 sat 10:45, 11:45, 1:45, 2:45, 4:45, 5:45, 7:30, 8:30, 10:15, 11:00 sun 10:45, 11:45, 1:45, 2:45, 4:45, 5:45, 7:30, 8:15, 10:15, 10:45 mon-Wed 1:45, 2:45, 4:45, 5:45, 7:30, 8:15, 10:15, 10:45 sAFE housE (14A) thu 7:40, 10:30 A sIMpLE LIFE (14A) thu 1:40, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45 sTrEETdAnCE 2 (PG) thu 4:45, 7:45, 10:15 TEzz 3:10, 6:20, 9:25 sat-sun 11:50 mat ThInk LIkE A MAn (PG) thu 2:45, 4:00, 6:15, 7:15, 9:15, 10:20 Fri 1:00, 2:45, 4:00, 6:15, 7:15, 8:30, 9:15, 10:30 satsun 11:45, 1:00, 2:45, 4:00, 6:15, 7:15, 8:30, 9:15, 10:30 mon, Wed 2:45, 4:00, 6:15, 7:15, 8:30, 9:15, 10:30 tue 2:45, 4:00, 6:15, 7:15, 9:15, 10:30 ThE ThrEE sToogEs (PG) thu 1:45, 3:00, 4:05, 5:40, 6:50, 8:00, 9:25, 10:20 Fri, mon-Wed 1:35, 3:50, 6:10 sat-sun 11:15, 1:35, 3:50, 6:10 TITAnIC 3d (PG) thu 1:30, 4:00, 5:30, 8:15, 9:30 Fri, monWed 4:15, 8:30 sat-sun 12:05, 4:15, 8:30 TITAnIC: An IMAx 3d ExpErIEnCE (PG) thu 1:30, 5:45, 10:00 Fri-sun 1:00, 5:15, 9:30 mon-Wed 5:15, 9:30 VICky donor (PG) thu 3:00, 6:45, 10:25 Fri, mon, Wed 1:55, 5:05 sat-sun 10:40, 1:55, 5:05

Metro

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

AMErICAn rEunIon (14A) thu 4:30, 9:30 ThE FIVE-yEAr EngAgEMEnT (14A) Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:00, 7:00, 9:30 ThE hungEr gAMEs (PG) 1:45, 6:45 MIrror MIrror (PG) sat-sun 12:00 21 JuMp sTrEET (14A) thu 2:00, 5:00, 7:15, 9:15 Fri-Wed 4:30, 9:45

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

midtown

ALBErT noBBs (14A) thu 3:00 Fri-Wed 1:00 MonsIEur LAzhAr (PG) 5:00 sALMon FIshIng In ThE yEMEn (PG) 7:00, 9:00 A sEpArATIon (14A) thu 12:45 wE nEEd To TALk ABouT kEVIn (14A) Fri-Wed 3:00

canaDa square (ce)

queensWay (ce)

2200 yonge st, 416-646-0444

ThE ArTIsT (PG) thu 4:05, 6:35 dr. sEuss’ ThE LorAx (G) 4:30, 6:40 Fri 8:50 sat-sun 2:20 mat, 8:50 FrIEnds wITh kIds 4:20, 7:10 Fri 9:35 sat-sun 1:50 mat, 9:35 I’M yours (14A) 4:45, 7:20 Fri 9:20 sat-sun 2:10 mat, 9:20 LoCkouT (14A) thu 4:45, 7:20 MIrror MIrror (PG) 4:00, 6:30 Fri 9:00 sat-sun 1:35 mat, 9:00 ThE rAVEn (18A) 4:05, 6:35 Fri 9:05 sat-sun 1:40 mat, 9:05 ThE sALT oF LIFE thu, mon-Wed 4:50, 7:15 Fri 4:50, 7:30, 9:40 sat-sun 2:30, 4:50, 7:30, 9:40 ThInk LIkE A MAn (PG) 4:10, 6:50 Fri 9:30 sat-sun 1:30 mat, 9:30 ThE ThrEE sToogEs (PG) 4:40, 7:00 Fri 9:15 sat-sun 2:00 mat, 9:15 wrATh oF ThE TITAns (14A) thu 4:40, 7:00

mt Pleasant (i)

675 mt Pleasant rD, 416-489-8484 TInkEr TAILor soLdIEr spy (14A) thu, tue-Wed 7:00 Fri 6:50, 9:25 sat 6:50, 9:30 sun 4:15, 7:00

yonge & DunDas 24 (amc)

regent tHeatre (i)

BuLLy (PG) thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Fri, mon, Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:00, 9:35 sat-sun 10:30, 1:30, 4:30, 7:00, 9:35 tue 1:30 ThE CABIn In ThE woods (18A) thu 1:40, 2:30, 3:30, 4:15,

ThE dEEp BLuE sEA (14A) Fri-sat 9:05 sun, tue 7:00 ThE Iron LAdy (PG) Fri-sat, Wed 7:00 sun 4:30 wAr horsE (PG) thu 7:00

10 DunDas st e, 416-335-5323

AMErICAn rEunIon (14A) thu 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 Fri 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 sat 4:50, 7:40, 10:35 sun 3:20, 6:20, 9:10 mon-tue 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 Wed 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 ThE BrIghT sTrEAM: BoLshoI BALLET - LIVE sun 1:00 ThE CABIn In ThE woods (18A) thu 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 Fri 1:00, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:30 sat 12:40, 3:00, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 sun 12:40, 3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 mon-Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:40, 10:00 ChIMpAnzEE (G) thu 2:10, 4:35, 6:50, 9:10 Fri 12:35, 2:40, 4:45, 6:50, 9:00 sat 12:20, 2:25, 4:30, 6:50, 9:00 sun 12:20, 2:25, 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 mon-Wed 1:10, 3:40, 6:50, 9:10 ThE FIVE-yEAr EngAgEMEnT (14A) Fri 1:30, 4:30, 7:50, 10:45 sat 1:30, 4:15, 7:20, 10:30 sun 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 mon-tue 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 Wed 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 ThE hungEr gAMEs (PG) thu 1:10, 2:30, 4:25, 7:40, 10:15 Fri, sun 12:30, 3:35, 6:40, 9:45 sat 12:50, 3:55, 7:00, 10:05 mon-Wed 3:20, 6:30, 9:35 ThE LuCky onE (PG) thu 2:00, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55 Fri 12:50, 3:15, 5:40, 8:10, 10:40 sat 12:10, 2:35, 5:00, 7:30, 10:10 sun 12:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:35 mon-tue 1:30, 4:00, 6:45, 9:20 Wed 1:30, 4:40, 7:15, 9:45 ThE METropoLITAn opErA: MAnon EnCorE sat 12:00 onE MAn, Two guVnors - EnCorE prEsEnTATIon thu 6:45 ThE pIrATEs! BAnd oF MIsFITs 3d (PG) Fri 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 sat 2:15, 4:40, 7:05, 9:25 sun 2:15, 4:40, 7:00, 9:15 mon-Wed 3:30, 6:40, 9:00 ThE pIrATEs! BAnd oF MIsFITs (PG) Fri 12:30 sat-sun 12:00 mon-tue 1:00 sAFE (14A) Fri 12:40, 3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 10:20 sat 1:00, 3:20, 5:50, 8:20, 10:45 sun 12:25, 2:45, 5:05, 7:25, 9:50 mon-Wed 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 9:50 ThE ThrEE sToogEs (PG) thu 1:50, 4:10, 6:30, 9:20 TITAnIC 3d (PG) thu 1:00, 5:00, 9:00 21 JuMp sTrEET (14A) thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 Fri 1:20, 4:20, 7:00, 9:50 sat 12:05, 2:50, 5:25, 8:10, 10:45 sun 1:20, 4:00, 6:50, 9:25 mon-Wed 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 9:55

551 mt Pleasant rD, 416-480-9884

1025 tHe queensWay, qeW & islington, 416-503-0424 AMErICAn rEunIon (14A) thu 1:15, 1:55, 4:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00, 10:15 Fri 1:40, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 sat 11:05, 1:40, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 sun 1:50, 4:30, 6:50, 10:00 mon-Wed 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50 ThE BrIghT sTrEAM: BoLshoI BALLET - LIVE sun 1:00 ThE CABIn In ThE woods (18A) thu, mon-Wed 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55 Fri 2:45, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 sat 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 sun 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55 ChIMpAnzEE (G) thu 1:00, 3:05, 5:15, 7:25, 9:35 Fri 1:20, 3:30, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00 sat 11:15, 1:20, 3:30, 5:40, 7:50, 10:00 sun-Wed 12:55, 3:05, 5:15, 7:25, 9:35 ChInA hEAVywEIghT Wed 9:00 dr. sEuss’ ThE LorAx (G) thu 2:00, 4:20 Fri 2:25 sat 12:05 sun 12:45 mon-Wed 3:10 dr. sEuss’ ThE LorAx 3d (G) thu 3:00, 5:20, 7:35 Fri 4:45, 7:00 sat 2:25, 4:45, 7:00 sun 3:10, 5:25, 7:40 mon-Wed 5:25, 7:40 ThE FIVE-yEAr EngAgEMEnT (14A) Fri 2:00, 4:55, 7:50, 10:45 sat 11:10, 2:00, 4:55, 7:50, 10:45 sun-Wed 1:25, 4:25, 7:20, 10:15 FrIEnds wITh kIds thu 9:50 ThE hungEr gAMEs (PG) thu 12:45, 3:10, 3:50, 6:20, 7:00, 9:30, 10:10 Fri 12:45, 3:50, 6:35, 7:05, 9:50, 10:20 sat 12:40, 3:50, 6:35, 7:05, 9:50, 10:20 sun 1:35, 4:50, 8:05 mon-Wed 1:35, 4:50, 6:50, 8:05, 10:00 LoCkouT (14A) thu 1:50, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 Fri 2:15, 4:40, 7:10, 9:35 sat 4:40, 7:10, 9:35 sun 4:40, 7:05, 9:30 mon-Wed 2:15, 4:40, 7:05, 9:30 ThE LuCky onE (PG) thu 2:30, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 Fri 2:55, 5:25, 7:55, 10:25 sat 12:25, 2:55, 5:25, 7:55, 10:25 sun 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:35, 10:05 mon-tue 2:30, 5:00, 7:35, 10:05 Wed

5:00, 7:35, 10:05 MAdAgAsCAr (G) sat 11:00 ThE METropoLITAn opErA: MAnon EnCorE sat 12:00 MIrror MIrror (PG) thu 1:30, 4:05, 6:50, 9:25 Fri-sat 1:30, 4:10, 6:55, 9:30 sun-tue 1:30, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 Wed 1:30, 4:10, 6:45 onE MAn, Two guVnors - EnCorE prEsEnTATIon thu 6:45 ThE pIrATEs! BAnd oF MIsFITs 3d (PG) Fri 12:50, 3:00, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 sat 12:45, 3:00, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 sun 12:10, 2:25, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15 mon-Wed 2:25, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15 ThE pIrATEs! BAnd oF MIsFITs (PG) Fri 1:55, 4:20 sat 11:30, 1:55, 4:20 sun-tue 2:00, 4:15 Wed 4:15 ThE rAId: rEdEMpTIon (18A) thu 6:55, 9:25 ThE rAVEn (18A) Fri 2:35, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 sat 11:25, 2:05, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 sun-tue 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 10:05 Wed 1:05, 3:40, 6:20, 9:20 sAFE (14A) Fri-sat 1:00, 3:20, 5:45, 8:10, 10:35 sun 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 mon-Wed 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 sAFE housE (14A) thu 1:40, 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 Fri-sat 9:20 sun-Wed 9:55 sTrEETdAnCE 2 (PG) thu 2:15, 4:30, 6:50, 9:10 ThInk LIkE A MAn (PG) thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Fri 1:50, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 sat 11:00, 1:50, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 sun-Wed 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:45 ThE ThrEE sToogEs (PG) thu 2:55, 5:25, 7:50, 10:10 Fri 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 sat 12:10, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 sun 12:40, 3:00, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 mon-Wed 3:00, 5:30, 7:50, 10:10 TITAnIC 3d (PG) thu 12:45, 4:55, 9:00 Fri 12:55, 5:00, 9:05 sat 12:50, 5:00, 9:05 sun-Wed 12:50, 4:55, 9:00 21 JuMp sTrEET (14A) thu 1:25, 4:10, 7:05, 9:45 Fri-sat 1:45, 4:30, 7:25, 10:10 sun-Wed 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:25 wrATh oF ThE TITAns 3d (14A) thu 2:05, 4:35, 7:05, 9:40 Fri 2:30, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 sat 11:55, 2:30, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 sun-Wed 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 wwE ExTrEME ruLEs - 2012 sun 8:00

rainBoW WooDBine (i)

WooDBine centre, 500 rexDale BlvD, 416-213-1998 AMErICAn rEunIon (14A) thu 1:20, 3:55, 7:00, 9:25 ThE CABIn In ThE woods (18A) thu 1:25, 4:15, 7:20, 9:45 ThE FIVE-yEAr EngAgEMEnT (14A) Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:55, 6:50, 9:25 ThE hungEr gAMEs (PG) thu 12:55 3:45 6:40 9:35 FriWed 12:55, 3:45, 6:40, 9:20 LoCkouT (14A) thu 7:20, 9:50 ThE LuCky onE (PG) 1:30, 4:00, 7:10, 9:30 MIrror MIrror (PG) thu 1:25, 4:10 ThE pIrATEs! BAnd oF MIsFITs (PG) Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:15 ThE rAVEn (18A) Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:10, 7:00, 9:45 sAFE (14A) Fri-Wed 1:15, 3:50, 7:15, 9:40 ThInk LIkE A MAn (PG) 1:10, 4:05, 6:55, 9:35 ThE ThrEE sToogEs (PG) thu 1:05 3:45 7:05 9:20 Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:45, 7:05, 9:35 wrATh oF ThE TITAns 3d (14A) thu 1:15, 3:50, 7:15, 9:40

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

AMErICAn rEunIon (14A) thu 7:10, 9:55 ThE FIVE-yEAr EngAgEMEnT (14A) Fri 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 sat-sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 mon-Wed 7:00, 9:50 ThE hungEr gAMEs (PG) thu 6:45, 9:50 Fri 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 sat 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:45 sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 mon-Wed 6:40, 9:40 ThE LuCky onE (PG) thu 7:00, 9:30 Fri 4:20, 6:40, 9:10 sat 12:10, 4:40, 7:30, 9:50 sun 1:30, 4:20, 6:40, 9:10 mon-Wed 6:50, 9:10 ThE METropoLITAn opErA: MAnon EnCorE sat 12:00 ThE pIrATEs! BAnd oF MIsFITs 3d (PG) Fri, mon-Wed 6:30, 8:50 sat-sun 2:40, 5:00, 7:10, 9:20 ThE pIrATEs! BAnd oF MIsFITs (PG) Fri 4:10 sat-sun 12:30 sAFE (14A) Fri 4:30, 7:10, 9:30 sat 1:20, 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 sun 1:20, 4:30, 7:10, 9:30 mon-Wed 7:10, 9:30 ThE ThrEE sToogEs (PG) thu 6:30, 9:00 Fri 4:50 sat 2:30, 4:50 sun 12:40, 3:00, 5:10 TITAnIC 3d (PG) thu 9:10 21 JuMp sTrEET (14A) thu, mon-Wed 7:20, 10:00 Fri-sun 7:20, 10:10

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

AMErICAn rEunIon (14A) thu 4:30 7:20 10:15 Fri-Wed 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 sat-sun 1:40 mat ThE CABIn In ThE woods (18A) thu 4:40 7:30 10:20 FriWed 4:40, 7:40, 10:20 dETEnTIon (14A) Fri-Wed 4:20, 7:20, 9:45 ThE hungEr gAMEs (PG) 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 sat-sun 1:00 mat sAFE (14A) 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 sat-sun 1:10 mat ThInk LIkE A MAn (PG) thu 3:50 6:50 9:50 Fri-Wed 3:45, 6:50, 9:50 sat-sun 1:05 mat ThE ThrEE sToogEs (PG) thu 4:20, 6:45, 9:40 Fri, monWed 4:15 sat-sun 1:25, 4:15 TITAnIC 3d (PG) 5:30, 9:30 thu 3:45 mat, 8:15 sat-sun 1:30 mat 21 JuMp sTrEET (14A) thu 4:10 6:55 9:55 Fri-Wed 4:05, 6:55, 9:55 sat-sun 1:15 mat wrATh oF ThE TITAns (14A) Fri-tue 7:15, 10:05 Wed 7:15, 10:15 wrATh oF ThE TITAns 3d (14A) thu 4:15, 7:10, 10:10

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

ThE BrIghT sTrEAM: BoLshoI BALLET - LIVE sun 1:00 BuLLy (PG) thu 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Fri 4:30, 7:05, 9:50 satsun 1:20, 4:30, 7:05, 9:50 mon-Wed 4:30, 7:05, 9:40 ChIMpAnzEE (G) thu 5:00, 7:10, 9:30 Fri, mon-Wed 5:15, 7:15, 9:40 sat-sun 12:40, 2:50, 5:15, 7:15, 9:40 ChInA hEAVywEIghT Wed 9:00 ThE dEEp BLuE sEA (14A) thu 4:35, 6:55, 9:25 dr. sEuss’ ThE LorAx (G) thu 4:00 ThE FIVE-yEAr EngAgEMEnT (14A) Fri 4:00, 7:10, 10:00 sat-sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:00 mon-Wed 4:00, 7:10, 9:50 FooTnoTE (14A) thu 4:15 6:35 9:15 Fri-Wed 4:15, 6:50, 9:20 sat-sun 1:10 mat FrIEnds wITh kIds thu 7:20, 9:45

april 26 - may 2 2012 NOW

the lady Fri 4:10, 7:20, 10:10 Sat 12:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Sun 12:50, 4:10, 7:20, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:55, 9:55 loCKout (14A) Thu 4:30, 10:00 the luCKy one (PG) Thu 4:20, 6:50, 9:40 Fri 4:20, 7:25, 10:05 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:25, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:20, 9:45 the Metropolitan opera: Manon enCore Sat 12:00 Mirror Mirror (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:00, 9:35 My Way (18A) Thu 6:30, 9:50 Fri-Wed 5:30, 8:30 one Man, tWo guvnors - enCore presentation Thu 6:45 the pirates! Band oF MisFits 3d (PG) 5:00, 7:00, 9:30 Sat-Sun 2:40 mat the pirates! Band oF MisFits (PG) Sat-Sun 12:30 the raven (18A) Fri 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Sat-Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 salMon Fishing in the yeMen (PG) Thu 4:05, 6:40, 9:20 Fri-Sat, Mon-Tue 4:05, 6:40, 9:25 Sun 1:15, 4:05, 6:40, 9:25 Wed 4:05

SilverCiTy FairvieW (Ce)

FairvieW Mall, 1800 ShePPard ave e, 416-644-7746 aMeriCan reunion (14A) Thu 1:25, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 Fri-Sat 2:30, 5:15, 7:55, 10:30 Sun-Wed 4:30, 7:20, 10:05 dr. seuss’ the lorax (G) Fri-Sat 12:15 Sun-Wed 1:40 dr. seuss’ the lorax 3d (G) Thu 2:20 the Five-year engageMent (14A) Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:35 Sun-Tue 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:10 Wed 4:10, 7:15, 10:10 the hunger gaMes (PG) Thu 1:00 4:05 7:10 10:20 FriWed 12:50, 4:05, 7:10, 10:20 loCKout (14A) Thu 2:40, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 Fri-Sat 10:25 Sun-Wed 10:15 the luCKy one (PG) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-Sat 12:20, 3:00, 5:40, 8:15, 10:45 Sun-Tue 2:00, 4:50, 7:25, 10:00 Wed 4:50, 7:25, 10:00 MadagasCar (G) Sat 11:00 Mirror Mirror (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:25, 7:00, 9:50 Fri 12:00, 2:35, 5:25, 7:50 Sat 11:50, 2:35, 5:25, 7:50 Sun-Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:35 the pirates! Band oF MisFits 3d (PG) Fri-Sat 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Sun-Wed 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 the pirates! Band oF MisFits (PG) Fri-Wed 12:30 the raven (18A) Fri-Sat 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 SunWed 1:20, 4:15, 7:00, 9:50 the three stooges (PG) Thu 2:10, 4:40, 7:15, 9:45 titaniC 3d (PG) Thu 1:10, 5:15, 9:20 Fri-Wed 12:45, 4:45, 8:50 21 JuMp street (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:45, 7:25, 10:05 Fri-Sat 12:10, 2:45, 5:30, 8:10, 10:45 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:05, 9:55 Wrath oF the titans 3d (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:20, 10:00

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

aMeriCan reunion (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:35, 7:25, 10:05 FriSun 4:15, 7:05, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 the CaBin in the Woods (18A) Thu 2:55, 5:20, 7:40, 10:05 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:05, 10:30 Mon-Wed 2:30, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55 ChiMpanzee (G) Thu 12:45 2:50 4:55 7:25 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:05, 5:15, 7:25, 9:35 the Five-year engageMent (14A) Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:55, 7:50, 10:45 Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:15, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 the hunger gaMes (PG) Thu 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:15 FriSat 12:45, 4:00, 7:10, 10:20 Sun 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:20 Mon-Wed 12:50, 3:55, 7:05, 10:15 the luCKy one (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:35 Sun 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:05, 10:30 Mon-Wed 2:10, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Mirror Mirror (PG) Thu 1:10, 7:00 the pirates! Band oF MisFits 3d (PG) Fri-Sun 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Mon-Wed 3:00, 5:25, 7:40, 10:00 the pirates! Band oF MisFits (PG) Fri-Sun 12:30 MonWed 12:45 saFe (14A) Fri-Sat 12:35, 3:05, 5:35, 8:05, 10:35 Sun 12:40, 3:05, 5:35, 8:00, 10:25 Mon-Wed 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:15 thinK liKe a Man (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:15, 7:15, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:45, 4:40, 7:40, 10:40 Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:20 Mon-Wed 1:25, 4:15, 7:05, 10:05 the three stooges (PG) Thu 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:55 Fri-Sat 12:55, 3:15, 5:35, 7:55, 10:15 Sun 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:45, 10:05 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:55, 7:15, 9:45 titaniC 3d (PG) Thu 12:45, 4:50, 9:00 21 JuMp street (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:40, 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:20 Wrath oF the titans (14A) Thu 4:10, 9:50

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

aMeriCan reunion (14A) Thu 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 Fri 5:35, 8:10, 10:45 Sat 5:30, 8:10, 10:45 Sun 5:30, 8:10, 10:35 Mon, Wed 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Tue 5:35, 8:10, 10:40 the CaBin in the Woods (18A) Thu 5:40, 8:00, 10:20 Fri 3:45, 6:00, 8:25, 10:45 Sat 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:25, 10:45 Sun 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:25, 10:35 Mon, Wed 5:45, 8:05, 10:20 Tue 3:45, 5:55, 8:15, 10:40 ChiMpanzee (G) Thu 4:10, 6:15, 8:15, 10:15 Fri, Tue 5:00, 7:10, 9:35 Sat-Sun 1:10, 3:10, 5:10, 7:10, 9:35 Mon, Wed 4:40, 7:10, 9:10 dr. seuss’ the lorax (G) Fri, Tue 3:25 Sat-Sun 1:05, 3:15 the Five-year engageMent (14A) Fri, Tue 4:45, 7:50, 10:35 Sat-Sun 1:50, 4:45, 7:50, 10:35 Mon, Wed 4:05, 6:50, 9:45 the hunger gaMes (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:05, 10:05 Fri, Tue 4:00, 7:00, 10:05 Sat-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:05 Mon, Wed 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 loCKout (14A) Thu 5:30, 7:55, 10:20 the luCKy one (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:25, 9:55 Fri, Tue 3:20, 5:40, 8:05, 10:30 Sat 12:45, 3:20, 5:40, 8:05, 10:30 Sun 12:45, 3:20, 5:40, 8:05, 10:25 Mon, Wed 4:20, 6:45, 9:20 Mirror Mirror (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 the pirates! Band oF MisFits 3d (PG) Fri, Tue 3:20, 5:25, 7:30, 9:45 Sat-Sun 3:00, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 Mon, Wed 4:50, 7:20, 9:30 the pirates! Band oF MisFits (PG) Sat-Sun 12:50 the raven (18A) Fri 5:15, 8:00, 10:40 Sat 2:15, 5:00, 8:00, 10:40 Sun 2:15, 5:00, 8:00, 10:30 Mon, Wed 5:15, 7:50, 10:20 Tue 5:15, 8:00, 10:35 saFe (14A) Fri 3:35, 5:50, 8:15, 10:40 Sat 1:20, 3:35, 5:50, 8:15, 10:40 Sun 1:20, 3:35, 5:50, 8:15, 10:25 Mon, Wed 5:30, 8:00, 10:10 Tue 3:35, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 thinK liKe a Man (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:15, 10:00 Fri, Tue 4:30, 7:20, 10:15 Sat-Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:15 Mon, Wed 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 the three stooges (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:00, 9:45 Fri, Tue 4:15, 7:40, 9:55 Sat-Sun 12:40, 2:50, 5:25, 7:40, 9:55 Mon, Wed 4:10, 6:40, 9:00

titaniC 3d (PG) Thu 4:15, 8:10 Wrath oF the titans 3d (14A) Thu 5:20, 7:45, 10:10

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

aMeriCan reunion (14A) Thu 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:10 FriSat 1:30, 4:40, 8:05, 10:55 Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 the Bright streaM: Bolshoi Ballet - live Sun 1:00 the CaBin in the Woods (18A) Thu 2:30, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Fri 12:55, 3:20, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45 Sat 12:20, 3:20, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45 Sun-Wed 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 ChiMpanzee (G) Thu 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:45, 10:15 Fri 1:00, 3:10, 5:25, 7:45, 10:00 Sat 11:45, 2:00, 5:00, 7:45, 10:00 Sun 1:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 Mon-Wed 2:00, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 the Five-year engageMent (14A) Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:45, 7:50, 10:50 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 the hunger gaMes (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:50, 7:05, 10:05 Fri 12:50, 4:00, 7:15, 10:35 Sat 12:25, 3:45, 7:15, 10:35 Sun-Wed 1:00, 4:05, 7:15, 10:30 John Carter 3d (PG) Thu 1:05, 4:05, 9:40 Journey 2: the Mysterious island (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:05, 7:10, 9:50 the luCKy one (PG) Thu 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45 Sun-Wed 2:05, 4:45, 7:25, 10:05 MadagasCar (G) Sat 11:00 the Metropolitan opera: Manon enCore Sat 12:00 one Man, tWo guvnors - enCore presentation Thu 6:45 the pirates! Band oF MisFits 3d (PG) Fri 3:00, 5:15, 7:40, 9:55 Sat 1:35, 3:50, 6:05, 8:20, 10:35 Sun 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:20 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 9:25 the pirates! Band oF MisFits (PG) Fri 12:45 Sat 11:15 Sun-Wed 1:05 saFe (14A) Fri 12:50, 3:15, 5:40, 8:10, 10:40 Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:40, 8:10, 10:40 Sun-Wed 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:25 streetdanCe 2 (PG) Thu 2:20, 4:45, 7:00, 9:45 thinK liKe a Man (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:05 Fri-Sat 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 10:55 Sun-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:20 titaniC 3d (PG) Thu 1:00, 5:10, 9:20 Fri-Sat 1:05, 5:15, 9:30 Sun-Wed 1:05, 5:15, 9:20 21 JuMp street (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:10, 9:55 Fri-Sat 1:55, 4:55, 7:55, 10:40 Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:05, 6:55, 9:40 WWe extreMe rules - 2012 Sun 8:00

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

aMeriCan reunion (14A) Thu 4:10, 7:05, 10:05 Fri 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 Sat 3:40, 6:30, 9:20 Sun-Wed 4:30, 7:15, 10:05 the CaBin in the Woods (18A) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:15, 7:50, 10:15 Fri-Sat 12:35, 3:00, 5:35, 8:10, 10:45 Sun 12:10, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:15 ChiMpanzee (G) Thu 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 Fri 12:45, 3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 Sat 11:00, 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:40 Sun 12:15, 2:35, 4:55, 7:30, 9:50 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:30, 9:50 China heavyWeight Wed 9:00 dr. seuss’ the lorax (G) Thu 5:15, 7:30, 9:50 Fri 2:10 Sat 11:05, 1:15 Sun 12:00, 2:15 the Five-year engageMent (14A) Fri, Sun 12:40, 4:00, 7:00, 10:10 Sat 12:50, 4:05, 7:10, 10:25 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 10:10 the hunger gaMes (PG) Thu 4:00, 5:00, 7:20, 8:20 FriSat 12:50, 4:05, 7:25, 10:45 Sun 12:30, 3:50, 8:00 Mon-Tue 4:50, 8:10 Wed 5:30, 9:30 loCKout (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 Fri-Sat 10:00 Sun-Wed 9:40 the luCKy one (PG) Thu 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Fri 2:20, 4:55, 7:45, 10:20 Sat 11:45, 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Sun 2:15, 4:55, 7:35, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:55, 7:35, 10:05 MadagasCar (G) Sat 11:00 Mirror Mirror (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 Fri 2:15, 4:50, 7:25 Sat 11:40, 2:15, 4:50, 7:25 Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:05 MonWed 4:25, 7:00 the pirates! Band oF MisFits 3d (PG) Fri 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 Sat 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 9:50 Sun 2:40, 5:05, 7:35, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:15, 9:35 the pirates! Band oF MisFits (PG) Fri 12:30 Sat 11:15, 12:15 Sun 12:15 the raven (18A) Fri-Sat 2:00, 5:00, 7:50, 10:40 Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:25, 10:15 saFe (14A) Fri 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:40 Sat 2:55, 5:30, 8:00, 10:35 Sun 12:05, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 thinK liKe a Man (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:15, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 the three stooges (PG) Thu 5:05, 7:35, 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:30, 2:55, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Sun 12:05, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 Mon-Tue 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 Wed 4:50, 7:10 titaniC 3d (PG) Thu 4:15, 8:30 21 JuMp street (14A) Thu 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 Fri 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 9:55 Sat 1:45, 4:30, 7:05, 9:55 Sun 1:40, 4:20, 7:05, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:05, 9:55 Wrath oF the titans 3d (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 Fri, Sun 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:50 Sat 11:30, 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:10, 9:45 WWe extreMe rules - 2012 Sun 8:00

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

the artist (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:05, 6:35, 9:05 Fri-Sun 11:05, 1:40, 4:05, 6:35, 9:05 Mon-Wed 4:05, 6:35, 9:05 Casa de Mi padre (14A) Thu 3:10, 5:15, 7:20, 10:00 dr. seuss’ the lorax (G) Thu, Mon-Tue 2:00, 4:25, 7:00, 9:10 Fri-Sun 11:40, 2:00, 4:25, 7:00, 9:10 Wed 4:25, 7:00, 9:10 dr. seuss’ the lorax 3d (G) Thu 1:35, 3:50, 6:10, 8:30 Fri-Sun 11:00, 1:35, 3:50, 6:10 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:10

Friends With Kids Thu 2:00, 4:25, 6:50, 9:20 houseFull 2 (PG) 3:00, 6:15, 9:35 Fri-Sun 11:45 mat the iron lady (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 John Carter 3d (PG) 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 Fri-Sun 10:50, 1:55 mat Journey 2: the Mysterious island 3d (PG) 3:35, 6:10, 8:40 Fri-Sun 10:35, 1:10 mat Kahaani (14A) Thu 3:10, 6:20, 9:40 loCKout (14A) Thu 3:20, 5:45, 8:05, 10:30 Fri-Sun 10:30, 12:50, 3:20, 5:45, 8:05, 10:25 Mon-Wed 3:20, 5:45, 8:05, 10:25 love in the BuFF Thu 3:15, 5:30, 8:00, 10:20 Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:00, 3:15, 5:35, 8:00, 10:20 Mon-Wed 3:15, 5:35, 8:00, 10:20 Mirror Mirror (PG) Thu, Mon-Tue 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 11:30, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Wed 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Mithivedi Thu 4:00, 7:15, 10:30 Fri-Wed 8:30 the raid: redeMption (18A) Thu, Mon-Tue 2:10, 4:45, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Sun 11:50, 2:10, 4:45, 7:45, 10:10 Wed 4:45, 7:45, 10:10 the raven (18A) 3:00, 4:00, 5:30, 6:30, 8:00, 9:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:00, 12:30, 1:30 mat saFe house (14A) 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Sun 10:30, 1:20 mat a siMple liFe (14A) Thu, Mon-Tue 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25 Fri-Sun 11:30, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25 Wed 5:10, 7:50, 10:25 tezz 3:40, 6:50, 10:15 Fri-Sun 12:30 mat the three stooges (PG) Thu, Mon-Tue 2:15, 4:30, 7:05, 9:20 Fri-Sun 11:45, 2:15, 4:30, 7:05, 9:20 Wed 4:30, 7:05, 9:20 viCKy donor (PG) Thu 2:05, 5:30, 8:45 Fri-Sun 10:40, 2:05, 5:25, 8:45 Mon-Tue 2:05, 5:25, 8:45 Wed 5:25, 8:45 Wrath oF the titans (14A) 3:45, 6:15, 8:45 Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:15 mat Wrath oF the titans 3d (14A) Thu 1:45, 2:45, 4:15, 5:15, 6:45, 7:45, 9:15, 10:15 Fri-Sun 11:15, 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 MonWed 4:15, 6:45, 9:15

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

houseFull 2 (PG) Thu 6:30, 9:45 Sat 4:00, 9:30 Sun 7:30 Mon-Wed 4:00 tezz Fri, Sun 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 Sat 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 MonWed 4:45, 6:45, 8:30

GTA Regions Mississauga

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

aMeriCan reunion (14A) Thu 1:35, 4:10, 6:30, 7:30, 9:10, 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:35, 7:40, 10:10 the Bright streaM: Bolshoi Ballet - live Sun 1:00 the CaBin in the Woods (18A) Thu 12:20, 2:50, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 Fri, Sun 1:10, 3:40, 7:20, 10:00 Sat 1:00, 4:45, 7:20, 10:00 Mon-Wed 1:10, 3:40, 7:20, 9:55 dr. seuss’ the lorax (G) Thu 1:10 Fri-Wed 12:55 dr. seuss’ the lorax 3d (G) Thu 3:20, 6:20, 8:30 Fri-Tue 3:10, 6:10, 8:30 Wed 3:10, 10:00 gladiator (14A) Mon 7:00 the hunger gaMes (PG) Thu 12:30, 1:20, 3:40, 4:30, 7:50, 10:20 Fri 12:45, 1:15, 4:00, 4:50, 7:10, 8:00, 10:20 Sat 1:15, 4:00, 4:50, 7:10, 8:00, 10:20 Sun 1:15, 4:00, 4:50, 8:00 Mon 12:45, 1:15, 4:00, 4:50, 8:00, 10:10 Tue 12:45, 1:15, 4:00, 4:50, 7:00, 8:00, 10:10 Wed 12:45, 4:00, 4:50, 7:05, 10:10 Journey 2: the Mysterious island (PG) Thu 12:00, 2:10, 4:20 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:30 Sat 11:20, 1:30 MadagasCar (G) Sat 11:00 the Metropolitan opera: Manon enCore Sat 12:00 one Man, tWo guvnors - enCore presentation Thu 6:45 the raid: redeMption (18A) Thu 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Wed 3:50, 6:40, 9:40 saFe (14A) Fri-Sat 2:10, 5:00, 7:50, 10:30 Sun-Wed 2:10, 5:00, 7:50, 10:15 thinK liKe a Man (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:15, 7:20, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25 Sun-Tue 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 Wed 3:30, 8:00, 10:15 the three stooges (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:40, 9:20 Fri 1:00, 3:20, 6:20, 8:40 Sat 11:50, 3:20, 6:20, 8:40 Sun-Tue 1:00, 3:20, 6:20, 9:00 Wed 1:05, 3:20, 6:20, 9:00 titaniC 3d (PG) Thu 1:00, 5:00, 9:00 Fri-Tue 1:20, 5:20, 9:20 Wed 1:20 titaniC: an iMax 3d experienCe (PG) Thu 12:00, 4:00, 8:00 Fri-Wed 12:40, 4:20, 8:10 21 JuMp street (14A) Thu 12:40, 3:30, 7:15, 10:05 Fri, SunTue 12:50, 3:30, 6:30, 9:50 Sat 11:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:50 Wed 12:50, 3:45, 6:30, 9:50 Wrath oF the titans 3d (14A) Thu 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:00, 9:30 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 WWe extreMe rules - 2012 Sun 8:00

CourTney Park 16 (aMC)

110 CourTney Park e aT huronTario, 888-262-4386 aMeriCan reunion (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55 FriSun 11:25, 1:55, 4:25, 7:05, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:05, 9:55 the CaBin in the Woods (18A) 3:10, 5:35, 8:05, 10:35 Fri-Sun 10:45, 12:50 mat ChiMpanzee (G) 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:05 Fri-Sun 11:00, 1:10 mat the Five-year engageMent (14A) 2:00, 4:45, 7:35, 10:20 Fri-Sun 11:15 mat the hunger gaMes: the iMax experienCe (PG) 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Fri-Sun 10:30, 1:30 mat

the hunger gaMes (PG) Thu 2:30, 4:30, 5:30, 7:30, 8:30, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:30, 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 Mon-Wed 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 loCKout (14A) Thu 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45 Fri-Wed 5:35, 8:05, 10:35 the luCKy one (PG) 3:20, 5:40, 7:55, 10:20 Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:00 mat Mirror Mirror (PG) 3:35, 5:55, 8:20, 10:40 Fri-Sun 10:50, 1:15 mat the pirates! Band oF MisFits 3d (PG) 2:50, 7:10 Fri-Sun 10:40 mat the pirates! Band oF MisFits (PG) 5:00, 9:10 Fri-Sun 12:40 mat the raven (18A) 3:20, 5:45, 8:10, 10:30 Fri-Sat 10:40, 1:00 mat saFe (14A) 3:30, 5:55, 8:15, 10:45 Fri-Sun 10:30, 1:05 mat thinK liKe a Man (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:45, 7:40, 10:25 Fri-Sun 11:20, 2:05, 4:45, 7:40, 10:25 Mon-Wed 2:05, 4:45, 7:40, 10:25 the three stooges (PG) Thu 4:15, 6:55, 9:45 Fri-Sun 10:35, 12:55, 3:15 Mon-Wed 3:15 titaniC 3d (PG) Thu 2:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 Fri-Sun 11:35, 3:30, 8:00 Mon-Tue 3:30, 8:00 Wed 2:00 titaniC: an iMax 3d experienCe (PG) Thu 3:30, 8:00 21 JuMp street (14A) 3:25, 5:50, 8:15, 10:45 Fri-Sun 10:35, 12:55 mat Wrath oF the titans (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:30, 9:30 Wrath oF the titans 3d (14A) 2:20, 4:50, 7:15, 10:15 FriSun 11:45 mat

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

ChiMpanzee (G) Thu 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 Fri 1:20, 3:45, 6:50, 9:30 Sat 12:25, 2:30, 4:45, 6:55, 9:20 Sun 12:25, 2:30, 4:45, 6:40, 9:20 Mon-Wed 4:20, 6:55, 9:10 China heavyWeight Wed 9:00 dr. seuss’ the lorax (G) Thu 4:20, 6:35, 9:10 Fri 12:40 Sat-Sun 12:30 dr. seuss’ the lorax 3d (G) Fri 2:55, 5:10, 7:25 Sat-Sun 2:45, 5:10, 7:30 Mon-Wed 4:25, 6:35 the Five-year engageMent (14A) Fri 1:00, 3:55, 7:10, 10:15 Sat-Sun 12:55, 3:55, 7:10, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 loCKout (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 the luCKy one (PG) Thu 4:55, 7:35, 10:00 Fri 1:40, 4:20, 7:40, 10:10 Sat-Sun 1:40, 4:15, 7:40, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:15, 9:40 Mirror Mirror (PG) Thu 4:35, 7:10, 9:45 Fri 12:55, 3:35, 6:40, 9:20 Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:35, 6:40, 9:30 Mon-Tue 4:05, 6:40, 9:30 Wed 3:50, 6:25, 9:15 the pirates! Band oF MisFits 3d (PG) Fri 2:45, 5:05, 7:30, 9:50 Sat-Sun 2:35, 5:00, 7:25, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:05, 9:20 the pirates! Band oF MisFits (PG) Fri 12:30 Sat-Sun 12:15 the raven (18A) Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:25, 10:00 salMon Fishing in the yeMen (PG) Thu 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 thinK liKe a Man (PG) Thu 4:05, 6:55, 9:55 Fri 1:10, 4:05, 7:00, 9:55 Sat-Sun 1:05, 4:05, 7:00, 9:55 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:50, 9:45 the three stooges (PG) Thu 5:00, 7:20, 9:35 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:40, 7:45, 10:05 Mon-Tue 4:55, 7:35, 9:55 Wed 4:05, 6:40 titaniC 3d (PG) Thu 4:00, 8:00 Fri 12:45, 4:50, 9:10 Sat-Sun 12:35, 4:55, 9:10 Mon-Wed 3:45, 7:45 Wrath oF the titans 3d (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:25, 9:50 FriSun 9:40 Mon-Wed 9:25

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

aMeriCan reunion (14A) Thu 4:05, 6:30, 7:05, 9:25, 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:05, 2:35, 5:25, 8:05, 10:45 Sun 1:50, 4:35, 7:25, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:25, 7:25, 10:20 the Bright streaM: Bolshoi Ballet - live Sun 1:00 the CaBin in the Woods (18A) Thu 5:10, 7:35, 9:55 Fri, Sun 12:50, 3:15, 5:35, 7:55, 10:15 Sat 12:50, 3:10, 5:35, 7:55, 10:15 Mon-Wed 5:35, 7:55, 10:15 dr. seuss’ the lorax (G) Thu 3:40 Fri, Sun 12:40 Sat 11:10, 1:15 dr. seuss’ the lorax 3d (G) Thu 4:10, 6:20, 8:35 Fri, Sun 2:40, 4:40, 7:00, 9:10 Sat 3:15, 5:15, 7:25, 9:25 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:00, 9:10 gladiator (14A) Mon 7:00 the hunger gaMes: the iMax experienCe (PG) 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 Fri-Sun 12:30 mat the hunger gaMes (PG) Thu 3:45, 4:15, 7:00, 7:30, 9:20, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:00, 3:20, 6:10, 6:40, 9:30, 10:00 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:10, 6:40, 9:30, 10:00 Journey 2: the Mysterious island (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:35 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:45 Mon-Wed 3:45 loCKout (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:20, 9:45 Fri, Sun 2:10, 4:30, 7:20, 9:40 Sat 11:40, 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:20, 9:40 MadagasCar (G) Sat 11:00 Mirror Mirror (PG) Thu 3:35, 6:15, 8:50 Fri-Sun 12:25, 2:55, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 Mon-Wed 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 the pirates! Band oF MisFits 3d (PG) Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:00, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:30, 9:45 the pirates! Band oF MisFits (PG) Fri-Sun 12:15, 2:30, 4:45 Mon-Wed 3:40 the raid: redeMption (18A) Thu 4:55, 7:40, 10:10 Fri 12:00, 2:25, 5:00, 7:35, 10:05 Sat 11:50, 2:25, 5:00, 7:35, 10:05 Sun 5:00 Mon 3:30, 10:05 Tue-Wed 5:00, 7:35, 10:05 the raven (18A) Fri-Sat 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 Sun 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 8:00, 10:30 Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:05, 9:50 saFe (14A) 5:45, 8:05, 10:25 Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:25 mat saFe house (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Wed 7:15, 9:55 streetdanCe 2 (PG) Thu 5:05, 7:55, 10:15 thinK liKe a Man (PG) Thu 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Fri 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:35 Sat 11:30, 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:35 Sun 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:25 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:50, 10:00 the three stooges (PG) Thu 4:45, 7:15, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:00, 6:20, 8:10, 10:20 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:20, 8:10, 10:20

titaniC 3d (PG) Thu 5:00, 9:00 Fri-Sun 1:30, 5:10, 9:00 Mon-Wed 5:10, 9:00 titaniC: an iMax 3d experienCe (PG) Thu 4:00, 8:00 21 JuMp street (14A) Thu 3:55, 6:45, 9:35 Fri 12:20, 2:50, 5:30, 8:15, 10:45 Sat 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:35 Sun 1:20, 4:15, 7:05, 9:35 Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:45, 9:20 Wrath oF the titans 3d (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:25, 10:05 Fri, Sun 12:35, 2:45, 5:05, 7:45, 10:10 Sat 12:35, 2:45, 5:05, 7:40, 10:10 Mon-Wed 5:05, 7:45, 10:10 WWe extreMe rules - 2012 Sun 8:00

inTerChange 30 (aMC)

30 inTerChange Way, hWy 400 & hWy 7, 416-335-5323 aCt oF valor (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:05, 7:55 Fri-Sat 2:05, 4:40, 7:10, 9:45 Sun 2:05, 5:05, 7:55 Casa de Mi padre (14A) Thu 6:00, 8:10 ChiMpanzee (G) 5:15, 7:15 Fri 3:15 mat Sat-Sun 1:15, 3:15 mat the desCendants (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:20, 8:00 Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:35, 7:25, 9:55 Sun 2:00, 5:20, 8:00 the Five-year engageMent (14A) Fri 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:15, 10:00 Sat 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:15, 10:00 Sun 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00 Mon-Wed 4:30, 5:00, 7:30, 8:00 Friends With Kids Thu, Mon-Wed 5:10, 7:40 Fri 2:25, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sat 12:05, 2:25, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sun 12:05, 2:25, 5:10, 7:40 the girl With the dragon tattoo (18A) Thu 4:30, 7:50 houseFull 2 (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:45 Fri-Sat 2:30, 6:00, 9:30 Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:45 the luCKy one (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:45, 5:45, 7:30, 8:15 Fri 2:00, 2:30, 4:30, 5:00, 7:00, 7:30, 9:30, 10:00 Sat 12:00, 2:00, 2:30, 4:30, 5:00, 7:00, 7:30, 9:30, 10:00 Sun 12:00, 2:00, 3:00, 4:45, 5:45, 7:30, 8:15 Mission: iMpossiBle – ghost protoCol (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:55, 7:55 Fri 4:05, 7:00, 9:50 Sat 1:05, 4:05, 7:00, 9:50 Sun 1:05, 4:55, 7:55 salMon Fishing in the yeMen (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:35 Fri 4:30, 7:05, 9:45 Sat 1:45, 4:30, 7:05, 9:45 Sun 1:45, 4:35, 7:35 tezz Fri 3:35, 6:35, 9:35 Sat 12:35, 3:35, 6:35, 9:35 Sun 12:35, 4:00, 7:00 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:50 this Means War (14A) Thu 4:45 the voW (PG) Thu 7:30 Wanderlust (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:15, 8:05 Fri 2:20, 4:55, 7:15, 9:35 Sat 12:10, 2:20, 4:55, 7:15, 9:35 Sun 12:10, 2:20, 5:15, 8:05

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repertory schedules

How to find a listing

Susana Benavides and Bruno Ierullo prep for a fashion show: not exactly gripping stuff.

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

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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.

(2012) D: Charlie Ahern. 8:30 pm.

sat 28 – Far I Films presents Out The Gate

(2011) D: Stevie Johnson and Qmillion. 12:30, 2:45, 5, 7:30 & 10 pm. $15. 647-6256798, outthegatemovie.com. sun 29-mon 30 – Check website for schedule. tue 1 – The Devil’s Carnival (2012) D: Darren Lynn Bousman. 8 pm. Director Bousman and writer Terrance Zdunich in attendance. $20$40. tdctoronto8pm-eorg.eventbrite.com. wed 2 – Check website for schedule.

hot docs international documentary festival

$5, 10-pack $115, 20-pack $205, all-you-caneat late-night pack $10, all-access pass $115, some free daytime screenings. See special pullout for complete listings.

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

thu 26-may 6 – Hot Docs Canadian Inter-

national Documentary Festival. See special pullout for complete listings.

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

28 – Man On Wire (2008) D: James Marsh. 3 pm. Free. ñsat

cinematheque tiff bell lightbox

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

thu 26-may 2 – Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. See special pullout for complete listings.

fox theatre

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

thu 26 – Monsieur Lazhar (2012) D: Philippe Falardeau. 9 pm. ñ fri 27 – Salmon Fishing In The Yemen (2012)

D: Lasse Hallström. 7 pm. Friends With Kids (2012) D: Jennifer Westfeldt. 9:15 pm. sat 28 – Dr Seuss’ The Lorax 3D (2012) D: Chris Renaud. 2 pm. Salmon Fishing In The Yemen. 4 & 7 pm. Friends With Kids. 9:15 pm. sun 29 – Dr Seuss’ The Lorax 3D. 2 pm. Friends With Kids. 4 & 9:15 pm. Salmon Fishing In The Yemen. 7 pm. mon 30 – Friends With Kids. 7 pm. Salmon Fishing In The Yemen. 9:15 pm. tue 1-wed 2 – Check website for schedule.

graham spry theatre

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

thu 26-wed 2 – Continuous screenings Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Free.

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toronto underground cinema thu 26 – Check website for schedule. fri 27 – Jamel Shabazz: Street Photographer

festivals

thu 26-may 6 – Festival of Canadian and international documentary films. ñ $14.50 late-night screenings (after 11 pm)

national Documentary Festival. See special pullout for complete listings.

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

How to place a listing

bloor hot docs cinema, 506 bloor W (bc); cumberland cinema, 159 cumberland (c4); fox theatre, 2236 queen e (ft); innis toWn hall, 2 sussex (it); isabel bader theatre, 93 charles W (ib); regent theatre, 555 mt pleasant (rt); revue cinema, 400 roncesvalles (rc); royal cinema, 608 college (rc); royal ontario museum, 100 queen’s pk (rom); tiff bell lightbox, reitman square, 350 king W (tiff). hotdocs.ca

fri 27-wed 2 – Hot Docs Canadian Inter-

other films thu 26-wed 2 –

Yawning to the runway Ierullo and his trusty seamstress, Susana Benavides, mounted his mammoth 300-piece extravaganza in 2010. But there are huge gaps. Who is this guy? Where was he trained? How could he suddenly afford to stage one of Canada’s largest-ever fashion shows? And, except for some tension over meeting the production deadline, there is zero conflict, even though you can practically smell it in the air. Show designer – as distinct from fashion designer – Paul Langill has the kind of ego tailor-made (ahem)

for a personality clash with nice guy Ierullo, yet it never happens. Instead, the focus is on Ierullo’s drive, his obsession with colour and craft – a sequence with a button manufacturer attests to his attention to authentic detail – and his harping on the cliché that you should only do what you love. If you’ve never seen what it takes to put on a fashion show, Material Success might intrigue. But it’s not exactly a grabber. Opens Friday (April 27) at the Projection Booth. See listings, this susan G. CoLe page.

thu 26-fri 27 – Facebook Follies. mon 30-wed 2 – Generation Boomerang.

the proJection booth

national film board

thu 26 – Battle Royale (2000) D: Kinji Fukasaku. Noon & 9:30 pm. Pink Ribbons (2011) D: Lea Pool. 2 pm. Once Upon A Time In Anatolia (2011) D: Nuri Bilge Ceylan. 4 pm. ReelHeArt Film Festival presents Land Gold Women (2011) D: Avantika Hari. 7:30 pm. $10. fri 27 – Material Success (2012) D: Jesse Mann. 7 pm. sat 28 – Material Success. 1 & 7:30 pm. Bruce Lee & Wei Lo X 2 Fist Of Fury Double Bill: The Chinese Connection (1972) and Big Boss (1971). 9 pm. sun 29-mon 30 – Material Success. 1 & 7:30 pm. tue 1 – Material Success. 3 & 7 pm. wed 2 – Material Success. 1 & 7 pm.

in (2012) D: Yony Leyser. 7 pm. Jean-Michel Basquiat: Radiant Child (2010) D: Tamra Davis. 9 pm. wed 2 – Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006) D: Ken Burns. 7 pm.

MATERIAL SUCCESS (Jesse Mann) Rating: nn Let’s put on a show! That’s what Mickey Rooney used to say in those iconic musicals he made with Judy Garland in the 30s. That same kind of enthusiasm drives Toronto-based fashion designer Bruno Ierullo as he prepares for his first runway presentation. Thing is, that energy and some good production values are about all Material Success has to offer. It’s a blow-by-blow account of how

150 John. 416-973-3012. nfb.ca/mediatheque

thu 26-wed 2 – 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. sat 28 – Feedback Film Festival. International short films. 7 pm. Free. RSVP wildsound. ca/torontofilmfestivals.html. wed 2 – Planet In Focus Green Screens presents The Clean Bin Project (2010) D: Grant Baldwin. 7 pm. $6. planetinfocus.org.

ontario science centre

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

thu 26 – To The Arctic. 11 am & 2 pm. Rocky Mountain Express. Noon. Under The Sea. 1 pm. fri 27 – To The Arctic. 11 am & 2 pm. Rocky Mountain Express. Noon. Under The Sea. 1 pm. sat 28 – To The Arctic. 11 am, 2, 4 & 8 pm. Rocky Mountain Express. Noon, 3 & 7 pm. Under The Sea. 1 pm. sun 29 – The Arctic. 11 am, 2 & 4 pm. Rocky Mountain Express. Noon & 3 pm. Under The Sea. 1 pm. mon 30-wed 2 – To The Arctic. 11 am & 2 pm. Rocky Mountain Express. Noon. Under The Sea. 1 pm.

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

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

thu 26 – Holocaust – Theresienstadt (2005).

6 pm. The Wonderful, Horrible Life Of Leni Riefenstahl (1993) D: Ray Müller. 7:30 pm. Victory Of Faith (1933) D: Leni Riefenstahl. 10:30 pm. sun 29 – Flicker (2008) D: Nik Sheehan. 9 pm. mon 30 – Mockery (1927) D: Benjamin Christensen. 7 pm. Svengali (1931) D: Archie Mayo. 9 pm. tue 1 – William S Burroughs: The Man With-

revue cinema

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

thu 26 – Epicure’s Revue: Mondovino (2005) D: Jonathan Nositer. 6:30 pm. ñ Monsieur Lazhar (2011) D: Philippe Falar-

deau. 9:30 pm. fri 27 – The Artist (2011) D: Michel Hazanavicius. 7 pm. Friends With Kids (2012) D: Jennifer Westfeldt. 9:15 pm. sat 28 – Karen Kane Dance School presents Night At The Museum (2006) D: Shawn Levy. 1:30 pm. Friends With Kids. 4 & 9:15 pm. The Artist. 7 pm. sun 29 – 40 Days At Base Camp (2011) D: Dianne Whelan. 1 pm. Silent Sundays: The Last Laugh (1924) D: FW Murnau. 4 pm. The Artist. 7 pm. Friends With Kids. 9:15 pm. mon 30 – 40 Days At Base Camp. 7 pm. Friends With Kids. 9:15 pm. tue 1-wed 2 – Check website for schedule.

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the royal 608 college. 416-534-5252. theroyal.to

thu 26 – Why Do Jamaicans Run So Fast? (2009) D: Miguel Galofré. 7 pm. ñ The Artist (2011) D: Michel Hazanavicius. 9:30 pm.

The CN Tower presents The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D. Continuous screenings daily 10 am-8 pm. 301 Front W. 416-868-6937, cntower.ca. thu 26-wed 2 – Casa Loma presents The Pellatt Newsreel (2006) D: Barbra Cooper, a film and permanent exhibit on the history of Casa Loma and Henry Pellatt. Daily screenings 10 am-4:30 pm. Included w/ admission. 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171, casaloma.org. thu 26 – The Italian Cultural Institute presents the Italian Contemporary Cinema film retrospective, screening Weddings And Other Disasters (2010) D: Nina di Majo. 7:30 pm. Free. Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence W. 416-921-3802 ext 221. iictoronto.esteri. it. The Ontario Institute for Studies In Education presents An Ecology Of Mind (2010) D: Nora Bateson, a portrait of anthropologist, philosopher, author and naturalist Gregory Bateson. 3:30 pm. Free. Discussion to follow with director and others. oise.utoronto.ca/ tps. fri 27 – Toronto Socialist Action Rebel Film Series presents Class Dismissed: How TV Frames The Working Class (2005) D: Loretta Alper. Discussion to follow. 7 pm. $4 donation. OISE, 252 Bloor W, room 2-212. 416535-8779. sat 28 – Carlton Cinema presents the Kathleen Turner Mini-Festival. Free ($5 suggested donation to YouthLink recommended). mirvish.com/films. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) D: Francis Ford Coppola. 1:15 pm. Romancing The Stone (1984) D: Robert Zemeckis. 4:15 pm. War Of The Roses (1989) D: Danny DeVito. 7 pm. Body Heat (1981) D: Lawrence Kasdan. 9:15 pm. Trans Film Screening Series presents Paper Dolls (2006) D: Tomer Heymann. 6:30 pm. Free. William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks. transfilmseries@gmail.com. sun 29 – Toronto Jewish Film Society presents Hungry Hearts (1922) D: E Mason Hopper. 4 & 7:30 pm. Silent film w/ live piano accompaniment by Jordan Klapman. $15, ages 18 to 35 $10 (7:30 pm screening only). MNJCC Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina. 416924-6211 ext 606, mnjcc.org. mon 30 – Miles Nadal JCC presents Media Mondays, a lecture by Adam Nayman on The Films Of Stanley Kubrick with clips from The Killing (1956) and Paths Of Glory (1957). 7 pm. $90 series, $12, stu $6. 750 Spadina. 416-924-6211 ext 606, mnjcc.org. wed 2 – Womens Healthy Environments Network presents Living Downstream: A Scientist’s Personal Investigation Of Cancer And The Environment (2010) D: Chanda Chevannes. 6 pm. Pwyc. Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina, suite 120. womenshealthyenvironments.ca. 3

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Titanic (eOne, 2012) D: Jon Jones, w/ Linus Roache, Geraldine Somerville. Rating: NNNN; DVD package: NNN In this four-part miniseries about the Titanic’s doomed maiden voyage, a dozen intertwining stories spanning the full range of passengers and crew combine to paint a picture of British society in 1912. There are romances, rivalries, marriage troubles and crime, all embedded in the British class system. Playing the same scenes from different perspectives in different episodes builds complexity and keeps the stories fresh. Each episode ends with a character in peril as the disaster progresses, until the fourth takes us through the entire nightmare. The effects sequences are convincing rather than gaudy. The cast is restrained, realistic and uniformly excellent, notably Geraldine Somerville as the Countess of Manton, a woman so cocooned in unconscious privilege that she can barely move. The Titanic wasn’t the only colossal White Star ship to sink. Check out the extras for a look at the fate of the Britannic. EXTRAS Commentary, two making-of docs, Titanic and sister ships doc. English audio and subtitles.

Maria Doyle Kennedy (centre) and Toby Jones (right) fight for their lives in Titanic.

Contraband (Universal, 2012) D: Baltasar Kormákur, w/ Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale. Rating: NNN; Blu-ray package: NN Along with a fun look at the tricks of the smuggler’s trade, Contraband offers the incidental pleasures of excellent views of Panama, non-tourist New Orleans and life aboard a working freighter. Retired smuggler Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) has signed on to the ship because his brother-in-law screwed up and owes big money to dope dealer Briggs (Giovanni Ribisi). Things go wrong in Panama and at home, where Farraday has long-time buddy Sebastian (Ben Foster) minding the store. Director Baltasar Kormákur builds excitement and believability with incamera stunts, multi-camera set-ups and gritty real locations. Wahlberg and the rest of the cast fit right in with their unforced blue-collar toughness. Ribisi and Foster are especially effective, the former bringing affect-free ease to his laid-back dad and homicidal thug, the latter plagued by anxiety

behind his cheery competence. Amid their commentary’s typical production stories, Kormákur and producer Evan Hayes have a few things to say about the merging of art and entertainment. EXTRAS Commentary, making-of doc, stunt doc, deleted scenes. English, French, Spanish audio and subtitles.

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ance, 2011) D: Lawrence Silverstein, w/ Sean Faris, Danny Dyer. Rating: NN; DVD package: NNNN This is not a good movie by normal standards. The acting, script and direction are mediocre at best. But it’s packed to the brim with freerunning, which makes it watchable if you like that sort of thing. Personally, I do. You might have seen freerunning, also called parkour, in the foot chase just after the credits in Casino Royale. The real-life sport treats the urban environment as a jungle gym, displaying some of the bodies-in-motion grace of old-school kung fu. The micro-budget filmmaking helps that along by making

it clear that we’re watching real people perform amazing feats in real time. The story involves a billionaire criminal who kidnaps a gang of freerunners, fits them with exploding collars and forces them to race across Cleveland so his depraved buddies can place bets. There’s also a heroine in peril and masked ninjas to make sure the right runner wins. All of this provide comic relief and helps keep the pace up. The sport and runners Ryan Doyle, Tony Vo and John Bernecker are all over the five docs in the extras package, where you learn that it’s done mostly without safety wires. There’s also an intro to Ninja, a fun game you can play with your friends. But you’ll find better freerunning in District 13 and its sequel, District 13 Ultimatum. EXTRAS Making-of doc, stunts doc, bloopers, Ninja game doc, freerunning footage. English, French audio. English subtitles.

The Wicker Tree (Anchor Bay, 2010) D: Robin Hardy, w/ Brittania Nicol, Henry Garrett. Rating: N; Blu-ray package: NN If you’ve seen the original Wicker Man, you know exactly where this is going,

so getting there needs to be more than half the fun. Sadly, that’s not the case. Where the original offered taut suspense and a shocking climax, this spin-off ambles along with comedy, lots of music and some sex but no tension whatsoever. This time, the outsiders who stumble into the Scottish village of happy pagans with a dark secret are a pair of born-again Christian evangelists. They’re young, in love and sworn to chastity until marriage. That doesn’t last. Music and scenery provide more viewing pleasure than acting and story, though Honeysuckle Weeks is fun as the lovely Lolly, and Christopher Lee shows up for a cameo. Robin Hardy, who directed the 1973 original and wrote as well as directed this one, points out in the extras that this is not a horror movie. It isn’t much of anything else either. EXTRAS Making-of doc, deleted scenes. English, Spanish audio and subtitles. 3 movies@nowtoronto.com

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Give hookups respect Is It possIble for a hookup to turn

into a relationship? Hoping One Person Enters A hookup is a relationship, HOPE. It may be a short-term relationship, but it’s a relationship regardless. And, yes, a short-term hookup can turn into a long-term relationship, HOPE, but not if you’re treating your hookups like shit (because they’re only hookups!) and not if you’re willing to let the people you hook up with treat you like shit (because you’re only a hookup). Treat your hookups like people you might actually see again – like human beings with human feelings, not just human holes and/or poles – and you might actually see them again. You might even wind up in a long-term relationship. Now, sometimes people hook up with strangers precisely because they wanna have sex with someone they don’t know and don’t expect to see again. And that’s not always a bad idea – having sex with someone who you don’t expect to see again can be very liberating. A girl who can’t let herself go with a guy she’s dating – maybe she fears being slut- or nymphoshamed by a boyfriend – will grind the dick off a hookup. And it can be easier to ask someone you don’t expect to see again to do something kinky. Say a straight boy has always wanted a girl to put him in her panties and peg his ass. He could ask a girlfriend to do that for him, sure, but the stakes are higher. What if

she freaks out and dumps him, and blabs to her friends – and his – about why she dumped him? People who divide the fuckable world into those they care about (and can’t open up to sexually) and those they don’t care about (and can open up to sexually but won’t date) wind up having awesome sex with people they don’t know and lousy sex with people they marry. That’s not a good strategy for anyone interested in a successful – and sexually fulfilling – longterm relationship. So here’s what you should do, HOPE: Be uninhibited with your hookups while treating them like people you might actually see again and insist on being treated that way in return. Don’t hook up with people who treat you like shit; don’t treat the people you hook up with like shit. Even if you know you’re not going to see someone again – maybe this is not someone you would date, or circumstances (business trip, European vacation, spring break, etc) are such that you couldn’t date this person even if you wanted to – treat your hookups with kindness, respect and gratitude. Finally, HOPE, some people treat hookups like shit – only after they’ve come, natch – because they want their hookups to understand that they’re not interested in a relationship. That’s not just assholery, assholes, it’s completely unnecessary assholery. If someone was kind enough to suck your dick or fuck your brains out – if someone hooked up with your ass – a little kindness and consideration isn’t too much to ask. If you’re worried that your hookup might misinterpret “kindness and consideration” for “I want to be with you forever,” tell them – gently and directly – that you’re not interested in a relationship.

Say no to incompatibility straIght guy here. for the fIrst tIme in my life I’m with someone who understands how much my work is a part of who I am. (I travel for research and come home and agonize over writing it up.) We have a caring and affectionate relationship. She told me at the start that she’s never had an orgasm and doesn’t believe

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Since an honest open relationship is off the table, STUCK, I’m gonna urge you to DTMFA. (I’m not saying your girlfriend is an MF – heavens no – but DTMFA is the term of art around here.) I’m thinking you’ll have an easier time getting a girl who likes sex to understand how important your work is to you than you’ll have getting this girl to understand how important sex is to you. You and your current girlfriend simply aren’t sexually compatible, STUCK, and sexual compatibility matters when you’re picking a sex partner. Duh. DTMFA.

that you know he’s into it, you want to squirt for him. Stop thinking about him, WSID, and start thinking about yourself. You trained your body not to come when you were with your boyfriend, and it’s going to take some time to undo that training. But if you can squirt when you masturbate alone, WSID, you can squirt with your boyfriend. And here’s how you can get there: Masturbate with your boyfriend in the house but not in your room. Then do it with him in the room but not in the bed with you – and, hey, put a blindfold on him if you’re selfconscious about him watching you. Then masturbate with him in the bed with you blindfolded. Then masturbate with him in the bed with you not blindfolded. Then masturbate with him in the bed and not blindfolded and touching you, then with him in the bed holding you, then with him in the bed helping you. Relax, enjoy, have fun, and you’ll get there, WSID, I promise.

Relax and you’ll squirt

All of us learn with age

in masturbation. I knew then that the sex would be vanilla, but I didn’t realize that a year later it would be more vanilla and less frequent. I’m going out of my mind. In the early months we discussed open relationships. Her view was that she wasn’t interested but if I cheated it would be fine as long as she never found out. At the time, it sounded like a trap; now it sounds like an option. Help. Sex Too Underwhelming Can’t Kontinue

I am a gIrl, an d I am stuck. my boy-

friend and I have been dating for nine months, and I only recently told him I can squirt. When we would have sex before, I would tell him to stop before I came because I didn’t want to squirt. Now that he knows, he thinks it’s really hot that I can and wants me to do it. But I can’t seem to get to that point any more. I have a vibrator, and when I masturbate I can squirt no problem. But even with me, or him, stimulating my clit while having sex, I just can’t do it, and I don’t know why. What Should I Do? You should relax. I’m not saying you’ll squirt the next time you fuck your boyfriend if you can just relax, WSID, but you’ll get there sooner if you relax about whether or not you’re squirting. And let’s remember why you weren’t squirting with the boyfriend: you were worried that he might react negatively or think it was gross. Not squirting was something you were doing for him. Now

the advIce you gave to tush – the gay

teenager worried because he and his boyfriend weren’t any good at gay sex – isn’t exclusive to the gay young’uns. Most of us don’t start with the discipline of practice and communication often required for mutually successful sex. My first attempts, as a virgin male with a virgin female, were hilariously awkward. Nothing worked, nothing fit. Fifteen years later, with a combined 30 years of experience, we hooked up again for one of our best-ever sexual encounters. Please let the gay kids know they’re not at all alone in this crazy game of sex. Like anything worthwhile, it takes time and effort and practice to get good at it. Only Learning Doth Make A Notch Thanks for sharing, OLDMAN. Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger.com/savage. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter

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