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email letters@nowtoronto.com Let’s get back to pedalling i thoroughly enjoyed joshua errett’s piece on the politicization of cycling in Toronto under the Ford administration (NOW, May 24-30). But whoever wrote the cover headline for your bike issue clearly neglected to read Errett’s article. An homage to Gil Scott-Heron’s cultural-reference-drenched [song] of (almost) the same name, The Revolution Will Not Be Motorized contradicts Errett’s argument that “making cycling a political choice deters riders.” Yes, we bikers still face the aftershock of Don Cherry’s famous

“pinkos” blast, but instead of once again crying “fascist pig,” can’t we just get back to pedalling? Laura Wilson Toronto

Bike spending a lane drain thanks for a pretty good sec tion on biking, including favourable mentions of Bloor bike lanes (NOW, May 24-30). But besides your chiding of Cycle Toronto, we need a more substantive and cynical analysis of our bike politics. The Ford administration’s bike scheme touts $30 million for off-road paths, but that is all subject to annual approval. The average cost of each

kilometre of path is $1 million, which could create 40 kilometres of on-road bike lanes. Ninety per cent of commuting cyclists won’t get much real benefit from all this spending, if it occurs. And remembering Jenna Morrison would mean mentioning that the city dropped Sterling Road, where she was killed, from its suggested bike routes on this year’s bike map. Gee, what changed? Hamish Wilson Toronto

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Why do Toronto cops need a union when they’ve got Bill Blair?

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G20 blame not Bill Blair’s it’s no surprise that julian fantino’s name doesn’t appear in the OIPRD report on G20 police abuses (NOW, May 2430). I suspect that Stephen Harper’s name doesn’t appear in it in a critical way either, yet it is Harper who stuck it to Toronto by ignoring calls not to hold the G20 in downtown Toronto. The resulting police abuses are an accurate reflection of his style of gov ernment. Ted Turner Toronto

Boss Blair’s brand of justice billy boy blair knows all about law but absolutely nothing about jus tice. Why do Toronto cops need a union when they have Boss Blair? Charles Diltz Toronto

What revolution looks like what are we to make of 100 days of mayhem in Montreal (NOW, May 2430)? Coddled kids with a mistaken sense of entitlement? Yes, there’s some of that. But if it were just that the strike would have fizzled long ago.

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there to lend a hand, but I could just as easily have been on my own – and I was very appreciative of all who stopped to help. Since the fantastic paramedics at East York General picked me up (hair line fracture of the hip), I have been hobbling around on one crutch, and it never ceases to amaze me how kind people are. Thank you, fellow Toronto nians. Sandra Kennedy Toronto

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The idea of free education, which has deep philosophical and political roots in Québec? Okay. But does it run deep enough to pull thousands of young Québecois into the streets week after week? Ahha! The unions have hijacked the demonstrations. Dial down the diatribes for a bit and what do the streets of Montreal look like? They look like Toronto or Se attle during the G20. They look like Occupy Wall Street. We say we want the young engaged in the political process. But they’re young. Why are we surprised they engage in a way we don’t approve of? David McLaren Neyaashiinigmiing, ON

Two faces of gay extremism in homophobia extremism, let ter writer J. Kraken says we should just let the mayor be about his deci sion not to attend Pride (NOW, May 2430). The mayor of any city with a large

gay population attends the local Pride parade if he has any kind of feeling for being mayor of all the cit izens. It’s no different than attending the St. Patrick’s Day parade. That Ford doesn’t think so is a mark of his immaturity and ignorance, the kind that manifests itself as homo phobia. He may just be starting to learn what being a mayor is all about. But does Kraken think his own sexuality is a “lifestyle” or a “belief”? I doubt it. Yet this writer has the nerve to compare people who just want mainstream acceptance to reli gious extremists? If you’re looking for an intolerant extremist, buddy, look no further than the face in your mirror. John Kneeland Toronto NOW welcomes reader mail. Address letters to: NOW, Letters to the Editor, 189 Church, Toronto, ON M5B 1Y7. Send e-mail to letters@nowtoronto.com and faxes to 416-364-1166. All correspondence must include your name, address and daytime phone number. Letters may be edited for length.

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The now annual SlutWalk, on parade up University to Queen’s Park on Friday, May 25, offered up some cheeky political messages. More pics and coverage at nowtoronto.com.

Barometer Black Out Speak Out thousands of Canadians will darken their websites monday (june 4) in a symbolic protest against federal government attempts to silence environmental groups and charities through Bill 38. learn more at blackoutspeakout.ca.

Federal Ndp a forum Poll conducted for the right-wing national Post shows the country on a leftward slant. it suggests the nDP would form a minority government if an election were held right now. heavens.

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Human Resources Minister Diane Finley says she’s “Connecting Canadians With Available [read low-paying] Jobs.” Some conservative pundits opined that the changes to EI don’t go far enough. The Sun is pushing the cockamamie idea of privatizing EI. Laughable... except with the current gang in Ottawa.

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layoffs anounced this week in the editorial departments at Postmedia newspapers may be just the beginning of the bloodletting. Company Ceo Paul Godfrey, attempting to put a positive spin on the cuts and cessation of publication of the Sunday editions at three papers, explained the moves as part of a shift to online content. But the memo sent to montreal Gazette staff by publisher alan allnutt makes it clear that the cutting isn’t over. he relates the decline in print advertising here to what’s happened in the u.S., where a number of prominent papers have gone under. and suggests postmedia may be forced to follow the lead of the 175-year-old times-picayune in new orleans, which recently announced it will publish just three times a week. it’s a troubling turn for postmedia. in the last year, prominent scribes andrew Coyne and Christie Blatchford were brought back into the fold to pump its editorial content. CWa Canada, the union representing the corporation’s workers at the ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette and regina leader post, issued a statement this week saying the only way the chain can turn its finances around is by investing in quality journalism, not cutting jobs. too late for that.

We want to make sure the McDonald’s of the world aren’t having to bring in temporary foreign workers to do the jobs that Canadians who are on EI have the skills to do.

fire Station 315, the College Street landmark where firefighters have hung their hoses (no pun here) in the clock tower for 134 years, was a popular stop for the kiddies during last weekend’s Doors open. More pics from the annual architectural tour at nowtoronto.com.

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his lifestyle – including getting out of his car, now a political no-no – if he’s ever going to slim down. But, personality-wise, he’s a terrible weight loss candidate. The essential characteristic of a successful dieter is discipline, and the mayor doesn’t have any. Given that he can’t contain his anger or commit to mayor-related tasks he doesn’t like – which is why he spends most of his time gabbing on the phone with constituents – should we be surprised that he’s having trouble resisting immediate gratification in pursuit of longterm rewards? When you watch Ford at his final weigh-in on June 18 – if he shows up – you may see a bloated guy with a bloated ego who gets what he deserves when he fails the weight-loss test. Me? I see a very sad fat boy shamed by his pushy brother into a project doomed to fail. susanc@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontonews

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in Toronto get their way, it’s these computerized hustlers they’ll be depending on to rake in the profits. Slot machines, with their flashing lights and dizzying array of sounds, aren’t just a big part of casinos’ allure; they’re huge money makers. They’re also the biggest culprits associated with problem gambling. Slots have come a long way since the days of the one-armed bandit. Today’s high-tech machines are designed to deliver a gambling fix every few seconds, loaded with enough sensory triggers to literally mess with your head and keep you glued to the screen until you’ve blown all your cash. Critics don’t call them the crack cocaine of gambling for nothing. By ENZO DiMATTEO REELING ’EM IN It’s slots where OLG is hoping to cash in big time with its plan to “modernize” gaming in Ontario, based on the belief that the GTA market is underserved by slots compared to other provinces. OLG is contemplating putting as many as 5,000 in a GTA-area casino. Call it easy pickings. Almost 70 per cent of revenue from slots in Ontario comes from problem gamblers.

THE SOUND AND THE FURY These babies are built to tease. Makers are now recruiting video game developers to design slots that deliver a fast-paced intravenous drip of excitement. There is no down time.

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The action is meant to be non-stop, with spins every three to six seconds. That’s 10 spins a minute, or 600 an hour. The accompanying cacophony of sounds – up to 400 different ones per game compared to 15 in the 90s – offers positive reinforcement and encourages players to bet more. No negative sounds accompany a loss; the machine just goes quiet.

STACKING THE ODDS Slots are supposed to be random number generators, but the odds of winning a big jackpot are stacked against players. They’re computercontrolled, which means they’re programmable.

The gambling industry denies the fix is in, but researchers at the University of Waterloo, using information from an FOI request, discovered as part of a 2009 study that reels on machines can be manipulated, “starved” or “weighted,” to come up in certain sequences. Their findings: players lose 95 per cent of the time. Researchers also discovered that different machines pay out winnings at different rates, so your chances of winning may go up and down depending on which machine you’re sitting at.

THE ILLUSION OF CONTROL There is no skill involved. And there’s no influencing the outcome, as in card games. That’s what makes slots seem non-threatening. In reality, though, the contraptions are configured to spit out enough “near misses” or “near wins” – up to 12 times as often, in fact – to create the illusion that the next spin is yours to win. It’s what researchers call the “aw, shucks effect.”

MESSING WITH BRAIN CHEMISTRY Near misses and near wins, studies show, really get the gambling juices flowing, activating the same areas of the brain aroused by winning. In experiments involving novice gamblers who weren’t even playing with their own money, heart rates went up and palms got sweaty at the prospect that the next spin would be the big one.

THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT COIN Other studies have shown that near misses and near wins also cause frustration. But that doesn’t necessarily mean a player will walk away. On the contrary. For problem gamblers, the feeling of frustration is just as arousing as winning. They continue to play anyway to “escape this aversive state.”

LOSSES DISGUISED AS WINS The modern slot machine allows a player to place more than one

bet at a time. A player may wager, say, $5 and end up “winning” $2 back, which adds up to a loss. The slot, though, will produce the sounds associated with a win. This negative reinforcement is known as “losses disguised as wins,” or LDWs. Slots entice players with enough small wins and LDWs to keep them playing till they’re broke, aka the “gambler’s ruin scenario.” Researchers found LDWs happen 60 per cent of the time.

DISTRACTIONS NAME OF THE GAME Taking your attention away from the ticker counting your losses at the bottom of the screen is one reason slot machines offer so many visual distractions. When your gaze does go there, you could be confused about how much money you’re actually playing with, since the amount is usually expressed in “credits,” not dollars. 3 enzom@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontonews SourceS: Responses To Wins, Losses And Near-Misses In Slot Machine Play, Mike J. Dixon, Kevin A. Harrigan, Michelle Jarick, Vance MacLaren, Jonathan A. Fugelsang and emily Sheepy Addictive Gameplay: What Casual Game Designers Can Learn From Slot Machine Research, Kevin A. Harrigan, Karen collins, Michael J. Dixon, Jonathan Fugelsang Losses Disguised As Wins In Modern Multi-line Video Slot Machines, Mike J. Dixon, Kevin A. Harrigan, rajwant Sandhu, Karen collins and Jonathan A. Fugelsang

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Quebec protesters have reminded us how much we’ve lowered our expectations By ALICE KLEIN dear quebec re-sisters and brothers: What an awesomely inventive laboratory of political resistance you have built. Thanks for taking the struggle against inequality and austerity to a new level and helping the rest of us see what’s really going on. Of course, looking back, La Belle Province has pointed the way for a good long time, including its Orange Crush rebellion that vaulted the NDP into official opposition. And now it has outdone itself. The Casseroles have taken their demand for accessible education and against tyranny (aka Law 78) to the whole world. They have won a laurel wreath from the global “spring” of people’s movements and affirmed the continued ability of these uprisings to confound the powers that be. We’ve seen how once this publicspirited genie gets out of the bottle, heads do roll. For his own sake, I hope Jean Charest is preparing for career change. But the ambition of this upsurge goes far beyond that goal. Lucky for us in the ROC (rest of Canada), and particularly here in Ontario, where we share economic woes. We have a lot to gain from courting the powerful spirit that has sustained this amazing outpouring, because we have been losing ground for decades. Let’s admit the obvious. In progressive matters, we are a little slower than our frères et soeurs. And there are reasons for this even beyond culture and history.

We have neo-liberal psychological baggage. We have suffered from Quebec envy for many years. Cheap tuition, cheap daycare – there’s a list. “We gave it up, so what’s their problem?” Envy messes with our heads and clouds our thinking. It makes us small and stupid and easy to control. It took months of striking and pots a-clanging to clear the bullshit. But thanks to Quebecers’ ability to sustain the action, we got the

time we needed to untangle our own disordered thoughts. Of course, Quebec’s lower tuition fees are not what’s wrong with the education picture in Canada. The debt burden our post-secondary system imposes on students here in Ontario is the problem, and the Quebec example is actually the solution. If Canada as a whole has grown in affluence over the last three decades, which it has, why is our country less able to afford to educate its young? And what really makes no sense is the way wealth creation is increasingly showered exclusively on the very, very rich. Come on. That’s a travesty for 99.9 per cent of us. The numbers tell a very clear story. Quebec students and friends are not suffering from a psychology of over-entitlement. Rather, the passivity of the rest of us is reflecting some weird self-esteem deficit. Quebec’s pot-bangers are sending Canada a loud message to awaken to our own self-worth and confidence in the future. These times are calling us to abandon our smallminded, narrow selves. This uprising is our opportunity to nourish new dreams for the future with wishes grand enough to serve our true hearts’ desires and those of generations to come. It’s time to pick up our pots and create some new rhyme and reason in this land of ours. 3 alice@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontonews

STRANDING STUDENTS Average tuition in Quebec: $2,500 Average in rest of Canada: $5,000 Average in Ontario: $6,307 Tuition as a percentage of total university and college revenue has doubled, from 10 per cent to 21 Quebec’s tuition hike: $325 a year for the next five years (amended to seven years), totalling a $1,625 increase BENEFITS OF LOW OR NO TUITION Average student debt in Quebec: $13,000 Average student debt in the ROC: $26,000 Percentage of Canadian youth in post-secondary education: 74 Percentage of Quebec youth in post-secondary ed: 83 Cost of free ed in Quebec: less than 1 per cent of the government’s budget For every $1,000 fee hike: proportion of poor students drops by 19 per cent YOUTH TAKES A HIT Total student debt in Canada, including private loans: $20 billion Youth unemployment: 14 to 20 per cent Percentage of students defaulting on government loans: 14 Percentage of Canadians 20 to 24 living with parents: 73 Percentage 25 to 29 living with parents: 33 per cent

JUST FIGURING Cost of F-35 fighter jets over 20 years: $25 bil Cost of wiping out Canada’s student debt: $20 billion sources: statistics Canada, institute de re cherche d’informations socioeconomiques, Canadian Federation of students, Canadian association of University teachers, Canadian Centre for Policy alternatives, Conference board of Canada, escalator to the bottom

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there have to be enough units to jus tify their cost. I’ve seen many good little developments with commercial units for stores at grade and three to four apartment units rejected be cause they can’t offer places for cars. The cost of providing parking contri butes to making midsize buildings difficult to justify economically. This seems to contradict the City Plan, which envisions four to six storey buildings along most major roads, increasing density without throwing our streets into shade. The problem: the building lots lining most of these roads are narrow and shallow, so providing parking behind

or underground is impractical, mak ing midrises almost impossible to build. Indeed, the relative lack of this kind of modest densification on main streets is in part a direct conse quence of parking favouritism. Blame parking as well for limiting the green canopy the city is desper ate to foster: large underground gar ages are covered by too little soil to allow anything other than shrubs to thrive. Parking also affects our ability to make intelligent public transport de cisions. Fulfilling its free parking mandate forces GO Transit to spend hundreds of millions on expensive

multilevel garages instead of expand ing services. Simply keeping these structures in good repair will require twice as much as the annual $650 by which the government subsidizes each Metropass holder. Imagine if the TTC had $40,000 (the cost of a constructing one parking space) worth of capital dollars to attract each new rushhour rider. The mayor’s subway vision would be easily financed by such a sum, which shows how crazy subsidizing parking really is. There’s no question that free or cheap parking is one of the largest in hibitors of transit use. That’s why many cities, like Vancouver, have ap plied a parking tax that brings in rev enue to help boost transit alternatives and makes transit competitive. And imagine what Toronto would look like if we removed onstreet park ing on streets like King or Queen and put some of it underground, as they do in Europe. Then we could easily cre ate segregated public transit lanes without affecting vehicle traffic cap acity, and/or build segregated bike lanes. In Montreal, streets are expanded in summer to accommodate larger patios and sitting space, and mer chants actually ring up more sales; more people come to these neighbour hoods although there are fewer spots for cars. In Bordeaux, France, and other European cities, parking that clogged beautiful medieval squares was re moved (some put underground) and the public spaces became vibrant once again. While parking is important for some kinds of commercial devel opment, increasing delivery options can offer shoppers the same level of convenience. Studies already show that in most of our onstreet retail districts, like King, Queen, Dundas, Bloor and Col lege, 70 per cent or more of shoppers come by foot, public transit and bike. It seems logical that businesses should try to improve conditions for the ma jority of their customers, not the min ority. Other studies have shown that up wards of 10 to 20 per cent of traffic ca pacity in commercial districts with onstreet parking consists of cars driv ing around looking for a spot. That’s a lot of wasted street capacity and shows why dealing with parking intelligent ly is critical to managing congestion. New York City and San Francisco, among other cities, are starting to in stall magnetic sensors that detect whether a parking spot is occupied. This info is fed to an app that allows people to quickly find a place. In San Francisco, the system adjusts the price of a spot to encourage turnover, which is better for merchants; it gets more customers in and out and applies the principle of supply and demand to ac curately price parking. Parking is a very sensitive matter, and finding consensus on it can be a challenge. But the wrong decisions mean our streets will be increasingly choked by traffic. It’s time to show some courage. 3 news@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontonews

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Where will your next meal come from if disaster strikes the city? By WAYNE ROBERTS a tsunami is a terrible thing to waste. That’s why Japanese ag experts and Toronto public health leaders had a sit-down May 16 and 17 to discuss what we can learn about disaster prep from the catastrophic events in Japan. Hosted by U of T’s Food Policy Research Initiative, the symposium at the Munk School of Global Affairs on Devonshire explored how cities can keep residents from going hungry during prolonged emergencies. But after listening to the discussion, I’m starting to doubt that, given a crisis of similar magnitude to Japan’s, we’d fare as well. Last year’s violent earthquake and tsunami killed over 15,000 people in that country, Yoko Niiyama of Kyoto University told the room. Niiyama, who helped design government communication strategies, explained that the calamity precipitated everything from the destruction of farmland by seawater and a nuclear horror show to skepticism about official info, especially in relation to food. This mistrust was “quite revolutionary for Japan,” she said. People didn’t accept government recommendations on what was edible, and insisted on info so they could make their own decisions. How would this scenario play out here, I wondered. We do have a City of Toronto Emergency Plan, supposedly prepared to deal with everything from severe weather to health emergencies and bomb threats. Our city is of course safe from tsunamis and isn’t in an earthquake zone. But in other ways we’re not so fortunate. We’ve got nearby nuke operations and gas plants, but our greatest vulnerability, as we learned during SARS, is infectious diseases. That’s what we get for being an international crossroads – as in one passenger plane away from disaster. Compounding these disadvantages is a food system ill suited to weathering disaster. Monopolized

agriculture and just-in-time delivery (warehouses store about three days of food in T.O.) will not serve us if ever we face a quarantine preventing U.S. trucks from arriving or causing mass absenteeism in the food retail workforce. But there’s little indication that governments see the potential dangers in long-distance eating. Compare this to what Japan went into its emergency with. The food system there, the focus of radiation concern, is marked by personalized and cooperative relations. Rice, unlike wheat and corn, is best grown on small family farms spread across the country, and as ag prof Motoki Akitsu told the symposium, there is a widespread gift-based culture of presenting rice to family and friends. As well, he points out that about a fifth of Japanese households belong to one of almost 2 million cooperatives selling produce. Women lead most co-ops and also run almost 17,000 small-scale food processing and sales companies that flourish at over 16,000 farmers’ markets. These have prospered thanks to the isolation of mountainous areas, said Sumiko Abe of the Japan Food Systems Research Association. The female ser vice culture reinforces personal commitment to customers It’s this transparency and direct relationship with consumers that sustained trust during the concern over food poisoning. People were able to trace their food to its source. We have nothing like it in our psychologically distant and corporate food system. If a disaster struck, we would have minimal ability to get basic information on the origins of or residues on our edibles. Even retailers often have no clue, since legislation doesn’t exist and there is no necessary relationship between what’s written on the box and what’s inside it, or where its many ingredients and additives hail from. Unlike Canada’s ag departments, the Japanese government backs local foods. Kyoto boasts 41 specialty vegetables. The country’s ag department has pushed for half the calories eaten to be grown or fished in Japan. The key to the success of the Japanese emergency response in the worst of times, I thought as I left this symposium, is the preparation built into the system in the best of times.

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com). And Vancouvermade Tonic Lifestyle Apparel offers a mix of both conventional and eco threads. (The eco line is made of Oeko-Tex-certified bamboo, which means it won’t off-gas weird chems, organic cotton and 5 per cent spandex (Mytonic.ca). Quebecmade Respecterre whips up all sorts of outfits for men and women out of organic fair trade cot ton, hemp and rayon from bamboo or greener Tencel from eucalyptus (respecterre.com). T.O.-made Squeezed has pretty yoga pants and camis, all with designs silkscreened using water-based inks, made of organic cotton with a little spandex (squeezed.ca). Victoriabased Salts Organic has several styles of yoga capris, leggings, Ts and more made of organic cotton and rayon from bamboo (saltsorganic.com). Want a little more hippie in your activewear? Try Maha Devi Design. (mahadevidesign.com). Another Canadian firm, EcoGear, makes some activewear out of recycled cotton and polyester, as well a JuteStyle line that uses viscose/rayon from fast-growing jute. Like bamboo rayon, jute rayon is chemical-intensive to make, but at least jute is a more sustainable material than petroleum (eco-gear.ca). Chartreusestyle.com carries a bunch of eco activewear made with organic cotton, recycled polyester or both from Ecogear and Blue Canoe. All of the above should help us end our sweaty love-in with petro-fibres and soothe our conscience next time we want to be at one with the earth while wearing yoga pants.

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pet sos gala (Pet SOS/Animal Wellness Fdn) Designs for pets and the home, a live auction and performances. 8 pm. $125. PawsWay, 245 Queens Quay W. gettickets.ca. race For KIDs KIcK-oFF (Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada) Corporate team challenge national kick-off event. 5 pm. Pledges. Yonge-Dundas Square. raceforkids.ca.

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ings, talks and panels with authors including Shalom Auslander, Michele Landsberg and Karen Levine plus launches, films, music, a book sale and more. Various prices, some events free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. kofflerarts.org. Jun 4 to 7 waterFront BlUes Outdoor concerts by Shakura S’Aida, the Lionel Young Band, Tad Robinson and others. Free. Woodbine Park, Lake Shore and Coxwell. waterfrontblues.ca. Jun 1 to 3 worlDwIDe short FIlm FestIval Short films from around the world, panels, a symposium and more. shorterisbetter.com. Jun 5 to 10

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InspIrato Festival of 10-minute commissioned plays, readings, workshops and more. $12. Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley. inspiratofestival.ca. Jun 1 to 10 rKorean Dano sprIng FestIval Traditional dance and music, arts & crafts, taekwando demos, food and more. Free. Christie Pits, 750 Bloor W. koreandanospringfestival.com. Jun 1 and 2 ryerson UnIversIty FIlm FestIval Films by the graduating film class of the School of Image Arts. TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King W. imagearts.ryerson.ca/ruff. Jun 2 to 4 sIlver screens arts FestIval Documentary films about journeys of discovery, plays, live jazz, panels, speakers and more. $15-$20. Various Ryerson venues. silverscreens.ca. May 31 to Jun 3 toronto FestIval oF clowns More than more than 100 sakes from Japan, Canada and the U.S. 6:30 pm. $75, adv $65. Distillery District Fermenting Cellar, 55 Mill. kampaitoronto.com.

BBreaKFast For BIKers Giving thanks to the meetIng place: trUth anD reconcIlIabicycle commuters with a free breakfast. 7-9 tIon toronto 2012 Conference on the interam. Rosedale United Church, 159 Roxborough. generational impacts of the Indian residential 416-489-2384. school system on First Nation peoples, with BUDget BIll town hall Discussion and Q&A speakers including AFN national chief Shawn on the Budget Implementation Act. 7 pm. Atleo. To Jun 2. $25-$50. Sheraton Centre, 123 Free. Cosburn United Church, 108 Greenwood. Queen W. Pre-register councilfire.ca. facebook.com/events/105219949617948. natUropathIc meDIcIne For epIlepsy LeccaFe scIentIFIqUe: epIgenetIcs Discussion on ture. 7 pm. Free. Big Carrot, 348 Danforth. whether we are more than the sum of our 416-466-2129. genes. 6:30 pm. Free. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 socIal enterprIse anD hoUsIng PresentaQueen W. 416-531-4635, gladstonehotel.com. tion by Options for Homes president Michel Forest conFlIcts Ivey Fdn program director Labbé. 6:30 pm. Free. Noor Cultural Centre, Tim Gray talks about the history, actors and 123 Wynford. noorculturalcentre.ca. power wielded in forest conflicts. 4 pm. $10. toronto Dance salsa amateUr competISustainability Network, 215 Spadina. PretIon Lesson, finals competition and social register sustainabilitynetwork.ca. dancing. 7 pm. Free. 6 Degrees, 2335 Yonge. the great FooD DeBate Discussion on the fine torontodancesalsa.ca/toronto-salsabalance between local, organic and sustaincompetition.php. able food by chef Brad Long and FoodShare’s women speaK oUt – graDUatIon Women Debbie Field. 6:30 pm. Free. Patagonia, 500 share stories of courage and hope. 1-5 pm. King W. Pre-register 416-861-1102. Free. City Hall Council Chambers, Queen and gUerIlla garDenIng Join others for planting Bay. Pre-register eventbrite.com/ in public spaces. 7 pm. Free. East end location. event/3498870215. guerillagardening.ca. InvestIng wIth pootentIal Info session on turning animal manure into renewable energy, with ZooShare Biogas Co-operative. 7 pm. Free. Metro 55 John. For haItI (From KRO 109Hall, Now Mag zooshare.ca. May31 V2 24/05/12FashIon 1:34 PM Page 1 Tents to Schools) A KampaI toronto – FestIval oF saKe Taste fashion show, with designs by Ambus Ngung,

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AdamLazarus(left)andPhilLuzi playtheTorontoFestivalofClowns. 100 clowns, bouffons and physical theatre performers, including Jayne Walling and Philippe Gaulier. $10. Pia Bouman School, 6 Noble. torontofestivalofclowns.com. May 31 to Jun 3 Baby LaLa and others, helps build schools in Haiti. 6:30 pm. $45. Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge. 647-309-5982.

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raBorIgInal month openIng celeBratIon Stories, music, dance and more. 1 pm.

Free. Spadina Library, 10 Spadina Rd. 416393-7666. Bloor west vIllage art toUr Self-guided tour of 20 local artist studios and galleries. Today 6-9 pm; tomorrow 11 am-5 pm. Free. arttour.info. enDIng the war In the wooDs Environment and Diversity Project open house, with info from various organizations. 1:45 pm. Free. Sustainability Network, 215 Spadina. Pre-register victor@sustainabilitynetwork. ca. FrIDay nIght lIve @ rom Light-hearted take on the True North, with hockey, curling and comedy. 6 pm. $9, stu $8. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. rom.on.ca/fridays. whoopI golDBerg Unique Lives & Experiences lecture by the comedian/author. 7:30 pm. $36. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. uniquelives.com. InJUreD worKers rally Rally to save our workers’ compensation system. 11 am-1 pm. Free. Queen’s Park. cookb@lao.on.ca. reel Blast Irish set dance weekend, with music by Inishowen and others, dancing and workshops. To Jun 3. $85. Dovercourt House

continuing art oF the DanForth Art displays, workshops, walking tours, and live music and dance. Free. Various venues and public spaces on Danforth between Greenwood and Woodbine. artofthedanforth.com. To Jun 10 (805 Dovercourt) and Christ the Saviour Church (823 Manning). set-dance.ca. toronto coIn expo Coin and bank note show. Today 10 am-5 pm; tomorrow 9 am-5 pm. $1-$9, under 16 free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontocoinexpo.ca.

Saturday, June 2

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polylIcIoUs (Polycultural Immigrant and

Community Svs) Fundraising foodie event. 5 pm. $100 and up. National Ballet School, 400 Jarvis. polycultural.org/polylicious. race For KIDs (Boys & Girls Clubs of Toronto) Urban adventure race with five teams competing. 2 pm. $10. St James Park, King and Jarvis. boysandgirlsclubsoftoronto.com.

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Architects walking tour of contemporary buildings related to art. 10 am. $20, stu/srs $15. torontoarchitecturetours.com. BBells on Bloor Day of active advocacy for bike lanes and pedestrain safety, finishing at Queen’s Park for the Cycle & Sole rally. Free. Departs High Park at 2 pm. bellsonbloor.org. BrBells on DanForth Family-friendly bike ride along the Danforth and Bloor to Queen’s Park. 1:30 pm. Free. East Lynn Park, 1949 Danforth. bellsondanforth.ca. BBells on yonge Group ride along the

Yonge Street corridor to Queen’s Park. 1 pm. Free. Duplex Parkette, Yonge and Lawrence. bellsonyonge.ca. cUltUre & campUs toUr Toronto Soc of Architects walking tour of musuems and cultural centres. 1:30 PM. $20, stu/srs $15. torontoarchitecturetours.com. Bcycle & sole Rally for more bike lanes and complete streets. Starts 1 pm from various locations, meeting at Queen’s Park at 3 pm for a rally. Free. cycleandsole.com. Docents gone wIlD Performance artists, thespians, drag queens and comedians lead guided performance tours of the hotel. 1 pm. $15. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

Bevergreen’s BIKe month pancaKe BreaKFast Pancake breakfast and bicycle

safety check. 8 am-noon. Free. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. ebw.evergreen. ca. g8 anD nato teach-In Science for Peace teach-in with Todd Gordon and others. 11 am-5 pm. Free. OISE, rm 2211, 252 Bloor W. spf@physics.utoronto.ca.

hIDDen treasUres In north roseDale – grey cUp eDItIon Heritage Toronto walk.

1:30 pm. Free. NE corner Beaumont and Glen Rd. 416-338-3886, heritagetoronto.org. parKDale commUnIty open hoUse Live music, performances, local food and tours of the soon-to-be-open West End Food Co-op. Free. Outdoor amphitheatre, Dufferin and Queen. westendfood.coop. the power oF IDeas conFerence Talks on how to turn a simple idea into something extraordinary, with Arlene Dickinson of Dragon’s Den and others. 2 pm. $40, yth $15. Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Broadcast Centre, 250 Front W. sipofoundation.com/ 2012tickets.html. rIverDale art walK Self-guided art celebration. Today and tomorrow 11 am-6 pm. Free. Jimmie Simpson Park, Queen and Booth. riverdaleartwalk.com.

rrom KIDs sleepover: ancIent cIvIlIzatIons Films and tours of the galleries of

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booSt Women’S bookStore There were over 120 women’s bookstores in North America 30 years ago. Now there may be 10, and Toronto is lucky to have one of them. For 38 years, the Toronto Women’s Bookstore has thrived on creative programming and community connection and shown amazing resilience under fire. Make sure it survives by supporting the Heroines Of The Sexual Gothic fundraiser, featuring a performance reading by The Western Light author Susan Swan backed by folk noir singers the Billie Hollies and hosted by funny lady Martha Chaves. Cocktails, too. Thursday,

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StorieS From the ramayana Symposium on

the different representations of the Sita in the Ramayana, with Menaka Thakkar and others. 3 pm. $10. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. menakathakkardanceorg. rtoronto Veggie Pride Parade Vegetarians march down Yonge for a party at Trinity Square. Noon-3:30 pm. Free. Yonge and Bloor. veggieprideparade.ca.

Sunday, June 3

Benefits

race For dignity (Dignitas) A spin-a-thon,

with entertainment and speakers, raises funds for people living with disease in Africa. 9 am-1 pm. Pledges, spectating free. Yonge-Dundas Square. ydsquare.ca. Bride For heart (Heart & Stroke Fdn) Cycle on a traffic-free Don Valley and help eliminate heart disease and stroke. $100-$150 in pledges. Pre-register rideforheart.ca.

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eglinton: montgomery and the rebellion oF 1837 Heritage Toronto walk. 10 am. Free.

Park at SW corner Eglinton and Oriole. 416338-3886, heritagetoronto.org. hidden gardenS and PriVate SPaceS Selfguided tour of 10 private gardens in Cabbagetown. 10 am-3 pm. $15. cabbagetownpa.ca. JameS richardS & SteVe reinke Conversation with the artists. 3 pm. Free. Power Plant, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. Sacred StoneS & SteePleS Guided ROM walk. 2 pm. Free. NE corner Church and King. 416586-8000, rom.on.ca.

toronto PeoPle With aidS 25th-anniVerSary launch Community members bring

personal stories of HIV and PWA. 3:30 pm. Free. 519 Church Community Centre. pwatoronto.org. toWerS tour Toronto Soc of Architects walking tour of tall buildings. 1:30 pm. $20, stu/srs $15. torontoarchitecturetours.com. World harmony run celebration Stories, music and meditation welcome the arriving runners. 2 pm. Free. 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture and the Arts. worldharmonyrun.org.

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globalization and Film and media StudieS

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Talk by film scholar Patrice Petro. 4 pm. Free. Nat Taylor Cinema, York U North 102 Ross Bldg, 4700 Keele. yorku.ca/finearts/summerinstitute-in-film-2012. iain gardner The director/animator talks about his work. Pwyc. NFB Mediatheque, 150 John. 416-973-3012, tais.ca.

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Orange and Barry Lyndon, and lecture by film critic Adam Nayman. 7 pm. $12, stu $6. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Bloor W. 416-924-6211. rJunie b JoneS Live performance with the author of Stupid Smelly Bus Tour. 7 pm. Free. Indigo Yorkdale, Dufferin and Hwy 401. chapters.indigo.ca.

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tory budget diSaSter

It’s really diabolical how the Tories have wrapped so many country-wrecking changes in their budget bill and shortcircuited full parliamentary debate. Count among these items corporate tax cuts, rewriting of enviro law, raising the age for Old Age Security and much more bad stuff. Hear the full story from the NDP’s newest elected MP, Craig Scott, tonight (Thursday, May 31), 7 pm. Free. Cosburn United Church, 1108 Greenwood. craigscott.ndp.ca.

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Join the joyous Bells On Bloor ride to lucie arnaz Unique Lives & Experiences lecture by the actor. 7:30 pm. $36. Roy Thomson Hall, 60 Simcoe. uniquelives.com. rnatiVe Singing and dancing – the im-

Portance oF culture Aboriginal Month celebration with First Nations song and dance, and a discussion on language and culture preservation. 2 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. torontopubliclibrary.ca. oPen draWing Life drawing from the model. 6:30 pm. $9. Ralph Thornton Centre, 765 Queen E. donriverdwgsessions@hotmail.ca. Btoronto high Park bicycle club Weekend trip and membership sign-up night. 7:309 pm. Free. Mountain Equipment Co-op, 400 King W. torontohpbc.ca. tramPoline hall Mini lectures curated by Steve Kado, hosted by Misha Glouberman. 8 pm. $5-$6. Garrison, 1197 Dundas W. trampolinehall.net.

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glam! cancer can Sux it edition (Pat McFarlane Cancer Research Fdn) Evening of comedy and singing with Sara Hennessey, John Hastings and others. 8:30 pm. $10. Supermarket, 268 Augusta. glamcabaret.blogspot.com.

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cheer on the tranSit oF VenuS Watch the planet Venus pass in front of the Sun through transit-viewing glasses and solar telescopes. 5:30 pm. Free. Varsity Centre, S side of Bloor 1 block E of St George. universe.toronto.ca/ special/transit2012. diVing into ecStaSy (tantric Sex) All-genders workshop. 7-10 pm. $33. Good for Her, 175 Harbord. Pre-register 416-588-0900. don’t haVe a coW: hoW eating Veg can SaVe the Planet Toronto Vegetarian Assoc

workshop on making delicious, plant-based meals. 6:30 pm. Free. Richview Library, 1806 Islington. torontopubliclibrary.ca. droP-in animation Animation incubator. Pwyc ($5 sugg). NFB Mediatheque, 150 John. 416-973-3012.

Film StudieS, Pedagogy and the academy

Talk by film scholar Lucy Fischer. 4 pm. Free. Nat Taylor Cinema, York U North 102 Ross Bldg, 4700 Keele. yorku.ca/finearts/summerinstitute-in-film-2012. hoW to Win an imPoSSible camPaign Couchiching Instit talk on lessons learned from the campaign front by Elizabeth May campaigner Jordy Gold. 5:30 pm. Free. St James Town Community Corner, 200 Wellesley E. 416-494-1440 ext 225. noW talkS: rob rainFord The chef talks about his life and work with NOW Drinks columnist Graham Duncan. 6:30 pm. $15, available at NOW Magazine (189 Church), online or at the door. St Lawrence Market Kitchen, 92-95 Front E. nowtoronto.com/nowtalks.

ScottiSh country dancing in the Park

Dancing to live music by the Scottish Accent. 7 pm. Free. Edwards Gardens, SW corner Lawrence and Leslie. rscdstoronto.org. SPine Walk Participatory embodied audio walk with performance artist Cara Spooner. 6 pm. Free. Pedestrianized stretch of John. goethe.de/toronto. toronto babel Practice languages and meet people. 7:30 pm. Free. Rivoli, 332 Queen W,

push for a cycling lane on this central drag, Saturday (June 2). Meet at High Park at 1:30 pm and head to the 3 pm Cycle And Sole rally at Queen’s Park, joining feeder rides Bells On Danforth (1:30 pm, East Lynn Park, 1949 Danforth) and Bells On Yonge (1 pm, Yonge and Lawrence). Free. bellsonbloor.org. upstairs. meetup.com/torontobabel. rtranSit oF VenuS Star Party See the rare passage of Venus in front of the sun. 5:30-10 pm. Free (solar viewing glasses provided). Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills (outside main entrance). ontariosciencecentre.ca.

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gala 2012 (Earth Day Canada) Live music by the Sadies, keynote speaker Sarah Harmer, enviro awards, visual arts and more. 6 pm. $150 & $250. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W. earthday.ca/gala.

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bike maintenance. 7-9 pm. $10. Urbane Cyclist, 180 John. Pre-register 416-979-9733. central WaterFront Public meeting Join Waterfront Toronto for an overview on current projects. 7 pm. Free. Harbourfront Centre Brigantine Rm, 235 Queens Quay W. waterfrontoronto.ca. einStein on the beach Visual artist/director Robert Wilson, composer Philip Glass and dancer Lucinda Childs discuss their creation. 7 pm. $20, stu $12. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. FeminiSm and Film: PaSt and PreSent Talk by film scholar Lucy Fischer. 4 pm. Free. Nat Taylor Cinema, York U, 4700 Keele. yorku.ca/ finearts/summer-institute-in-film-2012. Bhart houSe bike month breakFaSt Bicycle commuters enjoy free pancakes. 7:30-9 am. Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. harthouse.ca.

hiStory oF the guitar through Song and narratiVe Guitarist David Sossa plays songs

from different points in history and different cultural angles. 2 pm. Free. Barbara Frum Library, 20 Covington. 416-395-5440. in conVerSation Storytelling with Simon Schneiderman. 6:30 pm. Free. Type Books, 883 Queen W. 416-366-8973.

in conVerSation: lynne cohen and ann thomaS Photographer Cohen discusses her

work with National Gallery curator Thomas. 6:30 pm. $10. Design Exchange, 234 Bay. 416363-6121.

modern buddhiSm: the Path oF comPaSSion & WiSdom Talk on finding a happy and meaningful life. 7:30 pm. $15. Glenn Gould Studio, CBC Broadcast Centre, 250 Front W. talksonmodernbuddhism.ca. PicaSSo and the art market Discussion with Sotheby’s New York VPs Molly Ott Ambler and Elizabeth Gorayeb. 7 pm. $20, stu $12. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648.

Sharing your StorieS: an introduction to memoir Writing Workshop on creating a story from your memories. 1 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. 416-3955535, torontopubliclibrary.ca.

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rumba,” said jazz musician Fats Waller, suggesting the seemingly impossible mix of two very different types of dancing. That’s an excellent clue for you to follow up on, Aries. I suspect that in the coming week you will have an unusual aptitude for hybridization. You could do folk dancing and hip-hop moves simultaneously. It will make sense for you to do the cha-cha as you disco and vice versa. You’ll have a knack for bringing the spirit of belly dance into the tango, and for breakdancing while you do the hokey-pokey.

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been feeling a warm fuzzy feeling in your money chakra? I hope so. The cosmos recently authorized you to receive a fresh flow of what we might call financial kundalini. Your insight into money matters should be increasing, as well as your ability to attract the information and influences you need to refine your relationship with prosperity. It may even be the case that higher levels of economic luck are operating in your vicinity. I’m not saying you will strike it rich, but you could definitely strike it richer.

GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 Your core meditation this week is Oscar Wilde’s belief that disobedience is a primal virtue. Be ingeniously, pragmatically and cheerfully disobedient, Gemini! Harness your disobedience so that it generates outbreaks of creative transformation that improve your life. For inspiration, read this passage by Robert Anton Wilson: “Every fact of science was once damned. Every invention was considered impossible. Every discovery was a nervous shock to some orthodoxy. Every artistic innovation was denounced as fraud and folly. The entire web of culture and progress, everything on earth that is man-made and not given to us by nature, is the concrete manifestation of someone’s refusal to bow to Authority. We would be no more than the first apelike hominids if it were not for the rebellious, the recalcitrant and the intransigent.” CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 “Some people

tell me I’d invented the sounds they called soul,” said musician Ray Charles, “but I can’t take any credit. Soul is just the way black folk sing when they leave themselves alone.” I urge you to experiment with this idea, Cancerian. In my astrological opinion, you need to whip up a fresh, hot delivery of raw soul. One of the best ways to do that might be to leave yourself alone. In other words, don’t badger yourself. Don’t pick your scabs and second-guess your enthusiasms and argue yourself into a knot. Create a nice big space for your original self to play in.

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Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22“Where’s the most convenient place to discover a new species?” asks The Second Book Of General Ignorance. What do you think the answer is, Leo? The Amazon rainforest? The high mountainous forests of New Guinea? Northwest Siberia? None of the above. In fact, your best chance of finding a previously unidentified life form is in your own garden. There are hundreds of thousands of species that science still has no knowledge of, and quite a few of them are near you. A similar principle currently holds true for your life in general. It will be close to home that you are most likely to connect with fascinating exotica, unknown influences and far-out adventures.

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VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 Now and then

CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 The state

my readers try to bribe me. “I’ll give you $1,000,” said a recent email from a Virgo woman, “if you will write a sequence of horoscopes that predict I’ll get the dream job I’m aiming for, which will in turn make me so attractive to the guy I’m pursuing that he will beg to worship me.” My first impulse was to reply, “That’s all you’re willing to pay for a prophecy of two events that will supercharge your happiness and change your life?” But in the end, as always, I flatly turned her down. The truth is, I report on the music of the heavenly spheres, but I don’t write the music myself. Still, I sort of admire this woman’s feisty resolve to manipulate the fates, and I urge you to borrow some of her ferocity in the coming week.

LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 A solar eclipse happens when the moon passes in front of the sun and blocks much of its light from reaching our eyes. On a personal level, the metaphorical equivalent is when something obstructs our ability to see what nourishes us. For example, let’s say you’re in the habit of enviously comparing your own situation to that of a person you imagine is better off than you. This may blind you to some of your actual blessings and diminish your ability to take full advantage of your own talents. I bring this up, Libra, because you’re in an especially favourable time to detect any way you might be under the spell of an eclipse – and then take dramatic steps to get out from under it. sCorpio oct 23 | nov 21 Some secrets will dribble out. Other secrets will spill forth. Still others may shoot out and explode like fireworks. You won’t be bored by this week’s revelations, Scorpio. People’s camouflage may be exposed, hidden agendas could be revealed and not-quite-innocent deceits might be uncovered. So that’s the weird news. Here’s the good news: if you maintain a high level of integrity and treat the brouhaha as good entertainment, you’re likely to capitalize on the uproar.

sAGiTTArius nov 22 | Dec 21 If you go

to a psychotherapist, she may coax you to tell stories about what went wrong in your childhood. Seek a chiropractor’s opinion and he might inform you that most of your problems have to do with your spine. Consult a psychic and chances are she will tell you that you messed up in your past lives and need a karmic cleansing. And if you ask me about what you most need to know, I might slip you some advice about how to access your untapped reserves of beauty and intelligence. Here’s the moral of the story, Sagittarius: be discerning as you ask for feedback and mirroring. The information you receive will always be skewed. of Kansas has a law that seems more confusing than helpful. It says the following: “When two trains approach each other at a crossing, both shall come to a full stop and neither shall start up again until the other has gone.” From what I can tell, Capricorn, a similar situation has cropped up in your life. Two parties are in a stalemate, each waiting for the other to make the first move. At this rate, nothing will ever happen. May I suggest that you take the initiative?

AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 Should you

get down on your knees and beg for love and recognition? No! Should you give yourself away without seeking much in return? Don’t do that, either. Should you try to please everyone in an attempt to be popular? Definitely not. Should you dilute your truth so as not to cause a ruckus? I hope not. So then what am I suggesting you should do? Ask the following question about every possibility that comes before you: “Will this help me to master myself, deepen my commitment to what I want most and gain more freedom?”

pisCes Feb 19 | Mar 20 Do you know why flamingos have their distinctive orange-pink colour? It’s because of the carotene in the shrimp and other food they consume. If they change their diet, their feathers turn dull grey. That’s a dramatic example of the adage, “You are what you eat.” Let’s use it as a prompt to contemplate all the stuff you take into the holy temple of your body, Pisces. Not just the sandwiches and chocolate bars and alcohol, but also the images, sounds, ideas, emotions and energy you get from other people. Is the cumulative effect of all those things giving you the shape and colour and texture you want to have? If not, this would be a good time to adjust your intake. Homework: I invite you to go to my Facebook page and tell me what you like or don’t like about my horoscopes: http://bit.ly/BrezFB

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YELAWOLF at the Phoenix, Saturday, May 26. Rating: NNN

A sea of testosterone-fuelled fists pumping skyward greeted Yelawolf on Saturday night, and they remained that way for much of the Alabama rapper’s 90-minute set. It was clear from the opening song, Daddy’s Lambo, that the 32-year-old MC needed little more than his fast, twisting flow, Southern drawl and bleak tales of rural poverty and class tension to fire up the sold-out audience. He stoked the crowd further with several a cappella verses, including his freestyle from last year’s BET Cypher, slipped classic beats Shook Ones and Still D.R.E. into his come-up jam I Wish, played a medley of influences – Johnny Cash, Eazy-E, Metallica, OutKast – and paid tribute to late Beastie Boy MCA. Although 2011 was a breakout year for Yela – he released his radio-friendly major label debut, Radioactive, on Eminem’s Shady imprint – his stage

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show was as minimal as it gets: just Yela backed by a DJ. Still, his sneering double-time rhymes and ability to relate to his fans kept the energy high. KEVIN RITCHIE

BRUCE PENINSULA and DUSTED at the Great Hall, Thursday, May 24. Rating: NNNN

The almighty Bruce Peninsula got the floor shaking so hard at the creaky old Great Hall that I took a moment out to locate the emergency exits. The 10-piece jazz-folk-blues-gospel band fronted by Neil Haverty and Misha Bower whipped their devoted fans into a dancing frenzy, and from the start it was all good vibes and impassioned, full-throttle singing. Even if proggy tunes and thunderous rhythms aren’t your thing, it’s difficult not to be swept up in Bruce Peninsula’s show. The five-woman choir alone is a sight to behold, standing in a line at the front. Each singer has a look and sound (and, on this hot night, a sundress) as varied as the music. By the end, Haverty had the micro-

phone cord twirled around his neck and was rolling on the floor with his guitar, euphoric and fervent. Earlier, Dusted, the impressive new duo by Holy Fuck’s Brian Borcherdt, proved themselves especially au courant, with an aesthetic high on fuzz, falsetto, brevity and multi-tasking. Drummer Leon Taheny used his floor tom solely as a place to rest one of his keyboards. CARLA GILLIS

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gone out on a stronger note. The organizers’ challenge is to find four aesthetically compatible local bands; the circle goes around four times, so it’s important that one or two bands don’t kill the momentum. This incarnation spotlighted four of Toronto’s strange, druggy Kraut-rock bands: Absolutely Free, Odonis Odonis and Young Mother, plus Town Ship (which fit well despite being noisier and punkier). The prolonged groove inherent in the genre might not seem well suited to Four Corners’ quick-rotation format, but none of the bands overstayed its welcome, and none resembled another enough to blend in. There was always the potential for collapse, but it all ran like clockwork. RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

CRYSTAL FIGHTERS at Wrongbar, Saturday, May 26.

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crowd pumping their fists in the air. Sure enough, the five-piece had no problem convincing their fans to sing along for much of their Wrongbar set, despite their own gang vocals being mixed curiously low. They sound much more like a rock band onstage than on record. The poppunk electric guitars sprinkled through the album dominated the show, and the live drums mostly overpowered the electronic rhythms. Their overreliance on backing tracks for everything else, meanwhile, made for an oddly distant feeling, especially if you were close enough to see how much was pre-recorded. Electronic enhancement isn’t a big deal any more, but the fact that many of the acoustic instruments appeared to be used mainly as visual props detracted from Crystal Fighters’ earnest, wide-eyed hippy image. Nevertheless, Sebastian Pringle is an oddly compelling frontman, and their beach party anthems are maddeningly catchy. BENJAMIN BOLES

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New dance music genres don’t come around too often. Yes, there’s a long history of incremental variations on established formulas, but it takes a while for a completely different rhythmic template to take shape and succeed. Dubstep, the most recent, is now at least a decade old. This makes the strange case of moombahton even weirder: not only has the nascent genre grown from a regional Washington, DC, style to a global underground phenomenon in just a couple of years, but it might be one of the first cases in history where the origins of a new dance movement can be pinpointed to an exact moment. The official story is that Dave Nada (half of DJ/production duo Nadastrom with Matt Nordstrom) was hired to play a small DC party. He quickly realized that the electro house he’d brought wouldn’t go over well with the Latin kids going ape-shit for reggaeton, so he slowed down his club tracks. The dance floor loved it, and almost immediately producers around the world were coming up with variations on the idea. “It’s crazy how it’s developed in the past two and a half years,” Nada says from a tour stop in Chicago. “It went from a few edits and DJ tools to original productions, and now it’s infiltrating different music scenes all over the world.” While that sound is what Nadastrom are now best known for, both members come from diverse musical backgrounds and share an unlikely and deep affection for the legendary DC hardcore scene. Just search for their Salad Days punk rock DJ mix if you doubt their passion for it. “Punk and dance music have the DIY thing in common – people releasing their own records, starting their own labels, doing their own bookings and all that kind of stuff,” Nordstrom says. “There are also similar vibes in how the movements come from cultures clashing,” Nada adds. “You think about punk and hip-hop in the 70s and 80s, and over here in DC in the 90s we grew up with rave culture cross-pollinating with the hardcore scene. “There’s a connection between movements of kids who feel passionate enough about the music to make their own records, start their own labels and bands, build sound systems, throw their own shows and parties. It bridges different scenes, for sure.” 3 benjaminb@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/benjaminboles

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GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS Recording the normal way, as an experiment By SARAH GREENE

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Toronto folk rockers Great Lake Swimmers waited till they were a decade into their career before doing something most consider commonplace: record in a studio. Since debuting in 2003, they’ve sought out unusual places to make records: a grain silo, a church, London’s Aeolian Hall, various locations in the Thousand Islands (including a castle). But they went the conventional route for their fifth, the lush and poppy New Wild Everywhere (Nettwerk), working with long-time collaborator Andy Magoffin at Toronto’s new Revolution Recording. Singer/songwriter Tony Dekker says the experiment was Magoffin’s idea. “We’ve been working with him for

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eight years now, and I wanted to give him more of a producer role. He said that after all this time it would be really awesome to see how we sounded in a proper studio.” Though happy with how it turned out and appreciative of the ease and focus that came with not having to worry about weather or gear, Dekker says location recordings are still an important facet of the band. “Right alongside our studio recordings we did three nights in Lower Bay Station,” he says. “We were thinking of recording a companion EP down there, but the song The Great Exhale turned out really well, so we included it on the album.” (Additional songs from those sessions are bonus tracks on the limited-edition version.) Thematically, New Wild Everywhere picks up where 2009’s Lost Channels left off, exploring the elements of wind, water and fire, nature’s cycles and the tension between the natural

and urban worlds. “Trying to find a certain spirituality in the natural world has been a concern for me since the beginning,” says Dekker. “Sometimes it [comes through] in a songwriting arc and other times it’s kind of like a jigsaw puzzle where a lot of these songs fit together. “For example, it recently occurred to me that in our live set we’ve been playing a song from the second record called I Saw You In The Wild, and the new record is called New Wild Everywhere, so there’s a little bridge there.” Another onstage revelation is that the band, which has added two new players, violinist Miranda Mulholland and bassist Bret Higgins, is seeing new faces in the crowds. “I feel like we’ve really grown into our own skin,” Dekker says. “I finally feel like we’re going to be around for a while.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

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wednesday june 13 nxne sirius xm broadcast

catl young empires

mad ones • fast romantics the Lumineers • poor young things

thursday june 21

kiM churchiLL $ 12.50 advance • 8:30pm doors • 19+

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juLy 8 • Loney dear juLy 17 • maps & atLases juLy 20 • murder by death

NOW may 31 - june 6 2012

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ON SALE FRIDAY

ANTHRAX

TESTAMENT &

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SATURDAY SEPT 29 DANFORTH MUSIC HALL

ON SALE NOW

VOLBEAT w/

HELLYEAH & ICED EARTH

MONDAY JUNE 18 KOOL HAUS

ON SALE NOW

clubs & concerts hot

GREAT LAKES SURF BATTLE

BEPPE LODA

tickets

w/ the Blue Demons, the Cocktail Preachers, Luau or Die, the Cliff Divers, the High Tides, the Z-Rays and others Cadillac Lounge (1296 Queen West), Friday to Sunday (June 1 to 3) Surf rock, surf rock and more surf rock.

BRY WEBB, DEL BEL, LISA BOZIKOVIC

918 Bathurst Centre for Culture & the Arts, Friday (June 1) See Del Bel preview, page 48.

COEUR DE PIRATE, KANDLE

CIVIL TWILIGHT

Opera House (735 Queen East), Friday (June 1) Quebec indie pop.

THE GARRISON

Sound Academy (11 Polson), Friday (June 1) Conscious hip-hop out of Brooklyn.

WED JUNE 20 ON SALE NOW

KATE MILLER-HEIDKE WED JUNE 27 THE RIVOLI

ON SALE NOW

MELVINS

THURSDAY JULY 5 THE OPERA HOUSE

ON SALE NOW

SPOEK MATHAMBO MONDAY JULY 16 WRONGBAR

ON SALE NOW

AESOP

ROCK MONDAY JULY 30

MODE MODERNE, BELIEFS, ELSA

Parts & Labour (1566 Queen West), Friday (June 1) See preview, page 44.

TALIB KWELI

MAY 31 - JUNE 6 2012 NOW

The Music Hall (147 Danforth), Saturday (June 2) See preview, page 38.

NADASTROM

Wrongbar (1279 Queen West), Saturday (June 2) See preview, page 36.

THE DANDY WARHOLS

Phoenix Concert Theatre (410 Sherbourne), Sunday (June 3) Loud and trippy rock ’n’ roll.

SARAH HARMER, THE SADIES

Drake Hotel (1150 Queen West), Wednesday (June 6) Earth Day Canada Gala.

Just announced

SHINEDOWN, ADELITAS WAY, IN THIS MOMENT Kool Haus doors 7 pm, all

ages, $35. RT, SS, TM. July 10.

SPOEK MATHAMBO Wrongbar 8 pm, $15. PDR, RT, SS, TM. July 16.

GIRL IN A COMA, BLACK BOX REVELATION The Garrison doors 8:30 pm,

$13.50. RT, SS. July 24.

BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO Hugh’s Room 8:30 pm, $35, adv $32.50. July 25.

JERRY JOSEPH & THE JACKMORTHE XX Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 8

TICKETS AT TICKETMASTER, ROTATE THIS, SOUNDSCAPES & PLAY DE RECORD

GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS, COLD SPECKS

CD sales are still tanking, with no light at the end of the tunnel, but thankfully ye olde vinyl doesn’t seem to be going anywhere, and bands like Toronto’s Modern Superstitions are increasingly opting to put out 7-inch singles instead of digital discs. The four-piece’s new School Days single shows the young band maturing, but still packing their songs with memorable hooks and simmering energy. At the Garrison (1197 Dundas West), tonight (Thursday, May 31), doors 9 pm. $8. RT, SS, TW.

ON SALE NOW

QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE

Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Saturday (June 2) Rollicking country-punk.

MODERN SUPERSTITIONS

MONS Horseshoe doors 8:30 pm, $10. HS, RT, SS. July 25.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 19

JON LANGFORD & HIS SADIES, SKULL ORCHARD, BURLINGTON WELSH CHOIR

POP/ROCK

VIRGIN MOBILE MOD CLUB

NORM MACDONALD

Drake Hotel Underground (1150 Queen West), Saturday (June 2) Veteran Italo-disco pioneer.

pm, $30. RT, SS, TM. July 28.

COLD SPECKS The Great Hall doors 8 pm, $15. RT, SS, TM. August 8. THE WANTED, CARLY RAE JEPSEN, KARMIN, CONOR MAYNARD, RITA ORA, THE READY SET Wham Bam Mol-

son Amphitheatre doors 4:30 pm, $19.25$69.50. TM. August 16.

SUBLIME, ROME, THE WAILERS, PEPPER, ILL SCARLETT, KO Sublime

Summer Fort York Garrison Common gates 3 pm, all ages, $59. RT, SS, TM. August 18.

ZAC BROWN BAND

Molson Amphitheatre doors 5:30 pm, $22$69.50. TM. September 7.

LORETTTA LYNN Massey Hall doors 7 pm, $69.50. RTH, TM. September 15.

PETER GABRIEL Air Canada Centre $tba. TM. September 19.

THE DOOBIE BROTHERS Mas-

sey Hall 8 pm, $59.50-$99.50. RTH. October 12.

THE LOST FINGERS

Glenn Gould Studio 8 pm, $29.50. RTH. November 23.

JUSTIN BIEBER Rog-

ers Centre $tba. TM. December 1.

clubs&concerts

this week How to find a listing

Music listings appear by day, then by genre and then alphabetically by venue. Event names are in italics. See the Venue Index, page 50, for addresses and phone numbers. = Critics’ pick (highly recommended) ñ 5= Queer night

How to place a listing

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

Thursday, May 31 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

AlleycAtz Lady Kane 9 pm. Bovine Sex cluB Xepher, Sky of Sound, 20 Amp Soundchild, DJ Vania.

the centrAl Suzi Wilde & the Shraggs (indie/ folk) doors 9 pm, Made in Heaven 8 pm.

clinton’S New Hands, Church, Viva Mars (in-

die rock) doors 9 pm.

DrAke hotel unDergrounD Lesley Pike (indie) doors 7 pm.

DrAke hotel lounge Weekend Startup Boot Knives (rock) doors 11 pm.

enwAve theAtre 45th Anniversary Of The

Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Art of Time Ensemble, Andy Maize, John Mann, Craig Northey, Steven Page, Odds and others 8 pm. the gArriSon Record Release Show Modern Superstitions, Michael Rault doors 9 pm. horSeShoe Broken Sons, Bonwit Teller, Dolly, the Macgregors 9 pm. inter Steer Ronnie Hayward Trio (rockabilly) 8 to 11 pm. lee’S PAlAce Sanitarium: A Tribute To Metallica 9:15, 10:15 & 11:15 pm. linSmore tAvern Desmond Nathan (power pop piano) 10 pm. lou DAwg’S ryerSon Jeff Eager (acoustic soul/funk/Motown) 10 pm. molSon AmPhitheAtre One Direction, Manika doors 6:30 pm. PArtS & lABour Spies & Scientists, Bones & the Black Stars, Joel Van Vliet 9 pm. PreSS cluB Normal for Once (indie/post punk/rock) 10 pm. rivoli Liam Titcomb,Tim Chaisson 8 pm. SAzerAc gAStro lounge The Capitol Beat (funk/soul/R&B) 10 pm. Silver DollAr King Beez, Secrettes, Marshall Faulkner, the Energy Magnetic, the Bloody Five, Shotgun Wedding Band 9 pm. the SiSter Sean Pinchin, Ryan Snyder, Mike Celia, Pat Furlan, Phil Kane. SneAky Dee’S Rock For Cuba. SouthSiDe Johnny’S Skip Tracer (rock) 10 pm. SuPermArket CD release Unbuttoned, Fresh Kils, Relic doors 8:30 pm.

virgin moBile moD cluB

Alan Doyle, Dustin Bentall doors 7 pm. the wilSon 96 Jeff Beadle (roots/rock) 9 pm.

Folk/BlueS/countRy/ WoRld

ASPettA cAffe Open Mic/Jam 8

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to 11 pm.

Cameron House Fedora Upside Down 10 pm,

Corin Raymond 6 pm. Castro’s Lounge Jerry Leger & the Situation (country/folk/rock) 9 pm. C’est WHat Jeff Alan Greenway (singer-songwriter) 8 pm. Dave’s... on st CLair Uncle Herb’s Open Mic (folk/blues/rock/country) 9 pm. eton House Keith Jolie (blues/roots) 7 pm. graffiti’s The After Work Market Soiree Tim Bradford & Bright Blue Motels (country) 5 to 7 pm. grossman’s Rock’n Robin Harp 10 pm. HoLy oak Cafe Lost Girl (old time) 7 pm. tHe LoCaL Southside Jimmy Byron. LoLa Brian Cober (double slide guitar) 9 pm. Lou DaWg’s Mike C (acoustic blues/rock/ funk/reggae) 10 pm. LuLa Lounge Bombay Brazil (Brazilian/Indian fusion) 9 pm. naWLins Jazz Bar Nothin’ but the Blues 8 pm.

saving gigi Octoberman, Jom Comyn 8 pm. ñ tranzaC soutHern Cross The Free Whiskey

String Band (bluegrass) 9:30 pm, Bluegrass

May 31 - June 6 2012 NOW

Thursdays Houndstooth 7:30 pm.

(cello) 7:30 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

someWHere tHere stuDio Avesta Nakhaei

aL green tHeatre When This War Ends Spectrum Music (opera) 8 pm. CLoak & Dagger PuB Submutations (dub/jazz) 10 pm. eDo Ori Dagan, Tony Quarrington, Ross MacIntyre. tHe fLying Beaver PuBaret Julie Michels 7:30 pm.

four seasons Centre for tHe Performing arts riCHarD BraDsHaW amPHitHeatre

Toronto Summer Music Festival Preview noon to 1 pm. gate 403 Das Kaff Jazz Band 9 pm, The Mary McKay Trio 5 to 8 pm. gLenn gouLD stuDio The Sicilian Jazz Project Michael Occhipinti 8 pm. HugH’s room Regeneration Community Services Benefit Concert Toronto All-Star Big Band (swing) 8 pm. méLange Norman Marshall Villeneuve, Don Naduriak, Louie Botos 7 pm. oLD miLL inn Home smitH Bar Thursday Night Jazz Party Ron Davis, Shelley Hamilton, Mike Downes 7:30 pm. Poetry Jazz Cafe Brownman & Paul Morrison 9 pm. rePosaDo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). rex Mike Janzen Trio 9:30 pm, Kevin Quain 6:30 pm. roy tHomson HaLL A Visit With Yo-Yo Ma Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma

(jazz/improv) 8 pm.

toronto Centre for tHe arts george Weston reCitaL HaLL Toronto Philharmonia Orchestra, Boris Krajny (piano) 8 pm. WinCHester kitCHen & Bar Eric St Laurent Trio (jazz) 7 pm.

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

CamP 4 Switched On DJs Pammm, Craig

Dunsmuir (indie rock) 10 pm. CHevaL Brand’d DJ PG-13 (house/hip-hop/ club anthems). DanCe Cave Transvision DJ Shannon (alt indie/ electro/retro). Drake HoteL unDergrounD Galapagos Lazer Sword doors 11 pm. gooDHanDy’s Ladyplus Parties DJ Todd Klink doors 8 pm.5 insomnia DJ Ron Jon (funk/soul/house). Poetry Jazz Cafe DJ Leo Love, Brownman 9 pm. rivoLi PooL Lounge DJ Plan B (reggae/funk/ electroretro). WaterfaLLs DJ Friendliness & Genesis (reggae) 10 pm. WayLaBar Outlet DJ Lindzrox, JRox (dancedriven indie/electro/dance).

Friday, June 1 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul aLLeyCatz Lady Kane 9 pm.

annex WreCkroom Micky Finn, MC Det, Mr

Brown, Lush, Marcus Visionary, NC-17 10 pm. tHe BaLLroom Crank (rock) 10 pm. Bar itaLia uPstairs Shugga (funk) 9:30 pm. Bovine sex CLuB Album release Electric Magma, Cop Shades, Phantom, DJ Vania. CaDiLLaC Lounge Great Lakes Surf Battle The Blue Demons, Luau or Die, the Flying Bordellos, the Vondells, the Z-Rays 9 pm. Castro’s Lounge Ronnie Hayward (rockabilly) 5 to 7 pm. tHe CentraL uPstairs Dave Smith, Jom Comyn 8 pm. tHe CentraL Yasgur’s Farm 10 pm, Clepto 6 pm. DC musiC tHeatre Indie Night doors 7:30 pm, all ages. tHe Duke Live.Com Keep the Faith (Bon Jovi tribute). eL moCamBo Joseph & the Mercurials, Nicholas Doubleyou & the B Squad, Mimico, the Muckabouts, Laura Carswell 9 pm. enWave tHeatre 45th Anniversary Of The Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Art of Time Ensemble, Andy Maize, John Mann, Craig Northey, Steven Page, Odds and others 8 pm. tHe fLying Beaver PuBaret David Gale & Randy Vancourt (comic songsters) 8 pm. graffiti’s Paul Martin (covers) 5 to 7 pm. tHe great HaLL Waajeed, mymanhenri, DJ Taktiks. HarLem Dan McLean Jr (soul) 7:30 pm.

HoLy oak Cafe Mantler (pop/funk) 10 pm. HorsesHoe The Junction, Eamon McGrath, the Grey Kingdom 10 pm. ñ Lee’s PaLaCe Robb Hill, Four Nine’s Fine, Clleetus 10 pm.

tHe LoaDeD Dog The Remedy (rock) 8:30 pm. Lou DaWg’s Jeff Eager (acoustic soul/funk/ Motown) 10 pm.

Lou DaWg’s ryerson Don Campbell (acous-

tic blues/rock) 10 pm.

918 BatHurst Centre for CuLture & tHe arts Bry Webb, Del Bel, Lisa Bozikovic 8 ñ pm, all ages. See preview, page 49. House Coeur De Pirate, Kandle doors 7 pm. ñoPera Parts & LaBour Mode Moderne, Beliefs, Elsa (minimal synth/dream-pop) 10 ñ pm. See preview, page 44. Press CLuB Press Club’s 5-Year Anniversary Party Alun Piggins & the Goat Men (rock) 10 pm.

rivoLi Kyle Leary, Michelle Ronchin, Brendon

Gomez, Eric Banwell, Joe Macleod, the Joint 7 pm.

sounD aCaDemy Talib Kweli doors 9 pm. ñ soutHsiDe JoHnny’s Cameltoe (rock) 10 pm. steam WHistLe BreWing Unsigned Music Series The Wilderness of Manitoba, Amos ñ the Transparent, Cai.ro doors 8 pm. timotHy’s PuB The Stevie Ray Vaughan Experience (rockin’ blues). tranzaC main HaLL CD release Nicole Coward, Dave Cassells (acoustic folk) 8 to 11 pm.

Tranzac SouThern croSS Recordbreaker (indie rock) 10 pm, Animal Hospital (experimental indie) 7:30 pm. Virgin Mobile Mod club Rhapsody (of Fire), Voyager, Kemilion doors 6 pm, all ages.

Folk/Blues/Country/World

aSpeTTa caffe Arthur Brandon 7 to 9 pm. caMeron houSe back rooM Bookworm,

Emergency Monologues 8 pm. caMeron houSe Kayla Howran 10 pm, David Celia (folk/rock) 6 pm. c’eST WhaT Julianna Riolino, Mattie Leon (folk rock) 8 pm. chriST church deer park Fashion For Haiti Benefit for FromTents to Schools Project Dieufaite Charles aka JAFFA (Haitian singer/songwriter) 6:30 pm. doMinion on Queen Swingin’ Blackjacks (blues) 9:30 pm. free TiMeS cafe Bill Colgate & Cadre. gladSTone hoTel Melody bar Howard Ross & the Full Count Blues Band 9 to 11 pm. graffiTi’S The Sugar Brown Blues Band. groSSMan’S Combo Royale 10 pm. highWay 61 SouThern barbeQue The Little Naturals 8 pm. hugh’S rooM Kelly Joe Phelps, Lynne Hanson 8:30 pm. lula lounge Salsa Dance Party Cafe Cubano (salsa) 10:30 pm. noW lounge Africa Up Close The Tich Maredza Band, DJ Apollo 8 pm. repoSado The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). rex The Jivebombers (jump-blues combo) 6:30 pm. Tranzac SouThern croSS The Foolish Things, Hugh Oliver (folk) 5 pm. Woodbine park Waterfront Blues Dylan Wickens & the Grand Naturals, Shakura S’Aida 7 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/experimental

church of The holy TriniTy Organix 12 Maxine Thévenot (organ) 7:30 pm. daVe’S... on ST clair Happy Hour Jazz The Jordan Saull Quartette 5 to 8 pm. gallery 345 Composers Play Adam Sherkin, Brian Current, John Beckwith, Bruce Mather, Andrew Staniland, Scott Good, Adam Scime, Robert Aitken 8 pm. heliconian hall Game On! Ensemble Polaris (traditional Canadian and Northern European songs and dance tunes) 8 pm. loWer oSSingTon TheaTre Green Door Cabaret: Classical Revolution Mateusz Swoboda (cello) 8 pm. lula lounge Dominic Mancuso (jazz) 8 pm. MaSSey hall Sophie Milman, Robi Botos 8 pm. naWlinS Jazz bar The N’awlins All Star Band w/ Brooke Blackburn (jazz/blues) 9:30 pm. old Mill inn hoMe SMiTh bar Fridays To Sing About Fern Lindzon & George Koller 7:30 pm. QuoTeS Fridays At Five Alex Dean & the Canadian Jazz Quartet 5 to 8 pm. rex Jeff King’s Catalyst 9:45 pm, Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm. rocco’S pluM ToMaTo Andy De Campos 6 to 9 pm.

royal onTario MuSeuM Friday Night Live DJ Conor Cutz 6 to 11 pm. SalVador darling Run The Line DJ Sta (rap) 10 pm. SaViari Tea + cockTail lounge Journey Inside The Mind Of Gene King DJ Gene King doors 9 pm. SuperMarkeT Course of Time Mr Charlton, Members Only, Kyle Marshall, Tudor. Virgin Mobile Mod club Come Out & Play DJ Matt Medley 10:30 pm. Waylabar Hot Wheels 10 pm. WeTbar Penthouse Fridays DJs R2, KidZero & Peter Kash (house/top 40/anthems) 10 pm. WhiTe SWan Toronto Breaking Out (reggae/ house/soca) 10 pm. Wrongbar Primpin. ñBig

Saturday, June 2 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

The 460 Schizoid, Hybrid Frequency, Kount Rottula, Painguish, Rabbid Hole (harsh noise/ experimental) doors 8:30 pm. alleycaTz Uptown. bar iTalia upSTairS Al Webster (funk/soul/ R&B) 10:30 pm. boVine Sex club Useless ID, the Victim Party, Unbelievers, Fortune Cookie Club, DJH Sir Ian Blurton. cadillac lounge Great Lakes Surf Battle The Cocktail Preachers, the Blue Demons, the Reverb Syndicate, the Dead Beat, the Cliff Divers 9 pm. The cenTral Eighty Four (funk) 10 pm, Donna Corbett 6 pm. The ciTadel Rise Up! LAL, Zum One, Drumatix Six, Kyle Marshall. doMinion on Queen Ronnie Hayward Trio (rockabilly) 4 to 7:30 pm. drake hoTel underground EP release Kandle, Louise Burns (indie) doors 8 pm. duffy’S TaVern The Traditionals, Out of Order, the Terminals, Overpower, Cerebral Scrub, True Grit doors 8 pm. The duke liVe.coM Blue Radio (salute to Blue Rodeo). el MocaMbo Stalley, Rich Kidd, the Cypher, the Antiheroes, Vibonics.

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el MocaMbo Scientists of Sound, Ninja Funk

Orchestra, Byll GR8TS doors 9:30 pm. enWaVe TheaTre 45th Anniversary Of The Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Art of Time Ensemble, Andy Maize, John Mann, Craig Northey, Steven Page, Odds and others 8 pm. The flying beaVer pubareT David Gale & Randy Vancourt (comic songsters) 8 pm. graffiTi’S Basic English evening, The Sin City Boys 4 to 7 pm. hard luck bar Mobile Deathcamp, Hemlock, Spewgore, Final Trigger doors 8 pm. harleM Gibbran & Tamsynn-Lee (soul/jazz/ R&B) 7:30 pm. holy oak cafe OG Melody (R&B) 10 pm. horSeShoe Jon Langford & his Sadies, Skull Orchard, Burlington Welsh Choir doors 9 pm. lee’S palace Dodger, Livin Art, Lo Fi (roots/ rock/reggae). lou daWg’S Don Campbell (acoustic blues/ rock) 10 pm. lou daWg’S ryerSon Southern Brunch Irene Torres Duo (soul) noon to 3 pm. MaSSey hall George Thorogood & the Destroyers 8 pm. MolSon aMphiTheaTre Dave Matthews Band, Blind Pilot 7 pm. The MuSic hall Great Lake Swimmers, Cold Specks doors 7 pm, all ages. See preview, page 38. preSS club Press Club’s 5-Year Anniversary Party Cactus (acoustic punk) 10 pm. reViVal Tortured Soul, DJs Groove Institute, Chris Sakai, GaDJet, Chico Pacheco. riVoli Raised By Swans. SouThSide Johnny’S Alcoholic Volume w/ Gino Scarpelli (classic rock) 10 pm, The Bear Band (rock/blues) 4 to 8 pm. SporTSTer’S Nicola Vaughan 10 pm. TiMoThy’S pub Open Jam The Meteors 4 to 8 pm. Tranzac SouThern croSS The Woodshed Orchestra (pop choir) 10 pm, Jamzac (folk) 3 pm.

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Folk/Blues/Country/World

caMeron houSe Whitney Rose (country) 8 pm, Rattlesnake Choir 6 pm.

caSTro’S lounge Big Rude Jake (blues shout-

er) 4:30 pm.

daVe’S... on ST clair Mark Ripp (acoustic folk/rock) 4 to 7 pm. free TiMeS cafe Reenie.

gladSTone hoTel Melody bar Country Saturdays The Key Frames (roots rock) 9 to 11 pm.

groSSMan’S Porch Dog 10 pm, The Happy Pal 4:30 to 8 pm.

hiruT fine eThiopian cuiSine Country Jam

Murray Powell 2 to 6 pm. hugh’S rooM Woody Guthrie Tribute Ken Whiteley, Jason Fowler, Eve Goldberg, Ben Sures, Jon Brooks, Jory Nash, Corin Raymond, Fraser Anderson and others 8:30 pm. The liSh New Music Night Nicklas Balkou 9:30 pm. The local The Pinecones 10 pm, Arthur Renwick (blues) 5 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 Salsa Saturday Conjunto Lacalu (salsa/Cuban sonora) 10:30 pm. MonarchS pub CD release party Soulstack (blues/rock) 4 pm. SilVer dollar Jerome Godboo, Chris Burgess, Stan Miczek, Al Cross 8:30 pm. ST nicholaS anglican church Acoustic Harvest The Marigolds 8 pm. Tranzac Main hall CD Launch Party Dan Wilson doors 7 pm. Woodbine park Waterfront Blues Festival Chris Antonik, Erin McCallum, Monkeyjunk, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Tad Robinson 1 to 10 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/experimental

bloordale uniTed church Songs Of Love, Hope & Inspiration The 4 Men 7:30 pm.

c’eST WhaT The Hot Five Jazzmakers (trad

jazz) 3 pm.

chalkerS pub Brian Chahley Quartet 6 to 9

pm.

loWer oSSingTon TheaTre Green Door Cabaret Michael Danso & Charles Cozens 8 pm. naWlinS Jazz bar The N’awlins All Star Band w/ Brooke and Duane Blackburn (jazz/blues) 8:30 pm. norTh york cenTral library audiToriuM Opera Concert Maria Soulis 2:30 pm.

noW lounge Ken Skinner, Owen Tennyson,

Lee Saba Hutchinson, Grant Lyle (jazz/blues/ soul) 8:30 pm. old Mill inn hoMe SMiTh bar Jazz Masters Robi Botos, Louis Botos Sr, Louis Botos Jr 7:30 pm. regal beagle Beelzeboptet 9:30 pm. rex Archie Alleyne’s Kollage 9:45 pm, Kite Trio 7 pm, Bob Cary Orchestra 3:30 pm, Brunch Matinee Sara Dell (vox/solo piano) noon. SoMeWhere There STudio Orenda 8 pm. ST John’S uniTed church Ride The Chariot Cantores Celestes Women’s Choir (Renaissance/classical/Celtic/gospel) 7:30 pm. ST Michael’S college School Cello Nights NYCO Symphony Orchestra 8 pm. Trane STudio Dara Tucker (jazz) 8 pm. Tranzac SouThern croSS Nathan Dell-Vandenberg’s Maybe Not (jazz) 7:30 pm.

danCe musiC/dJ/lounge

annex WreckrooM Saturday Nights At The Wreckroom DJ Rick Toxic 10 pm.

c’eST WhaT DJ MALXP 10 pm. clinTon’S Shake, Rattle & Roll (60s dance

party) doors 10 pm.

college STreeT bar Heavy Rotation DJ Mercil-

less, Royale, Sweet Touch Foundation (4 DJs X 4 turntables). dance caVe Full On DJ Mr Pete (alternative). drake hoTel underground Invisible City Beppe Loda (Italo disco) doors 11 pm. drake hoTel lounge DJ Dougie Boom doors 10 pm. fly Pitbull In Space DJ Rob Ladic, DJ Sumation doors 10 pm.5

fooTWork Deniz Kurtel, Audiofly. ñ inSoMnia Sense Saturdays DJ Charles (deep

house). Maro The Red Carpet DJ Undercover 10 pm. peridoT lounge Good Saturdays DJs Glew & R2 (hip-hop/R&B/old school) 10:30 pm. riVoli pool lounge DJ Osum (disco/electro/ funk). SaViari Tea + cockTail lounge S.O.U.L. Deep DJ Soul Child (neo/progressive/old skool soul/ R&B/hip-hop) 9 pm. 751 Motown Party DJ Misty RocknRoll, Fawn BC, Caff, Brett Millius, Reverend Throwdown. Sneaky dee’S Shake A Tail (60s pop) 11 pm. continued on page 44 œ

royal conSerVaTory of MuSic koerner hall Simon Shaheen (oud, violin) 8 pm. SoMeWhere There STudio Rob Piilonen,

Mitch Yolevsky 8 pm. Trane STudio CD release Roger Chong, Norbert Botos Trio (jazz) 8 pm.

danCe musiC/dJ/lounge

bunda lounge Sweetback V 17 Paul E Lopes, David James, Jive Express (disco/funk/dancefloor jazz). caSTro’S lounge DJ I Hate You Rob (soul/ funk/R&B/punk rock/rockabilly) 10 pm. clinTon’S Girl & Boy 90s Dance Party (90s pop) doors 10 pm. cloak & dagger pub Bitch Tap DJ Madame HAIR (rock) 10 pm. cobra lounge The Fix Fridays No Big Deal DJs. dance caVe Bif Bang Pow DJ Trevor (60s mod Britpop) 10 pm. drake hoTel underground Never Forgive Action DJ Numeric, DJ Dalia doors 11 pm. drake hoTel lounge Jukebox (rock & soul dance party) doors 10 pm. fly Dirty Sexy Party! DJ Foxtrott (remixes) doors 10 pm.5 fooTWork Martin Buttrich, the Junkies. goodhandy’S Underwear Party DJ Blackcat (R&B/reggae/house/hip-hop/soca/old&new school) doors 10 pm.5 inSoMnia Funkn’ Fresh Fridays DJ MauiBabe (house/breaks).

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Sunday, June 3 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

aSpetta Caffe Oscar Minreau, Lauren Best, Tiny Montgomery 3 to 6 pm.

CadillaC lounge Great Lakes Surf Battle Bur-

lesque Brunch Cocktail Preachers, the High Tides noon. CaStro’S lounge Leon Knight & the Neon Lights (rockabilly) 4 pm. the Central Adallah & Jessica 9 pm, Video Release Party Bobby Dreadful 5 pm. Cloak & dagger puB Kevin Myles Wilson (pop/folk) 9 pm. dominion on Queen Rockabilly Brunch 11 am to 3 pm. drake hotel underground CD release Lily C (pop) doors 7 pm. emmet ray Bar Tin Can Man (funk/groove) 9 pm. magpie Cafe Heavy Generator (ska/dub/reggae) 9 pm. phoenix ConCert theatre The Dandy Warhols, 1776 doors 7 pm. reViVal The Songbirds 2 and 7:30 pm. riVoli David Martinez, Negar & Paul Federici 7 pm. SaViari tea + CoCktail lounge Keisha Prince 7 pm. Virgin moBile mod CluB Honey Jam Artist Auditions 2 pm.

MAY 31 Alan Doyle ñ JUNE 1 RHAPSODY OF FIRE 6 Jonathan Coulton 8 Electric Cabaret

May 31 - June 6 2012 NOW

pop

Mode Moderne The secret to good songs is knowing which ones to discard By KEVIN RITCHIE

mode moderne with BeliefS and elSa and at Parts & Labour (1566 Queen West), Friday (June 1), 10 pm. $8. RT, SS.

After one album, Mode Moderne singer/lyricist Phillip Intile discovered that pop music could be prophetic. “Our first album prophesied a lot of the things that happened in my life,” he says over the phone from Vancouver. “A lot of endings, a lot of change, a lot of fighting against inspiration and fighting against fate.” A breakup? “That would be so boring!” he scoffs. Intile initially came together with long-time friend Clint Lofkrantz and producer Felix Fung as an excuse to get away from their girlfriends, get stoned and listen to the Cure, New Order and OMD. Eventually, they began making music, and after writing what Intile calls “probably one of the top three worst songs ever written,” they settled into their groove. In 2009, the Vancouver band released Ghosts Emerging, a debut album that drew heavily upon erudite, Morrisseystyle vocal moping and the 80s new-romantic synth-pop sound they’d bonded over. Three years later, they’ve replaced their drum machine with drummer Sean Gilhooly, recruited synth player Rebecca Marie Law Gray, signed to Light Organ and released the sardonic single Real Goths.

Their new EP, Strange Bruises, remains firmly entrenched in the brooding, reverbed sound, though their lyrics have evolved from broad pop fodder to expressly personal and erotically charged material. “On Ghosts Emerging,” he says, “I’d go, ‘Okay, I wanna make pop music, so the songs have to be about – or have to seem to be about – boys or girls, but I can [also] write about things like fate or luck.’ I thought that if I’m singing about girls, then people would immediately gravitate toward it – as I would – but hopefully they’d stick around and see that there’s more going on.” On Strange Bruises, self-loathing is the order of the day. “The opener [Nightly Youths], which seems like such a lovely song, is really about holding hands with nothing,” he explains. “It’s a pretty strong personal fucking slap across somebody’s face.” Mode Moderne also spent more time allowing the songs to gestate before heading into the studio. “The first thing that comes to mind is not the best thing,” Intile says about songwriting. “Like a photographer or a writer, you need to be able to edit. You’re a fool if you think every idea that comes to mind is the right one.” 3 music@nowtoronto.com twitter.com/nowtorontomusic

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It’s a bit of a cliché to describe a band that deals in eerie atmospherics and dark blues as “cinematic,” but in the case of Del Bel it’s not only accurate – it’s literal. Bandleader Tyler Belluz started working on the tracks that make up the group’s unjustly overlooked 2011 debut, Oneiric, after being hired to score a Hollywood B movie. By the time they reached completion, however, the songs had divorced themselves from any preconceived narrative. “Instead of writing music to the actual motion picture, they sent me photographs and asked me to make something from them,” explains Belluz between sips of iced coffee near Trinity Bellwoods Park. “What’s interesting is that I would give these songs to [lead singer] Lisa [Conway] and she would write her own lyrics without ever having seen the photographs. So the process in which we made this album was…” “…kind of backwards,” Conway interrupts from the next seat over. Belluz collected song parts from 15 different musicians in Guelph and Toronto, recording in living rooms, kitchens and barns. But, he says, the most important ingredient is Conway’s jazz-

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album reviews album of the week NNNN ñPATTI SMITH

Banga (Sony) Rating: There’s not much on proto-punk legend Patti Smith’s 11th album, Banga, that would have sounded out of place back when she first started blowing minds in the 1970s. In fact, it was recorded in the same studio with most of the same personnel as her 1975 debut, Horses. You don’t get the sense that Smith is trying to recreate the youthful urgency of that landmark album, though. Instead, she gives off the cool confidence of an artist who’s made such a strong impact on the culture over her lifetime that she has nothing to prove to anyone but herself.

Smith has said in interviews that the subject matter here is split between personal portraits and ruminations on the environment, but she approaches both with such subtlety and poetry, you don’t feel you’re being lectured to. In fact, I wish I hadn’t found out which songs were about Johnny Depp or Amy Winehouse, since both are much more enjoyable when you’re not tempted to analyze every line from that perspective. Better to sit back and enjoy how her voice still walks that thrilling line between raw, visceral power and vulnerability. Top track: Fuji-san BENJAMIN BOLES

a young band taking chances. Top track: Paralysis Of My Long Clerkship CARLA GILLIS

SCISSOR SISTERS Magic Hour (Universal)

Pop/Rock

APOLLO GHOSTS Landmark (You’ve Changed) Rating: NNNN One of the surprises on the 2010 Polaris Prize long list was Apollo Ghosts’ Mount Benson, admired for its conceptual lyrics, hooky guitar rock, idiosyncratic tangents and the heartfelt emotion heard in singer/ guitarist Adrian Teacher’s vocals. For their follow-up, the Vancouver fourpiece take a looser punk rock approach that better matches their live show (last witnessed in Toronto at the Ossington’s wee backroom bar). The 15 brief songs have a tossed-off feel; many of the tunes, in fact, sound stumbled through. The hooks are still intact, though, and Teacher’s honest, casual and immediate lyrics remain the highlight. He has a way of being introspective without ever getting heavy. What Are Your Influences? stands out for its melodies, Paralysis Of My Long Clerkship for its breakneck ending, and Will You Forget Me? for its surprising tenderness. It all adds up to something scrappy, varied and charming, unlikely to be a bigprize contender but a terrific document of

Rating: NNN After a darkly decadent (and super-gay) detour into sleazy after-hours 80s sounds on 2010’s Night Work, Scissor Sisters return to lighter, chart-friendly fare on their fourth album. Although the after-hours sex club angle is more exciting than this album’s grab bag approach, Magic Hour does provide the hangover remedy the New York group seemed in need of. Rollicking John Legend-assisted opener Baby Come Home reminds us why they’re one of today’s best-sounding pop acts, while Inevitable and San Luis Obispo tap into the classic pop arrangements and relaxed Bee Gees falsetto harmonizing they do so well. Elsewhere, the production sometimes eclipses the songwriting. Producer Calvin Harris presses all the right euphoria buttons on single Only The Horses; Shady Love pairs gimmicky retro rap with a bythe-book dance build; Self Control indulges in 90s house-pop revival with a catwalk-ready beat; while Ana Matronic does über-camp overkill on kitschy dance number Let’s Have A Kiki. Top track: Baby Come Home Scissor Sisters play Sound Academy on June 28. KEVIN RITCHIE

WIND UP RADIO SESSIONS Bird Eyes

(independent) Rating: NNN The members of Montreal-based Wind Up Radio Sessions come from different places; brothers Marc and Dan Kiely are from Dundas, Ontario, while Matt Lazenby is from the UK. Their sophomore disc (which also features Dave Crosbie) simi-

larly draws from varied sources: folky indie rock, fuzzy guitar jams, 60s pop and psychedelia. It’s an endearingly laid-back listen, with introspective lyrics and loose backup vocals. But its greatest strength is also its biggest shortcoming: the first two songs – confident and welcoming Little Bird and new-wavy surprise Backporch – are so promising that the rest come as a bit of a disappointment. At least they got the bookends right: acoustic Blades Of Grass trails off as the perfect closer. Top track: Little Bird Wind Up Radio Sessions play the Central on June 13 as part of NXNE. SARAH GREENE

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(Mercy, Happy Life) Rating: Kandle Osborne’s self-titled debut solo EP comes across as far more self-assured and developed than you’d expect from a 21-year-old emerging artist. However, given that the Montreal-based singer/ songwriter is the daughter of 54-40 singer Neil Osborne and has been playing in bands since she was 16, it’s not that surprising. Her dark,

hazy blues sound strikes a great balance between accessible and off-kilter, and this six-song introduction shows great promise. There are definite traces of the spooky dream-world folk of Timber Timbre, although she’s occasionally willing to let loose and actually rock out. Broken Social Scene’s Sam Goldberg lays down some great reverb-drenched guitar on all the songs, and the production is lush and warm. It’s Osborne’s relaxed Mazzy Starinfluenced drawl that’s the real focal point, though. At times the crunchy overdriven effect on the vocals is mildly distracting, but it does suit the murky vibe of the songs, so that’s a pretty minor complaint. Top track: Know My Name Kandle opens up for Coeur de Pirate Friday (June 1) at the Opera House, and plays the Drake Hotel Saturday (June 2). BB

MELVINS LITE Freak Puke (Ipecac) Rating: NNN For their 18th release (depending on how you count), the Melvins have added “Lite” to their name, but it’s a bit misleading. Though they’ve temporarily replaced their bassist and second drummer with upright bassist Trevor Dunn (of Fantomas/Mr. Bungle), sludge-rock legends King Buzzo and Dale Crover aren’t presenting a watered-down Coors version of the Melvins. By all measures, this is the same loud-riffing, stoner-friendly rock band that’s been recording since the early 80s. Considering that they went to the trouble of a name change, it’s disappointing to discover that they haven’t shaken up their formula too drastically. On the other hand, it’s comforting to see how consistently the Melvins can make heavy, compelling riffs, nimble rhythms and caustic, oddball choices (like the hard-asnails cover of Paul McCartney’s Let Me Roll It) this late in their career. They seem incapable of softening their sound, even when they try. Top track: Freak Puke Melvins Lite play the Opera House July 5. RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

SIGUR ROS Valtari (XL/Beggars)

Rating: NNN After a foray into frisky pop on 2008’s Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust, on their sixth album Icelandic quartet Sigur Rós return to the less easily defined cinematic atmospherics for which they are best known. At first, Valtari’s blissful opening sounds like a retreat to the familiar, but gradually it morphs into an exercise in extreme minimalism that emphasizes mood over melody, subtle textures, creeping vocals, delicately meandering piano and a general resistance to the big, emotional moments that have become the band’s trademark. They do, however, muster a sweeping gesture or two, like when Varúð’s childlike choral progression crescendos into waves of percussive power, the album’s most epic moment. Impeccably produced, Valtari ultimately feels like two diametrically opposed albums: one indulges in (and deconstructs) Sigur Rós’s usual methods of bringing listeners to heavenly climax, and the other in glistening, dissonant instrumentals (Varðeldur, Valtari, Fjögur Píanó) emotionally vast in their sparseness. So, yeah, it’s a bit of a head trip. Top track: Ekki Múkk Sigur Rós play Echo Beach at the Molson Amphitheatre August 1. KR

Dance

KINDNESS World, You Need A Change Of

Mind (Casablanca) Rating: NN With its inviting and warmly atmospheric hi-fi production (courtesy of Cassius’s Philippe Zdar), the debut album from British dance musician Adam Bainbridge takes us on a trip through tempos and styles: pop balladry, left-field disco, rare groove and new jack swing. It’s clearly the work of someone with a deep affection for dance music history, especially the era when DJs like Larry Levan took partiers on transcendental journeys late into the night. Many of the best songs are the headiest: the rubbery groove of Gee Up, the squealing, sampledelic ode to late 80s R&B That’s Alright, and swirling disco closer Doigsong. What’s missing is the emotional heat. Bainbridge has a wispy, porous voice and a tendency to indulge in sentimentality (the apex of which is a cover of Anita Dobson’s East Enders theme, Anyone Can Fall In Love) and featherweight melodies that drift listlessly regardless of the considered production. Top track: That’s Alright KR

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Piotr Stanczyk moves to the Bard By KATHLEEN SMITH HAMLET choreography by Kevin O’Day. Presented by the National Ballet of Canada at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts (145 Queen West). Opens Friday (June 1) and runs to June 10, Wednesday-Saturday 7:30 pm, matinees Sunday (and June 2 and 7) 2 pm. $25-$234, some same-day $12. nationalballet.ca. 416-345-9595.

hamlet might seem an unlikely candidate for a classical ballet adaptation. Just how do you translate the most famous soliloquy in the English language – “To be or not to be” – into dance anyway? According to Piotr Stanczyk, the darkly handsome National Ballet of Canada principal dancer featured on all those promotional posters around town, American choreographer Kevin O’Day has done it using a theatrical combination of music, contemporary and classical movement idioms and an agonized solo (one of many) for the play’s namesake Danish prince. “We don’t have many Hamlets in ballet,” Stanczyk points out as we chat during his break between morning class and rehearsals at the Walter Carsen Centre. He’s physically more compact than you might expect from those heroic posters, and he’s softspoken, with a charming slight eastern European accent. “It’s a very complex play,” he says. “You have to introduce all the characters – they’re all important, and the disfunctionalities between them are all important. You can’t start skipping stuff if you want to take the audience on a journey. You really have to do it step by step.” It’s helpful that O’Day’s take on the Shakespearean tragedy emphasizes the theme of fathers and sons and how difficult it can be for a child to escape the influence of a parent. In this reading, Hamlet’s famous internal struggles derive largely from his attempt to reconcile his own analytical nature with the more action-

oriented ruling style of his deceased father. Stanczyk, who shares the role with Guillaume Côté and Naoya Ebe, admits that the theme is personally “very close” to him and will likely resonate with many audience members as well. “It’s about the legacy and imprint of someone who is not even around any more yet is still affecting our lives. It can be really hard to free yourself from that.” Born in Poland, Stanczyk followed his sister to the State Ballet School of Poznan before coming to Canada to attend the National Ballet School as a teenager. He joined the National in 1998 and was promoted to principal in 2008. He credits his passion for ballet for “saving” him from a life of trouble. He doesn’t go into details about what kind of trouble, but mentions that when the Wall came down, crime and turmoil in eastern Europe went the other way: up. “I was an ambitious kid back then, and for a long time I didn’t figure out the right way from the wrong way,” he says. When I ask what he’d be doing if he weren’t dancing, he laughs and says bluntly, “I would probably be in Poland. In jail.” Instead, to the great good fortune of ballet fans in Canada, he’s proved a reliable leading man, performing major roles in many of the National’s most exciting new and newly acquired works: Alexei Ratmansky’s Romeo And Juliet, Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice In Wonderland and Wayne McGregor’s Chroma. He’s fiery rather than flowery, and combines great technique with a

dance listings Opening GUELPH CONTEMPORARY DANCE FESTIVAL The GCDF presents indoor and outdoor performances by companies from all over Canada, including Femmes du Feu, LINK Dance, Zata Omm Dance and others. May 31-Jun 3, see website for schedule. Various prices and

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passes, outdoor shows pwyc. River Run Centre, 35 Woolwich, Exhibition Park, Dancetheatre David Earle and other venues, Guelph. guelphcontemporarydancefestival.com. HAMLET The National Ballet of Canada presents Kevin O’Day’s adaptation of the Shakespeare play (see story, this page). Opens Jun 1 and runs to Jun 10, Wed-Sat 7:30 pm, mats

Theatre listings are comprehensive and appear alphabetically by title. Opening plays begin this week, Previewing shows preview this week, One-Nighters are one-offs, and Continuing shows have already opened. Reviews are by Glenn Sumi (GS) and Jon Kaplan (JK). The rating system is as follows: NNNNN Standing ovation NNNN Sustained applause NNN Recommended, memorable scenes NN Seriously flawed N Get out the hook L = Luminato event

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Opening Piotr Stanczyk has many agonized solos in National Ballet’s Hamlet.

smouldering emotional intensity that commands attention. These innate qualities – and the previously hinted at depths of life experience – should serve Stanczyk well when he takes the lead as the great Dane. “I can get pretty dark in my personal life,” he says sheepishly. “This might have been a factor in why I got cast.” 3 stage@nowtoronto.com

Sun (and Jun 2 and 7) 2 pm. $25-$234. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-345-9595, national.ballet.ca. INFUSION The Dark Side Studio presents an evening of alternative bellydance with Akimi, Danielle Davies, Audra, Monique Ryan, Rachel Brice and others. Jun 2 at 9 pm. $25. Royal Cinema, 608 College. thedarksidestudio.com.

NATIVE SING AND DANCING: THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURE Native Canadian Centre of Toron-

to presents dancing, singing and drumming, followed by a talk on preserving aboriginal culture and language. Jun 4 at 2 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. 416-393-7172.

BUGZZZ – A CAUTIONARY TALE by William

Mackwood (Out of the Box Productions). In a post-human world, insects find a copy of Puccini’s Tosca and attempt to perform it in order to learn about humankind. Opens May 31 and runs to Jun 10, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat (and Jun 10) 2 pm. $17-$25. Wychwood Barns, 76 Wychwood. 416-537-4191, outoftheboxproductions.ca. CYMBELINE by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). A bogus claim of infidelity leads a king’s daughter to risk everything for love. Opens May 31 and runs in rep to Sep 30. $49$95, srs $35-$55, stu $15-$25. Tom Patterson Theatre, 111 Lakeside, Stratford. 1-800-5671600, stratfordfestival.ca. INSPIRATO FESTIVAL (Dominik Loncar). The annual festival of 10-minute plays presents works by Nina Ki, Robin Pond, Amina Henry, Greg Vovos, Nelson Yu, Stanley Toledo and others. Opens Jun 1 and runs to Jun 10, WedThu 7 and 9 pm, Fri 8 and 10 pm, Sat 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 pm, Sun Jun 10 finale at 2 pm. $12, four-show pass $38. Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley. inspiratofestival.ca. THE MATCHMAKER by Thornton Wilder (Stratford Festival). A materialistic merchant hires a matchmaker to find him a wife in this comedy. Previews to Jun 1. Opens Jun 2 and runs in rep to Oct 27. $49-$95, srs $35-$55, stu $15$25. Festival Theatre, 55 Queen, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE by WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan (Stratford Festival). A young pirate apprentice must choose between love and duty in this comic operetta. Previews to May 31. Opens Jun 1 and runs in rep to Oct 27. $49-$106, srs $41-$66, stu $19-$29. Avon Theatre, 99 Downie, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. THEATRE OUT OF THE BOX (Act II Studio/Silver

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sociation Oplenac presents traditional costumes, folk dance and music. Jun 3 at 6 pm. $20-$40. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts, Mississauga. 416-428-4994, oplenac.ca. PRINCE RAMA IN THE WILDERNESS Harbourfront Centre NextSteps and Menaka Thakkar Dance Theatre present a family-friendly Indian dance work based on the Ramayana. May 31Jun 2, Thu-Fri 2 pm, Sat 1 pm. $25, child $10. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, menakathakkardance.org. SITAYANA Harbourfront Centre NextSteps and Menaka Thakkar Dance Theatre present

Screens Arts Festival). One-act plays by Mairy Beam, Joan Edge, Neil Naft, Suzanne Gauthier and Cathy Shilton will be performed by members of the age 50+ arts program. May 31-Jun 1, Thu 1:30 and 7:30 pm, Fri 2 pm. $15. Rogers Communications Centre, 80 Gould. silverscreens.ca. TORONTO FESTIVAL OF CLOWNS (Adam Lazarus/Dave McKay). This festival features clowns, bouffons and physical theatre performers including Phil Luzi, Kathleen LeRoux, Sandra Battaglini, Shelley Marshall, Helen Donnelly, Morro & Jasp and others. May 31-Jun 3, Thu-Sun 6:15, 8 and 9:30 pm. $10. Pia Bouman Studio Theatre, 6 Noble. torontofestivalofclowns.com.

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Tsujiuchi and others perform a musical cabaret. Jun 1-2 at 8 pm. $10. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander, Tallulah’s Cabaret. 416-975-8555. THE WIZARD OF OZ by L Frank Baum, Harold Arlen and EY Harburg (Drayton Entertainment). A twister sends Dorothy over the rainbow in this musical based on the film. Opens Jun 4 and runs to Jun 23, Tue-Sat (see website for times). $40, previews $32, stu $20. Huron Country Playhouse, 70689 B Line, Grand Bend. 1-888-372-9866, draytonentertainment.com.

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bano (Luminato/Canadian Children’s Opera Company). This opera for all ages celebrates the myth and reality of an iconic Canadian heroine. Previews Jun 6-7, Wed-Thu 10 am and Wed 1 pm. Opens Jun 7 and runs to Jun 10, Thu-Sun 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm. $35, srs $20, stu $15. Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-368-4849, luminato.com/ events/laura.

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INFORMING CONTENT: PERFORMANCE (Volcano Theatre). Workshop participants perform short, site-specific works. Jun 3 from 6 to 8 pm. Free (space limited; RSVP). Jackman Humanities Institute Building, 170 St George. informingcontentday2.eventbrite.com. THE MARTYS (Mississauga Arts Council). The Mississauga arts awards are presented, with music and dance performances. May 31 at 6 pm. $25. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts. 905-615-4278, mississaugaartscouncil.com. TORONTO MONOLOGUE SLAM (Trane Studio). Upcoming actors deliver intimate and energetic performances. Jun 3 at 7 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. toslam.com. WHEN THIS WAR ENDS by Caitlin Smith (Spectrum Music). Scenes from a new opera about Canada’s role in the war in Afghanistan will be presented in this concert. May 31 at 7:30 pm. $20, stu/srs $15. Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina. spectrummusic.ca.

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an Indian dance work based on the Ramayana retold from a feminist point of view. May 31Jun 2, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $30-$35, srs $25-$28, stu $15. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, menakathakkardance.org.

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Uneven Pieces PIECES by Sarah Illiatovitch-Goldman (Cue6). At Unit 102 (376 Dufferin). To June 9. $20-$30 ($5 for return visits). See Continuing, page 54. Rating: nnn This experimental drama about infidelity presents the same collection of scenes in a different, randomly selected order at each performance. It’s a risky idea, but Sarah Illiatovitch-Goldman’s script is tailored for contingency, so in any sequence the play feels like other intentionally disordered narratives: the titular “pieces” slowly fall into place. The gloomy story centres around Jim (James Downing), a middle-aged playboy university prof who years earlier had an affair with a student, Jodi (Allison Price). When Jodi unexpectedly turns up, sick and with her young daughter in tow, Jim and his wife, Susan (Rosemary Dunsmore), are faced with difficult truths and decisions. Pieces succeeds in demonstrating

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Hamlet that the intentional ordering of scenes isn’t essential for cogent storytelling. Illiatovitch-Goldman’s compartmentalized script and the mind’s knack for perceiving order in disorder work together to make the random sequence seem coherent. Less successful are long portions of dialogue that too often stray into boring and unrealistic territory. That said, there are a few well-written and

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Lost is found LOST In YOnKERS by Neil Simon (Harold Green Jewish Theatre). At the Jane Mallett (27 Front East). To June 10. $42.50$79.50. 416-366-7723. See Continuing, page 54. Rating: nnn

The day after opening night, tragedy struck the Harold Green Jewish Theatre’s production of Neil Simon’s Lost In Yonkers when cast member Linda Kash’s husband, the comic actor Paul O’Sullivan, was killed in a car accident on May 18. Subsequent performances were cancelled before the company found a replacement for the key role of Bella, the child-woman whose struggle with her tough-as-nails mother, Grandma

Kurnitz (Marion Ross), forms the heart of Simon’s funny and affecting play. But the show goes on, and Jim Warren’s production makes a good argument for this being one of Simon’s better-written plays. It’s 1942, and brothers Jay (Alessandro Costantini) and Arty (Jesse Shimko) have been dropped off at the home of their crusty Grandma and their Aunt Bella (Finnerty Steeves), while their sheepish father (David Eisner) hits the road to work off a debt he incurred to pay for his dead wife’s cancer treatment. The two boys get little affection from the old lady, who rules the home and her convenience store below (where they both work) with an iron fist. Gradually, it becomes clear that her tough love approach to parenting has

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emotionally hard-hitting moments (there was audible sniffling after one heated exchange), but at almost two hours, this experiment would be more effective scaled down. The cast is solid, with Dunsmore standing out, but sloppy staging by director Jill Harper conceals Jodi and her child during a climactic scene by positioning them behind one of the JORDAn BIMM space’s pesky pillars. twisted all her children, who also include Louie (Ari Cohen), a quick-talking gangster, and Gert (Sheila McCarthy), a bird-like woman who can barely blurt out a sentence. Simon constructs the narrative craftily, mixing his signature one-liners with genuine pathos. Ross, best known as the mom in the TV sitcom Happy Days, is unrecognizable as the steely matriarch; her stiff posture is just right, although her German-Jewish accent wavers. Steeves, who played Bella earlier this year off-Broadway, is heartbreaking as the developmentally challenged woman who wants to establish her independence. The rest of the cast is fine, especially Cohen, but special mention should be made of the young Costantini and Shimko, who delineate the brothers – one serious and worrying, the other jokey and streetwise – with the skill of GLEnn SUMI actors twice their age.

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room intrigue. Runs to Sep 15, Fri-Sat and some Thu; dinner from 6:30 pm, show 8 pm. $66-$71. 2026 Yonge. mysteriouslyyours.com. BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL by Jeff Whitty, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt and Amanda Green (Mirvish). There are a bit too many narratives in this loose adaptation of the 2000 Kirsten Dunst movie about rival cheerleading squads. But it’s still lots of campy fun, and the energetic songs are always tied to character, whether they’re pop, hip-hop or even folk. The real star of the show is the choreography, which gets the versatile cast to flip, twirl, balance on shoulders and land – all without wires or nets – in one jawdropping number after another. Runs to Jun 3, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm. $35-$130, rush $25. Ed Mirvish Theatre, 244 Victoria. mirvish.com. NNNN (GS) DEAR WORLD by Jerry Herman, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E Lee (Civic Light Opera Company). An eccentric old lady stands up to a corporation and saves the world in this musical. Runs to Jun 9, Wed 7 pm, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sun (and Jun 9) 2 pm. $28. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall. 416-7551717, musictheatretoronto.com. THE GREEN DOOR CABARET (Lower Ossington Theatre). This series features cabaret performances by various artists. Runs to Jun 10, Fri-Sat see website for schedule and performers. $20$30. 100A Ossington. lowerossingtontheatre. com/cabaret. HOME by David Storey (Soulpepper). Five people’s everyday chit-chat holds a world of secrets in Storey’s nuanced play, given a fine production by Soulpepper’s ensemble of actors directed by Albert Schultz. As we learn more about these characters, they develop an emotional richness both comic and touching.. 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. NNNN (JK) THE HYPOCHONDRIAC by Molière (East Side Players). A man is obsessed with his imaginary ailments in this classic farce. Runs to Jun 9, Wed-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, stu $15. Papermill Theatre, 67 Pottery. eastsideplayers.ca. ISLANDS by Graham Porter (draft89 theatre collective). In 2512, the survivors of a nuclear cataclysm try to keep civilization going in this play about the clash between utopia and human nature. Runs to Jun 2, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 1 pm. $30. Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. 416-538-0988, draft89.com. KIM’S CONVENIENCE by Ins Choi (Soulpepper). Choi’s groundbreaking script looks at a Korean-Canadian-run variety store in a rapidly changing Regent Park. Paul SunHyung Lee dominates the production as the street-smart, stern patriarch who wants his independent daughter (Esther Jun) to take over the business. Director Weyni Mengesha, working with Ken MacKenzie’s naturalistic set, brings out all the laughs and drama in a play that deserves to be open for business a long time. Runs to Jun 9, see website for schedule. $22-$68. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. NNNNN (GS) LOST IN YONKERS by Neil Simon (Harold Green Jewish Theatre). Marion Ross stars in Simon’s play about two boys who must live with their harsh grandmother (see review, page 53). Runs to Jun 10, Tue-Thu and Sat 8 pm, mats Sun and Wed 2 pm. $42.50-$79.50.

Sandra Battaglini is part of the Toronto Festival Of Clowns. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-3667723, hgjewishtheatre.com. NNN (GS) ODYSSEO (Cavalia). This entertaining followup to 2003’s equine escapade Cavalia features some Cirque du Soleil glitz, a bit more hunky human flesh and some jaw-dropping production values. The horses are the stars, galloping, clearing fences and performing in unison, sometimes with brave riders jumping over them (and in one eye-popping case, under them). Runs to Jun 17, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 3 pm, Sun 2 pm. $29.50-$119.50. White Big Top, 324 Cherry. 1-866-999-8111, cavalia.net. NNN (GS) PAUL & MARIE by Roberto Angelini (Two Snakes Productions). A couple risk their secure life to pursue fulfilling careers in the arts. Runs to Jun 2, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $25. George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire. twosnakesproductions.com. PIECES by Sarah Illiatovitch-Goldman (Cue6 Productions). The show’s script sequence is randomly drawn before each performance in this play about sex and betrayal (see review, page 53). Runs to Jun 9, Thu-Fri 8 pm (and Jun 6), Sat 6:30 and 10 pm (except Jun 8: one show only, at 8 pm). $20-$30. Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. cue6.ca. NNN (Jordan Bimm) THE REAL WORLD? by Michel Tremblay (Tarragon Theatre). A playwright’s family deals with his scripted version of them in Tremblay’s nuanced play, which puts both onstage and questions which version is more truthful as well as whether it’s right to tell the truth. Director Richard Rose’s well-performed production captures the tensions and unfulfilled emotional needs in this seemingly average clan. Runs to Jun 3, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $21-$51. 30 Bridgman. 416531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. NNNN (JK) RENT by Johnathan Larson (Theatre Sheridan). New York artists struggle to make ends meet in the shadow of the AIDS epidemic in this musical. Runs to Jun 3, Tue-Thu 7:30 pm, FriSat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. $40-$60, stu rush $25. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge. 416872-1212, mirvish.com. RENT by Jonathan Larson (Toronto Youth Theatre). Artists of NYC’s Lower East Side struggle to make ends meet at the start of the AIDS epidemic. Runs to Jun 16, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm, Sun 4 pm. $45-$60. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-915-6747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. THE SCRIPT-TEASE PROJECT (National Theatre of the World). Improvised plays will

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be created and performed based on two pages written by playwrights Sky Gilbert, Scott Thompson, Karen Hines, Ins Choi and others. Runs to Jun 3, Thu 8 pm, Fri 7:30 and 9 pm, Sat 8 and 10 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, stu $15. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. 416-504-7529, thenationaltheatreoftheworld.com. STOCKHOLM by Bryony Lavery (Seventh Stage Theatre Productions/Nightwood Theatre). This slow-building psychological drama from feminist playwright Lavery busts the myth of domestic bliss by peeling back the cutesy facade put up by a successful yuppie couple. Intriguing choreography turns chores like putting away the groceries into acrobatic collaborations, but paradise soon gives way to suspicions and power politics. Runs to Jun 3, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $15-$30. Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman, Extra Space. 416-531-1827, seventhstageproductions.com/ theatre. NNN (Jordan Bimm) UNCLE VANYA by Anton Chekhov (BackAlley Piano Production). The stale lives of a woman and her uncle on a rural estate are jarred by the return of her father and his new wife from the city. Runs to Jun 2, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20, stu $15. Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley, Studio. pianovanya.tumblr.com. WAR HORSE based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford (National Theatre of Great Britain/Mirvish). The story’s familiar – boy gets horse, boy loses horse, etc – but the stagecraft on display in War Horse is like nothing else. Handspring Puppet Company’s equines come to life with Rae Smith’s spectacular design, which uses projections to convey the First World War battlefields where Albert (an excellent Alex Ferber) seeks the horse he loves. We appreciate the anti-war message, as well, but it’s the magic theatre can create that’ll make you weep. Runs to Sep 30, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 1:30 pm. $35$130, rush $29. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. NNNNN (Susan G Cole)

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Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim (Dancap Productions). This touring version of the classic American musical – one of the best – adds some Spanish dialogue and lyrics for the Puerto Rican characters. The highlights of the production are Jerome Robbins’s original choreography and Ross Lekites as the innocent Tony, whose love for Maria (Evy Ortiz) is passionate and palpable. Runs to Jun 3, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $51$180. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. 416-644-3665, dancaptickets.com. NNN (JK) YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU by George S Kaufman and Moss Hart (Soulpepper). The classic American comedy about a fun-loving family that marches to the beat of a different drummer is filled with laughter and heart, though at opening the former still needed fine tuning. Yet the emotions are strong, and with a fine cast that includes Eric Peterson, Nancy Palk, Krystin Pellerin and Gregory Prest, the comedy is sure to grow. Runs to Jun 21, 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. NNN (JK)

Out of Town 42ND STREET by Michael Stewart, Mark Bramble, Harry Warren and Al Dubin (Stratford Festival). A director falls for a chorus girl while trying to keep his musical production afloat. 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. 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. Runs in rep to Sep 22. $35-$90, stu mat $24. Court House Theatre, 26 Queen, Niagaraon-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. MISALLIANCE by Bernard Shaw (Shaw Festival). A bored heiress finds adventure when a plane

crashes into her home during a dull party. Runs in rep to Oct 27. $35-$90, stu mats $24. Royal George Theatre, 85 Queen, Niagara-onthe-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). One couple plans to marry while their friends trade insults in the classic romantic comedy. Runs in rep to Oct 27. $49-$95, srs $35-$55, stu $15$25. Festival Theatre, 55 Queen, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. PRESENT LAUGHTER by Noël Coward (Shaw Festival). An actor deals with various people vying for his attention in this comedy. Runs in rep to Oct 28. $35-$110, stu/srs mats $24-$45. Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-onthe-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. RAGTIME by Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Shaw Festival). Turn-of-the-century America is seen through the eyes of three very different families in this musical. Runs in rep to Oct 14. $35$110, stu/srs mats $24-$45. Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. THE SOUND OF MUSIC by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse (Drayton Entertainment). An aspiring nun leaves the convent to govern the children of Captain von Trapp in this musical. Runs to Jun 9, Tue-Sat (see website for times). $40, stu $20. Drayton Festival Theatre, 33 Wellington S, Drayton. 1-888-372-9866, draytonentertainment.com. YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN by Clark Gesner (Stratford Festival/Schulich Children’s Plays). This family musical is based on Charles M Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip characters. Runs in rep to Oct 28. $49$106, srs $41-$66, stu $19-$29. Avon Theatre, 99 Downie, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. 3

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Ready to Dom-inate His military base childhood prepped Dom Pare for stand-up By GLENN SUMI DOM PARE headlining at Yuk Yuk’s Downtown (224 Richmond West), from Wednesday (June 6) to June 10, Wednesday-Sunday 8 pm, late shows Friday-Saturday 10:30 pm. $12-$20. 416-967- 6425.

one february weeknight, i witnessed a fascinating show at Yuk Yuk’s Downtown. After a bunch of decent stand-ups bombed and I was just about to write off the audience, one comic turned the crowd around. “I remember that show,” says Dom Pare, the guy responsible for making that big shift and one of the best new comics I’ve seen in years. “I felt they were in a different mood. I don’t want to get all weird and arty, but you can sense the energy in a room. You can tell if there’s a tightness and they’re looking for something different.” Like any astute observer, Pare comes up with a clever analogy. “It’s like you want pizza,” he says, “but someone keeps giving you sushi.” Tough crowds are nothing new to Pare, who faces a week of headlining sets at the flagship Toronto Yuk Yuk’s. He was born in Germany but moved to Canada at two, and grew up on military bases around the country. Great training, it turns out, for the cutthroat world of comedy. “Being funny in school can make

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you friends and prevent you from being bullied,” he says in an Annex café. “Military kids are usually funny and charismatic or big athletes. They’ve all developed some sort of vestigial element from their childhood to help them socially.” Pare isn’t afraid of appearing to be a bit of an asshole onstage. It gives his act an angry, unpredictable edge. “That’s me,” he says, laughing. “I’m a bit of an asshole, but it’s all in fun. Guys rib each other, and I kind of rib the audience. There’s no hate in what I’m doing.” Still, he can sometimes rub certain audience members the wrong way. He’s run into some problems, for instance, in his bit about taboo words like the C word and the N word. “I’ve done that joke, and someone in the audience, usually a woman, will audibly reject it,” he says. “But I can’t abandon it. And once I get through, she’s usually the one laughing the hardest.” This time last year, Pare quit his six-figure salary as a high-tech salesman to pursue comedy fulltime and try to get as good as comics he respects, like

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Mike Wilmot, Pete Zedlacher, Aaron Berg and Darren Frost. “I just couldn’t do it any more,” he says. “I felt my heart and soul splitting in two.” Now he’s come to the point in his career where he’s shedding some of his earlier jokes. His 45-minute headline set will include old and new material. “There are some jokes about going to the gym and others about the differences between the sexes, which is kind of where I’m at now. “I eventually want to put the older pieces online, but they’ll be gone from my act after this.” Then Pare comes up with another analogy. “They’re not like pants that are too tight for me, but they’re starting to look weird. It’s like I’m the only guy on the street wearing a top hat and shorts.” 3

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ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Mike Dambra,

Dred Lee and host Matt Billon. To Jun 3, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. COMEDY THURSDAYS The Starving Artist presents a weekly showcase w/ host Natasha Henderson. 9 pm. Free. 584 Lansdowne. 647342-5058, starvingartistbar.com. GUILTY OF BEING FUNNY presents weekly stand-up w/ hosts Andrew Fox and Jamie O’Connor. 10 pm. Free. Hot Wings, 563 Queen W. 416-359-8860. THE IMPROV SHOW Comedy Bar presents Lauren Ash, Jan Caruana, Kerry Griffin, Kayla Lorette, Carmine Lucarelli, Jerry Schaefer and Leslie Seiler. 8 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. LAUGH SABBATH presents Sara Hennessey, Nick Flanagan, Ladystache, Darryl Orr, Kirk Hicks and Ryan Kucek. 9:30 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. laughsabbath.com. LAUNCHPAD COMEDY presents a weekly show. 8:30 pm. Free. White Swan, 836 Danforth. 416-463-8089. LIVE WRONG AND PROSPER Second City presents its latest revue of sketch and improv, written and performed by a fine sextet and directed with note-perfect precision by Chris Earle. Standout sketches take on the economic crisis in Europe, political attack ads (and how they affect a family vacation), bad reality TV and social media. There’s a sinister edge to one improvised bit about a pair of cops who brag about internet surveillance, but overall there’s lots of physical comedy – including one sketch about a woman (the fabulous Inessa Frantowski) trying to join an orgy and a man (the fearless Jason DeRosse) getting ejected from a kinky sex date. Don’t order any whipped cream. Wed-Sat 8 pm, plus Fri & Sat 10:30 pm, Sun 7 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity. com. NNNN (GS) OFF BOOK Green with Envy Productions presents theatre actors and improvisers performing a part-scripted, part-improvised revue w/ Christy Bruce, Jesse Bond and others. 8 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, comedybar.ca. STONER COMEDY Hot Box Cafe presents a weekly show w/ host Jillian Thomas. 7 pm. $5. 191A Baldwin. hotboxcafe.ca. THE TASTY SHOW presents weekly stand-up w/ host Jeffrey Danson. 10 pm. Free. La Revolucion, 2848 Dundas W. 416-766-0746. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Pete Johansson. To Jun 3, Thu-Sun 8 pm (plus Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-9676425, yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN presents Ian Sirota. To Jun 2, Thu 8 pm, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $12-$20. 70 Interchange Way. yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S WEST presents The Canadian Rednecks Comedy Tour w/ Mike McGregor, Rob Pue and Ryan Dennee. To Jun 2, Thu 8 pm, FriSat 9 pm. $12-$20. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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Friday, June 1 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 31. THE BOOM SHOW: CHAPTER 47 Drake Hotel presents Dylan Gott, Ladystache, ñ John Hastings and host Hunter Collins. Doors

8 pm. $10. 1150 Queen W. boomcomedy.com. THE CARNEGIE HALL SHOW The National Theatre of the World presents a monthly improv show w/ Matt Baram, Naomi Snieckus, Ron Pederson, Chris Gibbs and guests. 11 pm. $12, stu $6. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416-3430011, thenationaltheatreoftheworld.com.

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COMEDY ON THE DANFORTH Timothy’s World

News Café presents improv with Dan’s Mix ‘95 (Dan Hershfield and others). 9 pm. Pwyc. 320 Danforth. comedyonthedanforth.com. LIVE WRONG AND PROSPER See Thu 31. MARTY TOPPS HOUSE PARTY SHOW Isaac Winter presents a comedy show and dance party w/ Eric Andrews, Steph Kaliner, Brian Barlow, Da Appel Boyz, host Marty Topps, DJ T-Bot and others. 10:30 pm. $5-$8. Double Double Land, 209 Augusta. martytopps.ca. NICK FLANAGAN & MARK LITTLE Comedy Bar presents two comics having one night of fun. 10 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. 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. WOMEN VS MEN COMEDY SHOW Ajahmae Live and Kingston 6 Entertainment present a comic battle of the sexes w/ Keesha Brownie, Crystal Ferrier, Jay Martin and Patrick Haye. 8 pm. $20-$30. Toronto Underground Cinema, 186 Spadina. womenvsmen.eventbrite.ca. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 31. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN See Thu 31. YUK YUK’S WEST See Thu 31.

Saturday, June 2 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 31. LET’S GET POLITICKLE! Danish Anwar presents

socially savvy stand-up w/ Sam Feldman, Jay Scott, Geoff Hendry, Josh Infald, Danny Polishchuk and Anwar. 9:30 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. danishanwar.com. LIVE WRONG AND PROSPER See Thu 31. THE NOT SO GOOD WITH NAMES SHOW Crown & Tiger presents Brian Barlow, Amber HarperYoung, Ben Beauchemin, Desiree Lavoy-Dorsch, Erik Bamberg, host Darryl Orr and others. 10 pm. $5. 414 College. 416-920-3115. SMASH HIT Opening Night Theatre presents a weekly improvised musical. 7:30 pm. Pwyc. Augusta House, 152 Augusta. openingnighttheatre.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 31. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN See Thu 31. YUK YUK’S WEST See Thu 31.

Sunday, June 3 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 31. COMEDY AT 51 Kyra Williams presents a late-night comedy cabaret w/ Blair ñ Streeter, Chris Roberts, Erik Bamberg, Brie

Watson, K Trevor Wilson and Jim Kim. 10 pm. Pwyc. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011. HAPPY HOUR @ EIN-STEIN presents Matt Holmes, Rene Robichaud, Erik Bamberg, Rasul Somji, Adam Zed, Vida, Nick Martinello, Dan Lee, host Arie Kizel and others. 8 pm. Free. EinStein, 229 College. ein-stein.ca. LIVE WRONG AND PROSPER See Thu 31.

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

lective presents host John Hastings and improv by Simple and Dumb, Taller to Ride and Whoosh Pickle. 8 pm. $5. Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. reveltheatre.com. STRIP COMEDY Comedy Bar presents Matt Folliott and Georgea Brooks-Hancock. 9:30 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE The Sketchersons present weekly sketch w/ guest hosts and musical acts. 9:30 pm. $8. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesketchersons.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 31.

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tenden, MC Mark Forward and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. Coming Soon... w/ Aaron Stern, Lauren Hammersley, Aastha Lal and others. 11 pm. Free. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com. BEST. MONDAY. EVER. Second City presents a weekly show featuring sketch, songs and improvisation. 8 pm. $14. 51 Mercer. 416-3430011, 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 weekly show w/ Russell Roy. 9 pm. Free. 39 Colborne. 416-815-7562. IT’S THE DICK RIDGEPORT FIVE Action Slacks presents a fusion of improv and music with surf rock band Luau or Die in this revue. To Jun 18, Mondays 8 pm. $10. Charlotte Room, 19 Charlotte. dickridgeport5.eventbrite.com. THE JOKEBOX Impulsive Entertainment presents comedy w/ the Short Form Richards, Adam David Regen, Andre Arruda, Lady Business, host Hunter Collins and others. 8 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. impulsiveent.com. STAND-UP AT SAZERAC presents a weekly stand-up show. 9 pm. Free. Sazerac Gastro Lounge, 782 King W. 647-342-8866.

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GLAM Cabaret presents a comedy/variety show w/ Sara Hennessey, John Hastings, Marilla Wex, Rachelle Elie, Emily Roach and musical guests. Doors 8 pm. $10 (proceeds to the Pat McFarlane Cancer Research Foundation). Supermarket, 268 Augusta. glamcabaret.blogspot.com. I HEART JOKES The Central presents weekly comedy w/ host Evan Desmarais. 7 pm. $5. 603 Markham. 416-913-4586. THE SECOND CITY’S IMPROV ALL-STARS Second City presents a fast-paced, completely improvised weekly show. 8 pm. $20. 51 Mercer. 416343-0011, secondcity.com. SKETCHCOMEDYLOUNGE Rivoli presents The Headliner Series w/ Pink Slip, Emma Hunter, the Regulars, Newsdesk with Ron Sparks, MC Debra DiGiovanni and more. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. sketchcomedylounge.com. STANDING ON THE DANFORTH Eton House presents Andrew Johnston’s Birthday Show w/ Eddie Della Siepe, Bryan Hatt, Dave Martin, Ron Josol, Julia Hladkowicz, Johnston, host Jo-Anna Downey and others. 9 pm. Free. 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents the Humber School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, and stand-up Amateur Night at 9:30 pm. $4. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

T.O. critics name best shows A sizzling update of the Bluebeard tale, a raucous musical about dead children on an amusement park ride, a civil rights musical and a poignant comedy-drama about Korean-Canadian immigrants are the big winners in the second annual Toronto Theatre Critics Association Awards. Carole Fréchette’s The Small Room At The Top Of The Stairs, presented by the Tarragon, was the big winner in the theatre category, copping awards for best production of a play, director (Weyni Mengesha) and actress (Nicole Underhay). Ins Choi’s Kim’s Convenience won for best Canadian play and actor (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee). War Horse’s creative team won best design, while supporting actress and actor went to Kelli Fox (The Penelopiad) and Philip Riccio (The Test). In the new category of best international play, Roland Schimmelpfennig’s The Golden Dragon, produced by the Tarragon, took the award. In the musical categories, Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s Caroline, Or Change and Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell’s Ride The Cyclone came out on top with three awards each. Caroline was acknowledged for best production, actress (Arlene Duncan) and supporting actress (Deborah Hay), while Cyclone

Wednesday, June 6 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Pro-Am Night w/

Matt Billon, Dave Bath, Jess Beaulieu, Anto Chan, Magdalena, Yan Krupnik and host Ryan Maglunob. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge. 416-4867700, absolutecomedy.ca.

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won for best new musical, director (Britt Small and Richmond) and supporting actor (Elliott Loran). Sahr Ngaujah won best actor in a musical for his turn in the title role of Fela! A special citation went to actor Eric Peterson, who continued to deliver quality work in a number of shows, including Seeds, The Test and You Can’t Take It With You. The awards, chosen by critics from three daily newspapers and two weeklies, will be handed out at an upcoming ceremony. Kim’s Convenience and War Horse are still playing. See Listings, page 54. GLENN SUMI

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George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire. 416-978-8849, asiansploitation.com. CHUCKLE CO. PRESENTS Joel Buxton, Adrian Sawyer and DJ Demers present weekly standup. 9 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416551-6540, comedybar.ca. COMEDY AT THE OSSINGTON presents Todd Graham, Kirk Hicks, Matt Folliott, Kyle Dooley, Duncan Lincs, Tim Gilbert, Todd Van Allen, Peter Stevens 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 31. SIREN’S COMEDY Celt’s Pub presents open-mic stand-up w/ Jake Leland and host Jason Schlesinger. 8:30 pm. Free. 2872 Dundas W. 416767-3339. SPIRITS COMEDY NIGHT presents Bryan Hatt, Debra DiGiovanni, Xerxes Cortez, Matt Shury, Erik Bamburg, Peter Inskip, host Jo-Anna Downey and others. 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. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Dom Pare (see story, page 54). To Jun 10, WedSun 8 pm (plus Fri-Sat 10:30 pm). $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. 3

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Picasso’s Deux Femmes Courant Sur La Plage shows the balance of his classical period.

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Picasso show offers a winning combo By DAVID JAGER PICASSO: MASTERPIECES FROM THE MUSEE NATIONAL PICASSO, PARIS

at the Art Gallery of Ontario (317 Dundas West), to August 26. $25, stu $16.50. 416979-6648. Rating: NNNN

the choice works in the musee picasso were originally donated by the artist’s heirs from over 70,000 works in their collection. This show is a surprisingly intimate selection that still gives a sense of the staggering length and breadth of the Spanish painter’s entire career. Each period of Picasso’s life and work has its own stylistic preoccupations and muse. From the rose and blue periods of his early days in Paris to his establishment as the sun at the centre of the art world, women invariably inspired his voracious appetite for visual innovation. Picasso and Georges Braque invented cubism. Then he made weighty classical figuration look easy, took a

stab at African aesthetics and went from sublime linear abstraction to full-tilt whimsical fusings of subjects and their surroundings. He made canvases that resonate with virtually every era of art history, from the Neolithic to the near-present and, as this show demonstrates, transformed painting in the 20th century. He could, in fact, do anything. That was his power, and perhaps his curse. He never fails to dazzle. Deux Femmes Courant Sur La Plage catches him in perfect balance between his earlier cubism and his later, more surreal figuration. His iconic portraits of Dora Maar seem to have completely shaped his previous stylistic gambits into something new. The most interesting thing to me is the way he alit on Mediterranean antiquity in his last works. Starting with his later minotaur etchings and ending with his final figure studies, his last works radiate a sun-soaked, myth-

ological aura. The female figure, the bull, the faun and the minotaur remain constant icons. In the end, Picasso didn’t stray far

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2. Andrew Myers, to Jun 2. 12 Ossingñ ton. 416-530-0444. CARSENAL TORONTO Photographie group show, to Jun 9. 45 Ernest. arñ senaltoronto.com.

Looking Forward/Looking Back: National Portrait Collection, to Jun 11. 34 Isabella. 416-777-2755. CCONTACT GALLERY Photos: Lynne Marsh, to Jun 15. 80 Spadina #310. 416-539-9595. DIAZ CONTEMPORARY Sculpture/photos: Zeke Moores and Peter MacCallum, May 31-Jul 7, reception 6-8 pm May 31. 100 Niagara. 416-361-2972. EDWARD DAY GALLERY Photos: Elaine Waisglass, May 31-Jun 30, reception 6 pm May 31. 952 Queen W. 416-921-6540. 80 SPADINA Doc Now MFA thesis show: Joanthan Groenweg and Adrienne Marcus Raja, to Jun 23 (#208); Abdi Osman and Guy Raivitz, to Jun 23 (#501). docnow.ca. CGALLERY 44 Gender And Exposure In Contemporary Iranian Photography, to Jun 16. 401 Richmond W, #120. 416-979-3941. GALLERY 1313 WNDW 1: Larry Eisenstein, May 31-Jun 24 (wndw-s.ca). 1313 Queen W. 416-536-6778. GLADSTONE HOTEL Docents Gone Wild performance tour: Evelyn Reese, 1-2 pm Jun 2 ($15 w/ Mimosa). SpeakEasy Spring Art

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eron, Jun 1-30, reception 5-7 pm Jun 1 ($45, RSVP). 1490 Dundas W. 416-703-4400. ARTSCAPE TRIANGLE GALLERY Mixed media: Jeff Molloy, to Jun 3, reception 7 pm Jun 1. Gordana Olujic Dosic and Sharron Corrigan Forrest, Jun 5-17. 38 Abell. BIRCH LIBRALATO Charles Goldman and Michael Voss, May 31-Jul 7. 129 Tecumseth. 416-365-3003. BLOOR WEST VILLAGE ART TOUR 25 artists, 20 venues, Jun 1-3. Near Bloor btwn Dundas W and Jane. 416-769-4454, arttour.info.

from his Iberian roots. Nor from himself. Picasso was ultimately about Picasso. He’s here in all his flawed glory:

Photos by Johan Hallberg-Campbell, including Coastal, hang at Harbourfront Centre.

Fair, Jun 5-12. Queen West Walking Art Tour, ongoing (Sat noon-2:30 pm, $25, $45/two). C Photos: Laurie Kang and Jamie Campbell, to Jun 2. 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. HARBOURFRONT CENTRE Architecture: Big Enough?, to Jul 8. C Photos: Johan HallbergCampbell, to Jul 15. 1812-2012: A Contemporary Perspective; Jubilee; This Way That Way group shows, to Jul 15. 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. I.M.A GALLERY Doc Now MFA thesis show Monika Erzebet Berenyi and Ruth Skinner, to Jun 16. 80 Spadina, suite 305. 416-703-2235. JAPAN FOUNDATION Tamasaburo Bando Posters, to Jun 22 (Mon-Fri, some Sats). 131 Bloor W. 416-966-1600. LONSDALE GALLERY Painting: Julie Oakes, Jun 2-Jul 15, reception/book signing 2-5 pm Jun 2. 410 Spadina Rd. 416-487-8733. MIRA GODARD Painting/works on paper: Mary Pratt, to Jun 16. 22 Hazelton. 416-9648197. COLGA KORPER Photos: Adi Nes, to Jun 2. 17 Morrow. 416-538-8220.

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ionality: Dress And Identity In Contemporary Canadian Art, to Sep 3. $15, stu/srs $12. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-893-1121. CMOCCA Public: Collective Identity/ Occupied SScott McFarland, to Jun 25. 952 Queen W. 416-395-0067. MUSEUM OF INUIT ART Jessie Kenalogak, ongoing. $6, stu/srs $5, weekends free. 207 Queens Quay W. 416-640-7591. OAKVILLE GALLERIES Keren Cytter, to Jun 10. Gairloch Gdns, 1306 Lakeshore E, and Centennial Sq, 120 Navy (Oakville). 905-844-4402. ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE The DIY Body Project, to Aug 12. $20, stu/srs $16. 770 Don Mills. 416-696-1000. POWER PLANT Kerry Tribe, to Jun 3. James Richards and Steve Reinke, artist’s talk 3 pm 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. ROBERT McLAUGHLIN GALLERY Community Collects, to Jun 3. Adrian Norvid, to Jun 10. Arnold Zageris, to Jun 24. Pwyc. 72 Queen (Oshawa). 905-576-3000. CROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM Larry Towell and Donovan Wylie, to Jul 15. C Deborah Samuel, to Jul 2. The Art Of Collecting, ongoing. Todd Ainslie, Jun 2-Feb 24, 2013. $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 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. Dreamland: Textiles And The Canadian Landscape, to Sep 30. $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 Giard, to Jun 30. 15 King’s College Circle. 416-978-1838. VARLEY ART GALLERY Crystallized Gala, 6:3010 pm Jun 2 ($150). (Da bao) (Take-out) , to Sep 3. $5, stu/srs $4. 216 Main (Unionville). 905-477-9511. 3

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Pope jokes WE HAVE A POPE (Nanni Moretti). 105 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (June 1). For venues and times, see Movies, page 64. Rating: NNN

Ruling his Kingdom Wes Anderson talks about his mature, melancholy little love story By NORMAN WILNER MOONRISE KINGDOM directed by

Wes Anderson, written by Anderson and Roman Coppola, with Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton and Bill Murray. An eOne Entertainment release. 94 minutes. Opens Friday (June 1). For venues and times, see Movies, page 64.

i’m finding it difficult to frame questions for Wes Anderson. His new film, Moonrise Kingdom, is a delicate, lovely little study of melancholy – more about mood than plot, although there’s plenty of that as well. And now that I’ve got him on the line (from his Paris apartment, where co-writer Roman Coppola and co-star Jason Schwartzman are sitting around with him), all I can tell him is that I still don’t fully understand why the last shot of his movie moved me to tears. “I probably don’t either,” says the director, laughing. Moonrise Kingdom is about the intensity of first love, and that’s so personal a subject that I can’t articulate my own response. But he says he was after that very thing. “That’s really what the point of departure was – trying to recreate an emotion or sensation related to first love,” says Anderson. “Having said that, really we just focused on the characters and the story. I think how that comes across is sort of a mystery.” A lot of it is in the tender performances of Jared Gilman and Kara Hay-

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ward as Sam and Suzy, 12-year-olds who run away together on an island off the coast of New England in the relatively innocent mid-1960s. Anderson’s young lovers share a certain devotion and desperation with the anti-heroes of Terrence Malick’s Badlands, Michelangelo Antonioni’s Zabriskie Point and various Jean-Luc Godard pictures. “It certainly does connect to all kinds of different love-on-the-runtype movies,” he says. “Usually when I’m starting a movie, I kind of have a list of inspirations, and this one I really didn’t. I’m sure I’m stealing from just as many movies as I ever steal from, but I’m not able to quite pin down what I was trying to copy.” The period in which Anderson’s film is set was important too. “This is sort of the end of the innocence, the period before the counterculture and that sort of thing,” Anderson says. “The island where we filmed much of the movie, it’s a place that was only accessible by ferry for a hundred years and had a few houses on it – it was kind of a summer colony. In 1962 they started building a bridge, and in 1965 it was connected to Newport. Now the island is [just] a suburb of a big city – it has little shopping areas and many, many houses. It’s completely different from what it was – you know, in 10 years it was completely transformed. So I sort of feel that connects the movie, being set during the time before all that happened.” Sam and Suzy’s flight sends a rag-

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tag posse of adults (and a troop of boy scouts) in pursuit, but the more time we spend among the grownups, the more we realize they’re even more lost than the children for whom they’re searching. “I think they’re operating on parallel paths with the children,” Anderson says. “But the children actually know what they want; those two really have a solution. They’re just not as confused. They have a simpler point of view, I guess.” 3

Moonrise Kingdom might be Wes Anderson’s purest work yet. It’s a tender tale of longing and melancholy as seen through the eyes of a handful of people on an isolated (fictional) island off the coast of New England in September 1965, when DIRECTOR 12-year-old pen pals (Jared INTERVIEW Gilman, Kara Hayward) WES ANDERSON run off together, launching a search that eventually expands to involve her parents (Bill Murray, Frances McDormand), his scout troop (led by Edward Norton, in the Owen Wilson role) and the island’s police captain (Bruce Willis). Think Badlands without the murders, or Zabriskie Point without the apocalypse. Anderson is working the same themes of messy youthful rebellion, but in an entirely different register – and, arguably, from a more mature perspective. It’s also one of the saddest comedies you’ll ever see, though that’s by no means a NW criticism.

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A reluctant cardinal is elected pope and suffers a nervous breakdown before he can deliver his inaugural speech as head of state. Call it the Vatican’s answer to The King’s Speech. Harvey Weinstein’s name is nowhere to be seen in the credits for We Have A Pope, despite the fact that this amiable, undemanding crowd-pleaser is exactly the kind of film he would peddle for gold. Nanni Moretti’s comedy pokes light fun at the Catholic Church’s pomp and intended-to-awe procedures during the papal conclave. At one point, a cardinal falls flat on his face during a power outage in the Sistine Chapel. Such slapstick actually works, reminding us that the clergy are people, too, and the Vatican runs on electricity instead of a higher power. Moretti paints the clergy as prisoners of their own rituals, particularly Michel Piccoli’s runaway pope, Melville, whose crisis forces his fellow cardinals to get him a psychoanalyst (Moretti). These early scenes are riotous, since the shrink can’t find an appropriate way to talk to the head of the Catholic Church; sex, childhood and dreams are all taboo subjects when speaking to His Holiness. When Melville goes on the lam to seek inspiration among the people, the film loses its way in pandering scenes of clergy singing and playing volleyball. Instead of getting truly critical, Moretti lets his cute premise play out in the least sacrilegious way possible. RADHEYAN SIMONPILLAI

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Director puts reality on screen in his debut masterpiece By NORMAN WILNER IN THE FAMILY written and directed

by Patrick Wang, with Wang, Sebastian Brodziak, Kelly McAndrew and Trevor St. John. A Vagrant Films release. 169 minutes. Opens Friday (June 1). For venues and times, see Movies, page 64.

plenty of people write, direct and star in their own movies these days. Not everyone makes an American masterpiece his first time out, though, which is what makes Patrick Wang stand apart. Wang’s debut feature, In The Family, is a virtually unprecedented piece of American cinema. It runs nearly three hours and tells a wrenching human story – about a gay man’s attempt to secure custody of his dead lover’s son in a small Tennessee town – without slipping into showy hysterics or Oscar-ready speechifying. Wang wasn’t interested in making that kind of movie. “I was getting to a place where I felt like an alien in terms of what passes for depth and thought in cinema,” he says over the phone from his home in New York City. “It’s been such a relief, after putting this film out there, to find [I’m] not alone, that people recognize these things. “I can’t tell you how many people have come up to me – people who maybe even don’t go to the movies a lot – and the first thing out of their mouths is ‘That’s my life!’ These things that movies cut out – you know, breakfast, getting ready for school in the morning – these things are where a lot of our life takes place. We don’t spend most of our time yelling at each other.” This isn’t to say that In The Family is dull, mind you. “There’s always something happening,” Wang says. “It’s a slow film, but it’s not one of those slow films where nothing happens. It’s a slow film where everything happens.” In The Family can’t be described as

an issue picture. No one even utters the words “gay” or “homosexual” in IN THE FAMILY the movie. The Southern setting (Patrick Wang) leaves a lot of things unspoken, inRating: NNNNN cluding the protagonist’s isolation Patrick Wang’s In The Family is from his lover after a car accident. one of the best American debuts Wang captures it all in a naturalistic in years, a simple observational mise-en-scène that reminded me of drama about a nice guy named Ingmar Bergman and John CassaJoey trying to secure custody of vetes. his late partner’s son in Tennes“Those were actually two reference see, where the courts aren’t points for my design team,” he adexactly packed with same-sex mits. “Scenes From A Marriage and A civil suits. Woman Under The Influence. I love Writer/director Wang anchors the production design of those films. the picture as Joey, a placid They look almost accidental, but they contractor whose grief over the are so beautifully thought out. There’s accidental death of his beloved something very honest about them.” Cody (Trevor St. John) is compliAnd as Bergman and Cassavetes cated by the news that Cody’s did before him, Wang built his movie only will – written before he and from the ground up, creating an enJoey became a couple – names his tire world for the characters in his sister the guardian of six-year-old head. Chip (Sebastian Brodziak). “I thought about their lives before Stretching out over nearly I really thought about scenes or three hours, the film tracks Joey’s structure or even before knowing ordeal as he tries to get Chip back where the story was going,” he says. and rebuild his own life, often in “If you think about people’s lives, the same breath. The movie aches you think about what’s significant. with understated feeling and And the things I find significant in empathy, allowing even the my life are not the moments when antagonistic characters a measure people are yelling at each other. of complexity They’re the moments when someone and says something that is very poignhumanity. ant, but oftentimes not loud.” Wang isn’t That attitude is reflected in making a Wang’s performance as the endmovie lessly considerate Joey, who has about gays every right to be furious about and straights; his marginalization but somehe’s making a how never explodes. movie about “I definitely am not like people. And that; I do get a lot angrier it’s terrific. NW than Joey,” Wang laughs. “But I admire people who have that integrity, who know how to peacefully move through a situation – and it’s reflected in how they deal with things like In The Family’s Patrick loss.” 3

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Jason Jones and Tricia Helfer don’t share a lot of screen time in Jonathan Sobol’s A Beginner’s Guide To Endings, but they’ve been paired up to launch the film at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival. Fortunately, the two Canadian actors – he’s best known as a correspondent for The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, she for her work as various Cylons on Battlestar Galactica – have bonded over their work on the movie and are happy to discuss their trial by fire in Niagara Falls. Jones, Scott Caan and Paulo Costanzo play doomed brothers; Helfer turns up as Caan’s old flame who’s not exactly thrilled to have him resurface in her life. movie, except for the first scene [we For a comedy, this is a movie with a pretty dark heart, opening with shot] because they didn’t have the hat. three guys learning they could drop They threw me into the most emotiondead any minute. How did you find al scene in the movie, so it was rough. laughs in that situation? You were just, like, run or get left beJones: I can only speak for myself, but hind. I think we ran. you never set out to be funny. You just Helfer: I was finishing up someset out to play the scenes real, thing in L.A. and was going to and hopefully the funny another film right aftercomes. ward, so I literally had Helfer: Yeah, it’s a tough four days. Got in, did the tone. If you go one way, fitting, had dinner with it’s too dark and not Jonathan and his wife JASON JONES & funny; if you go the and Scott Caan, and TRICIA HELFER started filming the next other way, it comes off as cheesy and stilted. But day. So at least I got to Jonathan [Sobol] had been have dinner. lovely enough to write a whole Whereas the actors playing the synopsis of how he wanted to film it. three brothers had to be a little So I read that first, and then read the tighter. How did that work? script, so it just kind of clicked. Jones: One of the first scenes we did Jones: That’s right, he sent you guys all together was the bar scene, which letters, right? kinda gets ramped up with the dancing Helfer: Yeah. and the fighting. That was literally like, Jones: Yeah, he just called me. It was “We don’t have anything scripted. like, “You want this?” [laughing] I We’re just gonna start rolling, and you didn’t get the respect they all got. guys drink and dance, and then fight.” Sobol talks about making this movWe just did it [laughing]. ie by the seat of his pants. Is he exHelfer: Did you really drink? aggerating? Jones: I don’t think so. Maybe I did. Jones: I showed up, did a costume fitScott doesn’t need to drink. ting – did it in the trailer. Nothing fit; I Helfer: Scott doesn’t drink. had, like, jeans that were pinned toJones: I know. He doesn’t need to gether. I wore a hat throughout the NORMAN WILNER [laughing].

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running around, but not a lot of laughs. Sobol devotes all his attention to juggling the various plots, leaving the actors struggling to land the jokes in their dialogue. Jones fares best, barking out insults like a seasoned pro, while Caan grapples with a lumpy romantic subplot involving an old flame (Tricia Helfer), and Costanzo does the bucket list thing as clumsily as possible. Keitel is wasted, and J.K. Simmons, perfectly cast as his brother, has little to do NW except look on scornfully.

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Passable win crooKeD arroWs (Steve Rash). 100 minutes. Opens Friday (June 1). For venues and times, see Movies, page 64. Rating: nnn Aiming to return lacrosse to its native American roots, underdog sports movie Crooked Arrows shoots straight for every genre cliché in the playbook, yet still rouses. There’s the reluctant coach (Brandon Routh of Superman Returns), a casino manager who returns to his tribe to wrangle more land for his thriving business. The tribe gives him a condition that could only make sense in the movies: lead the local high school lacrosse team, redeem your spirit, and you will get your land. Real estate

agents, take note. Then there’s the team, a typical assemblage that includes the fat wisecracker who needs to shape up, the ball-hog captain who has to learn to be a team player and the lowly benchwarmer. Throw in some groan-worthy sentiment and embarrassing attempts at humour and – voilà! – a sports movie. The formula works not because Crooked Arrows is an accomplished film, but because its good intentions eventually win you over. The native American rituals tied to the sport are rather enchanting, and the filmmakers had the good sense to cast real lacrosse players (despite their mediocre acting), so the game action is pretty riveting. You may end up cheering like you did during every Mighty Ducks sequel raDheYan sImonPIllaI and knockoff.

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The InTouchables (Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano). 112 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (June 1). For venues and times, see Movies, page 64. Rating: nnn

Philippe (François Cluzet) is a wealthy quadriplegic, paralyzed below the neck after a hang-gliding accident; Driss (Omar Sy) is his working-class helper, whose pissy attitude caught Philippe’s attention during his job interview. Philippe appreciates the idea of being attended by someone who won’t sugarcoat things. That’s the premise of The Intouchables, a well-acted, charming buddy picture for the subtitle set. Cluzet can do more with a wince or a raised eyebrow than some actors do with their entire bodies, and he’s nicely paired with the physically imposing Sy. The movie also addresses the practical realities of quadriplegia with a patience that’s rare in cinema. And yet on some level I couldn’t help thinking that directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano have meticulously calibrated The Intouchables to

hit the centre of some grand art house Venn diagram. There’s the unexpected bonding across class and colour lines, the unsanitized treatment of physical disability, a subplot in which an older character saves a younger relative from gang violence, and a master plot about a wealthy white man who learns to embrace life again through his friendship with a worldly-wise ethnic person. Sure, The Intouchables is based on a true story, but it’s been filtered through a certain crowd-pleasing, triumph-of-the-spirit sensibility that I recognize from every Miramax foreignlanguage pickup released between norman WIlner about 1994 and 2006.

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its prime aesthetic value by taking every opportunity to fling those three Bs in your face. The actors understand exactly what PiraNHa 3DD (John Gulager). 83 minutes. kind of movie they’re in, and everyone Opens Friday (June 1). For venues and turns in an appropriately snappy per times, see Movies, page 64. Rating: NNN formance. Even the nominal heroes – Danielle Panabaker as the plucky ma Piranha 3DD is a funny, energetic and rine biology grad student and Matt unabashedly sleazy hymn to the three Bush, the nerd who loves her, do not classic B movie virtues: blood, beasts bore. Christopher Lloyd and Ving and breasts. The beasts are prehistoric Rhames return from the original, and piranhas who’ve made their way via David Hasselhoff sends up Bay underground rivers to an adult watch and himself with a themed water park where the verve that William Shatner breasts and other body parts couldn’t approach on his are at play and often on display. best day. The blood comes from the There isn’t much sense to meeting of fish and flesh. any of it, and none at all to Though the 3D has nothing the midpoint dream se as brilliant as the 2010 remake’s quence, but it bangs along underwater girlongirl soft and feeds you lots of porn ballet, it’s well what you spent your David Hasselhoff will feed shot, and director John money for. your need for cheese. Gulager maximizes aNDreW DoWLer

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Not so Lovely LoveLy MoLLy (Eduardo Sánchez). 100 minutes. Opens Friday (June 1). For venues and times, see Movies, page 64. Rating: NN

The biggest problem is that the story is nearly identical to the first Paranormal Activity: a young couple’s happiness is slowly shredded by super natural phenomena that begin as minor annoyances and escalate into something far nastier. The movie even incorporates grainy camcorder footage of things going bump in the night, though of course Sánchez more or less invented that trope when he co directed The Blair Witch Project way back in 1999. He isn’t exactly spinning his wheels here, but neither is he breaking new ground. And as great as Lodge is in the title role, in the end she’s as much a victim of the script’s clichés as Molly is of what ever’s tormenting her.

There’s a really powerful character study – a gripping, wrenching drama with a fantastic performance by screen newcomer Gretchen Lodge as a fragile young wo man disintegrating under in explicable psychological stress – inside Lovely Molly. At least I think that’s the movie writer/director Eduardo Sánchez wanted to make at the outset. But he’s trapped himself into making a horror movie, so all he can do is pile on the scary stuff and Gretchen Lodge’s performance hope it clicks. is better than the movie.

also opening Snow White And The Huntsman (D: Rupert Sanders, 127 min) If you’ve been frustrated watching Kristen Stewart as Twilight’s wimpy Bella, this reworking of the Snow White story might change your mind about her. The poster shows Stewart looking pretty kickass in full armour, about to battle... who? Charlize Theron’s evil queen? Expectations are high for this one, especially after that other Snow White film, Mirror Mirror, tanked. And the appear ance of Chris Hemsworth, riding high on The Avenger’s success, doesn’t hurt either. Opens Friday (June 1). Screened after press time – see review June 1 at nowtoronto.com/ movies.

Kristen Stewart looks ready to do battle.

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PIRANHA 3DD

This sequel to last year’s remake features the three Bs of B moviedom: beasts, boobs (catch the joke in the title?) and blood. It’s all stupid fun, which is all right in the summer.

MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS

Fanboys and girls have been waiting years for this epic actioner involving Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, et al., who band together to ﬁght the evil Loki. Great big blockbuster fun.

INDIE GAME: THE THE DEEP BLUE MOVIE SEA Even if you’re not a certiﬁed game geek, this pic about video game designers and programmers will thrill you. And it makes a good case for video games as a shiny new art form.

Rachel Weisz delivers an awards-worthy performance as a woman who leaves a loveless marriage for a volatile relationship with a charismatic exsoldier.

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

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AMERICAN REUNION (Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg) reassembles the cast of American Pie for a largely pointless vehicle that finds our heroes facing their Carlsberg years with a mixture of exhaustion and confusion. Seann William Scott does some amazing things with his face, and it’s nice to see the awkward chemistry between Jason Biggs and Eugene Levy remains intact. But those are fleeting moments of pleasure in a very long, empty movie. 113 min. NN (NW) Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24 BARRYMORE (Érik Canuel) is a high-def broadcast of William Luce’s play about the legendary actor John Barrymore, starring Canada’s Christopher Plummer in the lead. 143 min. Grande - Yonge; Jun 2, 12:55 pm, at Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, , Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, Varsity BATTLESHIP (Peter Berg) is as generic as

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they come, with an alien invasion serving as a catalyst for a maverick hero (Taylor Kitsch) to get his shit together and become a leader, just like the young James T. Kirk in the Star Trek movie. The CG is state-of-the-art, as expected from a production of this scale, and the action for the most part visually interesting and easy to understand. (Director Berg’s set pieces in The Kingdom and Hancock had a tendency to slip into incoherence.) And the film should be commended for casting actual military veteran Gregory D. Gadson in the role of a surly double amputee who becomes an essential part of the game plan, though his character is ultimately just one more war movie cliché in a movie that’s filled to bursting with them. If you’re just looking for war movie clichés (and a few aliens), Battleship will give you everything you want, but it might also leave you with minor hearing damage. This is one of the loudest and most aurally assaultive films I’ve ever seen. Some subtitles. 132 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ENDINGS (Jonathan Sobol) 96 min. See Q&A and review, page 60, and online Q&A with actor Harvey Keitel at nowtoronto.com/movies. NN (NW) Opens Jun 1 at Yonge & Dundas 24

BERNIE (Richard Linklater) is half true-crime

documentary and half dramatic feature, recreating the story of Bernie Tiede (pronounced “tee-dee”), a beloved mortician in Carthage, East Texas, who did something very, very bad. Conceptually, it’s involving for the first half-hour or so, with Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey as fictional versions of the characters, but director Linklater’s structure means he’s constantly stopping and starting, backing his film up over itself to act out the anecdote that’s just been related to us. It probably sounded great in the pitch room, but as a movie, it’s on the redundant side. 104 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Varsity

THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (John

Madden) is a middling, manipulative movie that’s saved by a first-rate cast that includes Maggie Smith, Judi Dench and Tom Wilkinson. They play assorted British retirees who get lured to a once glorious, now dilapidated Indian hotel for seniors run by a spirited but scattered manager. 124 min. NNN (GS) Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity

ñBIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!*

(Fredrik Gertten) tracks food giant Dole’s campaign to prevent Gertten from screening his 2009 documentary, Bananas!, about Dole’s treatment of its banana farmers. The company attempted to stop screenings and then took legal action against Gertten that would not let up. Eventually, he countersued. This doc follows the craven behaviour of L.A. Film Fest organizers and the support Gertten received from all parties in the Swedish parliament. A small but sweet subplot displays the power of a Swedish blogger following the controversy. Dole is plainly the villain, but the most scandalous revelation here is the way the media got sucked in by Dole’s press releases claiming Bananas! contained false information. Snippets show media outlets mocking Gertten without ever picking up the phone to ask him a question. This is a movie about the huge impact a documentary can make. Some subtitles. 88 min. NNNN (SGC) Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

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. Committed filmmaking at its best – and guaranteed to make a difference. 108 min. NNNN (SGC) Kingsway Theatre, Mt Pleasant

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (Drew Goddard) should be viewed with as little advance knowledge as possible. Let’s just say 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) Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24

CHERNOBYL DIARIES (Brad Parker) is basic-

ally a Eurotrip version of The Hills Have Eyes, with unassuming vacationers (including Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski and Devin Kelley) served up as fodder for whatever lurks in the woods around Pripyat, the Ukraine town evacuated at the start of the Chernobyl disaster in 1987. If you’ve seen a horror movie in the last three or four decades, you know what’s going to happen to these poor kids, but producer/co-writer Oren Peli and director Parker appropriate the pinwheeling handheld aesthetic we’ve come to associate with found-footage movies to amp up the suspense by forcing us to

share the characters’ panicked perspective. You can’t help but be sucked into the story, even when you pretty much know where it’s going beat for beat. Some subtitles. 85 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, 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

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. 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) Canada Square, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, SilverCity Mississauga

CROOKED ARROWS (Steve Rash) 100 min. See review, page 61. NNN (RS) Opens Jun 1 at Yonge & Dundas 24 DARK SHADOWS (Tim Burton) is impeccably designed and textured and features a fun character turn by Johnny Depp as the miserable vampire Barnabas Collins – unearthed from two centuries’ burial to awkwardly rejoin his family in 1972 – but somehow it never comes to life. Fans will see the episodic, overstuffed narrative as being faithful to the original series, which constantly juggled everyone’s allegiances and affections to keep the story moving. But movies aren’t TV shows, and Burton can’t keep this many balls in the air without dropping a few. As with Burton and Depp’s take on Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, there’s no question everyone had a ball on the set, but the final product doesn’t really merit all the effort. 113 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, 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 Yorkdale, 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) Carlton Cinema

THE DICTATOR (Larry Charles) reunites comic chameleon Sacha Baron Cohen and director Charles, who tested the limits of good taste and political incorrectness with Borat and Brüno. Cohen’s Admiral General Aladeen is a shaggy-bearded tyrant from the fictional country of Wadiya who escapes an assassination attempt, then tries to reclaim his title. There’s a lot of plot to wade through, and the writers concoct an endless stream of jokes – some of which work while others fall flat. The scenes at a touchy-feely co-op where Aladeen hides out are brilliant, made funnier because Anna Faris plays the co-op boss/love interest entirely straight. There’s a sweetness about Aladeen’s sexual and emotional awakening that makes him likeable despite his insane views. Best of all is his scathing monologue comparing the U.S. to a dictatorship, proving that even silly comedy can continued on page 66 œ

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be dead serious. 84 min. NNN (GS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity

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(Nathan Morlando) stars a charismatic Scott Speedman as an impoverished-war-veteran-turned-bankrobber who becomes a national celebrity. Based on a true story, Morlando’s stylish directorial debut offers a giddy rush of a crime movie thrills with melancholic undertones, as Boyd inadvertently destroys his family. Canadian films are rarely so slick and entertaining. 105 min. NNNN (Phil Brown) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre, TIFF Bell Lightbox

The Five-year eNgagemeNT (Nicho-

las Stoller) is just as shaggy and casual

as Jason Segel’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall, although the structure is more ambitious. It sprawls out over more than half a decade to chronicle the flailings of a San Francisco couple (Segel and Emily Blunt) who find their marriage plans constantly upstaged or thwarted by the simple progression of their lives. Segel and Blunt are terrific together, with a buoyant chemistry that feels both sexy and comfortable, and it’s a pleasure to hang out with their characters, even when things get difficult for them. This is a deeper and richer film than its marketing suggests – it’s ultimately about the characters’ transition from carefree post-adolescence to the more demanding realities of living as adults. 123 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24

headhuNTers (Morten Tyldum) is an

energetic Norwegian cat-and-mouse thriller about a corporate recruiter who

moonlights as an art thief (Aksel Hennie). When his scheme goes wrong, our hero must go on the run – or at least that’s why he thinks he’s running. The story carries a streak of black comedy that nicely distinguishes it from those dour Stieg Larsson adaptations. Hennie makes a great antihero and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is charmingly casual as his psychotic pursuer. Director Tyldum keeps the plot twisting in a manner that feels both surprising and logical, but be warned: at least two speedily improvised escapes are decidedly not for the squeamish. Subtitled. 101 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square

The huNger games (Gary Ross) adapts Suzanne Collins’s futuristic novel about a young girl – an excellent Jennifer Lawrence – who must participate in a televised fightto-the-death spectacle. The cast is great and the film looks terrific, but it sanitizes the material in what could have been a devastatingly dystopic film event. A missed opportunity. 142 min. NNN (SGC) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre hysTeria (Tanya Wexler) is not as risqué as

its premise, the invention of the vibrator, though it’s certainly pleasurable enough. Hugh Dancy stars as Mortimer Granville, a Victorian doctor who cures women’s mental ailments by using his fingers to... umm... provide a deep tissue massage. He’s the rom-com answer to Michael Fassbender’s Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method; both men treat women’s hysteria with orgasms. When Granville’s clinical hand jobs give him severe cramps, he stumbles upon a mechanical contraption that would eventually become a woman’s best friend. Though historical accuracy isn’t what director Wexler is shooting for, she finds an aloof, playful way to criticize male hypocrisy in an era when the female orgasm wasn’t medically recognized. Dancy is an ideal romantic lead, and he has a fine foil in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Charlotte, who embodies the women’s emancipation movement. The charming pair rise above the pandering, lightweight material. 99 min. NNN (RS) Grande - Yonge, Varsity

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(Patrick Wang) 169 min. See interview and review, page 60. (NW) Opens Jun 1 at Canada Square, Carlton Cinema

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Pajot, James Swirsky) is an intelligent, thoroughly absorbing doc that’s a delight for both the avid gamer and those not so up to speed with Nintendo-speak. A handful of independent video game designers and programmers bring us into the hermit caves where games are conceived and walk us through the mounting anxieties and gruelling anticipation that come with delivering product. All the while, the filmmakers and their subjects mount a legitimate case for video games as a new art form, with certain developers taking on the airs of the next generation’s Jean-Luc Godard. If video games are our New Wave, this doc is its Cahiers du Cinéma. Subtitled. 96 min. NNNN (RS) TIFF Bell Lightbox

The iNTouchables (Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano) 112 min. See review, page 61. NNN (NW) Opens Jun 1 at Grande - Yonge, Varsity Jesus heNry chrisT (Dennis Lee) is supposedly a coming-of-age comedy about a boy genius seeking his biological dad. However, the movie has the attention span of a child with ADHD, getting so caught up with whatever quirky oddities it can conjure up that it can’t focus on telling a simple story. Think The Kids Are All Right by way of Rushmore. 95 min. N (RS) Carlton Cinema Jiro dreams oF sushi (David Gelb) is an

attractive if slightly undercooked documentary about sushi master Jiro Ono, who rose from humble Japanese roots to become the only sushi chef to receive a three-star restaurant rating in the Michelin Guide. Gelb patiently takes us through each step of the sushi-making process, but there are some oddities; the omission of any mention of

Tommy Lee Jones (right) makes his point to Keone Young in CGI-heavy Men In Black 3. Ono’s wife sticks out like a rogue grain of rice on an otherwise impeccable plate. 81 min. NNN (GS) TIFF Bell Lightbox

ñlasT call aT The oasis

(Jessica Yu) uses Alex Prud’homme’s book The Ripple Effect to look at the developed world’s coming freshwater crisis, which is expected to hit us harder than the end of oil. (Not everyone drives, but everyone gets thirsty.) Documentarian Yu (In The Realms Of The Unreal) starts with a macro look at America’s heedless water consumption, then puts a human face on the issue through the work of citizen activists like Erin Brockovich, who’s still fighting Davidand-Goliath battles against toxic dumping and water contamination. Yu isn’t out to depress us with a message of doom, and includes a fun sequence in which Jack Black is enlisted as a celebrity spokesman for recycled water to help people over the “yuck factor.” He’s laughing on the edge of the abyss – but of course, we all are. 99 min. NNNN (NW) Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

lovely molly (Eduardo Sánchez) 97 min. See review, page 62. NN (NW) Opens Jun 1 at Yonge & Dundas 24

ñmarley

(Kevin Macdonald) can be compared to a massive joint – and not just because there’s an obscene amount of ganja onscreen. Share it with a group while grooving to its tunes and everyone will come away with a different kind of high. Hardcore Bob Marley fans will be astonished by the documentary’s depth and breadth, capturing the musician as both a fallible man and an untouchable legend. Those who only know a few Marley tunes will walk away enlightened about his music and its roots. Macdonald details Marley’s life from childhood as the rejected son of a British naval officer to reggae icon whose lyrics are cited by every flannel-shirt wearing hippie. The film never lags despite its epic running time, entirely justified by its subject’s complexity and influence. After all, Marley’s not the kind of guy you can take in with just a few tokes. 145 min. NNNN (RS) Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, TIFF Bell Lightbox

ñmarvel’s The aveNgers

(Joss Whedon) is, quite simply, an epic win – it’s tremendous fun, sprinting through its gargantuan adventure on a mixture of adrenaline, glee and wise-assery. That’s mostly due to director and co-writer Whedon, whose ability to render large, distinct casts of characters is exactly what’s required for a movie of this scale. Everything that happens is grounded in who these people are, not what they can do. And he’s the first filmmaker to crack the problem of the Hulk by remembering that Bruce Banner (Mark

Ruffalo) is a scientist, not a fugitive, and that the Hulk has a personality too. I’d have been happy to watch these actors sit around eating pastries for two and a half hours – especially Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr., who have a wonderful chemistry as a pair of brainiacs with very different control issues – but Thor’s brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) has to go and launch an alien invasion of Earth, forcing them to suit up and fight back. Honestly? I didn’t mind that either. Some subtitles. 143 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity

meN iN black 3 (Barry Sonnenfeld) arrives

10 years after the last one, and the jokes have hardly changed: Will Smith’s Agent J is still getting himself knocked around by giant CG aliens and goggling at the wonders of the universe, and Tommy Lee Jones’s Agent K is still a taciturn buzz-kill. Except that one day, Agent J wakes up to learn that Agent K isn’t anything at all, having been killed by an alien in 1969 – which requires J to leap back into the past to save him. Josh Brolin as the younger K turns out to be the movie’s best effect; he perfectly channels the cranky pragmatism that makes Jones’s performance so much fun. The problem is that the script never gives him or Smith anything substantial to do, bouncing the pair from one effects scene to the next. The movie whizzes by in a blur of speedy activity and elaborate visual effects – and 3-D, don’t forget the 3-D – but evaporates almost as soon as it reaches your retinas. 105 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

The meTropoliTaN opera: la TraviaTa eNcore is a high-def broadcast from the Met of Willy Decker’s minimalist production of the Verdi opera, starring soprano Natalie Dessay in the title role. 187 min. Jun 4, 6:30 pm, at Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga

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(Philippe Falardeau) is a tender and touching drama that captures the pulse of both primary

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school politics and Canadian immigration. Algerian refugee Bachir Lahzar (Fellag) becomes a substitute teacher to students struggling with grief after their former teacher’s suicide. Falardeau proves once again why he’s one of Canada’s premier tal ents 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) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre, Regent Theatre

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(Wes Anderson) 94 min. See interview and review, page 58. (NW) Opens Jun 1 at Varsity

PiraNha 3dd (John Gulager) 83 min. See

review, page 62. NNN (AD) Opens Jun 1 at Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale

The PiraTes! BaNd of MisfiTs

(Peter Lord) is as energetic and fear lessly goofy as anything to bear the stamp of England’s Aardman Animation. When an affable Pirate Captain (voiced by Hugh Grant) and his jolly crew (including Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson and Anton Yel chin) embark on an adventure with scien tists, the ship’s parrot brings our heroes to the attention of both Charles Darwin (David Tennant) and Queen Victoria (Imelda Staun ton). The story’s cracked alternate history gets funnier as it goes along, and the film sails merrily through a series of inspired set pieces with lusty recitations of very silly dialogue. Shot in 3D, which allows us notice the sight gags crammed into every corner of the frame. 88 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, 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) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre, Mt Pleasant The saMariTaN (David Weaver) stars

Samuel L. Jackson as Foley, a grifter just out of prison after a 25year stretch. Naturally, he finds it harder than expected to stay out of trouble, especially once his dead part ner’s son (Luke Kirby) looks him up with an offer of a big score. Foley finds something like contentment in the arms of a junkie (Ruth Negga), but we can tell their happi ness will be shortlived by the way the script rushes them into cozy domesticity. And then... well, things get really, really silly, as director Weaver and cowriter Elan Mas tai twist The Samaritan in several different directions before settling for a professional but generic pulp thriller. It’s nicely shot, and there are moments when Weaver gets the modern noir tone exactly right – like the scenes with Gil Bellows as a sympathetic bartender or Tom McCamus as a weary parole officer – but then he drags us back to the larger plot, where things seem a lot harder to believe. 93 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24

a seParaTioN (Asghar Farhadi) is

one of the strongest films of the year. A middleclass Tehran couple attempt to separate, and in their stubbornness and lack of communication irrevocably affect the lives of those around them. It’s a com plex, gripping mystery that’s also a human and moral drama. Winner of the best for eignlanguage film Oscar. Subtitled. 123 min. NNNNN (GS) Carlton Cinema

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(Rupert Sanders) 127 min. See Also Open ing, page 62. Opens Jun 1 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande -

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ñsouNd of MY Voice

(Zal Batmanglij) is a slippery meditation on faith dis guised as science fiction, with two hipsters (Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicius) trying to expose a mysterious woman (Brit Marling, who cowrote the script with director Bat manglij) who claims to have returned from the year 2054 to ready a select few for the coming apocalypse. As with last year’s An other Earth – which also featured Marling as star and cowriter – Sound Of My Voice is not a movie for people who like things spelled out. It’s an elusive shell game; every time we think we’ve glimpsed the truth, it pivots away from us. And once you adjust to that ambiguity, things become a lot more interesting. 84 min. NNNN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox

ThiNK liKe a MaN (Tim Story) is a slick bit

of selfpromotion from author (and execu tive producer) Steve Harvey, who uses his tellall guidebook, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, to kick off the plot and set up the punchlines in this harmless romcom. 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 man age to make the most out of thin material. 122 min. NNN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Rainbow Woodbine, Yonge & Dundas 24

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where do we go Now? (Nadine Labaki)

is a surefire crowdpleaser that makes Mideast politics go down easy – a Molotov Cocktail that tastes like a Bellini. The Chris tian and Muslim inhabitants of a Lebanese village have learned to coexist peacefully, but random acts of vandalism threaten to

break their ceasefire. The mischievous women find ways to distract their men from fighting, whether by faking communi cation with the Virgin Mary or importing Ukrainian strippers to give the guys some thing else to get hard over. The film’s reso lutions to animosity certainly seem as far fetched as an accord between two religions, but that may be the point. Labaki doesn’t always have an easy time mixing laughs with tears, but it’s difficult not to be charmed by her characters and purpose. Although the politics are halfcooked, this absurd comedy is a delightful tribute to the women who have to work around men and their follies. Subtitled. 100 min. NNN (RS)

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man) is a worthy successor to Louis Leter rier’s Clash Of The Titans. Sam Worthing ton’s demigod Perseus is dragged back into the pantheistic fray when his halfbrother 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 an noying postconversion 3D. Why they keep doing that only the gods know. 99 min. NNN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24 3

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TurN Me oN, daMMiT! (Jannicke Jacobsen) follows sexobsessed 15yearold Alma, who fantasizes about everyone in her life and ends up as gossip fodder for her small Norwegian town after her school crush literally pokes her with his penis and denies it. It’s classic 80s sex comedy, yet the filmmakers never revel in shock gags, in stead crafting a mature and thoughtful story with humour derived from loving nos talgia. Alma’s obsession is hardly unnatural. The director’s gently comedic exploration of how particularly difficult that experience can be for a teenage girl is sweet and in sightful. A delightful dirty gem the appeals to the secret pervert inside us all. Subtitled. 76 min. NNN (Phil Brown) TIFF Bell Lightbox

ñ21 JuMP sTreeT

(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 tongueincheek she nanigans 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) Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24

we haVe a PoPe (Nanni Moretti) 105 min. See review, page 58. NNN (RS) Opens Jun 1 at TIFF Bell Lightbox

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whaT To exPecT wheN You’re exPecTiNg (Kirk Jones) offers vignettes about

the bumps on the road that a woman with a baby bump might encounter. The five couples’ ninemonth journeys to parent hood are so chopped up that the people be come less fleshedout characters than types. Still, some stories ring surprisingly true, particularly Cameron Diaz’s control freak and Elizabeth Banks’s onpoint depic tion of a pregnancy from hell. The film makers neuter the emotional wreckage of a miscarriage with the standard popsong montage treatment, clearly trying to move on to the upbeat stuff as quickly as pos sible. That’s the biggest problem with What To Expect. For all the wisdom it may impart, the film would rather resort to immature humour for kicks. Many of these gags are so forcibly contrived that the movie seems like it’s going through labour to deliver them. 110 min. NN (RS)

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as one 3:45, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-sun 12:40 mat Beginner’s guide to endings (14A) 2:05, 4:25, 7:20, 10:15 sat-sun 11:40 mat the CaBin in the Woods (18A) 2:45, 5:25, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-sun 12:10 mat ChernoByL diaries (14A) thu 1:00, 1:30, 2:15, 2:45, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 5:15, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:45, 8:15, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00 Fri 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:15, 2:45, 3:15, 4:00, 4:30, 5:15, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30, 9:30, 10:00, 11:00 sat 10:30, 11:00, 11:45, 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:15, 2:45, 3:15, 4:00, 4:30, 5:15, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30, 9:30, 10:00, 11:00 sun 10:30, 11:00, 11:45, 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 2:15, 2:45, 3:15, 4:00, 4:30, 5:15, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30, 9:30, 10:00, 10:45 mon 1:00, 1:30, 2:15, 3:15, 4:00, 4:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30, 9:30, 10:00, 10:45 tue 1:00, 1:30, 2:45, 3:15, 4:00, 5:15, 6:00, 6:30, 7:45, 8:30, 10:00, 10:45 Wed 1:00, 1:30, 2:15, 2:45, 3:15, 4:00, 4:30, 5:15, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:45, 8:30, 9:30, 10:00, 10:45 Crooked arroWs 1:35, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 sat-sun 11:00 mat the Five-year engageMent (14A) thu, tue 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Fri-sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 LoveLy MoLLy 2:30, 4:50, 7:25, 10:10 sat-sun 11:45 mat Men in BLaCk 3 (PG) thu 1:00, 2:30, 3:30, 4:00, 5:30, 6:45, 7:45, 8:30, 9:30, 10:45 Fri-sun 12:30, 1:00, 3:30, 4:00, 6:15, 6:45, 9:15, 9:45 mon-Wed 1:00, 3:30, 4:00, 6:15, 6:45, 9:15, 9:45 Men in BLaCk 3 3d (PG) thu 2:00, 2:45, 3:45, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:15, 9:00, 10:00 Fri 12:05, 2:00, 2:45, 3:45, 5:00, 5:45, 7:00, 8:00, 8:45, 10:00, 11:00 sat 11:15, 11:45, 12:05, 2:00, 2:45, 3:45, 5:00, 5:45, 7:00, 8:00, 8:45, 10:00, 11:00 sun 11:15, 11:45, 12:05, 2:00, 2:45, 3:45, 5:00, 5:45, 7:00, 8:00, 8:45, 10:00, 10:40 mon-Wed 2:00, 2:45, 3:45, 5:00, 5:45, 7:00, 8:00, 8:45, 10:00, 10:40 Men in BLaCk 3: an iMax 3d experienCe (PG) 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 sat-sun 10:30 mat the pirates! Band oF MisFits (PG) thu 1:05, 3:30, 6:15, 8:45 Fri, mon-Wed 1:25, 3:40 sat-sun 11:05, 1:25, 3:40 roWdy rathore 3:05, 6:35, 10:05 sat-sun 11:50 mat the saMaritan (14A) thu 1:50, 4:15, 7:05, 9:40 snoW White and the huntsMan (PG) Fri 12:30, 1:15, 2:00, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15, 11:00 sat 10:30, 11:00, 12:30, 1:15, 2:00, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15, 11:00 sun 10:30, 11:00, 12:30, 1:15, 2:00, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45 mon-Wed 1:15, 2:00, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:00, 9:45, 10:15, 10:45 think Like a Man (PG) thu 2:00 4:45 7:40 10:30 Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:45, 7:40, 10:45 sat-sun 10:50 mat 21 JuMp street (14A) thu 1:00, 4:10, 7:10, 10:05 Fri-Wed 6:15, 9:05 What to expeCt When you’re expeCting (14A) thu 1:30, 2:15, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00, 6:15, 7:00, 7:45, 9:00, 10:00 Fri 12:45, 1:30, 3:30, 4:15, 6:15, 7:00, 9:00, 10:00 sat-sun 10:45, 12:45, 1:30, 3:30, 4:15, 6:15, 7:00, 9:00, 10:00 mon, Wed 1:30, 3:30, 4:15, 6:15, 7:00, 9:00, 10:00 tue 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 10:00 Wrath oF the titans (14A) thu 1:00, 4:00, 6:45, 9:45

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10:25 Wed 1:05, 2:25, 3:35, 5:05, 6:25, 7:45, 9:05, 10:25 the MetropoLitan opera: La traviata enCore mon 6:30 piranha 3dd 3d (18A) Fri-sat 1:15, 3:35, 6:05, 8:25, 10:45 sun-Wed 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 the pirates! Band oF MisFits (PG) thu 1:35, 4:05 Fri 1:10, 3:25, 5:45 sat 11:00, 1:10, 3:25, 5:45 sun 12:40, 2:55, 5:10 mon-Wed 12:40, 2:55, 5:15 snoW White and the huntsMan (PG) Fri 12:50, 1:20, 1:55, 3:50, 4:20, 4:50, 6:50, 7:20, 7:50, 9:50, 10:20, 10:50 sat 11:00, 12:50, 1:20, 1:55, 3:50, 4:20, 4:50, 6:50, 7:20, 7:50, 9:50, 10:20, 10:50 sun-tue 12:25, 1:20, 2:20, 3:20, 4:20, 5:20, 6:20, 7:20, 8:20, 9:20, 10:20 Wed 12:25, 2:20, 3:20, 4:20, 5:20, 6:20, 7:20, 8:20, 9:20, 10:20 What to expeCt When you’re expeCting (14A) thu 1:45, 4:35, 7:20, 10:00 Fri 1:45, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 sat 11:10, 1:45, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55 sun-tue 2:15, 4:55, 7:35, 10:20 Wed 4:55, 7:35, 10:20

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WooDBine centre, 500 rexDale BlvD, 416-213-1998 BattLeship (PG) thu 12:45 3:45 6:45 9:40 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:25 ChernoByL diaries (14A) thu 1:15 3:50 7:15 9:45 Fri-Wed 1:25, 3:50, 7:15, 9:40 dark shadoWs (14A) 4:10, 9:15 thu 1:25 mat, 6:50 the diCtator (14A) thu 1:20 3:45 7:05 9:25 Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:45, 7:05, 9:45 MarveL’s the avengers (PG) thu 12:30 3:30 6:30 9:30 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 Men in BLaCk 3 (PG) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45 snoW White and the huntsMan (PG) Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:30 think Like a Man (PG) thu 1:10, 4:05, 6:55, 9:35 Fri-Wed 1:10, 6:45 What to expeCt When you’re expeCting (14A) thu 1:05 3:55 6:50 9:20 Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:55, 6:50, 9:35

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2442 Bloor st. West, 416-232-1939

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MarveL’s the avengers (PG) thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Men in BLaCk 3 (PG) thu 1:30 4:00 7:00 9:45 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:00, 7:00, 9:30 snoW White and the huntsMan (PG) Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:20, 9:45

BattLeship (PG) thu 7:40, 10:30 the diCtator (14A) thu 6:50, 9:15 Fri, tue 4:30, 7:30, 9:40 sat-sun 1:00, 3:05, 5:15, 7:30, 9:40 mon, Wed 7:20, 9:30 MarveL’s the avengers (PG) thu 6:40, 9:45 Fri, tue 3:30, 6:40, 9:50 sat-sun 12:20, 3:30, 6:40, 9:50 mon, Wed 6:30, 9:40 MarveL’s the avengers 3d (PG) thu 7:10, 10:20 Fri 4:30, 7:20, 10:30 sat-sun 12:55, 4:00, 7:10, 10:20 mon, Wed 6:50, 10:00 tue 4:00, 7:10, 10:20 Men in BLaCk 3 3d (PG) thu 7:20, 10:00 Fri, tue 4:10, 7:20, 10:10 sat-sun 1:30, 4:10, 7:20, 10:10 mon, Wed 7:10, 10:10 snoW White and the huntsMan (PG) Fri, tue 3:50, 7:00, 10:00 sat-sun 12:40, 3:50, 7:00, 10:00 mon, Wed 7:00, 9:50 What to expeCt When you’re expeCting (14A) thu 7:00, 10:10 Fri, tue 4:20, 6:50, 9:30 sat-sun 1:40, 4:20, 6:50, 9:30 mon, Wed 6:40, 9:20

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BuLLy (PG) thu 1:15 the CaBin in the Woods (18A) thu 9:15 Fri-Wed 8:55 edWin Boyd (14A) Fri-Wed 7:00 the Five-year engageMent (14A) thu 7:00 Fri-Wed 2:45 Mirror Mirror (PG) sat-sun 11:30 Monsieur Lazhar (PG) thu 3:00 Fri-Wed 1:15 saLMon Fishing in the yeMen (PG) 5:00

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1025 tHe queensWay, qeW & islington, 416-503-0424 BarryMore (14A) sat 12:55 BattLeship (PG) thu 12:50, 1:40, 3:55, 5:00, 6:20, 7:00, 8:20, 9:30, 10:10 Fri-sat 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:35 sun-Wed 12:55, 3:55, 6:55, 9:55 Bee Movie (G) sat 11:00 the Best exotiC MarigoLd hoteL (PG) thu 12:40, 3:35, 6:45, 9:40 Fri 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:05 sat 1:00, 3:55, 7:10, 10:05 sun-Wed 1:05, 4:05, 7:00, 9:55 ChernoByL diaries (14A) thu 1:00, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:20 Fri-sat 1:05, 3:30, 5:55, 8:15, 10:30 sun-Wed 1:10, 3:25, 5:40, 7:55, 10:10 dark shadoWs (14A) thu 1:55, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 Fri 1:50, 4:40, 7:45, 10:30 sat 11:15, 1:50, 4:40, 7:45, 10:30 sunWed 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 the diCtator (14A) thu 12:25, 1:25, 2:35, 3:40, 4:55, 5:55, 7:05, 8:10, 9:25, 10:25 Fri 2:00, 4:15, 6:25, 8:00, 8:40, 10:15, 10:55 sat 11:50, 2:00, 4:15, 6:25, 8:00, 8:40, 10:15, 10:55 sun, tue-Wed 1:35, 3:45, 5:55, 7:30, 8:05, 9:40, 10:15 mon 1:35, 3:45, 7:30, 9:40, 10:15 the hunger gaMes (14A) thu 12:35, 3:45, 6:55, 10:05 Fri-sat 12:35, 3:45, 7:00, 10:10 sun 12:20, 3:35, 6:50, 10:00 mon-Wed 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 MarveL’s the avengers (PG) thu 1:30, 2:40, 4:40, 6:00, 9:20, 10:30 Fri 12:30, 3:00, 3:40, 6:20, 7:05, 9:40, 10:25 sat 11:40, 3:00, 4:00, 6:20, 7:05, 9:40, 10:25 sun 1:50, 3:00, 5:00, 6:20, 8:30, 9:50 mon-Wed 1:50, 3:00, 5:00, 6:30, 8:30, 9:50 MarveL’s the avengers 3d (PG) thu 12:45, 3:15, 4:00, 6:35, 7:15, 9:45, 10:25 Fri-sat 12:55, 4:25, 7:40, 11:00 sunWed 12:50, 4:00, 7:15, 10:30 Men in BLaCk 3 (PG) thu 12:30, 1:10, 3:10, 3:50, 5:50, 6:30, 7:50, 8:30, 9:10 Fri 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 10:00 sat 11:35, 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 10:00 sun-Wed 1:45, 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 Men in BLaCk 3 3d (PG) thu 1:50, 2:30, 4:30, 5:10, 7:10, 9:50, 10:35 Fri 1:35, 2:55, 4:10, 5:30, 6:45, 8:05, 9:20, 10:40 sat 11:05, 12:20, 1:35, 2:55, 4:10, 5:30, 6:45, 8:05, 9:20, 10:40 sun 1:00, 2:25, 3:40, 5:05, 6:25, 7:45, 9:05, 10:25 mon-tue 1:00, 2:25, 3:35, 5:05, 6:25, 7:45, 9:05,

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

BattLeship (PG) thu 3:50, 5:30, 6:45, 8:30, 9:45 Fri, monWed 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 sat-sun 12:30, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 dark shadoWs (14A) thu 4:10 6:50 9:50 Fri-Wed 4:10, 6:55, 9:55 sat-sun 12:55 mat the diCtator (14A) 4:20, 5:20, 7:20, 8:15, 10:10 Fri 10:45 sat 1:10, 2:15 mat, 10:45 sun 1:10, 2:15 mat the Five-year engageMent (14A) 3:55, 6:50, 9:50 satsun 12:50 mat MarveL’s avengers asseMBLe (PG) thu 5:10, 8:45 MarveL’s avengers asseMBLe 3d (PG) thu 3:45, 7:10, 10:30 MarveL’s the avengers (PG) 5:10, 8:45 sat-sun 1:30 mat MarveL’s the avengers 3d (PG) 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 satsun 12:45 mat Men in BLaCk 3 (PG) 4:30, 7:30, 10:20 sat-sun 1:20 mat Men in BLaCk 3 3d (PG) 5:00, 8:00 Fri 11:00 late sat 2:00 mat, 11:00 late sun 2:00 mat Men in BLaCk 3: an iMax 3d experienCe (PG) 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 sat-sun 1:00 mat

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BarryMore (14A) thu 3:30, 6:45, 10:00 Fri-sun 12:55, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 mon 7:00, 10:00 tue-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 the Best exotiC MarigoLd hoteL (PG) thu 3:50, 4:30, 6:50, 7:25, 9:35, 10:05 Fri-sun 1:15, 4:05, 6:50, 7:30, 9:45, 10:20 mon 3:50, 6:50, 9:30, 10:05 tue-Wed 3:50, 6:50, 7:25, 9:30, 10:05 ChernoByL diaries (14A) thu 4:10, 6:10, 8:10, 10:10 Frisun 2:10, 4:15, 6:25, 8:30, 10:35 mon-Wed 3:45, 7:15, 9:45 ChiMpanzee (G) thu 5:05, 7:15, 9:25 the Five-year engageMent (14A) thu 4:25, 7:20, 10:05 hysteria (PG) Fri-sun 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 mon-Wed 3:30, 6:30, 9:20

The InTouchables (14A) Fri-Sun 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 The MeTropolITan opera: la TravIaTa encore Mon 6:30 The pIraTes! band of MIsfITs 3d (PG) Thu 5:10, 7:30, 9:45 The pIraTes! band of MIsfITs (PG) Fri-Sun 12:30, 2:40, 5:10 Mon-Wed 3:35 The saMarITan (14A) Thu 3:45, 6:30, 9:50 snow whITe and The hunTsMan (PG) Fri-Sun 12:45, 1:25, 3:40, 4:20, 6:40, 7:20, 9:40, 10:20 Mon-Wed 4:10, 4:30, 7:10, 7:30, 9:50, 10:10 whaT To expecT when You’re expecTIng (14A) Thu 5:20, 7:50, 10:20 Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:10, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:35, 10:15 where do we go now? (14A) Thu 3:20, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Sun 2:20, 4:50, 7:25, 10:05 Mon 3:25, 9:55 Tue-Wed 3:25, 7:20, 9:55

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FairvieW Mall, 1800 Sheppard ave e, 416-644-7746 barrYMore (14A) Sat 12:55 baTTleshIp (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 bee MovIe (G) Sat 11:00 chernobYl dIarIes (14A) Thu 12:40, 3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 Fri 12:50, 3:20, 5:50, 8:15, 10:30 Sat 5:50, 8:15, 10:30 Sun 12:45, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:05 Mon-Wed 12:55, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:05 dark shadows (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 The dIcTaTor (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:10, 5:30, 7:45, 9:55 Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:25 Sun-Wed 1:15, 3:30, 5:40, 8:00, 10:10 Marvel’s The avengers (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 3:20, 6:40, 9:50 Fri-Sat 12:20, 3:40, 7:00, 10:15 Sun 12:10, 3:20, 6:40, 9:50 Marvel’s The avengers 3d (PG) Thu, Sun-Wed 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:20 Fri-Sat 1:00, 4:20, 7:30, 10:45 Men In black 3 (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:45 Fri 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Sat 11:10, 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Sun-Tue 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:55 Wed 4:15, 7:00, 9:55 Men In black 3 3d (PG) Thu 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Fri-Sat 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:40 Sun 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:25 Mon-Wed 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:25 snow whITe and The hunTsMan (PG) Fri 1:10, 1:55, 4:10, 4:50, 7:10, 7:50, 10:10, 10:50 Sat 11:00, 1:10, 1:55, 4:10, 4:50, 7:10, 7:50, 10:10, 10:50 Sun 12:40, 1:20, 3:40, 4:20, 6:50, 7:20, 9:45, 10:15 Mon-Tue 12:45, 1:20, 3:40, 4:20, 6:50, 7:20, 9:45, 10:15 Wed 12:45, 3:40, 4:20, 6:50, 7:20, 9:45, 10:15 whaT To expecT when You’re expecTIng (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:20, 10:05 Fri 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Sat 11:40, 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Sun-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00

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

baTTleshIp (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 bee MovIe (G) Sat 11:00 chernobYl dIarIes (14A) Thu 1:05, 3:25, 5:45, 8:05, 10:25 Fri-Sun, Tue 1:25, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:30 Mon, Wed 12:55, 3:10, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 dark shadows (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:35, 7:25, 10:15 The dIcTaTor (14A) Thu 12:55 3:15 5:35 7:55 10:15 Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:05 Marvel’s The avengers (PG) Thu 3:20, 6:40, 10:00 Fri 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 Sat 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:40, 8:00 Marvel’s The avengers 3d (PG) Thu 12:30, 1:15, 3:50, 4:40, 7:10, 8:10, 10:30 Fri-Sat 1:10, 4:25, 7:40, 10:55 SunWed 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 Men In black 3 (PG) Thu 1:25, 4:05, 6:45, 9:25 Fri 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 Sat 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 SunWed 1:10, 3:45, 6:55, 9:30 Men In black 3 3d (PG) Thu 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 Fri 3:00, 5:35, 8:10, 10:45 Sat 12:25, 3:00, 5:35, 8:10, 10:45 Sun 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30 Mon, Wed 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 Tue 2:45, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30 pIranha 3dd 3d (18A) Fri, Tue 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:25 Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:25 Mon, Wed 12:45, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 snow whITe and The hunTsMan (PG) Fri 1:35, 2:15, 4:20, 5:00, 7:15, 7:55, 10:10, 10:50 Sat 11:20, 1:35, 2:15, 4:20, 5:00, 7:15, 7:55, 10:10, 10:50 Sun-Wed 12:45, 1:35, 3:40, 4:20, 6:35, 7:15, 9:30, 10:10 whaT To expecT when You’re expecTIng (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 10:10 Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:30, 7:10, 9:50

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baTTleshIp (PG) Thu 3:45, 4:35, 6:35, 7:30, 9:35, 10:25 Fri-Sat 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:45 Sun 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:40 Mon, Wed 4:25, 7:20, 10:30 Tue 4:50, 7:50, 10:40 chernobYl dIarIes (14A) Thu 3:55, 6:00, 8:10, 10:20 Fri-Sat 2:05, 4:15, 6:20, 8:30, 10:50 Sun 2:05, 4:15, 6:20, 8:30, 10:35 Mon, Wed 3:50, 6:00, 8:10, 10:15 Tue 4:15, 6:20, 8:30, 10:40 dark shadows (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 The dIcTaTor (14A) Thu 4:00, 6:15, 8:20, 10:20 Fri-Sat 2:15, 4:25, 6:30, 8:40, 10:50 Sun 2:15, 4:25, 6:30, 8:40, 10:40 Mon, Wed 3:55, 6:15, 8:20, 10:30 Tue 3:50, 6:10, 8:15, 10:30 Marvel’s The avengers (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:45, 9:50 Fri 2:30, 6:45, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:45, 10:00 Mon, Wed 3:45, 6:45, 9:55 Tue 3:45, 6:45, 10:00 Marvel’s The avengers 3d (PG) Thu, Mon, Wed 4:10, 7:15, 10:20 Fri 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 Sat-Sun 1:05, 4:10, 7:20, 10:30 Tue 4:10, 7:15, 10:25 Men In black 3 (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Sun 2:00, 5:00, 7:30, 10:10 Mon, Wed 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 Tue 5:00, 7:40, 10:10 Men In black 3 3d (PG) Thu 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 Fri 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45 Sat 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45 Sun 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:40 Mon, Wed 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Tue 5:30, 8:00, 10:40 The pIraTes! band of MIsfITs (PG) Fri 2:10 Sat-Sun 1:15 snow whITe and The hunTsMan (PG) Fri 1:45, 4:00, 4:40, 7:00, 7:40, 9:50, 10:40 Sat 12:55, 1:40, 4:00, 4:40, 7:00, 7:40, 9:50, 10:40 Sun 12:55, 1:35, 4:00, 4:40, 7:00, 7:40, 9:50, 10:30 Mon-Wed 4:00, 4:40, 7:00, 7:30, 9:50, 10:25 ThInk lIke a Man (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:25, 10:10 Fri-Sun 4:35, 7:35, 10:20 Mon, Wed 4:35, 7:25, 10:20 Tue 4:30, 7:25, 10:20 whaT To expecT when You’re expecTIng (14A) Thu, Mon, Wed 5:00, 7:35, 10:05 Fri-Sun 2:45, 5:15, 8:00, 10:35 Tue 5:15, 7:45, 10:20

9:50, 10:20 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 Sun-Wed 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 bee MovIe (G) Sat 11:00 The besT exoTIc MarIgold hoTel (PG) 1:15, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 chernobYl dIarIes (14A) Thu, Sun-Wed 2:45, 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 Fri-Sat 1:55, 4:10, 6:25, 8:40, 10:55 The dIcTaTor (14A) Thu 1:40, 2:10, 4:15, 4:45, 7:15, 7:45, 9:45, 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:00, 6:10, 8:00, 8:30, 10:20, 10:50 Sun-Wed 1:40, 4:15, 7:15, 8:00, 9:45, 10:20 The hunger gaMes (14A) Thu 3:50, 7:00, 10:10 Fri-Sat 12:40, 4:05, 7:15, 10:30 Sun-Wed 12:45, 3:50, 7:00, 10:10 Men In black 3 (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Sat 1:45, 4:20, 7:00, 9:35 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:50 Men In black 3 3d (PG) Thu, Sun-Wed 2:00, 2:30, 4:40, 5:10, 7:20, 7:50, 10:00, 10:30 Fri 12:30, 2:25, 3:05, 5:00, 5:40, 7:35, 8:15, 10:10, 11:00 Sat 12:30, 3:05, 5:00, 5:40, 7:35, 8:15, 10:10, 11:00 pIranha 3dd 3d (18A) Fri-Sat 1:35, 3:50, 6:05, 8:25, 10:45 Sun-Wed 2:10, 4:45, 7:40, 10:15 The pIraTes! band of MIsfITs (PG) Thu 12:55, 3:20 FriSat 12:55, 3:20, 5:45 Sun-Wed 12:55, 3:10, 5:30 ThInk lIke a Man (PG) Thu, Sun-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:05 Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:50, 7:55, 10:45

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aMerIcan reunIon (14A) 4:05, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Sun 10:40, 1:20 mat The cabIn In The woods (18A) 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:25 Fri-Sun 11:30 mat dark shadows (14A) Thu 2:45, 4:45, 5:45, 7:45, 8:45, 10:25 Fri-Sun 11:45, 2:45, 5:45, 8:45 Mon-Wed 2:45, 5:45, 8:45 deparTMenT (14A) Thu 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 dr. seuss’ The lorax (G) Thu 2:00, 4:25 Fri-Sun 11:40, 2:05, 4:25 Mon-Wed 2:05, 4:25 The fIve-Year engageMenT (14A) 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 FriSun 10:45, 1:45 mat JannaT 2 (PG) 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Fri-Sun 10:30, 1:25 mat The luckY one (PG) 3:50, 6:20, 8:50 Fri-Sun 10:50, 1:20 mat Marvel’s The avengers (PG) 3:00, 4:00, 6:00, 7:00, 9:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun 11:45, 1:00 mat Marvel’s The avengers 3d (PG) 2:00, 3:30, 4:30, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 8:00, 9:30, 10:30 Fri-Sun 10:30, 11:00, 12:30, 1:30 mat MIrror MIrror (PG) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun

11:40, 2:30, 5:05, 7:30, 10:05 Mon-Wed 2:30, 5:05, 7:30, 10:05 The raId: redeMpTIon (18A) 2:10, 4:45, 7:45, 10:10 FriSun 11:50 mat rowdY raThore 3:45, 7:00, 10:25 Fri-Sun 12:15 mat safe (14A) 3:30, 5:40, 8:05, 10:20 Fri-Sun 10:45, 1:10 mat safe house (14A) 6:50, 9:45 snow whITe and The hunTsMan (PG) 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:15, 8:00, 10:15 Fri-Sun 11:00, 1:00 mat vIckY donor (PG) 3:40, 7:05, 10:20 Fri-Sun 12:15 mat whaT To expecT when You’re expecTIng (14A) Thu 3:00, 4:00, 5:30, 6:30, 8:00, 9:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:50, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Mon-Wed 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30

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

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

barrYMore (14A) Sat 12:55 baTTleshIp (PG) Thu 12:20, 1:30, 3:30, 4:40, 6:30, 7:45, 9:30, 10:15, 10:40 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 bee MovIe (G) Sat 11:00 dark shadows (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:00, 7:00, 9:40 Fri, Sun-Tue 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 Sat 11:30, 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 Wed 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 The dIcTaTor (14A) Thu 12:00, 12:50, 2:00, 3:10, 4:10, 5:20, 6:20, 7:50, 8:30, 10:10, 10:40 Fri, Sun 12:50, 1:30, 2:50, 3:40, 5:00, 5:50, 7:10, 8:10, 9:20, 10:30 Sat 12:50, 2:50, 3:40, 5:00, 5:50, 7:10, 8:10, 9:20, 10:30 Mon-Wed 12:50, 1:30, 2:50, 3:40, 5:00, 5:50, 7:10, 8:10, 9:20, 10:20 The hunger gaMes (14A) Thu 12:40, 3:50, 7:10, 10:20 Fri-Wed 12:20, 3:20, 6:40, 9:50 Marvel’s The avengers (PG) Thu 12:10, 3:20, 6:40, 9:50 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:50, 7:00, 10:10 Marvel’s The avengers 3d (PG) Thu 1:00 2:10 4:20 5:40 7:40 9:00 Fri-Wed 1:20, 2:20, 4:40, 5:40, 7:50, 9:00 Sat 11:10 mat Men In black 3 (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-Tue 1:40, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Wed 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Men In black 3 3d (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:40, 6:10, 8:40 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:40 Sun-Wed 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Men In black 3: an IMax 3d experIence (PG) 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 pIranha 3dd 3d (18A) Fri-Sat 1:10, 3:30, 6:00, 8:20, 10:45 Sun-Wed 1:10, 3:30, 6:00, 8:20, 10:30 ThInk lIke a Man (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:20 Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:10

CourTney park 16 (aMC)

110 CourTney park e aT huronTario, 888-262-4386 baTTleshIp (PG) Thu 1:05, 2:05, 3:55, 4:55, 6:50, 7:50, 9:50 Fri-Sun 10:15, 1:05, 3:55, 6:50, 9:50 Mon-Wed 1:05, 3:55, 6:50, 9:50 The besT exoTIc MarIgold hoTel (PG) Thu 1:15, 4:20, 7:15 Fri-Sun 10:35, 1:15, 4:20, 7:15, 10:05 Mon-Wed 1:15, 4:20, 7:15, 10:05 chernobYl dIarIes (14A) 1:25, 3:35, 5:45, 7:45, 10:15 Fri-Sun 11:20 mat dark shadows (14A) Thu 2:15, 5:00, 7:35, 10:10 The dIcTaTor (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 1:05, 2:05, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05, 6:05, 7:05, 8:05, 9:05, 10:05, 11:00 Fri-Sat 10:05, 11:05, 12:05, 1:05, 2:05, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05, 6:05, 7:05, 8:05, 9:05, 10:05, 11:00 Sun 10:05, 12:05, 2:05, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05, 6:05, 7:05, 8:05, 9:05, 10:05, 11:00 Marvel’s The avengers (PG) Thu 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00, 11:00 Fri-Sun 10:00, 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Mon-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Marvel’s The avengers 3d (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 5:30, 7:30, 8:30, 10:30 Fri-Sun 10:30, 11:30, 2:00, 2:30, 4:30, 5:30, 7:30, 8:30, 10:00 Mon-Wed 2:00, 2:30, 4:30, 5:30, 7:30, 8:30, 10:00 Men In black 3 (PG) 1:00, 1:30, 3:30, 4:00, 6:00, 6:30, 8:30, 9:00, 11:00 Fri-Sun 10:30, 11:00 mat Men In black 3 3d (PG) 2:00, 4:30, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 11:30 mat Men In black 3: an IMax 3d experIence (PG) 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun 10:00, 12:30 mat pIranha 3dd (18A) 1:45, 4:05, 6:15, 8:30, 10:45 Fri-Sun

11:15 mat snow whITe and The hunTsMan (PG) Thu 12:01 FriSun 10:10, 11:25, 1:00, 2:15, 3:50, 5:10, 6:50, 8:00, 9:45, 10:50 Mon-Wed 1:00, 2:15, 3:50, 5:10, 6:50, 8:00, 9:45, 10:50 whaT To expecT when You’re expecTIng (14A) 3:15, 5:40, 8:05, 10:35 Fri-Sun 10:25, 12:50 mat

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The Well Digger’s Daughter (2011) In pre-WWI France, a poor mother has to fend off her child’s rich grandparents.

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

festivals RyeRson UniveRsity film festival

tiff Bell lightBox, 350 King W. 416-599-tiff (8433), imageaRts.RyeRson.ca/RUff

Sat 2-mon 4 – Showcase by the graduating

film class of the School of Image Arts. $12, 3-day pass $30. ruff2012.eventbrite.com. Sat 2 – Catch Up D: Mia Santos, For Dorian D: Rodrigo Barriuso, Happy Story D: Davina Rimmer, and others. 6 pm. Sun 3 – Mara D: Katie Uchimara, Cowboys Vs Nazis D: Ashley Park, Surface Tension D: Ryan Jakubek, and others. 8 pm. mon 4 – A Good Man Is Hard To Find D: Isa Benn, Where Birds Come From D: Mackenzie Hartridge, The Architecture Of The Moon D: Kyle Sanderson, and others. 8 pm.

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thu 31-Sun 3 – The G Raymond Chang School

of Continuing Education’s Programs for 50+ at Ryerson presents a festival of creativity and ideas featuring film and more. $15. Sat 2 – Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1994) D: Steven M Martin. Screening followed by discussion. 10:30 am. Stone Reader (2002) D: Mark Moskowitz. 6:30 pm. Both screenings at LIB. Sun 3 – One Thousand Pictures: RFK’s Last Journey (2010) D: Jennifer Stoddart. Discussion w/ filmmaker follows. 11 am (LIB). Coming To LIFE directed and produced by members of the LIFE Institute. Film followed by reception and live jazz performance. 2 pm (TRS).

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Short Film Fest gets off to big start WorldWide Short Film FeSti-

ñval opening night gala

Technically, the Worldwide Short Film Festival kicks off its 18th annual celebration of micro-cinema with free Sunday screenings in Dufferin Grove Park, but the festival proper begins with Tuesday’s opening night gala showcasing international award winners. While most of the WSFF programs are arranged by tone or theme, the nature of an awards program means format and genre shift radically from one title to the next. Think of it as a cinematic sampler platter. Iranian-born, UK-based Afarin Eghbal’s Grandmothers artfully expands from the confines of a Buenos Aires apartment to confront the terrible history of Argentina’s Dirty War, while another Argentine filmmaker, Juan Pablo Zaramella, Schulson, and others. 4 pm (IB). The Family Compact: Turbulence (2011) D: Leyla Bouzid, Lack Of Evidence (2011) D: Hayoun Kwon, Me Without You (2011) D: Aage Rais-Nordentoft, and others. 5:15 pm (BC). Iron Ladies: Unravel (2012) D: Meghna Gupta, Snow Canon (2011) D: Mati Diop, Exode (2011) D: Nathaniël Siri, and others. 6:15 pm (IB). Creative Control: Heaven (2011) D: Jan P Matuszynski, Gravity Of Center (2012) D: Thibaut Duverneix, Lifetripper (2011) D: Graeme Joyce, and others. 7:30 pm (BC). War, What Is It Good For?: Last Christmas (2011) D: Geoff Redknap, Creature (2011) D: Malene Choi Jensen, Bellum (2010) D: David B Sørensen, and others. 8:30 pm (IB). Laughter Without Borders: The Heist (2011) D: Thomas Hefferon, Bear (2011) D: Nash Edgerton, ‘92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card (2011) D: Todd Sklar, and others. 10 pm (BC).

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thu 31 – Last Call At The Oasis (2011) D: ñpresents short films from around the ñ Jessica Yu. 6:30 pm. Marley (2012) D: world featuring, sci-fi, kids’ films, music videos Kevin Macdonald. 9 pm. and many other genres. $10, special events & Fri 1 – Last Call At The Oasis. 3:30 & opening gala $15-$30; passes $50-$170. 6:45 pm. The Beat Hotel (2012) D: Alan ñ Sun 3 – Pre-festival free outdoor screenings. Govenar. 9 pm.

Armadingen, an award-winning short from Germany, will be a festival fave.

at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, Tuesday (June 5), 7 pm; repeats June 10, 9:30 pm. shorterisbetter.com. See listings, this page. Rating: nnnn

Sun 3-Jun 10 – The Canadian Film Centre

Shorts For Shorties: Sid The Pike (2011) D: Tony Holm, Acorn Boy (2010) D: Dace Riduze, The Gruffalo’s Child (2011) D: Johannes Weiland and Uwe Heidschotter, and others. Noon. Christmas In June: Christmas Piggy (2010) D: RS Söderström, Clark Kent (2011) D: Bryan Atkinson, Ebony Society (2011) D: Tammy Davis, and others. 9 pm. Both at DG. tue 5 – Opening Gala – Award Winners From Around The World: The Fisherman (2011) D: Samantha Pineda Sierra, Armadingen (2011) D: Philipp Kaessbohrer, Dripped (2010) D: Léo Verrier, and others. 7 pm (BC). Wed 6 – Who’s Your Dada?: Edmond Was A Donkey (2012) D: Franck Dion, Nothing Else (2011) D: Anne Emond, The Twin (2011) D: Gustav Danielsson, and others. 1:30 pm (IB). Love Hurts: Remember Me My Ghost (2011) D: Ross McDonnell, Under (2011) D: Mark Raso, The Master Cleanse (2012) D: Todd Strauss-

repertory schedules

Sat 2 – Koyaanisqatsi (1982) D: Godfrey Reggio. 3:30 pm. Last Call At The Oasis. 6:30 pm. The Beat Hotel. 9:15 pm. Sun 3 – The Goonies (1985) D: Richard Donner. 3:30 pm. Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (2011) D: Fredrik Gertten. 6:30 pm. Last Call At The Oasis. 9 pm. mon 4 – Last Call At The Oasis. 6:45 pm. Big Boys Gone Bananas!* 9:15 pm. tue 5 – Last Call At The Oasis. 9:30 pm. Wed 6 – Last Call At The Oasis. 1:30 pm. Worldwide Short Film Festival. See listings, this page.

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Sat 2 – Why We Fight (2005) D: Eugene

ñJarecki. 3 pm. Free.

ican Motion Pictures 4: Bela Lugosi. 7 pm. The Death And Life Of Great American Motion Pictures 5: 3-D Film. 9 pm. Sat 2 – Sex & Violence Cartoon Festival. 7 pm. Sun 3 – Jane Jacobs: Urban Wisdom (2003) D: Don Alexander. 6 pm. What I Learned With LSD (2011) D: Reg Hartt. 7 pm. Kid Dracula: Nosferatu (1922) D: FW Murnau, set to the music of Radiohead’s Kid A and OK Computer albums. 9 pm. mon 4 – The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) D: Jack Arnold. Noon. Satyricon (1969) D: Federico Fellini. 2 pm. The Navigator (1924) D: Donald Crisp and Buster Keaton. 4:15 pm. Kaboom (2010) D: Gregg Araki. 5:20 pm. The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) D: Nicholas Roeg. 7 pm. Pandora’s Box (1928) D: GW Pabst. 9:30 pm. tue 5 – The Lost World (1925) D: Harry Hoyt. Noon. Jurassic Park (1993) D: Steven Spielberg. 1:30 pm. This Island Earth (1955) D: Joseph M Newman. 3:45 pm. Godzilla (1954) D: Ishiro Honda. 5:30 pm. King Kong (1933) D: Merian C Cooper and Ernie B Shoedsack. 7 pm. Metro polis (1926) D: Fritz Lang. 9 pm. Wed 6 – Dreams That Money Can Never Buy (1947) D: Hans Richter. Noon. Return To Reason (1923) and other films D: Man Ray. 1 pm. The Devil In The Flesh (1986) D: Marco Bellocchio. 2 pm. The History Of The Blue Movie (1970) D: Alex De Renzy. 4 pm. Un Chant D’Amour (1950) D: Jean Genet. 6 pm. Belle De Jour (1967) D: Luis Buñuel. 7 pm. Salvador Dali Film Festival. 9 pm.

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goes for stop-motion whimsy in the twee fantasy Luminaris. Léo Verrier’s Dripped treats artistic development as metaphor in a sprightly digital short, while French-English collaboration The Elaborate End Of Robert Ebb is a slapstick charmer about a bored movie studio security guard (Paul Hassall) who gets stuck inside a monster suit, which leads to a very short but fairly destructive rampage. Arnaud Brisebois and Francis

Leclerc’s Trotteur, selected for this year’s Canada’s Top Ten shorts lineup, plays out its mythic tale with grim beauty, but my favourite entry is Philipp Kaessbohrer’s Armadingen, the very German tale of an aging farmer who tries to give his wife one last pleasant evening when he learns that an apocalyptic meteor strike is just hours away. At 23 minutes, it’s the longest entry in the program, but trust me, it flies norman Wilner right by.

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Rocky Mountain Express. Noon. Under The Sea. 1 pm. Sat 2 – To The Arctic. 11 am, 2, 4 & 8 pm. Rocky Mountain Express. Noon, 3 & 7 pm. Under The Sea. 1 pm. Sun 3 – To The Arctic. 11 am, 2 & 4 pm. Rocky Mountain Express. Noon & 3 pm. Under The Sea. 1 pm. mon 4-Wed 6 – To The Arctic. 11 am & 2 pm. Rocky Mountain Express. Noon. Under The Sea. 1 pm.

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tue 5 – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. 6:30 pm.

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thu 31 – Bully (2012) D: Lee Hirsch. 7 pm.

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thu 31-Wed 6 – More than 5,000 NFB films

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Noon. A Place Called Los Pereyra (2009) D: Andrés Livov-Macklin. 2 pm. Battle Royale (2000) D: Kinji Fukasaku. 3:30 pm. Portrait Of Wally (2012) D: Andrew Shea. 5:30 pm. ReelHeART Monthly Film Series presents How I Got Lost (2009) D: Joe Leonard. 7:30 pm. $10. reelheart.com/monthly. Fri 1 – A Place Called Los Pereyra. 12:30 pm. Portrait Of Wally. 2 & 6 pm. Battle Royale. 3:30 pm. New Year (2011) D: Phil Borg. 8 pm. Sat 2 – New Year. 1 pm. Portrait Of Wally. 2:30 & 4 pm. A Place Called Los Pereyra. 5:30 pm. Screening and Costume Party: Street Fighter (1994) D: Steven E de Souza. 9 pm. Sun 3 – Portrait Of Wally. 12:30 & 5:30 pm. The Corridor. 2 pm. A Place Called Los Pereyra. 4 pm. New Year. 7 pm. Battle Royale. 8:30 pm. mon 4 – New Year. 1 pm. Portrait Of Wally. 2:30 & 7 pm. A Place Called Los Pereyra. 4 pm. The Corridor. 5:30 pm. Battle Royale. 8:30 pm. tue 5 – Portrait Of Wally. 1 & 5:30 pm. The Corridor. 2:30 pm. A Place Called Los Pereyra. 4 pm. New Year. 7 pm. Battle Royale. 8:30 pm. Wed 6 – New Year. 1 pm. Portrait Of Wally. 2:30 & 7 pm. A Place Called Los Pereyra. 4 pm. The Corridor. 5:30 pm. Battle Royale. 8:30 pm.

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31 – The Cabin In The Woods (2011) D: Drew Goddard. 9:30 pm. ñthu Fri 1 – Bully (2011) D: Lee Hirsch.7 pm. The Cabin In The Woods. 9:30 pm. ñ Sun 3 and tue 5– Bully. 7 pm. The Cabin In The Woods. 9 pm.

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The CN Tower presents The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D. Daily screenings 10 am-8 pm. 301 Front W. cntower.ca. thu 31-Wed 6 – Casa Loma presents The Pellatt Newsreel. Daily screenings 10 am-4:30 pm. Included w/ admission. 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171, casaloma.org. Fri 1 – Toronto Korean Film Festival presents an outdoor screening of The Host (2006) D: Joon-ho Bong, as part of the Korean Dano Spring Festival. 10 pm. Free. Christie Pitts Park, 750 Bloor W, at Christie. tkff.ca. Sat 2 – Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival presents short films made by GTA youth aged 14-28. Program 1: Blind Luck D: Diane Aarts, 24 To Life D: Daniel Whidden, and others. 4 pm. Program 2: Spectra D: Kirsten Whiteley, The Music Box D: Nicole Bazuin, and others. 5:30 pm. Program 3: Vernal Equinox D: Haiwei Hou, Tainted D: Ben Brommell, and others. 7:30 pm. $10-$12 each, pass $20. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. torontoyouthshorts.ca. Pleasure Dome and the Power Plant present James Richards in person, a screening of his solo and collaborative works, and videos by Stuart Marshall, Anne McGuire and others. 7 pm. $8. CineCycle, 129 Spadina. pdome.org. Sun 3 – Toronto Jewish Film Society presents a tribute to Sidney Lumet with a screening of his film Daniel (1983). 4 & 7:30 pm. $15, youth 18-35 $10 (7:30 pm only). Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. 416-924-6211 ext 606, mnjcc.org. Gladstone Hotel presents a screening of Shlemiel D: Chad Derrick, about singer Menachem Feuer. Q&A w/ filmmaker and Feuer to follow, plus a performance by Feuer’s band Men with Babies. 8 pm. Pwyc. 1214 Queen W. gladstonehotel.com. mon 4 – Miles Nadal JCC presents Media Mondays, a lecture by Adam Nayman on The Films Of Stanley Kubrick with clips from A Clockwork Orange (1971), and Barry Lyndon (1975). 7 pm. $90 series, $12, stu $6. 750 Spadina. 416-924-6211 ext 606, mnjcc.org. 3

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I long to be a gigolo I’m a straIght male from southern

California and I want to be a straight male escort. The problem is the industry is shrouded with deceptive “agencies” that take advantage of the situation. Also, it’s not like there’s a Male Escort 101 course that I can take to learn how to avoid these traps. I really want to get into this industry, hopefully through a reputable agency. Do you have any advice, can you put me in touch with any male escorts (preferably straight ones) so I can pick their brains, and do you know of a reputable agency in my area? Seeking The Upright Deal “There is no gigolo industry,” says Dominick, the former escort who writes Ask Dominick, an advice column for male escorts and male escort wannabes at Rentboy.com, a gay escort listings site. Although Dominick’s column focuses on issues that gay escorts confront, STUD, it’s the “Male Escort 101” course you’ve been looking for. “What STUD is seeking is a fantasy – one that has been fuelled by cultural products like American Gigolo and HBO’s Hung,” says Dominick. There are no reputable agencies in southern California – or anywhere else – that book male escorts to see female clients, just as there are no websites like Rentboy.com for straight male escorts. “The fact of the matter is, almost all clients for escorts are male – whether they’re looking for male, female or transgender escorts.” Dominick speaks from experience. When

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he was working as an escort in New York City, his ads stated that he was available for male or female clients. “Over three years, I went on exactly one call with a female client, an attractive older woman who seemed to be working through some intimacy issues,” says Dominick, “and one call with a married couple for a cuckolding scene, which was initiated by the husband. During that same period, I averaged about 5.5 calls per week with men. That gives you a measure of the demand from female clients.” And no demand from female clients means no escort agencies and no Rentboy.com-style websites – at least no legit ones – for straight male escorts. “Because there are many more men clamouring to be gigolos than there is actual demand for gigolos,” adds Dominick, “shadowy scam agencies come and go, ‘guaranteeing’ bookings with female clients to gullible young bucks – in exchange for monthly listing fees. That said, if there are any legitimate agencies out there, they are likely to be in New York or Los Angeles. A quick Google search produced two agencies in L.A.: one had dozens of females and just two men, the other had a stable of six straight male escorts, charging posted rates of $200 to $300 per hour. I won’t provide the links, since I have no idea how reputable these agencies are, but you can find them yourself in .25 seconds on Google.” Another option, STUD: listing yourself as a “sexual healer” at a New Age site like Sacrederos.com. “That site lists male and female sexual healers, for male and female clients, for such services as coaching, tantric awakening and sensual massage. If this is a direction you are thinking about, have at it,” says Dominick. “Otherwise, my advice to you is to pursue a profession with the potential to bring you into contact with a wealthy female clientele – business consultant, art handler – and be exceptionally good and loving to all the women in your life.” You can read Dominick’s column at Rentboy.com. He has also written for the Red Umbrella Diaries, a sex workers’ reading series in New York City. It takes place on

the first Thursday of every month at Happy Ending. Dominick is curating the October Red Umbrella Diaries, and sex workers – escort, massage, porn, phone, stripper – with stories to tell can email him at askdominick@gmail.com.

Down on cunnilingus I’m a 22-year-old female and I lost my

virginity in September 2011, but I had experienced everything else before that. My question is about when a guy goes down on me: How come I can never fully enjoy it? How come I find it hard to enjoy any aspect of it? Is the problem that I’ve never experienced oral with someone who knows what he’s doing? Or is it my own mental block? What I mean by “mental block” is this: I think it’s gross and I can’t imagine why a guy would want to do that to me, so the entire time he’s down there, I’m stressing out about whether he really likes it. I try to focus on relaxing and blocking those thoughts out, but in the end, I always end up pulling his head back up, since I don’t see myself ever experiencing an orgasm during it and, frankly, I get bored. Is it my mental block that’s stopping me from enjoying oral? Or am I just having bad luck with guys in that area? Erotic Anxiety Time The only way to determine what exactly your problem is – your pussy-paralyzing insecurities? Their pussy-disabling ineptitude? – is to work on conquering your insecurities while at the same time allowing the guy(s) you’re seeing to go down on you once in a while. If you get over your insecurities about your genitals, and then oral – even inept oral – is suddenly awesome, well, then the problem was your insecurities. If you don’t get over your insecurities but find yourself coming like crazy with a new boy between your legs, well, then they – all the other boys who ever ate your pussy – were the problem. And it’s fine for you to think eating pussy is gross—you’re a straight girl, after all, and you’re not attracted to women. But guys who dig women, dig pussy, EAT, and you don’t have to like the idea of eating pussy to enjoy having yours eaten.

Virgin seeks gigolo I am a 26-year-old straIght gIrl and a

virgin. I could delve into the reasons why (shy, late bloomer, average-looking, conservative family), but I will spare you and cut to the chase: I really, really want to lose my virginity. It’s driving me crazy! All I want is a safe, anonymous one-time thing so I can move on, and I’m not outgoing/flirtatious/pretty enough to meet men at bars. My question: straight male escorts – do they exist and how would I find one? Some people were talking about escorts as an option in a recent column, and being with someone understanding, experienced and professional sounds like exactly what I’m looking for. Honestly, I’ve thought about this for a while. I don’t think people who develop normally can really understand the sort of desperation I feel. Very Concerned About Retarded Development Wannabe straight male escorts exist, VCARD, as STUD’s letter proves. But there aren’t enough straight female wannabe clients out there to support a straight-female-specific website or agency for straight male escorts, as Dominick’s response to STUD proves. However, a lot of the male escorts on gay-specific escort websites are bisexual; some are even highly heteroflexible gayfor-pay straight guys. Spend some time dinking around on a gay escort site, VCARD, and it won’t be long before you run across an ad posted by a male escort who identifies as bi. The guy could be lying – some gay escorts will claim to be straight or bi to attract gay male clients who get off on sleeping with straight guys – so you may not hear back from the first bi or straight escort you send an email to. But keep looking, email any guy who strikes your fancy, and be up front about who you are and what you’re looking for. fInd the savage lovecast (my weekly podcast) every tuesday at thestranger. com/savage. mail@savagelove.net @fakedansavage on Twitter

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