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Fake 20 per cent Inactive 42 per cent Good 38 per cent

Fake 34 per cent Inactive 31 per cent Good 35 per cent

@TorontoSun Fake 5 per cent Inactive 31 per cent Good 64 per cent

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Thursday, August 16

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Firefighters’ Toy Drive) Tour the plaza by train and raise money for kids. 11 am-5 pm. $3. Shops at Don Mills, Don Mills and Lawrence. shopsatdonmills.ca. honEY JaM (YWCA Toronto’s programs for women and girls) All-female artist showcase with performers including Stacey Asiedu, Haviah Mighty and Taya Marquis. 8 pm. $25, adv $20. Virgin Mobile Mod Club, 711 College. ticketweb.ca. walK thE onEwaY (OneXOne) A Deisel celebrity fashion show, hosted by Glen Baxter, raises funds for a pediatric hospital in Haiti. 8:30 pm. $40. Cube, 314 Queen W. 416-263-0330.

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aRt oFFiCial ConGRESS Live competitive paint-

ing, an art show, sale, auction and more. 7 pm. Pwyc. Norman Felix Gallery, 627 Queen W. start-gallery.com. aRt woRKShop Drawing workshop for beginners with Judy Singer. Bloor/Gladstone Library, 1101 Bloor W. Pre-register 416-393-7674. bEautiFul GiRl initiativE Teenage girls meet in a safe and friendly environment to discuss issues and challenges. 4 pm. Free. Polycultural Immigrant and Community Svs, 3363 Bloor W. beautifulgirltoronto.wordpress.com. danCinG on thE piER Join the Dancing on the Pier house band and learn global dance trends. 7 pm. Free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. harbourfrontcentre.com. 8th FiRE: at thE CRoSSRoadS Talk and discussion on how aboriginal youth are taking new pride in their heritage by Nadya Kwandibens. Free. Historic Fort York, 100 Garrison. facebook.com/events/377276279006872. FototalK Sri Lankans Without Borders holds an interactive session on photography from Sri Lanka, with Andrew Adams and others. 6:30 pm. $10. ING Downtown Café, 221 Yonge. mybindi.com.

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One- two- and four-week day camps for kids three to 17 include culinary arts, glee club, digital media and much more. To Aug 31. $195-$875. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay. Pre-register 416-973-4093, harbourfrontcentre.com/camps.

intERnational inFluEnCES: inSpiRinG idEaS FoR tREES in publiC SpaCES Learn how trees

enhance and humanize our cities with landscape architect and urban designer Brendan Stewart. 7-8:30 pm. Free. Metro Hall, 55 John. Pre-register 416-413-9244, yourleaf.org. lGbt FlaG Football Join Get Out Canada for a game of flag football. 3 pm. $10. Moss Park, Queen and Sherbourne. getoutcanada.com.

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rCanadian national Exhibition The Ex, featuring bandshell concerts, the midway, rides, a talent competition and much more runs to Sep 3. $16, child/srs $12, under 4 free (rides extra). Exhibition Place. theex.com. Aug 17 to Sep 3 5 SEnSES FEStival Celebration of creative arts and culture, with musical performances, an Ontario Science Centre sensory station, children’s imagination station, cooking demos, local art and more. Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge. 905-2370423, 5sensesfestival.org. Aug 17 to 18 rMoSaiC South Asian heitage festival, with films, a music fest, fashion shows, bazaar, food and more. Free. Mississauga Celebration Square, 300 City Centre. mosaicfest.com. Aug 16 to 19 Sail-in CinEMa Three-day festival of movies screened on the beach. 8:45 pm. Free. Sugar Beach, 25 Dockside. sailincinema.com. Aug 16 to 18 YoRK-EGlinton intERnational StREEt FES-

tival Mountain Edge Roots & Culture Band, Michie Mee, Dirty Maria, Ossie D, dance by Caliente Danz and Strictly Salsa, food village, carnival rides, petting zoo, break dance competition and more at this multicultural community event. Friday 11 am to 9 pm, Sat 11 am to 11 pm, and Sun noon to 6 pm. Free. Eglinton West from Oakwood to Dufferin. internationalstreetfest.com. Aug 17 to 19 REduCinG thE Global CanCER buRdEn: inQuiRE and inSpiRE Lecture by physician Barry

Rosen. 8 am. Free. Princess Margaret Hospital, 6th floor Auditorium, 610 University. emily. milne@rmp.uhn.on.ca. SuMMER ShoRtS Four short silent comedies by Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Harry Langdon are accompanied by composer/pianist Robert Bruce’s original scores performed live. 9 pm. $15. Trinity St Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor W. robertbrucemusic.com. taStY thuRSdaYS Live music and food from the grill. Free. Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen W, at Bay. toronto.ca/special_events/ thursdays/index.htm. toRonto uRban aGRiCultuRE SuMMit Workshops, speakers, panels, tours and prefessional development opportunities. To Aug 18. urbanagsummit.org. voiCES oF thE FutuRE Art Starts showcase of dance, drama and music created by Lawrence Heights youth. 6:30-7:30 pm. Free. Yorkdale Community Arts Centre, lower level Yorkdale Mall, Dufferin and Hwy 401. artstarts.net. whitE paRtY Aerialists and fire performers help unveil Interactive Arts’ 20-foot-long dancing sculptural creation on the Humber Bridge. 8:30 pm. Free. Humber Pedestrian Bridge, Waterfront Trail and Humber River.

Friday, August 17

Benefits

voiCES FoR ChanGE (HanVoice) Benefit con-

cert to fight child malnutrition, with Alvo, Thoroughbred State, Pat Simeon and others. 9 pm. $15, adv $10. Pilot, 22 Cumberland. facebook.com/events/369143906488927.

continuing blaCKout FESt Interactive arts festival, with film, theatre, photography, painting, DJs, poetry, fashion and more. $10. Ice Factory, 155 Walnut. blackoutfest.ca. To Aug 19 opEn RooF FEStival International films, documentaries, indie music acts and more every Thu on the patio. $15. Amsterdam Brewing Co, 21 Bathurst. 416-921-9797. To Aug 23 planEt indiGEnuS Global indigenous culture fest, with Kinnie Starr, Digging Roots, Canada’s Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, Japan’s Yokohama Noh Theater, Robbie Robertston tribute show, Australian dance-roots duo Oka and more. Free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com. To Aug 19

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rCanadian national Exhibition The Ex, featuring bandshell concerts, the midway, rides, a talent competition and much more. To Sep 3. $16, child/srs $12, under 4 free (rides extra). Exhibition Place. theex.com. CollECtoR’S niGhtS Museum tour and tips on collecting Inuit art plus wines and hors d’oeuvres. 7 pm. $10. Museum of Inuit Art Gallery, 207 Queen’s Quay W. Pre-register miagallerycollectorsnight.eventbrite.com. rEid bazaaR Organization of South Asian Art & Culture bazaar, with fashions, jewellery, henna, food and more. Today and tomorrow 11 am-11 pm. Free. Major League Sportplex, 641 Danforth. 647-886-6427. rinCREdibEnt’S MaGiC & CoMEdY CiRCuS

Interactive show of laughs, magic and circus feats. Times tba. Free w/ admission. Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills. 416-696-1000. inK & tattoo ContESt Prizes for the best tatts. Midnight. Free. Black Eagle, 457 Church. 416-413-1219. rRabbit and bEaR pawS Presentation based on traditional native teachings and humour. 2 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. 416-395-5535. ttC SubwaY MuSiCianS auditionS Musicians audition to play at city subway stations. To Aug 19. Free. CNE, Exhibition Place. ttc.ca.

Sound tRavElS Festival of sound art with a soundwalk, indoor and outdoor performances, installations, a symposium and more. Concerts $10-$15, symposium $35$75, intensive $175. Pre-register soundtravels.ca. To Aug 31 SuMMERwoRKS thEatRE FEStival Juried theatre festival with plays, concerts, workshops and more. $15, passes $40-$120. Various venues. summerworks.ca. To Aug 19 toRonto QuEER aRtS and CultuRE FEStival Queer poetry, cabaret, dance and

music performances, sexy crafts, a community fair, Queer West Village bike tour, a youth conference and more. Various prices, some events free. Various venues. 416879-7954, artsfestival.queerwest.org. To Aug 18

Glen Community Centre, 3990 Major Mackenzie (Markham). als.ca/alsyogachallenge. Goaaal! FEStival oF Football (West Park Healthcare Centre) 6-on-6 soccer fundraiser, with soccer celebs, games, entertainment, food and more. $45. Eglinton Flats, Eglinton W at Jane. Pre-register 1-855-775-4625, festivaloffootball.ca. ri lovE ShaKEY: in 3d (Epilepsy Canada) 3-D screening of the film starring Steve Lemme and Beverly D’Angelo. 9:30 am. $150, child $50. Scotiabank Cineplex Theatre, 259 Richmond W. epilepsy.ca.

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(Leukemia & Lymphoma Soc) DJs Carlovega, Aze, Dreddy and Det-Com go head-to-head with DJs Shingo, Urbansteve and Miss Ruckus. 10 pm. Donations. Toika Lounge, 471 Richmond W. 416-938-4040.

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raFRiCan aRtS and CultuRE FEStival Drumming and dancing in the African Savanna Trail with Akan Youth Duo Drummers. 1 & 3 pm. Free w/ admission. Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale N of 401. 416-392-5929. aRt & pERFoRManCE touR Toronto Soc of Architects walking tour of contemporary buildings related to art. 10 am. $20, stu/srs $15. torontoarchitecturetours. com.

Saturday, August 18

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Painting, printmaking, ceramics, fibre art and more. 9 am-3 pm. Free. Artscape Wychwood Barns,

601 Christie. barnsartmarket.ca. doCEntS GonE wild Performance artists, thespians, drag queens and comedians lead guided performance tours through the hotel. 1 pm. $15. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. doG tRaininG CElEbRation Q&A on dogfriendly positive reinforcement training with certified trainer Sean Howard. Noon-4 pm. Free. Furballs Pet Stuff, 1618 Gerrard E. 647272-9361. an EvEninG with douG SnEYd The Playboy cartoon artist talks about his work. 7 pm. $10. Comic Book Lounge and Gallery, 587A College. info@cartoonistsworkshop.com. FilipinoS MaKinG wavES Filipino cultural festival with a parade down Yonge, cultural performances, food and more. 10 am-10 pm. Free. Yonge-Dundas Square. ydsquare.ca. thE FiRECRaCKERS Go ClaSSiC Burlesque show. 9:30 pm. $20, adv $15. Clinton’s, 693 Bloor W. thefirecrackersgoclassic.eventbrite.com. GoRdon & hElliwEll walKinG touR Tour of buildings designed by the turn-of-the-20thcentury architectural firm. 10 am. Free. Summerhill subway. 416-396-2819. John StREEt FaRMERS MaRKEt Organic, local produce, fair trade coffee, art and more plus live music. 9 am-1 pm. Free. Courtyard at 197 John. facebook.com/JohnStreetFarmersMarket. JunCtion FaRMERS MaRKEt Local, sustainably produced fresh foods. 8:30 am-12:30 pm. Free. Green P Lot, 385 Pacific. junctionmarket.ca. KoREan CultuRE CaRavan Performances of modern Korean music and dance celebrate the 50th anniversary of Korea-Canada diplomatic relations. 5 pm. Free. Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge. 416-538-2211. lGbt FEnCinG Join Get Out Canada for a match. $35. My Fencing Club, 1443 Bathurst. getoutcanada.com. taKE a SiCK daY! Disabled Young People’s Project holds a community arts event, featuring arts workshops, discussions, strategy sessions, music and food. 10:30 am-6 pm. Free. Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas W. 416-222-1153 ext 175. toRonto SalSa pRaCtiCE No lesson, beginners to pros, no partner required. 3:30-5:30 or 5:30-8 pm. $5. Trinity-St. Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor W. torontosalsapractice.com. toRonto’S REbEl Tour reliving the events of Toronto’s Rebellion of 1837. 11 am. $15. SE corner Queen and Yonge. muddyyorktours. com. towERS touR Toronto Soc of Architects walking tour of tall buildings. 1:30 pm. $20, stu/srs $15. torontoarchitecturetours.com. waRRioRS’ daY paRadE Parade celebrating 91 years of honouring our veterans and members of the Canadian Armed Forces. 10:30 am. Free. Exhibition Place, Lake Shore W and Strachan. thewarriorsdayparade.ca. withRow paRK FaRMERS MaRKEt Organic and ecologically farmed produce and prepared foods. Saturdays 9 am1pm. Free. Logan south of Danforth. withrowpark.ca.

Sunday, August 19

Benefits

bloodS ‘n’ SudS (Toronto Zombie

Walk 2012) Fundraising zombie car wash. Noon-6 pm. $10-$15. Classic Coin Car Wash, 1247 College. torontozombiewalk.ca.

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Remember Jack Layton at Nathan Phillips Square on August 22.

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CeleBrate JaCk laYton

It’s been a year since Jack Layton died, and his legacy lives on – in the hearts of Canadians and on the political stage, where the NDP continues to surge. Remember the man and his vision at a special gathering Wednesday (August 22), 6 pm, at Nathan Phillips Square. Among the guests and performers: Jason Collett, Eric Peterson, Lorraine Segato and many more. Free. facebook. com/broadbentinst#!/events/ 471058339573219/.

FoCus on tar sands

As the national debate deepens over the ecological implications of de-

veloping the tar sands in Alberta, everyone who cares about the planet has to be armed with info. And what better way to get the skinny than from the perspective of a filmmaker with a unique vision? See Peter Mettler’s documentary short Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives On The Alberta Tar Sands on Tuesday (August 21), 6:30 pm, and talk through the issues in a discussion following the screening. Free, at the Annette Library (145 Annette). green13toronto.org.

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Videodrome. To Aug 24, 10 am-4 pm. $299. Trinity Square Video, 401 Richmond W, #376. Pre-register 416-593-1332.

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Tuesday, August 21

walk of the grounds and nature preserve. 1:30 pm. $5, stu/srs $3, child $2. Summerhill subway. 416-396-2819. CoaChes’ open house Learn tips from Toronto FC coaching staff on training, match preparation, strength and conditioning, and youth development skills. 8 am-noon. Free. Toronto FC Training Ground, Downsview Park (Keele and Sheppard). coachesopenhouse.ca. Culture & Campus tour Toronto Soc of Architects walking tour of musuems and cultural centres. 1:30 pm. $20, stu/srs $15. torontoarchitecturetours.com. historiC garden tours Guided tour of six acres of restored gardens. Sundays and Wednesdays through the summer. 1:30 & 3 pm. Free w/ admission. Spadina Museum, 285 Spadina Rd. 416-392-6910. lgBt running group Join Get Out Canada for a group run. 9 am. Free. Church Street Jr Public School, 83 Alexander. getoutcanada.com. the 99 market Local produce, baked goods, art, crafts, fashion and more. Free. Glass Factory, 99 Sudbury. 99sudbury.ca/99mrkt-2. posies, piCniCs and papillons Victorian garden tour accompanied by the voices of John George Howard and his wife. 1 pm. $20. Colborne Lodge, High Park. 416-392-6916.

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rosedale valleY antique market/salvage shop Multi-dealer market. Every Sunday. 9 am

to 5 pm. Free. Evergreen Brickworks, 550 Bayview. 416-469-2557. saCred stones & steeples Guided ROM walk. 2 pm. Free. NE corner Church and King. 416586-8000, rom.on.ca. st laWrenCe market Farm tour Bus trip for a behind-the-scenes look at Sovereign Farms greenhouse operation. $85. Details and registration. 416-392-7809. rsunnY summer squash soiree Organic gardening activities, scavenger hunts, crafts and a harvest lunch. Noon-4 pm. Free. High Park Children’s Garden, High Park of Bloor. torontochildrensgarden.ca. toronto laneWaY tour Bike tour of laneways from Corktown to Cabbagetown. 11 am. Free. Distillery District Gates, Mill and Trinity. info@graemeparry.com.

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walk. 6:30 pm. Free. Bay and Front. 416-5932656. CitY Cinema: Brazil Outdoor film screening. 8 pm. Free. Yonge-Dundas Square. ydsquare.ca.

Fair start – save the CommunitY start-up and maintenanCe BeneFit Parkdale Com-

munity Legal Svs discussion on how the community can work together to fight the cut and help combat poverty. 6:30 pm. Free. Parkdale Library, 1303 Queen W. webberc@lao.on.ca.

haunted Yorkville, u oF t and queen’s park Ghost walk. 6:30 pm. $25, srs/stu $18,

child $15. Royal Ontario Museum steps, 100 Queen’s Park. Pre-register 416-923-6813. health BeneFits oF tea Lecture by connoisseur Orli Kohn and tea party. 7 pm. $27. Old Mill, 21 Old Mill. Pre-register 416-207-2020.

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have a knack for reclamation and redemption, Aries. If anyone can put fun into what’s dysfunctional, it’s you. You may even be able to infuse neurotic cluelessness with a dose of erotic playfulness. So be confident in your ability to perform real magic in tight spots. Be alert for opportunities to transform messy irrelevancy into sparkly intrigue. By the way, how do you feel about the term “resurrection”? I suggest you strip away any previous associations you might have had and be open to the possibility that you can find new meanings for it. tic-tac-toe is simple. Even young children can manage it. And yet there are 255,168 different ways for any single match to play out. The game of life has far more variables than tic-tac-toe, of course. I think that’ll be good for you to keep in mind in the coming weeks. You may be tempted to believe that each situation you’re dealing with can have only one or two possible outcomes, when in fact it probably has at least 255,168. Keep your options wide open. Brainstorm about unexpected possibilities.

GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 Let’s turn our

attention to the word “mortar.” I propose that we use it to point out three influences you could benefit from calling on. Here are the definitions of “mortar”: 1. a kind of cannon; 2. the plaster employed for binding bricks together; 3. a bowl where healing herbs are ground into powder. Now please meditate, Gemini, on anything you could do that might: 1. deflect your adversaries; 2. cement new unions; 3. make a container – in other words, create a specific time and place – where you will work on a cure for your suffering.

Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 One of history’s most notorious trials took place in Athens, Greece, in 399 BCE. A majority of 501 jurors convicted the philosopher Socrates of impiety and of being a bad influence on young people. What were the impious

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things he did? “Failing to acknowledge the gods that the city acknowledges” and “introducing new deities.” And so the great man was sentenced to death. This is a good reminder that just because many people believe something is true or valuable or important doesn’t mean it is. That’s especially crucial for you to keep in mind. You are in a phase when it might be wise and healthy to evade at least one popular trend. Groupthink is not your friend.

VirGo Aug 23 | sep 22 With all the

homework you’ve done lately, you’ve earned a lot of extra credit. So I’m thinking you’ll get a decent grade in your unofficial “crash course” even if you’re a bit sleepy during your final exam. But just in case, I’ll provide you with a mini-cheat sheet. Here are the right answers to five of the most challenging test questions. 1. People who never break anything will never learn how to make lasting creations. 2. A mirror is not just an excellent tool for self-defence, but also a tremendous asset in your quest for power over yourself. 3. The less you hide the truth, the smarter you’ll be. 4. The well-disciplined shall inherit the earth. 5. You often meet your destiny on the road you took to avoid it.

LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 The Hubble Space Telescope has taken 700,000 photos of deep space. Because it’s able to record details that are impossible to capture from the Earth’s surface, it has dramatically enhanced astronomers’ understanding of stars and galaxies. This miraculous technology got off to a rough start, however. Soon after its launch, scientists realized that there was a major flaw in its main mirror. Fortunately, astronauts were eventually able to correct the problem in a series of complex repair jobs. It’s quite possible, Libra, that you will benefit from a Hubble-like augmentation of your vision in the next nine months. Right from the beginning, make sure there are no significant defects in the fundamentals of your big expansion. sCorpio oct 23 | nov 21 To some

people, sweating is regarded as an indelicate act that should be avoided or hidden. But there are others for whom sweating is a sign of health and vigour. In Egyptian culture, for example, “How do you sweat?” is a common salutation. In the coming weeks, Scorpio, I encourage you to align yourself with the latter attitude. It won’t be a time to try to impress anyone with how cool and dignified you are. Rather, success is more likely to be yours if you’re not only eager to sweat but also willing to let people see you sweat. Exert yourself. Extend yourself. Show how much you care.

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do not take the exact amount,” wrote poet Antonio Porchia. “The exact amount is no use to me.” I suggest you try adopting that badass attitude in the coming days, Sagittarius. Be a bit contrarian, but with humour and style. Doing so would, I think, put you in sweet alignment with the impish nature of the vibes swirling in your vicinity. If you summon just the right amount of devil-maycare jauntiness, you’ll be likely to get the most out of the cosmic jokes that will unfold.

CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 What is the longest-running lie in your life? Maybe it’s a deception you’ve worked long and hard to hide. Maybe it’s a delusion you’ve insisted on believing in. Or perhaps it’s just a wish you keep thinking will come true one day even though there’s scant evidence it ever will. Whatever that big drain on your energy is, Capricorn, now would be a good time to try changing your relationship with it. I can’t say for sure that you’ll be able to completely transform it overnight. But if you marshal a strong intention, you will be able to get the process underway. AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 You may have heard the theory that somewhere there is a special person who is your other half – the missing part of you. In D. H. Lawrence’s version of this fantasy, the two of you were a single angel that divided in two before you were born. Personally, I don’t buy it. The experiences of everyone I’ve ever known suggest there are many possible soulmates for each of us. So here’s my variation on the idea: any good intimate relationship generates an “angel” – a spirit that the two partners create together. This is an excellent time for you to try out this hypothesis, Aquarius. As you interact with your closest ally, imagine that a third party is with you: your mutual angel.

pisCes Feb 19 | Mar 20 In the coming weeks, you’ll be wise to shed your emotional baggage and purge your useless worries and liberate yourself from your attachments to the old days and the old ways. In other words, clear out a lot of free, fresh space. And when you’re finished doing that, Pisces, don’t hide away in a dark corner feeling vulnerable and sensitive and stripped bare. Rather, situate yourself in the middle of a fertile hub and prepare to consort with new playmates, unexpected adventures and interesting blessings. One of my readers, Reya Mellicker, sums up the right approach: “Be empty, not like the bowl put away in the cupboard, but like the bowl on the counter, cereal box above, waiting to receive.” Homework: Is there a belief you know you should live without but have not yet gotten the courage to banish? FreeWillAstrology.com

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CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 Nirvana’s song Smells Like Teen Spirit was a mega-hit that sold well and garnered critical acclaim. But it had a difficult birth. When the band’s leader, Kurt Cobain, first presented the raw tune to the band, bassist Krist Novoselic disliked it and called it “ridiculous.” Cobain pushed back, forcing Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl to play it over and over again for an hour and a half. In the course of the ordeal, the early resistance dissolved. Novoselic and Grohl even added their own touches to the song’s riffs. I foresee a similar process for you in the coming week, Cancerian. Give a long listen to an unfamiliar idea that doesn’t grab you at first.

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At Farmhouse Tavern, snack on the Ploughman’s Platter (clockwise from left), homegrown tomatoes or bread pudding while Will Larkin preps Caesars at the bar.

Is locavore over? Not the food – the decor. It’s become a bit predictable. By STEVEN DAVEY FARMHOUSE TAVERN (1627 Dupont, at Edwin, 416-561-9114, farmhousetavern. tumblr.com) Complete brunches for $28 per person, including tax, tip and a pint. Average main $13. Open for brunch Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 3 pm. Dinner Thursday to Sunday 6 to 11 pm. Licensed. Access: three steps at door, washrooms in basement. Rating: NNN✺

Sunday morn, seriously potent tequila Caesars ($9) garnished with cherry tomatoes, house-smoked PEI oysters and shaved horseradish in hand. Chef Daniel Janetos – whose kitchen CV stretches from stints as a dishwasher at Marbles in Waterloo to sous-chef at super-hot Buca on King West – opens with a savoury take on bread pudding ($12), thick with fluffy frittata-like free-range eggs and smoked Berkshire pork belly. A splash of maple syrup and a snippet of chive and mint underscore the natural sweetness of the pedigreed continued on page 30 œ

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Every trend eventually reaches its saturation point, that moment when something new suddenly becomes old hat. Does the name Lady Gaga ring a bell? Such is locavore, the resto fad that

fetishizes the locally sourced. No complaints here: we’ve been championing the culinary cause from the get-go. But the rustic decor – tables fashioned from barnboard, lights salvaged from chicken coops – that accompanies the back-to-the-land food philosophy is starting to feel a tad passé. Deep in the Junction Triangle, Farmhouse Tavern ticks all the locavore boxes, from the sun-bleached steer skull over the front door – faux, of course – to the patio that looks like the aftermath of an explosion in a tractor factory. That’s where you’ll find us this unusually balmy

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pig. Best brunch main in town? Advertised as a main to be shared, the farmhouse’s Tasty Plate ($22) would be better described as a bit of this ’n’ that for two who aren’t especially hungry. Its grilled pork belly, over insanely delish wine-braised sauerkraut and grainy house-made mustard, is more fat than meat. An on-trend soft-boiled duck egg arrives halved, while a diminutive pair of raw oysters show up alarmingly warm. Other than a smallish wedge of fried bread from the bakery next door, a few cubes of artisanal cheese from a farm in Lancaster and some red currant jelly liquefied from the heat, that’s it. Owner Darcy MacDonnell tells us later that they’ve added pork rillettes and a small salad to the alleged platter but bumped up the price a buck. Would it kill them to put a handful of the very good chunky fries – no effete frites these – that come with the house burger ($14 brunch/$15 dinner) on every plate? Be warned that said burger only

No relation to Miss Cora’s Kitchen, Mildred’s Temple Kitchen or Ms. Emma Designs, Emma’s Country Kitchen (1108 St. Clair West, at Northcliffe, 416-652-3662, emmascountrykitchen.com, rating: nnnn) comes by her rural roots authentically. Named for the original ECK in Cheltenham run by ex-Stockyards head cook Rachel Pellet’s grandmother, the three-week-old café specializes in old-school baked goods but ditches the barnyard shtick for a more contemporary look. At brunch, we start with impossibly flaky buttermilk biscuits ($3) that border on croissants, spread with whipped honey butter and house-made blueberry peach preserves. “They’re the best in the city,” says our chipper first-day server. She’s not far wrong. The eggy wedge of Swiss chard ’n’ cheddar quiche that follows also proves a hit, as does its side salad of arugula in tart balsamic vinaigrette. Pellett and

The Farmhouse Tavern patio is an oasis in the Junction Triangle.

comes dressed with lettuce and a secret sauce that tastes like a vile mix of ketchup, mustard and relish. Nix the sauce for a slice of smoked peameal from the Benny ($14), some of

that Lancaster cheese and slice of inseason tomato from someone’s garden down the street and we’d be more than happy campers. 3 stevend@nowtoronto.com

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Trendy tacos and smooth service are big draws at La Carnita.

tossed with crushed house-baked biscotti in heirloom beet gastrique. Complete meals for $35 per person, including tax, tip and a pint of house-brewed beer. Average main $9. Open for dinner Saturday 5 pm to midnight. No reservations. Licensed. Access: barrier-free. Rating: nnnn✺

Gastro Pub Bellwoods Brewery 124 Ossington, at Argyle, 416-535ñ 4586, bellwoodsbrewery.com. As you’d

expect from the name, the focus at this bustling west-side pub is the artisanal suds they brew on the premises. Former Brockton sous Rob Julen puts a definite stamp on a short shareable carte that ventures beyond the predictable pickled eggs. Best: creamy-centred soft-boiled eggs dressed with house-pickled ramps; grilled izakaya-style duck hearts drizzled with charred jalapeño oil; platters of black Kalamata olives, pickled beets, buttery lima beans, spicy peanuts and whipped anise butter served with porous Woodlot sourdough made from leftover malt; barbecued Perth County pork banh mi on crusty buns dressed with pickled daikon and peanut sauce; purposefully stone-cold fried smoked chicken on fiery banana pepper hot sauce; to finish, seasonal berries

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744 St Clair W, at Arlington, 416-6580568, catchit.ca. If the Rushton is the Drake of west Forest Hill, its slick sister resto-lounge is its Starfish. Though the room’s decor and service might be better suited to some King West boîte, chef Nigel Finley’s predominently sustainable seafood lineup cuts right across the board. Coolest patio on the Clair? Best: to start, one of the better bread baskets in town, served warm and wrapped in napkins and spilling with rustic cornbread, olive focaccia and cranberry-molasses whole wheat, all dipped in buttery Spanish olive oil; the cured fish and meat plate

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of house-made duck prosciutto, headcheese terrine, smoked salmon and Portuguese chorizo sided with mussels, periwinkles and crisp zucchini fritti; grilled Arctic char sided with skinny thymeflecked frites; to finish, perfectly flaky butter tarts. Complete dinners for $50 per person (lunches $40), including tax, tip and a glass of Prosecco. Average main $18. Open for lunch Wednesday to Saturday noon to 5 pm. Dinner Tuesday to Sunday 5 pm to close. Closed Monday, some holidays. Licensed. Rating: nnn✺

Tacos la Carnita 501 College, at Palmerston, 416ñ 964-1555, lacarnita.com. If imitation is

the sincerest form of flattery, Grand Electric in Parkdale must be particularly chuffed. So what if both taquerias appropriated the formula – trendy tacos, hard liquor and harder tunes – from Big Star Tacos in Chicago? Smooth service and the lack of a lineup most nights make the

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co-owner Heather Mee swirl ECK’s retro white bread with local peach compote before dipping it in buttermilk custard and turning it into one of the better examples of French toast (both $11) around. A side of Emma’s Benny – another of those biscuits topped with a poached egg, house-smoke peameal and a hollandaise infused with whipped cream ($6) – convinces us to go for the full monty ($13) next visit. Billed as a hangover helper, the Kitchen’s I Know What You Did Last Night sausage burger topped with cheddar and house-cured bacon ($13), plated alongside a pile of perfectly skinny frites worthy of Jamie Kennedy, has us wishing we’d done something more exotic last Saturday evening than watch the Olympics in our underwear while sipping Gatorade. Speaking of spuds, don’t leave without a bag of Emma’s spectacular sea-salted potato chips ($1). One exquisite chip and you’ll never miss sd Vickie’s again.

somewhat higher prices that much easier to stomach. Best: owner chef Andrew Richmond’s signature In Cod We Trust fish taco of battered wild Atlantic cod, pickled red cabbage and Granny Smith apple lashed with lime, crema fresca, tahini-like Voltron sauce; Pollo Frito with southern-style fried chicken in peanut mole sauce dressed with pickled napa

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SUMMERWORKS PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL at Factory Theatre (125 Bathurst), Theatre Passe Muraille (16 Ryerson), the Theatre Centre (1087 Queen West), Lower Ossington Theatre (100A Ossington), Scotiabank Studio Theatre (9 Noble), Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen West) and various other venues. To August 19, various times. $15, passes $40-$120. Tickets on sale at the venue one hour before performance; up to 50 per cent of a show’s tickets (except for the music series) will be available for advance sale until 10 am the day before performance. See complete listings at nowtoronto.com/summerworks or summerworks.ca. 416-915-6747, in person at the Lower Ossington Box Office (100A Ossington) or ticketwise.ca.

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by Mark O’Rowe. Aug 16 at 7:30 pm, Aug 18 at 10 pm, Aug 19 at 2:30 pm. Rating: NNNNN

Modern Dublin is turned into a phantasmagorical carnival where good battles evil and everyone – whether they’re looking for love, atonement or their next murder victim – speaks in rhyme. Mark O’Rowe’s script is fiercely original and, despite several scenes of brutality, darkly funny and even touching, as when one character recounts her favourite memories as they fade away. By placing the audience onstage looking out at the Factory Theatre seats, director Mitchell Cushman disorients us, so the characters, creeping through the crevices of Nick Blais’s abstract set to deliver their gripping monologues, continually surprise us. The actors (Maev Beaty, Ava Jane Markus and Adam Wilson) master the huge demands of the language and the heightened drama to create the visceral, heart-thumping experience that only great theatre can provide. GS Unforgettable.

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BREATHE FOR ME – A FINELY AGED ñ LOVE STORY

by Jesse Stong. Aug 16 at 10 pm, Aug 18 at 7:30 pm. Rating:

NNNN In their mid-70s, Edith and Edna, longtime friends and housemates, start to explore the true nature of their relationship. Jesse Stong’s funny, entertaining script emphasizes both the tension and the affection between this pair as their secrets spill out. When Edna wants to talk about their love (“Are you happy being gay with me?”), Edith back-peddles frantically; on topics involving Edna’s health, though, Edith’s the pushy one and Edna the avoider. Ed Roy’s sympathetic direction and the fine work of actor Deborah Kipp and Peggy Mahon help to create a warm, winning production that will leave you teary by its JON KAPLAN end.

Ava Jane Markus seeks poetic justice in Terminus.

FACTS by Arthur Milner. Aug 17 at 5 pm, Aug 18 at 2:30 pm. Rating: NN

After an American archaeologist is murdered in the West Bank, Yossi (Richard Greenblatt), an Israeli cop, and Khalid (Sam Kalileh), a Palestinian cop, investigate the crime, eventually interrogating the chief suspect, embittered Israeli settler Danny (Alex Poch-Goldin). Arthur Milner’s script evokes the bureaucratic red tape involved in such a case, and he subtly hints at the detectives’ history, and how difficult it is for Khalid to even get to work. But much of the dialogue is wooden and undramatic, and Milner – who also directs – can’t make the piece, which is set in the office, feel like more than a competent radio play. Greenblatt has a couple of powerful outbursts near the end, but it’s PochGoldin who leaves the biggest impression in a play that suggests that the answers to this ongoing conflict can’t be found by merely looking at the facts. The touching Breathe For Me airs lots of secrets.

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I, ANIMAL by Daniel MacIvor. Aug 17 at 10 pm, Aug 19 at noon. Rating: NNN

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voices of a male nurse, a shy kid who’s been forced to change schools and a rich fashionista having trouble with her young lover. Each speech involves an animal central to each character as well as, beneath the narrative, the animalistic nature of the three people. Under Richie Wilcox’s direction, the men’s speeches are the more compelling, as are the performances by Antonio Cayonne as the nurse and Stewart JK Legere as the student.

PETRICHOR by Kitchenband. Aug 17 and 19 at 7:30 pm, Aug 18 at noon. Rating: NNN

This latest SummerWorks collaboration between writer/director Erin Brandenburg and alt-folk composer/musician Andrew Penner (Sunparlour Players) spins a yarn about forbidden romance: Henry, the son of a large farm owner, begins to flirt with Susan, a migrant Mennonite worker with a strict father and a mysterious past. Despite excellent music from an eclectic live band and nice rustic set design, stiff acting and a dull story put this effort well below Brandenburg and Penner’s captivating 2008 SummerWorks

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show, Pelee. Shortcoming aside, Penner offers a set of beautifully haunting tunes, the best of which is the spellbinding final song sung by Monica Dottor, which alone is worth the price of JORDAN BIMM admission.

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by Anthony Black. Aug 16 and 19 at 5 pm, Aug 17 at 2:30 pm. Rating: NNNN

Writer/director Anthony Black uses two contrasting couples to riff on the Book of Job story, examining chance and the meaning of life with dark humour and lots of imagination. His script – which makes clever use of an omniscient narrator – contains imagery that resonates throughout, and the performances are richly nuanced. Marc Bendavid stands out as a French professor who, after he’s dumped by his wife (Samantha Wilson), explores hedonism and at one point belts out a tragic yet funny version of Ne Me Quitte Pas while he’s pelted with rain. The production is sharp and full of surprises, including Nick Bottomley’s brilliant projection designs that make the entire show feel like a graphic novel GS come to life.

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WILLOW BUNCH by Rona

Waddington. Aug 18 at 5 pm, Aug 19 at 10 pm. Rating: NN

This earnest historical mystery set in early 20th-century Saskatchewan suffers from flat, anachronistic dialogue and cardboard performances. The story, about some unexplained events tied to the death of an Irish family decades earlier, takes way too long to take shape, and when it does, it fails to gel. It’s hard to tell if the uninspired performances are due entirely to the clunky, cliché-ridden script, but one actor appeared to be speed-talking his way through some of the more ridiculous sections of this 75-minute snoozer. If you’re after some rural mystery fare, catch the much better Petrichor at the JB same venue.

tor Mary Francis Moore doesn’t help matters much. Some juxtapositions of scenes with Canadian history lessons feel simply absurd. Among the actors, only Khanjian surprises, particularly in a scene where her character’s interest in the teacher’s life GS seems to have a prurient subtext.

FIERCE MONSTERS by Rebecca Buttigieg. Aug 17 at 5 pm, Aug 19 at 2:30 pm. Rating: NN

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There’s not much that’s fierce about Fierce Monsters, a wooden play about two women holed up in a cabin in a small town in 1858 British Columbia. As some sort of skirmish involving miners and First Nations people occurs outside their door, the older and more experienced woman (Margaret Evans) tries to teach the younger woman (Laura Nordin), whose parents are likely dead, to protect herself. The appearance of a man (Gordon Scot Miller) complicates their situation. Rebecca Buttigieg’s script sheds little light on anything, and Jody Hewston’s direction is just as uninspired. But the performances are fine, as is Geoffrey GS Pounsett’s sound design.

ANEEMAH’S SPOT by MOTION. Aug 16 at 10 pm, Aug 18 at 5 pm. Rating: NNN

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With the recent rash of violence in Toronto, there’s certainly a timeliness to MOTION’s two-hander about an emcee named Wan (Araya Mengesha) who seeks comfort – and possibly protection – in his poet friend Aneemah’s (Amanda Parris) home after the death of their childhood friend. The play feels loose and lacks dramatic tension as well as much detail about the setting, and director Dian Marie Bridge’s staging choices sometimes don’t pay off. But the leisurely pace seems intentional, perhaps to suggest a calm oasis that contrasts with the characters’ outside lives. What the play lacks in drama, it makes up for in the power of its poetry and the deeply felt performances. The evocative soundtrack – which includes Nas and Buju Banton – helps establish GS various moods, too.

DARK LOCKS by Richard Sanger. Aug 16 and 19 at 7:30 pm, Aug 18 at 2:30 pm. Rating: NN

Richard Sanger’s overly fussy play looks at what happens when a bright young student (Ashley Jagga) falls for her history teacher (Gord Rand), much to the disapproval of her overly protective mom (Arsinée Khanjian), whose unspecified culture has strict ideas about women and sexuality. Sanger spirals around key events, but from the start the effect is disorienting, and direc-

17 at 7:30 pm, Aug 19 at noon. Rating: NNN In a set-up that feels like The Bachelorette: IRA Edition, this sometimes comedic drama set in the 1970s during the Troubles in Ireland focuses on Asling (Ewa Wolniczek), an Irish 20-something struggling to choose between two lovers: William (James Aaron), a dour, Cambridge-bound Brit, and Fionn (Giacomo Gianiotti), an idealistic IRA soldier involved in an attack on British citizens. Alternating scenes with each man illustrate Asling’s dilemma, with Gianiotti’s Fionn coming across as a the more interesting, funny and believable of the two. Despite an admirable performance by Wolniczek, the cast’s Irish and British accents are only about 75 per cent there, and some scenes lag due to static staging. JB

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by Nicolas Billon. Aug 16 and 19 at 5 pm, Aug 18 at 10 pm. Rating: NNNNN

Nicolas Billon’s absorbing play shows how three vastly different people – an Estonian prostitute/student, a Pakistani-Canadian real estate mogul and a religious woman who’s moved from the country to the city – are affected by what one character calls the Cword (capitalism) and the financial crisis. Billon is a masterful storyteller, drawing us into his characters’ lives via richly detailed monologues (plus a bit of dialogue to suggest past conversations) full of haunt-

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gins harbour a terrible, soul-crushing secret in their basement. Writer Aurora Stewart de Peña has clearly been inspired by George F. Walker’s disturbing urban visions, and demonstrates skill writing realistic yet symbolically rich dialogue. To take this play to the next level, de Peña could add some more dynamics beyond fast-paced desperation, violence and all-out panic and offer up a more rewarding story arc, since less ends up getting revealed about the situation than you’d initially expect. JB

I BELIEVE IN ATHEISTS y David Lichty. Aug 16 at 7:30 pm, Aug b 18 at 5 pm. Rating: NNN

Terre Haute looks at Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.

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by Edmund White. Aug 17 at 10 pm, Aug 18 at noon. Lower Ossington Theatre. Rating: NNNN

The first play by celebrated queer novelist and essayist Edmund White, Terre Haute imagines a fictional series of interviews between aging writer Gore Vidal (Terrence Bryant) and Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh (Todd Michael Sandomirsky) in the days leading up to the latter’s 2001 execution. Taking the form of four prison interviews, the play meditates on McVeigh’s political motives and mental state and shows an odd friendship and understanding growing between the two. The acting is excellent, and Bryant’s performance (he brings to mind Anthony Hopkins) stands out. Strong yet subtle direction by Alistair Newton includes rotating the set every 20 minutes to reveal all sides of this fascinating conJB versation.

ing imagery that echoes throughout the play. Actors Christine Horne, Kawa Ada and Claire Calnan dig deeply into their flawed but human characters, creating complex people driven by hunger, greed and anger. Calnan’s Anna is the least developed, but the actor finds remarkable ways to make her believable. Director Ravi Jain and his superb design team make each shaft of light, crossing of a leg or overturning of a chair GS full of meaning.

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Alexandra Tigchelaar. Aug 17 at 2:30 pm, Aug 18 at 7:30 pm, Aug 19 at 10 pm. Rating: NNNN

Part burlesque and part Brechtian political theatre, this hilarious, sexy and intellectually potent show makes the case for ending laws that criminalize sex work and make it unnecessarily risky. Through a series of campy X-rated skits, dance numbers, video clips and real-life testimonials, sex work is recast as something rational people can choose to do and enjoy – and much more so if current laws are changed for good. One of the funniest and best arguments is a satirical video that compares artists to sex workers and gallery owners to pimps, mimicking the outrage and lampooning the sensationalist fear-mongering of the CTV news feaJB ture shown at the beginning.

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SCOTIABANK STUDIO THEATRE (6 Noble) ARTAUD: UN PORTRAIT EN DECOMPOSITION by Adam Paolozza, Michele Smith and Antonin Artaud. Aug 16 and 19 at 5 pm, Aug 17 at 10 pm. Rating: NNN

This cerebral two-hander performed mostly in French (surtitles are provided) offers glimpses of surrealist actor, director and poet Antonin Artaud’s life and work, from his controversial performances in 1920s Paris to his later years receiving electroshock therapy in an asylum. Drawn from his eclectic body of work and the letters of his contemporaries, the text and action are difficult to follow together. If you’re not fluent in French, you’ll face the dilemma of taking in the interesting action or scanning the quickly advancing blocks of surtitles – dense intellectual musings that take some time to absorb. Some opening-night technical glitches involving an overhead projector didn’t keep this portrait from being faithful to Artaud’s weirdo-noir style. JB

DUMBO SQUID by Aurora Stew-

art de Peña. Aug 18 at 7:30 pm, Aug 19 at 2:30 pm. Rating: NNN

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This short and snappy think piece comes to the fest by way of the high school Sears Drama Festival partnership, making teenage writer David Litchy’s debut all the more impressive. The rapid-fire absurdist action focuses on a recently deceased atheist confronted by a powerful entity who plays “God” to all religions and provides all believers with whatever afterlife they’re expecting. The problem: what to do with atheists? As the atheist scrambles to offer the entity a solution beyond simply ending his existence forever, a number of interesting philosophical and theological questions are cast in a new light. Rob Wierzbicki scores laughs playing the deity as sarcastic, laid-back and relatable, but could benefit from occasionally slowing down his delivery and tightening up his enunciation. JB

LIES, DAMN LIES & MAGIC TRICKS by James Alan.

Aug 17 at 7:30 pm, Aug 18 at 2:30 pm, Aug 19 at noon. Rating: NNN

Affable magician James Alan presents an hour-long show that toys with the theme of art and reality. A comical opening bit grabs attention, and the illusions proceed skilfully. The highly interactive performance includes updated tricks with cards, cups and balls and mindreading. Alan also makes things disappear and reappear with natural ease. Unlike some magicians, there’s nothing sinister about Alan’s persona; his enthusiasm for the art is joyful. Although the suspense could be heightened, the finale, where he employs some curious props, is truly entertaining. DEBBIE FEIN-GOLDBACH

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by Waawaate Fobister. Aug 16 at 10 pm, Aug 17 at 5 pm, Aug 18 at noon. Rating: NNNN

A storyteller (Jonathan Fisher) guides a young man named Mukukee (Garret C. Smith) on a dreamlike journey during which he faces his ancestors and confronts fallout from abuse in Canada’s native residential school system. Waawaate Fobister’s engrossing script contrasts modern and traditional cultural elements, and digs deep to explore ways the current generation can strengthen itself while letting go of some pain from the past. Repetition of dialogue provides humour and shows character development. Production designer Andy Moro’s set includes a couch that gets transformed in many useful ways; staging entrances and exits beneath it is particularly effective. PJ Prudat rounds out the cast playing the dual role of mother and girl, and all the actors give strong performances under Tara Beagan’s skilled direction. DF-G

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by Cliff Cardinal. Aug 17 at 7 pm, Aug 18 at 11:30 am, Aug 19 at 2 pm. Rating: NNNN

In this funny yet disturbing solo show, writer/performer Cliff Cardinal tells a story about two native brothers struggling with drugs, poverty and sexual and physical abuse on a reservation. The themes are very dark: suicide, incest, arson. But Cardinal uses his lively energy, sense of humour and infectious affability to address them in a way that’s equal parts entertaining and hard-hitting. Karin Randoja’s strong direction makes every scene visually intriguing, with Cardinal using the sparse stage in unexpected ways. Designer Elizabeth Kantor’s set – three large polyethylene strips hung from the ceiling – seems unremarkable at first, but never stops revealing stunning new tricks thanks to projections and black light.

Vivien EndicottDouglas tastes forbidden fruit in Ajax.

by Alice Tuan. Aug 18 at 2 pm, Aug 19 at 9:30 pm. Theatre Centre. Rating: NNNN

Less an adaptation of Sophocles’ tragedy than an exploration of its themes of sex and power, Alice Tuan’s Ajax (Por Nobody) is a bold and ballsy work drawing on the language of porn and pop culture excesses to present a savage indictment of contemporary mores. Often considered unperformable – rape, bestiality and castration are on the menu along with some unusual appetizers – the play in this production feels spontaneous and has a whiff of danger, thanks to Zack Russell’s clear direction and the committed performances by a quartet of actors. Ingrid Rae Doucet and Vivien Endicott-Douglas find a destructive codependent current between their two characters. And as unlikely as it might seem, there’s a real feeling of catharsis at the end. GS

YOUR SIDE, MY SIDE, AND THE TRUTH by Rebecca

Auerbach. Aug 18 at 10 pm, Aug 19 at 7:30 pm. Rating: NNN

A brother and sister (Michael Kash and Taylor Trowbridge), a couple (Jeff Gladstone and playwright Rebecca Auerbach) and a single woman (Tova Smith) navigate the angst and excitement of romantic relationships while trying to come to terms with personal flaws. These themes have been explored before, but Auerbach scrutinizes them in a realistic and often gritty way. Terrific, nuanced acting keeps the characters from descending altogether into rom-com stereotypes. In a clever narrative technique, the actors step out of character to provide further commentary on a scene, and director Adriana Bucz ensures that transitions remain fluid despite frequent exits, entrances and scene DF-G changes. Garret C. Smith takes us on a healing journey in Medicine Boy.

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THE HEARING OF JEREMY HINZMAN by Josh Bloch & Oonagh Duncan. Aug 16 and 19 at 4:30 pm, Aug 17 at 2 pm, Aug 18 at 7 pm. Rating: NNN

Based on the real-life case of an Iraq war deserter put on trial in 2004 to determine his status as a refugee in Canada, this example of verbatim theatre (every line was sourced from court transcripts, TV appearances and in-person interviews) debates the legality of the 2003 U.S. invasion, and the rights of individual soldiers to think for themselves. Over the course of the proceedings we hear from Hinzman (Joris Jarsky) and two other soldiers who deserted to Canada, as well as from some Canadian lawyers and American talking heads

lou. Aug 16 at 7 pm, Aug 18 at 4:30 pm, Aug 19 at 11:30 am. Rating: NNNN

In his sharp, funny and informative solo show, Mani Soleymanlou energetically explores his complex cultural background: born in Tehran, he lived in Paris, Toronto and Ottawa before settling in Montreal. Performing on a stage that’s bare except for dozens of chairs that he uses to subtle effect throughout, Soleymanlou eschews the traditional coming-of-age play structure for an experimental, episodic approach that suits his nomadic life. There’s plenty of humour, as when – in a sequence called Mid-Century Iranian History For Dummies – he has the Ayatollah Khomeini suddenly dancing to the girl-group song I Will Follow Him, or when he sends up the liberal dogoodism of the Discovery Mondays diversity celebrations at the National Theatre School. But there’s lots of heart here, too, as Soleymanlou becomes aware of the plight of Iranian young people during and after the 2009 election, which he watches in the dark on his iPhone – an image that speaks volumes about his GS complicated perspective.

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Chris Hanratty. Aug 17 at 4:30 pm, Aug 19 at 7 pm. Rating: NNN

In this fictional Afghan war mystery by writer Chris Hanratty, a Canadian Forces investigator (Clinton Walker) attempts to determine if two soldiers killed in an IED attack were helping smuggle opium gum past checkpoints. At the heart of his inquest are a series of photographs that seem to show this happening, but as he interrogates a soldier who survived the attack (Byron Abalos), the wife of one of the deceased (Shira Leuchter) and the blogger who posted the incriminating pics (Lindsey Clark), a different story emerges, and an interesting parable about the power and politics of images comes into focus. Despite a compelling topic and some great writing in spots, Hanratty needs to break up the monotonous string of questions and answers, and rework the ending to maximize this promising show’s impact. JB

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BARREL CRANK by Erin Shields. Aug 17 at 5:30 pm, Aug 18 at 8 pm. Rating: NNN

Erin Shields’s entertaining play looking at the reality and mythology of Niagara Falls focuses on Annie Edson Taylor, the first person to survive going over the falls in a barrel. The clever script blends tourist stereotypes (including suicides), hyped attractions and a haunting section where the voice of the falls lures those on its edge. Using music-hall-style performance, film, historic photos, shadow puppetry and video, the production never loses its fast pace. It’s anchored by Amy Nostbakken’s solid Taylor, “a woman of pluck and audacity,” determined not to lose her dignified respectability despite the sideshow nature of her renown. Under Rose Plotek’s direction, though, other performances are someJK times overdone.

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Anton Piatigorsky. Aug 18 at 12:30 pm. Rating: NNN

Roger places an internet ad looking for people who want to be killed; after several successful responses, he runs into trouble when he becomes romantically involved with Amy, a complex woman whose needs go beyond murder. It’s sometimes hard to follow the narrative in Anton Piatigorsky’s multilayered script, which echoes – with the use of masks – the role-playing device and artifice/reality theme favoured by Jean Genet, but some sections are beautifully written, notably a monologue about pregnancy and birth. Directed by Brendan Healy, Paul Fauteux and Amy Rutherford give committed, nuanced performances in a play that, despite its summary, is a love story, JK not a thriller.

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by Ron Jenkins. Aug 17 at 8 pm, Aug 18 at 5:30 pm, Aug 19 at 12:30 pm. Rating:

NNNN In this language-rich show, James, an imaginative seven-year-old steeped in National Geographic magazines, believes he was raised by wolves and confronts the dangerous, sometimes abusive humans who threaten to “extinct” him. Writer-director Ron Jenkins occasionally draws the story out too much in its first 30 minutes, but the second half makes for gripping theatre, especially in the hands of Ron Pederson, whose noholds-barred performance playing several roles expertly conjures up both James’s fantasy life and the skewed lens through which he sees the world around him. Great use, too, of Prokofiev’s JK Peter And The Wolf.

French law with wearing a niqab in public, turns to smartly stylish lawyer Tabatha to defend her; Tabatha agrees to “walk a mile in Samira’s niqab” to see what the other woman experiences. Sean Dixon’s often sharp comedy, with intentional Canadian echoes, has some slow sections, but under director Tanja Jacobs there are both laughs and thoughtful moments, especially the first sarcastic encounter between the two women (Beatriz Yuste and Charlotte Gowdy) and another office scene involving Tabatha and the overworked secretary of the man (Salvatore Antonio) who pays the fines of niqab-garbed women… for a price. Choreographer Monica Dottor provides the women with a wonderful lyrical interlude near the end of the play, an opportunity for a brief connection that ignores the troubles that besiege Samira JK and Tabatha.

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by Johanna Nutter. Aug 17 at 4:30 pm, Aug 18 at 2 pm, Aug 19 at 9:30 pm. Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace. Rating: NNNN

Writer/performer Johanna Nutter’s autobiographical tale of her transgendered younger brother’s pregnancy and her caring for him and his new child is totally engaging. But that’s only part of this emotionally complex piece of storytelling, for Nutter also explores the pattern of parenting others – a model she strives to break – and her relationship with her mother, the latter rich enough to be a play on its own. Under Jeremy Taylor’s direction and on a set she draws in chalk, Nutter becomes a number of characters, making past emotions feel vibrant and immediate as she chronicles the push-pull nature of her family history and the initial problems she has with which gender pronouns to use when talking about JK her sibling.

HAUNTED by Daniel Karasik. Aug 16 at 10:30 pm, Aug 19 at 3 pm. Rating:

NNN The widowed Abby, who started attending synagogue after her husband’s death, admits to David, the temple’s young rabbi, that she’s attracted to him. At the same time, the dead man’s daughter, Sarah, starts seeing visions of her father, much to the consternation of her new lover, a scientist named Raina. Daniel Karasik’s script combines intelligence and theatricality, but under his direction the scenes between the two younger women (Sarah English and Amelia Sargisson) often have less dramatic tension that those between widow and rabbi; Rosemary Dunsmore is always fascinating as the aggressive Abby, with Jonathan Widdifield the JK nervous but interested David.

MARINE LIFE by Rosa Laborde. Aug 16 at 8 pm, Aug 18 at 10:30 pm, Aug 19 at 5:30 pm. Rating: NNN

An environmental activist (TommieAmber Pirie) gets involved with her overachieving defence lawyer (Philip Riccio) in this dark-edged romantic comedy turned into a love triangle of sorts by the demands of her jealous, obsessive brother (Scott McCord). Playwright Rosa Laborde successfully blends ecological concerns with relationship problems, and director Natasha Mytnowych gets strong work from her actors, but the script needs some tightening. A nod to designer Patrick Du Wors, whose set includes a woven net of plastic bottles suggestive of both seaweed and the human waste the activist decries. JK

Johanna Nutter delivers great story telling in My Pregnant Brother.

VIOLENT BE VIOLET by Tanisha Taitt. Aug 16 at 5:30 pm, Aug 17 at 3 pm, Aug 19 at 10 pm. Rating: NNN

Unable to free herself from the memories of a mass murder she survived 14 years ago, Violet appears to those close to her to be slipping further into a more troubled frame of mind. There’s a touch of melodrama in Tanisha Taitt’s script, which director Philip Akin works against in his staging, but the writing also nicely captures the strong family dynamics at play, a blend of tension, affection and loyalty. The performers are emotionally involved in their roles, beginning with the playwright, who’s alternately belligerent and evasive in the title role. Sandi Ross and Peter Bailey bring warmth to Violet’s mother and brother, while Sarah Dodd offers tough love concern as her JK former teacher.

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ñALLY & KEV

by Jason Maghanoy. Aug 17 at 9:30 pm, Aug 18 at 7 pm. Rating: NNNN

In this taut piece of theatre, sibs Ally and Kev plan to take revenge on one of Ally’s classmates for his actions and attitude. Playwright Jason Maghanoy’s sometimes poetic, occasionally cryptic script is filled with strong dialogue, while his direction of the excellent cast (Cara Gee, Jeff Irving and Rosemary Dunsmore) is first-rate; he always keeps the stakes high. Akiva Romer Segal’s black-and-white set – the formal pattern of kitchen tiles degenerates into chaos at the back of the stage – is another plus. A play about love, need and dreams, some of which turn out to be dangerJK ously contradictory.

In this collective creation that uses the TTC as both a setting and a device to drive its various stories forward, nine young women explore their lives, dreams and relationships with peers, boyfriends and parents. Confident onstage and clearly enjoying working/playing with each other under Megan Watson’s direction, these budding performers also have a chance to open up in reflective, revealing and touching monologues. They appear to have the most fun breaking into song and dance and portraying a series of macho guys who assume no woman can refuse them. JK

Beatriz Yuste (left), Charlotte Gowdy and Salvatore Antonio unveil a comedy of errors.

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DERAILED by the AMY Ensemble. Aug 16 at 4:30 pm, Aug 17 and 19 at 7 pm, Aug 18 at 11:30 am. Rating: NNN

OR THE NIQAB ñFRANCE, by Sean Dixon. Aug 17 at 10:30 pm, Aug 18 at 3 pm, Aug 19 at 8 pm. Rating:

THE FEVER by Wallace Shawn. Aug 16 and 18 at 9:30 pm, Aug 19 at 2 pm. Rating: NNN

THEATRE PASSE MURAILLE BACKSPACE

NNNNN = Standing ovation

NNNN = Sustained applause

NNN = Recommended, memorable scenes

A privileged woman travels to a war-torn country and realizes that her liberal philosophy conceals a life of emptiness. Wallace Shawn’s engrossing monologue is one of his best works, and its magic starts to come to life in the second half of Katie Swift’s performance. While the production gains immediacy from the actor’s direct eye contact with the audience – the play begins with house lights up – Swift, working with director Rose Plotek, offers little tonal variety. She captures the ironic comedy in the script, but there’s little sense of the revelatory moments or the numbness that sometimes comes with them. We need a better sense of the entitled and unnamed speaker’s reflective quality, of her growing into a new attitude about her world and how she must live in it. JK

PREGNANT ñMY BROTHER

by Johanna Nutter. Aug 17 at 4:30 pm, Aug 18 at 2 pm, Aug 19 at 9:30 pm. See box, this page. Rating: NNNN

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by Astrid Saalbach. Aug 19 at 4:30 pm. See box, page 37. Rating: NNNNN

A SONG FOR TOMORROW

by Christina Wong. Aug 16 at 7 pm, Aug 17 at 2 pm, Aug 18 at 4:30 pm, Aug 19 at 11:30 am. Rating: NNN

Christina Wong’s play – a blend of English, Cantonese and Mandarin – traces the relationship between a married immigrant couple in Toronto, May and Ping, backwards from their last day together to their first meeting. Using short scenes that develop a rich resonance, simple movement and projections on the back wall and floor, director Gein Wong and actors Jasmine Chen and Jeff Yung present a series of iconic moments in the couple’s relationship; their age melts away as the film of their lives is rewound.

NN = Seriously flawed N = Get out the hook

mmerworks tweets at @nowstage and @glennsumi The production doesn’t shy away from eloquent silences; you’ll also understand a scene’s central emotions even if you don’t know the words that are spoken. The result is a small-scale portrait Jk both gentle and touching.

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by Jeremy Taylor. Hub 14 (14 Markham). Aug 1618 at 8 pm, Aug 19 at 2 pm. Rating: NNNN

In 15 years of covering SummerWorks, I’ve never seen a show that’s made me want to puke. That’s changed with Big Plans, Jeremy Taylor’s disturbing but effective play inspired by the Rotenburg Cannibal, who found a man on the internet who was willing to have his penis cut off and eaten and the rest of his body chopped into pieces for later consumption. Tanner Harvey’s site-specific production places the audience amidst his domestic setting – fridge, hotplate, tub – so we can study each precise gesture of the controlling butcher, Gordon (Andy Trithardt), and his tentative, uneasy victim, Henry (Karl Graboshas). The matter of how these two men’s pathologies brought them here makes this more than mere tabloid fodder. The performances are unfailingly good, there’s a clever final-act twist that’s psychologically apt, and dark humour occasionally cuts through the tension. Trithardt also designed the sound, which is highly effective but not quite as queasy-making as the smell of actual food being cooked. Don’t make dinner plans for afterwards – or before. gs

DUTCHMAN by Amiri Baraka (Le-

Roi Jones). Parking Lot (15A Ossington). Aug 16 at 3 and 9 pm, Aug 17 at 3 and 11 pm. Rating: NNN

When African-American playwright LeRoi Jones (aka Amiri Baraka) wrote

Dutchman in 1964, amid the turmoil of the civil rights movement, he set the story about a white woman harassing and manipulating a young black man on a New York subway. This site-specific production swaps the subway for an old city bus with its engine running, and stepping on board establishes a high degree of realism even if the bus doesn’t actually move. The show is competently acted, and the dated script still has allegorical potency regarding the casual insidiousness of racism. But when the leads wear spoton 60s costumes, extras dressed in modern clothes and carrying presentday props seem either a glaring oversight or a half-hearted attempt to visually fuse the two time periods. Additionally, director Sabryn Rock limits her use of the already limited space, so if you’re not seated in the back of the bus, you have to rubberneck to catch most of the action, which occurs JB near the rear doors.

INVITATIONS/INTO/ TRACES by Cara Spooner. Gladstone

Hotel Ballroom (1214 Queen West). Aug 16 at 7 pm, Aug 18 at 3 and 7 pm. Rating: NN

This loose collection of interpretive movement pieces is too cerebral for its own good. Performer/choreographer Cara Spooner has gathered together lots of interesting ideas about the ways in which performers, audiences and spaces intermingle, and here attempts to deconstruct these relationships to imagine how things might be otherwise. However, these goals are never stated clearly, and her slo-mo writhing and handstands, along with the constant marshaling of the audience around the Gladstone’s third-floor hallway – where confused hotel guests pop their heads out and then awkwardly retreat for cover – becomes an annoying chore rather JB 3 than a revealing exercise.

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IndigenUS/Woodland Cultural Centre). Cheri Maracle performs a solo show based on the words and music of Pauline Johnson. Aug 1819, Sat 8:30 pm, Sun 4:30 pm. $30. Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com/planetindigenus. Peter PaN by JM Barrie (Lighthouse Festival Theatre). The classic tale is performed by the LFT Young Company. Opens Aug 20 and runs to Aug 24, Tue-Sat 11 am, Mon-Tue 7 pm, Mon and Fri 2 pm. $10. 247 Main, Port Dover. 1-888-779-7703, lighthousetheatre.com. reaL LIfe suPerhero by Steven Jackson (Minmar Gaslight Productions). This play looks at why an ordinary guy would put on a costume and moonlight as a crime fighter. Opens Aug 22 and runs to Aug 26, Wed-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 1:30 pm. $20. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. minmargaslightproductions.com. st. fraNcIs of MILLBrook by Sky Gilbert (4th Line Theatre). A farm boy’s interests worry his parents in this story about growing up gay in rural Ontario. Opens Aug 18 and runs to Sep 1, Mon-Sat 6 pm. $26-$30, opening night $40. Winslow Farm, 779 Zion Line, Millbrook. 1-800-814-0055, 4thlinetheatre.on.ca. a syNoNyM for Love by GF Handel, libretto by Deborah Pearson (Volcano Theatre/Classical Music Consort). This sitespecific opera travels through the building in a modernized version of a Handel cantata about a love triangle. See story at nowtoronto.com/ stage. Previews Aug 19. Opens Aug 20 and runs to Aug 31, Sun-Fri 7:30 pm. $42, srs/ youth $30, preview $20. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. volcano.ca. two geNts (Shakespeare in the Ruff). This outdoor performance features the company’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen Of Verona, with a new ending that empowers the female leads. See story at nowtoronto.com/stage. Opens Aug 16 and runs to Sep 2, Wed-Sun 7:30 pm. Pwyc ($15 sugg). Withrow Park, 725 Logan, south of Danforth. shakespeareintheruff.com. urINetowN, the MusIcaL by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis (StageWorks Toronto). A corporation takes advantage of a global water shortage. Aug 16-19, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sat-Sun 2 pm. $22. Annex Theatre, 730 Bathurst. 416538-1772, stageworkstoronto.com.

Opening Barefoot IN the Park by Neil Simon (Rose Theatre). A free-spirited woman clashes with her uptight husband and others in 60s NYC. Opens Aug 17 and runs to Aug 25, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sun and Wed 2 pm. $32-$37. 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton. rosetheatre.ca. Do Not DIsturB by Vern Thiessen (Theatre Collingwood). Constant business trips strain a couple’s relationship in this comedy. Opens Aug 20 and runs to Aug 25, Mon-Sat 8 pm, mats Tue & Thu 2 pm. $36, youth $18. Gayety Theatre, 161 Hurontario, Collingwood. theatrecollingwood.com. IN a Dark Dark house by Neil LaBute (Unit 102 Actors Company). Two estranged brothers reunite and confront the abuse in their past and how to overcome it. Opens Aug 16 and runs to Sep 1, Thu and Sat 8 pm (except Aug 18), Aug 17 at 8 pm, mats Aug 18 and 26 at 2 pm. $20. Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. unit102tix@gmail.com. Last of the reD hot Lovers by Neil Simon (Showboat Festival Theatre). A middle-aged man tries for an extramarital fling in this comedy. Opens Aug 16 and runs to Sep 1, see website for schedule. $29, srs/mats $26, stu $23. The Roselawn Centre, 296 Fielden, Port Colborne. 1-888-870-8181, showboattheatre.ca. LookINg by Norm Foster (Globus Theatre). Four middle-aged singles look for love in this comedy. Opens Aug 22 and runs to Sep 1, TueSat 8 pm, mat Aug 25 & 30 at 2 pm. $27.50, stu $20. Lakeview Arts Barn, 2300 Pigeon

One-Nighters Book cLuB BurLesque (Nerd Girl Burlesque).

Burlesque performers take inspiration from classic English lit, bestsellers and kids’ books. Aug 17 at 10 pm. $15, adv $12. Goodhandy’s, 120 Church. silversnail.com. the fIrecrackers go cLassIc! (Firecrackers). Miss Mitzy Cream, Scarlett Laflamme, Fan Tan Fanny and others perform a revue. Aug 18 at

9:30 pm. $15. Dominion on Queen, 500 Queen E. thefirecrackersgoclassic.eventbrite.com. true storIes, MaDe uP PLays (Sage Tyrtle). Improv troupes act out plays based on true stories. Aug 18 at 10 pm. Free. Black Swan, 154 Danforth. tyrtle.com/truestories. voIces of the future (ArtStarts/the Element). Youth from Lawrence Heights present a showcase of drama, dance and music. Aug 16 at 6:30 pm. Free. Yorkdale Shopping Centre, 3401 Dufferin, lower level. artstarts.net.

Continuing aDveNtures IN sLuMBerLaND (Frolick). This all-ages show about a young boy’s dream world is an adaptation of Winsor McCay’s comic strip Little Nemo In Slumberland. Runs to Aug 26, Wed-Sun 11 am, noon, 1 and 2 pm. $10 or pwyc. Olympic Island Lagoon Theatre, near Centre Island ferry dock. frolick.ca. aveNue q by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx (Lower Ossington Theatre). This intimate revival of the Broadway smash delivers all the fun of puppets behaving badly. Songs about racism, porn and being in the closet are hilarious, honest and performed well by a strong cast of singers and puppeteers challenged by a few technical restraints. Runs to Oct 7, ThuSat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm, Sun 4 pm. $45-$60. 100A Ossington. 416-915-6747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. NNN (Jordan Bimm) BackBeat by Iain Softley, Michael Thomas and Stephen Ward (Mirvish). Hardcore Beatles fans will enjoy this moody, slow-moving story about the forming of the Fab Four. The script doesn’t offer much insight into anyone or anything, including the bromance between John Lennon and his friend/bass player Stuart Sutcliffe, who’s also a talented artist. But once the show finds its emotional heart, it’s absorbing enough, and the music, performed entirely by the actors, is delivered with loud, brash take-no-prisoners enthusiasm. Runs to Sep 2, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm. $36-$130. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. NNN (GS) the crucIBLe by Arthur Miller (Soulpepper). A small, devout Massachusetts town is thrown into chaos with accusations of witchcraft in 1692. See review, page 38. Runs to Sep 22, see website for schedule. $51$68, stu $32; rush $22, stu $5. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. NNNN (Susan G Cole) heLLo (Huge Picture Productions). The leader of a vigilante group wrestles with existential questions during an alien invasion in this multimedia musical. Runs to Aug 31, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $25. Electric Theatre, 299 Augusta. 416317-8715, hugepictureproductions.com. a hIstory of forgettINg by David Anderson and Krista Dalby (Clay & Paper Theatre). This play looks at modern hubris and our lack of humility in the face of the past. Runs to Aug 26, Wed-Sun 7 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2 pm. Pwyc ($10 sugg). Dufferin Grove Park, Dufferin S of Bloor. clayandpapertheatre.org.

THE CORPSE BRIDE

PIETÀ by Astrid Saalbach. Aug 19 at 4:30 pm. Theatre Passe Muraille

Backspace. Rating: NNNNN

Maria, a woman in her 50s, wakes up in a hotel room next to a younger man she doesn’t know and tries to reconstruct how she got there. Recounting her own history and trying to find out his, she’s a non-stop talker who’s learned to self-medicate without being aware of the results. Astrid Saalbach’s script, translated by Michael Evans and finely directed by Sarah Garton Stanley, is a perfect vehicle for Tamsin Kelsey, whose richly drawn Maria begins with nervous apologies, travels through cold anger and rebelliousness and ends with desperate, commanding need. A magnificent performance, one of the best in SummerWorks – or, for that Jk matter, in the 2012 theatre season.

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AdApted by Niki LANdAu directed by pAuL LAmpert

Ashkenaz presents Theatre Panik’s darkly comedic spin on shtetl folklore. A young groom accidentally weds himself to a Corpse Bride in this piece of cutting-edge new Jewish theatre.

Enwave Theatre, Harbourfront Centre

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AUG 30/8pm • SEPT 1/5pm • SEPT 2 /1pm

$25 in advance • for tickets call 416-973-4000 or visit www.harbourfrontcentre.com

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Mordecai Richler (Theatre by the Bay). A young boy struggles to be heard in this musical adaptation of Richler’s classic book. Runs to Aug 25, Mon-Sat 10:30 am, Mon-Tue and ThuFri 2 pm. $15, stu/srs $10. Mady Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Dunlop W, Barrie. 705-7359243, theatrebythebay.com. MeMory In The Mud (Words In Motion). This movable drama and tour tells the stories of brick makers, POWs and Depression-era transients who spent time at the Brick Works. Runs to Sep 30, most Sat and Wed 2 pm (see website for exact schedule). $20, child $10. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. ebw. evergreen.ca/whats-on/memory-in-the-mud. a MIdsuMMer nIghT’s dreaM by William Shakespeare (Canadian Stage Shakespeare in High Park). This magical outdoor theatre spectacle – celebrating its 30th summer – delivers a hilarious take on the Bard’s classic comedy about lovers who take to a forest populated by mischievous fairies. Packed with action, comedy and eye candy, this Dream has something for everyone, young and old. Runs to Sep 2, Tue-Sun 8 pm. Pwyc ($20 sugg), 14 and under free. High Park Amphitheatre, Bloor W and Parkside. canadianstage.com. nnnn (Jordan Bimm) MInd reader (Bobby Motta). Mentalist Motta performs a weekly interactive show. Indefinite run, Wed 8 pm. $15. The Annex Live, 296 Brunswick. bobbymotta.com. 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 Aug 26, 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) oleanna by David Mamet (Unit 102 Actors Company). A power struggle ensues when a female student accuses a professor of sexual harassment. Runs to Aug 31, Fri and Wed 8 pm (except Aug 17), Aug 18 at 8 pm, mats Aug 19 and 25 at 2 pm. $20. Unit 102 Theatre, 376 Dufferin. unit102tix@gmail.com. PeTer Pan by JM Barrie (UC Follies Theatre Company). The classic story of the boy who never grows up is performed outdoors. Bring your own blanket. Runs to Aug 19, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm. $10, stu/srs $8. Hart House Circle, 7 Hart House Circle. uofttix.ca. The royal coMedIans by Mikhail Bulgakov (Soulpepper). Director László Marton draws overt parallels between the French playwright’s 18th-century troubles with Louis XIV and Bulgakov’s in the 1930s with Josef Stalin in this striking production; interpolated scenes from Moliere’s own plays reflect on the offstage action. Diego Matamoros gives a fine performance in the title role, with Soulpepper stalwarts and young members of the company’s Academy ably supporting him. Runs to Sep 21, see website for schedule. $51$68, stu $32; rush $22, stu $5. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. nnnn (JK) sPeed-The-Plow by David Mamet (Soulpepper). It’s middling Mamet – all flash and with almost no emotional truth – but this tale of two Hollywood sharks who plan to produce an exploitative prison pic and the temp secretary who tries to bring salvation to one of them has some searing satire, razor-sharp dialogue and three fine performances by Ari Cohen, Jordan Pettle and Sarah Wilson. Runs to Sep 22, see website for schedule. $51-$68, stu $32; rush $22, stu $5. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. 416866-8666, soulpepper.ca. nnn (Susan G Cole) sTorM warnIng by Norm Foster (Rose Theatre). A weary army vet meets a brash music writer in 50s northern Ontario in this romantic comedy. Runs to Aug 25, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sun and Wed 2 pm. $27. 1 Theatre Lane, Studio, Brampton. rosetheatre.ca. suMMerworks (SummerWorks). The annual juried festival returns with works by Outside the March, Ecce Homo, 2b theatre company, Birdtown and Swanville, lemonTree Creations, Voodoo Theatre Company and others, plus live music and more. See page 32 for complete reviews (listings at nowtoronto. com/summerworks). Runs to Aug 19, see website for schedule. $15, passes $40-$120. Various venues, Bathurst and Queen W area. 416-504-7529, summerworks.ca. The sunshIne boys by Neil Simon (Soulpepper). Simon’s 1972 comedy about a famous vaudeville duo who grudgingly reunite for a TV special is jokey and middlebrow, but has lots of affection for show biz and a moving

(Soulpepper). At the Young Centre for the Performing Arts (50 Tank House Lane). Runs to September 22. $51-$68, stu $32, rush $5-$22. 416-866-8666. soulpepper.ca. See Continuing, page 37. Rating: nnnn

See The Crucible for two reasons: fine performances and superb writ ing by one of America’s greatest play wrights on themes still resonating six decades after the play’s first ap pearance on Broadway. Arthur Miller’s play is an extend ed metaphor for Senator Joe McCar thy’s Commiehunting House Un American Activities Committee. The year is 1692, and the Puritan town of Salem, Massachusetts, has become obsessed with witchcraft. Just cast suspicion on someone and the authorities haul the alleged con sort of the Devil to jail. Confess you’ve seen Satan and you’re free to go, but naming names helps, too. Clam up and you die. Among those swept up is Elizabeth Proctor (Patricia Fagan), accused by the vengeful young Abigail Williams, who’s furious that Elizabeth’s hus band, John (Stuart Hughes), has end ed their affair. Abigail is the ringlead er of a clutch of girls whose hysteria she fuels in order to keep the town’s paranoia level high. The Crucible’s emotional fulcrum is the relationship between guiltrid den John and his unforgiving wife, both of whom have to make hard choices. Hughes expertly conveys

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John’s deep conflict in a loselose sit uation, and Fagan brings thrilling warmth and soul to a character usu ally played with brittle bitterness. Credit director Albert Schultz with making the right casting choice. But Hannah Miller is out of her depth as Abigail; she lacks heat and isn’t be lievable as someone who could tempt a guy like Proctor. The TonyAwardwinning play doesn’t come around too often – strange, since as theatre it’s so power ful. There’s a whiff of sexism in the piece – it’s hard to cheer Proctor on as he screams “Whore!” at Abigail – but even with all its thee’s and thou’s, the dialogue is gripping. The secondact trial scene is a stunner, deftly conveying HUAC’s mindmelting logic, the powermon gers who profited from it (Joseph Ziegler as Danforth has all the right patrician creepiness) and the morally bankrupt toadies, like the Reverend Parris (a gloriously weaselly Derek Boyes), who promoted it. Lorenzo Savoini’s design looks great, though I would have had the young girls lose those bonnets when they flip out during the trial. And the hymns, arranged and conducted by actor Mike Ross, that fill in the scene changes are hauntingly beautiful. Miller wrote the play after his friend Elia Kazan admitted to him that he was set to cooperate with Mc Carthy and his legal thugs. That was in 1952. But don’t assume that we no longer sacrifice scapegoats. Nofly list, anyone? 3 susanc@nowtoronto.com

nnnnn = Standing ovation

nnnn = Sustained applause

nnn = Recommended, memorable scenes

metaphor about friendship and working relationships. Director Ted Dykstra gets rich, deeply felt performances from veterans Kenneth Welsh and Eric Peterson, who nail most of the jokes and help suggest a lot that’s not in the script. Runs to Sep 22, see website for schedule. $51-$68, stu $32; rush $22, stu $5. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. nnn (GS) 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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elekTra by Sophocles (Stratford Festival). Elektra and her brother seek vengeance against their mother and stepfather in this Greek tragedy. Runs in rep to Sep 29. $49$95, srs $35-$55, stu $15-$25. Tom Patterson Theatre, 111 Lakeside, Stratford. 1-800-5671600, stratfordfestival.ca. hIrsch by Alon Nashman and Paul Thompson (Stratford Festival). Actor Alon Nashman and director Paul Thompson’s portrait of John Hirsch, the talented, complicated director who for a time ran the Stratford Festival, pulls no punches; the show reveals Hirsch’s caustic, irascible side as well as his passion for and insight into theatre. Nashman is mesmerizing as he takes the audience from the Hungarian-born Hirsch’s loss of family in the Holocaust to his successes and tribulations on Canadian and international stages. Runs in rep to Sep 14. $30-$70. Studio Theatre, 34 George E, Stratford. 1-800567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. nnnn (JK) a Man and soMe woMen by Githa Sowerby (Shaw Festival). Sowerby’s unknown little gem of a play is an early feminist work, but on the surface it’s about the liberation of a man from servitude to his demanding, manipulative wife and sisters. The Shaw ensemble is expert at suggesting the emotional subtext of the play and, under Alisa Palmer’s direction, the strength of the writing shines through. Runs in rep to Sep 22. $35$90, stu mats $24. Court House Theatre, 26 Queen, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. nnnn (JK) a MIdsuMMer nIghT’s dreaM by William Shakespeare (Driftwood Theatre Bard’s Bus Tour). This touring version of Shakespeare’s popular comedy about love and magic gets a strong staging from the compact cast under D Jeremy Smith’s direction. Sections of the play are set to an a cappella score, well performed by all, though the music for the mortal characters isn’t as enticing and appropriate as the often jazzy tunes for the fairies. Runs to Aug 19, all shows 7:30 pm, see website for schedule and location details. Pwyc. Southern Ontario, from Kitchener to Peterborough, Hamilton to Bobcaygeon. 905-576-2396, driftwoodtheatre.com. nnn (JK) Much ado abouT noThIng by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). Stellar performances by Ben Carlson and Deborah Hay as the warring Benedick and Beatrice anchor director Chrisopher Newton’s warm-hearted show. Other production elements are also strong, though the subplot’s comedy involving the watch isn’t very funny. Runs in rep to Oct 27. $49-$95, srs $35-$55, stu $15-$25. Festival Theatre, 55 Queen, Stratford. 1-800-5671600, stratfordfestival.ca. nnn (JK) PlaneT IndIgenus oFFsITe (Harbourfront Centre/Brant Historical Society). Events include performance-based art walks with Falen Johnson and a performance of her play Salt Baby. To Aug 16, see website for schedule. Free. Brant Museum, 57 Charlotte, Brantford. harbourfrontcentre.com/planetindigenus. you’re a good Man, charlIe brown by Clark Gesner (Stratford Festival/Schulich Children’s Plays). Who says this show doesn’t belong on a Stratford stage? Sure, the original charming, low-fi staging has been thrown out for big production numbers, but the cast is almost always winning and the kids in the audience loved it. Maybe in later years they’ll ask their parents to bring them to see some Shakespeare. 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. nnn (Susan G Cole) 3

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Thursday, August 16 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents headliner Fraser Young, Eman and host Tim Diñ mond. To Aug 19, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8

& 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. FALL 2012 MAINSTAGE REVUE Second City presents a collection of sketches, songs and improvisations. In previews, Tue-Sat 8 pm (plus late show Sat 10:30 pm), Sun 7 pm. $24$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. GORILLA THEATRE Backyard Spaceship Productions presents four improv directors at the mercy of the audience. Thursdays at 8 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540. LAUGH SABBATH presents Bob Kerr, Adam Christie, Sarah Ford, Ben Beauchemin and Terry Clement. 9:30 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. THE PRIMO SHOW Supermarket presents a monthly sketch show w/ Maylee Todd, Rob Baker, Mark DeBonis and others. 9 pm. $10. 268 Augusta. 416-840-0501. READY, SET, LAUGH! Second City presents an all-ages collection of sketches, songs and improv. Partial proceeds benefit the SickKids Foundation. To Aug 31, Thu-Fri 1 pm. $14, family pack $48. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Paul Smith. To Aug 19, Wed-Thu and Sun 8 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:30 pm. $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

Friday, August 17 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 16. THE BEST OF THE SECOND CITY presents classic

and original sketch and trademark improvisation. 11 pm. $24, stu $15. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com.

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FALL 2012 MAINSTAGE REVUE See Thu 16. FUNNYMAN ALL STAR SHOW FunnyMan Inc presents Trixx, Mark DeBonis, Chris ñ Robinson, Keith Pedro, Garrett Jamieson, K

Trevor Wilson, Nicholas Reynoldson and host Marc-Anthony Sinagoga. 8 pm. $28-$30. Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge. rhcentre.ca. THE MCCOMEDY SHOW The Flying Beaver Pubaret presents sketch, stand-up and short films w/ Shannon McDonough & Michael McLean, plus guests Paul Bellini, Marilla Wex and more. To Aug 18, Fri-Sat 7:30 pm. $10-$15. 488 Parliament. 647-347-6567, brownpapertickets. com/event/262699. MUSLIM & FUNNY Comedy Bar presents Eman, Faisal Butt, Hoodo Hersi, Azfar Ali and host Ali Hassan riffing on stereotypes. 9:30 pm. $10. 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, comedybar.ca. READY, SET, LAUGH! See Thu 16. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 16.

Saturday, August 18 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 16. COMEDY MACHINE presents Rhiannon Archer,

Rose Giles, Ian Gordon, Rob Mailloux, Natalie Norman, host Amanda Day and others. 10 pm. Pwyc/$5. Crown & Tiger, 414 College. 416-920-3115. FALL 2012 MAINSTAGE REVUE See Thu 16. THE MCCOMEDY SHOW See Fri 17. THE SUPERSTARS OF COMEDY Comedy Bar presents Dave Merheje, Jamie O’Connor, Diana Love, Pat MacDonald and host Mark DeBonis. 10 pm. $10. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 16.

Sunday, August 19 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 16. FALL 2012 MAINSTAGE REVUE See Thu 16. HAPPY HOUR @ EIN-STEIN presents Matt

Holmes, Evan Desmarais, Moses Suzuki, Travis Albers, Rene Robichaud, Joel West and others. 8 pm. Free. Ein-Stein, 229 College. ein-stein.ca. SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE The Sketchersons present weekly sketch comedy w/ guest hosts and musical acts. 9 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesketchersons.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 16.

Monday, August 20 ALTDOT COMEDY LOUNGE Rivoli presents

Barry Taylor, Debra DiGiovanni, Graham Kay, Gavin Stephens, Ron Sparks & Fraser Young, Heidi Brander, MC Matt O’Brien and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com. THE BEST OF THE SECOND CITY presents classic and original sketch and trademark improvisation. 8 pm. $14. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416343-0011, secondcity.com. CHEAP LAUGHS MONDAY PJ O’Briens Irish Pub presents a show w/ Russell Roy and guests. 9 pm. Free. 39 Colborne. 416-815-7562. THE SHISHA SHOW Naughty Nadz presents stand-up w/ headliner Allison Dore, host Blair Streeter and an open mic. 9 pm. Free. 1590 Dundas E, Mississauga. 905-232-5577. SURF N’ TURF AT THE JOKEBOX Impulsive Entertainment presents headliners British Teeth, Steve Patrick Adams, the Whiskey Dicks, host Arthur Simeon and others. 8 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. impulsiveent.com.

Tuesday, August 21 FALL 2012 MAINSTAGE REVUE See Thu 16. SKETCH COMEDY LOUNGE Riv-

oli presents The Headliner ñSeries w/ the Boom, MC Keith Pedro, Debra DiGiovanni, the Dick Mime, Newsdesk with Ron Sparks, Frenzy and more. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. sketchcomedy lounge.com.

TORONTO COMEDY BRAWL: SEMIFINALS Em-

pire Comedy Live presents amateur comics competing for a $1,000 grand prize w/ Jessica Beaulieu, Kosta Ketsilis, DJ Demers, Diana Bailey and others. To Aug 24, Tue-Fri 8 pm. $5. 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture & the Arts, 918 Bathurst. empirecomedylive.com. 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.

Wednesday, August 22 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Pro-Am Night w/

Olivia Arrington, Ali Maldoff, Danish Anwar, Kenny Molotov, Phil Calautit, Shawn Hogan and host Mike Spiers. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. AMATEUR NIGHT AT THE BEAVER The Flying Beaver Pubaret presents up-and-coming comics. 8 pm. Free. 488 Parliament. 647-3476567, pubaret.com. CORKTOWN COMEDY Corktown Productions presents Michael Morrison, Rose Giles, Todd Graham, host Brian Coughlin and others. 9 pm. Free. Betty’s, 240 King E. 416-988-2675, corktowncomedy.com.

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THE LEGEND OF T’RANNAH Bad Dog Theatre presents unscripted adventure comedy based on the popular role-playing game. To Sep 19, Wed 8 pm. $12, stu $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, baddogtheatre.com. FALL 2012 MAINSTAGE REVUE See Thu 16. 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. SIREN’S COMEDY Celt’s Pub presents open-mic stand-up w/ Robin S Mangat and host Morgan George. 8:30 pm. Free. 2872 Dundas W. 416767-3339. TOP SKETCH CANADA Black Swan presents a sketch and improv competition w/ Joe Delfin, Josh Bowman, Matt McCready, Joel Buxton, Alicia Douglas, Meredith Cheesbrough, Laura Bailey, Ron Sparks and host Jen Littlewood. To Aug 22, Wednesdays 8 pm. $5. 154 Danforth. jen.littlewood@gmail.com. TORONTO COMEDY BRAWL: SEMIFINALS See Tue 21. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Jen Grant. To Aug 25, Wed-Thu 8 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:30 pm. $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416967-6425, yukyuks.com. 3

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dance listings Opening COEXISDANCE SERIES 48 CoexisDance Duet Series presents dance improvisers performing with AIM Toronto musicians. Aug 18 at 8 pm. $10. Majlis Multidisciplinary Arts, 163 Walnut, Art Garden. coexisdance.wordpress.com. DUSK DANCES presents outdoor dance by La Otra Orilla, BoucharDanse, Allen Kaeja & Troy Feldman and Throwdown Collective. Aug 16-19, Thu-Sun 7:30 pm. Pwyc. Earlscourt Park, St Clair W at Caledonia. duskdances.ca. SUSURIWKA – WILLOW BRIDGE Kaha:wi Dance Theatre and Yokohama Noh Theatre present a dance work that explores the connection between the Ainu people of Japan and the Iroquois. Part of the Planet IndigenUS festival. Aug 17-19, Fri-Sun 7 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $30, stu $15. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre. com.

Continuing PLANET INDIGENUS Harbourfront Centre presents dance by Australian company ñ Polytoxic, Tjimur Dance Theatre of Taiwan, the Gitxsan troupe Dancers of Damelahamid from BC and more. To Aug 19, Thu-Sun (see website for schedule). Free. 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000, harbourfrontcentre.com.

WITH SOMEBODY WHO LOVES ME: A GAY DANSICAL Manzo Entertainment and the

Toronto Fringe present the Fringe fest dance play about a gay man in search of love and a lesbian couple dealing with recession-related relationship woes. Runs to Aug 19, Tue-Sun 8 pm, mat Sat 2:30 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $30-$35. Tarragon Theatre, 30 Bridgman. 416-5311827, tarragontheatre.com. 3

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Gone viral THE BLONDES by Emily Schultz

(Doubleday), 391 pages, $29.95 cloth. Rating: NNNN

I like a writer with style – the literary, not the fashion, kind. Emily Schultz has it big time. It’s not only that her characters aren’t exactly the kind you’d want as friends. It’s that she has a particular vision, fuelled by implausible premises that never prevent you from going along for the ride. She follows up Heaven Is Small, about a man who works at a romance novel publishing house in his afterlife, with The Blondes, about a pregnant woman trying to survive in a world where blond women have been struck by a disease that turns them into crazed killers. The novel is part metaphor for ra-

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cism, part commentary on epidemic-related paranoia and part sly look at manufactured beauty. But within these lofty themes are fascinating characters in intriguing relationships. When Hazel, in New York City to consult on her PhD, discovers she’s been knocked up by her married pro-

READINGS THIS WEEK Thursday, August 16 ERIC KOSTIUK WILLIAMS Launching his recent comic publication, Hungry Bottom Comics, with a reading and Q&A. 7 pm. Free. Glad Day Bookshop, 598 Yonge. 416-961-4161.

Saturday, August 18 SARA DIMERMAN & JM KEARNS Talking

about their latest book, How Can I Be Your Lover When I’m Too Busy Being Your Moth-

fessor Karl, she heads home to Toronto. But blonds are attacking everywhere – including the airport – where Hazel’s forced into quarantine. By the time she gets to T.O., the city is gripped by an all-out hysteria over the mysterious disease. Hazel – for reasons unclear (but so what, that’s how good Schultz is) – heads up to Karl’s cottage, where she finds his terrified wife, Grace, holed up and becomes trapped.

Schultz nails the darkly comic tone and maintains her edge in a narrative that depicts desperate people who tend to be cruel, not warm and toasty, in the face of fear. That doesn’t mean people don’t connect – Schultz does have some small hope for humanity. The device of telling the story to her unborn child is iffy, and the ending will divide readers, but The Blondes could be Schultz’s SUSAN G. COLE breakout book.

er? The Answer To Becoming Partners Again. 2 pm. Free. Indigo Yorkdale, Dufferin and Hwy 401. chapters.indigo.ca.

SUNDAY POETRY Poetry and an open mic.

Sunday, August 19

Tuesday, August 21

ABOUT OUR FATHER, NISAR BEG (1931-2012) PHOTOJOURNALIST, WORLD TRAVELLER Book

launch and talk by Farheed and Zaiba Beg. 2 pm. Free. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. ulyssean.on.ca.

DUNCAN ARMSTRONG/JEFF COTTRILL/CAROLYN SMART/HEATHER WOOD Poetry and an

open mic. 6 pm. Free (donations welcome). Pauper’s Pub, 539 Bloor W. pauperspub.com. THE METAPHYSICS OF WATER Poetry by Beatriz Hausner and visual art by Seth Scriver. 2-7 pm. Free. Someone.ca Studio, 1691 Dundas W. deborah@someone.ca.

Schultz launches The Blondes at Ben McNally Books on Tuesday (August 21). See Readings, this page. Write Books at susanc@nowtoronto.com

11:30 am. Free. Ellington’s Cafe, 805 St Clair W. 416-652-9111.

EMILY SCHULTZ Launching her book The Blondes. 6 pm. Free. Ben McNally ñ Books, 366 Bay. 416-361-0032. GEOFF PEVERE: DON SHEBIB’S GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD Book launch, screening of Goin’

Down The Road and a conversation with author Pevere and filmmaker Shebib. 5:30 pm, film 7 pm. $10, w/ book $20. Revue Cinema, 400 Roncesvalles. 416-531-9959. LOVE, SEX & HEARTBREAK SLAM Poetry slam competition to benefit the Toronto Poetry Slam Team. 8 pm. $10. Supermarket, 268 Augusta. 416-840-0501. 3

Stephen Fowler’s piece in Letter Rip! features bizarre books from the Charles C. Thomas publishing house.

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Art and words converge in Letter Rip! By DAVID JAGER LETTER RIP! ART, WORDS AND TORONTO at Onsite [at] OCAD Uni-

versity (230 Richmond West), to October 6. 416-977-6000. Rating: NNNN

Curator Charles Reeves brings the work of Andy Callahan, Hyang Cho, Michelle Gay, Gary Taxali and Stephen Fowler together in OCAD U’s summer-fall show where arts and letters meet. Design and illustration superstar Taxali’s work has always been at the intersection of text and image, fusing graphic elements and signage into a unique amalgam of vintage and contemporary. Here he contributes some of his rarer illustration work.

Andy Callahan’s Books By Covers series basically turns the writing process inside out. After designing a series of book jackets that assemble tenuously related objects for hypothetical books, he asked authors to write “excerpts” inspired by them. They make an intriguing whimsical loop between fantasy cover and fantasy text. Some books in the show make you wonder if you might be seeing things. Stephen Fowler, the proprietor of the Monkey’s Paw bookstore on Dundas West, has set up a large centrepiece collection of esoteric publications from the press of Charles C. Thomas, which specializes in forensics, criminology and behavioural science. Fowler has an unerring eye for the

MUST-SEE SHOWS ARTSCAPE GIBRALTAR POINT Performance/ video: Alicia Marván, Johannes Zits and others, 5-10 pm Aug 19 (pwyc). Pat Jeffries, to Sep 30 (Sat-Sun, 647-606-1133). 443 Lakeshore, Toronto Island. 416-392-7834. CENTRE SPACE Sculpture/installation: Jérôme Fortin, Aug 16-Sep 8, reception 5-7 pm Aug 16. 65 George. 416-323-1373. HUMBER PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE Installation: Interactive Arts Collective, to Sep 28, reception 8:30-10:30 pm Aug 16. W of Sunnyside Boardwalk. indiegogo.com/humberbridgeart. LOOP GALLERY Painting: Don Allain, to Aug 26, reception 2-5 pm Aug 18. 1273

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Dundas W. 416-516-2581. BIRCH LIBRALATO Mathieu Gaudet, Nadia Myre and Martha Townsend, to Aug 25. 129 Tecumseth. 416-365-3003. EDWARD DAY GALLERY Peripheries group show, to Sep 1. 952 Queen W. 416-921-6540. GALLERYWEST Video: Joshua and Zakary Sandler, to Aug 28. 1172 Queen W. 416-9137116. GRAVEN FEATHER Photos: Anna Gaby-Trotz, to Aug 31. 906 Queen W. 416-858-4401. HANG MAN Photos: Jordan Starr, to Aug 26. 756 Queen E. 416-465-0302. HARBOURFRONT CENTRE Material Wealth: Revealing Landscape; Not So Fast; Not Forget-

bizarre, and his years of patient collecting have unearthed rare volumes such as The Psychology Of Strange Killers, The Hirsute Female and Self Destruction. They all radiate an aura of lurid curiosity masked by officiously bland scientific jargon. Other works deal with the conceptual ideas surrounding textuality. In The Rest Is Silence, Hyang Cho displays the multi-volume Works Of Spinoza, over which he rewrote every word with an HB pencil while recording his reading of the text on cassette

tapes. This multilevel reading exposes several facets of interpretation, showing how time and sound memory are integral to the reading process. In Spampoet, Gay projects two and half years’ worth of spam messages onto the wall through a computational algorithm. The software generates random phrases of unique and inventive concrete poetry, sending up intentional language, media and meaning. 3

ting group shows, to Sep 23. Planet IndigenUS: Frost: The Lives And Culture Of The Sami People; This We Know: OCAD U aboriginal visual culture students, to Aug 19. 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. HASHTAG GALLERY Illustration: Deena Pagliarello, to Aug 23. 801 Dundas W. hashtaggallery.com. INDEXG GALLERY Art Brownie Rainbow 2012 group show, to Aug 31. 50 Gladstone. 416535-6957. INTERACCESS Corpus Lucida: emerging artists, to Aug 18. 9 Ossington. 416-532-0597. JAPAN FOUNDATION Contemporary Japanese Crafts, to Oct 13, film screening from 6 pm Aug 21 (Mon-Fri, some Sats). 131 Bloor W. 416-966-1600. PARTS GALLERY Painting: Siobhan Humston,

to Sep 9. 1150 Queen E. 416-465-8500. P|M Anda Kubis and Meghan McKnight, to Aug 25. 1518 Dundas W. 416-937-3862. PROPELLER Go Figure group show; Kendall Townend, to Aug 26, reception 7-10 pm Aug 16. 984 Queen W. 416-504-7142. SCRAP METAL Video: Ragnar Kjartansson, to Oct 6. Fri-Sat or by appt. 11 Dublin. 416588-2442. THOMPSON LANDRY Photos: Guy Laliberté, to Sep 3. 55 Mill, Stone Distillery, bldg 5 and 32. 416-364-4955. TTC SUBWAY STATION SCREENS Flip-Toronto, to Aug 19. art4commuters.com. XPACE nostalgia for postmodernists (after modernism) group show; Brad Tinmouth, to Sep 1. Eunice Luk, to Sep 8. 58 Ossington. 416-849-2864.

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LAUNCHING THIS WEEK Before David Cronenberg found his inner horrormeister and Atom Egoyan began filming his weirdness, Canadian cinema was defined by small stories with off-kilter characters. The prototype was Don Shebib’s lowbudget 1970 wonder Goin’ Down The Road, about two Maritimers trying to get lucky in Toronto, now one of Canada’s most celebrated films. Geoff Pevere explains why the pic became iconic in his new book, Donald Shebib’s Goin’ Down The Road ($16.95, University of Toronto), launching Tuesday (August 21) at the Revue Cinema. Settle in after the celebration for screenings of Goin’ Down The Road and Down The Road Again. See ReadSGC ings, this page.

THIS WEEK IN THE MUSEUMS ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO Picasso, to Aug 26 ($25, stu $16.50). Berenice Abbott; ñ Zhang Huan, to Aug 19. Lisa Myers and Au-

tumn Chacon, to Oct 28 (free). Michael Snow, to Dec 9. Laughing At The Art World, to Mar 31, 2013. $19.50, srs $16, stu $11, free Wed 6-8:30 pm (special exhibits excluded). 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. BATA SHOE MUSEUM Red Runners: The New Objectification Of Native Art, to Aug 31. Beauty, Identity, Pride: Native North American Footwear; Roger Vivier, ongoing. $14, srs $12, stu $8. 327 Bloor W. 416-979-7799. DESIGN EXCHANGE Bravos: Groundbreaking Spanish Design, to Aug 23. The Tutu Project (pwyc); 60 Years Of Designing The Ballet, to Sep 2. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. GARDINER MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART Rule Britannia! 400 Years Of British Ceramics, to Sep 16. Connections: British And Canadian Studio Pottery, to Dec 30. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080. JUSTINA M. BARNICKE Douglas Walker, to Aug 18. 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398. McMICHAEL CANADIAN ART COLLECTION Fashionality: Dress And Identity In Contemporary Canadian Art, to Sep 3. $15, stu/srs $12. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-893-1121. MUSEUM OF INUIT ART Jaco Ishulutaq, artist’s talk 7-9 pm Aug 17 ($10). $6, stu/srs $5, weekends free. 207 Queens Quay W. 416-640-7591. OAKVILLE GALLERIES Freedom Of Assembly, to Sep 2. Gairloch Gdns, 1306 Lakeshore E; Centennial Sq, 120 Navy (Oakville). 905-844-4402. POWER PLANT Tools For Conviviality; Dissenting Histories, to Aug 26. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM Jorinde Voigt, to Oct 12. Shahnama: The Persian Book Of Kings, to Sep 3. The Art Of Collecting, ongoing. Ultimate Dinosaurs: Giants From Gondwana, to Jan 6, 2013. Small Skills, Special Effects: Unusual Chinese Works Of Art, to Feb 3, 2013. Todd Ainslie; Carnival, to Feb 24, 2013. Jane Ash Poitras; Sovereign Allies/Living Cultures, ongoing. $15, stu/srs $13.50; Fri 4:30-8:30 pm $9, stu/srs $8. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-5868000. TEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA Dreamland: Textiles And The Canadian Landscape, to Sep 30. Perpetual Motion; Portable Mosques, to Sep 3. $15, srs $10, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm. 55 Centre. 416-599-5321. 3

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THE INTERNET at the Virgin Mobile Mod Club, Friday, August 10. Rating: NNN

A small but devout audience crowded around the Mod Club stage for the Toronto debut of the Internet, an experimental neo-soul outfit fronted by Syd the Kyd of Los Angeles hip-hop collective Odd Future. Earlier this year the band released an album of druggy love songs and meandering jazzy instrumentals overlaid with misty pop melodies and named after an acid tab: Purple Naked Ladies. A four-piece band that included producer Matt Martians on keys whipped the record’s porous sound into a surprisingly muscular but bland variety of twinkling, loungey funk that kept the crowd on their toes but lacked the atmospherics that made the LP so alluring. Syd is just as cool and self-assured at the front of the stage as she is when hanging in the back as OF’s beatmeister. Her voice is soulful and dusky, but singing – as she put it – “all falsetto ’n’ shit” required a little more effort. Despite her cocky rep, she maintained a chatty rapport with her shrieking fans that would’ve better suited a more KEVIN RITCHIE intimate venue.

CHROME AND THE ICE QUEEN as part of SummerWorks Opening Night at the Great Hall, Thursday, August 9.

Rating: NNN There was no shortage of stimulation at the Sum-

Shows that rocked Toronto last week

merWorks opening night party: free food, performance art, dance lessons, four bands, a DJ and more. Amid all the distractions, it was easy to overlook the bands, and the chilled-out sounds of promising acts like Chrome and the Ice Queen didn’t make the impression they might at a less action-packed event. Featuring members of sprawling, moody pop outfit Del Bel, Chrome and the Ice Queen milk a minimalist lineup – bass guitar, drum machine, horns, sparse keys and female vocals – for maximum results. Scaling back really lets the arrangements shine, and every note seems carefully placed. Portishead comparisons wouldn’t be out of line, though the band is hardly a trip-hop revival act. Too bad their stage presence wasn’t strong enough to capture the chatty theatre crowd’s attention. Nevertheless, definitely a local act to BENJAMIN BOLES watch.

SONNY & THE SUNSETS at the

ñSilver Dollar, Saturday, August 11.

Rating: NNNN It initially appeared that the Silver Dollar had cleared out before San Francisco’s Sonny & the Sunsets took the stage, which had frontman/ guitarist Sonny Smith joking that “sometimes you need a little privacy to express your deepest emotions.” But it was just a trick of the room. As he and his band launched into their set in earnest, the crowd drew in closer. Their new breakup-inspired album, Longtime

Companion, is a quieter, countrier affair than fans are used to, and as the Sunsets played the new songs, people whispered in anticipation about how awesome last year’s album, Hit After Hit, was. The set list was haphazard – jumping back and forth between upbeat numbers and mellower ones, with a psychedelic spoken word transition thrown in to make things weirder – but the playing was spot on, and Tahlia Harbour provided rich backup to Smith’s slightly nasal delivery. Smith plays like he’s discovering new expressions of subway-style guitar, and the set, which started off a bit shaky, ended in a glorious dance SARAH GREENE party.

ALL CAPS! 2012 at Artscape

Gibraltar Point, Saturday and Sunñ day, August 11 and 12.

Rating: NNNN Rain and high winds forced the show inside for day one of the ALL CAPS! Island Festival, creating an intimate vibe inside Artscape Gibraltar Point as Toronto dance-pop trio Triple Gangers warmed up the crowd with synchronized dance routines and naive lyrics. Punk rock ruled the day, with Detroit’s Tyvek playing impassioned straight-up proto-punk that sounded like a messed-up car engine spewing tough, sweet love and surprisingly positive messages. The evening veered in a completely different direction with the arrival of Choir! Choir! Choir!, who nearly doubled the size of the crowd. They

= Critics’ Pick NNNNN = Freakin’ transcendental NNNN = Roof-raising NNN = Some kicks NN = Tedious N = Two hours of my life I’ll never get back

did excellent covers of Talking Heads’ Psycho Killer, Big Star’s Thirteen and TLC’s Waterfalls, with Maylee Todd guesting on Left Eye’s challenging rap section. The choir returned the favour by sitting in on some of Todd’s awesome percussive soul-funk. A power outage onstage delayed but didn’t stop Montreal’s Yamantaka//Sonic Titan from delivering their headlining set. A simple white backdrop augmented the arty, psychedelic folkmetal band’s music and dramatic, intense performance. They lived up to the hype. Sunday was both quieter – Toronto Island native Ivy Mairi’s lovely opening set – and louder. Better weather allowed bands to alternate between outdoor and indoor stages, with hip-hop acts Canadian Winter and Isla Craig’s new project OG Melody out on the “sunset stage” and rock bands like Young Mothers and Lioness playing at (much) higher volumes inside. Young Mothers impressed with jazzy sax explosions, tight rhythms and forward momentum, while former DD/MM/YYYYers Absolutely Free got big love from the crowd. Next came Lioness’s dark disco dance vibe and singer Vanessa Fischer’s huge soul vocals. It all culminated in an earshattering, almost terrifying show by Brooklyn band A Place to Bury Strangers, surrounded by smoke and lights. The location meant festival-goers could wander freely, check out artists’ studios and outdoor SG installations and dip their feet in the lake. NOW AUGUST 16-22 2012

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clubs& concerts hot

JUCIFER, VILIPEND, KOSMOGRAD The Garrison (1197 Dundas West), tonight (Thursday, August 16) See Vilipend preview, page 52. SUMMERWORKS MUSIC SERIES w/ Sandro Perri & Aline Morales, Ronley Teper, Bry Webb & Doug Paisley, OG Melody, Rival Boys and others Theatre Centre and the Great Hall (1087 Queen West), and Lower Ossington Theatre (100A Ossington), tonight (Thursday, August 16) to Sunday (August 19) High-calibre indie acts close the fest. HONEY JAM w/ Stacey Asiedu, Angelique Francis, Haviah Mighty, Victoria Fragomeni, Taya Marquis and others Virgin Mobile Mod Club (722 College), tonight (Thursday, August 16) A night to benefit YWCA programs.

PETE ROCK, CL SMOOTH Sound Academy (11 Polson), tonight (Thursday, August 16) Hip-hop legends play DJ sets. CAROLYN MARK, LUTHER WRIGHT Dakota Tavern (249 Ossington), tonight (Thursday, August 16) The self-proclaimed “boozy West Coast chanteuse” debuts her new album. EVENING HYMNS, FIVER Theatre Centre (1087 Queen West), Friday (August 17) See preview, page 50.

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WEMF w/ Wolfgang Carter, Zeds Dead, Datsik, Moby (DJ set), Infected Mushroom, the Crystal Method and more South Algonquin (Highway 60 west of Madawaska), Friday to Sunday (August 17-19) Massive electronic music festival. BLUE RODEO, GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS Molson Amphitheatre (909 Lake Shore West), Saturday (August 18) Canadian pop-country stars. QUEEN WEST MUSICFEST w/ Skydiggers, Ian Blurton & Huron, Lazybones, Jessica Mitchell and others Trinity Bellwoods Park (Queen West at Strachan), Saturday (August 18) Bands galore play for MusicCounts. SEBADOH, CIRCLE OF BUZZARDS, SENTRIDOH Horseshoe (370 Queen West), Monday (August 20) Lo-fi indie rock veteran.

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JIMMY CLIFF The Jamaican musician might be in his 60s now, but he’s hardly slowing down. Credited with bringing reggae to the masses in the 70s thanks to his starring role in The Harder They Come – and on its soundtrack – Cliff launches his latest album, Rebirth, on Saturday (August 18) at the Phoenix. Produced by Rancid’s Tim Armstrong (!), it’s a lively, raw and classic-sounding mix of originals and covers (including the Clash’s Guns Of Brixton) that’s sure to spark a deserved Jimmy Cliff revival. At the Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Saturday (August 18), doors 7 pm. $48.50. RT, SS, TM.

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Just announced Rosina, amai Kuda, Jamaias da Costa, sonny B and otheRs Riddims Of Resistance: A Benefit For The Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape Lee’s Palace 9 pm, $5$50. rabble.ca. August 25.

Lee Foss, matthew deaR, souL CLap, Juan maCLean, pat mahoney WKD Beach Party Sugar Beach

$500. TM. October 23.

SS. October 12.

the JeZaBeLs Virgin Mobile Mod Club

septiC FLesh, meLeChesh, ex dCo, inquisition Conquerors Of The

John Legend, Lianne La havas

doors 8 pm, $20. RT, SS, TW. October 24.

Massey Hall 8 pm, $66.50-$96. RTH, TM. November 3.

$tba. PDR, RT, SS, TW. August 25.

FLying Lotus The Hoxton October 15.

gRoupLove Phoenix Concert Theatre

Johnny winteR Band, edgaR winteR Band, RiCK deRRingeR, Kim simmonds Rock N Blues Fest Sound

the Be good tanyas The Great Hall 8

puBLiC enemy Sound Academy doors 8 pm, $25. PDR, RT, SS, TM. September 2.

gZa Sound Academy doors 8 pm, $24.50. TM. September 15.

a$ap RoCKy, danny BRown

pm, $25. RT, SS, TW. October 18.

puBLiC image Limited Opera House doors 7:30 pm, $39.50. RT, SS, TM. October 18.

RiveRBoat gamBLeRs, CoBRa sKuLLs Sneaky Dee’s doors 9 pm, $13.50. RT, SS, TM. October 18.

sBtRKt Wrongbar October 20.

$24. PDR, RT, SS, TW. November 5.

aimee mann, ted Leo Danforth

Music Hall 8 pm, $32.50. RT, SS, TM. November 6.

gaLLows, BaRn BuRneR Lee’s

Palace doors 8:30 pm, $15.50. RT, SS, TM. November 8.

BassneCtaR, gRamatiK & gLadKiLL Sound Academy $31.50. PDR, RT, SS, TW. November 10.

Sound Academy doors 8 pm, all ages, $26.50$46.50. PDR, RT, SS, TM. October 2.

Cat poweR Kool Haus doors 8:30 pm, all ages, $34.50. RT, SS, TM. October 20.

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Jason CoLLett The Great Hall doors 8 pm, $15. RT, SS, TM. October 2.

BRuCe spRingsteen & the e stReet Band Copps Coliseum doors 7

Leon RedBone, pauL asaRo

JaCK white Sony Centre for the Per-

pm, $67.50-$115. TM. October 21.

forming Arts 8 pm, $45-$75. SC, TM. October 3 and 4.

Ryan Bingham Opera House $tba. RT,

how to dRess weLL The Great Hall

eLLiott BRood, winteRsLeep

doors 8 pm, $15. RT, SS, TM. October 4.

Regina speKtoR, onLyson Sony Centre for the Performing Arts doors 7 pm, $29.50-$49.50. SC, TM. October 11.

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metZ Horseshoe doors 9 pm, $12. HS, RT,

BaRBRa stReisand, ChRis Botti, iL voLo Air Canada Centre $90-

World Annex Wreckroom doors 5:30 pm, all ages, $25. RT. October 12.

Academy doors 6 pm, $tba. September 1.

CadenCe weapon Wrongbar 7 pm,

$12. TM. October 12.

SS, TM. October 21.

November 12.

Hugh’s Room 8:30 pm, $47.50-$55. December 4.

Boys noiZe Sound Academy doors 10 pm. December 7.

Danforth Music Hall doors 6:30 pm, all ages, $25-$29.50. RT, SS, TM. October 21.

JapandRoids Phoenix Concert Theatre

woLF gang Wrongbar October 22.

aLexisonFiRe Tenth Anniversary Farewell

$tba. December 11.

Tour Sound Academy doors 7 pm, all ages, $40$50. RT, SS, TM. December 26 and 27.

clubs&concerts

this week How to find a listing

Music listings appear by day, then by genre, then alphabetically by venue. Event names are in italics. See Music Club Index, page 56, for venue address and phone number.

rivoli Rob Szabo & Shannon Lyon doors 8:30 pm. the sister Cosmic Eye. sneAky dee’s Mare Reunion. southside Johnny’s Skip Tracer (rock) 9:30 pm. theAtre Centre SummerWorks Music Series Sandro Perri & Aline Morales 10:30 pm. trAne studio Singer’s Den (R&B open mic) 8 pm. trAnzAC southern Cross Jesse Landen 10 pm, Austin John & Ainsley McNeaney (indie pop) 8:15 pm.

= Critics’ pick (highly recommended) ñ 5= Queer night

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All listings are free. Send to: music@nowtoronto.com. 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.

dominion on Queen Delta Moon, Sean Pin-

chin (Southern blues) doors 9 pm. free times CAfe Rob Foster 8:30 pm. gAte 403 Mr Rick & the Biscuits (country) 9 pm. grAffiti’s The Honey Buckets 8 pm, Jeff Osouren 5:30 pm. grossmAn’s Rock’n Robin Harp 10 pm. hABits gAstropuB Sarah Broadfoot (folk) 9 pm. hugh’s room Greg Godovitz 8:30 pm. lolA Brian Cober (double slide guitar) 9 pm. lower ossington theAtre SummerWorks Evalyn Parry 10:30 pm. nAthAn phillips sQuAre Tasty Thursdays: Toronto Blues Society Talent Search Finals Amanda Davids, Ambre McLean, Carolyn Fe Blues Collective, Irene Torres & the Sugar Devils, Robbie Antone’s Blues Machine, Tim Bastmeyer noon to 2 pm. pAssion lounge Jabez Stone 9 pm.

st JAmes CAthedrAl pArk gAzeBo Music In St James

Park Mother Tongue (Afrofusion) 7 to 9 pm.

Thursday, August 16

toronto BotAniCAl gArden The Edwards Summer

PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

Music Series George Gao 7 to 8:30 pm.

Air CAnAdA Centre American Idol Live

Tour Deandre Brackensick, Hollie Cavanagh, Colton Dixon, Heejun Han, Skylar Laine, Joshua Ledet, Phillip Phillips, Jessica Sanchez, Elise Testone & Erika Van Pelt. AlleyCAtz Mark Joseph Band. AmsterdAm Brewery Open Roof Festival: Outdoor Film And Music Series Dusted 7:30 pm. Annex wreCkroom White Wizzard, Icarus Witch, Borealis 8 pm. Art stArts Voices Of The Future Performance Showcase 6:30 to 7:30 pm.

trAnzAC southern Cross Bluegrass Thurs-

Friday, August 17 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

AlleyCAtz Lady Kane. AQuilA upstAirs Voodoo Walters & the

Rhythm Method (blues/R&B/soul/funk) 9:30 pm. the BAllroom Indy Rock Showcase Mumble, Parkside Drive (90s rock covers) 9:30 pm. BAr itAliA upstAirs Shugga (funk) 9:30 pm. Bovine sex CluB Chris Walters SNFU Biography Book Launch MEH, Hold A Grudge. CAstro’s lounge Ronnie Hayward (rockabilly) 5 to 7 pm. the CentrAl Yasgurs Farm 10 pm, Watching Whales Sleep, Praying for Greater Portland 6 pm. drAke hotel underground Young Man, Paradise Animals (indie rock) doors 8 pm. el moCAmBo Wild Hearses, Dent doors 9 pm. the gArrison Record release Allosaurus, These Electric Lives 9 pm.

Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental

Cherry street restAurAnt Beverly Taft Quartet

8 to 10 pm.

Boiler house Lester McLean Trio 8 pm. Bovine sex CluB The Final Year, MiMi

emmet rAy BAr Vokurka’s

the CentrAl The Huhtala Band 10 pm. C’est whAt Blair Packham (pop) 9 pm. Clinton’s Exhale Chico No Face, Terror

the flying BeAver puBAret John Alcorn (jazz) 7:30

Vicarious Virtuoso Violin (Gypsy swing) 9 pm.

Cry, Bang Bang Boom, DJ Misty.

pm.

gAte 403 Belinda Corpuz

Jazz Trio 5 to 8 pm.

hArBourfront Centre

Dancing On The Pier Pablo Terry & Sol de Cuba, Toronto All-Star Big Band 7 pm. reposAdo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). rex Danjam Orchestra 9:30 pm, Ross Wooldridge Trio 6:30 pm.

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days Houndstooth (bluegrass/old-time) 7:30 pm.

Lake, the Whirly Birds, Say Domino doors 9 pm. drAke hotel underground Queen West Musicfest Launch Party doors 6 pm. el moCAmBo Ev Ree Wuhn, Grounders, the Tudors, the Fabulous Yawn doors 9 pm. the gArrison Jucifer, Vilipend, Kosmograd. See Vilipend preview, page 52. glAdstone hotel Music Through The Ages: A Time Traveller’s Journey Across Six Decades Of Music Donna Ferra, JJ Doyle, Burning Candy, Vigillanti, Kareo 8 pm. horseshoe Stone Sparrows, the Folk, Gdansk, Spectre Hearts, Hair Holler 8:30 pm. lee’s pAlACe Glorious Sons, Boybitch, Shallow Seas 9:30 pm. the loCAl Faye Blais. lulA lounge Las Krudas w/ La Bomba, Amasonica Sound Force (hip-hop from Cuba) doors 9 pm. molson AmphitheAtre Wham Bam The Wanted, Carly Rae Jepsen, Karmin, Conor Maynard, Rita Ora, the Ready Set, Cher Lloyd, B.o.B, Owl City doors 4:30 pm. ngomA lounge Xperience Thursdays: Roots & Reggae Open Mic Jam DJ Red Out, 3 Star, DJ Nic, Charlie Bobus, King Ujah, Humble, Quentin Vercetty (live hip-hop/R&B). the pAinted lAdy Grey Owls, the Howll, the Auras 9 pm. the piston Soul Motivators, Babalao Stereo Club 9 pm.

people’s ChiCken Happy Hour DJ Michael Williams (Motown classics/smooth jazz/northern soul/Canrock) 6 pm. rivoli upstAirs Riv ’ER DJ Plan B (hip-hop). sound ACAdemy Legends Of Hip-Hop: Mecca & The Soul Brother Pete Rock, CL Smooth (DJ sets) doors 8 pm. velvet underground DJ Osaze (goth/industrial) 10 pm.

somewhere there studio Claude Witmann 8 pm.

toronto musiC gArden

Summer Music In The Garden: Voice Of The Heart The Castle Quartet 7 pm.

dance muSic/dJ/ lounge

ChevAl Brand’d DJ PG-13 (house/

virgin moBile mod CluB Honey Jam Showcase & benefit for YWCA women’s ñ programs Stacey Asiedu, Angelique Francis,

Haviah Mighty, Victoria Fragomeni, Taya Marquis, DJs Mel Boogie, Tasha Rosez doors 7 pm.

Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld

AspettA CAffe Open Mic/Jam 8 pm. CAmeron house Fedora Upside Down 10 pm. CAstro’s lounge Jerry Leger & the Situation

Show Derek Miller and others 9:30 pm, Benny Walker (singer/songwriter) 9 pm. the hideout A Primitive Evolution, Here Below, Hey Sugar (rock) 10 pm. horseshoe Small Small Word, Two Crown King, Hello Beautiful, Goodluck Foundation (ska/rock & roll) 9:30 pm. lee’s pAlACe Rum Runner, Rough Boys, Black Absolute, Horned 9:30 pm. lou dAwg’s ryerson Jeff Eager (soul/funk/ Motown) 4:20 pm. operA house Architects, Structures, a Sight for Sewn Eyes. revivAl Hip-Hop Karaoke Round 67 Fatlip, Abdominal & More or Les, DJ Numeric, Ted Dancin’ doors 10 pm. roCkpile Kill Devil Hill, the Catalyst, Titans Eve doors 7 pm. silver dollAr Rptzr, the Ascot Royals, Hollowphonic, Between Transit, DJ Byll Gr8t$ 9 pm. the sister Queer West Fest. southside Johnny’s The Lineup (rock/R&B) 10 pm. theAtre Centre SummerWorks Performance Festival Evening Hymns, Fiver 10:30 pm. See preview, page 50. velvet underground STAIN boyBITCH, Sexy Merlin, the Pussypops, DJ Triple-X (CanCon). yonge-dundAs sQuAre Indie Fridays Young Rival, Elk 8 to 10 pm.

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(folk/rock/country) 9 pm. dAkotA tAvern Carolyn Mark (alt country).

hip-hop/club anthems). CloAk & dAgger puB Cocked & Loaded DJ Deafmute (rock/post-punk/new wave/UK punk/pop) 10 pm. epiphAny restAurAnt & lounge Epiphany Thursdays DJ DLimit (Afro/dancehall/hip-hop/ old school/soca). goodhAndy’s T-Girl Parties.5 holy oAk CAfe DJ Tan Sudan 10 pm. insomniA DJ Ron Jon (funk/soul/house). lou dAwg’s ryerson Goodtimes DJ GoodTimes 9 pm. pArts & lABour Beastmode (hip-hop/trap/ trip-hop/house) 10 pm.

hArBourfront Centre Planet IndigenUS: Hip-Hop Dance Party Winniñ peg’s Most 11 pm, Robbie Robertson Tribute

AspettA CAffe Lauren Best, Jason Ambosta, Jelle (indie/folk/pop) 7 pm.

CAmeron house Sam Cash 10 pm, Patrick

Brealey (folk rock/roots) 8 pm, Big Rude Jake 6 pm.

C’est whAt Lickpenny Loafer (progressive pop) 8 pm.

gAte 403 Sweet Derrick Blues Band 9 pm. grAffiti’s Bill Wood & the Woodies 9 pm. grossmAn’s Laura Hubert 10 pm. hArBourfront Centre Planet IndigenUS

Arthur Renwick (blues) 8 pm. holy oAk CAfe Square Peg String Band (old time) 7 pm. lolA Danny Blu Acoustic Jam 3 to 7 pm. lower ossington theAtre SummerWorks Ronley Teper (singer/songwriter) 10 pm. lulA lounge Salsa Night Salsomana, DJ Bernal, Vladimir 10:30 pm. pJ o’Brien irish puB Acoustic ON Fire (acoustic trio). reposAdo The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). thirsty fox puB The Roughnotes, Brandon Quigley, Laura Bowman, Ryan Dolmage 8 pm.

Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental

BenAres historiC house On The Verandah Concert deVah 7:30 pm.

Boiler house Tyler Yarema Trio (jazz/blues)

8 pm.

gAte 403 Bobby Hsu Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. glAdstone hotel melody BAr Andy De

Campos 8 pm. lulA lounge Iroko (Latin jazz) 8 pm. musideum MAZ (jazz/world music fusion) 8 pm. old mill inn Hot Summer, Cool Jazz Alastair Kay, Richard Whiteman, Duncan Hopkins 7:30 pm. rex Jeff Johnston Trio 9:45 pm, Sara Dell (vox/solo piano) 6:30 pm, Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm. somewhere there studio Leftover Daylight Movement & Music Series Rob Clutton 10 pm.

trAne studio Waleed Abdulhamid & the Kush Ensemble (jazz/world fusion) 8 pm. trAnzAC The Ugly Bug Band (jazz/pop) 7:30 pm. trAnzAC southern Cross Ian Sinclair (jazz) 10 pm.

dance muSic/dJ/lounge

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VILIPEND opening for JUCIFER with KOSMOGRAD at the Garrison (1197 Dundas West), tonight (Thursday, August 16), doors 9 pm. $10. garrisontoronto.com.

Vilipend made the news recently after their bassist, Mike Crossley, and his wife were approved for and then denied a Toronto apartment. The landlord, you see, in the last step of a lengthy application process, typed the local metalcore band’s name into Google and didn’t like what she found, informing the couple in writing that she felt uncomfortable with the energy Vilipend’s music manifests. A number of media outlets picked up on the story, including Brit music rag NME, and the band quickly amassed a legion of supporters (and some consequent haters who crop up everywhere online), who railed against the discriminatory act. “The reason I think people cared so much is that metal is traditionally a genre that’s been attacked,” says singer/lyricist Chris Gramlich over the phone. “It was attacked in the 80s by the

PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center). It’s always the genre your parents and politicians and religious people don’t want you listening to. I think people reacted to that because, like, ‘It’s 2012. Why do people still think metal is evil?’” Aggressive music is an art form, says Gramlich. It tries to express some sort of positive or cathartic experience through a negative. “So you’re confronting people with negatives, aggression, harsh music and screaming. I’m not going to pretend Vilipend isn’t loud and heavy and abrasive. We sound like a wood chipper at times. People fear that. They react instead of seeing if there’s anything to it.” Though Crossley is, unfortunately, still searching for a new place to live, the publicity comes at a fortuitous time: five-year-old Vilipend are just about to release their long-awaited debut fulllength, Inamorata (A389/No List). Its eight tracks (averaging five-plus minutes apiece) form a cohesive showcase for the fourpiece’s tension-filled blend of metal and hardcore. Menacing power chords, pummelling rhy-

thms, guitar noise and sludge heave against Gramlich’s screamed, hostile lyrics. Leon Taheny, best known for his work with decidedly nonmetal acts like Owen Pallett, Ohbijou and Death from Above 1979, produced it. “When you work with someone who does metal or aggressive music exclusively, sometimes they can be used to working within a box of constraints,” Gramlich says. “They know how to get a metal drum sound. They know where to place the mic on the guitar amp. We knew the sounds Leon could get and the way he’d come at it would be totally different.” The album itself, or its conception, at least, arose from the ashes of another set of negative and painful circumstances. Three years ago, Gramlich broke his back during Vilipend’s opening set at a Dillinger Escape Plan show at the Mod Club. For the last song, he did something he’d done dozens of times: jumped off the monitor into the crowd. But the monitor slipped from under his feet, and he landed on his heels in the empty eye of

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the pit. A vertebra fractured. The moshers, not realizing he was hurt, piled on top of him, breaking his wrist and fingers in the process. He was in a back brace for months – time the band used to begin carving out songs with musically thematic threads. “We had a tour lined up at the time. It felt very much like our star was on the rise. With one little jump, I put a halt to everything. In a lot of ways, it feels like we’ve been trying to crawl our way back ever since.” So, has breaking his back tamed his onstage antics? “I try to go harder, I think. I don’t want to say, ‘Oh, I appreciate life so much more.’ But you honestly never know which show could be your last. I don’t know what will happen with my back. And bands break up all the time. So I try to make sure at every show that if it’s my last, people will be like, ‘Wow, he went as hard as he could. Vilipend put on a hell of a show.’”

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FREE TIMES CAFE 320 College. 416-9671078. THE GARRISON 1197 Dundas W. 416-519-9439. GATE 403 403 Roncesvalles. 416-588-2930. GLADSTONE HOTEL 1214 Queen W. 416531-4635. GOODHANDY’S 120 Church. 416-760-6514. GRAFFITI’S 170 Baldwin. 416-506-6699. THE GRAYDON PUB 235 Queen St S (Mississauga). 905-997-8333. THE GREAT HALL 1087 Queen W. 416-826-3330. GROSSMAN’S 379 Spadina. 416-977-7000. HABITS GASTROPUB 928 College. 416-5337272. HARBOURFRONT CENTRE 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. THE HARP PUB 55 Lakeshore E (Mississauga). 905-274-3277. THE HIDEOUT 484 Queen W. 647-438-7664. HIRUT FINE ETHIOPIAN CUISINE 2050 Danforth. 416-467-4915. HOLLYWOOD ON THE QUEENSWAY 1184 Queensway. 416-251-0288. HOLY OAK CAFE 1241 Bloor W. 647-345-2803. HORSESHOE 370 Queen W. 416-598-4753. HOT BOX CAFE 191A Baldwin. 416-203-6990. HUGH’S ROOM 2261 Dundas W. 416-531-6604. IMPERIAL PUB 54 Dundas E. 416-977-4667. INSOMNIA 563 Bloor W. 416-588-3907. LEE’S PALACE 529 Bloor W. 416-532-1598. THE LOADED DOG 1921 Lawrence E. 416901-0662. THE LOCAL 396 Roncesvalles. 416-535-6225. LOLA 40 Kensington. 416-348-8645. LOU DAWG’S 589 King W. 647-347-3294. LOU DAWG’S RYERSON 76 Gerrard E. 647349-3294. LOWER OSSINGTON THEATRE 100A Ossington. 416-915-6747. LULA LOUNGE 1585 Dundas W. 416-5880307. LUXY NIGHTCLUB 60 Interchange Way (Vaughan). MCGRADIES TAP AND GRILL 2167 Victoria Park. 416-449-1212. MEL LASTMAN SQUARE 5100 Yonge. 416395-7582. MOLSON AMPHITHEATRE 909 Lake Shore W. MOTEL 1235 Queen W. MUSIDEUM 401 Richmond W. 416-599-7323. NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE 100 Queen W. NGOMA LOUNGE 424 College. 647-3458382. OLD MILL INN 21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641. OPERA HOUSE 735 Queen E. 416-466-0313. THE PAINTED LADY 218 Ossington. 647-213-5239. PARTS & LABOUR 1566 Queen W. 416-588-7750. PASSION LOUNGE 1220 Danforth. 416-9990654. PEOPLE’S CHICKEN 744 Mt Pleasant. 416489-7931. PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE 410 Sherbourne. 416-323-1251. THE PISTON 937 Bloor W. 416-532-3989.

PJ O’BRIEN IRISH PUB 39 Colborne. 416815-7562. REBAS CAFÉ & GALLERY 3289 Dundas W. 416-626-7372. RELISH BAR & GRILL 2152 Danforth. 416425-4664. REMARKS BAR & GRILL 1026 Coxwell. 416-429-9889. REPOSADO 136 Ossington. 416-532-6474. REVIVAL 783 College. 416-535-7888. LA REVOLUCION 2848 Dundas W. 416766-0746. REX 194 Queen W. 416-598-2475. RIVOLI 332 Queen W. 416-596-1908. ROCKPILE 5555 Dundas W. 416-504-6699. THE RUSTY NAIL 2202 Danforth. 647-729-7254. SAVIARI TEA + COCKTAIL LOUNGE 926 King W. 647-382-7072. SILVER DOLLAR 486 Spadina. 416-975-0909. THE SISTER 1554 Queen W. 416-532-2570. SLACK’S 562 Church. 416-928-2151. SNEAKY DEE’S 431 College. 416-603-3090. SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO 227 Sterling, unit 112. SOUND ACADEMY 11 Polson. 416-461-3625. SOUTH ALGONQUIN Hwy 60 west of Madawaska (Whitney). SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S 3653 Lake Shore W. 416-521-6302. SPIRITS 642 Church. 416-967-0001. ST JAMES CATHEDRAL 65 Church. 416364-7865. STONE LOUNGE 783 College. SUPERMARKET 268 Augusta. 416-840-0501. SUTRA TIKI BAR 612 College. 416-537-8755. TEN RESTAURANT & WINE BAR 139 Lakeshore E (Mississauga). 905-271-0016. THEATRE CENTRE 1087 Queen W. 416538-0988. THIRSTY FOX PUB 1028 Eglinton W. 647347-7474. TIMOTHY’S PUB 344 Brown’s Line. 416201-9515. TOIKA 471 Richmond W. 416-868-6452. TORONTO BOTANICAL GARDEN 777 Lawrence E. 416-397-1340. TORONTO MUSIC GARDEN 475 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000. TRANE STUDIO 964 Bathurst. 416-913-8197. TRANZAC 292 Brunswick. 416-923-8137. TRINITY BELLWOODS PARK Queen W at Strachan. THE UPTOWN LOFT 2464 Yonge. 416-8001121. VELVET UNDERGROUND 510 Queen W. 416-504-6688. VIRGIN MOBILE MOD CLUB 722 College. 416-588-4663. WAYLABAR 996 Queen E. 416-901-5570. THE WINCHESTER ARMS 1090 Kingston. 416-690-4070. WINCHESTER KITCHEN & BAR 51A Winchester. 416-323-0051. WRONGBAR 1279 Queen W. 416-516-8677. YONGE-DUNDAS SQUARE Yonge & Dundas. 416-979-9960.

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HOLY OAK CAFE The Weather Station w/ Ryan Driver (folk) 10 pm. ñ THE LOCAL The Ole Fashioned. LOLA Jammin’ With Johnny Bootz 8 pm. THE PAINTED LADY Meredith Shaw

(blues/pop/folk) 9 pm. ñ SILVER DOLLAR High Lonesome Wednesdays Crazy Strings (bluegrass jam) 9 pm.

SLACK’S Open Mic 10 pm.5 TRANE STUDIO Liberty Wednesdays Noah Zacharin (songwriter open mic) 8 pm.

TRANZAC TIKI ROOM Comhaltas Irish Slow Session 7:30 pm.

TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Lullaby North 7:30 pm.

TRANZAC Mike Gennaro 10 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

CASTRO’S LOUNGE The Mediterranean Stars

(fusion jazz) 8 pm.

DOMINION ON QUEEN Corktown Uke Jam 8 pm. GATE 403 Blakeley Walker Trio 9 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL A Synonym For Love: An

Underground Opera Emily Atkinson, Scott Belluz, Tracy Smith-Bessette 7 pm. REX Richard Whiteman Five 6:30 pm. REX Don Menza & Sam Noto 9:30 pm, Richard Whiteman Five 6:30 pm. SOMEWHERE THERE STUDIO Patrick O’Reilly’s Wire Circus 8 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

THE GARRISON FRONT ROOM I’m With The

Band DJs the BB Guns 9 pm. GOODHANDY’S T-Girl Lust DJ Todd Klinck doors 8 pm.5 INSOMNIA DJ Parro (nu-funk). SNEAKY DEE’S What’s Poppin’ DJ Mensa (80s/90s hip-hop party). WRONGBAR Bassmentality.

upcoming

Thursday, August 23 BRUCE PENINSULA Open Roof Festival:

Outdoor Film And Music Series Amsterñ dam Brewery 7:30 pm, $15. openrooffestival. com.

CLAUDE WITMANN Somewhere There Studio 8 pm, $10 or pwyc.

COLOR MORALE Sneaky Dee’s. DEAD CAN DANCE Sony Centre for the

Performing Arts doors 7 pm, all ages, ñ $49.50-$99.50. SC.

EMILY ATKINSON, SCOTT BELLUZ, TRACY SMITHBESSETTE A Synonym For Love: An Under-

ground Opera Gladstone Hotel 7 pm, $20$42. 1-800-838-3006, volcano.ca. And Aug 24, Aug 26 to Aug 30.

JOSHUA COCKERILL’S ANIMAL PARTS, TARANTUELA CD release Dakota 10 pm, $10-$20. THE LEMON BUCKET ORKESTRA, KIM CHURCHILL AND OTHERS BuskerFest St

ñ Lawrence Market noon to 10 pm. torontobuskerfest.com. And Aug 24 to Aug 26.

RIK EMMET Sound Academy doors 8 pm. RUFUS CAPPADOCIA Summer Music In The Gar-

den: Songs For Cello Toronto Music Garden 7 pm, free.

RUN WITH THE KITTENS, BARRY LYNDON, SID ALAISTAR Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar 10 pm, $5.

THE SPINNERS The Magic Of Motown Can-

adian National Exhibition 7:30 pm, free w/ admission.

STEVE POLTZ

ñC’est What.

TIGERS JAW, TURNOVER, JUNIOR BATTLES, YOUNG STATUES, PJ BOND Hard Luck Bar doors

ILLEGAL ALIEN, KING THE MC, DJ JC, MC VEECEE & FIRE KID STEENIE So Long Summer Guvern-

7 pm, $11.50. RT, SS.

ment $15. PDR. 647-979-1821.

TOMMY YOUNGSTEEN Pre-Bruce Springsteen

LEE FOSS, MATTHEW DEAR (DJ SET), SOUL CLAP, JUAN MACLEAN (DJ SET), PAT MAHONEY (DJ SET)

TO Show Party Horseshoe 10 & 11:30 pm, $15. HS.

Friday, August 24 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND Wrecking Ball World Tour Rogers ñ Centre 7:30 pm, $35-$115. TM. Bruce Springsteen Pit GA BBQ Horseshoe 1:30 to 7:30 pm, $10 or pwyc. DEAD AND DIVINE Virgin Mobile Mod Club doors 6 pm, all ages, $15. RT, SS, TM. DJ CRAIG DOMINIC Fly Campus: Back To School Special Fly $10.5 DON MCLEAN Canadian National Exhibition 7:30 pm, free w/ admission.

FAGO.SEPIA, THE BULLETPROOF TIGER, ELOS ARMA, EARTH AT NIGHT, THIS IS ME AS A WOMAN Of a Kind 6 pm, $5-$10. THE FAKE PROM BAND, DJS DOUGIE BOOM & SHIT LA MERDE Fake Prom 2012: En-

ñ chantment Under The Sea Palais Royale 9:30

pm, $30, adv $20. RT, SS, TW. fakeprom.com.

METALIAN, BLACK MOOR, TIGER STAR, BORROWED TIME, DEMONTAGE Hard Luck Bar

doors 8 pm, $10. facebook.com/ events/161559720645510. OM UNIT, SINJIN HAWKE The Great Hall $10. TW. PIN KUAN Taiwanfest Harbourfront Centre 8:30 pm, free.

WKD Beach Party Sugar Beach $25. PDR, RT, SS, TW. O-KAI SINGERS Taiwanfest: Our Children, Our Voice Harbourfront Centre 5:30 pm, free. And Aug 26.

ROSINA, AMAI KUDA, JAMAIAS DA COSTA, SONNY B AND OTHERS Riddims Of Resistance:

A Benefit For The Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/ Multicultural Women Against Rape Lee’s Palace 9 pm, $5-$50. rabble.ca. SAINT ALVIA, THE RESURRECTS Bovine Sex Club.

ARMY GIRLS, DANGERBIRD, SANDMAN VIPER COMMAND Horseshoe ñTOPANGA,

doors 9 pm, $8.50. HS, RT, SS.

TROOPER, POOR YOUNG THINGS Canadian National Exhibition Bandshell 7:30 pm, free w/ admission. WORDBURGLAR, KIRBY KRACKLE, BRENTAL FLOSS, RADKUS & HELENA, MORE OR ñ LES, MEGASHAUN, PETER PROJECT, JESSE DAN-

GEROUSLY, KILLAH TAPE Nerd Noise Night/Fan Expo 2012 El Mocambo 8 pm, $10. nerdnoisenight.tumblr.com. YEN-J Taiwanfest Harbourfront Centre 9:30 pm, free.

Sunday, August 26

DJS VENUX X, DJ RUPTURE MAGA BO, WHALE TOOTH, PAINT MOVEMENT, BB POIRIER, TORRO TORRO, DOS MUNDOS, ñ GUNS CD release Horseshoe doors 9 pm, ñ M.A.M.A Fire On The Water: Bathers Of The $12, adv $10. HS, RT, SS. WILD HARVEST MUSIC OF TAIWAN Taiwanfest

Harbourfront Centre 4 pm, free. And Aug 25.

Saturday, August 25

World Unite! Sunnyside Pavilion 2 pm to midnight. fireonthewater2012.wordpress.com.

Tuesday, August 28 KELLY CLARKSON, THE FRAY, CAROLINA LIAR

GRAMATIK, ROLLIN’ CASH, SKANK HONTO, COSMIC CAT Keating Channel 9 pm, $15 adv.

Molson Amphitheatre 7 pm, $24-$133.50. TM.

GROUP SILA, OTTOMAN MILITARY BAND, MAVI YILDIZ DANCE GROUP, CEMALETTIN KURTOGLU, EVREN, TULUYHAN UGURLU Toronto Turkish

Wednesday, August 29

cirqlation5.evenbrite.ca.

Festival Nathan Phillips Square noon to 10 pm, free. torontoturkishfestival.org. And Aug 26. IL VOLO Sony Centre for the Performing Arts 7:30 pm, $39.50-$89.50. SC. And Aug 26.

ARKELLS, THE DARCYS Canadian National Exhibition Bandshell 7:30 pm, free w/ admission.

JELLO BIAFRA & THE GUANTANAMO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Lee’s Palace doors ñ 8 pm, $15. HS, RT, SS, TM. 3

album reviews album of the week

driving drums and trebly, reverb-drenched backup vocals as well as the requisite organ parts, tambourine and handclaps. Tracks where they create space (Come Home), opt for a lighter touch (Something To Me) or speed up (Riverview) stand out from the pack of similar-sounding songs. They obviously know where they’re coming from and what they like musically; it’ll be cool to hear where they take it from here. Top track: Riverview Elk play a free show at Yonge-Dundas Square on Friday (August 17). SARAH GREENE

Electronic

in favour of original vocals. The result is a slow burner full of thoughtfully crafted intros and outros and instrumentals Panther) Rating: NNNN made up of layers upon layers of zig-zagTeengirl Fantasy’s Nick Weiss and Logan ging rhythms. Luminous analog ambiTakahashi are the latest indie dance proence flirts with full-blown ducers to find themselves techno and house but refuses swept up in a wave of melanto settle into obvious precholia. The contrast between programmed beats. despondence and celebration Vocally, Tracer is less conis a well-worn formula in sistent. House veteran Rodance music, one that’s remanthony’s soulful but bycently snuck onto the pop the-book lyrics feel charts through the Jamie xxthrowaway, though it’s the produced Drake song Take closest we get to fist-pumpCare. ing club catharsis. More interesting is The Brooklyn-based duo’s sophomore album plays in a similarly wistful emotion- Panda Bear, who steers listeners into fizzy psych-pop on Pyjama. Overall, it’s al and musical grey zone, but this time an ambitious and beautiful album. they’ve scrapped the sample-based proKEVIN RITCHIE duction methods employed on their debut Top track: Eternal

TEENGIRL FANTASY Tracer (True

Pop/Rock

MOON KING Obsession I (One Big Silence)

Rating: NNN Excitable rockers Spiral Beach dominated Toronto’s mid- 00s all-ages scene with their bouncy, kaleidoscopic guitar pop. They broke up a few years ago, but people who thought they’d peaked by the time they hit their 20s were mistaken; the members have gone on to join some of Toronto and Montreal’s most buzzy acts. Dorian Wolf is in Austra, Maddy Wilde just joined Odonis Odonis and Airick Woodhead is gaining steam as Doldrums. Now it’s time for the elder Woodhead, Daniel, to join the party. The one-time Spiral Beach drummer has reconvened with Wilde to release his first “official” 12-inch EP as Moon King (following the cassette-only Big Dumb Blue Angel), and it’s a promising morsel of dream-pop. Catchy hooks and simple, bouncy chord progressions combine with electronic percussion and bits of synth, while heavily treated dual vocals lend an air of melancholy to the five songs. Simultaneously nostalgic, disorienting and melodic. Top track: Sleeping In My Car RICHARD TRAPUNSKI

YEASAYER Fragrant World (4AD)

Rating: NNN On their third album, Brooklyn-via-Baltimore experimentalists Yeasayer step back

from the poppier elements of their previous album with mixed results. In no way do the three-piece sound like they’re phoning in takes or getting lazy about pushing their tribalistic and danceable indie rock into new realms of synthetic exploration. In fact, though the lyrics continue to focus on futuristic gloom, there’s generally a brighter, lighter and hugely electronic feel to the 11 songs. They burst with disparate ideas that take things in weird and atypical directions, leaving us woozy and disoriented. But the fractured sounds give us little to hold on to; the songwriting’s hidden behind so much distraction. Chris Keating’s soulful vocals, however, sound better than ever, sometimes evoking George Michael or David Byrne. His effects-enhanced performance in second track Longevity is a standout. Top track: Longevity Yeasayer play the Danforth Music Hall on November 9. CARLA GILLIS

ELK Daydreams (IndoorShoes) Rating: NNN Toronto/Niagara’s Elk channel early Kinks like no other indie band we’ve heard of late. On their second release for IndoorShoes, the youthful four-piece daydream about girls, girls and ladies, with nods to psychedelia, Phil Spector and the Rolling Stones. They’ve got great classic guitar tones,

ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI Mature

Themes (4AD) Rating: NNN When powerful indie label 4AD signed long-running underground musician Ariel Pink, it seemed to have his bio pre-written: outsider icon plucked from obscurity and given the resources to transform his off-kilter, cheaply recorded song sketches into the hits they always had the potential to be. Pink culled the track list of 2010’s Before Today from seven previously lo-fi, limited-release albums and re-recorded them with a crack new band, Haunted Graffiti. It connected with a wider audience. This 4AD follow-up, Mature Themes, applies the same semi-professional method to a set of new songs, but anyone expecting it to be his, well, mature album will likely find it as frustrating as ever. Pink obviously has a weakness for wellcrafted pop songs: Only In My Dreams is a breezy Byrdsy jangle-popper, and Baby, a cover of an obscure 70s soul song, may be the most radio-friendly thing he’s ever recorded. But he also devotes four and a half infuriating minutes to a song about eating schnitzel, set at a takeout window. Then again, Pink’s weirdness is a major part of his appeal. It just requires a lot of patience. Top track: Baby Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti play Lee’s Palace on September 19. RT

for a more amped-up, raunchy countryblues sound on his fifth album, which is in part a humorous love letter to the Ontario-raised musician’s adopted Yukon home. A number of the songs, including the title track, have a sped-up, almost country-punk feel, with heavy drums and thumping bass lines. But Tentrees hits his stride on Nashville-inspired mid-tempo rockers like Gypsy Wind and Black Seeds, the latter a touching song about transcending the cycle of abuse featuring backup vocals by Sarah MacDougall. A too-bitter tune about an ex-bandmate/ lover, however, is a questionable inclusion. Tentrees’s flat, understated vocal delivery aptly conveys life in the Yukon and the perils of touring. Producer Bob Hamilton’s upright bass playing is fine throughout, and Annie Avery contributes frolicking piano to Hill Country News. Top track: Black Seeds Gordie Tentrees plays the Dakota on August 28. SG

Hip-hop

2 CHAINZ Based On A T.R.U. Story (Def

Jam/Universal) Rating: NNN Suddenly ubiquitous rapper 2 Chainz has been making music for a decade, first under the moniker Tity Boi in Atlanta duo Playaz Circle and then as a solo artist who self-released six mixtapes and lent his inane rhyming skills to innumerable singles. His debut LP opens with a succession of trap-rap-influenced club jams that extol the joys of big booties and camel toe and immediately establish him as a purveyor of ridiculous punchlines. It’s an album that

will be remembered not for its lyrical depth but for 2 Chainz’s charismatic delivery and penchant for unexpected vaginal euphemisms in his bedroom breakdowns. (“Then I put her phat rabbit on a Craftmatic” or “Then take the camel toe and turn it into casserole.”) T.R.U. Story’s second half swaps bassrattling beats for softer, R&B-infused grooves and more earnest storytelling, most notably on Ghetto Dreams, a Scarface-assisted track about insomniac paranoia reminiscent of Geto Boys’ classic Mind Playing Tricks On Me. Mainly, it’s good for some frivolous fun. Top track: Ghetto Dreams KR

RIFF RAFF Birth Of An Icon (Mad Decent) Rating: NNN I don’t get Riff Raff. He has ginger cornrows and obnoxious facial hair and looks like a Cazwell-Omarion hybrid. He’s also had the odd inspired moment, like Bird On A Wire with Action Bronson, but mostly I think he’s a joke (?). But Riff Raff recently performed in Toronto, taking the 2-D meme into real life, and people I’m inclined to believe said they enjoyed it. This mixtape is Riff Raff’s Mad Decent debut. On first song Jody Highroller, he sings Auto-Tuned love boasts over an unearthed Caspa single. It’s like a T-Pain dubstep song and, surprisingly, I love it. Single Jose Canseco has Raff lampooning hater culture and cramming inane multisyllabic words into tight spaces to hilarious effect. Though the album is way too long (25 tracks), it unfolds the same way: half-sung cannily rapped lyrics over beats so synthetic, they’ll keep Raff afloat over the decomposing detritus of the internet. Top track: Lil Mama ANUPA MISTRY

SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE Ascent

(Drag City) Rating: NNN Throughout his ultra-prolific recording career, Ben Chasny has never shied away from guitar heroics, but he’s mostly channelled them into acoustic fingerpicking and folky songcraft for his solo Six Organs of Admittance project. On Ascent he finally drags a backing band, heavy psych-rockers Comets on Fire, into the studio with him, and it gives his music a serious kick in the ass. There are still elements of meditative drone and hippified folk, but when Chasny and his mates plug in and let loose, like on blistering wah-pedal-drenched opener Waswasa, the result is a propulsive, scorching, fret-burning new sound that makes you wonder why he hasn’t been doing this all along. Ascent is still recognizably Six Organs of Admittance, but it’s often hazier, heavier and trippier. Unless you hate psychedelic rock, it’s hard to argue with that. Top track: Waswasa RT

Folk

GORDIE TENTREES North Country Heart (independent) Rating: NNN Singer/songwriter Gordie Tentrees opts

= Critics’ Pick NNNNN = Stratospheric NNNN = Sizzling NNN = Swell NN = Slack N = Sucks

NOW AUGUST 16-22 2012

movies more online nowtoronto.com/movies

Audio clips from interviews • Bonus Q&As with THE EXPENDABLES 2’S TERRY CREWS AND RANDY COUTURE • Friday column • and more

director interview Chris Butler & Sam Fell

A passion for ParaNorman Directors discuss their funny and resonant stop-motion epic, one of the best movies (animated or otherwise) of 2012 By NORMAN WILNER PARANORMAN directed by Chris

Butler and Sam Fell, written by Butler, with the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Anna Kendrick. An Alliance Films release. 93 minutes. Opens Friday (August 17). For venues and times, see Movies, page 62.

There’s a moment in the new stopmotion adventure ParaNorman that actually made me gasp. I wouldn’t dream of spoiling it, but in that moment, directors Chris Butler and Sam Fell get as ambitious as filmmakers can, expanding the boundaries of what can be addressed in an American animated movie, narratively and thematically. It’s both horrible and exhilarating, because you realize the movie isn’t going to shy away from the ramifications of its story. And in that instant, a light-hearted comedy about a misfit boy who can talk to the dead becomes one of the best movies of the year. “It’s a surprise, but it’s not just a slap in the face,” says Fell, as he and Butler share a couch in the Trump Hotel on ParaNorman’s Toronto press day. “In going there, in doing this, we get to explore what’s behind bullying. And we get to dig into the human emotions behind these things, behind the mob mentality – it’s driven

AUGUST 16-22 2012 NOW

REVIEW PARANORMAN

(Chris Butler, Sam Fell) Rating: NNNNN The new stop-motion epic from the Laika animation house, ParaNorman is a worthy successor to Coraline in texture, animation and sheer emotional complexity. The best animated film I’ve seen this year, it’s a funny and resonant adventure that’s not afraid to get really, really dark. Norman is an 11-year-old (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee of The Road and Let Me In) whose ability to converse with the dead makes him an outcast in his New England town. But his talent becomes an asset when a local legend turns out to be at least partly true and a curse brings a quintet of Puritan zombies out of their graves. As Norman and his unlikely allies – including his spiteful older sister (Anna Kendrick) and a couple of awkward classmates (Tucker Albrizzi, Christopher Mintz-Plasse) – race to restore order, ParaNorman launches into a series of thrilling, inventive set pieces, engaging serious themes while never shying away from the truly horrible implications of its mythology. A fantastic picture in every sense NW of the word.

by fear, the fear of not fitting in. And the audience comes out the other end thinking about things a little. It’s not just a shock moment.” Butler, who worked on The Tigger Movie and Tarzan 2 at Disney and then graduated to stop-motion with gigs on Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride and Henry Selick’s Coraline, says it was their intention from the beginning to take us to that place. “Children’s literature should always take you somewhere challenging,” he says. “It can be a fun ride, but it’s nice to be able to say something as well. The formula works, by the way, and it has produced some amazing and entertaining movies, but there’s always the danger that repetition and adherence to a formula can become safe and not actually take you anywhere.” Breaking free of a f o r m u l a

requires a very careful step, however. “We did have to balance the humour and that material, because we wanted it to be funny and scary, but then very moving,” says Fell, a veteran of Aardman Animation who codirected that shop’s first CG feature, the underrated Flushed Away. “And it’s not just about tempering scares; sometimes we had to temper the humour because we didn’t want the humour to be cartoony.” Avoiding cartoonishness extended out to the entire production, in fact. “You have to create a real place,” Chris Butler (left) and Sam Fell say ParaNorman’s handmade feeling would be impossible to replicate in CG.

Fell says. “In everything we did – the lighting, the photography, the design, the acting style we had the animators pursue – it was all about creating a sense of the real. Not realism, which ultimately ends up just being dead, but a naturalism. Just observed reality, observed behaviour.” “We called it skewed naturalism,” Butler says. Both directors feel that traditional stop-motion animation gives ParaNorman a handmade feel that would be impossible to replicate in CG. “The loving craft that goes into it, it’s astonishing,” Fell says. “I think people are tantalized and fascinated by this process,” Butler says, “because it’s not a roomful of people sitting at monitors; it is, literally, a warehouse full of artists, craftspeople, technicians. We have carpenters, metalworkers, costume designers – they’re all very physical things. It’s like Santa’s workshop when you walk around it. And there is something really exciting about that. I think people love the process of stop-motion as much as they do the product.” “The amount of craft in these films is astonishing,” Fell says. “They feel like Swiss watches – things that are built to last.” 3 normw@nowtoronto.com

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Skin problems PAINTED SKIN: THE RESURRECTION (Wuershan). 131 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (August 17). For venues and times, see Movies, page 62. Rating: NN Steeped in folklore and presented in big, bright, broad strokes by Mongolian director Wuershan, Painted Skin: The Resurrection is China’s homespun response to the American popcorn picture. Currently the top-grossing domestic film in China, The Resurrection’s Hollywood-scale epic quality has clearly struck a chord. Zhou Xun reprises her role from 2008’s Painted Skin as Xiaowei, an ancient fox spirit. Sprung from a glacial prison by a plucky bird demon (Yang Mi), she begins stealing hearts (literal-

ly) in order to maintain her bewitching, youthful beauty. She soon strikes a deal with the battle-scarred Princess Jing (Zhao Wei), who yearns to be reconciled with her true love, the warrior Huo Xin (Chen Kun). As their fates become entangled, the demon and the princess engage in a deceitful battle of wits, allowing Wuershan to hit some resonant emotional notes. But the bloated blockbuster trappings bog the film down, and the high fantasy elements seem too silly. The action scenes swing between slow-motion and speed-ramping – cheesy effects pinched from Zack Snyder’s auteur toolbox. The fusion of sensuality, swordplay and demonology has wowed Chinese audiences. But the cultural specificity of the material leaves much of Resurrection’s appeal lost in translation. JOHN SEMLEY

Zhao Wei (left) and Zhou Xun strike a chord in Painted Skin.

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You’re going to want to get used to Joel Edgerton. Having built a solid resumé of character work over the last few years – including The Waiting City, Animal Kingdom, Warrior and last year’s prequel to The Thing – he’s set to break big with key roles in Kathryn Bigelow’s secret bin Laden thriller Zero Dark Thirty and Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby. On screens now, though, he’s costarring with Jennifer Garner in The Odd Life Of Timothy Green, which has brought him and writer-director Peter Hedges to Toronto for a press day. And while Edgerton’s star status may not be as high as Garner’s just yet, Hedges thinks that’s only a matter of time. “A year or two from now he’s gonna be one of those first actors everybody thinks about,” says Hedges. “I basically went to Disney and said, ‘Look, we can perpetuate a star or we can help make one.’ And they got it.” In a separate interview, Edgerton – a convivial, huge-handed Australian who still divides his time between American projects and work down under – says he’s not terribly worried about the whole star thing.

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(Peter Hedges) Rating: N A special kind of delusion drives The Odd Life Of Timothy Green. Not only has writer/director Peter Hedges managed to get a major studio to finance his bizarre magicrealist tale of an infertile couple whose imagined, idealized child (CJ Adams) crawls out of their garden one night after a mystical storm, but he’s roped supposedly sensible performers like Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton into making it with him. So, yeah, Garner and Edgerton wake up to this perfect kid. Okay, so he’s not exactly perfect; he has half a dozen leaves on his lower legs, but that’s not weird at all, right? And he makes everyone happy and brings a local girl (Odeya Rush) out of her shell, and at no time does anyone point out how utterly batshit crazy the whole premise is. Viewed from another angle, this could become an amazing horror comedy about unwitting dolts who let a tree demon into their home. Every time Hedges pours on the syrupy music and the bizarre life lessons about opening up and being yourself and saving the local pencil factory – yes, really, that is a plot point – you wish someone had had the stones to take it there. NW

He just wants to make movies he cares about. “It means sometimes choosing not to do the bigger productions,” he acknowledges. “I know that fewer people saw Warrior than might have seen other big movies, but one person telling me it really deeply affected them is better than a hundred people just patting me on the back cuz I’m a celebrity.” Edgerton says he’s drawn to movies like Timothy Green – “movies with an emotional core, that shed light on something, that spark conversation in the foyer afterwards” – for their complexity. “I don’t care to make movies just for the sake of entertainment, although I’m not averse to it.” Having wrapped those highly anticipated Bigelow and Luhrmann projects, Edgerton is heading back to Australia later this year to make something for himself, a film he’s written called Felony. It’s his second produced script, following 2008’s The Square. “I’m writing a ton of stuff,” he says. “Some of it’s for other people. Some of it’s to cast myself in the kind of roles I want rather than wait for them to come my way randomly. It keeps me busy, and acting doesn’t always keep you busy. And I get to tell my own stories, which is cool.” 3

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phane Robelin). 96 minutes. Subtitled. Opens Friday (August 17). For venues and times, see Movies, page 62. Rating: NNN

It was Bette Davis who said, “Getting old is not for sissies,” and this story of five long-time friends trying to cope with life’s changes shows exactly what she meant. Jeanne (Jane Fonda) is hiding the extent of her cancer from her husband, Albert (Pierre Richard), who’s slipping away into Alzheimer’s. Meanwhile, lefty Claude (Claude Rich), living with his stylish wife, Annie (Geraldine Chaplin), is furious when the cops won’t arrest him during a demo because he’s too old. When ladies’ man Jean (Guy Bedos) has a heart attack while visiting a sex worker and his son puts him in a retirement home, he’s rescued by his four pals, who decide the five should move

in together to help each other out. The story doesn’t work without a fabulous house in suburban Paris – Claude and Annie’s, in this case – and it can be hard to empathize with this bourgeois quintet while they sip wine on the glorious grounds. But that’s presumably writer/director Stéphane Robelin’s point. Got money? You’re still gonna die. Famous farceur Richard is superb as the man losing his memory, growing more and more disoriented and dishevelled as he secretly maintains his notebook. And Fonda has just the right touch as the woman, still with a lust for life, who connects with the young anthropologist (Daniel Brühl, from Goodbye, Lenin) using the group as research fodder. The film veers off course, especially when it comes to the fivesome’s sexual conflicts – ah, the French! – but at its core And If We All Lived Together is an effective ensemble piece that takes a clear-eyed look at aging. Definitely a movie for grown-ups. SUSAN G. COLE

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The success of Paranormal Activity in North America has revitalized the classical ghost story. And for British filmmakers, that means a return to the good old-fashioned Old Dark House picture. The Awakening, like the recent Daniel Radcliffe vehicle The Woman In Black, is a fine example, placing a driven protagonist in an isolated location famous for its supernatural creepitude. It’s 1920, and paranormal debunker Florence Cathcart (Rebecca Hall, of The Town and Please Give) is summoned to a remote Cumbrian boarding school where a student has apparently been frightened to death by a ghost. And, of course, the truth turns out to be far more complicated. As the Old Dark House template demands, much of The Awakening requires Florence to creep through the

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halls of a forbidding old manse, setting up little traps involving bells and powder and such. And because this is the 21st century, those old-school pleasures are enhanced with CG scares and musical stings so the contemporary audience doesn’t fall asleep or start texting friends.

Things get dodgy in the last reel, when director Nick Murphy and cowriter Stephen Volk deploy a doubletwist ending so convoluted it has to be explained twice. Hall very nearly sells it anyway – she’s just that good – but it’s a bum note in an otherwise entertainNORMAN WILNER ing exercise.

few Commando VHS tapes. After several sombre blockbusters, this flick caps off the summer with a lovingly nonsensical concoction of explosions, campy slaughter and so-badit’s-good humour. Chuck Norris pops up to literally tell Chuck Norris jokes, Arnold Schwarzenegger drops every famous catchphrase in his (and Willis’s) catalogue, Dolph Lundgren offers welcome self-parody, Jason Statham is at his most Stathamy, and everyone else gets at least one round of machine gun insanity. It’s all idiotic and gratuitous, but at least knowingly and gloriously so.

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Doc lacks drive FORTUNATE SON (Tony Asimakopoulos). 80 minutes. Some subtitles. Opens Friday (August 17). For venues and times, see Movies, page 62. Rating: NN

Tony Asimakopoulos, the Montrealborn son of Greek immigrants Aristomenis and Vassiliki, struggled with drug addiction in his youth before leaving town, getting clean and eventually returning home. Fortunate Son is his personal documentary project, shot in the months before his marriage to fiancée Natalie Karneef and chronicling his bumpy relationships with her and his parents. But it lacks the narrative drive and dramatic focus that would make it an actual movie. There are moments of genuine drama as escalating tensions and Aristomenis’s declining health bring up old demons and challenge Tony’s identity

as a recovering addict. A family trip back to Greece identifies the problem: no matter how old we are, we all revert to our adolescent selves if forced to spend any length of time with our parents – and when Tony was a kid, he was using. But that’s all the insight we get. The footage just lumbers toward the wedding, with Tony reaching back to clips from his Scorsese-wannabe student films every time he needs to cover a transition. The aspirations to profundity are admirable, but Fortunate Son is really just a video diary that never finds its hook.

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Klayman) follows the efforts of the infamous Chinese artist and dissident to make art and trouble (sometimes simultan eously). While preparing for a show at the Tate Modern, he also conducts an investi gation into the construction of Chinese schools collapsed by the Sichuan earth quake – which gets him assaulted by a po lice officer and sent for emergency surgery to relieve the resulting swelling in his brain. Director Klayman’s sympathetic lens lets us see Ai as a man rather than a symbol, whose puckish wit allows him to make light of the darkest situations. But we’re never allowed to forget the risks he’s taking by poking fun at a system that doesn’t have a sense of humour. Some subtitles. 91 min. NNNN (NW) TIFF Bell Lightbox

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Webb) gives the franchise a fresh start, though the key story points are still the same: Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) is imbued with the speed and strength of a spider after an encounter with a genetically enhanced arachnid, and driven by tragedy to become a superhero. At two and a quar

ter hours long, it could stand to lose 20 minutes, or add 20 more, but Garfield and Emma Stone make this SpiderMan feel pretty amazing indeed. 136 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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phane Robelin) See review, page 60. NNN (SGC) Opens Aug 17 at Grande - Yonge, Varsity

The AWAkeNiNg (Nick Murphy) 107 min. See review, page 61. NNN (NW) Opens Aug 17 at Yonge & Dundas 24 BeASTS of The SouTherN Wild (Benh Zeitlin) is an allegorical drama about the spirited, predominantly black inhabitants of a fictitious New Orleans district known as “the Bathtub”, seen through the eyes of six yearold Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis). The early movements have a powerful, in tuitive sort of energy, and Wallis is terrific, but think about what you’re watching for even two seconds and the whole thing collapses into caricature. 93 min. NN (NW) Grande - Yonge, TIFF Bell Lightbox The BeST exoTic mArigold hoTel (John

Madden) is a middling, manipulative movie that’s saved by a firstrate cast that in cludes Maggie Smith, Judi Dench and Tom Wilkinson. They play assorted British retir ees 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, Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre

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director Gilroy nicely expanding the world he cocreated as the screenwriter of Matt Damon’s action trilogy, with Edward Nor ton as a spook spearheading the cleanup of various covert programs in the wake of Jason Bourne’s rebellion, and Jeremy Ren ner and Rachel Weisz as a supersoldier and a researcher trying to stay ahead of the bagmen. Eschewing the kinetic sensibility of Paul Greengrass’s sequels for sleeker,

Will Jordin Sparks Sparkle? Well, her dress will, that’s for sure. more carefully composed visuals, Gilroy finds new angles on the Bourne mythology, making nearly every player complicit in awful things at some level even if they think themselves above reproach. And Renner makes a great action hero, slipping into the role of Aaron Cross just as smooth ly as Damon made Bourne his signature character. There’s life in this franchise yet. 126 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity

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slammer. Not much new in the plot depart ment, but Boy has a lot of appeal. 88 min. NNN (SGC) Carlton Cinema

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(Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman) is a lovely, stirring and very funny mythical adventure about Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald), a Scots prin cess bristling at what she perceives as con stant criticism from her mother (Emma Thompson). Lifting elements from Disney and Studio Ghibli, directors Andrews and Chapman have constructed an entirely new myth – rooted in Scots mysticism, human pride and a very relatable motherdaughter conflict – and built a gorgeous movie around it. 93 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24

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Nolan) is less a movie than a colossus, an unstoppable force crashing into your summer, bent on destroying all challengers. Everything’s inflated for spectacle, with the simplest of dialogue scenes thrumming with nervous energy, and filmed with largeformat IMAX cameras wherever possible for added bombast. But where Nolan’s first two Bat-films felt nimble and restless, The Dark Knight Rises is encumbered by its own self-importance (and its unwieldy allegory for the Occupy movement). When he concentrates on the action – a thrilling mid-air prisoner extraction, the villain Bane’s assault on Gotham’s financial heart, a massive climax that plays out on more levels than Inception – Nolan is in total control. And he can deliver a final flourish like nobody else. The last 30 seconds very nearly had me on my feet cheering. It’s just all the stuff in the middle that needs pruning. 164 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS (David Southern politicians vying for a seat in Congress. If that sounds like taking a big ol’ Republican rifle and shooting fish in a barrel, it is, but director Roach (the Austin Powers movies) and his stars find plenty to satirize. Not all the jokes hit, but some of them – like a family confessional, or a hunting scene, or an ongoing gag involving a sassy maid (Karen Maruyama) – are delirious fun. And Galifianakis is astonishing, morphing from a dim guy with a daddy complex to a man who understands the total corruption around him. 85 min. NNN (GS) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER (Lee Krieger) is a bittersweet comedy about exes (played by Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg) who haven’t quite figured out how to disconnect for each other. The script, which Jones co-wrote with actor Will McCormack, smartly captures the fluid dynamics of a breakup as well as the confusion and awkwardness that spill over to the former couple’s friends. Director Krieger slyly situates the action within Los Angeles hipster culture without being entirely beholden to it. The movie’s nicely self-aware on almost every level, right down to its deployment of slo-mo montages and musical flourishes that are remarkably similar to those used in Beasts Of The Southern Wild – here used to highlight Celeste’s considerable self-absorption. Jones is terrific as a conflicted, confused young woman just beginning to realize she isn’t as okay with moving on as she first thought. It’s a great dramatic performance; don’t let the romcom packaging fool you. 93 min. NNNN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Craig Zobel) is a tightly wound thriller that explores the banality of evil – complete with a drive-thru. Inspired by true events, the film is set in a fast food restaurant that becomes a panopticon-like prison when a mystery caller claiming to be a cop gets the manager (Ann Dowd) to detain Becky (Dreama Walker), a young female employee. The film soon takes us into the dark corners of the psyche, raising questions of obedience and free will. It’s genius is its focus on the crime rather than the investigation, forcing us to sit through (and become implicated in) Becky’s

Bowers) is consistent with the series formula, targeting the under PG-13 crowd with silly kiddy humour but also mature lessons about growing up. These movies relate to their audience without ever talking down to them, and parents can learn a few things in that regard. Greg Hefley (Zachary Gordon, hit hard by puberty since we last saw him) is spending his summer avoiding responsibilities. He wants to play video games all day while his dad (Steve Zahn, finally getting to shine) wants him to play sports, join a wilderness club, get a job or just do something. Greg then fakes employment at a country club where he gets to steal some cozy (and awkward) time with that cute blond from school (Peyton List). Despite the aging cast, the Wimpy Kid movies just don’t get old. 94 min. NNN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

THE EXPENDABLES 2 (Simon West) 102 min.

See review, page 61, and Q&A at nowtoronto.com/movies. NNN (Phil Brown) Opens Aug 17 at 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, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

FIRST POSITION (Bess Kargman) is a

nail-biting doc that follows a handful of aspiring ballet dancers competing in the prestigious Youth America Grand Prix, which awards international attention and lucrative scholarships. Director Kargman takes a frank look at costs, job opportunities, body issues, injuries and gender. There’s lots of great dance, plus some humour thanks to one 10-year-old who balks at his stage mom. Some subtitles. 90 min. NNNN (GS) TIFF Bell Lightbox

FORTUNATE SON (Tony Asimakopoulos) 80 min. See review, page 61, and interview with director Asimakopoulos at nowtoronto.com/movies. NN (NW) Opens Aug 17 at Carlton Cinema GIRLFRIEND BOYFRIEND (Yang Ya-che)

follows three decades in the lives of three

Taiwanese people, from their days as high schoolers printing leaflets through the 1990 Wild Lily Student sit-in and into adulthood, where their passions have cooled considerably. The problematic use of the sit-in as a romantic backdrop for a doomed love affair makes this more an ode to lovesick rebels than rebellion. Subtitled. 106 min. NNN (John Semley) Kennedy Commons 20

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(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. Director Tyldum keeps the plot twisting in a manner that feels both surprising and logical, but be warned: this is decidedly not for the squeamish. Subtitled. 101 min. NNNN (NW) Regent Theatre

HOPE SPRINGS (David Frankel) sounds like

it can’t miss. Meryl Streep, as a woman desperate to reignite her relationship with her emotionally remote husband (Tommy Lee Jones), can play this sort of role in her sleep, and if anyone’s cornered the market on “emotionally remote,” it’s Jones. But director Frankel, who enabled Streep’s fine comic turn in The Devil Wears Prada, is way out of his depth here, unable to get his stars on the same wavelength. Streep’s natural lightness clashes with Jones’s darker instincts, and they come at their scenes at cross purposes. (I’m sure a different director could have got them working together; I’m also sure Frankel never even tried.) Pop songs in every scene tell us how to feel; the choppy cuts and near-absence of supporting characters suggest some heavy editing in post-production. What a waste. 100 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

In this nail-biting doc, aspiring young ballet dancers from around the world compete in the prestigious Youth America Grand Prix. It’s made by a director who trained in ballet, and it shows.

This espionage ﬂick expands on the world shown in the Bourne trilogy, with Jeremy Renner making a great action hero and Rachel Weisz a believable scientist.

Anders Danielsen Lie delivers a remarkable performance as a recovering junkie who roams the city he grew up in and revisits his past. An assured pic by a director to watch.

Real-life couple Zoe Kazan and Paul Dano star in this imaginative pic about a writer who creates a character and then falls in love with her. The multi-talented Kazan also penned the script.

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) Interchange 30 ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (Steve Mar-

tino, Mike Thurmeier) is showing its age with gags that are prehistoric. In their fourth adventure, Manny the mammoth (Ray Romano), Diego the sabre-tooth tiger (Dennis Leary) and Sid the dimwitted sloth (John Leguizamo) are faced with Pangaea breaking apart into continents, separating them from their herd. The plot hinges on natural forces, but Continental Drift feels overly schematic, as if written by a boardroom that hit all the predictable notes. 94 min. NN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

THE INTOUCHABLES (Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano) is a well-acted, charming French buddy picture about a wealthy white quadriplegic (François Cluzet) who learns to reembrace life through his friendship with a worldly-wise ethnic caregiver (Omar Sy). It feels like it’s been meticulously calibrated to hit the centre of some grand art house Venn diagram. Subtitled. 112 min. NNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Grande Yonge, Kingsway Theatre

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(Kirby Dick) finds documentarian Dick (Twist Of Faith, Outrage) addressing another obscene abuse of authority, the culture of rape within the U.S. armed forces. Opening with the statistic that approximately 20 per cent of

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women in the military have been sexually assaulted while serving, Dick and producer Amy Ziering proceed to show us how that’s possible, depicting a culture of alpha-male entitlement further enabled by a military structure that blames the victim and discourages the filing of complaints. (A rape victim can be charged with adultery if her rapist is married.) It’s an infuriating work. The testimonials from assaulted servicewomen and men – most powerfully from Coast Guard petty officer Kori Cioca, still struggling with chronic pain from a blow to her head during her assault and nightmarish PTSD – should be screened in every recruiting office in America. 99 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema

Katy Perry: Part of Me (Dan Cutforth,

Jane Lipsitz) chronicles a year in the life of pop star Perry as she embarks on her first world-wide concert tour and tries to keep her marriage to comic Russell Brand alive. Copious concert footage shows her hard work and the candy-coloured, fairy tale universe she or her marketers have constructed, but statements from Perry and her sycophantic handlers are so clichéd, they seem culled from a Christopher Guest mockumentary. 97 min. NN (GS) Colossus

Killer Joe (William Friedkin) is even

crazier, bloodier and weirder than director Friedkin’s last run at a Tracy Letts play, Bug. This one’s a big old slice of Texas mayhem in which a Dallas idiot (Emile Hirsch) hires a hit man (Matthew McConaughey) to murder his mother for the insurance, only to see the plan almost immediately spiral out of control, expanding to the point where the idiot’s beatific sister (Juno Temple) becomes the assassin’s “retainer.” Letts

sets up a revolving door of betrayals and reversals worthy of the Coen brothers, and Friedkin’s embrace of digital cinema lets him create a vivid and unnaturally lurid landscape in which the amped-up performances of the entire cast seem entirely at home. McConaughey – who’s enjoying a renaissance of his own – oozes genteel menace as the eponymous assassin, but Thomas Haden Church steals the picture as Hirsch’s defeated father, slouching through the action like the hapless, helpless fool he knows himself to be. 103 min. NNNN (NW) Scotiabank Theatre

Madagascar 3: euroPe’s Most WaNted (Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath,

Conrad Vernon) is zippy, silly and antic fun with Alex the lion and his team of continent-hopping friends. Making a break for New York City by trekking across Europe, the gang joins a travelling circus that includes a sneering Siberian tiger and a sleek jaguar (Jessica Chastain, oozing sex appeal even as a cartoon animal). On their tails is a villainous animal control chief voiced by the magnificent Frances McDormand with malevolent glee. 85 min. NNN (RS) Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga

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(Steven Soderbergh) is a brawny, brainy reworking of Flashdance inspired by star Channing Tatum’s early days as a male stripper. Soderbergh and screenwriter Reid Carolin weave a subtle commentary on various American notions of exploitation in between energetic, self-aware dance sequences. Matthew McConaughey steals every scene he can as the club’s cagey MC and occasional performer. 110 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Kennedy

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(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. Some subtitles. 143 min. NNNN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Wes Anderson) might be Anderson’s purest work yet – 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 two 12-year-old pen pals (Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward) run off together. It’s also one of the saddest comedies you’ll ever see, though that’s not a criticism. 94 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Scotiabank Theatre, Varsity

the odd life of tiMothy greeN (Peter Hedges) 104 min. See interview and review, page 60. N (NW) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande Steeles, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, Yonge & Dundas 24 oslo, august 31st (Joachim Trier)

follows Anders, a man who roams the

streets checking in on old friends, meeting a few new ones, visiting various apartments, parks and cafés while breathing it all in. These events might seem trivial, but since Anders is a recovering junkie with a sketchy history, every mundane detail becomes anchored in both hope and dread. While visiting Oslo for a job interview, he scours the city he grew up in while revisiting his past. What he’s searching for is an enigma: he may find a sign that he can start over or an excuse to relapse or a reason to end it all. Anders Danielsen Lie delivers a remarkably contained performance that keeps us hanging on his minute gestures, and writer/director Trier (a distant relative of Lars) treats Anders’s ordeal with an assured hand. Subtitled. 90 min. NNNN (RS) TIFF Bell Lightbox

PaiNted sKiN: the resurrectioN (Wuershan) 131 min. See review, page 60. NN (John Semley) Opens Aug 17 at Kennedy Commons 20

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(Chris Butler, Sam Fell) 93 min. See interview and review, page 58. (NW) Opens Aug 17 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande Yonge, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Alex Kurtzman) stars Chris Pine as amoral salesman who finds out that his father had a daughter from another relationship and that he has an 11-year-old nephew. It may be a bit noisy and occasionally predictable, but it’s cool to see a well-acted, character-driven film in this season of actioners and half-baked

sequels. 115 min. NNNN (SGC) Canada Square, Kennedy Commons 20

ProMetheus (Ridley Scott) follows a team of corporate explorers to a distant celestial body, where they encounter something very similar to what the crew of Nostromo found in Alien – or will find, since this film takes place a good quarter-century before that one. But Prometheus doesn’t enhance or complement the original Alien as much as it builds a video-game module onto it, a weightless digital creation that can’t hold a candle to the original’s grimy analog impact. 119 min. NN (NW) Kingsway Theatre, Scotiabank Theatre

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(Lauren Greenfield) begins as a look at conspicuous consumption, then evolves into something that plays with our sympathies. Jackie Siegel is a buxom 40-something former beauty queen raising seven children with her septuagenarian husband, David Siegel, owner of a multi-million-dollar timeshare business. When we first meet them, they’re constructing a 90,000-square-foot estate modelled on Versailles. Then the economic crisis hits and their empire and home life begin to crumble. Filming over three years, documentarian Greenfield captures remarkable moments – everything from manipulative real estate pitch sessions to shopping sprees, and has a great eye for the telling detail (she’s a former photographer). Jackie is a completely compelling character, bust-revealing outfits and all: smart, generous and – as much as we might be skeptical – totally in love with a man who once joked that when she turned 40 he’d replace her with two 20-year-olds. 100 min. NNNNN (GS) Grande - Yonge, Varsity

red lights (Rodrigo Cortés) finds the director of Buried expanding well beyond the man-in-a-box gimmick of that airtight

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thriller. But he’s overreached drastically in this creeper about a pair of academic researchers (Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver) who debunk paranormal activity until a reclusive mentalist (Robert De Niro) challenges the foundations of their knowledge. The first hour establishes a quietly creepy atmosphere and a nice camaraderie between Weaver and Murphy, along with a charming supporting turn from Elizabeth Olsen as a student with whom Murphy becomes involved. But when the focus shifts to De Niro’s clichéd antagonist, The Blind Psychic Who Sees More Than Everyone Else Around Him, Cortés’s script reveals itself to be little more than a bag of cheap reversals. Sure, the final flourish is worthy of M. Night Shyamalan – but it’s the Shyamalan of The Village and The Happening, not The Sixth Sense. 113 min. NN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris) feels like the best Woody Allen movie Woody Allen never made. It’s a clever magic-realist romantic fantasy about an author (Paul Dano) so infatuated with his newest character that he literally brings her into being. The dream girl is played by Zoe Kazan, whose adroitly constructed screenplay spends exactly as much time as it needs (not a second more) to establish the stranger-than-fiction conceit. Ruby’s fantastical origins are a springboard to consider relationships in general, the impossibility of ever finding a perfect partner and the myth of the manic pixie dream girl. Dano and Kazan are terrific, as are supporting players Chris Messina and Steve Coogan, and directors Dayton and Faris avoid the twee flourishes that made Little Miss Sunshine feel like an overlong sitcom. 103 min. NNNN (NW) Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

SAFE (Boaz Yakin) is a Jason Statham movie, which is always a safe bet for dumbeddown, non-stop action. He plays a prizefighter who protects a young Chinese girl from the Triads, the Russian Mob and corrupt cops. The dialogue is as brutal and inyour-face as Statham’s feet, but even when Safe is bad, it’s good. 95 min. NNN (RS) Docks Lakeview Drive-In

SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED (Colin Trevor-

row) can’t really compete with the headier, more thoughtful lo-fi sci-fi of Another Earth and Sound Of My Voice. But as a hipster rom-com about people trying to shake off their pasts to make present-day connections, it’s pretty satisfying until the overreaching ending. 94 min. NNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Regent Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24

SAVAGES (Oliver Stone) stars Taylor Kitsch and Aaron Johnson as California drug kingpins threatened when Mexican queenpin Elena (Salma Hayek) muscles in on their territory and then kidnaps their shared girlfriend (Blake Lively). Great secondary characters – Hayek, John Travolta as a corrupt cop, and Benicio Del Toro as Elena’s henchman – and Stone’s razzle-dazzle make this ultra-violent drug-war tale entertaining if you like this kind of thing. 130 min. NNN (SGC) Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Mt Pleasant, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

(Rupert Sanders) adapts the classic fairy tale for Twihards who like their fantasies served with Kristen Stewart and some burning loins. Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron, mugging passionately) dispatches the titular Huntsman to capture an escaped Snow White (Stewart). The film reaches for epic adventure, but the only thrills come from the bold visual designs. Like that poison apple, SWATH looks inviting but offers nothing you’d want to chew on. 127 min. NN (RS) Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24

SPARKLE (Salim Akil) 116 min. See Also Opening, page 61. Opens Aug 17 at 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Queensway, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 STEP UP REVOLUTION (Scott Speer) is dramatically inert but showcases bodies that are fluid, kinetic and very often aerodynamic. The revolution in the title is actually ironic, since the movie is all about conformity to commoditization. We are watching a franchise incorporate street dances, after all. 106 min. NNN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 TAKE THIS WALTZ (Sarah Polley) takes a leap into far riskier territory than writer/ director Polley’s relatively conventional Away From Her. I’m not entirely sure Polley accomplishes what she’s reaching for in this tale of a young wife (Michelle Williams) considering an affair with a neighbour (Luke Kirby), but she’s reaching for it, and that makes all the difference. 116 min. NNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Mt Pleasant

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(Seth MacFarlane) is the feature debut by Family Guy creator MacFarlane, who also voices the titular knee-high teddy bear owned since boyhood by John (Mark Wahlberg). The toy-come-to-life spews quick-witted, toxic verbiage that’s guaranteed to offend with jokes about race, sexual orientation and religion, but cares when it’s this fucking hilarious? 106 min. NNNN (RS) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Docks Lakeview Drive-In, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, Yonge & Dundas 24

360 (Fernando Meirelles) is a low-key drama that follows a series of characters through various encounters, one after another, ultimately drawing a larger picture. Admirers of the late Anthony Minghella’s

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TO ROME WITH LOVE (Woody Allen) has a great cast – including Penélope Cruz, Roberto Benigni, Alec Baldwin and a brilliant Ellen Page – and multiple storylines, so when one plot line sags, another picks things up. You still have to juggle Woody the creep with Woody the endearing schlep – one moment you’re howling at his fear of flying and the next rolling your eyes at a woman being sexually liberated by a thief wielding a handgun. Some subtitles. 102 min. NNN (SGC) Canada Square, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24 TOTAL RECALL (Len Wiseman) manages to

take all the fun out of Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 actioner, despite making virtually no changes to its twisty-turny story of a daydreaming Everyman who discovers (or does he?) that he’s really a high-level secret agent. But while director Wiseman (Underworld, Live Free Or Die Hard) spares no expense on making the 21st-century Recall slicker, bigger and louder, he’s forgotten to make it enjoyable, muting Colin Farrell’s boundless charisma, pairing him with the inexpressive Jessica Biel and locking Kate Beckinsale in autopilot action mode. You’d think a movie that steals so much from Blade Runner, Minority Report, I Robot and Inception would be more exciting than this. Or at least entertaining. 118 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

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sibly a sequel to writer/director/star Delpy’s 2007 dramedy 2 Days In Paris. Catching up with her character Marion a few years down the road with a child and a new partner (Chris Rock), it’s much more broadly farcical and far less thoughtful than its predecessor. Marion’s insouciance has curdled into whiny self-indulgence, and gags about her crass, lusty family land like bricks. Rock’s Mingus is little more than a doormat, and key supporting characters come off as obnoxious rather than endearing. Given that Delpy shares writing credits with Alexia Landeau and Alex Nahon, who play Marion’s sister and her hipster boyfriend, maybe that’s intentional. But they’re just unbearable. Some subtitles. 96 min. N (NW) Grande - Yonge, Varsity

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SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN (Malik Bend-

jelloul) introduces little-known musician Rodriguez, unravelling a mystery that nobody knew they wanted the answer to. The Detroit-based 70s folksinger never found an audience in the States and ended up fading into the shadows. Unbeknownst to him, bootleg copies of his albums reached South Africa, where the music inspired the nation. South Africans thought him dead until two self-appointed Cape Town sleuths decided to resurrect the legend. Don’t google Rodriguez before seeing this doc. Its pleasures come from the enigma and the revelations to an audience as ignorant of the facts as the South Africans whose investigation is the main focus. By celebrating this unsung hero and turning people on to his music, the film aims to redeem history’s slight. 85 min. NNN (RS) Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

last film, Breaking And Entering, will recognize both the gauzy vibe and the ambivalent presence of Jude Law; those who weren’t moved by Minghella’s empathetic insistence that everyone is connected will find director Meirelles’s version even more affected and insubstantial. Anthony Hopkins brings a magnetic kindness to his handful of scenes, and Rachel Weisz is sharply conflicted as a woman seeking romantic clarity, but Peter Morgan’s screenplay proves as frustratingly diffuse as 2010’s Hereafter – and even more simplistic. Some subtitles. 110 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Grande - Yonge, Kingsway Theatre

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ented cast, but comedy is as rare a sighting here as UFOs are on Earth. Suburbanites form a neighbourhood watch patrol, only to discover they’re under attack by aliens. The few laughs hinge on witty criticisms of race relations and suburbia. Unfortunately, it’s not nearly as good as Joe Cornish’s Attack The Block, which explored similar terrain. 98 min. NN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

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The Bourne legacy (14A) Fri-sun 9:00 The expendaBleS 2 (14A) Fri-sun 8:55 Safe (14A) Fri-sun 10:50 Ted (14A) Fri-sun 11:15

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

The Bourne legacy (14A) 12:55, 3:45, 6:45, 9:30 The caMpaign (14A) 1:20, 3:20, 5:20, 7:15, 9:25 Fri, tue 11:15 late The darK KnighT riSeS (PG) 1:10, 4:30, 8:00 Fri, tue 11:00 late The expendaBleS 2 (14A) 1:05, 3:40, 7:05, 9:35 Fri, tue 11:50 late hope SpringS (14A) thu 12:45, 3:05, 5:05, 7:20, 9:40 Fri, tue 12:45, 3:05, 5:15, 7:30, 9:40, 11:45 sat-mon, Wed 12:45, 3:05, 5:15, 7:30, 9:40 paranorMan (PG) 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 Fri, tue 11:10 late ToTal recall (14A) thu 3:40, 7:05, 9:35

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

The Bourne legacy (14A) thu 12:45, 1:30, 3:15, 3:55, 4:35, 6:20, 7:00, 7:40, 9:25, 10:05, 10:45 Fri-Wed 12:30, 1:30, 3:35, 4:05, 4:35, 6:40, 7:40, 9:45, 10:15, 10:50

The darK KnighT riSeS: The iMax experience (PG) 12:30, 4:00, 7:30, 11:00 The darK KnighT riSeS (PG) thu 2:00, 3:00, 5:45, 6:40, 9:30, 10:20 Fri-Wed 3:00, 6:30, 10:00 The expendaBleS 2 (14A) Fri-Wed 12:40, 1:15, 2:10, 3:10, 3:50, 4:40, 5:40, 6:50, 7:20, 8:10, 9:30, 10:05, 10:45 Killer Joe 2:30, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 thu 2:40 5:10 7:45 10:15 mon only 1:00 3:30 7:05 10:20 Magic MiKe (14A) thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:05, 9:45 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:50 MoonriSe KingdoM (PG) thu 1:40, 3:50, 6:30, 9:00 Fri-sat, mon-tue 12:45, 3:05, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 sun 12:45, 3:05, 5:30, 8:00 Wed 12:45, 3:05, 10:30 proMeTheuS 3d (14A) thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-sun, tue-Wed 12:50, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 mon 12:50, 3:45, 9:40 The running Man mon 7:30 SavageS (18A) thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:30 Fri-sat, monWed 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:30 sun 1:10, 4:10, 10:30 ToTal recall (14A) thu 1:10, 2:10, 4:00, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:50, 10:50 Fri-Wed 2:00, 5:00, 7:50, 10:40 The WaTch (18A) thu 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:15, 10:40 FriWed 1:20, 7:10 WWe SuMMerSlaM - 2012 sun 8:00

ice age: conTinenTal drifT 3d (PG) 4:10, 7:15, 9:40 Marvel’S The avengerS 3d (PG) 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:25 The odd life of TiMoThy green (G) thu 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:40 Fri, mon-Wed 1:30, 2:30, 4:00, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00 sat-sun 12:00, 1:30, 2:30, 4:00, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00 paranorMan (PG) Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:20 paranorMan 3d (PG) 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 sat-sun 12:00 mat red lighTS 2:05, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 ruBy SparKS (14A) thu-Fri, tue-Wed 1:55, 4:35, 7:10, 9:50 sat-sun 11:30, 1:55, 4:35, 7:10, 9:50 mon 1:20, 4:00 SafeTy noT guaranTeed (14A) thu 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05 SnoW WhiTe and The hunTSMan (PG) thu 12:55, 3:55, 6:55, 9:55 SparKle (PG) 1:00, 2:45, 3:45, 5:30, 6:30, 9:15, 10:15 satsun 12:00 mat STep up revoluTion 3d (PG) 2:00, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 satsun 11:35 mat Ted (14A) thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30, 10:30 Fri, mon-Wed 2:40, 5:05, 7:35, 10:00 sat-sun 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:35, 10:00 To roMe WiTh love (PG) 1:50, 4:25, 7:05, 9:40

tiFF Bell ligHtBox (i)

midtown

350 king st W, 416-599-8433

ai Wei Wei: never Sorry thu-sun, tue-Wed 2:30, 4:45, 7:00, 9:15 mon 7:00, 9:15 BeaSTS of The SouThern Wild (PG) thu-sun, tue-Wed 12:00, 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9:10 mon 6:45, 9:10 coMpliance (14A) thu 4:00, 8:30, 9:30 Fri-sun, tue-Wed 1:45, 6:15, 9:00 mon 6:15, 9:00 firST poSiTion (G) thu 1:00, 3:15, 5:20, 7:25 Fri 12:15, 3:15, 8:30 sat-sun, tue-Wed 12:15, 3:15, 6:00, 8:30 mon 6:00, 8:30 oSlo, auguST 31ST (14A) thu 1:45, 6:15 Fri-sun, tue 4:00

varsity (ce)

55 Bloor st W, 416-961-6304 and if We all lived TogeTher? Fri-Wed 2:20, 4:45, 7:15, 9:30 The Bourne legacy (14A) thu 1:30 4:30 7:30 10:30 FriWed 1:30, 4:35, 7:40, 10:45 The darK KnighT riSeS (PG) 3:10, 6:45, 10:20 hope SpringS (14A) thu 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 MoonriSe KingdoM (PG) thu 4:45, 7:15, 9:35 The Queen of verSailleS thu 2:35, 5:00, 7:35, 10:10 Fri-Wed 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 ruBy SparKS (14A) thu 2:20, 4:50, 7:25, 9:55 Fri-sun, tue 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 mon, Wed 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 To roMe WiTh love (PG) thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 FriWed 1:55, 4:35, 7:10, 9:50 2 dayS in neW yorK thu 2:40, 4:55, 7:10, 9:25 Fri-sun, Wed 1:10, 3:25, 5:40, 7:55, 10:10 mon 1:10, 3:25, 5:40, 10:15 tue 5:40, 7:55, 10:10

VIP SCREENINGS

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

The aMazing Spider-Man (PG) thu 3:50 6:45 9:35 FriWed 3:50, 6:35, 9:25 sat-sun 1:00 mat The BeST exoTic Marigold hoTel (PG) thu 3:55 6:35 9:15 Fri-Wed 3:55, 6:30, 9:05 sat-sun 1:10 mat Brave (PG) thu 4:35, 6:55, 9:20 Fri, mon-Wed 4:30, 7:00, 9:10 sat-sun 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:10 diary of a WiMpy Kid: dog dayS (G) 4:10, 6:45, 9:00 sat-sun 1:40 mat The inTouchaBleS (14A) thu 4:45, 7:20, 9:45 Fri, monWed 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 sat-sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 MoonriSe KingdoM (PG) thu 4:25, 6:30, 9:00 Fri, monWed 4:45, 7:30, 9:35 sat-sun 2:10, 4:45, 7:30, 9:35 people liKe uS (14A) thu 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 Ted (14A) 4:20, 7:20, 9:45 sat-sun 1:20 mat 360 thu 4:05, 6:50, 9:10 To roMe WiTh love (PG) thu 4:10, 7:00, 9:25 Fri, monWed 4:00, 6:55, 9:20 sat-sun 1:30, 4:00, 6:55, 9:20

mt Pleasant (i)

675 mt Pleasant rD, 416-489-8484 SavageS (18A) Fri-sat 9:30 sun, tue 7:00 TaKe ThiS WalTz (14A) thu-sat, Wed 7:00 sun 4:25

regent tHeatre (i)

The Bourne legacy (14A) thu 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-tue 1:00, 4:05, 7:10, 10:15 Wed 4:05, 7:10, 10:15 The darK KnighT riSeS (PG) thu-mon, Wed 2:10, 5:45, 9:20 tue 5:45, 9:20 hope SpringS (14A) thu 1:45 4:15 6:40 9:05 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 ruBy SparKS (14A) thu 1:55, 4:25, 6:55, 9:30 Fri-mon, Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 tue 2:00, 5:10, 7:30, 10:00

551 mt Pleasant rD, 416-480-9884

yonge & DunDas 24 (ce)

The Bourne legacy (14A) thu, mon 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Fri-sun, tue 1:20, 4:20, 7:40, 10:45 Wed 1:20, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 The caMpaign (14A) thu 1:30, 3:40, 6:00, 8:10, 10:20 Fri-sun, tue 1:00, 3:20, 5:30, 8:10, 10:35 mon 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Wed 3:10, 8:00, 10:10 The darK KnighT riSeS (PG) thu 2:00, 3:00, 5:40, 6:40, 9:20, 10:10 Fri-sun, tue 2:30, 6:30, 10:10 mon, Wed 2:30, 6:30, 10:00 diary of a WiMpy Kid: dog dayS (G) thu 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 The expendaBleS 2 (14A) Fri-sun, tue 2:00, 4:50, 8:00, 9:45, 10:45 mon 2:00, 4:50, 7:50, 9:30, 10:30 Wed 2:00, 5:00, 7:50, 9:40, 10:20 hope SpringS (14A) thu 2:10, 4:35, 7:00, 9:40 Fri-sun, tue 2:10, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 mon 1:45, 4:15, 7:00, 9:50 Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 ice age: conTinenTal drifT (PG) thu 1:45 Fri-tue 1:40, 4:00, 6:40 Wed 2:20, 5:00 ice age: conTinenTal drifT 3d (PG) thu 4:00, 6:30 The odd life of TiMoThy green (G) Fri-sun, tue 1:50, 4:40, 7:10, 9:50 mon 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50

10 DunDas st e, 416-335-5323

The aMazing Spider-Man: an iMax 3d experience (PG) 1:00, 4:10, 7:20, 10:25 The aMazing Spider-Man (PG) 2:50, 6:00, 9:05 sat-sun 11:40 mat The aWaKening (PG) Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:15, 5:45, 8:10, 10:30 Brave (PG) 12:30 Brave 3d (PG) 2:55, 5:25, 7:55, 10:25 The caMpaign (14A) thu 12:30, 1:15, 2:00, 2:45, 3:30, 4:15, 5:00, 5:45, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:00, 9:45, 10:30 Fri, mon-Wed 1:15, 2:30, 3:30, 4:45, 5:45, 7:00, 8:00, 9:30, 10:30 sat-sun 12:15, 1:15, 2:30, 3:30, 4:45, 5:45, 7:00, 8:00, 9:30, 10:30 celeSTe and JeSSe forever 12:35, 3:05, 5:25, 7:50, 10:20 deranged thu 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 diary of a WiMpy Kid: dog dayS (G) thu 12:45, 1:40, 3:15, 4:10, 5:45, 8:10 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:10, 6:30, 9:00 eK Tha Tiger (14A) 3:50, 7:10, 10:20 hope SpringS (14A) 1:30, 2:30, 4:00, 5:00, 6:45, 7:45, 9:30, 10:30 ice age: conTinenTal drifT (PG) 1:50 sat-sun 11:30 mat

headhunTerS (14A) thu-sat, Wed 7:00 sun 4:30 SafeTy noT guaranTeed (14A) Fri-sat 8:55 sun, tue 7:00

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

Metro

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

The Bourne legacy (14A) 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 The darK KnighT riSeS (PG) thu 2:00, 5:30, 9:00 The expendaBleS 2 (14A) Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 6:45, 9:20 paranorMan (PG) Fri-Wed 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:10 ToTal recall (14A) thu 1:45, 4:20, 6:45, 9:15

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

The BeST exoTic Marigold hoTel (PG) 7:00 The inTouchaBleS (14A) 3:00 Magic MiKe (14A) Fri-Wed 5:00 MoonriSe KingdoM (PG) thu 5:00 Fri-Wed 1:15 proMeTheuS (14A) thu 9:10 TaKe ThiS WalTz (14A) thu 1:00 360 Fri-Wed 9:10

queensWay (ce)

1025 tHe queensWay, qeW & islington, 416-503-0424 The aMazing Spider-Man 3d (PG) thu 4:00, 7:05, 10:05 The aMazing Spider-Man (PG) Fri, sun, tue 12:55, 4:00, 7:05, 10:05 sat 11:15, 2:20, 7:05, 10:05 mon, Wed 3:25, 6:40, 9:50 The Bourne legacy (14A) thu 1:25, 3:00, 4:25, 6:30, 7:30, 9:40, 10:35 Fri, sun, tue 1:05, 1:30, 4:05, 4:35, 7:10, 7:40, 10:15, 10:45 sat 1:05, 1:30, 4:10, 4:35, 7:10, 7:40, 10:15, 10:45 mon 1:00, 1:15, 4:05, 4:20, 7:05, 7:25, 10:05, 10:30 Wed 1:15, 4:05, 4:20, 7:05, 7:25, 10:05, 10:30 Brave (PG) thu 2:50 Fri, tue 1:00 sat 12:10 sun 1:35 mon, Wed 1:10 Brave 3d (PG) thu 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 Fri, tue 3:25, 5:50, 8:15 sat 2:35, 5:05, 7:45 sun 4:10, 8:15 mon, Wed 3:35, 7:30 The caMpaign (14A) thu 1:30, 3:40, 5:55, 8:10, 10:25 Fri-sat, tue 1:35, 3:50, 6:05, 8:20, 10:35 sun 1:40, 3:50, 6:05, 8:20, 10:35 mon, Wed 1:30, 3:55, 7:40, 10:10 The darK KnighT riSeS (PG) thu 2:10, 3:10, 5:45, 6:45, 9:20, 10:20 Fri, mon-Wed 2:30, 6:45, 8:10, 10:20 sat 11:00, 2:30, 6:45, 8:25, 10:20 sun 1:00, 4:30, 6:40, 8:10, 10:20 diary of a WiMpy Kid: dog dayS (G) thu 2:05, 4:40, 7:10, 9:35 Fri, mon-Wed 1:45, 4:15, 7:00, 9:20 sat 11:25, 1:50, 4:15, 7:00, 9:20 sun 1:45, 4:15, 7:00 The expendaBleS 2 (14A) Fri, tue 1:00, 2:15, 3:35, 4:50, 7:00, 8:00, 9:45, 10:45 sat 12:00, 1:15, 2:35, 3:50, 5:35, 7:00, 8:10, 9:45, 10:45 sun 1:15, 2:25, 3:50, 5:25, 7:00, 8:05, 9:45, 10:45 mon, Wed 1:15, 2:45, 3:50, 5:20, 6:55, 7:55, 9:30, 10:30 hope SpringS (14A) thu-Fri, sun, tue 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55 sat 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:45 mon, Wed 1:55, 4:25, 7:10, 9:45 ice age: conTinenTal drifT (PG) thu 1:55 Fri, sun, tue 1:10 sat 11:40 mon, Wed 1:40 ice age: conTinenTal drifT 3d (PG) thu 4:35, 6:55, 9:15 Fri, tue 3:25, 5:40, 8:05 sat 2:00, 4:25, 6:55 sun 3:25, 5:40, 8:00 mon, Wed 4:20, 6:50 MadagaScar 3: europe’S MoST WanTed (G) Fri, sunWed 1:05, 3:30, 5:50 sat 11:05, 1:20, 3:40, 6:00 MouSe hunT sat 11:00 The odd life of TiMoThy green (G) thu 1:40, 4:15, 7:15, 10:00 Fri, sun, tue 1:25, 4:10, 7:15, 9:50 sat 11:10, 1:40, 4:20, 7:15, 9:50 mon, Wed 1:25, 4:10, 7:15, 9:55 paranorMan (PG) Fri, sun-Wed 1:00 sat 11:45 paranorMan 3d (PG) Fri, sun-Wed 3:20, 5:40, 8:05, 10:25 sat 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55 SavageS (18A) thu 1:35, 4:30, 7:25, 10:25 Fri, tue 10:45 sat 10:15 sun 10:40 mon, Wed 10:00 SparKle (PG) Fri, tue 1:50, 4:30, 7:35, 10:30 sat 11:10, 1:50, 4:30, 7:35, 10:30 sun 1:55, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 mon, Wed 1:50, 4:30, 7:35, 10:25 STep up revoluTion (PG) thu 1:50, 4:20, 6:50, 9:45 Ted (14A) thu-Fri, tue 2:45, 5:20, 7:55, 10:35 sat 12:15, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55, 10:35 sun 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:35 mon, Wed 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:15 To roMe WiTh love (PG) thu 2:20, 4:55, 7:35, 10:10 Fri, tue 2:00, 4:40, 7:25, 10:10 sat 11:30, 2:05, 4:40, 7:25, 10:10 sun 1:15, 3:55, 10:10 mon, Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 10:10 ToTal recall (14A) thu 1:25, 2:00, 4:10, 4:50, 7:00, 7:40, 9:50, 10:30 Fri, tue 1:40, 4:35, 7:50, 10:40 sat 11:05, 1:55, 4:50, 7:50, 10:40 sun 1:40, 4:25, 7:45, 10:40 mon, Wed

1:35, 4:25, 7:25, 10:15 The WaTch (18A) thu 2:40, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 Fri-sat, tue 10:25 sun 10:15 mon, Wed 10:20 WWe SuMMerSlaM - 2012 sun 8:00

rainBoW WooDBine (i)

WooDBine centre, 500 rexDale BlvD, 416-213-1998 The Bourne legacy (14A) thu 1:15, 4:05, 6:50, 9:20 FriWed 1:00, 3:55, 6:40, 9:30 The caMpaign (14A) thu 1:25 4:10 7:15 9:15 Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:00, 7:05, 9:45 The darK KnighT riSeS (PG) thu 1:00, 4:30, 8:00 FriWed 9:00 diary of a WiMpy Kid: dog dayS (G) 12:45, 2:50, 5:00, 7:00, 9:15 The expendaBleS 2 (14A) Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:50, 7:10, 9:40 hope SpringS (14A) 1:05, 4:00, 7:05, 9:45 ice age: conTinenTal drifT (PG) thu 12:55 3:55 7:10 Fri-Wed 12:55, 3:55, 6:50 The odd life of TiMoThy green (G) thu-tue 12:50, 3:45, 6:45, 9:35 Wed 3:45, 6:45, 9:35 paranorMan (PG) Fri-Wed 12:40, 2:50, 5:00, 7:15, 9:20 ToTal recall (14A) thu 1:20, 3:50, 6:55, 9:30 The WaTch (18A) thu 9:40

east end BeacH cinemas (aa) 1651 queen st e, 416-646-0444

The Bourne legacy (14A) thu-sun, tue 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 mon, Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 The darK KnighT riSeS (PG) thu 1:50, 5:15, 8:40 Fri-Wed 2:30, 6:40, 10:10 diary of a WiMpy Kid: dog dayS (G) thu 2:20, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 The expendaBleS 2 (14A) Fri-sun, tue 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 mon, Wed 1:40, 4:05, 7:00, 9:40 hope SpringS (14A) thu 1:40, 4:10, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Wed 1:35, 4:00, 6:20, 9:00 ice age: conTinenTal drifT (PG) thu 2:00 ice age: conTinenTal drifT 3d (PG) thu 4:20 paranorMan (PG) Fri-Wed 1:50 paranorMan 3d (PG) Fri-Wed 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 ToTal recall (14A) thu 2:10, 4:40, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-sun, tue 2:10, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 mon, Wed 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 The WaTch (18A) thu 9:40

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

The aMazing Spider-Man (PG) thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 The Bourne legacy (14A) thu 12:45, 2:00, 4:20, 5:30, 7:30, 8:45, 10:45 Fri-sat, tue 1:10, 2:00, 4:20, 5:30, 7:30, 8:45, 10:45 sun 1:10, 2:00, 4:20, 5:30, 7:30, 8:45 mon, Wed 1:10, 2:00, 4:20, 5:30, 7:30, 8:45, 10:30 The darK KnighT riSeS: The iMax experience (PG) thu 12:00 3:30 7:00 10:30 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 The darK KnighT riSeS (PG) thu 1:00, 3:00, 4:30, 6:30, 8:00, 10:00 Fri-sat, mon-Wed 1:00, 4:45, 6:30, 8:30, 10:00 sun 1:00, 4:45, 8:30 The expendaBleS 2 (14A) 1:30, 2:30, 4:15, 5:15, 7:15, 8:15, 10:15, 11:00 mon, Wed no 11:00 ice age: conTinenTal drifT (PG) thu 12:15 Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:15 ice age: conTinenTal drifT 3d (PG) thu 2:40, 5:00, 7:25 The odd life of TiMoThy green (G) 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:30 SavageS (18A) thu 7:20, 10:20 SparKle (PG) Fri-Wed 12:50, 4:00, 6:50, 9:50 ToTal recall (14A) thu 1:15, 2:15, 4:15, 5:15, 7:15, 8:15, 10:15 Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 WWe SuMMerSlaM - 2012 sun 8:00

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

and if We all lived TogeTher? Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:50, 7:20, 10:00 BeaSTS of The SouThern Wild (PG) thu 2:45, 5:05, 7:25, 9:45 Fri-Wed 10:20 Brave (PG) thu 1:55, 4:20 The caMpaign (14A) 1:30, 3:40, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 diary of a WiMpy Kid: dog dayS (G) thu 1:45, 4:25, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Wed 2:40, 5:15, 7:50 hope SpringS (14A) thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:35, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 The inTouchaBleS (14A) 2:15, 4:55, 7:40, 10:10 paranorMan (PG) Fri-Wed 12:45 paranorMan 3d (PG) Fri-Wed 3:05, 5:25, 7:45, 10:05 The Queen of verSailleS thu 2:10, 4:30, 7:00, 9:25 FriWed 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:15 ruBy SparKS (14A) Fri-Wed 2:10, 4:40, 7:05, 9:35 Ted (14A) thu 7:30, 10:15 360 thu 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 To roMe WiTh love (PG) thu 1:35, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 FriWed 1:45, 4:25, 7:10, 9:50 2 dayS in neW yorK thu 3:10, 5:35, 8:00, 10:20 Fri-Wed 1:55, 4:20, 7:15, 9:40

silvercity FairvieW (ce)

FairvieW mall, 1800 sHePParD ave e, 416-644-7746 The aMazing Spider-Man 3d (PG) thu 4:10 The Bourne legacy (14A) thu 1:10, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25 Fri, sun-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 10:20 sat 1:00, 4:10, 7:15, 10:20 Brave (PG) thu 1:50 The caMpaign (14A) thu 1:00, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:15 Fri, sun-Wed 3:00, 5:20, 7:50, 10:05 sat 12:40, 3:00, 5:20, 7:50, 10:05 The darK KnighT riSeS (PG) thu 3:00, 6:45, 10:20 Fri, continued on page 68 œ

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NOW august 16-22 2012

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Sun-Wed 2:50, 6:40, 10:15 Sat 11:10, 2:50, 6:40, 10:15 Diary of a Wimpy KiD: Dog Days (G) Thu 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 9:50 Fri, Sun-Wed 2:40, 5:05, 7:30 Sat 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30 The expenDables 2 (14A) Fri, Sun 2:30, 5:10, 7:40, 10:25 Sat 12:00, 2:30, 5:10, 7:40, 10:25 Mon-Wed 2:30, 5:10, 7:40, 10:20 hope springs (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 Fri, SunWed 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:55 Sat 11:30, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:55 ice age: conTinenTal DrifT (PG) Thu 2:20 ice age: conTinenTal DrifT 3D (PG) Thu 5:00, 7:30 mouse hunT Sat 11:00 The oDD life of TimoThy green (G) Fri, Sun-Tue 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:45 Sat 11:05, 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:45 Wed 4:20, 7:00, 9:45 paranorman (PG) Fri, Sun-Wed 2:35 Sat 12:10 paranorman 3D (PG) 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 Sat 2:35 mat sTep up revoluTion 3D (PG) Thu 1:20, 7:35, 10:10 TeD (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 Fri-Wed 10:00 ToTal recall (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 The WaTch (18A) Thu 10:00

SilverCiTy yorkdale (Ce) 3401 duFFerin ST, 416-787-2052

The amazing spiDer-man (PG) Thu 1:55, 5:05, 8:15 The bourne legacy (14A) Thu 1:40, 2:30, 4:45, 6:45, 7:50, 10:00 Fri-Sun, Tue 1:15, 4:20, 7:25, 10:30 Mon, Wed 2:45, 7:05, 10:15 The campaign (14A) Thu 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:30 Fri-Sun, Tue 1:35, 3:50, 6:05, 8:20, 10:35 Mon, Wed 2:30, 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 The DarK KnighT rises (PG) Thu-Fri, Sun, Tue 2:45, 6:45, 10:20 Sat 11:10, 2:45, 6:45, 10:20 Mon, Wed 2:40, 6:40, 10:15 Diary of a Wimpy KiD: Dog Days (G) Thu 1:30, 4:00, 6:50, 9:15 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8:00, 10:25 Mon, Wed 1:35, 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 The expenDables 2 (14A) Fri-Sun, Tue 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10, 10:45 Mon, Wed 1:50, 4:50, 7:30, 10:15 hope springs (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun, Tue 1:00, 3:45, 7:30, 10:00 Mon, Wed 1:30, 4:10, 6:45, 9:30 ice age: conTinenTal DrifT (PG) Thu 1:50 Fri-Sun, Tue 1:00, 3:25, 5:50, 8:15 Mon, Wed 2:15, 4:45, 7:20 ice age: conTinenTal DrifT 3D (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:10 mouse hunT Sat 11:00 paranorman (PG) Fri-Sun, Tue 12:30 Mon, Wed 1:45 paranorman 3D (PG) Fri-Sun, Tue 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 Mon, Wed 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 sparKle (PG) Fri, Sun, Tue 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 Sat 11:15, 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 Mon, Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 10:05 sTep up revoluTion (PG) Fri-Sun, Tue 10:40 Mon, Wed 10:00 sTep up revoluTion 3D (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 ToTal recall (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:15 Fri, Sun, Tue 2:10, 5:00, 7:50, 10:40 Sat 11:20, 2:10, 5:00, 7:50, 10:40 Mon, Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:10 The WaTch (18A) Thu 9:45

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

The amazing spiDer-man 3D (PG) 10:30 Thu 1:20 mat, 4:40, 7:40 The bourne legacy (14A) Thu 1:00 2:00 4:00 6:40 7:30 9:40 10:30 Fri-Wed 1:00, 2:30, 4:10, 6:40, 7:30, 9:40, 10:35 brave (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:10 The campaign (14A) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 8:10, 10:25 Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:00, 6:10, 8:25, 10:45 The DarK KnighT rises (PG) Thu 2:40, 6:20, 9:55 FriWed 3:00, 6:50, 10:20 Diary of a Wimpy KiD: Dog Days (G) Thu 2:15, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Wed 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:20, 9:50 The expenDables 2 (14A) Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8:05, 10:40 hope springs (14A) Thu 2:10, 4:30, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Wed 12:30, 2:55, 5:20, 7:50, 10:25 ice age: conTinenTal DrifT (PG) Thu 1:10 Fri-Wed 1:15 ice age: conTinenTal DrifT 3D (PG) Thu 3:20, 6:10, 8:30 Fri-Wed 3:45, 6:00, 8:15 The oDD life of TimoThy green (G) Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 paranorman (PG) Fri-Wed 12:30 paranorman 3D (PG) Fri-Wed 2:50, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 sparKle (PG) Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 sTep up revoluTion (PG) Thu 2:20, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15 ToTal recall (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 8:00, 10:00, 10:35 The WaTch (18A) Thu 10:35

august 16-22 2012 NOW

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

The amazing spiDer-man 3D (PG) Thu 12:55, 3:55, 7:00, 10:05 The amazing spiDer-man (PG) Fri-Sat, Tue 1:20, 4:20, 7:25, 10:35 Sun 1:00, 4:05, 9:40 Mon, Wed 1:05, 4:05, 7:20, 10:30 The bourne legacy (14A) Thu 12:45, 1:10, 3:45, 4:15, 6:55, 7:25, 10:00, 10:30 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:55, 1:15, 4:00, 4:20, 7:10, 7:30, 10:20, 10:40 Mon, Wed 12:45, 12:55, 3:45, 4:00, 6:55, 7:10, 10:00, 10:20 The DarK KnighT rises (PG) Thu 3:10, 5:45, 6:45, 9:20, 10:20 Fri-Wed 3:10, 6:45, 10:25 Diary of a Wimpy KiD: Dog Days (G) Thu 12:45, 3:05, 5:30, 7:55, 10:15 The expenDables 2 (14A) Fri, Sun, Tue 12:40, 1:10, 3:10, 4:15, 5:40, 7:15, 8:10, 10:00, 10:45 Sat 11:10, 12:40, 1:50, 3:10, 4:30, 5:40, 7:15, 8:10, 10:00, 10:45 Mon, Wed 1:10, 2:10, 4:15, 5:10, 7:15, 7:50, 10:00, 10:30 The healing Fri-Sun, Tue 12:35, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 Mon, Wed 1:00, 3:50, 6:50, 9:50 ice age: conTinenTal DrifT (PG) Thu 2:00 Fri-Wed 1:25 ice age: conTinenTal DrifT 3D (PG) Thu 4:45, 7:10, 9:30 Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:40, 9:20 Sun 4:10, 6:40 maDagascar 3: europe’s mosT WanTeD (G) Thu 1:30, 4:10, 7:15 mouse hunT Sat 11:00 paranorman (PG) Fri-Wed 12:45 paranorman 3D (PG) Fri-Wed 3:05, 5:25, 7:45, 10:10 savages (18A) Thu 9:40 sparKle (PG) Fri, Sun 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 Sat 11:20, 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:30 Mon, Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 10:20 Tue 2:00, 4:45, 7:40, 10:30 sTep up revoluTion 3D (PG) Thu 2:30, 5:05, 7:30, 10:05 TeD (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:55, 7:40, 10:10 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:30, 3:05, 5:40, 8:10, 10:45 Mon, Wed 1:45, 4:55, 7:35, 10:15 ToTal recall (14A) Thu 12:50, 2:05, 4:05, 4:50, 7:05, 7:35, 9:55, 10:25 Fri-Wed 12:50, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 WWe summerslam - 2012 Sun 8:00

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

The amazing spiDer-man 3D (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:15, 10:30 The amazing spiDer-man (PG) Fri-Sat, Tue 4:10, 7:15, 10:20 Sun 4:10, 9:40 Mon, Wed 3:55, 7:00, 10:05 The bourne legacy (14A) Thu-Fri, Tue 1:30, 3:50, 4:35, 7:00, 7:40, 10:10, 10:45 Sat 12:30, 1:30, 3:50, 4:35, 7:00, 7:40, 10:10, 10:45 Sun 1:15, 3:40, 4:20, 6:50, 7:35, 10:00, 10:30 Mon, Wed 3:40, 4:15, 6:45, 7:20, 9:50, 10:30 brave (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:25, 7:05, 9:40 Fri, Tue 2:15, 4:50, 7:25 Sat 1:55, 4:35, 7:10 Sun-Mon, Wed 2:05, 4:40, 7:15 The campaign (14A) Thu 1:05, 3:25, 5:45, 8:10, 10:35 Fri, Tue 3:20, 5:45, 8:10, 10:35 Sat 1:00, 3:20, 5:45, 8:10, 10:35 Sun 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:25 Mon, Wed 3:10, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20 The DarK KnighT rises (PG) Thu 2:10, 3:10, 5:50, 6:50, 9:45, 10:30 Fri, Tue 3:10, 6:50, 10:05, 10:30 Sat-Sun 3:10, 6:50, 9:50, 10:30 Mon, Wed 3:10, 6:45, 9:50, 10:25 Diary of a Wimpy KiD: Dog Days (G) Thu 2:30 5:05 7:45 10:10 Fri-Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:25, 10:00 Sat 11:15 mat eK Tha Tiger (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:35, 7:40, 10:40 Fri, SunWed 3:50, 7:05, 10:10 Sat 12:40, 3:50, 7:05, 10:10 The expenDables 2 (14A) Fri, Tue 1:45, 2:40, 4:25, 5:20, 7:05, 8:00, 9:45, 10:40 Sat 12:00, 1:45, 2:40, 4:25, 5:20, 7:05, 8:00, 9:45, 10:40 Sun 1:30, 2:30, 4:10, 5:10, 6:50, 7:50, 9:30, 10:25 Mon, Wed 1:45, 2:30, 4:25, 5:10, 7:05, 7:50, 9:45, 10:30 hope springs (14A) Thu 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:00 ice age: conTinenTal DrifT (PG) Thu 1:40 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:50 Sat 11:20 Sun 2:00, 7:15 ice age: conTinenTal DrifT 3D (PG) Thu-Fri, Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 Sat 1:50, 4:25, 6:55, 9:25 Sun 4:30 maDagascar 3: europe’s mosT WanTeD (G) Thu 1:45, 4:15, 6:40 Fri-Sat, Tue 1:45 Sun 1:40 Mon, Wed 1:30 mouse hunT Sat 11:00 The oDD life of TimoThy green (G) Thu 1:40, 4:15, 7:05, 9:40 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 Sat 11:00, 1:40, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 Sun 1:35, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 paranorman (PG) Fri, Sun-Wed 2:15 Sat 11:10, 12:30 paranorman 3D (PG) Fri, Sun-Wed 4:40, 7:10, 9:35 Sat 2:55, 5:25, 7:55, 10:25 sparKle (PG) Fri-Sat, Tue 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 SunMon, Wed 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 10:15 sTep up revoluTion (PG) Thu 9:10 TeD (14A) Thu 3:05, 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 ToTal recall (14A) Thu 1:00, 1:45, 4:00, 4:45, 7:00, 7:45, 10:00, 10:45 Fri-Sat, Tue 2:00, 4:55, 7:50, 10:45 Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:25, 10:15 Mon, Wed 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 WWe summerslam - 2012 Sun 8:00

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

The besT exoTic marigolD hoTel (PG) 1:40, 4:40, 7:35, 10:20 Fri-Sun 10:45 mat billa 2 (18A) 3:10, 6:30, 9:45 Fri-Sun 11:50 mat brave (PG) 3:20, 5:45, 8:30 Fri-Sun 10:30, 1:00 mat

The campaign (14A) Thu 2:30, 3:30, 4:50, 5:50, 7:00, 8:00, 9:30, 10:30 Fri-Sun 11:00, 12:20, 1:15, 2:30, 3:40, 4:50, 5:50, 7:10, 8:00, 9:30, 10:30 Mon-Wed 2:30, 3:40, 4:50, 5:50, 7:10, 8:00, 9:30, 10:30 DevuDu chesina manushulu 3:20, 6:45, 10:00 Fri-Sun 11:40 mat Diary of a Wimpy KiD: Dog Days (G) 1:30, 3:50, 6:15, 8:45 Fri-Sun 11:00 mat eK Tha Tiger (14A) Thu 4:00, 7:30, 10:30 Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 10:15 girlfrienD boyfrienD Thu 2:10, 4:50, 7:25, 10:15 hope springs (14A) 2:00, 3:30, 4:30, 6:00, 7:00, 8:30, 9:30 Fri-Sun 11:30, 12:45 mat Jism 2 (14A) Thu 3:45, 6:55, 10:15 Fri-Wed 3:30, 10:20 Karnan Thu 2:30, 6:15, 10:00 Fri-Sun 11:50, 6:45 MonWed 6:45 magic miKe (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:15, 6:50, 9:35 Fri-Sun 10:50, 1:45, 4:15, 6:50, 9:35 Mon-Wed 1:45, 4:15, 6:50, 9:35 marvel’s The avengers (PG) 3:00, 6:00, 9:00 Fri-Sun 11:45 mat moonrise KingDom (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:25, 7:05, 9:35 FriSun 11:40, 5:00, 7:20 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:20 The oDD life of TimoThy green (G) 1:30, 2:45, 4:00, 5:15, 6:30, 7:45, 9:00, 10:15 Fri-Sun 10:45, 11:45 mat painTeD sKin: The resurrecTion 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Fri-Sun 10:40 mat people liKe us (14A) Thu 1:35, 4:35, 7:30, 10:25 Fri-Sun 11:30, 2:20, 7:30 Mon-Wed 2:20, 7:30 ruby sparKs (14A) 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Sun 11:20 mat savages (18A) Fri-Wed 2:00, 9:40 TaKe This WalTz (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:35, 7:15, 10:05 To rome WiTh love (PG) 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Sun 11:15 mat Tyler perry’s maDea’s WiTness proTecTion (14A) Thu 2:05, 4:45, 7:40, 10:20 The WaTch (18A) Thu 1:45, 4:35, 7:15, 10:05 Fri-Wed 5:00, 10:10

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

billa 2 (18A) 4:30 Fri-Sun 1:30 mat eK Tha Tiger (14A) Thu 3:00, 5:30, 7:00, 8:30, 9:45 FriSun 1:45, 3:30, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00, 10:30 Mon-Wed 3:30, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00, 10:30 miraTTal 7:30, 10:30 Thu 4:30

GTA Regions Mississauga

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

The amazing spiDer-man 3D (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:35, 10:30 Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:05, 10:10 The bourne legacy (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:10, 4:10, 6:30, 7:20, 9:50, 10:30 Fri-Sun 12:40, 1:30, 3:35, 4:35, 6:40, 7:40, 9:40, 10:40 Mon-Wed 12:40, 1:30, 3:35, 4:35, 6:40, 7:35, 9:40, 10:30 brave (PG) Thu 1:55 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:45 Sat 11:20, 1:45 brave 3D (PG) Thu 4:25, 6:55, 9:20 Fri-Sat, Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:30, 8:50 Sun 4:15, 6:30 The DarK KnighT rises: The imax experience (PG) 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 The DarK KnighT rises (PG) Thu 1:15, 2:40, 5:00, 6:20, 9:00, 10:00 Fri, Sun-Wed 2:30, 6:10, 9:45 Sat 11:00, 2:30, 6:10, 9:45 The expenDables 2 (14A) Fri, Sun 12:50, 2:20, 3:15, 4:45, 5:45, 7:15, 8:15, 9:50, 10:45 Sat 11:50, 12:50, 2:20, 3:15, 4:45, 5:45, 7:15, 8:15, 9:50, 10:45 Mon-Wed 12:45, 2:20, 3:10, 4:45, 5:35, 7:15, 8:05, 9:50, 10:30 ice age: conTinenTal DrifT (PG) Thu 12:40 Fri, SunWed 12:35, 3:00 Sat 11:10, 12:35, 3:00 ice age: conTinenTal DrifT 3D (PG) 5:20, 7:45, 10:05 Thu 3:00 mat marvel’s The avengers (PG) Thu 12:35, 3:50, 7:00, 10:10 mouse hunT Sat 11:00 The oDD life of TimoThy green (G) Thu-Tue 12:30, 2:55, 5:25, 7:55, 10:25 Wed 4:10, 6:50, 9:35 The running man Mon 7:30 sparKle (PG) 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:15 Sat 11:30 mat sTep up revoluTion (PG) Fri, Tue-Wed 2:00, 4:25, 7:00, 9:30 Sat 11:40, 2:00, 4:25, 7:00, 9:30 Sun 2:00, 4:25, 8:50 Mon 2:00, 4:25, 9:55 sTep up revoluTion 3D (PG) Thu 2:10, 4:35, 7:00, 9:40 ToTal recall (14A) Thu 1:20, 2:00, 4:00, 4:40, 6:40, 7:30, 9:30, 10:15 Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 WWe summerslam - 2012 Sun 8:00

CourTney Park 16 (Ce)

110 CourTney Park e aT huronTario, 416-335-5323

The amazing spiDer-man 3D (PG) Thu 3:10, 6:15, 9:30 Fri-Sun, Tue 3:00, 6:10, 9:40 Mon, Wed 6:10, 9:40 The bourne legacy (14A) Thu 12:55, 1:30, 4:00, 4:35, 7:00, 7:40, 10:15 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:35, 1:25, 3:40, 4:25, 7:00, 7:45, 10:10, 10:45 Mon, Wed 1:20, 3:40, 4:10, 7:00, 7:25, 10:10, 10:30 brave (PG) Thu 1:40 Fri, Tue 12:40 Sat-Sun 11:55 Mon, Wed 3:00 brave 3D (PG) Thu 4:10, 6:45 The campaign (14A) Thu 1:05, 2:35, 3:20, 5:00, 5:45, 7:25, 8:05, 9:40, 10:25 Fri, Tue 12:50, 2:30, 3:10, 4:55, 5:35, 7:20, 7:55, 9:45, 10:20 Sat-Sun 12:10, 12:50, 2:30, 3:10, 4:55, 5:35, 7:20, 7:55, 9:45, 10:20 Mon, Wed 1:00, 2:30, 3:10, 4:55, 5:35, 7:20, 7:55, 9:45, 10:20 The DarK KnighT rises: The imax experience (PG) Thu-Sun, Tue 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 Mon, Wed 1:30, 5:00, 8:30 The DarK KnighT rises (PG) Thu 2:45 6:25 10:00 FriWed 2:40, 6:20, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:00 mat Diary of a Wimpy KiD: Dog Days (G) Thu 2:15, 4:55, 7:30, 9:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:05, 6:30 Sat-Sun 11:20, 1:40, 4:05, 6:30 The expenDables 2 (14A) Fri-Sun, Tue 12:45, 2:00, 3:15, 4:45, 6:40, 7:30, 9:30, 10:15 Mon, Wed 2:00, 3:15, 4:45, 6:40, 7:30, 9:30, 10:15 hope springs (14A) Thu 1:25, 3:55, 6:05, 8:35 Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:15, 6:50, 9:10 ice age: conTinenTal DrifT (PG) Thu 1:45 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:10, 4:35 Sat-Sun 11:45, 2:10, 4:35 ice age: conTinenTal DrifT 3D (PG) Thu 4:15, 6:35, 9:10 The oDD life of TimoThy green (G) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:05, 9:35 Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:35, 6:15, 9:05 paranorman (PG) Fri-Sun, Tue 12:55 Mon, Wed 3:25 paranorman 3D (PG) Fri-Sun, Tue 3:25, 5:45, 8:05, 10:25 Mon, Wed 5:45, 8:05, 10:25 sparKle (PG) 2:50, 6:35, 9:20 Sat-Sun 12:00 mat sTep up revoluTion 3D (PG) Thu 9:20 TeD (14A) Thu 4:00, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Wed 6:55, 9:50 ToTal recall (14A) Thu 12:45, 1:15, 3:40, 4:25, 6:50, 7:20, 9:45, 10:05 Fri-Wed 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:30 The WaTch (18A) 9:00 Thu 12:40, 3:35 mat, 6:20

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

brave (PG) Thu 2:20 Fri-Wed 1:40 brave 3D (PG) Thu 5:00, 7:30, 10:05 Fri-Sun, Tue 4:15, 6:55, 9:45 Mon, Wed 4:10, 6:40, 9:15 hope springs (14A) Thu 1:30, 2:00, 4:00, 4:45, 6:40, 7:25, 9:15, 10:00 Fri-Sun, Tue 1:25, 2:30, 4:05, 5:15, 7:05, 7:45, 9:25, 10:15 Mon, Wed 1:50, 2:40, 4:25, 5:15, 7:05, 7:45, 9:25, 10:10 ice age: conTinenTal DrifT (PG) Thu 1:40 Fri-Sun, Tue 2:15 Mon, Wed 2:30 ice age: conTinenTal DrifT 3D (PG) Thu 4:10, 6:35, 9:00 Fri-Sun, Tue 4:35, 7:00, 9:35 Mon, Wed 5:05, 7:25, 9:45 maDagascar 3: europe’s mosT WanTeD (G) Thu 1:55, 4:30, 6:50, 9:25 Fri-Sun, Tue 1:10, 3:30, 5:50, 8:10 Mon, Wed 1:45, 4:15, 6:55 magic miKe (14A) Thu 2:30, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Fri-Sun, Tue 1:45, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 Mon, Wed 2:10, 4:50, 7:25, 10:05 paranorman (PG) Fri-Sun, Tue 1:55, 4:20, 6:45, 9:15 Mon, Wed 1:30, 3:50, 6:30, 9:00 paranorman 3D (PG) Fri-Sun, Tue 1:00, 3:20, 5:40, 8:00, 10:20 Mon, Wed 2:15, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 To rome WiTh love (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:35, 7:15, 10:10 FriSun, Tue 2:00, 4:45, 7:25, 10:05 Mon, Wed 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 ToTal recall (14A) Thu 1:35, 2:10, 4:20, 4:55, 7:05, 7:40, 9:50, 10:30 Fri-Sun, Tue 2:05, 4:50, 7:35, 10:25 Mon, Wed 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 The WaTch (18A) Thu 2:40, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 Fri-Sun, Tue 10:30 Mon, Wed 9:35

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

The amazing spiDer-man 3D (PG) Thu 12:50 4:05 7:05 10:05 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:55, 7:00, 10:20 brave (PG) Thu 12:30 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:15 Sat 11:50 brave 3D (PG) Thu 2:55, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 Sat 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50 Sun 4:10, 6:45 The campaign (14A) Thu 12:55, 1:35, 2:50, 3:45, 5:05, 6:05, 7:20, 8:20, 9:45, 10:35 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:55, 1:30, 3:05, 3:45, 5:25, 6:05, 7:40, 8:20, 9:45, 10:35 Mon, Wed 12:55, 2:10, 3:05, 4:35, 5:25, 6:40, 7:40, 9:00, 9:45 The DarK KnighT rises: The imax experience (PG) 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 The DarK KnighT rises (PG) Thu 2:15, 3:00, 6:00, 6:40, 9:40, 10:45 Fri, Sun-Wed 2:30, 6:30, 10:00 Sat 11:05, 2:40, 6:30, 10:00 The expenDables 2 (14A) Fri, Sun, Tue 12:40, 2:00, 3:10, 4:45, 5:40, 7:20, 8:10, 9:55, 10:45 Sat 11:30, 12:40, 2:00, 3:10, 4:45, 5:40, 7:20, 8:10, 9:55, 10:45 Mon, Wed 12:40, 2:00, 3:10, 4:45, 5:40, 7:20, 8:05, 9:55, 10:30

hope springs (14A) Thu 1:25 2:10 4:00 4:40 6:55 7:25 9:30 10:10 Fri-Wed 1:10, 2:05, 4:00, 5:00, 6:50, 7:45, 9:25, 10:25 Sat 11:40 mat ice age: conTinenTal DrifT (PG) Thu 1:00 Fri, Sun-Wed 12:30 Sat 12:15 ice age: conTinenTal DrifT 3D (PG) Thu 3:20, 5:40, 8:05, 10:25 Fri-Wed 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 KaTy perry: parT of me (PG) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:50 maDagascar 3: europe’s mosT WanTeD (G) Thu 12:35, 2:50, 5:05, 7:20, 9:45 Fri, Sun-Wed 12:40, 2:55, 5:15, 8:00, 10:15 Sat 12:20, 2:55, 5:15, 8:00, 10:15 marvel’s The avengers (PG) Thu 12:40, 3:45, 7:00, 10:00 mouse hunT Sat 11:00 paranorman (PG) 1:55, 4:15, 6:35, 9:15 Sat 11:20 mat paranorman 3D (PG) Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:00, 5:20, 7:50, 10:05 The running man Mon 7:30 savages (18A) Thu 1:30, 4:45, 7:35, 10:35 sparKle (PG) Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:30, 7:25, 10:10 sTep up revoluTion (PG) 12:35, 2:45, 4:55, 7:05, 9:30 Sat only 12:00 2:45 4:55 7:05 9:30 sTep up revoluTion 3D (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:40 TeD (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:55, 7:45, 10:15 Fri-Sun, Tue 1:45, 4:40, 7:35, 10:10 Mon, Wed 1:45, 4:40, 7:35, 10:15 ToTal recall (14A) Thu 1:40, 2:20, 4:30, 5:10, 7:15, 8:00, 10:05, 10:45 Fri-Sat, Mon, Wed 1:40, 4:25, 7:15, 10:25 Sun, Tue 1:40, 4:25, 7:15, 10:00 The WaTch (18A) Thu 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8:00, 10:25 FriSat, Tue 1:00, 3:25, 5:50, 8:15, 10:40 Sun 1:00, 3:25, 10:40 Mon 2:15, 4:50, 9:50 Wed 2:15, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 WWe summerslam - 2012 Sun 8:00

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30 inTerChange Way, hWy 400 & hWy 7, 416-335-5323 The besT exoTic marigolD hoTel (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:45 Fri 3:45, 6:50, 9:40 Sat 12:40, 3:45, 6:50, 9:40 Sun 12:40, 4:00, 7:45 The bourne legacy (14A) Thu 4:30, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 8:00 Fri 3:00, 3:30, 4:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:45, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00 Sat 12:00, 12:30, 1:30, 3:00, 3:30, 4:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:45, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00 Sun 12:00, 12:30, 1:30, 3:00, 3:30, 4:30, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 Mon-Wed 4:45, 6:30, 7:15, 7:45 Diary of a Wimpy KiD: Dog Days (G) Thu 4:45, 5:30, 7:00, 7:45 Fri 2:30, 3:00, 4:45, 5:15, 7:00, 7:30 Sat 12:15, 12:45, 2:30, 3:00, 4:45, 5:15, 7:00, 7:30 Sun 12:15, 12:45, 2:30, 3:00, 4:45, 5:15, 7:00 Mon-Wed 4:30, 5:15, 7:00 eK Tha Tiger (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 7:10 Fri-Sat 2:45, 6:15, 9:45 Sun 12:50, 4:10, 7:30 The hunger games (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:25 Fri-Sat 3:20, 9:10 Sun 3:45 Mon-Wed 4:35 magic miKe (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:15, 8:00 Fri 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Sat 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Sun 12:00, 2:30, 5:15, 8:00 marvel’s The avengers (PG) Fri 3:15, 6:35, 9:35 Sat 12:05, 3:15, 6:35, 9:35 Sun 1:00, 4:15, 7:40 Mon-Wed 7:25 men in blacK 3 (PG) Fri 6:45 Sat 12:10, 6:45 Sun 12:10, 7:15 Mon-Wed 7:40 moonrise KingDom (PG) Thu 4:45, 7:20 The oDD life of TimoThy green (G) Thu 4:45, 5:15, 7:15 Fri 3:00, 4:00, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:30 Sat 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 4:00, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:30 Sun 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 4:00, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00 Mon-Wed 4:30, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00 ruby sparKs (14A) 4:50, 7:20 Fri 2:25 mat, 9:50 Sat 12:05, 2:25 mat, 9:50 Sun 12:05, 2:25 mat savages (18A) Fri-Sat 9:45 Sun-Wed 7:35 snoW WhiTe anD The hunTsman (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:35, 7:45

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ProMenade Mall, hWy 7 & baThurST, 416-494-9371 The bourne legacy (14A) Thu 1:15 4:00 6:50 9:35 FriWed 1:15, 4:00, 6:50, 9:25 The campaign (14A) Thu 1:30 4:20 7:10 9:25 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:20 The DarK KnighT rises (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:30, 8:30 Diary of a Wimpy KiD: Dog Days (G) 12:45, 3:00, 5:10, 7:15, 9:15 The expenDables 2 (14A) Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:10, 7:00, 9:30 hope springs (14A) Thu-Sun, Tue-Wed 1:10, 4:15, 6:45, 9:00 Mon 4:15, 6:45, 9:00 paranorman (PG) Fri-Wed 12:30, 2:40, 4:50, 7:05, 9:10 ToTal recall (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:30

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The amazing spiDer-man 3D (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:20 The bourne legacy (14A) Thu 4:00 7:05 10:10 Fri-Wed 4:00, 7:05, 10:05 Sat-Sun 1:00 mat The campaign (14A) Thu 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:05 Fri, MonWed 5:35, 7:50, 10:00 Sat-Sun 1:05, 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:00 The DarK KnighT rises (PG) Thu 3:15, 6:45, 10:20 Fri, Tue 6:40, 10:10 Sat-Sun 2:30, 6:40, 10:10 Mon, Wed 4:30, 8:15 Diary of a Wimpy KiD: Dog Days (G) Thu 4:45, 7:10, 9:45 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:20, 6:50, 9:15 Sat-Sun 1:45, 4:20, 6:50, 9:15 The expenDables 2 (14A) Fri, Tue 5:10, 7:40, 10:20 SatSun 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 10:20 Mon, Wed 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 hope springs (14A) 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:30 mat ice age: conTinenTal DrifT (PG) Sat-Sun 2:20 ice age: conTinenTal DrifT 3D (PG) Thu 4:30, 6:50, 9:15 Fri-Wed 4:45, 7:10 The oDD life of TimoThy green (G) Thu 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 Sat-Sun 1:35, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 paranorman (PG) Sat-Sun 2:35 paranorman 3D (PG) Fri-Wed 4:55, 7:15, 9:35 TeD (14A) Thu 5:10, 7:45, 10:25 Fri-Wed 9:40 ToTal recall (14A) 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Sat-Sun 1:50 mat The WaTch (18A) Thu 10:30 3

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Robert Shaw (left), Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfuss want the shark to jump.

By ANDREW DOWLER

The extras package features the real Bachir Lazhar, author of the fable that closes the movie. The fable itself appears as on-screen text. Sadly for us English-only types, it’s all in French without subtitles. EXTRAS Making-of doc, fable. French audio. English subtitles.

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(eOne, 2011) Zhang Yimou, w/ Christian Bale, Ni Ni. Rating: NNN; DVD package: NNNN

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(Universal, 1975) D: Steven Spielberg, w/ Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw. Rating: NNNNN; Blu-ray package: NNNNN Newly restored and given a 7.1 sound mix for its Blu-ray debut, Jaws looks as good as it did when it was new, and remains highly re-watchable even if you already know the tale of a great white shark terrorizing a New England resort island. Alongside the relentless narrative drive that keeps audiences hooked is the great good humour among the three principals. Roy Scheider, the waterphobic Brody, Richard Dreyfuss, richkid scientist Hooper, and Robert Shaw, half-mad shark hunter Quint, all seem to be enjoying each other’s company immensely even though

Monsieur Lazhar

(eOne, 2011) D: Philippe Falardeau, w/ Fellag, Sophie Nélisse. Rating: NNNN; DVD package: NN In Monsieur Lazhar, Philippe Falardeau creates a delicate, touching mood of grief using only simple, unobtrusive camera work, naturalistic acting and the slenderest of stories. In the wake of a Montreal teacher’s

the script insists that Quint views Brody as a wuss and Hooper as a useless dilettante. The two-month shoot dragged on for seven, to the misery of all concerned. The 1995 two-hour makingof doc tells all about it, with generous input from Steven Spielberg, Scheider, Dreyfuss, producers Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown, source novel author Peter Benchley and several others. Many of them show up again in the 100-minute legacy doc, The Shark Is Still Working, which delves into such bizarre minutiae as the various fates of the mechanical sharks, stunt boats and locals who had small roles. EXTRAS Retrospective making-of doc, legacy-of doc, restoration doc, 1974 on-set interviews, storyboards, more. in-classroom suicide, Algerian immigrant Bachir Lazhar is hired to teach her Grade 4 class. He tries to get the traumatized students and teachers to talk about it, but the administration wants him to leave matters to their expert psychologist. Fellag, as Lazhar, and Sophie Nélisse and Emilien Néron, as Alice and Simon, two key students, carry the movie with quiet performances and emotion that seems to come spontaneously from the heart.

Early in the extras, Flowers Of War director Zhang Yimou characterizes his movie as a very Chinese story told from an “international” perspective. I think he means “Hollywood,” the approach that puts an American star front and centre in a historical story that has nothing to do with the U.S., then goes for shameless heartstringtugging. The story is the Rape of Nanking in 1937, six weeks of slaughter and rape that followed the Japanese capture of the city, then the Chinese capital. An estimated 300,000 people died. The Hollywood star is Christian Bale, playing a drunk mortician left in charge of a cathedral full of pubescent schoolgirls and brothel workers. They must escape, but the place is surrounded. Director Zhang ( Raise The Red Lantern, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony) makes the horrors of war visceral without being graphic and pulls off some masterful but not subtle emotional manipulation: the Japanese die like dogs, the Chinese to ethereal music. Ni Ni, as the leader of the prostitutes, holds her own with Bale in key emotional scenes, and the rest of the mostly novice cast deliver good performances. But they came at the cost of exhaustion, boredom and the occasional meltdown, as the extensive making-of doc makes clear with impromptu interviews. EXTRAS Five-part making-of doc. English and Mandarin audio. English subtitles.

The Raid: Redemption (Alliance, 2011) D: Gareth Evans, w/ Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian. Rating: NNN; Blu-ray package: NNN

The Raid: Redemption is so committed to non-stop action that it barely bothers with plot and character. Twenty SWAT cops go into a 15-storey high-rise filled with heavily armed thugs to bust the crime lord at the top. One cop and one crook are brothers, and there’s something sketchy about the raid itself. (You’ll see the surprise reveal coming a mile away.) The action starts about seven minutes in with machine guns, and after a while descends to machetes and

martial arts, highlighted by a seldomseen Indonesian fighting style called silat used by the hero (Iko Uwais) and villain (Yayan Ruhian). Director Gareth Evans shoots for realistic, brutal action in which the performers, not the editing, create the impact. He achieves some spectacular moments, but they whip by fast. Taken together, the video blogs, mini-docs and interviews add up to a detailed making-of package. An amusing short with claymation cats reprises the movie in about two minutes. EXTRAS Eight video blogs, six minidocs, score doc, director and composers Q&A, claymation parody. Indonesian, English, French audio. English, French subtitles.

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thu 16 – Searching For Sugar Man (2012) D: Malik Bendjelloul. 6:45 pm. Paul Williams Still Alive (2011) D: Stephen Kessler. 9:15 pm. Fri 17 – Bill W (2012) D: Dan Carracino and Kevin Hanlon. 4 pm. This Space Available (2011) D: Gwenaëlle Gobé. 6:45 pm. Searching For Sugar Man. 9:15 pm. sat 18 – The Last Waltz (1978) D: Martin Scorsese. 1 pm. Dogtown And Z-Boys (2001) D: Stacy Peralta. 4 pm. This Space Available. 6:30 pm. Searching For Sugar Man. 9:30 pm. suN 19 – Dogtown And Z-Boys. 1 pm. Cabaret (1972) D: Bob Fosse. 3:30 pm. Searching For Sugar Man. 6:30 pm. This Space Available. 9 pm. MoN 20 – Bill W. 6:45 pm. Cabaret. 9:30 pm. tue 21 – Bill W. 6:45 pm. Searching For Sugar Man. 9:30 pm. wed 22 – A World of Shorts: After School Special. 5 pm. $11. worldwideshortfilmfest. com. Bill W. 7 pm. Searching For Sugar Man. 9:45 pm.

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thu 16 – Summer In France: Weekend

(1967) D: Jean-Luc Godard. 6:30 pm. Xñ Men Exhibition: X-Men (2000) D: Bryan Singer. 9:30 pm.

Fri 17 – Summer In France/Alain Resnais

X 2: Last Year At Marienbad (1961). 6:30 ñ pm. Muriel (1963). 8:45 pm.

sat 18 – X-Men Exhibition X 2: X-Men. Noon.

X2 (2003) D: Bryan Singer. 2:30 pm. Summer In France: The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (1964) D: Jacques Demy. 5:30 pm. Beefcake: Daylight (1996) D: Rob Cohen. 8 pm. suN 19 – Hollywood Classics: Pillow Talk (1959) D: Michael Gordon. 1 pm. James Ivory X 2: The Bostonians (1984). 5 pm. Maurice (1987). 8 pm. MoN 20 – Summer In France: Cléo De 5 A 7 (1962) D: Agnès Varda. 6:30 pm. tue 21 – Summer In France/Chris Marker x 2: Sans Soleil (1982), and La Jetée (1964). 6:30 pm. wed 22 – Packaged Goods: The Art Of The Edit. 7 pm.

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How to artfully cut to the chase PACKAGED GOODS: THE ART OF THE EDIT Rating: NNNN As the subtitle indicates, TIFF’s latest collection of commercials and music videos is built around the rhythms of the cut, but that doesn’t mean you’ll be sitting through an hour of assaultive, frenetic spots. Instead, curator Rae Ann Fera moves things pleasantly from fast to slow and back again, shifting the pace as in a well-conceived dance mix. That allows this edition to find room for some great long-form pieces, like a three-minute AVG ad that uses an intriguing toothpick analogy for its antivirus protection software, an infectious Lady Gaga endorsement of the social uses of Google’s Chrome browser and a hell of a spot for the National Ballet of Canada. A split-screen music video for Radiohead’s Symmetry showcases the power of visual juxtaposition,

Danrell and Tom McGrath. 2 pm. Magic Mike. 4 & 9 pm. Moonrise Kingdom. 7 pm. MoN 20 – Moonrise Kingdom. 7 pm. Magic Mike. 9 pm. tue 21 – Magic Mike. 7 pm. Take This Waltz (2012) D: Sarah Polley. 9:15 pm. wed 22 – Take This Waltz. 7 pm. The Intouchables (2011) D: Oliver Nakache and Eric Toledano. 9:15 pm.

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thu 16-wed 22 – Continuous screenings Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Free.

thu 16-Fri 17 – Antarctic Mission: Window On A Changing Climate.

MoN 20-wed 22 – Antarctic Mission: The

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thu 16-wed 22 – More than 5,000 NFB films available at digital viewing stations. Tue-Wed noon-7 pm, Thu-Sat noon-10 pm, Sun noon-5 pm. Free.

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thu 16-Fri 17 – To The Arctic. 11 am, 1, 3 & 5 pm. Rocky Mountain Express. Noon & 4 pm. Under The Sea. 2 pm. sat 18 – To The Arctic. 11 am, 1, 3, 5 & 8 pm. Rocky Mountain Express. Noon, 4 & 7 pm. Under The Sea. 2 pm. suN 19-wed 22 – To The Arctic. 11 am, 1, 3 & 5 pm. Rocky Mountain Express. Noon & 4 pm. Under The Sea. 2 pm.

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thu 16 – Craigslist Joe (2012) D: Joseph Garner.

thu 16 – To Rome With Love (2012) D: Woody

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A Heineken ad proves a contender in Packaged Goods.

while a BBC promo for its nature documentaries – with David Attenborough reading the lyrics to Louis Armstrong’s What A Wonderful World – makes the song’s overplayed sentiment feel fresh again. I’m still not sure what Chrysler was trying to say in that Clint Eastwood Super Bowl ad about it being halftime in America, but there are worse things to listen to than two minutes of Eastwood’s gravel-voiced

exhortations. And fantasy spots for Cravendale and Canal Plus demonstrate that funny animals are always advertising gold. The program will be followed by a conversation between Fera and Big Sky Edit’s Chris Franklin. I’m thinking you’ll want to stay for that. Screens Wednesday (August 22) at at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

(1973) D: Richard Abel. 11 pm. sat 18 – The Salvador Dali Film Fest. 7 pm. Wet Dreams Film Festival: The Dreamers (2003) D: Bernardo Bertolucci. 9 pm. The Darkside Of Porn, vintage black-and-white porn (1915 to 1950) set to the music of Pink Floyd. 11 pm. suN 19 – Kid Dracula: Nosferatu (1922) D: FW Murnau, with music from Radiohead’s Kid A & OK Computer. 7 pm. MoN 20 – Siddhartha (1972) D: Conrad Rooks. 7 pm. tue 21 – Alice In The Wall: Alice In Wonderland (1951) D: Clyde Geronimi and Wilfred Jackson, with music from Pink Floyd’s The Wall. 7 pm. wed 22 – Intolerance (1916) D: DW Griffith, with music of Philip Glass and Jean Sibellius. 7 pm.

Painter (2011) D: Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey. 7 pm. Introduced by the AGO’s curatorial dept head Elizabeth Smith. Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) D: Colin Trevorrow. 9:30 pm.

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Allen. 7 pm. Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) D: Colin Trevorrow. 9:15 pm. Fri 17 – Moonrise Kingdom (2012) D: Wes Anderson. 7 pm. Magic Mike (2012) D: Steven Soderbergh. 9 pm. sat 18-suN 19 – Madagascar 3D (2005)D: Eric

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thu 16 – O Fantasma (2000) D: João Pedro Rodrigues. 9 pm. Nights In Black Leather

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thu 16 – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

(2011) D: John Madden. 6:45 pm. The Intouchables (2011) D: Oliver Nakache and Eric Toledano. 9:15 pm. Fri 17 – To Rome With Love (2012) D: Woody Allen. 7 pm. Jaws (1975) D: Steven Spielberg. 9:15 pm. sat 18 – Gerard Kennedy, Parkdale-High Park Liberals and the task force to make our community Canada’s first mental health stigmafree zone present a movie matinee for mental health. Screening of The Interventionists D: K Cizek, and Ryan D: C Landreth followed by director Q&A. 11 am. Free. Madagascar 3D (2005) D: Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath. 2 pm. To Rome With Love. 4 & 7 pm. Jaws. 9:15 pm. suN 19 – Madagascar 3D. 2 pm. To Rome With Love. 4 & 7 pm. Jaws. 9:15 pm. MoN 20 – Jaws. 6:45 pm. To Rome With Love. 9:15 pm. tue 21 – TIFF, Word On The Street and the Revue present a launch of Geoff Pevere’s book Don Shebib’s Goin’ Down The Road at 5:30 pm. Screening of Shebib’s Goin’ Down The Road (1970). 7 pm. Interview with Pevere and Shebib at 8:30 pm. Screening of Goin’ Down The Road Again (2011). 9:15 pm. Book & screening $26, single films $13, $17 for double bill. wed 22 – Eames: The Architect And The

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thu 16 – Iron Sky (2012) D: Timo Vuorensola. 7 & 9:30 pm.

Fri 17-sat 18 – To Rome With Love (2012) D:

Woody Allen. 7 pm. Iron Sky. 9:30 pm. suN 19 – To Rome With Love. 7 pm. Iron Sky. 9 pm. MoN 20-tue 21 – Closed. wed 22 – Woody Allen X 2: Manhattan (1979). 7 pm. To Rome With Love. 9 pm.

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Sexuality isn’t hard-line I’ve been confused about my sexual-

ity for two years. I am a 22-year-old female. I liked guys when I was in school, but then, in perhaps the most stereotypical of fashions, I developed a HUGE crush on Tegan and Sara when I was nearly 20. I like the idea of being with women, but I’ve never had a major crush on anyone since. So I’m really confused about what my sexual orientation actually is. I know many hetero-identifying people experience same-sex crushes, but can someone’s whole sexual orientation just change overnight? My confusion is compounded by the fact that I’ve never even held someone’s hand, been kissed or done anything else. I really want to experience such things, have an awesome relationship and generally just stop feeling like a complete loser. Any help appreciated! Awfully Nervous Over Newness “When I was young, I dated boys,” said Tegan Quin, one-half of the popular indie duo that prompted you to question your sexuality. “I never thought about love or being ‘in love.’ And I never thought about sexuality. I was lucky to have a group of friends much more interested in each other than in dating. And so I was fairly untroubled about my status. Until I kissed a girl. Then I knew who I really was. I was gay.” Oh, hey, I hope you don’t mind that I shared your letter with Tegan and Sara, ANON. I figured you might appreciate getting some advice directly from your

potentially life-altering crush. Like you, ANON, Tegan used to assume she was straight. “I’d gone most of my teens crushing on guys like Jared Leto, thinking that must make me straight,” says Tegan, “even though secretly I was dreaming of makeouts with Claire Danes. I thought my crush on Jared vetoed my secret girl crush on Claire. Maybe that was society weighing down on me. Perhaps it was peer pressure keeping me inside the lines of heterosexuality. Or, likely, I just liked them both.” Based on your letter, ANON, Tegan suspects that you might like both. “Sexuality is not hard lines,” says Tegan. “It’s not black-and-white. Not for all of us, anyway. Some people know their whole lives who they are. Some people don’t. My advice: Go and kiss a girl, go and hold a boy’s hand. Don’t worry about who you are until you find out what you like. Maybe you’ll like both – and yay if that’s the way it turns out, because that means you have twice as many people to fall in love with.” And while Tegan doesn’t think a person’s sexuality can change overnight, she believes – she knows from personal experience – that a person’s awareness of their sexuality can change overnight. “You can have an awakening,” says Tegan, “like I did when I first kissed a girl. A whole new world can absolutely be waiting for you if you end up feeling up to exploring it. Good luck!” Tegan and Sara’s newest album is Get Along, and they’re about to embark on a tour of North America. For info, tour dates, music, merch and more, go to teganandsara.com.

Butt action bummer I’m a 20-somethIng professIonal

snowboarder. I have a problem that I don’t really have anybody to talk to about. When I jerk it, I have to put a finger in my asshole to finish. Plain and simple, that’s the only way I can come. I’ve tried to learn to come without the finger, but I can never reach climax. I can’t even come in a girl’s pussy without sneaking a finger in my back door. I

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go to great lengths to hide it – push her head in a pillow, etc – because I don’t want them to think I’m gay. (I have no problem with other people being gay, just FYI. It’s just that you do not want snowboard groupies thinking you’re gay. Girls talk, and then you never get laid again and all of your bros find out you’re sticking things up your butt.) This letter is actually time-sensitive. I’m pretty distraught that last night one of my regular chicks saw me do it! Today she won’t return my texts. I want to convince her I was scratching an itch or something. I’m worried it might already be out there that I’m “gay.” How do I learn to come without prostate stimulation? Butt-Using Manly Man Entirely Distressed I get a dozen letters a week from girls whose boyfriends “can’t come.” These girls tell me their boyfriends get hard and stay hard and seem to enjoy fucking them – and fucking ’em and fucking ’em – but no matter how long their boyfriends fuck ’em, their boyfriends never climax. Invariably, these girls ask me if their boyfriends are gay. Because otherwise they would come during straight sex, right? Your letter made me wonder how many of these girls are dating guys like you, BUMMED. That is, guys who need a poke in the prostate in order to come but either haven’t figured it out yet or know it but don’t wanna risk it in front of their girlfriends because their girlfriends might think they’re gay if they did that. But their girlfriends think they’re gay anyway – because they’re not poking and not coming. So it looks like you’re damned if you do, BUMMED, and damned if you don’t. Stick a finger in your butt and come and your girlfriend – excuse me, your groupiefriend – might think you’re “gay.” Don’t stick a finger in your butt and don’t come and your groupiefriend might think you’re “gay.” A few practical suggestions: Get a butt plug. It’s a butt toy that your sphincter muscles hold in place – picture a small lava lamp that fits in your ass – and once you get it in, BUMMED, it won’t

slip out. Provided your groupiefriends aren’t touching your asshole or looking directly at it, they won’t even know it’s there. And a butt plug might help you break the strong mental association you’ve made between finger-in-hole and climaxing. A few dozen look-mano-finger-in-hole orgasms, courtesy of a butt plug, might help you transition to look-ma-nothing-in-my-hole orgasms. Get a girlfriend. I’m not a noted proponent of monogamous coupling (go ahead and google me), so please don’t dismiss this as standard-issue advice-professional moralizing. But you might benefit from opening up to one person, someone you can trust with your secret. That would require an investment of time and emotional energy, but the payoff could be huge. Imagine having sex with someone you didn’t have to hide from, BUMMED – someone who you didn’t have to worry about judging you, because she understands. Get over yourself. You’re a heterosexual guy who needs to be on the receiving end of a little heterosexual anal play during heterosexual sex in order to get off heterosexually. There are lots of straight guys like you out there. Your sexuality isn’t the problem; your need for prostate stimulation isn’t the problem. The problem is your shame and your desire to hide this aspect of your sexuality from your groupies and your bros. You may not be gay, BUMMED, but you do need to come out.

DEAR READERS:

David Rakoff died last week. He was a writer, a contributor to This American Life and an all-around spectacular human being. His books – Half Empty, Don’t Get Too Comfortable, and Fraud – are terrific. If you haven’t read David’s books, please read them now. My heart goes out to David’s family and to his countless friends. To get an idea of how many lives David touched, spend some time at rorevans.tumblr.com.

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