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sale by creators from around the world, at the Metro Convention Centre. To Nov 1. Noon to 8 pm. $18. tiafair.com.

HuMAN RIgHTS IN HAITI Haiti Liberté editor Berthony Dupont speaks on the aftermath of the quake, aid and elections. 7:30 pm. Free. Ryerson Student Campus Centre. thac.ca. +MATT & KIM The adorable indie duo showcase their new album at the Phoenix. 8 pm, all ages. $17.50. PDR, RT, SS, TW.

G. Cole hosts the superb fiction writer with Ali Smith and Brando Skyhorse at an IFOA round table. Noon, $18. Fleck Theatre. readings.org.

NIgHT OF DREAD Dufferin Grove Park holds its night to banish fears with a parade, musicians and more. 4 pm.

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ISRAEL AND PALESTINE: PAST, PRESENT AND FuTuRE A talk by

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email letters@now toronto.com Pay-to-play democracy

once again, we had an election in which the poor fucking middleclass thought politicians were talking about them when they were promising to make their lives better.

But soon, people will realize that they have been sold a rotten bill of goods. They’ll find themselves poorer and with less services and a system so dismantled they will never get anything other than a big FU when they finally wake up and want real change. I am not a “customer” of democracy. I am a fucking citizen.

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looking out for the weak and voiceless – not pay-to-play democracy – make a civil society.

Look to our neighbours to the south to see how well this kind of change affects us all: like a massive fucking migraine!

Christopher Toudy Toronto

Voter’s Guide a howl

well, it seems that i owe now Magazine an apology. I have long subscribed to the stereotype that lefties and feminists have little or no sense of humour.

I have to tell you that the Voter’s Guide issue (NOW, October 21-27) has

dissuaded me of that notion, because it has to be the funniest goddamn thing I’ve read in a long, long time!

Bronco Turkstra Toronto

so here we are again. our city election has mirrored every other election in Canada. Two leading, neckand-neck horrible choices and a distant, moderately hopeful third, with the media playing the “lesser of two evils” game in which the winner’s only virtue is that of plundering and destroying the city ever so slightly less than the other.

The false choice of this game guarantees that our interests for a livable city will be denied.

Only voting for what you want, as opposed to voting against what you hate, will free us from this endless cycle of disappointment.

S. Meikle Toronto

About Ford

not surprising that rob ford was conspicuously missing from those large “I will vote for...” articles and other coverage in your Voter’s Guide.

We get it, you hate him. But please don’t call it a Voter’s Guide. It’s NOW’s guide to who you want us to vote for.

What you did was completely unprofessional and deceitful. You aren’t for the people, because if you were, you would take the stance of educating people about all of their options, not just the ones you really like.

LD Toronto

Smitherman, oy vey

thank you, now, for finally revealing the schizophrenic makeup of your captains of the ship.

After so many years of being confounded by NOW’s stance on so many issues, revelations at last. Michael Hollett’s endorsement of Joe Pantalone (NOW, October 21-27) is what lefties expect from NOW, but what is this? Alice Klein’s mealy-mouthed, ass-kissing of George Smitherman?

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What readers are saying at nowtoronto.com Ugly leftist stereotypes

i used to smile at the american Canadian right-wing’s portrayal of leftists, as I believed that many on the right were, in fact, doing everything they accused the left of doing. For instance, the left supposedly had to resort to namecalling, distorting the facts and conveniently ignoring the faults of the people they supported.

Maybe it was the people with whom I associated, but in the past I never really saw such myopic traits among the left, aside from the most extreme minority. Meanwhile, the most well-known figures on the right seemed to exemplify such characteristics.

After reading your current election coverage, I am sad to say that NOW certainly lives up to the ugliest of leftist stereotypes.

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Time to remain engaged

i could not bring myself to vote for any of the main contenders in Toronto’s mayoral race (NOW, October 21-27).

Whether it is my friend Joe’s ineffectiveness, my friend Rob’s delusion or Mr. Smitherman, all three are poorly suited to lead my beloved hometown into the second decade of the 21st century.

I registered my displeasure by voting for one of the truly independent candidates brave enough to challenge the power of the major political parties and the less than 10 per cent of Canadians who belong to all of them, combined.

Remember, kids, the most important role of the electorate in a functioning representative democracy is to remain engaged after the ballots are counted.

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Amid the rubble of reconstruction at Nathan Phillips Square, a controversy is stirring around the appearance of Joseph Stalin’s mug on one of the panels at the foot of the statue of Winston Churchill. Hungarians World Federation Canadian Council has started a petition asking for its removal from in front of City Hall. The council says the portrait, part of the famous shot of the Big Three meeting at Yalta in 1945, “is an abomination and cruel insult to the hundreds of thousands of Torontonians whose kinfolk were murdered in Stalin’s Communist Soviet Empire.”

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George Smitherman The chosen one ends up being the frozen one – as in frozen out of the mayor’s chair – after a crushing electoral loss. See story page 16.

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At the (Rich) Man of the People victory party, all present had to sign a loyalty oath to Rob Ford.

Pissed-off in Fordland There will be many opportunities for the fumbling first-timer to alienate those who have embraced him there’s plenty of yelling and screaming at Rob Ford’s victory party Monday night in the barren International Centre, set in a sea of giant parking lots in Etobicoke.

Some of the screams are enthusiastic, some are nasty and some are directed at me.

I don’t check in as media but chose to experience the (Rich) Man of the People’s night like A People. As I try to head through the doors into the over-lit hall, someone I mistake as a greeter jams a piece of paper in my face and demands, “You’ve got to sign this first.”

The white fill-in-the-blank sheet is called “A Declaration of Support For Rob Ford,” and I’m firmly told I won’t get in if I don’t sign. This is no journalist sign-in, but what any of this proto-populist’s supporters have to do to qualify for admission.

“I’m not signing that,” I say, trying to be somewhat pleasant but definitely shocked and confused.

“Yes, you are,” barks the now icyeyed woman as she stands between the door and me, aided by a barrier of banquet tables.

“Why would I?” I ask, truly stunned.

And now she’s yelling, “You sign this or you’re not getting in,” swinging her stack of papers like a stick, with body language that says she wants to shove me.

I eventually take a sheet, write “Michael Hater” under the space for name and select “churchgoer” from a list of possible activities. I fill in fake numbers and an address and hand it over.

I’m rewarded with a parting of the way and a drink ticket as a Rob Ford sticker is slapped on my shirt by another Fordista, where it very briefly remains.

Sadly, unsurprisingly, when the oldschool party music is briefly turned down, the hopped-up crowd mutters and shouts crude comments and giggles as George Smitherman is shown on giant TV screens declaring his love for his child and husband. Joe Pantalone is cursed by some in obscene Italian when he appears on screens.

But what is surprising is the diversity in the room and the regularfolks feel in this group of brown, black and white faces. Some appear angry and eager for vengeance, but many just look delighted to have a sense of powerlessness purged. There are lots of working-class people who’ve felt negated and neglected and think the big man with little ideas might finally get them into the mainstream of Toronto life and to the top of the city’s agenda.

I’ve been to plenty of parties for

There are lots of working-class people who’ve felt negated and neglected and think the big man with little ideas might finally get them into the mainstream of Toronto life. political parties and recognize here the delighted faces of the newly politicized, those who’ve probably just fought in their first election and, what the hell, their guy won.

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It’s no surprise to hear the redfaced Ford, his bulging neck lassoed by a ludicrous-looking lei, give thanks early in his victory speech to radio 640 loudmouth John Oakley, who gave his fellow-traveller a regular pulpit on his highly rated show.

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In the end, George Smitherman didn’t know what he stood for, and neither did voters.

Smitherman’s mea culpa

The real irony in this death spiral? It’s his friends at the Star who fed fury that elected Ford By ENZO DiMATTEO for george smitherman, heir apparent turned error apparent, Monday’s resounding electoral defeat, the first in a charmed political career, was instant karma.

All that to-ing and fro-ing right and left in a catch-as-catch-can bid for votes had the electorate confused.

In the end, Smitherman didn’t really know what he stood for, and neither did the voters.

In the harsh light of the television cameras at the Guvernment minutes before Rob Ford was declared victor, Smitherman spokesperson Erika Mozes put on a brave face. The Smitherman team had run a campaign they could

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be proud of, Mozes said.

That sentiment wasn’t wholly shared by the man himself, who took responsibility in his concession speech for losing a campaign that clearly was his to lose.

And so it was.

His uncharacteristic show of tears and mea culpa moved even his staunchest political enemies, but Smitherman knows he has no one to blame but himself. That “furious” label and rep for playing politics to win at all costs left a bad whiff in the air.

Those immigrant votes Smitherman was banking on in the burbs never did materialize. Sadly, the gay

thing had a little something to do with that. Those paid ads that appeared on a Tamil radio station pointing out that Smitherman’s gay and encouraging listeners to vote for Ford certainly didn’t come out of nowhere.

Posters appeared in the Beaches, too, posing the question: “Should Muslim (sic) vote for him who married a man?”

But that’s only the half of it.

The Smitherman campaign was in disarray behind the scenes. Not even the Star’s endorsement, which used to count for something, was enough. Talk about a rude awakening for the Libs and their friends at One Yonge Street.

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dained in this town, the money following the choice of the establishment power brokers. It’s a well-worn path, a script that’s been followed in municipal politics, with a few rare exceptions.

And the Star has always had a hand in the decision-making, including when David Miller came seemingly out of nowhere with his broom to win in 2003. It was the Star’s backing that put him over the top in the burbs.

Early on, it certainly looked like Smitherman would play the starring role, after moneybags Ralph Lean and his Bay Street buddies lined up behind the Curious One and not John Tory (re-

member him?) back in January.

But something happened on the way to the coronation. The largestcirculation daily in the city by miles, the voice of middle-of-the-road Toronto, could not deliver the knockout punch for their man.

Ford’s many well-publicized crimes and misdemeanours made him an easy target. But try as the proud paper of record might to discredit Ford in the post-Labour Day stretch run, none of it stuck.

Perhaps Ford’s win illustrates that the public has soured on scandal.

Maybe voters just don’t care about politicians lying about DUI charges any more.

Maybe.

The mainstream pundits picking through the post-election entrails splattered like a dog’s breakfast on the pavement say Ford’s win is a repudiation of the Miller years. Not so simple. A teetering economy had a little more to do with it, I think.

What’s clearer from the results is that the anti-Harris sentiment in post-amalgamation T.O. seems to have dissipated. Hell, they’re naming libraries after him in North Bay. Besides, it’s been 15 years since the Common Sense Revolution. There’s a whole new generation of voters among immigrant communities out there who don’t know who Harris is or remember (or care about) the effects of his government’s downloading on municipalities.

Can Tim Hudak’s hordes be far behind at Queen’s Park?

The real irony in Smitherman’s Star-crossed death spiral? It’s the Star, arguably, that had the biggest hand in feeding the taxpayer fury that fuelled Ford.

When the paper of Atkinson social principles turned intemperate and started to sound like the Sun on Miller, the seeds were sown for a Ford revolution. Ford’s the Star’s baby. 3

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Rebel, made to order How the Harris Tories downloaded this tax revolt By ELLIE KIRZNER if rob ford, individual oddity that he is, didn’t exist, the times would have created a facsimile of him.

You have to ask how a politician with a deep aversion to government as a concept plus a few crafty handlers could have snagged one of North America’s most progressive cities.

The sad truth is, he was manufactured, made to order by a series of intentional steps and happenings generated by conservative players with state-withering aspirations.

History is not a conspiracy, but there

are conspiracies in history, as the saying goes.

The Harris Tories dreamed all this.

They not only worked to dump responsibilities on cities and divest higher levels of government of accountability, they also aspired to download the tax revolt. The idea was that if you endlessly contract senior governmental functions and continue to hand them down the line, the rebellion would break out at the weakest link, the municipal level.

And so it has.

Add to this a recession where

senior jurisdictions have basically abandoned the population to their own devices and fears. From the Tories’ refusal to use EI as a real safety net to the provincial Libs’ official policy of fostering employment poverty through a low minimum wage, their insistence on non-sustainable social assistance rates and limp job creation, it’s no wonder people are weathering the downturn with a mixture of pessimism and fury.

Cities don’t control the broader forces of the economy – they are the mop-up operations for tragedies

fostered at a higher level. And in this first recession-time election, the mass emotion bubbled up right about here.

Spare a little blame, as well, for the fabricated attacks on the David Miller regime and its “fiscal irresponsibility” by, of all sources, the socalled liberal Toronto Star. Royson James worked to establish a climate of hostility and a disrespect for the simple facts of the matter. He may have thought he was opening the door for George Smitherman, but turns out it was Ford who darkened the welcome mat.

As for Smitherman, he plainly was no help at all. Sure, he knew how to deftly lift the best policies from the Miller plan – from local procurement to jobs for challenged youth; that was his left cover. But his chief message, the one he went to war with, was all about Miller’s “waste and abuse.” He began his bid with this message and stayed on theme, on track, on target right to the bitter end.

His language and cadence were meant to pump indignation, to create suspicion and skepticism about politicians’ relationship to public money and, in the end, detracted from governance itself. His examples of misuse were so out of proportion that the hopelessly charitable concluded he couldn’t possibly mean it and forgave him his excesses on the basis that he was just making tactical

overtures to Ford’s base. If only.

So what’s next? I was at the Fox and Fiddle on the Danforth Monday night, where Paula Fletcher was celebrating her victory over a vicious “anyone but” campaign and folks were toasting winning Mary Fragedakis, who cleaned out the Case Ootes demons from Ward 29.

NDP leader Jack Layton was there, walking on air over his son’s triumph in Ward 19, and the room was jubilant, optimistic and awash in a sense of mission. Fletcher said it best when she told the cheering crowd that people now had to stick together to work for the social justice “we all believe in in this room.”

We’ve been here before, of course, during the Harris years. And along with the social trauma, the grassroots movements grew like crazy. It was the feds who shut the downtown for the G20, but during the Harris years it was labour and community groups who locked the city tight during the Days of Action.

Now watch for a new wave of citizen self-expression, aimed at backing progressive councillors on the front lines.

The council chambers will be teeming and deputants will flood like the seas into committee meetings. And if the feeling in the Fox and Fiddle Monday night sticks, there we could all be, a little while hence, sitting on the tracks to save our streetcars.

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Election crapshoot Most curious example of a newfangled breed of hybrid politicians Mary-Margaret McMahon, local environmentalist, food activist and Tory-backed fiscal conservative thumps Sandra Bussin 15,159 to 5,998 in Ward 32, Beaches-East York.

Best proof that beloved councillors who decide not to run can’t always pick their successor Kristyn Wong-Tam beats Kyle Rae choice Ken Chan in Ward 27, Toronto Centre -Rosedale.

Best use of an election to get rid of an invisible councillor The victory of Jaye Robinson, former manager in city’s Economic Development department and arts and culture buff, over incumbent Cliff Jenkins in Ward 25, Don Valley West.

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Most humbled candidate Jane Pitfield. In 2006, she ran against David Miller for mayor, but now, at the peak of antiMiller hysteria, she tries to sneak back onto council and is soundly defeated by newcomer Mary Fragedakis in Ward 29, Toronto-Danforth.

Best victory of a candidate most likely to clear the stench of the last incumbent Community activist and Transit City supporter Sarah Doucette topples old-guard middle-of-theroader Bill Saundercook in Ward 13, Parkdale-High Park.

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side making the need all the more pressing.

You can even see why, in this area so badly served by transit, the $60 car fee is so despised: it can feel like access to a car is an essential way to get to a low-paying job.

And as the crowd awaits Ford’s arrival, I hear murmurs of “Well, now he has to do it,” and when others, oblivious to the political infamy it recalls, start chanting “Four More Years,” those beside me are quick to mutter, “Not so fast, let’s see what he does first.”

With a new council still populated by progressives along with a Ford hardcore and a mushy middle, the mayor-elect will have trouble getting his crazy cost-cutting agenda through. Ford will inevitably fail to deliver. His supporters will be looking for gravy train stains on him soon enough. You simply can’t dramatically slash taxes without taking services down with them, and then today’s hero becomes tomorrow’s villain.

Progressives in this city have to look at how the last seven years have not been sufficiently sold to the

people they were intended to serve.

And if the progressive councillors had come behind a single champion earlier and with conviction, there could have been a “strategic candidate” instead of talk of strategic voting.

Ford has already proven that even in the top city job, he is more than able to be as embarrassing and ineffectual as he was as a councillor.

When CBC’s As It Happens tries to get a traditional, day-after interview Tuesday with the winner, Ford first refuses, then gives a disjointed and distracted conversation that features him shouting at people off-mic. Then he abruptly ends it.

There will be many opportunities for the fumbling first-timer to alienate those who have embraced him.

Let’s hope progressives learn from this election and get as adept as the Big Man at making it clear to people like those at this victory party that progressive councillors in fact are listening to and working for them.

Maybe those councillors will have enough discipline to strong-arm colleagues when they get nutty ideas like throwing themselves big bashes or covering legal bills with taxpayers’ money.

It’s not enough to say certain spending is a drop in the bucket. Optics matter, and progressive councillors need to stop each other from making amateur mistakes. Kyle Rae’s farewell fiasco is one of the first can’t-miss complaints

tossed to the clamouring crowd by the new mayor this night.

As Ford appears to run out of words, ideas, energy and focus and his victory speech trails off and his sweat-streaming face grows disturbingly red, his big brother Doug is hurried to the podium. As the-almostas-big-bodied brother addresses the crowd with surprising entitlement, I wonder how comfortable Toronto will be at the sight of two family members divvying up a democracy.

The shared facial features, frame and agenda feel more familiar in a dictatorship dynasty, and the barking bros will likely prove at least as bad optics as a councillor’s canapécrammed cocktail party.

As I slip out of the festivities to catch more of election night and steer my car through the crowded parking lot, a distracted pedestrian walks directly in front of me in the middle of the road. I trail behind patiently heading, thwarted, in the same direction. Eventually he turns with a start and snaps around and faces my car.

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he reportedly begged. Nortel not only called the police, but sicced a Canadian computer security team on him. They charged him with 31 counts of hacking, keeping him in court for three years. During the trial, his girlfriend, the mother of his son, left him and he succumbed to extreme paranoia – which still plagues him today.

Canada would likely shut WikiLeaks down WikiLeaks uses more than 20 servers in mostly secret locations to keep the site up, it’s rumoured. One Swedish server, PRQ, is the epitome of hands-off, even hosting pedophilia sites in the name of freedom of expression. Sweden’s government can’t do anything about it.

The current administration in Ottawa, however, has not been tolerant of online nuisances. So it’s very unlikely that any of these hidden data farms would be on Canadian soil.

During the Copenhagen climate talks, the federal government went so far as using some underhanded methods of persuasion to shut down sites of the Yes Men, environmental activists embarrassing Canada online.

Memos all the way from the minister of environment accused the Yes Men of phishing, an outright lie.

The ISP believed the Canadian government and shut the site down on those allegations. Not fertile ground for WikiLeaks.

At any rate, Assange should reconsider his ban on Canada. As problemplagued as his site is, it does more good than harm, in my opinion, especially as Canada reconfigures its place in Afghanistan. Like his methods or not, it’s important work. So important, I’d offer him a warm spot on my couch and maybe even some space on the NOW servers if he ever changed his mind.

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I’m looking to buy an all-season duvet. What’s the best: down, synthetic or bamboo?

Whatever happened to the sleeping cap? Those snuggly evening toques may have gone the way of the bed warmer now that central heating keeps northerners warm, but if you want to comfortably drop your thermostat at night, you still need to make sure you’re warm under the covers. That means investing in a good duvet, but which one will let you sleep at night?

The mainstream choice for comforter hunters is still down versus polyester fill. Most assume that down is the warmer, natural choice and polyester the allergy- and budgetfriendly option. Both, unfortunately, come with their own bedding set of consequences.

Polyester fills get their loft from environmentally iffy petroleumbased fibres. And down? Well, if a goose or duck is lucky, its feathers are plucked after slaughter, making down a meat industry waste product that some argue is better stuffed into pillows than trashed. But last year a Swedish investigative television program did a disturbing exposé on the clearly painful live-plucking happening on some goose farms. Soon after, IKEA did it’s own digging and found the problem widespread with its Chinese suppliers, then cut of those sus-

pected of hawking live-plucked goods.

(Ikea has a policy against the practice.)

While live-plucking is illegal in most Western countries, the doc estimated that anywhere from 50 to 80 per cent of the world’s down (which largely comes from China, Hungary and Poland) is live-plucked.

The industry argues that the practice is rarer, though it’s impossible to tell by looking at a product.

Only high-end Finnish eiderdown comes from ducks that pluck it from their chests to make nests. Should the threatened eider species’ nests be left alone? Animal rights groups think so.

All this might help explain why you can’t find down or polyester at green home stores like Grassroots in the Annex and Danforth, Zero Point near the Beach, Ecoexistence in the west end, Anami Organic Luxuries in Yorkville and green bedding stores like Soma Sleep at Lawrence and Dufferin. There, the main choice tends to be certified organic wool encased in organic unbleached cotton.

Why does organic matter in this instance? Well, cotton happens to be one of the most insecticide-intensive crops on the planet, famously polluting nearby groundwater, farmers and wildlife. Wool seems cozily benign until you learn more than 14,000 pounds of chemical insecticides were applied to sheep in the U.S. alone in 2000 to control mites, lice, etc.

Organic sheep can’t be dipped in neurotoxins or fed synthetic hormones or antibiotics, and organic cotton can’t be sprayed with chems.

Yes, duvets made with these materials are more of an investment – but consider them an investment in the planet. If your budget doesn’t allow for organic, more affordable conventional wool-stuffed duvets in conventional unbleached cotton are available at Soma or Sears, both of which offer Natura’s “natural” nonorganic line. But if you can save up a few extra dollars, that organic seal will keep you from tossing and turning at night.

Not that your options end there.

You can now find duvets filled with spun bamboo fibres. That bamboo

may have fewer chemicals than the bamboo used to make baby-soft rayon duvet casings and sheets, but it’s hard to say for certain. Rayon from bamboo isn’t as eco as we once thought.

Lycocell/Modal (from which IKEA makes duvets) are also rayonesque fibres made from wood pulp, but they’re supposed to use gentler chemicals in a closed loop. Sears carries a line of organic cotton-encased duvets stuffed with Ingeo corn fibres. The making of these corn products is supposed to produce less greenhouse gases than petroleum fibres, though the corn used isn’t GMO-free and comes from agro-giant Cargill.

You can go super-ancient with a silk-filled duvet. Though silk is supposed to be hypoallergenic, silk worms are steamed or boiled alive before they emerge from and damage their silky cocoons, so unless it’s “peace silk,” it ain’t a vegan pick. Serious veg-heads can track down comforters made of 100 per cent organic cotton fibres or 100 per cent hemp at Rawganique.com.

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InternatIonal DIaspora FIlm FestIval

How to place a listing

Films and videos made by cineastes living and working outside their countries of origin. $10, stu $8, pass $80. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. diasporafilmfest.com.

Nov 2 to 7 regent park FIlm FestIval Multicultural community film festival. Free. Lord Dufferin School, 250 Parliament. 416-5997733, regentparkfilmfestival.com.

Nov 3 to 6 toronto sketch comeDy FestIval Performances by more than 40 acts including Statutory Jape, Ninja Sex Party, Last Call Cleveland and Smells Like the 80s. $15, passes $40-$60. Comedy Bar (945 Bloor W), Lower Ossington Theatre (100A Ossington), Second City (51 Mercer). torontosketchfest.com.

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All listings are free. Send to: listings@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-​364-​1166 or mail to Daily​Events,​NOW​Magazine,​189​ Church,​Toronto​M5B​1Y7. Include a brief description of the event, including participants, time, price, venue, address and contact phone number (or e-mail or website if no phone available). Listings may be edited for length. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm.

Thursday, October 28

Benefits

Fall FashIons (Women of Baycrest) Gala inspired by the golden age of Hollywood with a fashion show, live jazz and more. 7 pm. $90-$125. Capitol Event Theatre, 2492 Yonge. womenspostevents.com.

HrhalloWeen haunt (Alpha II Alternative School) A haunted house, storytelling and more. Today and tomorrow 1-5:30 pm. $2. 980 Dufferin. alpha2events@gmail.com. paWs For the cause (Ontario SPCA) Dog fashion show. 8 pm. $99. Red Bull 381 Projects, 381 Queen W. pawsforthecause.eventbrite.com.

continuing fair, jack-o-lantern carving, a culinary tour, kids’ activities and more. Most events free. churchwellesleyvillage.ca.

To Oct 31 InternatIonal FestIval oF authors Readings, panels and interviews. $18, stu free.

Fleck Dance Theatre (207 Queens Quay W), Harbourfront Centre (235 Queens Quay W).

416-973-4000, readings.org.

To Oct 30

toronto InternatIonal art FaIr gala

Events

Hghost InvestIgatIon: hoW Is It Done?

Talk by author Richard Palmisano. 7 pm.

Free. Richview Library, 1806 Islington. Preregister torontopubliclibrary.ca.

Hrghosts oF the garrIson Tour the fort at night and hear ghost stories. To Oct 30, 7:30-9:30 pm. $10, child $5. Fort York, 250 Fort York Blvd. 416-392-6907.

Hthe ghosts oF the unIversIty oF toronto Guided tour with ghost stories. To Oct 31,

7 pm. $10. Pre-register muddyyorktours.com.

HrhalloWeen hauntIngs Tales of terror

for kids eight and up (today 7 pm) and for adults (tomorrow 7 pm). $20, stu/srs/child $15. Todmorden Mills Museum, Pottery E of Bayview. 416-396-2819.

HrhaunteD hIgh park Listen to ghostly tales about the Lodge and the park. Today and tomorrow 7-8:30 pm; Oct 31, 6:30-8 pm

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Israel FIlm FestIval Recent films from Is-

rchurch-Wellesley vIllage halloWeen FestIval Drag and leather bazaar, psychic

(Art Gallery of Ontario) Gala party to kick off the fair. 6:30-10 pm. $200. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. tickets.ago.net.

tumes parade, hay maze and more. To Oct 31, 10 am-5 pm. Free w/ admission. Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale N of 401. 416-392-5929.

Hrghost trackIng Learn to track spirits with Michelle Desrochers and Patrick Cross.

Today and tomorrow 7 pm. $25, child $15.

Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171.

Hcase 39 René Zellweger plays a social worker who rescues a girl from abusive parents in the Christian Alvart supernatural thriller. nowtoronto.com/movies. communIty Barter Exchange items or services. 7-9 pm. $2. Christie Ossington Neighbourhood Centre, 854 Bloor W. zandra@ conc.ca.

HDevIl Four strangers are trapped in an elevator with the Devil in Drew and Erick Dowdle’s supernatural thriller. nowtoronto.com/ movies.

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HrBoo at the Zoo A critters-and-cos-

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sounDplay FestIval NAISA festival of

rael. $13. Sheppard Grande Cinemas, 4861 Yonge. israelfilmfestival.ca.

To Oct 28 latIn-aFro-south asIan FestIval Music, dance, videos and more with Debashis Sinha, Mata Danze and others. $5. Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas W) and other venues. lulalounge.ca.

To Nov 5 7a*11D International festival of performance art with video/performance screenings, talks and workshops. Pwyc (sugg $5). Various venues. 7a-11d.ca.

To Oct 31

new media and sound art with performances, installations, workshops and more. $10-$15, performance pass $20-$25, installations pwyc. Wychwood Barns (601 Christie), Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen W). soundplay.ca.

To Nov 27 toronto JeWIsh Book FaIr Readings, talks, books and more from international and Canadian authors. $10 & $25. Beth David Synagogue, 55 Yeomans. 416-6381881 ext 4281, kofflerarts.org.

To Oct 31

and 8:30-10 pm. $10, child $5. Colborne Lodge, High Park. 416-392-6916.

lege School of Design, 230 Richmond E. 1-800-265-2002.

Hmy soul to take 3D Wes Craven’s soft slasher flick has a killer returning after 16 years to slay the kids who were born the night he allegedly died. nowtoronto.com/movies. north toronto communIty FaIr Music by Jay Douglas, healthy food samples and info displays. 11 am-4 pm. Free. Yonge-Eglinton Centre. pointinc.org.

Hparanormal actIvIty 2 In the Todd Williams sequel, featuring Katie Featherston, a family experiences a series of mysterious “break-ins.” nowtoronto.com/movies.

HhaunteD streets oF DoWntoWn toronto Guided tour with ghost stories. To Oct 31,

7 pm. $10. Pre-register muddyyorktours.com.

have a say In our FooD system People’s

Food Policy Project conversation. 7-8:30 pm.

Free. Big Carrot, 348 Danforth. 416-466-2129.

Israel anD palestIne: past, present, Future Lecture by Norman Finkelstein. 7:30 &

9:30 pm. $15, stu $10. Bahen Centre, 40 St George. cjpme.org.

Hlet me In Director Matt Reeves adapts the Thomas Alfredson 2008 chiller in a New Mexico setting. nowtoronto.com/movies.

moDernIst archItecture anD the vernacular traDItIon In Italy Lecture and

book signing with professor Michelangelo Sabatino. 6:30 pm. Free. George Brown Col-

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Hscreemers Indoor scream park with haunted attractions, the Midway of Madness, a vampire lounge and more. Today and tomorrow 7 pm-midnight; Oct 30, 5 pmmidnight; Oct 31, 7 pm-midnight. $23.50$28.50. Queen Elizabeth Bldg, Exhibition Place. screemers.ca. steven loFt Lecture on developing a new approach to art history from the perspective of indigenous cultures. 7:30 pm. Free. Ryerson U George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, 245 Church. 416-979-5000 ext 6843. tWB 3-Day caBaret Toronto Women’s Bookstore celebrates its official opening with readings, peformances, DJs and more.

Today 7-10 pm, tomorrow 6:30-11 pm. Free.

73 Harbord. 416-922-8744.

Women anD homelessness Street Haven marks its 45th anniversary with an exhibit.

6-9 pm. Free. City of Toronto Archives, 255 Spadina Rd. 416-967-6060 ext 225.

Friday, October 29

Benefits

For the love oF cloth (Textile Museum of

Canada) Decorator fabric sale. Today 11 am-5 pm; tomorrow 11 am-3 pm. Free. Textile Museum 55 Centre. 416-599-5321. potters Fall shoW anD sale (Red Door Shelter) Today 1-9 pm; tomorrow 10 am-6 pm; Oct 31, 10 am-6 pm. Free. Leaside Memorial Community Gardens, 1073 Millwood. torontopotters.com.

Events

antIquarIan Book FaIr Rare and antique books, maps, prints, manuscripts and first editions. Today 5-9 pm; tomorrow 11 am6:30 pm; Oct 31 noon-5 pm. $15/3-day pass.

Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. torontoantiquarianbookfair.com.

BreakIng From the pack: collectIng WIth InDIvIDualIty anD DIstInctIons Talk by art collector Thea Westreich. 6 pm. $12. Power Plant, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949.

Hesp psychIc expo Lectures on astrology, auras and more, demos of ESP and readings.

Today 2-10 pm; tomorrow 11 am-10 pm; Oct 31, 11 am-7 pm. $10, stu/srs $8. Four Points

By Sheraton, 6257 Airport. esp888.com.

Hghosts, greasepaInt anD galloWs Walk

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Ghostly tour and tales of financial andeEntertainment district. Today and Oct 31, 6:30-9 pm. $25, srs/stu $18, child $15.

Old City Hall (front steps), 60 Queen W. Pre-

Guided walk of lost hanging squares, jails and more with food tastings. 6:30-9 pm. $25, stu/ srs $18, child $15. St Lawrence Market, Front and Jarvis. Pre-register 416-923-6813. the gloBal FlyaWay netWork Ornithology curator Allan Baker talk about protecting the world’s migrant shorebirds. 6 pm. Free w/ admission. Royal Ontario Museum, 100

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HHowlers of THe Moon Trail walk, spooky characters and Halloween-themed dinner. 6:30-9:30. Kortright Centre, Pine Valley and Major Mackenzie (Kleinburg). Preregister 905-832-2289.

Modern TiMes Rebel Films screening and discussion. 7 pm. $4. OISE, rm 2-212, 252 Bloor W. 416-535-8779.

Hrock’n roll Halloween dance ParTy

Beginner dance classes and a rock-n-roll party with prizes for best costume. 7 pm-1 am. $10-$12. Dovercourt House, 805 Dovercourt. swingtoronto.com. roM connecTing singles Meet-and-mingle with a talk on design details found in everyday life. 7-9:30 pm. $50, adv $45. Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-5868000, rom.on.ca. salsa nigHT aT THe gardiner Dancing and music. 6-10 pm. $15. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080.

Hsaw 3d In the Kevin Greatert film, starring Tobin Bell and Betsy Russell, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to seek the support of guru Bobby Dagen. nowtoronto.com/movies.

HrsPiriT walk Spooky stories and tour of the city’s haunted buildings. Today 6:30, 7 and 7:30 pm; tomorrow 6:30, 7 and 7:30 pm. $10, child $8. Mackenzie House, 82 Bond.

Pre-register 416-392-6915.

THe sTruggle conTinues: aid, HuMan rigHTs and elecTions – a HaiTian PersPecTive Talk on the aftermath of the disaster in

Haiti. 7:30 pm. Free. Ryerson Student Campus Centre, 55 Gould. thac.ca.

ToronTo inTernaTional arT fair Show and sale of Canadian and international fine art. Today and tomorrow noon-8 pm; Oct 31 to Nov 1 noon-6 pm. $16, stu/srs $14, 4-day pass $40, under 10 free. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. tiafair.com. uParT 2010 Alternative art fair with an exhibition (to Oct 31, noon-6 pm), a panel discussion on valuing art (Oct 31, 2 pm) and a curator’s tour (Oct 30, 1 pm). $5. Gladstone, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

Saturday, October 30

Benefits

HrcabbageTown gHosT Tour (Cabbage-

town Preservation Assoc) Guided walking tour of ghost-inhabited houses. 7 pm. $10.

Corner of Parliament and Winchester. cabbagetownpa.ca.

HfunHouse Halloween (War Child Canada) Music with DJs Scott Cudmore, Tenemy and Shit La Merde. 8 pm. $5. Garrison, 1197 Dundas W. david@outside-music.com.

Events

Centre, 2979 Lake Shore W. 416-834-3107.

HHalloween faMily arcHery Hands-on beginners workshop for ages eight and up.

Today and tomorrow 9-11 am, 11:30 am1:30 pm or 2-4 pm. $31. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171.

HrHalloween HarvesT fesTival Street festival with a haunted house and a screening of Nightmare Before Christmas. 3-6:30 pm.

Free. 10 Scrivener Sq. rosedalemainstreet.ca.

HrHalloween Hay rides Activities and hay rides for the whole family. Today and tomorrow noon-4 pm. Free. Shops at Don Mills, 1090 Don Mills. shopsatdonmills.ca.

HrHalloween Hike Explore the spooky side of nature on a fall walk. 6-8 pm. $2.

High Park Nature Centre, 430 Parkside. highparknaturecentre.com.

HrHalloween Howl A presentation on wolves, First Nations drumming and stories, and howling tips. 6:30-8 pm. $18. Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale N of 401. Pre-register 416-392-5929.

HHalloween swing ball Beginner dance classes and live music plus costume prizes. 7 pm-2 am. $15-$18. Dovercourt House, 805 Dovercourt. swingtoronto.com.

Today and tomorrow 11 am-5 pm. Free w/ admission. Black Creek Pioneer Village, 1000 Murray Ross. 416-736-1733.

Hundred Pound Head Art exhibit, music performance and Halloween garage sale.

2-8 pm. Free. West Don Gallery, 169 Eastern.

416-961-7598.

HrnigHT of dread Clay & Paper Theatre community parade and celebration to banish our darkest fears, with stilt walkers, musicians, dancers and more. 4 pm. $10 or pwyc. Dufferin Grove Park, Dufferin S of Bloor. clayandpapertheatre.org.

Queen wesT neigHbourHood walking Tour Led by Betty Ann Jordan. Noon-2:30

ghosts and spirits said to inhabit the buildings. 1 pm. $12, stu/srs $10 (age 7 and up).

Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre, 189 Yonge. 416-314-2871.

HrHaunTed Halloween Games, creepy crafts, a costume contest and more. 6 pm. $7.35, family $28.25. Humber Arboretum, 205 Humber College Blvd. Pre-register 416675-5009.

pm. $15. Gladstone, 1214 Queen W. 416531-4635.

Hrreal gHosTs – real casTle Listen to ghost stories and learn how ghost trackers work. Today and tomorrow 10:30 & 11:30 am and 12:30 & 2 pm. Free w/ admission.

Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171.

Hreba’s PsycHic Halloween Tarot, palm, psychic and astrological readings, reiki and more. 11 am-4 pm. $20/reading. Reba’s Café, 3289 Dundas W. 416-626-7372. roberT MeeroPol The son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg talks about new developments that have come to light in his parents’ case. 7:30 pm. Free. Winchevsky Centre, 585 Cranbrooke. 416-789-5502. union sTaTion eXPerience Tour of Canada’s busiest transportation hub. 11 am-1:15 pm. $10. Travellers’ Aid counter, Union Station, Front and Bay, 416-917-8220, trha.ca. wesTend sTories Evening of storytelling for adults. 7-9 pm. Free. River Trading Co, 1418 Queen W. 416-908-7118.

HTHe HaunTed Head and oTHer Terrifying Tales Hear ghostly tales from storyteller

Sunday, October 31

HrHalloween Tour of THe elgin and winTer garden THeaTres Hear tales of the

Nan Brien. 7:30 pm. $20. Montgomery’s Inn, 4709 Dundas W. Pre-register 416-394-8113.

HrHaunTed kensingTon, cHinaTown & grange Tour with ghost stories and snacks.

THe bird deTecTive: invesTigaTing THe secreT lives of birds Talk by biology prof/au-

thor Bridget Stutchbury. 10:10-10:50 am.

Free. St Clement’s Church, 59 Briar Hill. 416483-6664.

6:30-9 pm. $25, srs/stu $18, child $15. Red pole w/ black cat, 350 Spadina. Pre-register HrcHocolaTe facTory HaunTed House 416-923-6813.

Experience a spook-tacular haunted house HrHaunTed roM Ghost tours and scary and get treats. 5:30 pm. Free. Cadbury Gladscavenger hunts. Today and tomorrow 11 stone Chocolate Factory, 277 Gladstone. am-4 pm. Free w/ admission. Royal Ontario Hday of THe dead celebraTion Aztec dance Museum, 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. ceremony, calaveras, music, Mexican AGO_art rental_AT_NOW_2:Layout 1 10/21/10 10:26 AMfoodPage 1 HrHowling HooTennany A haunted continued on page 30 œ maze, pumpkin carving and trick or treating.

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Hall Hallows eve Ghost walks, a séance,

and talks on past and present murders. 7-11 pm. Black Creek Pioneer Village, 1000 Murray Ross. Pre-register 416-736-1733. brockTon baZaar Fall bazaar with buskers, bakers, a yard sale and more. 9 am-1 pm.

Free. St Anne’s Anglican Church, 270 Gladstone, jeremiahproject.ca.

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THe financial disTricT: THe econoMy of THe PicTure Talk by artist Ian Wallace. 4 pm.

$12. Power Plant, 231 Queens Quay W. 416973-4949.

HrgHosT rivers Tour All-ages tour led

by Lost Rivers Toronto. 11 am. Free. Withrow Park Farmers’ Market, Logan S of Danforth. withrowpark.ca.

HgHosTly Halloween séance Trance channelling and messages, a ghost gallery, spirit paintings, ghost tours and more. 7 pm. $40. Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. ghostlyhalloween.ca.

HrgreaT PuMPkin arT fesTival Pumpkin carving, mask-making and more. 10 am-3 pm. $7. Waterfront Trail Artists Community Art

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PSYCHO Exclusive engagement of the 50th anniversary restoration of Hitchcock’s psychological thriller that forever changed the way we feel about motel showers, now playing at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King St. West. www.tiff.net/info

NIGHT OF DREAD Dufferin Grove Park hosts a night to banish fears, with a parade featuring music, towering puppets, stilt-dancers and fire-spinners, October 30 starting at 4pm. PWYC. www.clayandpapertheatre.org

MALABAR The perennial favourite as Toronto’s Best Costume Shop, Malabar offers a huge range of classic costumes and accessories, plus licensed gear from popular movies.

14 McCaul Street 416-598-2581 www.malabar.net

CAR-FREE HALLOWEEN Kensington Market hosts a special Pedestrian Sunday with music, costumes and games, noon to 10pm, October 31, at College & Augusta. Free www.pskensington.ca

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POWer talks 29–31 OctOber 2010

The Power Plant presents Power Talks, a series of lectures by influential art-world figures discussing their projects and ideas in the context of the Art Toronto 2010 fair.

Citytv screens the 2003 Guy Maddin film interpretation of Bram Stoker’s original story. 10:30 am. citytv.com. rgourDFest Workshops and an exhibit of carved and painted gourds. 11 am-5 pm.

Free w/ admission. Black Creek Pioneer Village, 1000 Murray Ross. 416-736-1733.

HrHalloween Family Dance Party Wear your costume and learn scary dance moves.

2-4 pm. Pwyc ($10 sugg). Artscape/Wychwood Theatre, 76 Wychwood. 416-537-4191.

HrHalloween Fiesta LEAF tours of the ravine system, apple cider pressing, costumes and more. 11 am to 4 pm. Free. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. evergreen.ca.

HrHalloween Fun Day Magic, crafts, a ghostly Halloween trail walk and more. 10 am-4 pm. Kortright Centre For Conservation, Pine Valley and Major Mackenzie (Kleinburg). 905-832-2289.

HrHalloween oPen House Ghoulish games, freaky fun, trick-or-treating and more. 7-midnight. Free. Rehearsal Studio, 76A Geary. 416-537-3542.

HrHalloween star Party Spooky science, a costume parade, scary music, telescope observing and more. 7:30-10 pm. Free. Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills. 416-696-1000.

HrHowl-o-ween ParaDe oF Dogs Bring your dog in a costume and join the parade. 2 pm. Free. Marine Drive Park (btwn Parklawn and Palace Pier). 647-867-3644. martial arts as PHilosoPHy Demonstrations, performances and lectures. Noon-5 pm. Pwyc. William Doo Auditorium, 45 Willcocks. gitakolanad@gmail.com.

Hrmexican Day oF tHe DeaD Family activities, music, altars and more. 1-4 pm. Free w/ admission. Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080.

HrPaws Party Bring your dog in costume for Halloween games. 3-6 pm. Free. PawsWays, 245 Queens Quay W. 416-360-7297.

Room 204, Metro Toronto Convention Centre Free admission with daily Art Toronto admission, or $8 Members of The Power Plant/$12 Non-Members per event.

Call 416.973.4000 to order tickets in advance.

HrPeDestrian sunDays in Kensington

Celebrate Halloween on car-free streets.

Noon-10 pm. Free. Kensington Market, College and Augusta. pskensington.ca.

HPretty BlooDy Citytv screens the 2009 doc on women creators of horror films. 8 pm. citytv.com.

HrPumPKin-carVing contest Kids carve pumpkins and get a trick-or-treat loot bag.

11 am-noon. $18, child $15. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171, casaloma.org. samBa camP Samba Squad beginner drumming workshop for ages 16 and up. Sundays 11:30 am-1:30 pm. $10. Drum Artz, 27 Primrose, slamdog@sympatico.ca. rsaturDay sHenanigans Drop in for shoethemed arts and crafts. 11 am-4 pm. Free w/ admission. Bata Shoe Museum 327 Bloor W, 416-979-7799, batashoemuseum.ca. stoP tHe Violence United Mothers Opposing Violence Everywhere holds a walk to Dundas Square for a rally against violence in the city.

1-5 pm. Free. Queens Park. 416-819-8628.

tHe u.s. in tHe miDDle east: Peace Processes anD war FeVers Talk by senior policy analyst/

author Phyllis Bennis. 3-5 pm. Pwyc-$10. Trinity-St Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor W. necef.org.

HVillage oF tHe DamneD Citytv screens the 1995 film starring Christopher Reeve and Kirstie Alley. Noon. citytv.com.

HtHe walKing DeaD Season premiere of the series about a zombie epidemic based on Robert Kinkman’s comic books. 10 pm.

AMC. amctheatres.com. warHol in tHe aDVertising worlD Talk by art professor Thomas Crow. 4 pm. $12. Power Plant, 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. wHat next For tHe miDDle east? Near East Cultural and Educational Fdn talk by Mideast policy analyst Phyllis Bennis. 3-5 pm. $10, stu/srs $5, unwaged pwyc. Trinity St Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor W. necef.org.

HrZomBie Dance Zombie dancing in historic costumes. 2 and 3:30 pm. $6, stu/srs $3, child $2. Montgomery’s Inn, 4709 Dundas W. 416-394-8113.

Monday, November 1

Benefits

PerFormance FunDraiser (A Life a Year)

Aaron Sorkin’s play Hidden In This Picture, a

performance of The Beatles Songbook and more. 7 pm. $20, adv $18. Duke of Westminster, 77 Adelaide W. 416-336-3399.

Events

BreatHe! Yoga practice for women in a safe

environment. Mondays and Tuesdays 5:30-7 pm. $7. Centre for Women’s Studies, rm 2-227, 252 Bloor W, phatch@ryerson.ca. caPe Breton steP Dancing All-ages lesson, no experience necessary. Mondays 6:15 pm. $10. Farmer Memorial Baptist Church, 293 South Kingsway, 416-231-8717. cesar millan liVe The Dog Whisperer host presents his live show on dog psychology and owner training. 7:30 pm. $25-$125. Air Canada Centre, 40 Bay. cesarmillanlive.ca. tHe cinema oF israel Lecture by film critic Shlomo Schwartzberg with film clips. 7-9 pm. $12. Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina. 416924-6211.

HDays oF tHe DeaD anD otHer Fiestas: at tHe Heart oF mexican culture Lunch talk

with author Chloë Sayer. 12-1:30 pm. $25, stu/srs $20 (bag lunch included). Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, 111 Queen’s Park.

Pre-register gardiermuseum.on.ca.

DeatH oF a salesman Talk on the Arthur Miller play by Soulpepper Theatre artist Paula Wing. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. 416-395-5577.

Pleasure laB: your erotic anatomy anD selF-Pleasure sKills Women-only workshop. 7-10 pm. $33. Good for Her, 175 Harbord. Pre-register 416-588-0900.

Tuesday, November 2

Benefits

tHngs i’Ve Been meaning to Do (Shirley Case School in Monte Olivo, Nicaragua) Entertainment with DJ Waseem Dabdoub, auctions, and more. 7 pm. $65, adv $55. Berkeley Church, 315 Queen E. meaningtodo.ca.

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Four sHort talKs on animals Talks by naturalists and animal experts Richard Aaron, Sherry Burnett, Sarah Peebles and Richard Pope. 7-9 pm. Free. Parts and Labour, 1566 Queen W. cmagazine.com. roBert aDams On-stage book review of Elie Wiesel’s novel The Forgotten. 7:30 pm. Free.

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Audette Shephard leads a march to end gun violence.

WALK AGAINST VIOLENCE

Gun violence in Toronto is down but far from out. To take action against it, bereft mothers – like Audette Shephard, whose son was killed – formed United Mothers Opposing Violence Everywhere. UMOVE stages a walk Sunday (October 31) at 1 pm, beginning in Queen’s Park and continuing to a rally at Yonge-Dundas Square. The theme is Who Will Walk In These Shoes? Participants are asked to carry a pair of running shoes to symbolize those lost. And to make their point, UMOVE plans a moment of noise, because, says Shephard, “we have been silenced long enough.” For more information, call 416-819-8628.

MIDEAST FENCE MENDING

Peace is the Middle East endgame, Elder. Pre-register 416-633-3838.

WILD WEST HOEDOWN Pie-eating contest, a five-legged race, raging bull and more. 7:309:30 pm. $5. People’s Church, 374 Sheppard E. fusion1010.com.

Wednesday, November 3 CAFE SCIENTIFIQUE Discussion on whether the workplace can handle chronic disease.

5:30-8 pm. Free. Gladstone, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP 101 Class on the nuts and bolts of starting a business. 5:30-6:30 pm. Free. MaRS Auditorium, 101 College.

Pre-register marsdd.com/ent101.

JARANA WORKSHOP Mexican traditional music workshop with Alec Dempster. 7 pm.

Pwyc. Naco, 1665 Dundas W. nacogallery.com.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE Seminar with city policy

development officer Scott Pasternack. 4:10 pm. Free. U of T Woodsworth College, 119 St George. 416-978-3475.

MORE POWER TO RURAL WOMEN: 20 YEARS OF MASUM Film screening and discussion. 4:30-

6 pm. Free. U of T Health Sciences Bldg, rm 614, 155 College. j.kopelow@utoronto.ca.

NEPAL Travel talk. 6:30 pm. Free. Adventure Travel, 408 King W. 416-345-9726.

SINGING AND DANCING: THE IMPORTANCE OF

ABORIGINAL CULTURE Dancing, singing and drumming presentation. 2 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. 416-395-5577.

but for now, well, it’s all conflict, all the time. Come and hear analyst Phyllis Bennis of the academic think tank Institute for Policy Studies probe the Obama factor in her talk, The U.S. In The Middle East: Peace Processes And War Fevers, Sunday (October 31).

The presentation is the fourth annual James Graff Memorial Lecture for the Near East Cultural and Educational Foundation. $5-$10 or pwyc. Trinity St. Paul’s United Church, 427 Bloor West. necef.org.

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With Haiti now battling cholera and facing other incredible challenges, come and hear Haiti Liberté editor C Berthony Dupont and Haiti’s leading M civil rights lawyer, Mario Joseph, speak on The Struggle Continues: Y Aid, Human Rights And Elections. CM Look for commentary on aid not MY reaching those who need it, the shortfall in the Haitian government’sCY protection of its citizenry and the controversial upcoming election. Fri- CMY day (October 29) at 7:30 pm. Free.

K Ryerson Student Campus Centre, 55 Gould. thac.ca.

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE WITH A DRAG QUEEN Dance competition starring YURA. 9

pm. Free. Crews/Tango, 508 Church. 416-9721662.

TORONTO BABEL Practice a new language and meet people from around the globe. 7:30 pm.

Free. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. torontobabel.com.

Life’s essentials include massage therapy

WHAT REALLY KILLED KING TUT – DEATH BY HIPPO Lecture. 7 pm. $5. U of T Earth Sciences Bldg, 5 Bancroft. thessea.org.

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THE WISDOM OF THE PEACE VILLAGE ELDERS

(Peace Village Elders) Documentary screening and Q&A. 7-9 pm. $22. Wonderworks, Fleishman Gallery, 79A Harbord. 416-323-3131.

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Events

CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH Illustrated

lecture on the early 20th-century Scottish architect. 7 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. wmsc.ca.

LOCATING PARKDALE’S MAD HISTORY: BACK WARDS TO BACK STREETS, 1980-2010 Presen-

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Nor is CFB – “established 2010” – in any way related to Fatburger, the U.S. fast food franchise that counts rap royalty Kanye West and Queen Latifah among its celebrity licensees.

No, the thing that’s guaranteed to inspire mayhem in the Market this weekend is the small sign in the modest resto’s front window advertising

The regular menu’s also a sweet deal. The namesake CFB burger ($10) doubles the meat and adds a fried runny egg, a slab of melted cheddar and nicely sautéed onions, red peppers and mushrooms to the mix, while the Hawaiian ($7) gets garnished with pineapple, thickly cut bacon and char-broiled jalapeños.

And though the regular veggie burger ($5.50) comes with the same dreadful prefab patty found in nearly every sports bar and Oirish pub in town, the Deluxe ($7.50) version replaces card-

board Yves patty with tastily grilled portobello mushroom caps, antipasto peppers ’n’ eggplant and creamy chèvre.

There’s even an upscale take on a Philly Cheesesteak ($9), a sub-sized hoagie piled with seared beef, al dente peppers and gooey havarti, its optional onion gravy replacing traditional Cheez Whiz. But how did Nehme come up with his name?

“I spent a month looking on the internet,” he cryptically replies.

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ESSENTIAL KENSINGTON Kensington Market is always changing, so it’s hard to keep track of the choice spots to chow down. Here’s our list.

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HIBISCUS (238 Augusta, at Nassau, 416-364-6183). Tiny café with an allvegan card of salads, gluten-free buckwheat crepes and spectacular gelato. Rating: NNNN

Kensington, 647-351-3116) Self-serve café specializing in Lebanese mezes, vegetarian pizza slices and the freshest falafels around. Rating: NNNN

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ford, 416-913-7487) Grilled Missionstyle meal-in-one wraps idiosyncratically stuffed with the likes of sweet yams and tender pulled pork. Rating: NNNN

416-546-5516) Relocated to larger digs, this Mexican wholesaler/retailer makes its own organic tortillas on the premises. Killer hot sauces, too. Licensed. Rating: NNN Z

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MISS CORA’S KITCHEN (69 Kensington, at

win, 416-351-9646) Salvadoran grocery store with takeout counter in rear famed for

Baldwin, 416-593-2672) Exceptional pastries, pizza slices and prepared salads and mains to go. Rating: NNN

MOONBEAN CAFE (30 St Andrew, at Kensington, 416-595-0327) Laid-back coffee house with an extensive lineup of house-roasted organic and fair trade beans. Rating:NNN Z PATTY KING (187 Baldwin, at Kensington, 416-977-3191) Spicy Jamaican turnovers stuffed with minced beef, shrimp, ackee, goat or calaloo. Rating: NNN PEROLA (247 Augusta, at Baldwin, 416-5939728) Latin supermarket and Friday-to-Sunday lunch counter with a short card of tacos, pozole and pupusas. Rating: NNN

There’s nothing complicated about it; it’s as simple as 3Bs.

SUPERMARKET (268 Augusta, at College, 416-840-0501) Pan-Asian nibbles from 3 pm. Licensed. Rating: NNNN Z

The 3 Brewers is both microbrewery and restaurant, but for our regulars, it’s first and foremost The 3Bs. With natural, fresh and unfiltered beers drawn directly from our vats, and a menu of your favourite dishes served up with European flair, The 3Bs is the perfect place to unwind with friends.

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restaurant makeover may no longer be in production, but the locally produced Food Network TV show’s curse – many of the restos improved by the popular program go out of business – lives on in RM host David Adjey’s new series, The Opener. The Closer might be more accurate.

A recently aired episode focuses on El Barrio, the would-be tapas bar that’s taken over the former Kensington fruit stand that Starbucks supposedly wanted for a franchise. In typical reality TV fashion, Adjey helps the hapless first-time restaurateurs create a menu

– one partner wants cheap moneymaking fast food like hot dogs, the other Spanish mains – and teaches them important things like napkin folding.

“We don’t have any idea how to run this restaurant,” say the innocents, smiling for the camera.

Conflict ensues, of course, the best bit coming when one of the owners melts down over a missing case of soft drinks. (“Where are the pops?”) Adjey rightly worries that El Barrio could become “a quarter-million-dollar fast food money pit.”

But El Barrio eventually opens and everyone loves it! Problem is, the chef and staff walk after three weeks. Roll credits. Goodbye fancy-pants tapas, hello grilled cheese ($3.99) and frozen French fries ($2.99).

From the sidewalk, the five-monthold café looks promising, a wall of re-

tractable glass garage doors that opens to one of the most vibrant streetscapes imaginable. You really want this place to work. Besides, how bad can $6.99 fish and chips be?

Very bad indeed. Once El Barriostyle with watercress and house-made pickles ($10), industrial burgers now come garnished with the mustard and relish found in packets, pink rockhard tomatoes – with two of the best green grocers in town directly across the street! – and chili that tastes canned ($5.99).

Heads will roll when the owners find out there are five eggs in each Zesty Greek omelette ($8.99), but luckily someone has found those pops ($1.50). Woe, the poutine ($4.99).

El Barrio isn’t only a missed opportunity, it’s currently a waste of a lovely space.out The curse Restaurant MakeCheck our Realof Estate & Rentals . over strikes again!

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ESTEEMED PANEL OF JUDGES

NINE OF DINE The Gourmet Food & Wine Expo and NOW Magazine are proud to present this year’s recipients of the Nine of Dine – Chefs of Distinction Award. The program recognizes nine of the hottest chefs in the city.

Visit nowtoronto.com/nineofdine to vote for your favourite nominee!

CHEF FABIO BONDI LOCAL KITCHEN & WINE BAR 1710 Queen St. West localkitchen.ca

Fabio harnessed his slow food dreams to influence all things at his intimate Parkdale hotspot.

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CHEF DANIEL MUIA MOGETTE BISTRO

CHEF LAURA MALIN PARAMOUR

581 Mount Pleasant Rd. mogettebistro.com

94 Ossington Ave. paramourdining.com

Daniel honed his chops working alongside such luminaries as Didier Leroy and Jamie Kennedy before opening Mogette Bistro in 2008.

Laura credits four “amazing” formative years in Jamie Kennedy’s kitchen at the ROM as the experience that most profoundly influenced her culinary style.

CHEF HOWARD DUBROVSKY L.A.B RESTAURANT

CHEF KEVIN MCKENNA EARTH & GLOBE BISTRO

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Howard has all the gastronomic chops you’d expect from a top culinary artist.

But, it is his modernist ethos and edgy, DIY attitude that separates him from the rest of the pack.

Kevin’s fervour for “farm to table” cuisine motivates him to tirelessly seek out the freshest local ingredients for seasonally inspired menus.

CHEF JARED DAVIS CALICO CAFE

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Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 In the Chinese prov-

ince of Fujian, there used to be people who believed they could communicate directly with the dead. If they slept on the grave of the person they wished to reach, their dreams during the night might lead to a meeting with the spirit of the departed. I propose that you consider something similar, Aries. Why? Because according to my reading of the astrological omens, you would benefit from communing with your ancestors. If you can’t actually spend the night near their final resting place, find another way to contact them in dreams. Put their photos under your pillow, maybe, or hold one of their beloved objects as you sleep. Halloween costume suggestion: the ancestor whose influence you need most right now.

TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 In an exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, performance artist Marina Abramovic stared into the eyes of a succession of different strangers for 700 hours. Actors Marisa Tomei and Isabella Rossellini were among those who received her visual probes, as well as 1,400 less famous folks.

I think it would be fun for you to do a variation on her ritual, Taurus. In your case, you wouldn’t do it to show off or to prove an artistic point, but rather to get closer to the allies with whom you’d like to develop a deeper bond. Are you up for some deep eye gazing? Halloween costume suggestion: a mystic seer, a god or goddess with a third eye, a superhero whose power is X-ray vision.

GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 Have you ever

seen the edible fungi known as truffles?

They are bulbous, warty clumps. Because they grow underground near trees, specially trained pigs and dogs are needed to sniff out their location. In parts of Europe their taste is so highly prized that they can sell for up to $6,000 per pound. In my opinion, the truffle should be your metaphor of the month this November. I expect that you will be on the hunt for an ugly but delectable treasure or a homely but valuable resource or some kind of lovable monster. Halloween costume suggestion: a Frankensteinian beauty queen or underwear model, a rhino in a prom dress, a birthday cake made of lunch meat.

CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 Don’t try harder,

Cancerian; try easier. Don’t turn your focus into a white-hot beam of piercing intensity; relax your focus into a soft-eyed

enjoyment of playing around with the possibilities. Don’t tense your sphincter, marshal your warrior ferocity and stir up your righteous anger at how life refuses to conform to your specifications; rather, send waves of tenderness through your body, open your heart to the experiment of blending your energy with life’s unpredictable flow and marvel at the surprising revelations and invitations that are constantly flowing your way. Halloween costume suggestions: Mr. Smooth, Ms. Velvet, Dr. Groovalicious, DJ Silky.

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people had mixed feelings about the deal.

“I said it was like a cross between a bulldog and chihuahua,” London’s mayor announced, “but what I meant is it will have a fantastic hybrid vigour.” I suspect that a certain merger you have in the works, Virgo, could yield similar feelings. Halloween costume suggestion: half-bulldog, halfchihuahua; part hummingbird, partcrocodile; equal mix of Gandhi and Napoleon.

LibrA sep 23 | oct 22 Five white tigers at

the world,” said writer Aldous Huxley.

“But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.” I suggest you adopt that as your operative hypothesis, Leo. Maybe in a few weeks it’ll make sense for you to shower your loved ones with advice, and maybe you’ll eventually get re-inspired to save humanity from its foolish ways. But for now your assignment is to fix, refine and re-calibrate your own beautifully imperfect self.

Halloween costume suggestion: hermit, anarchist, keeper of a gorgeous diary, doit-yourself brain surgeon.

a Chinese wild animal park became way too tame for their own good. Maybe they’d hung around humans too long or their lifestyle was too cushy. Whatever the reason, one of their essential instincts atrophied. A zookeeper put live chickens into their habitats, hoping they would pounce and devour, but instead they retreated as if unnerved. Tigers scared of chickens?! Since then the zoo officials have been taking measures to boost the big cats’ bravado. I bring this to your attention, Libra, because I’m worried you might be headed in the tigers’ direction.

Un-domesticate thyself! Halloween costume suggestion: a big fierce creature.

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use your own personal doorman or doorwoman – someone who would accompany you everywhere you go and help you gain entrance through the portals you encounter. In my vision of what you require, this assistant would go further. He or she would find secret camouflaged doors for

you and do the equivalent of uttering Ali Baba’s magic words “Open Sesame!” He or she would even create doors for you, allowing you to penetrate obstacles – going into carpenter mode and fashioning a passageway for you right on the spot. If you can’t find anyone to fulfill this role for you, do it yourself. Halloween costume suggestion: a doorman or doorwoman; a gatekeeper from a fairy tale.

sAGiTTArius nov 22 | Dec 21 Is the highest form of courage embodied in a soldier fighting during a war? Irish poet William Butler Yeats didn’t think so. He said that entering into the abyss of one’s deep self is equally daring. By my astrological reckoning, that will be the location of your greatest heroism in the days ahead. Your most illuminating and productive adventures will be the wrestling matches you have with the convulsive, beautiful darkness you find inside yourself. Halloween costume suggestion: a peaceful warrior.

CApriCorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 The average spammer sends out 12,414,000 emails before snagging the money of just one gullible dupe. You’re not going to have to be quite that prolific in order to get the word out about what you have to offer, but you’ll have to be pretty persistent.

Fortunately, to improve your odds and raise your chances of success, all you have to do is purify your intentions. So please check in with your deep self and make sure that your gift or idea or product or service has impeccable integrity. Hallow-

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smell spicy or musky to you these days.

The wind might have a flavour like chocolate liqueur or a ripe peach. The hum of the earth as it turns may sound like a symphony you heard once in a dream. Your body? Electric. Your soul? Sinewy. In other words, Aquarius magic is afoot. The hills are alive with future memories that taste delicious. Your feet will touch sacred ground far more than usual. Halloween costume suggestion: a character from a film that changed your life for the better.

pisCes Feb 19| Mar 20 In the middle of the last century, avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger threw a masquerade party called Come As Your Madness. One of the invited guests was the Piscean writer Anaïs Nin. She appeared as the ancient fertility goddess Astarte, but with an unexpected wrinkle: she wore a birdcage over her head. This Halloween I urge you to be inspired by Nin’s decision to portray her madness as a goddess, but reject Nin’s decision to cage the head of her mad goddess. Find a disguise that allows you to embody the best and most beautiful part of your craziness and let it roam free.

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“We wanted to avoid some of the pitfalls that come with stretching out That level of fandom is new to them. But if you’re a recording over too long a period,” says Wells from Brussels. “You can get picturing a cleavage-and-cutoffs scene out of Rock frustrated and over-think things. Our headspace was, ‘Let’s spend as Of Love Bus, think again. The average Black Mountain devotee, it turns much time doing this as we usually do, but not spread it out over two out, is male, middle-aged and balding – a record-collecting autograph years.’ It was four months of really hard work.” hound eager to discuss the nuances of the Vancouver band’s bong-worthy Another big change-up: instead of producing and recording the album balance of progressive rock density, breezy folk ’tude and heavy metal themselves, as they did with 2005’s Black Mountain and 2008’s In The riffage, all coated in vintage tones.

Future, they enlisted two producers – Dave Sardy (Johnny Cash, LCD Except, that is, when said fan’s expressing outrage.

Soundsystem, Devo) and Randall Dunn (Sunn O))), Earth). And instead of “A few people have been like, ‘The new album is garbage,’” drawls main recording in Vancouver, they headed south to Seattle and L.A. man Stephen McBean over the phone from Amsterdam. “In Scandinavia, “We wanted to introduce a maverick element into the fold,” explains they’re very blunt in a definitely not Canadian way.”

Schmidt, who’s behind the pulsating keyboard atmospherics so fundaHe giggles impishly and adopts a Scandinavian accent: “‘I love the mental to the Black Mountain sound. “At this point, we know well enough band, but that was not a good set.’ You get it a lot with the older dudes in how to make a Black Mountain record so it was important to try sometheir mid-50s and 60s. Sometimes they’re really offended if you switch thing different. things up.”

“We wanted to take all the elements of a sprawling song and condense For album number three, released on Outside and Jagjaguwar, Black them into a mini-epic. [The song] Wilderness Heart kind of moves that Mountain have indeed switched things up. Gone are the 17-minute trip- way. It has a galvanizingly heavy riff, but we didn’t want it to just be that. py jams à la Bright Lights from 2008’s Polaris Prize-nominated In The We wanted to balance that heaviosity with a subtly shifting polyphony Future. They’ve been replaced by relatively brisk and accessible tunes as well.” that surge with energy and obliquely speak to our alienation from the Yes, he actually said that. Heaviosity, indeed. natural world. (The brilliant cover art features a toothy white shark hovAs for working with producers, the band admits it wasn’t easy. For exering blimp-like above a thin line of trees, all reflected in the glass of an ample, Sardy responded to one demo by telling them that, while the song office building.) was strong, the chorus just wasn’t good enough. For other tunes, arrangeEven if some old-school Scandinavians have complaints, the approach ments got changed in a way that left some members’ parts on the cutting is paying off. In cities where they’d played to 100 people on their last tour, room floor. they’re now drawing 1,000-plus. The joyous McBean/Amber Webber “We got pushed in a way that we’d never been pushed before, creativeduet The Hair Song has been holding steady atop the CBCR3 charts, while ly,” says Wells. “It was a hard pill to swallow but also nice that someone the video for Old Fangs, featuring witches and a 1972 Mustang, has over had the guts to tell us what could be better. We’re all stubborn… and mid83,000 YouTube views. Their Halloween show at the Phoenix – a double dle-aged.” bill with the equally heavy Black Angels – is destined to be off the hook.

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Bean’s vocals, which usually reside on the mumbly, tossed-off end of the spectrum. On Wilderness Heart, the 40-year-old bearded guitarist/ singer, who’s attained cult-hero status in certain circles and also leads the hypnotic Pink Mountaintops, seems to be pushing himself out of his shell, even becoming occasionally theatrical as he sings forebodingly about dead seasons, devil’s doors and nuclear suns.

“On the other records, we’d be doing the vocals alone in our basement, so to have someone there pushing you….” McBean trails off, something he does often. “And both those guys have worked with incredible bands. Dave Sardy worked on the Johnny Cash records, the Rolling Stones, some pretty legendary people. So when the tape’s rolling, you don’t want to choke. You kind of want to bring it.”

Once you know Black Mountain’s backstory, it easy to see why constant evolution is not just preferred but necessary to the band’s continued existence. In 2004, Black Mountain arose from the ashes of Jerk with a Bomb, a downtrodden, Smog-influenced alt rock band composed of McBean and Wells that had difficulty growing a fan base. Things came to a head during a long tour for their third and final album.

“We drove from Edmonton to play a free show in Winnipeg and two people showed up,” McBean recalls. “Then we drove all the way to Minneapolis and played New Band Night. Before us was a funk-metal band doing the Inspector Gadget theme, and it was like….”

He trails off, letting the image sink in. “It just felt like no one was listening, and that tour confirmed that no one was listening.”

During that trip, Wells and McBean, by then in their 30s, started talking about no longer playing music in a public way. No more records, no more live shows, just music for their own pleasure. On the drive home, McBean hit on the concept for Pink Mountaintops – an amorphous, anything-goes project that would have a rotating cast, including lots of lady singers, and allow the long-time friends to play loud again. (“I was a punk-metal kid,” says McBean, “and I was like, ‘I want to play my guitar loud again or do a solo.’ And Josh was like, ‘I don’t want to play with brushes any more!’”)

They came home and recorded a few quick-and-dirty tracks that drew the attention of Jagjaguwar. The Bloomington, Indiana, label also liked a few Jerk with a Bomb tracks the guys had recorded for a live CBC session. Not wanting to release two albums by two unknowns, they suggested McBean and Wells combine the projects. The first Black Mountain album, then, is essentially very early Pink Mountaintops plus a few Jerk with a Bomb tracks, including Druganaut, a Black Mountain crowdpleaser.

“There was a real energy,” McBean says. “The fun was back. And there was also something refreshing about ditching the name Jerk with a Bomb, which I’d been dragging around since 95.”

Creative renewal is Black Mountain’s fuel. Every member has at least one side project. So if you ever question a new direction, sit tight and see what happens next.

“Who knows?” says McBean, with another impish laugh. “The next album might just be three long songs.”

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SCARY LIVE SHOWS Toronto’s most reliable Halloween concert, Fucked Up Fest, nearly didn’t happen this year. But when Fucked Up’s UK support tour with Against Me! was suddenly cancelled, fate returned the unpredictable punk band home for their sixth annual October 31 shitshow. Playing a whole set of covers from “a certain period in modern music” at the Garrison (1197 Dundas West), Fucked Up should be predictably unpredictable.

Proof: the Sadies open. No advanced tickets, so get there early.

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rison two nights earlier to catch Sheezer. Putting on their musical costume every time they play, the all-female, all-awesome tribute to Pinkerton-era Weezer should sound all the better on Friday(October 29). With SISTER. Knowing full well there’s no better place to spend Halloween weekend than in a scuzzy Lynchian blues bar, promoter Dan Burke has booked two full nights of indie rock at the Silver Dollar (486 Spadina), headlined by Chang-A-Lang on Friday (October 29) and Still Life Still on Saturday (October 30).

Regulars at Bovine Sex Club (542 Queen West) have been known to don mullets and Van Halen Tshirts most nights of the year, but on Halloween they can call it a costume. Local throwback 80s rockers Diemonds lead the Headbangers Halloween lineup, along with Midnight Malice and Sonic Shock on Sunday (October 31).

Meanwhile, Toronto’s Southern soul flag-bearers Steamboat begin their monthly residency at the Piston (937 Bloor West) with a Saturday (October 30) costume party. Known

to pepper their marathon sets with covers and guest appearances, the secretweapon live band should have some surprises up their sleeves for this Devil’s Night bash.

And what’s Halloween without an illicit costume party? Taking over a defunct funeral home (717 Queen East) on Friday (October 29), the Wake The Dead event fills two rooms with live music from the likes of Invasions, Dentata and Big Crimes, along with DJs spinning electro, dubstep and drum ’n’ bass.

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STAGING FRIGHTS Sure, you can go see a scary film this Halloween weekend, but you can still tell yourself, “It’s only a movie,” right? For real chills, there’s nothing like a live show to freeze the blood.

Eric Woolfe is a horror movie aficionado who also happens to be a fantastic puppeteer, and he’s combined his talents in previ-

ous creepy works like Grendelmaus, Sideshow Of The Damned and The Babysitter. His latest, Madhouse Variations, is set in an insane asylum and draws from the works of H.P. Lovecraft, E.T.A. Hoffmann and Ambroise Bierce. Plays through November 7 at the Theatre Centre. 416-5380988.

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SPOOKY DANCE PARTIES The Drake Hotel has decided to make its Saturday (October 30) Halloween bash a music video-themed event this year, which should make it a bit more challenging to come up with a costume good enough to bring home the $500 prize. Headlining the party are the talented, eclectic Chicago DJ duo Flosstradamus.

If you can’t deal with the crazy weekend lineup outside the Drake, you can always walk a bit west to Wrongbar, where UK electro house producer Boy 8-Bit throws down as part of the Disco Of The Dead party.

If your tastes run more toward techno than hipster dance sounds, you’re spending Saturday night at Footwork for the Speed Demon party, featuring a live performance by Dutch beat maniac Speedy J. If that’s too close to the club district for comfort, you could head out to the Keating Channel for the Bone Shaker party, where both Pezzner and Dub Gabriel will be performing live alongside a slew of DJs. Pioneering Toronto rave promoters Destiny team up with Embrace for this year’s Freakout party at Sound Academy on Saturday, where you can dance the night away to drum ’n’ bass, dubstep and other bass-heavy beats, with appearances by DJ Marky, Datsik and Gaslamp Killer. Not only is there a cash prize for best costume, the winner also gets on the guest list to every Destiny and Embrace event for a whole year.

If that mega-party isn’t big enough for you, the Guvernment is using its entire complex for Thriller (also on Saturday), featuring big names like Carl Cox and Steve Lawler (see interview, page 47).

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What would Halloween be without The Rocky Horror Show? And we don’t mean dressing up and singing along to the movie (see Halloween Movies, above). The real show about Frank N. Furter and his raunchy experiments plays through October 31 at the Lower Ossington Theatre. 416-915-6747.

Speaking of sweet transvestites, don’t miss Fay Slift’s Blood Lust, which features performances by Daytona Bitch, Boylesque TO, Miss Fluffy Souffle and a costume contest.

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If you’re in the mood for a creepy cabaret night, check out Dimentia 666: Night Of The Haunted, which includes spoken word, hip-hop, video art and comedy by Electric Jon, frequent NOW contributor Dave Silverberg and more. Saturday (October 30) at the Dominion on Queen. 416-368-6893.

And while not exactly scary, the musical Wicked, on at the Canon until November 28, is inspired by Oz’s two witches (see review, page 61). 416-872-1212.

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Halloween is all about being spooked in the dark, and there’s no better place for that than a movie theatre.

Sure, you could go see My Soul To Take Take, Paranormal Activity 2 or Saw 3D, but wouldn’t you rather settle down with an acknowledged horror classic and an informed, appreciative audience?

Toronto’s screens are bursting with options this Halloween weekend. If you’re really committed, you can catch a different classic every night until the sun rises on All Saints Day. Set everything up by revelling in the black-and-white beauty of She-Wolf Of London and James Whale’s Frankenstein tonight (Thursday, October 28) at the Fox, accompanied by vintage trailers and shorts. Then

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW spend Friday through Sunday bouncing from one venue to another in a personalized Halloween experience.

The Bloor Cinema goes traditional, with late-night screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show Friday through Sunday, accompanied by live performers, and a Friday night double-bill of John Carpenter’s Halloween and Repo! The Genetic Opera, which will also feature a live cast. Sorry, folks, Halloween is movie-only – though there’s nothing stopping you from donning a William Shatner mask and wandering into the auditorium at random intervals, just to spice things up.

Over at the Toronto Underground Cinema, Halloween is a month-long event. They’ve been indulging in creature features and

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Ghostbusters double-bills for weeks now. Tonight, it’s oldschool Italian splatter of Zombi 2; Friday, it’s the oldschool American splatter of Pieces; Saturday offers a great double-bill of Shadow Of The Vampire and the original Nosferatu; and Sunday caps it all off with Marc Boggio’s serial-killer thriller Fear The Reaper and the stillundiluted horror of Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

TIFF Bell Lightbox launches a limited run of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho today, with remixed surround sound, but there’s plenty of other scary stuff happening this weekend. Friday, The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari screens with live musical accompaniment by Andrew Downing and his ensemble; Saturday, it’s a double-bill of Mario Bava’s

Planet Of The Vampires and Ridley Scott’s Alien. Daytime screenings include the tween-friendly features Bibi Blocksberg Saturday and Sunday and The Substitute on Sunday, with late-night shows of the decidedly more adult fare Dog Soldiers and The House Of The Devil Friday and Saturday, The Loved Ones Saturday and S&Man Saturday and Sunday.

And if your tongue is stuck firmly in cheek, the Royal is screening Best Worst Movie and Troll 2 Friday and Saturday, with an additional screening of Best Worst Movie Sunday night. Or you could go back to the Fox on Sunday and watch the austere isolation of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining give way to the splatterific excess of Peter Jackson’s Dead Alive. Can’t really go wrong there. NORMAN WILNER

CHILLS FOR CHILDREN Halloween lovers take the night very seriously, sometimes making it way too intense for children. So if you and the kids are looking for fun around this time of year, it’s a good idea to celebrate the boo-tiful festival at an event specifically designed for families.

Fortunately there are lots to choose from.

We like the Halloween Hike in High Park, slated for Saturday (October 30) at 6 pm. For just $2 you can discover the spooky side of nature and keep the kids moving, which helps deal with that sugar high.

Check out the stilt-walkers, musicians and dancers at Clay & Paper Theatre’s Night Of Dread community parade and celebration, also on Sat-

urday at 4 pm at Dufferin Grove Park.

On the same day at 1 pm, take advantage of T.O.’s scary past at a Halloween tour of the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres. Both performance spaces are said to be haunted by ghosts and spirits, and a knowledgeable guide is ready to tell you all about them.

Note that this event is recommended for kids ages seven and up.

Mexico’s Day of the Dead is a source of deep fascination, and you can celebrate it at two very different venues on Sunday (October 31). The Artscape Wychwood Barns event includes an Aztec dance ceremony, Mexican food and music, and runs 2 to 7 pm.

Free. Or head down to the Gardiner Museum, where you

NIGHT OF DREAD can see sacred altars and enjoy snacks and music from 1 to 4 pm. Free with admission.

Fearless folks teenaged and up should check out Screemers, a Halloweenthemed indoor scream park at Exhibition Place, open

through Halloween night, featuring the Midway of Madness, haunted attractions and lots more.

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Malabar is actually two separate shops. On the right is the costume department, where you can rent theat-

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Movie releases drive most costume trends, hence the popularity of Avatar and Alice In Wonderland options, but staff say you can’t go wrong with the classics – a fairy, a can-can dancer, a pirate or a Viking.

Malabar picks: Costume rentals range from $45 for a simple flapper dress to

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Lomo location

Listen up, shutterbugs. Mark November 4 on your calendar because that’s when Toronto’s first Lomography Gallery store opens at 536 Queen West at Bathurst. The launch bash goes from 7 to 10 pm and includes performances by “brothel blues orchestra” the Silver Hearts plus poutine, refreshments and test snaps of Lomo cameras. RSVP to shoptoronto@lomography.com to attend.

More runway action

We got a glimpse of Joeffer Caoc’s spring line when it was presented as part of a group show at the Brick Works on October 14, but designers David Dixon and Lucian Matis’s spring collections remain a mystery.

Or, at least they will until November 9, when the Toronto Fashion Incubator presents a show featuring Caoc, Dixon and Matis at the architecturally gutsy Integral House in Rosedale. Tickets for the fundraiser are $100 by calling 416-971-7117 or online at fashionincubator.com.

Frock tale

Last year’s inaugural Frocktail Party was one of the fall fundraising season’s biggest hits, brilliantly offering guests the chance to outbid each other on designer dresses to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The event is back on November 12 , 8 pm, at 99 Sudbury, and this year’s fashion haul includes looks from Greta Constantine, Lida Baday, Jeremy Laing and Brose. Tickets are $50 in advance at theas frocktailparty.com.

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In the case of Local Natives, the L.A. psych-pop upstarts sound even better live than on their 2009 debut album, Gorilla Mansion. From the passionate capacity crowd to the band’s onstage confidence, there were no hints that this was their first headlining show in town. The lush harmonies sounded even more like CSNY (a good thing, if you’re wondering) and the intricate rhythms hit significantly heavier. Even accidentally giving a shout-out to Vancouver couldn’t put a damper on the BENJAMIN BOLES mood.

Thu, Oct 21

BOOKA SHADE at Mod Club Rating: NNN

Booka Shade are well aware of the challenges of performing electronic music live, the biggest being that audiences need to see performers do something more than stare at a laptop in order to not suspect fakery. The Berlin techno duo’s answer to this is to pile a huge amount of gear onstage, includ-

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ing a percussion rig, so that the show takes on the air of a rock concert rather than a DJ set.

Keeping physically busy is an effective way to approximate a traditional live performance, but Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier are still studio rats at heart, meaning that no gregarious frontman keeps the audience’s attention. That leaves the music itself, which includes some of the most striking electronic songs of the past 10 years. Unfortunately, it was obvious by the set’s end that they’ve yet to equal the triumph that is 2006’s Movements; momentum lagged whenever they BB focused on other albums.

Fri, Oct 22

BISON B.C. with SIN DEALER and TEETHMARKS at Sneaky Dee’s Rating: NNN

If you were in need of a supercharged dose of lead guitar theatrics and headbanging, Sneaky Dee’s was the place to be Friday. The snug and sweaty venue played host to Bison B.C., Canada’s answer to Mastodon, who were 10 days into a Canadian tour in support of their newest album, Dark Ages.

“Epic” is an understatement. The Vancouver metalheads’ expansive songs stretch toward the eight-minute mark and blaze forward on a crest of intertwined guitar shredding, pummelling moody jams and disorienting tempo and time changes. Vocals, melody and songwriting take a back seat to the insane technicality, which admit-

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Shows that rocked Toronto last week tedly grows tiring after 45 minutes or so.

There was also a hefty surplus of hair-whipping (onstage and off), goodnatured crowd ribbing, mosh pit frenzy and diverse local bands, including Sin Dealer, who do a mean White Zombie impression, and metalcore goofballs CARLA GILLIS Teethmarks.

PHOENIX at Ricoh Coliseum Rating: NNN Those hoping to hear new songs by French pop rock savants Phoenix didn’t leave the band’s 85-minute show disappointed. That’s not because Phoenix played new material – they recently admitted they’ve recorded “zero minutes” of music since 2009’s breakout smash Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – but because they delivered a solid, energetic performance despite being at the end of an 18-month world tour.

Opening song Lisztomania quickly brought the half-filled bowl on board, as singer Thomas Mars, dressed in his signature collared shirt, got up close with the masses on the floor. Mars interacted with fans throughout, even going so far as to relocate the band to the centre-floor sound booth, e 51 pag where they

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played several tunes, including a cover of Johnny Hallyday’s La Fille Aux Cheveux Clairs.

The intimacy gambit proved somewhat ineffectual – without the stage power, the crowd’s attention wavered and many started chatting and texting. Some even streamed for the exits just as hit single 1901’s last note rung out, making you question how many came to hear the hits and how many have given Phoenix’s equally incredible first three albums a listen. JASON KELLER

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Trinity St Paul’s Church (427 Bloor West), tonight (Thursday, October 28) Polaris Prize shortlister rocks a church.

Dead Prez, Dalia, Numeric The Great Hall (1087 Queen West), tonight (Thursday, October 28) Conscious hip-hop heroes.

Matt and Kim, Donnis

Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Friday (October 29) See preview, page 46.

Halloween weekend costume parties

Various venues, Friday to Sunday (October 29-31) See cover story, page 38.

Thriller Halloween Bash w/ Steve Lawler, Carl Cox, Mark Oliver and more Guvernment (132 Queens Quay East), Saturday (October 30) See preview, page 47.

Black Mountain, the Black Angels

Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Sunday (October 31) See cover story, page 36.

Cadillac Lounge Election Party Monday, October 25

The Dandy Warhols

Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), Monday (November 1) Glam psych weirdos from Portland.

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In the midst of banging out a day’s worth of assembly-line phone interviews, Matt Johnson – the affable singer/keyboardist who plays in the anthemic Brooklyn duo Matt and Kim with drummer Kim Schifino – makes the most of our brief conversation.

He speaks in short, quote-worthy sentences that sound familiar if you’ve read his recent interviews.

“I’m no doctor but I hear it’s about the time it takes to have a baby,” says Johnson of the nine months they spent recording their new album, Sidewalks (Fader).

He’s used that humorous, seemingly off-the-cuff remark multiple times.

This rote approach is helpful where brevity is concerned but makes you wonder if Johnson’s a bit too mediatrained for his own good, fogging journalists’ attempts at deciphering what Matt and Kim are actually all about.

On the surface they look like the happiest couple in the world: in a loving relationship that’s both creatively fulfilling and to some degree financially sustaining. They’re relentless road

dogs with a live show legendary for generating good vibes between performer and audience. Onstage, they grin from ear to ear.

But the music – a bouncy minimalist combination of indie rock, hip-hop and punk – reveals less about what makes Matt and Kim tick. While their last studio album, Grand, perfectly captures the zeitgeist of being a young, carefree 20-something living the dream in Brooklyn, Sidewalks’ carpe diem theme is more general.

On the song Cameras, Johnson questions whether the kids coming to their shows are living in the moment or too preoccupied with documenting it for later.

“Every time Kim and I go on tour, we don’t take photos that much, and I wonder if maybe we should,” Johnson says, sounding unconvinced by his own lyrics. “Maybe 50 years from now, I’ll wanna be able to look at photos and reflect. But it’s nice not to worry about that. I’m just living this right now, diving in and not stepping back a couple steps.

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UK tech house DJ/producer Steve Lawler is having second thoughts about remix contests. Not that he’s disappointed by the response to the one he’s currently running. It’s more that he’s overwhelmed by how many reworkings of his Gimme Some More single it’s inspired.

“The contest’s been absolutely insane,” says Lawler from his tour bus. “I had no idea it was going to turn out to be this big. There’s been something like 1,200 remixes submitted so far, and it’s not even over.

“I need to start going through them because I feel like I owe it to [fans] to listen to each one. I probably won’t do this kind of contest again now that I know it’s going to get this kind of response.”

Lawler’s considering expanding the number of fan remixes that will get an official release through his label, Viva, to better represent the volume of submissions. Plus there’s always a chance he’ll end up signing some of the aspiring producers, continuing his history of releasing tracks by both unknowns and big names.

“People now trust the label enough to check out releases by acts they’ve never heard. I can see the proof in the number of units we’re shipping by unknown artists. Also, one of the ways we introduce new acts is by getting better-known producers to do some remixes on [a newbie’s] single to draw some attention to it.”

He’s currently in the middle of a North American tour with a number of Viva artists, which helps justify the luxury of using a tour bus instead of flying solo on planes the way most DJs do. But as much as Lawler’s enjoying

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

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All listings are free. Send to: music@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-364-1166 or mail to Music, NOW Magazine, 189 Church, Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include artist(s), genre of music, event name (if any), venue name and address, time, ticket price and phone number or website.

Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm. Weekly events must confirm their listing once a month.

Thursday, October 28 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

ALLEYCATZ Lady Kane.

BOVINE SEX CLUB The Burnitdowns, the Dead-

ly Hopefuls, Currents.

CADILLAC LOUNGE Echo & Twang.

CAM’S PLACE Paige Armstrong (rockin’ blues).

CLINTON’S Dwayne Gretzky.

CROCODILE ROCK Open Jam Night Thursdays Sonic Playground 9 pm.

DAKOTA TAVERN CD release Freeman Dre & the Kitchen Party 9:30 pm.

DRAKE HOTEL UNDERGROUND Mt Desolation doors 8:30 pm.

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GRAFFITI’S The Miracle Whip, the Madmen 7 pm.

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HEMINGWAYS Jan Albert (rock/country/blues/ jazz) 9 pm.

HORSESHOE Bruce Peninsula, Siskiyou, Minotaurs (folk/experimental/soul) doors 8 pm.

LEE’S PALACE Polarity, Jojetto, the Trip, Special Ops 9 pm.

THE PAINTED LADY Picturesound (Brit invasion/ Madchester/pop noir) 9 pm.

RANCHO RELAXO Glory Glory Man United, Girls on Stilts, Fleece Elves, South of Bloor (rock) 9 pm.

REVIVAL CD release Tucker Finn, Sans Fret Duet, Nick Teehan (indie folk) doors 7:30 pm.

RIVOLI The Beat Lounge (hip-hop) 9 pm.

ROC N DOC’S Druckfarben Jam (rock) 9 pm.

SILVER DOLLAR Wildlife, First Aid, the Rhythm Method.

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AQUILA James Carroll (alt/country/roots).

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Miranda, James El, SuperKore 9 pm.

BLUE MOON Open Jam Saxman Lou 9 pm.

BREAD & CIRCUS Montague Street, the Red Mosquitos, Lowlands.

C’EST WHAT Jen Schaffer & the Shiners (funky country roots) 9 pm.

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FAT CAT WINE BAR Alan Small (guitar) 7 pm.

FREE TIMES CAFÉ Chris Hav, Prince Caspian, Jamie Lum Flegg.

GROSSMAN’S The Responsible Jam 9 pm.

HUGH’S ROOM Eric Andersen.

THE LOCAL Danny Laj & the Old Youth, SHBTI. LOLA Brian Cober (double slide guitar) 9 pm.

LOU DAWG’S Don Campbell 6:30 pm, Mike Constantini 10:30 pm.

LULA LOUNGE Guatemalan Children’s Fund

Benefit Conjunto La-ca-lu, Wallace and the Gromits (salsa) 7 pm.

MITZI’S SISTER Irish Mythen.

MONARCHS PUB Jerome Godboo, Jake Thomas, Denis Keldie, Alec Fraser, Danny Lockwood.

OPERA HOUSE Angus and Julia Stone, White Buffalo (folk duo) doors 8 pm.

REBAS CAFÉ Jayne Mitchell (singer/songwriter) 7 pm.

TRINITY ST PAUL’S CHURCH Dan Mangan, Harbourcoats (folk/rock singer-songwriter) doors 7:15 pm, all ages.

THE WILSON 96 Samantha Martin & the Haggard (country/rock).

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CHINA HOUSE Russ Little Quartet 7:30 pm.

DE SOTOS Open mic/Jam Double A Jazz 8 pm.

DOMINION ON QUEEN John T Davis (organist) 5:30 pm.

EDWARD JOHNSON BUILDING WALTER HALL

Czech Serenade Toronto Sinfonietta, Jan Raznicek, Eduard Spacil (viola, piano) 7:30 pm.

FOUR SEASONS CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS RICHARD BRADSHAW AMPHITHEATRE

Britten: A Divine Musick Lawrence Wiliford, Jennifer Schwarz (tenor, harp) noon to 1 pm.

FUZION Cocktails At Six Mark Cassius, Ken Lindsay 6 to 9 pm.

THE GALLERY STUDIO CAFÉ Kirk MacDonald, Al Henderson Duo (jazz) 7 pm.

GATE 403 Lara Solnicki, Richard Whiteman, Brendan Davis 5 to 8 pm.

GEORGE’S PLAY Kendall (piano) 5 to 8 pm.5 METROPOLITAN UNITED CHURCH Noon At Met Miriam Tikotin, Suzy Smith (soprano, piano) 12:15 to 12:45 pm.

OLD MILL INN HOME SMITH BAR Thursdays With John Sherwood (solo piano) 7:30 pm.

Hugh’s Room 8:30 pm, $47.50-$50.

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CRYSTAL CASTLES

Sound Academy 416-461-3625. April 2.

OLD MILL INN DINING ROOM CD release Laila Biali Trio 8 pm.

REPOSADO The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz).

REX Ross Wooldridge Trio 6:30 pm, Ernesto Cervini Quartet w/ Joel Frahm 9:30 pm.

ROY THOMSON HALL Haydn & Bruckner Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Marc-André Hamelin (piano) 8 pm.

TRANE STUDIO Morgan Sadler Trio 7 pm.

YORK UNIVERSITY ACCOLADE EAST BLDG MARTIN FAMILY LOUNGE Ernesto Cervini Quartet, Joel Frahm (saxophone) 12:30 to 1:30 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

CAMP 4 Switched On DJs Jaime Sin, Pammm (indie rock) 10 pm. ñ CENTURY ROOM Fam Glam Crunch (house/hiphop/club anthems) doors 10 pm.

CHEVAL Masquerade Affair Bobby K. HCOBRA LOUNGE Essential Thursdays: Hal-

loween Edition Simon Baker, Nitin, Jason Myles.

COLLEGE STREET BAR Freaky Beats! DJ Lee J (house) 10 pm.

CORNERSTONE PUB DJ Dazz (old school) 10 pm.

GOODHANDY’S Wall To Wall T-Girls DJ T Klinck doors 8 pm.5 INSOMNIA DJ Ron Jon (funk/soul/house).

THE OSSINGTON Hard Dough, Aneela Q (hiphop).

PARTS & LABOUR Cocksucker Blues DJs Travis, Richard & Matt (rock & roll/punk/glam) 10 pm.

REVIVAL DJ George Chaker 10 pm.

SAMOVAR All That Salsa DJ Hector 5 pm till midnight.

TATTOO ROCK PARLOUR MAIN ROOM Tattoo Thursdays DJ Millhouse Brown (new rock/alternative) doors 10 pm.

Friday, October 29 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

ALLEYCATZ Lady Kane.

ALTER EGO MARTINI LOUNGE R&B Fridays.

ASPETTA CAFFE Intimate Jam Ryan Field, Brent Buchanon, Melissa Verletta, Sean Back, J’Morr 8 pm.

BAR ITALIA Shugga (funk/soul/R&B/top 40) 9:30 pm.

BOVINE SEX CLUB The Nightmares, Rehab for

Quitters, the Polymorphines, Franky Moonlight.

CadillaC lounge The Screwed (rock).

Cam’s PlaCe John Tayles.

HdC musiC TheaTre Halloween Hellrazor Day 1 Counter Point, A Breeding Ground For Monsters all ages. drake hoTel underground Itzsoweezee, Tom Wrecks, DJ Demiggs doors 11 pm. drake hoTel lounge Johnny Hockin doors 10 pm.

HThe garrison Sheezer, Sister (all-girl tribute to Weezer) 9 pm. gladsTone hoTel melody Bar Hot August Knights (live Neil Diamond experience) 8 pm. graffiTi’s Rock For Sick Kids Hospital Paul Martin (classic covers) 5 to 7 pm. grossman’s Frankie Foo (ska) 9 pm. hard luCk Bar The Shifters, Iron League. hemingways Jan Albert (rock/country/ blues/jazz) 10 pm. horseshoe The Golden Dogs, the Pinecones, Maylee Todd 9 pm.

Hlee’s PalaCe Elastocitizens, the Ruby Spirit, Ninja Funk Orchestra (funk/rock). lula lounge KC Roberts & the Live Revolution (funk) 10 pm. massey hall The Beatles White Album Classic Albums Live 8 pm.

HmiTzi’s sisTer Halloween Weekend Wipeout! The Cynics, the Bon, the Pow Wows. mod CluB Arcade Fridays Jack Beats doors 10 pm. monarChs PuB Classic Rock Fridays Michael Danckert, Kevin Adamson, Danny Lockwood 7 pm. oPera house Comfortably Numb: Canada’s Pink Floyd Show doors 7 pm.

Phoenix ConCerT TheaTre Matt & Kim, Donnis doors 8 pm, all ages. See preview, page 46.

The PisTon The Stanfields (celtic punk).

HPress CluB Queer Social Halloween Bash Leiton, Ravaged by Wolves, the Stolen Rims, the Big City Hicks, DJs Mizz Mwah, Peachy Keen (soul) 9 pm.5 ranCho relaxo The Speaking Tongues, the Famines, Black Devil’s Brigade. rivoli CD release Boats, Bass Lions, All Day Driver, Olympic Island. roC n doC’s Southern Fried (rock) 10 pm.

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HTaTToo roCk Parlour The Parlour Of Good Vs Evil.

Folk/Blues/Country/World

aquila The Gypsy Rebels (world/jazz).

BeiT zaToun Music To Float A Boat benefit

concert to help launch the Canada Boat to Gaza 7:30 pm.

Bread & CirCus CD release Michael Lake doors 9 pm.

CornersTone PuB Two by Four (acoustic blues/R&R). free Times Café Lady & Gentleman. graffiTi’s The Slocan Ramblers (old-time country). highway 61 souThern BarBeque Dylan Wickens & the Little Naturals 8 pm. hugh’s room Jory Nash, Jason Fowler.

The loCal CD launch G Mark Weston Band. lola Yasgurs Farm 7 pm. lou dawg’s Paige Armstrong (rockin’ blues) 10 pm. sky lounge Mississauga Big Band Jazz Ensemble (big band jazz) 8 pm. underdown PuB JP & Friends (acoustic blues/jazz) 10 pm. village vaPor lounge Kim Jarrett (folk rock) 9 pm. yellow CuP Cafe Steve Raiken & Roger ‘Pops’ Zuraw 8 pm.

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thurs october 28 trinity st. paul’s | $22.50 adv

sunday OctOber 31 @ the Phoenix

dan thurs october 28 | $ 10.00

FriDay october 29 | $ 6.00

gOlden BrUCe peninsUla dogs LocaL roots indie supergroup

high energy rock & roll

mangan

harBourcoats tuesday nOvember 2 the crackling dry / all-ages show

blessthefall + chiodos + architects uK + endless hallway

minotaurs + sisKiyou The pineCOnes + Maylee TOdd saturDay october 30 | $24.50 advance - scotland - sub Pop

The vaselines

monDay november 1 | no Cover

Junction Box Mother Leeds the wooden trio

thursDay november 4 | $4.00

Panda SlaP Salty Radio the BRilliance The Maladies Of adaM sTOkes

saturday

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$ 20.50

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all The Trendy kids waKey waKey UnknOwn CUlpriTs seCreT BrOadCasT

NEW DATE! (all original tickets honoured)

sunDay november 14

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Old 97’s

cd Preview Party!

eL mocambo

$ 17.50

advance

saturDay november 13 horseshoe tavern | $13.50 advance

Jay johnny traffic brannan two hours

FLynn

FriDay

unitED KinGDOM MuMFOrD & sOns-ish

mod Club | $29.50 adv

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scotland

Lee’s Palace | $15.00 advance

Lukas joy formidable rossi weDnesDay november 3 | $12.50 advance - London uK

rhett miller & murray hammond wednesday noveMBer 10

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Lee’s Palace | $12.50 advance

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thursDay october 28 | $ 7.00

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weDnesDay november 3

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subLime tribute - $13.50 advance

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Long beach alt Country - $13.50 advance

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Of The Organ John Tuttle, Michael Bloss, Matthew Coons, Thomas Fitches, Rachel Mahon, Sarah Svendsen, Patricia Wright 10 pm.

Old Mill inn HOMe SMitH Bar Fridays To Sing About Alex Pangman Trio 7:30 pm.

QuOteS Fridays At Five Canadian Jazz Quartet, Alex Dean (saxophone) 5 pm. rex Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm, Steve Koven Trio 6:30 pm, Terra Haelton 9:45 pm.

rOyal COnServatOry Of MuSiC KOerner Hall Royal Conservatory Orchestra 8 pm.

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WaterfallS Jim Heineman Jazz Trio 6:30 pm.

Winter garden tHeatre CD release Colin Hunter, the Joe Sealy Quartet, the Starlight Orchestra, the Sparklettes 8 pm.

Dance Music/DJ/Lounge

Hannex WreCKrOOM House Party Friday:

Halloweekend (dance party) 10 pm.

BOat Yacht Rock.

Bread & CirCuS DJ Friendlyness, iSax 11:30 pm.

HBuddieS in Bad tiMeS tHeatre Fay Slift’s Blood Lust DJs Shane MacKinnon, Gangbangaz 10:30 pm.5 C’eSt WHat DJ Good Faux (indie/retro rock) 9 pm.

CHeval The Devil’s Bordello Undercover.

ClintOn’S Dance Armstrong: Music For Winners (rock/pop/soul/punk/indie jazz).

HCOBra lOunge The Dance Of Death DJ Hennie V (house/hip-hop/club anthems).

HetOn HOuSe Singles Halloween Dance DJ Phil (top 40) 9 pm.

Hfly Dance Camp: Halloween Of Horrors DJ Mark Falco 10 pm.5 HfOOtWOrK Disco Bloodbath Carlo Lio, Addy, the Junkies, Baby Joel.

HtHe funeral HOMe Wake The Dead: Halloween Party Invasions, Dentata, Big Crimes, DJs Maddi Qwikstep, Kai’Kcul (electro/dubstep/drum n’ bass) 8 pm.

HgladStOne HOtel Trashed: Queers & Friends Halloween Dance Party DJs Winnie, Sigourney Beaver, Joe Blow 10 pm.5 gOOdHandy’S Mandy Goodhandy Hour DJ Ralph doors 10 pm.5 HtHe grand Hive Hallowe’en Bash 10 pm.

HOly OaK Cafe DJ Escapade. inSOMnia DJ Adam Davis (house/breaks). laMBadina DJ AfroSonic (Afrobeat/disco/top 40).

HliBerty grand Halloween DJs Wristpect, Mike Toast, Joe Ghost, Undercover, 4Korners, Marko Bongo doors 9 pm. lOt 16 Oktoberfuck The Dirty Frenchman, Plan B (hip-hop/electro/dancehall/Bmore/ bass).

MidpOint Fondle Em Fridays DJ NV, DJ Standfast (hip-hop/funk/soul/rocksteady reggae) 9 pm. tHe OSSingtOn Pacific High Scott Seewhal, Colin Bergh (house). tHe painted lady DJ Phantasik, Honey BHind (old school hip-hop/reggae/80s) 10 pm.

HpartS & laBOur tHe SHOp Bitch Craft Halloween Edition DJ Blonde & Redhead (hiphop) 10 pm.

SneaKy dee’S Shadows Of Motown.

HSOund aCadeMy Halloween Debauchery Ortemy, Bratan, Kotov & Wilde, Reiz & Elan Miles doors 10 pm.

StraigHt DJ Cole Stanley doors 10 pm.

SuperMarKet Tear It Like A Ferret! (dance party). teranga Pop Lobster (indie/mainstream/ electro/Motown/new wave) 9:30 pm. tHiS iS lOndOn Avicii. tHyMeleSS Vibes K-Zar, English Pound, Louie Don, Reggie Niceness (reggae/dub/lovers/ roots).

Hultra Trublood Halloween DJ Tilt.

“Terrible. I’m very disappointed. I hope homophobia and racism didn’t have anything to do with this.”

Mary Mac “I never expected this. It was over so fast.”

Zuzu Harvey

SOUND CHECK

Music fans have their say

the event: Cadillac Lounge Election Party, Monday, October 25 the QUeStIOn: How do you feel about this election?

“Not surprised. I think Toronto will be a worse city in four years.”

Ben Monroe

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“Extremely disappointed. I’m not looking forward to the next four years. I told myself if Rob Ford won I would have a drink of whiskey.”

Jen O’Connor

“I feel sorry for Toronto to have a mayor like this. Canada is going too far to the right.”

Christine Panis

“It was a hell of a roller coaster ride. I’m still happy to be here, but I’m wondering where things are going to go from here.”

Astrid Idlewide

“It’s great to see a record turnout. My candidate didn’t win, but I think it was a good representation of people displaying their interest in the city” Winston Robinson

“I’m disappointed in Toronto and startled at the percentage of Torontonians who lean in Rob Ford’s direction.” Norman Yeung

“I’m really disappointed that Rob Ford is in. He’s a convicted drunken jerk and an anti-artist low-life. He stopped the gravy train because he ate it. It’s a dark day for the arts in Toronto.”

Alma Roussy

Saturday, October 30 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/souL

HalleyCatz Halloween Party Lady Kane, DJ

Tom (funk/soul/R&B/disco/top 40).

HaQuila Halloween Bash The Paul Gellman Band (pop/jazz).

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AspettA CAffe 1867 Band, Slaves of Rhythm,

Sparrow Tales (rock/indie/folk) 7 pm.

BAr ItAlIA Al Webster 10 pm.

HBAr ItAlIA Halloween Bash Jamesking.

HBoAt Devil’s Night The Diableros 9 pm.

HBovIne sex CluB Halloween Costume Party C’mon, Darlings of Chelsea.

HBrIx nApA vAlley GrIlle Halloween Costume Bash.

CAdIllAC lounGe The Vondrats, the Royal Crowns.

C’est WhAt The Jitters (power pop) 10 pm.

HdC MusIC theAtre Halloween Hellrazor Day 2 Mind Mechanics, Falling With Glory all ages.

HdoMInIon on Queen Dimentia 666: Night Of The Haunted Electric Jon, Dave Silverberg, Scott Jackson, the Dreamchasers (hip-hop, spoken word).

Hthe GArAGe GrAndprIx CArtWAys Devils Night: Bands 4 Blood The Machams, Candice

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Gayle, Undadogg, Wide Eyed Tour Guide, Matt Groopie & the Bandits, Daisy Chain 8 pm.

GrAffItI’s More Cowbell (rock/R&B) 4 to 7 pm, Russell Leon’s SSW Night eve.

HhArd luCk BAr Bloodbucket Metalfest VII Crucifest, Horde of Worms, Sepulchre, Mesrine, Redeemer, Adversarial, Eclipse Eternal, Nexortus. horseshoe The Vaselines, Dum Dum Girls doors 9 pm.

IMperIAl puB Calling Wendy, the Alter Kakers, Adam Faux Exploding Band (pop) 9 pm. korovA MIlkBAr Wet Hair, Three Legged Race, Doldrums 9 pm. lolA Boothill Hellboys 8 pm.

HMItzI’s sIster Halloween Weekend Wipeout! Paint, Fighter Lover, the Fantasy, Defender, Picturesound.

Hthe pIston Devil’s Night Bash Steamboat, DJ PFFFFTTT 9:30 pm. rAnCho relAxo Monster Fever, Poisonous Glass, Ryan Warner, Radio Belle.

HrevIvAl Ceremonia Satanica Halloween Party Manny G Lamort, Tomb Dragomir doors 9 pm. roC n doC’s Jessica Mondello (R&B) 4 pm. roCkpIle Die Mannequin.

H751 Good Kids Halloween Party Nina Arson, Aimee Rockwater, Skulls (heavy metal).

HsIlver dollAr Halloween Party Still Life Still, Las Casa Muerte, Teen Tits Wild Wives, Zombie Jesus & the Chocolate Shine Band.

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Hthe sIxth Kitgut Stringband and Los Caballeros del Son. HtAttoo roCk pArlour The Parlour Of Good Vs Evil.

Ht.s.t’s lAunCh pAd Halloween Party Days of You (rock/jam) 10 pm.

Hvelvet underGround Hallowe’en Hedwig & the Angry Inch 8 pm.

trAne studIo Latin-Afro-South Asian Festival Yusra Poete Music, VAndana Vishwas, Ijimbere Nicholas 8 pm. underdoWn puB The Shotgun Wedding Band (indie folk/rock) 10 pm.

Folk/Blues/Country/World

Trio 7 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/experimental

BeerBIstro The Gene Pool Boys (jazz) 8 pm.

BoIler house Bill McBirnie & the Louis Simao

CAdIllAC lounGe Mary & Micky (country)

doMInIon on Queen York Jazz Ensemble 5 to

el MoCAMBo Greg Laswell, the Rescues,

HGeorGe’s plAy Halloween Drag & Leather

3:30 pm.

Harper Blynn, Kim Taylor (alt country) 7 pm.

free tIMes CAfé Crabtree & Mills.

GAte 403 The Echo Hunters (folk/roots) 5 to 8 pm.

GlAdstone hotel Melody BAr Country Sat-

urdays Joanne Mackell & Tru Grit 7 pm.

HhuGh’s rooM Betty And The Bobs Halloween Bash. lAMBAdInA Ethiopiques Tomas Ewnetu & Meseret Addis, DJ AfroSonic (Afrobeat/disco/ top 40) 11 pm. the loCAl Jessic Stuart Few. Hlou dAWG’s Halloween Party KSMoothAfrica Creation of Hope.

HlulA lounGe Salsa Halloween Cafe Cubano, DJ Jimmy Suave doors 7 pm. reMArks BAr & GrIll Open Mic Jam Johnny Blue Quartet 4 to 8 pm. rex Danny Marks (blues) noon. roC n doC’s David Rotundo Band (jump blues) 10 pm.

8 pm.

Boo-Zaar Kendall (piano) 5 to 9 pm.5 GrossMAn’s Happy Pals (New Orleans jazz) 4 pm. Caution Jam (New Orleans jazz) 9 pm. hArleM Quique Escamilla (Latin jazz) 8:30 pm. old MIll Inn Piano Masters Mark Kieswetter Duo 7:30 pm. rex Heavyweights Brass 3:30 pm, Zach Brock 7 pm, Snarky Puppy 9:45 pm.

HrIChMond hIll Centre for the perforMInG Arts Classic Albums Live: Thriller 8 pm.

Hroy thoMson hAll Creepy Classics Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Todd Yaniw (piano) 7:30 pm.

royAl ConservAtory of MusIC koerner hAll Aspect Of Oscar: Oscar’s Songbooks (jazz) 8 pm.

st John’s norWAy AnGlICAn ChurCh The

Bohemian Viola Jan Reznicek, Eduard Spacil, Kaye Royer (viola/piano/clarinet) 8 pm. ten feet tAll Kristin Lindell 8 pm.

younG Centre for the perforMInG Arts Cabaret Show Fern Lindzon 10 pm.

danCe musiC/dJ/lounge

HABode lounGe Halloween Soiree DJ Jude Kelly (soul/funk/Brazilian) doors 8:30 pm.

Annex WreCkrooM Massive Saturdays 10 pm.

HChevAl King Street Massacre: Just Because It’s Devils Night DJ Andy Alias.

ClInton’s Shake, Rattle & Roll (dance night).

CoBrA lounGe The Dirty Disco.

Cornerstone puB DJ Dazz (R&R) 10 pm.

HCreWs/tAnGo Hallow Mania 7 pm.5 HdrAke hotel underGround Halloween Party: Video Hits! The Makeover 8 pm, Flosstradamus, DJ Huggs 11 pm.

HdrAke hotel lounGe Halloween Video Hits! DJ Your Boy Brian doors 10 pm.

Heton house Club Attitude BBW Halloween Bash DJ Phil (top 40) 9 pm.

Hfly Halloween! DJs Shawn Riker, Geoff Kelloway, Sumation 10 pm.5 HfootWork Halloween: Speed Demon Speedy J, Jamie Kidd, Lee Osborne.

Hthe GArrIson Funhouse Halloween: benefit for War Child Canada DJs Scott Cudmore, Tenemy & Shit la Merde (costume dance party).

HGlAdstone hotel Melody BAr Phunk’d Halloween Bash 10 pm.

GoodhAndy’s Dude Sex Party DJ Sexy Pants doors 10 pm.5

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OLYMPia Ten new songs including collaborations with scissor sisters & Groove armada

Olympia features original Roxy Music members Phil Manzanera, andy Mackay & brian Eno as well as guests David Gilmour, Jonny Greenwood, Nile Rodgers and

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Crucifist, Horde Of Worms, Sepulchre, Mesrine, Redeemer, Adversarial Eclipse Eternal, Nexortus Sun Oct 31

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Tue Nov 2

Tonight Tonight w/ Sleeper Skylight & Chiara Young

Wed Nov 3

These Silent Waves, The .45 Goodbye, Shabamzy

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Sunday, October 31 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

HGuvernment/Kool Haus Thriller

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Halloween Bash DJs Steve Lawler, Carl Cox, Mark Oliver, Manzone & Strong, Leon, David Pher, Mark Oliver, Manzone & Strong, Joee Cons doors 9 pm. See preview, page 47.

Holy oaK Cafe Raised by Wolves.

InsomnIa Sense Saturdays DJ Charles (deep house).

HKeatInG CHannel Halloween: The Bone Shaker! Pezzner, Sassmouth, Eric Downer, Dub Gabriel, D Boom, Spyne, Jonah K, Zumba, Kristian Sunflower (house/techno) 10 pm.

HlambadIna Halloween Costume Jam DJ Last Boyscouts (top 40).

Hlee’s PalaCe Going Steady Monster Mash (dance party) doors 9 pm.

Hluna lounGe Halloween Havoc DJ Revolution doors 7 pm.

Hmod Club Halloween DJ MRK, Disco Rebels doors 9 pm.

HoPera House Halloween Fetish Ball: Devils Night DJ Prosparo, DJ Pale, DJ Human Clone doors 10 pm.

HtHe ossInGton Sexual Healing Halloween Edition (spooky soul/scary R&B).

HtHe PaInted lady Fetish Themed Halloween Party DJ Salazar (funk/soul ) 10 pm.

HParts & labour tHe sHoP Halloween Party: Smithfits DJs Mark Pesci, Scott Waring, Scott Wade, Sarah Small Fry (new wave/ punk/britpop/post-punk) 10 pm.

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rIvolI Footprints 10 pm. ñ H751 WuTang Halloween Party Steve Rock, Brendan Phillips (all WuTang) 9 pm.

sneaKy dee’s Shake A Tail (60s pop and soul) 11 pm.

aCademy Halloween Freakout DJ Marky, Datsik, S.P.Y., TC, Gaslamp ñ Killer, 12th Planet, Daedelus, Myagi, Mystical Hsound

Influence, Marcus Visionary and others doors 10 pm.

HsPaCCo Hollywood Halloween DJ Rich Nix (R&B/hip-hop/old school/top 40) doors 9 pm. straIGHt Mr Big DJ Dwayne Minard, Michael Boyuk doors 9 pm.

HsuPermarKet Get Your Freak On Halloween Party DJs Numeric, Serious (costume party) doors 9 pm. sutra Triplet On The Decks DJ Triplet (old skool hip-hop).

HtHIs Is london Zombieland. tIme nIGHtClub Fixation Jed Harper, DJ Dlux doors 10 pm.

Hultra Devils’ Night – The Night Before Halloween DJ Aristotle.

Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental

de sotos Jazz Brunch Double A Jazz, George

ten feet tall Toronto Fingerstyle Guitar Association East End Open Stage 8 pm.

Grosman 11 am to 2 pm.

dora KeoGH Roberto Occhipinti Trio w/

Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental

domInIon on Queen Jazz Goes Pop George

Mirko Guerini (jazz) 5 to 8:30 pm.

HbovIne sex Club Halloween Dance

Party Diemonds, Midnight Malice, Sonic ñ Shock 9 pm.

CadIllaC lounGe KC & the Moonshine Band,

Fetish BurLesque

Halloween Fetish Theme Party. What’s your safe word....?

Sun Oct 31 ★ 6 pm saFety in nuMBers channels Django Reinhardt! spooky good, off the hook LIVE Jazz! ★ 10pm MedaLLions: MonthLy Meds Rock n Roll Halloween Mon nov 1 ★ 9pm the Lady Wants you! for

HWronGbar

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Luau or Die.

and auGusta Kensington Rock Halloween Ho’down: Pedestrian ñ Sundays Vowls, Pants and Tie, Mean Red SpiHColleGe

ders, the Shanks, Poppy Seed, Glenn Milchem 1 to 7 pm.

HdC musIC tHeatre Halloween Hellrazor Day 3 Night of the Snake, Blacked Out Hatred, Buried Beneath Your Dreams all ages. domInIon on Queen Rockabilly Brunch 11 am to 3 pm. free tImes Café The Sex TRex Revue.

HtHe GarrIson Fucked Up, the Sadies 9 pm.

HGladstone Hotel melody bar A Burning Candy Halloween Burning Candy, Lava & Ash, Baretrees (groove/jam rock) 6 pm.

Gladstone Hotel ballroom CityArts Rocks The Gladstone 2 to 6 pm.

HHard luCK bar A Very Special Halloween Bash The Matadors, Unbelievers, Butch Haller. tHe loCal Dan Boniferro noon, Chris Coole 5 pm, Bidiniband 10 pm.

Hlola Halloween Pedestrian Sunday Brian Cober Band 3 pm. mItzI’s sIster Shak Shak 5 to 7 pm. mod Club Matt Costa, Everest 7:30 pm.

HPHoenIx ConCert tHeatre Black Mountain, the Black Angels doors 7:30 pm. See cover story, page 36. ranCHo relaxo Rodrigo Wilde, Fitness, Bootleg Glory, Elos Arma, the Box Tiger.

Hrex Halloween Event Snarky Puppy 9:45 pm. roC n doC’s The Bottle Devils (rock) 9 pm.

Htattoo roCK Parlour The Parlour Of Good Vs Evil.

Htrane studIo Halloween Thriller Brownman Electryc Trio 8 pm.

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Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld

alleyCatz C.C. Ryder Blues Band & Glen Hill (blues) 8:30 pm.

HaQuIla Sunday Junction JAMowe’en The New Mynah Birds, Jay Pennell (mostly blues). asPetta Caffe Pedestrian Sunday Unseen Strangers, Frenemy, the Rock Ons, Side Pony Nation (bluegrass/rock/acoustic indie) 2 to 7 pm.

Grossman’s Nicola Vaughan (acoustic jam) 4 pm, Brian Cober Blues Jam Brian Cober & the Nationals 9:30 pm.

HuGH’s room Ken Whiteley’s Gospel Matinee.

Pour boy Pub Open Mic 2 to 7 pm. rebas Café Darin Parises (bluegrass) 1-4 pm. roC n doC’s Chuck Jackson & the All-Stars (blues) 4 PM. saraH’s Cafe Acoustic Afternoon Dan McLean Jr 3 to 6 pm. suPermarKet Freefall Sundays Open Mic 8 pm.

edWard JoHnson buIldInG Walter Hall

Music & Truffles Afiara String Quartet 1:15 pm. Mooredale Concert Afiara String Quartet, Wonny Song (piano) 3:15 pm.

Harlem Open Jam Night Prince Jahmercan (jazz/funk/soul/Motown/R&B/pop) 7 pm.

Joe mama’s The Nathan Hiltz Trio 7 pm. tHe PaInted lady Safety in Numbers (jazz) 6 to 9 pm. rex Excelsior Dixieland Jazz noon, Freeway Dixieland 3:30 pm, Barbarella 7 pm.

Hroy tHomson Hall Creepy Classics Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Todd Yaniw (piano) 7:30 pm. ten feet tall Sunday Jazz Spirit of Jazz 3:30 pm.

dance muSic/dJ/lounge

Hannex WreCKroom Dancefloor Massacre

bread & CIrCus The Beatles Songbook as part

Fri 29

FRI OCT 29

THE NIGHTMARES, REHAB FOR QUITTERS, THE POLYMORPHINES, FRANKY MOONLIGHT

Sat 30 ◆

C'MON

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doors 10 pm.

Tuesday, November 2 PoP/Rock/HiP-HoP/Soul

tHe avro Jay Clark (rock/folk) 9 pm. berKeley CHurCH Things I’ve Been Meaning

To Do benefit Franklin’s Fault, DJ Waseem Dabdoub, 9 pm.

Hard luCK bar Tonight Tonight. Sleeper Skylight, Chiara Young.

HorsesHoe Nu Music Nites All the Trendy Kids, Wakey!Wakey!, Unknown Culprits, Secret Broadcast, Jenny Owen Youngs 9 pm. musIC Gallery Sandro Perri, Siskiyou (avant-pop) doors 7 pm.

Parts & labour The Boogieman Jordan Daniels, Thin Lines (garage) 10 pm.

PHoenIx ConCert tHeatre Atreyu, blessthefall, Chiodos, Architects UK, Endless Hallway (metalcore) doors 6:30 pm, all ages. roCKPIle Molly Hatchet.

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annex WreCKroom Drummers in Exile (drum circle) 8:30 pm.

C’est WHat Mary Stewart (singer/songwriter)

Folk/BlueS/countRy/WoRld

Jazz/claSSical/exPeRimental

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GraffItI’s Gutbucket Lounge Kevin Quain 6 to

tHe PaInted lady Open Mic Mondays 9 pm. rePosado Mezcal Mondays Lucas Stagg,

Chris Bennett.

SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL: 60’s Soul,

Sun 31 ◆ GHOST

Fri 5

InsomnIa DJs Topher & Orang (rock). tHe ossInGton The Lion’s Den (reggae). roCKWood Mashup Mondays DJs Crunch, Tilt

10 pm.

Gate 403 Blues Night Julian Fauth (barrelhouse) 9 pm.

KInGsWay Conservatory of musIC Open

alleyCatz Carlo Berardinucci and Double A Jazz Swing Band 8:30 pm. domInIon on Queen Corktown’s Django Jam (jazz) 8:30 pm. four seasons Centre for tHe PerformInG arts rICHard bradsHaW amPHItHeatre Schumann’s Carnaval Todd Yaniw (piano) noon to 1 pm.

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DANCE NIGHT!

DRINK, DANCE, GET MESSY W/ THE GIRLS OF BANGS&BLUSH Tues 2

doors 7 pm, Bootknives doors 10 pm.

GoodHandy’s T-Girls Go Wild! DJ Cesar doors

House Drum Circle 8:15 to 9:15 pm. tHe loCal Massey/Harris. lula lounGe The Latin Fusion Trio 8:30 pm. roC n doC’s Marshall Dane (new country/ pop) 9 pm. tHe WIlson 96 Ron Leary (country folk).

WIndsor arms Hotel PrIme Michael Gabriel 6:30 pm.

Rock & Roll Dance Party

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DARLINGS OF CHELSEA

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bovIne sex Club DJ Douglas Fairbanks Jr. draKe Hotel lounGe 86’D Johnny Srychnine

of Hidden In This Picture performance Pat Murray & Mark Kieswetter 7 pm.

CHICK ’n’ delI Advocats Big Band (big band jazz/bop/swing/swoon) 7:30 pm. draKe Hotel underGround Elvis Monday Luau or Die, Polynesian Bride, Old Major, Cory Martin, the Wildcore, Roger Sader doors 9 pm.

Gladstone Hotel melody bar CD release Natalie Baillargeon 9 pm.

HorsesHoe Shoeless Monday Junction Box, Mother Leeds, the Wooden Trio 9 pm.

PHoenIx ConCert tHeatre The Dandy Warhols doors 8 pm.

grass) 9:30 pm.

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Nexus, 2x10 (percussion ensemble, pianists) 7:30 pm.

Gate 403 Faber & Freeman Duo 5 pm, Tim Shia Jazz Band 9 pm. rex U of T Student Jazz Ensemble 6:30 & 9:30 pm. toronto Centre for tHe arts A Little Night Music: Debussy Andrew Chan (harp) 7:30 pm.

Ron Sebastian, Rudy Gan, Joonya T, Fuzzy 2 Da Touch 8 pm.

HCHeval King Street Massacre: Murder She Wrote Jedi.

CHurCHIll Tighten Up DJ Cozmic Cat (jazz/ soul).

HCreWs/tanGo Hallow Mania 7 pm.5 HdraKe Hotel lounGe Industry Halloween DJ Dougie Boom doors 10 pm.

HGeorGe’s Play Haunted Hollywood-Dead Celebrity Ball DJ Oscar 6 pm till late.5 GraffItI’s Blackmetal Brunch DJ Murder Mike (black metal).

HGraffItI’s Pedestrian Sunday Special Ghouls, the Throbbin’ Hoods 3 to 7 pm.

HGuvernment Jigsaw – Halloween Night Joe Ghost, Couture, Lokei, Armo Kid, Knoxx, Alex Breeze, Pete Rush doors 9 pm.

InsomnIa Retro Lounge Nights DJ Doctor G. tHe ossInGton 100% Geoff Snack, Adam Jackson. tHe PaInted lady Monthly Meds 10 pm.

HstraIGHt Kill: Halloween doors 8 pm.

Hultra Hollywood Halloween DJ Mista Jiggz.

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iMperiAL pub 54 Dundas E. 416-977-4667. insoMniA 563 Bloor W. 416-588-3907.

Joe MAMA’s 317 King W. 416-340-6469. keAting ChAnneL 2 Villiers. 416-572-0030. kingsWAy ConservAtory of MusiC 2848 Bloor W. 416-234-0121. kooL hAus 132 Queens Quay E. 416-869-0045. korovA MiLkbAr 488 College. 416-961-1600.

LAMbAdinA 875 Bloor W. 416-888-4607.

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Liberty grAnd 25 British Columbia. 416-642-3789.

Living Arts Centre 4141 Living Arts (Mississauga). 905-306-6000. the LoCAL 396 Roncesvalles. 416-535-6225.

LoLA 40 Kensington. 416-348-8645.

Lot 16 1136 Queen W. 416-531-6556.

Lou dAWg’s 589 King W. 647-347-3294.

LuLA Lounge 1585 Dundas W. 416-588-0307.

LunA Lounge 352 Melrose. 647-352-5862.

MAssey hALL 178 Victoria. 416-872-4255.

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Mod CLub 722 College. 416-588-4663.

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MusiC gALLery 197 John. 416-204-1080. nAWLins JAzz bAr 299 King W. 416-595-1958. oLd MiLL inn 21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641. operA house 735 Queen E. 416-466-0313. the ossington 61 Ossington. 416-850-0161. the pAinted LAdy 218 Ossington. 647-213-5239. pArts & LAbour 1566 Queen W. 416-588-7750. phoenix ConCert theAtre 410 Sherbourne. 416-323-1251. the piston 937 Bloor W. 416-532-3989. pour boy pub 666 Manning. 647-343-7969. press CLub 850 Dundas W. 416-364-7183. queen eLizAbeth theAtre 190 Princes’ Blvd. 416-263-3293. quotes 220 King W. 416-979-7717. rAnCho reLAxo 300 College. 416-920-0366. rebAs CAfé 3289 Dundas W. 416-626-7372. reMArks bAr & griLL 1026 Coxwell. 416-429-9889. reposAdo 136 Ossington. 416-532-6474. revivAL 783 College. 416-535-7888. rex 194 Queen W. 416-598-2475. riChMond hiLL Centre for the perforMing Arts 10268 Yonge (Richmond Hill). 905-787-8811. rivoLi 332 Queen W. 416-596-1908. roC n doC’s 105 Lakeshore E (Mississauga). 905-891-1754.

the pAinted LAdy T*H*E*L*A*D*Y (rock/funk/ hip-hop/reggae/soul) 5 pm. reposAdo Alien Radio DJ Gord C. the stirLing rooM Eastside The London Street Wankers, DJ Damon Rush, Kai*zen (old school hip-hop/Chicago house) 9 pm. thyMeLess Big Tune Tuesday (reggae) 10 pm.

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Sex With An X (Sub Pop) Rating: NNNN This group must hold the record for lengthiest break between a first and second album. Sex With An X is the Vaselines’ first since their 1989 debut, Dum-Dum. (They broke up shortly after.) If the Scottish twee duo seem like a 90s alternative band, it’s because world-famous fan Kurt Cobain turned his legions onto them by covering three of their tunes.

Without Cobain it’s hard to say whether this new album would exist.

Frances McKee and Eugene Kelly had

Pop/Rock

BRYAN FERRY Olympia (EMI) Rating: NNN

The Manet-inspired photo of an iced-out Kate Moss on the cover of Bryan Ferry’s first solo album in eight years doesn’t lie.

The image throws back to the impossibly glamorous artwork that graced many a Roxy Music record sleeve, and the album’s 10 tracks evoke a similar nostalgia for the cult 70s act’s panoramic art-pop machismo, with an emphasis on “pop.”

Much of Olympia sounds straight out of Avalon-era Roxy, despite an array of allstar collaborators: David Gilmour, Jonny Greenwood, Scissor Sisters, Nile Rodgers and ex-Roxys Brian Eno, Andrew Mackay and Phil Manzanera. Somewhat surprisingly, they blend right in with Ferry’s trembling timbre and sensual, textured atmospherics. Despite a few tripped-out pop gems, the album is largely what you’d expect to hear after gazing into Moss’s glassy eyes: a classic sound but not a classic record.

Top track: Song To The Siren KEVIN RITCHIE

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randy sides to them back in the 80s, and that hasn’t abated. The title track and Mouth To Mouth are prurient pop that demonstrate their knack for writing hooky choruses.

Whitechapel, written from the perspective of Jack the Ripper, reveals a dark side beneath the upbeatness.

However, the comeback’s standout is poison-dart ditty I Hate The 80s, giving us a well-needed reminder of all that stunk in the Day-Glo decade.

Top track: I Hate The 80s The Vaselines slide into the Horseshoe Saturday (October 30).

JASON KELLER ronto nihilist post-punks Anagram, is named in memory of noted Oshawa poster designer (and big Anagram fan) Michael Majewski, who died while hiking in Squamish, BC, in 2009. The title’s eerie tribute is the perfect framework for the band’s dark, paranoid style.

A stripped-back approach to instrumentation (no sax this time) and straightup production capture the volume and rawness of Anagram’s insane live shows and highlight Willy Mason’s weirdo angular guitar work. Singer Matt Mason still does his militant Ian-Curtis-on-PCP thing.

His lyrics, particularly on Those Were The Days (if you can figure them out), are hidden gems, often offering street-level sociological sketches of really fucked-up people.

Top track: Evil JORDAN BIMM

MICAH BARNES Domesticated (in-

dependent) Rating: NN As the title suggests, ex-Nylons member Micah Barnes’s newest effort deals with the challenges that come with settling down. But listening to a middle-aged man sing about the surprise of finding love late in life and the realities of coupledom, like meeting the parents, makes for an awkward listen.

Produced by Gavin Bradley (Nelly Furtado, Tori Amos), the album’s songs are strong and sweet, if overly simple.

Barnes’s power-pop cabaret is confessional in nature and reminiscent of an older Elvis Costello. In radio-friendly tradition, clichés riddle the lyrics, which are so inoffensive it’s difficult to imagine them finding a home outside of light radio.

Micah Barnes plays Hugh’s Room Wednesday (November 3).

Top track: [Now I Know Why They Call It] Falling KEVIN HEGGE

Toronto Sunday: Duality Of Self (Corwood Industries) Rating: For over 30 years Jandek has been making records – over 60 in total – and releasing them on Corwood Industries, which exists solely for this purpose. In spite of this prolific recording history, it wasn’t until 2004 that Jandek started performing live, embarking on a fairly extensive tour in 2006. This two-disc set was recorded during this tour, at Toronto’s Centre of Gravity.

The album opens and closes with instrumentals that feature Jandek on synthesizers, with a sparse backing band providing jazzy counterpoint to his almost New Age compositions. It’s when Jandek’s haunting, earnest voice fills out the sound that things get interesting.

Over five tracks (Part One, Part Two, etc), he uses everyday observations to explore serious subject matter, including the titular duality, perhaps a reference to his mysterious public persona.

Top track: Part One JOANNE HUFFA

N.E.R.D Nothing (Star Trak) Rating: NNN

Since their debut album spawned several hit party jams, genre-bending band N.E.R.D have spent much of the last decade as a singles act. On their fourth release, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shae Haley make a concerted effort to keep the party going strong, and they mostly succeed.

Lead singer Williams is the epitome of effortless cool: a super-sexy R&B star with deep musical knowledge. Thus, Nothing is horny in every sense of the word; Williams lyrically undresses his lady listeners accompanied by blue-eyed retro-funk and soul-tinged with late-60s psychedelics. The album is overly long, but there’s a straightforwardness to the live-and-loose party vibe that’s hard to resist.

Top track: Nothing On You KR

TUCKER FINN The Cup & The Lip (Jane Wayne) Rating: NNN Tucker Finn, formerly of alt-country crooners the Jane Waynes, has taken her time putting out a solo record after the band’s amicable split in 2004. From the sounds of her debut album, the wait was worth it.

Inspired in part by a freak accident that saw a car smash into her Toronto home, the singer/songwriter (and film set designer) tackles country music clichés like loneliness, heartache and survival, with frequent nods to the humour inherent in daily melodrama.

Co-produced by guitarist Jason LaPrade, the understated songs are fleshed out by poppy bass, drums, keys and orchestral arrangements. Horns, clarinets, strings and backup vocals are a natural fit.

Finn’s wordplay works best on the optimistic Great Work Of Fiction, the cute breakup song Almost Calling You and the eerie, imaginative Vertical Road Trip. Still, she walks a fine line between clever plays on form and obvious lyrical traps.

Top track: Vertical Road Trip Tucker Finn releases The Cup & The Lip at Revival tonight (Thursday, October 28).

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And Now We Sing (Oh!) Rating: Olenka Krakus is a force of nature. The London, Ontario, singer/songwriter brought a whopping 40 songs to her five band mem-

bers for consideration, and they chose and honed the top 14 for this sophomore release.

Besides her prolificacy, Krakus has a rich, deep voice that evokes Natalie Merchant and Dolores O’Riordan yet is entirely her own.

Then there’s the way she seamlessly blends eastern European folk influences (she and her family left Poland for Vancouver when she was a child) with pop melodies, orchestral string flourishes, plucky mandolins and indie rock guitar leads (courtesy of standout multi-instrumentalist Blair Whatmore).

While all the tunes are thoughtfully dynamic and spin fascinating tales, Clean and Louise Of Littleville capture an extraspecial something.

Top track: Louise Of Littleville Olenka & the Autumn Lovers play the Horseshoe November 25.

CARLA GILLIS

Electronic

BRIAN ENO Small Craft On A Milk Sea

(Warp) Rating: NNN Legendary ambient pioneer Brian Eno bases his newest album on the idea of film soundtracks, which makes perfect sense given his history as a musician. The tracks here aren’t so much songs as landscapes, meant to evoke imagery rather than narrative. However, despite all his attempts to avoid traditional songwriting techniques and structures, there are a surprising number of actual melodies on Small Craft On A Milk Sea. This is both good and bad. Some of the better moments come when the non-musical textures and drones dominate, even when the tiny glimpses of melody complete them.

On the flip side, the more overtly harmonic pieces sometimes falter uncomfortably into generic film soundtrack territory or, worse, New Age. The real triumphs come when beats make unexpected appearances, bringing to mind the left-field electronic music that his new label, Warp, was once revered for. Makes you wonder what Eno would come up with if he ventured into techno.

Top track: 2 Forms Of Anger BB 3

BRAN VAN 3000 The Garden (Audio-

gram) Rating: NNN To much of the world, Bran Van 3000 is that Canadian band that had a massive hit in the 90s with Drinking In L.A. and then pretty much disappeared. Dismissing them as a one-hit wonder isn’t exactly fair, though, as they’ve continued to enjoy popularity in Quebec and have, at the very least, remained somewhat on the radar in the rest of the country. However, given the collective shrug that greeted their 2007 album, Rosé, it’s hard not to see this newest release as one last kick at the can.

Long-time fans will be happy that The Garden still sounds like the Bran Van 3000 they love. The band still tries to cram a dozen genres (not to mention guests) into each song, and the album comes across more like an eclectic DJ mix than traditional pop. Skeptical listeners will be pleasantly surprised by how many contemporary sounds are successfully grafted onto the formula – this isn’t the 90s retro some might expect. Unfortunately, when a band throws every idea into one pot, not all the ingredients blend well. Instead of saying yes to every impulse, they’d be better off saying no sometimes.

Top track: La Dolce Vida BENJAMIN BOLES

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art SCULPTURE

Message in a bottle cap

El Anatsui show comments on liquor trade and colonialism By FRAN SCHECHTER EL ANATSUI at the Royal Ontario

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el anatsui has garnered international recognition for his glittering hangings wired together from thousands of flattened liquor bottle caps, displayed in recent major shows in Venice and London.

Now the 66-year-old Ghana-born, Nigeria-based sculptor’s retrospective, When I Last Wrote To You About Africa (mounted by New York’s Museum for African Art to open its new

5th Avenue location in the spring) comes to the ROM’s Institute for Contemporary Culture.

A vivid visual pleasure, those draped, large-scale bottle-cap “tapestries” – there are lots of them here – reference West African textile traditions and the continent’s creative reuse of metal, as well as commenting on the role of the liquor trade in colonialism.

But the show also offers a context for these mature works. Early ceramic sculptures cultivate an aesthetic of broken container forms, some exploding with interior plant-like growth. Prints and paintings show a love of accumulative geometric pat-

MUST-SEE SHOWS ANGELL Transitory States group show (Print-

opolis), to Oct 30. 12 Ossington. 416-5300444.

ART TORONTO 1,000+ artists, 100+ galleries, Oct 29-Nov 1. $18, stu/srs $14, pass $44.

Metro Convention Ctr N, 225 Front W. tiafair.com.

CHRISTOPHER CUTTS Painted constructions: Gordon Rayner, to Nov 10. 21 Morrow. 416532-5566.

CLARK & FARIA Photos: Scott McFarland, to Nov 7. 55 Mill, bldg 2. 416-703-1700.

CLINT ROENISCH Sculpture/painting: Sylvain Bouthillette, to Nov 20. 944 Queen W. 416516-8593.

CORKIN GALLERY Installation: Ian Baxter&, to Nov 7. 55 Mill. 416-979-1980.

DIAZ CONTEMPORARY Sculpture: Kim Adams and James Carl, to Nov 20. 100 Niagara. 416-361-2972.

EVERGREEN BRICK WORKS Four Directions: Herzog Hayeur Klassen Claxton, to Dec 31.

550 Bayview. 416-596-1495.

GLADSTONE HOTEL upArt Contemporary Art Fair, reception 7-10 pm Oct 28, Oct 29-31,

curator’s tour 1 pm Oct 30, panel 2 pm Oct 31 ($5). Candid Aspirations: Color And Imagination In Haitian and Jamaican Art, to Nov 18.

1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635.

HARBOURFRONT CENTRE Photos: Beyond Imaginings: Eight Artists Encounter Ontario’s Greenbelt, to Jun 1, 2011. Architecture: Building Partners group show, to Nov 7. Haida Made: New Collaborations; En Plein Air group shows. 235 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4000.

INDEXG GALLERY Prints (Printopolis): Hou Chum-ming, to Nov 21. 50 Gladstone. 416535-6957.

LAUSBERG CONTEMPORARY Painted constructions: Dieter Balzer, to Nov 14. 880 Queen W. 416-516-4440.

LOOP GALLERY Multimedia (Printopolis): Yael Brotman and Candida Girling, to Nov 14.

1273 Dundas W. 416-516-2581.

MERCER UNION Installation: Kara Uzelman and Krista Buecking, Oct 29-Dec 4, reception 7 pm Oct 29. 1286 Bloor W. 416-536-1519.

MKG127 Installation: Roula Partheniou, to Nov 13. 127 Ossington. 647-435-7682.

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tern, as do works made from carved and painted wooden slats, some using Ghanaian adinkra pictographs as lines of text.

Especially moving is Akua’s Surviving Children, a gathering of “figures” created during a residency in Denmark from driftwood upright “bodies” and fragmentary “heads” attached with nails from a forge that made weapons for the slave trade. The semi-abstract grouping conveys a strong sense of sadness and dignity.

Installations include Peak Project, a landscape of golden hills formed from sheets of Peak Milk can lids (another reference to a Western product’s impact on Africa), and Open(ing) Market, Nov 1. Painting: Ron Martin, to Oct 30. 80 Spadina. 416-504-3914.

NARWHAL ART PROJECTS Painting/drawing: Team Macho, Oct 28-Nov 28, reception 7-10 pm Oct 28. 680 Queen W. 647-346-5317.

O’BORN CONTEMPORARY New media: Alex Fisher, reception 6-9 pm Oct 28, Oct 29-Dec 4. 131 Ossington. 416-413-9555.

PAUL PETRO Painting/prints: Fastwürms and Jim Dine (Printopolis), to Nov 13. 980 Queen W. 416-979-7874.

PIERRE LÉON GALLERY Photos: Peter Sibbald, to Nov 6. 24 Spadina Rd. 416-922-2194.

PIKTO Photos: Jade Lee Portelli, to Nov 29, reception 6-10 pm Oct 29. 55 Mill, bldg 59.

416-203-3443.

PREFIX Video installation: Lars Laumann, Helen Reed and Althea Thauberger, to Nov 27. 401 Richmond W. 416-591-0357.

2 OF 2 GALLERY Sculpture: Sarah Farndon and Heidi Johansen, to Nov 20. 254 Niagara.

416-591-6464.

WARC Installation: Sandra Smirle, Oct 30Nov 27, reception 2-5 pm Oct 30. 401 Richmond W #122. 416-977-0097.

YYZ Installation/prints (Printopolis): Hadley + Maxwell and Barbara Balfour, to Dec 11.

401 Richmond W. 416-598-4546.

Sacred Moon is part of Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui’s retrospective at the ROM.

a slew of small metal boxes and a few suitcase-sized ones that Anatsui commissioned from local tinkers and lined with colourful advertisements.

In the first-floor lobby, a wall of discarded nail-punched metal cassava graters prefigures the bottle-cap works.

The angular space at the top of the Crystal, broken up for the show by deep blue walls, makes a great setting for Anatsui’s art. How will Robert A.M. Stern’s New York gallery, whose construction delays are our good fortune, compare?

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THIS WEEK IN THE MUSEUMS ART GALLERY OF MISSISSAUGA New media:

Julie Andreyev, to Oct 31. 300 City Centre (Mississauga). 905-895-5088.

ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO Installation: Allyson Mitchell, to Nov 28 (Young Gallery, free).

Mixed media: Shary Boyle, to Dec 5. Film/ painting: Julian Schnabel; photos: The Grange Prize; sculpture/painting: Eva Hesse, Betty Goodwin and Agnes Martin, to Jan 2, 2011. Sculpture/drawing: Henry Moore, to Feb 6, 2011. $18, srs $15, stu $10, free Wed 6-8:30 pm. 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648.

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GARDINER MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART Breaking Boundaries group show, to ñ Jan 30, 2011. Hot Commodity: Chinese Blue

And White Porcelain, to Jan 9, 2011. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-5868080.

JUSTINA M. BARNICKE Traffic: Conceptual Art In Canada 1965-1980, to Nov 28. 7 Hart House. 416-978-8398.

McMICHAEL CANADIAN ART COLLECTION

Painting: Bruno Bobak, to Dec 5. Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution Of The Group Of Seven, to Jan 30, 2011. Traditional Stories: Unikkaaqtuat/Modern Stories: Unikkaat, to May 8, 2011. $15, stu/srs $12. 10365 Islington (Kleinburg). 905-893-1121.

MOCCA BMO 1st Art, to Oct 31. Installation: David Hoffos, to Dec 31. 952 Queen W. 416395-0067.

MUSEUM OF INUIT ART Sculpture/prints/ drawing from the collection, ongoing. $6, stu/srs $5. 207 Queens Quay W. 416-6037591.

OAKVILLE GALLERIES Diabolique group show, to Nov 14. Centennial Sq, 120 Navy; Gairloch Gardens, 1306 Lakeshore E (Oakville). 905844-4402.

WEEKLY THE POWER PLANT Painting/tapestry/video: ART GALLERY Ian Wallace and Pae White, to Jan 2, 2011.

DIRECTORY $6, stu/srs $3, Wed 5-8 pm free. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949.

2Fik “Chosen Identities” ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM Institute for Con2Fik “Chosen Identities” October 2 - 31, 2010 2Fik “Chosen Identities” temporary Culture: painting/sculpture: El October 2October - 31, 2010 Anatsui, to Jan 2, 2011. Playful Pursuits: Chi2 - 31, 2010 nese Traditional Toys And Games, to Jan 2, gallerywest room for contemporary art room for contemporary art 2011. The Warrior Emperor And China’s gallerywest gallerywest room for contemporary art Army, to Jan 2, 2011 ($31, stu/srs roomQueen for contemporary art 1332 Street West, Toronto ON M6KTerracotta 1L4 1332 Queen Street West, Toronto ON M6K 1L4child $19.50; Wed after 3 pm $15, child $28, 416-913-7116 • www.1332queenwest.com 1332 Queen 1332 StreetQueen West, Toronto ON Toronto M6K 1L4ON M6K 1L4 Street West, $11.50). Fryderyk Chopin & The Romantic 416-913-7116 • www.1332queenwest.com 416-913-7116 • www.1332queenwest.com 416-913-7116 • www.1332queenwest.com Piano, to Mar 27, 2011. Position As Desired/ Exploring African Canadian Identity: PhotoGotOCADU_NOW_Ad_FA.pdf an art related event1or 10-10-25 gallery you want 11:42 AM to promote? graphs From The Wedge Collection, to Mar reserve today call 416-364-1300 x 371 27, 2011. Painting: Jane Ash Poitras, to Sep 1, 2011. $22, stu/srs $19; $11, stu/srs $9.50 Fri 4:30-9:30 pm; free Wed 4:30-5:30 pm.

100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000.

TARAS SHEVCHENKO MUSEUM Sculpture: Roger Golden, to Oct 29. Donations. 1614 Bloor W. 416-534-8662.

TEXTILE MUSEUM OF CANADA Drawing With Scissors: Molas From Kuna Yala, to Feb 13, 2011. $12, srs $8, stu $6; pwyc Wed 5-8 pm.

55 Centre. 416-599-5321.

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ART CENTRE Traffic: Conceptual Art In Canada 1965-1980, to Nov Art Preview Nov 17 to 19 28. 15 King’s College Circle. 416-978-1838. 3 Gala Preview Nov 17 Art Sale Nov 20 MORE ONLINE More details www.ocad.ca Complete art listings at Video/performance/photos: Terrance Houle, to Dec 5. 4700 Keele, Accolade East bldg. 416-736-5169.

BATA SHOE MUSEUM Beauty, Identity, Pride: Native North American Footwear; Socks: Between You And Your Shoes, ongoing. $12, srs $10, stu $6. 327 Bloor W. 416-979-7799.

BLACKWOOD GALLERY Traffic: Conceptual Art In Canada 1965-1980, to Nov 28. U of T Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga N (Mississauga). 905-828-3789.

DORIS McCARTHY GALLERY Traffic: Conceptual Art In Canada 1965-1980, to Nov 28.

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THE SKY IS FALLING by Caroline Adderson (Thomas Allen), 309 pages, $32.95 cloth.

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caroline adderson has talent but she uses it in all the wrong ways in this story about a naive student of Russian literature who falls in with the wrong crowd.

The story opens in 2004, when Jane Z reads a news report that her old friend Sonia has been released from prison. The narrative then flashes back to 1984, when Jane shared a house with political radicals, including Pete the anarchist, Dieter the Marxist pragmatist and Sonia the idealist.

As the story swings back and forth between the two eras – in the new millennium, Jane is a literary editor who lives in Vancouver suburb with her doctor husband and their 15-year-

old son – the one-time peacenik recalls her activist days and how Sonia got arrested when a political action went wrong.

Adderson wants to be funny, but her portrayal of the radical cadre is ridiculous to the point of being cruel.

Pete the wealthy anarchist, for example, promotes an intellectually lazy definition of anarchism, basically defined as “Rules suck – I can do whatever I want,” which wouldn’t wash in a university environment.

Adderson has her own past as a peace activist, so some of the episodes recalling the politicos’ silly in-fighting and relationship dramas do ring true.

But by the time the group heads to the border for the big action, you’re hoping they’ll fail miserably.

As for Jane’s passion for Sonia, Adderson has a fine ear and eye for young lust, but a late cameo from a butch dyke has more than a whiff of homophobia.

Jane’s wavering passion for Chekh-

READINGS THIS WEEK Thursday, October 28 SHAUGHNESSY BISHOP-STALL/ELENA FORBES/ LEN GASPARINI/THOMAS PERRY IFOA reading. 8

pm. $18, stu free. Harbourfront Centre Brigantine Rm, 235 Queens Quay W. readings.org.

BOOKTHUG FALL LAUNCH Victor Coleman, Kate Eichhorn and others. 7:30 pm. Free. Supermarket, 268 Augusta. bookthug.com.

PATRICIA ENGEL/ADAM GOPNIK/ANDREA LEVY IFOA roundtable. 8 pm. $18, stu ñ free. Harbourfront Centre Lakeside Terr, 235 Queens Quay W. readings.org.

JONATHAN FRANZEN/SARA GRUEN/STEVEN

HEIGHTON/JACK HODGINS IFOA reading. 8 pm. $18, stu free. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. readings.org.

ELEANOR CATTON/BRANDO SKYHORSE/ ALI SMITH IFOA roundtable. Noon. $18, ñ stu free. Fleck Dance Theatre, 207 Queens

SOPHIE HANNAH/PETER ROBINSON/MICHAEL

IAN BROWN/CHARLES FORAN/CHARLOTTE GRAY/MEAGHAN STRIMAS IFOA reading. 8 pm.

$18, stu free. Harbourfront Centre Lakeside Terr, 235 Queens Quay W. readings.org.

JANE URQUHART/CHARLOTTE GRAY IFOA conversation. Noon. $18, stu free. Harbourfront Centre Brigantine Rm, 235 Queens Quay W. readings.org.

Saturday, October 30 CAROLINE ADDERSON/ANNE FORTIER/EMILY ST JOHN MANDEL/JULIE ROORDA IFOA reading. 4

pm. $18, stu free. Harbourfront Centre Lakeside Terr, 235 Queens Quay W. readings.org.

LYNDA BARRY IFOA reading and interview. 5 pm. $18, stu free. Harbourfront

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Wednesday, November 10, 7 pm torontopubliclibrary.ca/appelsalon Doors open at 6 pm

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DAVID MCGIMPSEY/DOMENICO CAPILONGO/ IAN WILLIAMS Poetry. 8 pm. Free. Clinton’s,

T.O.TIX In-person at Yonge-Dundas Square Tues-Sat, 12 - 6:30pm Online anytime at totix.ca

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IFOA roundtable. 5 pm. $18, stu free. Harbourfront Centre Brigantine Rm, 235 Queens Quay W. readings.org.

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$18, stu free. Harbourfront Centre Brigantine Rm, 235 Queens Quay W. readings.org.

Star Talks: Margaret Trudeau

Queens Quay W. readings.org.

LYNDA BARRY/NADINE BISMUTH/DANY LAFERRIÈRE/YANN MARTEL IFOA reading. 8 pm. $18,

DINAW MENGETSU/JANE URQUHART/ALI SMITH/KATHLEEN WINTER IFOA reading. 8 pm.

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GILES BLUNT/MICHAEL KORYTA/LOUISE WELSH

JACK HODGINS/DINAW MENGETSU/KATHLEEN WINTER IFOA roundtable discussion. 3 pm.

$18, stu free. Harbourfront Centre Studio Theatre, 235 Queens Quay W. readings.org.

VINCE FLYNN Reading. 8 pm. Free. Indigo, 55 Bloor W. chapters.indigo.ca.

On the memoir of her marriage to Harold Pinter, Must You Go? With Globe and Mail writer Ian Brown.

others. 8:15 pm. $8, adv/stu $5. Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen W. literarydeathmatch.com.

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KEN FINKLEMAN/SOPHIE HANNAH/ALEXANDER MACLEOD/PRISCILA UPPAL IFOA reading. 8 pm.

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NADINE BISMUTH/SARA GRUEN/ALISON PICK IFOA roundtable. 3 pm. $18, stu ñ free. Harbourfront Centre Studio Theatre, 235

ROBOTHAM/ERIC WRIGHT IFOA roundtable. 3 pm. $18, stu free. Harbourfront Centre Brigantine Rm, 235 Queens Quay W. readings.org.

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RUSSELL SMITH/KILBY SMITH-MCGREGOR/ERIC FOLEY/ANDREA THOMPSON Reading. 6:30 pm.

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SANDRA BIRDSELL/RUSSELL WANGERSKY/MICHAEL WEX IFOA roundtable. Noon. $18, stu

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GILLER FINALISTS IFOA reading. 8 pm. $25. Fleck Theatre, 207 Queens Quay W. readings.org.

Free. Magpie, 831 Dundas W. 416-916-6499.

THIS WEEK

Want to know how we define a good dad? So did local scribe Dalton Higgins. That’s why he interviewed a raft of new fathers, including Broken Social Scenester Charles Spearin, author Lawrence Hill, Fucked Up’s Damian Abraham and tons more. Read all about it in his new release, Fatherhood 4.0: iDad Applications Across Cultures ($19.95, Insomniac).

Higgins launches the book, Tuesday (November 2) at Beit Zeitoun, with help from spoken word artist Al St. Louis and dub poet Peculiar II. See Readings, this page.

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Centre Studio Theatre, 235 Queens Quay W. readings.org.

CAMILLA GIBB/ANCHEE MIN/MATTHEW TIERNEY/RUSSELL WANGERSKY IFOA reading. 8 pm.

$18, stu free. Harbourfront Centre Studio Theatre, 235 Queens Quay W. readings.org.

LAUNCHING

TOM MCCARTHY/ANCHEE MIN/ADAM LEWIS SCHROEDER IFOA roundtable discussion. 1 pm.

Sunday, October 31 HDRAFT 6.1: DAY OF THE DEAD Carole Gian-

grande, Roger Greenwald and others. 1:30 pm.

Free. Merchants of Green Coffee, 2 Matilda.

416-433-4170.

Tuesday, November 2 BROCKTON WRITERS May Lui, Jules Lewis and others. 7-9 pm. Free. St Anne’s Church, 270 Gladstone. 416-536-3160.

DALTON HIGGINS Launching Fatherhood 4.0: iDad Applications Across Cultures. 7 pm. Free.

Beit Zatoun, 612 Markham. insomniacpress. com.

DEATH MATCH Claudia Dey, Ibi Kaslik and

Relationship Expert Claudia Dey in conversation with Michael Winter about her new book,

HOW TO BE A BUSH PILOT (A Field Guide to Getting Luckier) Hosted by NOW’S sex columnist SASHA Musical guest Peter Elkas DATE � VENUE � TIME Wednesday, November 10 ...

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COMEDY FESTIVAL PREVIEW

Sassy ’n’ classy YouTube hit adds attitude to sketch fest By GLENN SUMI SASSY GAY FRIEND LIVE with Brian Gallivan, as part of the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival, November 4-5, 11 pm, at the Second City (51 Mercer). Rest of the festival begins Tuesday (November 2) and runs to November 7. Various times and locations. $15-$20, passes available. totix.ca.

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swoops into Shakespeare scenes to rescue the Bard’s women before they commit suicide (Juliet), get murdered (Desdemona) or take a dip in the river (Ophelia).

Gallivan developed the character during his time at Chicago’s Second City.

“Originally they were more like monologue rants where I’d yell at Ophelia or Juliet and then they’d simply say, ‘Okay.’ The videos are more back and forth.”

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than a recreation of the videos. After all, those vids, unlike the dozen less funny imitations that have clogged up the internet, clock in at an efficient minute or two.

“I’m going to perform one of them with Lauren Ash,” he says of the former Second City Toronto mainstage performer who joined Chicago’s SC mainstage right after Gallivan left.

“She’ll be helping me out in a couple of scenes with new material and a brand-new piece as well. I’m also doing a few audience interaction things where someone comes up and Sassy Gay Friend helps them out with some of the issues they’re dealing with.”

The rest of the show consists of autobiographical comedy – stories where Gallivan’s been “a stupid bitch,” the affectionate term he directs at the literary ladies at the end of each SGF video.

Speaking of autobiography, Gallivan recently recorded an It Gets Better video to raise awareness about gay bullying. It’s one of the most sincere and personal out there, touching on his reluctance to get involved in acting in high school because of fears he’d be thought of as gay. (He didn’t take his first improv class until he was 30.)

The video has generated lots of positive response.

“High school kids have written. I got a message from a woman with a nephew who’s coming out and having a hard time and how they’re both so grateful [for the video],” he says. “Even my jaded comedian friends who take nothing seriously have sent me nice messages.”

Now based in L.A., he’s working on a number of projects and is happy that people might be more likely to read a script or take a meeting with him because they know about SGF. But would he ever play a campy character like that in a film?

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Comedy listings appear chronologically, and alphabetically by title or venue.

H = Halloween event

Restaurant & Lounge, 2180 Steeles W. 905532-0504, newreachcreative.com.

DANE COOK SUperFInger Entertainment presents the comedian in a live stand-up show. 8 pm. $34.50-$115. Air Canada Centre, 40 Bay. 416-870-8000, ticketmaster.ca.

How to place a listing

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All listings are free. Send to: stage@nowtoronto.com, fax 416-364-1166 or mail to Comedy, NOW Magazine, 189 Church, Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include title, producer, comics (host/headliner/sketch troupe members), brief synopsis, days and times, range of ticket prices, venue name and address and box office/info phone number/website. Listings may be edited for space. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm.

Thursday, October 28 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Olivia Arrington,

Jamie Murray and host Nathan Macintosh. To Oct 31, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat-Sun 8 pm (and Sat 10:45 pm). $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. 416486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca.

BAD DOG THEATRE presents Next Big Thing, new and veteran improvisers perform scenes.

8 pm. The Jam, an open improv jam session.

9:15 pm. $5. 138 Danforth. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com.

COMEDY ABOVE THE PUB McVeigh’s Irish Pub presents Curt Pullan, Dave Paterson, Joel Buxton, Jon Hyatt, Matthew Costaris, Samuel Yen, Sean Sinclair-Day and host Todd Van Allen. 9 pm. $5. 124 Church. 416-364-9698.

COMEDY @ COCONUTS New Reach Creative presents comedy followed by hip-hop, R&B and reggae w/ host Ricky ‘rudeboy’ Singh and various comedic acts. 9 pm. Free. Coconuts

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William Nishri presents improv and a costume contest. 8 pm. Pwyc. Grossman’s, 379 Spadina. 416-977-7000.

SOMETHING WICKED AWESOME THIS WAY COMES Second City SC presents its 66th ñ sketch comedy revue, and it’s the most con-

sistently funny show in years. Director Chris Earle has a theatrical eye, edgy sense of humour and knows which topical references will capture the zeitgeist yet also remain classic. The talented, versatile cast takes on G20 protests, tech annoyances and pushes the limits of comedy with a ballsy scene about the Israel/Palestine situation. The final moments are a brilliant nod to several earlier sketches, and you’ll be humming Caitlin Howden and Matthew Reid’s song parody as you leave. Tue-Sat 8 pm (plus Sat 10:30 pm), Sun 2 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com.

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YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN presents the Rising Stars Of Comedy double feature. 8 pm. $12. 70 Interchange Way, Vaughan. yukyuks.com.

YUK YUK’S WEST presents the Rising Stars Of Comedy double feature. 8 pm. $12. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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“McKenna is, quite simply, perfect.”

Victoria News

wicKeD by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie

Wicked doesn’t work if the witches aren’t wonderful.

Sounds a bit like an incantation, but it’s the charm for conjuring a successful production of the award-winning Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman musical.

The current touring version, the third to visit Toronto, isn’t letter-perfect but still has enough magic to satisfy audiences.

Based on the Gregory Maguire book about the land of Oz before a cyclone deposited Dorothy and her farmhouse on the Wicked Witch of the East, the story focuses on the witches of the realm.

At its centre is the relationship between Elphaba (Jackie Burns), who becomes the infamous Wicked Witch of the West, and Galinda (Chandra Lee Schwartz), or, as she renames herself, Glinda.

At first polar opposites, Elphaba and Galinda develop a relationship that’s tested by their mutual affection for the handsome Fiyero (Richard H. Blake) and also by the power-oriented seductions of the manipulative Wizard (Gene Weygandt).

Burns, with a big, bright voice, is a vibrant Elphaba, completely believable as the outsider who embraces her otherness.

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Holzman, directed by Joe Mantello (Mirvish). At the Canon Theatre (244 Victoria).

To November 28. $35-$175. 416-872-1212.

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Jackie Burns (left) and Chandra Lee Schwartz are Wickedly good.

Schwartz is better with Galinda’s comedy than with her serious moments, though in two crucial scenes the chemistry she has with Burns gives the production a special fire.

She’s less good at communicating the qualms Galinda has as a member of Oz’s ruling elite, a George W. Bush-like administration that quietly creates its own history.

The other performers are sometimes good (Stefanie Brown as Elphaba’s needy sister Nessarose, Weygandt’s blandly evil Wizard and Justin Brill’s wide-eyed Boq) and sometimes less so (Blake’s Fiyero and Randy Danson’s two-dimensional Madame Morrible).

But there’s lots that thrills in this production, including Joe Mantello’s energetic direction, Wayne Cilento’s exciting musical staging and Eugene Lee’s clock-inspired set of gears, springs and sprockets. Susan Hilferty’s vivid, fantasy costumes are a show all their Jon KaPlan own.

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Opening HThe Dance MigraTion halloween FunDraiser Lula Lounge presents Afro-Brazilian

music and dance with Dance Migration, Capoeira Camara and others. Oct 31 at 8 pm. $10. 1585 Dundas W. 416-588-0307.

Dancing The universe in Flux Troy Emery Twigg presents a performance that connects his Blackfoot culture and existence in the world and universe. Oct 30 at 7 pm. $10.

Dancemakers Centre for Creation, 55 Mill, bldg 58, studio 313. 416-367-1800.

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presents a showcase featuring new choreographic works by students. Oct 29 at 8 pm. $15, stu/srs $12. Winchester Street Theatre, 80 Winchester. 416-801-8177. series 8:08 presents a monthly choreographic performance workshop with Benjamin Kamino, Robert Kingsbury, Bee Pallomina, Mor Bar-Zakai and Heather Saum.

Oct 30 at 8:08 pm. $10, stu $8. Pia Bouman School, 6 Noble. series808.ca. woMen in Dance presents female dancers and choreographers showcasing jazz, urban, ballroom, Latin and other styles to benefit Big Sisters of Toronto. Oct 30 at 7:30 pm. $31-$41. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E. womenindance.com.

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From one of Canada’s most produced and award-winning playwrights comes an absurdist, dark comedy spun from a true story. Lenin’s Embalmers tells the captivating tale of Boris Zbarsky and Vladimir Vorobiov, two scientists chosen by The Committee for Immortalization to embalm Vladimir Lenin after his death in 1924, a time when communism and Soviet power were on the minds of many.

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petitive musical improv. 8 pm. $10-$12. That Friday Show, a one-act play by BDT students.

8:30 pm (in Studio #2). Pwyc. Macro Neato, improv variety including games and plays. 10 pm. $10-$12. The Late Late Horror Show, Bmovie-inspired improv. Midnight. $5. 138 Danforth. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com.

Comedy oN tHe dANFoRtH Timothy’s World News Café presents improv w/ Athletic Robot (Jason Gemmill, Jorge Moreira, Rhonda Riche). 9 pm. Pwyc. 320 Danforth. 416-4612668, comedyonthedanforth.com.

KNoCKout Comedy NIGHt TKO’s Pub presents Graham Borgfjord, Chris Brazeau, Allison Dore, Danny Polishchuk, Kevin MacDonald, Ron Sparks, Darren Pyle, Winston Spear and host Scott McCrickard. 10 pm.

Free. 1600 Danforth. 416-466-1965. mAKING %@It uP Tiny Head Productions and Dave Curran present an interactive comedy show w/ Jan Caruana, Alastair Forbes, Kerry Griffin, Lisa Merchant, Dave Pearce and host Ralph MacLeod. 10:30 pm. $20. Dave And Buster’s, 120 Interchange Way, Vaughan. 647-977-7890, davecurranlive.com. tHe RoyAl FAmIly CAbARet Bread & Circus presents comedy and music w/ Rachelle Elie, Bruce Horak, Bob Wiseman, hosts Sandra Battaglini and Phil Luzi, and others. 8 pm. $15. 299 Augusta. breadandcircus.ca.

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KNIGHt tIme Comedy presents weekly standup and sketch w/ host Jill Knight. 8 pm. $4.

Remarks Bar & Grill, 1026 Coxwell. 416-4299889, knight.time.comedy@gmail.com.

HlAuGH sAbbAtH presents The Hour Of Power Halloween Special w/ Nick Flanagan, Kathleen Phillips, Chris Locke, Brian Barlow, Life of a Craphead, Katie Crown, Tom Henry, Adam & Dave, host Sara Hennessey and others. 8:30 pm. $5. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. laughsabbath.com.

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ImPeRIAl Comedy Imperial Pub presents weekly Pro/Am comics w/ host Eric Bud. 9:30 pm. Pwyc. 54 Dundas E. imperialcomedy.com. seCoNd CIty presents Live In 3D, sketch comedy featuring scenes and songs from SC history, plus new material. 8 pm. $12. 51 Mercer.

416-343-0011, secondcity.com.

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TheSketchers.com present comedy and music w/ Ted Morris, DJ Demers, Miriam Verburg, DJ Edwards, Marilla Wex, host Topher McFarlane and others. 8 pm. $5 (proceeds to the Canadian Cancer Soc). Supermarket, 268 Augusta. glamcabaret.blogspot.com.

I HeARt JoKes Evan Desmarais presents weekly comedy and fun. Doors 7:30 pm. Pwyc. The Central, 603 Markham. 416-913-4586. sKetCHComedylouNGe Rivoli presents Sick Cat, Vest of Friends, Jerry Nick & Dan, Newsdesk with Ron Sparks, MC Craig Brown and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. sketchcomedylounge.com.

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Todd’s Lunch, Accidental Company and Punch in the Box at 9 pm. $15/show; passes $40-$60.

100A Ossington. torontosketchfest.com. tuesdAys IN tHe JuNCtIoN Hole in the Wall presents weekly comedy and people talking loudly w/ host Matt Shury. 9 pm. Free. 2867A Dundas W. 416-760-7041. yuK yuK’s doWNtoWN presents Amateur Night, w/ Humber School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, and stand-up newbies at 9:30 pm. $3. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

Wednesday, November 3 Absolute Comedy presents Pro-Am night w/

Nathan Macintosh, Kris Shaw, Adrian Sawyer, Azfar Ali, Marilla Wex, Danny Freedman and Vei Chong. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge. 416-4867700, absolutecomedy.ca. bAd doG tHeAtRe presents Mortal Ymprov, four improvisers compete for supremacy. 8 pm. $10. 138 Danforth. 416-491-3115, baddogtheatre.com. tHe CARNeGIe HAll sHoW The National Theatre of the World presents a weekly variety show. 9:30 pm. Pwyc. Bread & Circus, 299 Augusta. thecarnegiehallshow.com.

Comedy At tHe ossINGtoN presents Steph Kaliner, Sara Hennessey, Jeremy Mersereau, Greg Alsop, John Pattinson, Mike Beauvais, Dylan Gott, Gavin Stephens and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. The Ossington, 61 Ossington. 416-850-0161.

CoRKtoWN Comedy Betty’s presents an open mic w/ Eric Clifford, Jon Schabl, Jackie Nicholson, host Brian Coughlin and others. 9 pm.

Free. 240 King E. 416-988-2675, corktowncomedy.com. tHe dooR PRIZe sHoW Zelda’s Living Well presents a weekly talent contest w/ host Vicki Licks. 8 pm. Pwyc. 692 Yonge, upstairs. 416922-2526, zeldas.ca.

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toRoNto sKetCH Comedy FestIVAl @ Comedy bAR presents Plum Thunder, the Regulars and Ladystache at 8 pm. Bite 48hr Video Contest screening and awards at 10 pm. Free Midnight Series: Gong! The Show! at midnight. $15/ show; passes $40-$60. 945 Bloor W. torontosketchfest.com.

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for the past quarter-century, Opera Atelier has been dusting the cobwebs off works from the baroque and early classical periods.

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by Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, have been visually gorgeous, musically rich and a lesson in historic performance style.

For the company’s new version of Handel’s pastoral opera Acis And Galatea, they decided to do something more: explore the sensual and dark side of a work that’s usually seen as a charming rococo vision of shepherds and shepherdesses.

“Acis is one of Opera Atelier’s springboard works,” says Pynkoski, whose passion for the company’s work is obvious whenever he talks about a production. “We’ve previous presented it in Mozart’s richer re-orchestration and later in a semi-staged concert version. This time we want to go beyond the focus on 18th-century style, toward a more dramatic interpretation of the work.

“Style gives you a strong foundation, but you can only be obsessed with style for so long before you hit a brick wall.

“As a company we’re now trying to tell the clearest story possible, get to its essence by using a simplified period style.”

In the case of the Handel opera, that story is of the shepherd Acis and the nereid (sea-nymph) Galatea, with the giant Polyphemus becoming the

third point of a love triangle. When the giant kills Acis, Galatea turns her dead lover into a fountain.

“The work is now usually seen as adorable and saccharine,” sighs Pynkoski, slowing down his rapidpaced analysis. “But for all its charm, there’s something deep and elemental about the desires expressed in it.

If you look closely at the libretto, you realize that whatever’s sweet about the piece has an ironic edge. Handel knew he was dealing with a sensual, erotic story.”

Citing lines from the text that illustrate Galatea’s passionate nature, the director points out that water goddesses are aggressively amorous in Greek mythology. He clearly knows the entire libretto by heart.

“She’s in Arcadia, the shepherd world, because she’s obsessed with a beautiful young man. Looking at their relationship from that viewpoint pushes the story in a troubling direction.”

In the Opera Atelier production, Acis is the only human onstage. Even the figure of Damon, often presented as another shepherd, becomes an amoral spirit whom Pynkoski compares to the mischief-making Puck from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

“Acis is surrounded by demigods and elemental forces who use him for their own ends. We know from myths that when humans become sexually involved with gods, they’re annihilated.

“It’s like a child putting a butterfly in a jar, feeding it and not wanting it to die, but of course it does. Gods, irresistibly drawn to creatures who are finite and understand death the way immortals don’t, can’t help but hurt humans when they interact with them.”

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Opening Acis ANd GAlAteA by GF Handel (Opera The pastoral opera based on ñAtelier).

Ovid’s tale is performed in English (see story,

page 63). Opens Oct 30 and runs to Nov 7: Oct 30, Nov 2, 3, 5 and 6 at 7:30 pm, Nov 7 at 3 pm. $33-$146. Elgin Theatre, 189 Yonge. 416872-5555, operaatelier.com.

GleNGArry GleN ross by David Mamet (Column 13 Actors Company). Real estate salesmen struggle to survive in their cutthroat industry. Opens Nov 3 and runs to Nov 13, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $16. Unit 102 Theatre, 46 Noble. 416-536-0048, column13.org.

the GreAt WAr: the history of the VillAGe of the smAll huts, 1914-1918 ñ

by Michael Hollingsworth (VideoCabaret).

Hollingsworth’s black-box style engulfs the audience in total darkness, then reveals fastpaced, highly-stylized, comedic vignettes about Canada’s involvement in World War One. The cast, made to look like ghoulish versions of historical figures, does a stellar job of switching in and out of multiple characters,

while meticulous attention to detail, use of vivid colours and fluid storytelling creates the feel of a graphic novel come to life. Previews to Oct 28. Opens Oct 29 and runs to Dec 5, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $15-$30.

Cameron House, 408 Queen W. 416-7031725, videocab.com. NNNN (Jordan Bimm) homelANd by Setareh Delzendeh (Godot Art Productions). Theatre, dance, music and film are used to explore the definition of home.

Opens Oct 28 and runs to Nov 6, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $10-$20. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson, Backspace. 416-504-7529, godotart.ca. leNiN’s embAlmers by Vern Thiessen (Harold Green Jewish Theatre). Two scientists chosen to immortalize Lenin gain influence in this absurdist dark comedy. Previews Oct 30-31. Opens Nov 2 and runs to Nov 21, Tue-Thu and Sat 8 pm, mats Wed and Sat 2 pm (see website for other days and times). $40.50-$64.50. MNJCC Al Green Theatre, 750 Spadina. 416-366-7723, hgjewishtheatre.com. les fridoliNAdes by Gratien Gélinas (Théâtre français de Toronto/Théâtre Catapulte).

Sketches, songs and monologues are used to examine French-Canadian society. Some performances with English surtitles. Previews to Oct 28. Opens Oct 29 and runs to Nov 7, WedSat 8 pm, mats Sun 2:30 pm (and Nov 6 at 3:30 pm). $33-$57, stu/srs $28-$57, Wed pwyc.

Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-5346604, theatrefrancais.com.

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(Monkeyman Productions). Two short plays by DJ Sylvis – Phoenix II: The Mongolar Maneuver and Dead Man’s Party – are performed. Opens Oct 28 and runs to Nov 6, Wed-Sat 7:30 pm (no show Nov 4). $15. Palmerston Library Theatre, 560 Palmerston. 416-737-1267, monkeymanproductions.com.

Hthe rocky horror shoW liVe! by Richard O’Brien (Lower Ossington Theatre).

This funder for LOT features the classic rock musical. Oct 28-31, Thu-Fri 8 pm, Sat 8:30 pm, Sun 7 pm, plus late shows Fri-Sat 11 pm. $25, stu $20. 100A Ossington. 416-915-6747,

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the 25th ANNuAl putNAm couNty spelliNG bee by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin (En-

core Entertainment). Overachievers vie for the championship in this musical comedy. Opens Oct 28 and runs to Nov 7, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $28-$32.50. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge. 416-872-1111, encoreshows. com. the WomAN iN blAck by Stephen Mallatratt (East Side Players). An estate lawyer tries to exorcise demons from an old case involving a mysterious widow in this ghost story. Opens Oct 28 and runs to Nov 13, Wed-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, stu $15. Papermill Theatre, 67 Pottery. 416-425-0917, eastsideplayers.ca.

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Wide AWAke heArts by Brendan Gall (Tarragon Theatre). A suspicious producer casts his wife and his best friend as lovers in his latest film. Previews Nov 2-9. Opens Nov 10 and runs to Dec 12, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $23-$44, Fri & Sun rush $10. 30 Bridgman, Extra Space. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. the yeAr of mAGicAl thiNkiNG by Joan Didion (Tarragon Theatre). A woman deals with the sudden loss of her husband and child. Previews Nov 2-6. Opens Nov 9 and runs to Dec 12, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $23$44, Fri & Sun rush $10. 30 Bridgman. 416531-1827, tarragontheatre.com.

One-nighters

HhArlettes moNster mAsh Vii (Harlettes).

The burlesque troupe and guests present a ghoulish cabaret. Oct 31, doors 8 pm. $15-$20.

Bread & Circus, 299 Augusta. harlettes.com. hiddeN iN this picture by Alan Sorkin (Soul Family Productions). Sorkin’s play is performed, plus live music, to support the Beatles Songbook CD and A Life A Year charity. Nov 1 at 7 pm. $18-$20. Duke of Westminster, 77 Adelaide W. 416-368-2761.

HNiGht of dreAd (Clay & Paper Theatre).

Puppets, stilt dancers and others perform and march in an exploration of fear. Oct 30, parade assembles at 4 pm, departs at 6 pm. Pwyc ($10 sugg). Dufferin Grove Park, Dufferin S of Bloor.

416-316-4461, clayandpapertheatre.org.

operANAtioN Vii – ciNderellA: rock the bAll

(Canadian Opera Company). This funder for the COC features indie band Broken Social Scene performing opera mashups with COC Ensemble Studio members. Opens Oct 29 at 9 pm (dinner from 7 pm). $125-$350. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231, operanation.ca.

Hthe rocky horror experieNce (Starship Experience/Grim Preachers). The entire musical score is performed live. Oct 29, doors 9 pm. $5-$10. The Poor Alex, 772A Dundas W. starshipexperience.com.

Hthe sediNA shoW (Sedina Fiati). The Halloween Edition features R3, an open mic and a collaborative cabaret. Oct 31 at 6 pm. Pwyc.

The Central, 603 Markham. sedinashow.com.

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lowerossingtontheatre.com. speNt by Michele Smith, Dean Gilmour, Ravi Jain and Adam Paolozza (Theatre Smith-Gilmour/Why Not Theatre/ TheatreRUN). This blend of clown and physical comedy takes an absurd look at the financial crisis. Opens Oct 29 and runs to Nov 28, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $18-$28, stu/srs $15-$24, Sun pwyc. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst, Studio. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca.

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AidA by Giuseppe Verdi (Canadian Opera Company). Director Tim Albery transfers Verdi’s opera, set in ancient Egypt, to a drab, 1960s militaristic society, vaguely Soviet. The result is sometimes visually striking, more often silly.

But Johannes Debus’s conducting and the singers are first rate, especially Sondra Radvanovsky and Rosario La Spina as the ill-fated couple Aida and Radames. Runs to Nov 5: Oct 30, Nov 2 and 5 at 7:30 pm. $62-$281. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231, coc.ca. NNN (JK) the ANderseN project by Robert Lepage (Canadian Stage Company/Ex Machina).

An artist explores questions of sexual identity and unfulfilled fantasies in this multimedia solo show (see review, page 65). Runs to Oct 30, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $20-$92.

Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-3683110, canadianstage.com. NNNN (GS)

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billy tWiNkle: requiem for A GoldeN boy by Ronnie Burkett (Factory Theatre). ñ Burkett’s latest triumph is set in the world of puppetry, the art form he’s embraced and transformed. Jaded, middle-aged puppeteer Billy attempts suicide but is rescued by a former mentor and made to view his life through a puppet show. Burkett’s craft is as astonish-

Last year Robert Lepage seduced Toronto audiences with his nine-hour opus Lipsynch, the centrepiece of Luminato 2009. Compared to that work, Lepage’s The Andersen Project is less an orgy of theatricality than a twohour makeout session. But the passion – and stage magic – is still there.

Songwriter Fredric (Yves Jacques) has left Montreal and the breakup of a long relationship to go to Paris, where he’s in talks to write an opera libretto based on the life and work of Hans Christian Andersen.

While in Paris, he’s house- and dogsitting for his friend Didier, who lives ing as ever, and his set – dominated by a big cruise ship – is terrifically evocative. And Burkett proves he’s a terrific actor as well, voicing his dozens of characters with love, humour and affection. Runs to Oct 31, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $25-$48, Sun pwyc. 125 Bathurst.

416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. NNNN (GS) DaNNy aND The Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley (Problem Solver Productions). Two lost souls meet in a bar in this look at love and loneliness. Runs to Nov 6, Tue-Sat 8 pm (except Oct 30 at 1 pm), Sun 2 pm. $20. Pia Bouman School, 6 Noble. 416-504-7529, dannyandthedeepbluesea.net.

DeaTh IN VeNIce by Benjamin Britten (Canadian Opera Company). You’re unlikely to see a stronger production of Britten’s 1973 opera – based on the Thomas Mann novella – than Yoshi Oida’s production. The director handles the work’s psychological and mythic undertows with sensitivity, using the streamlined minimal Japanese aesthetic of Tom Schenk’s set for maximum effect. Conductor Steuart Bedford brings out all the shimmering colours and shadows in the score, and tenor Alan Oke, onstage for nearly the entire opera, handles the demanding lead role with dramatic verve and vocal beauty. Runs to Nov 6: Oct 28 and Nov 3 at 7:30 pm, mats Oct 31 at 2 pm and Nov 6 at 4:30 pm. $62-$281. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231, coc.ca. NNNNN (GS) DeaTh Of a SaleSmaN by Arthur Miller (Soulpepper). A man confronts his failure to achieve the American Dream (see review, page 66). Runs to Nov 20, Mon-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 1:30 pm (see website for other times). $31.20-$75.33. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. NNNN (Naomi Skwarna) HfIrST BITe (Les Coquettes). The burlesque troupe performs a Halloween-themed cabaret. Runs to Oct 31, Sun 7 and 9:30 pm. $15$30. Revival, 783 College. lescoquettes.com.

The GIrlS WhO SaW eVeryThING by Sean Dixon (Ryerson Theatre School). A book club explores life and death, love, identity and belonging through an ancient epic. Runs to Nov 12, see website for schedule. $18, stu/srs $14.

Abrams Studio Theatre, 46 Gerrard E. 416979-5118, ryersontheatre.ca.

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cus Productions). King Henry II spends Christmas with his dysfunctional family. Runs to Oct 30, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20, stu/srs $18. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall. 416-8606176, amicusproductions.ca.

The lIST by Jennifer Tremblay (Nightwood Theatre/Canadian Stage). An elegant, organized woman, consumed by guilt and fear, tries to figure out how she made a fatal error that led to a friend’s death. Simple yet poetic, the script gets a first-class production under Kelly Thornton’s direction, with a rich, nuanced performance by Allegra Fulton as the anguished woman. Runs to Nov 6, Mon-Sat 8 pm, mats Wed 1:30 pm, Sat 2 pm. $22-$49, limited Mon pwyc. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-368-3110, nightwoodtheatre.net. NNNN (JK) lOVe, lOSS, aND WhaT I WOre by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron (Michael Rubinoff/Daryl Roth). The Ephron sisters use Ilene Beckerman’s picture-filled book of autobiographical reminiscences about clothing as a springboard for dozens of stories connecting fashion and women’s lives. The pieces are a mixed bag, ranging from a beautifully written monologue about a shirt (with a subtext about the end of a relationship) to an awkward anecdote about boots and rape. The Canadian premiere of the New York stage hit has been cast with some of our biggest talents, who are mostly fine. Runs to Oct 30, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $35$65. Panasonic Theatre, 651 Yonge. 416-8721212, lovelossonstage.ca. NNN (GS) HmaDhOuSe VarIaTONS by Eric Woolfe (Eldritch Theatre). Horrific scenes from a mental asylum are re-enacted using puppets. Runs to Nov 7, Tue-Sat 8 pm (plus Oct 30 at 10:30 pm), mats Oct 31, Nov 6-7 at 2 pm. $20-$25, Sun pwyc. Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. 416-538-0988, eldritchtheatre.ca. maTchBOx macBeTh adapted by Matthew Walker (Litmus Theatre). Four actors perform and eerie and magical version of the classic in a backyard shed. Runs to Oct 31, Thu-Sun 7 and 9 pm. Pwyc ($10 sugg). Secret Venue in Little Italy, matchboxmacbeth.blogspot.com.

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Jacques also plays a harried, fasttalking manager at the Paris Opera, a mysterious janitor and graffiti artist of North African background and, in one magical sequence, a Dryad, a creature from an Andersen tale who longs to connect with people in the big city.

Lepage links the characters’ stories using his unique blend of efficient, frequently funny monologue and design wizardry. Projections are effectively used, whether seeming to create graffiti in real time or mimicking a character’s 270-degree turn in a Paris street.

The show’s comic high point comes via Didier’s dog, who, though unseen, is given lots of personality via Lepage’s ingenious use of a leash and dog collar.

All of this would be empty without a compelling story and characters. The show’s major theme seems to be the acceptance of the dark side of human nature – the Jungian shadow – and he dramatizes it beautifully in the three main characters.

Jacques’s layered performance goes beyond merely putting on a wig or hoodie; look for the “how did he do that?” moment when, in a forest, he morphs from Andersen to the Dryad in the blink of an eye.

Throughout, the actor carefully modulates posture, vocal timbre and accent, more than earning his curtain call, when he comes out in different guises.

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To borrow a line from Arthur Miller, Albert Schultz’s unsentimental production of Death Of A Salesman is dark but full of diamonds. It’s a brutal but sympathetic gaze at the unremarkable Willy Loman, a man who has both bought and sold the American dream.

Witnessing his psychological collapse, Willy’s equally bereft family moves through the house like ghosts. The stage is cluttered and dim, but there are moments of lustre.

The first act moves like a fever dream of unrealized desire, the superb cast playing every far-fetched fantasy for keeps. Joseph Ziegler is a potent mix of brash confidence and hyperbolic doubt. His protagonist is never pathetic, seeming a little too shrewd, even when desperately planting the literal/figurative carrot he’s been following his whole life. Ziegler is tremendous in a pivotal scene with Howard (Brendan Wall), his cocky young boss more interested in his tape recorder.

Instead of falling to pieces, Ziegler hovers on the verge of losing it. It’s terrifying to behold.

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homeless youth are brought to the stage. Runs to Nov 13, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $30-$35, mat pwyc. 16 Ryerson. 416-5047529, passemuraille.on.ca.

MOONSHINE by Jim Nolan (Toronto Irish Players). A village undertaker struggles to stage a Shakespeare play and fulfill his dreams. Runs to Nov 6, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20, stu/srs $18. Alumnae Theatre, 70 Berkeley. 416-4402888, torontoirishplayers.org.

PINKALICIOUS, THE MUSICAL by Elizabeth Kann, Victoria Kann and John Gregor (Vital Theatre).

A girl turns pink after eating too many cupcakes in this family musical. Runs to Dec 29, Sat 11 am and 1 pm, Sun 1 pm. $29.50-$39.50.

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A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Lorraine Hansberry (Soulpepper). There’s nothing emotionally dated in Hansberry’s 1959 play about a black family in a Chicago tenement who’s members each have a chance to live their dreams thanks to an insurance cheque. Director Weyni Mengesha’s moving production features some fine performances, especially those by Abena Malika as a mother who wants the best for her family and Alison SealySmith as the knowing but humanly fallible matriarch. Runs to Nov 13, Wed-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm, see website for additional performances. $40-$76, stu $32, rush $5-$22. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416866-8666, soulpepper.ca. NNNN (JK) REVELATIONS by Jason Morneau and Damien Gulde (Agawa Sapphire Productions). Four strangers visiting a therapist become the four horsemen of the apocalypse. Runs to Nov 2, Sun 3 pm, Mon-Tue 8 pm. $10-$12. Bad Dog Theatre, 138 Danforth. unclemaoandtheredstarreview@yahoo.ca.

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Joseph Ziegler (left) and Ari Cohen make the most of their Miller time.

Charley, and Gregory Prest as his übersuccessful son Bernard. Prest gives an especially complex turn, making Bernard more smug than saintly. Typically, these two characters seem like the winners, but Schultz cannily establishes them as cookie-cutter images of achievement with their matching suits, hats in hand.

But it’s Ari Cohen’s passionately exhausted Biff that pushes this production to another emotional level. His transition from energetic youth to heavy-handed man-child is wrenching.

Amazingly, Cohen never cedes to rage, even when you can see it clenched in his jaw. His Biff hangs on to a tenderness that continually surprises, showing just how much can exist in one person in a moment, bringing this NAOMI SKWARNA Death to life.

ROCK OF AGES by Chris D’Arienzo (Mirvish).

Mashed together from the 80s glam rock catalogue, this critic-proof jukebox musical is essentially a glorified version of rock week at American Idol. It’s well sung and played, but the story – about an aspiring actor (Elicia MacKenzie) and musician (Yvan Pedneault) in L.A. – is silly without being witty.

Runs to Jan 2, 2011, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 7 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm. $28-$99. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King W. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. NN (GS) ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare (Shakespeare in Action). This adaptation for young audiences sets the story in a modern, culturally diverse city. Runs to Nov 6, see website for schedule. $15, stu/srs $12. Central Commerce CI, 570 Shaw. 416-703-4881, shakespeareinaction.org.

THE SCHOOL PROJECT by Steph Berntson, Julia Lederer and Haley McGee (Flashquiz).

This interactive creation examines school and lessons. Runs to Oct 29, Thu-Fri 8 pm. $10-$12. Bloor Collegiate, 1141 Bloor W. flashquiz.ca.

7A*11D INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PERFORMANCE ART (7a*11d). Panels, workshops,

films and performances by artists from around the world. Runs to Oct 31, see website for schedule and locations. Pwyc-$12, many events free. 7a-11d.ca.

TWISTED ELEGANCE by Jason Murray (Upstage Productions/pivotal(arts) theatre). A reclusive student must interact with a popular girl, forcing each one to examine their choices. Runs to Oct 30, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $8$12. Unit 102 Theatre, 46 Noble. twistedelegance.eventbrite.com.

UNITY (1918) by Kevin Kerr (Ryerson Theatre School). A small town in Saskatchewan is hit with the Spanish Flu after WWI. Runs to Nov 13, see website for schedule. $18, stu/srs $14. Abrams Studio Theatre, 46 Gerrard E. 416-979-5118, ryersontheatre.ca.

WICKED by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman (Mirvish). The hit musical revealing the backstory of the witches of Oz returns (see review, page 61). Runs to Nov 28, TueSat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 1:30 pm. $35-$129. Canon Theatre, 244 Victoria.

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TAMARA DREWE directed by Stephen Frears, written by Moira Buffini based on the graphic novel by Posy Simmonds, with Roger Allam, Gemma Arterton, Dominic Cooper, Luke Evans and Tamsin Greig. A Mongrel Media release. 111 minutes.

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gemma arterton is really pretty, but she’d like you to pay attention to her acting.

This shouldn’t be much of an issue after her raw turn in the summer thriller The Disappearance Of Alice Creed, and even less so after people see her in Stephen Frears’s pastoral dramedy Tamara Drewe, which uses her appearance as a plot point.

An adaptation of a graphic novel by Posy Simmonds that was itself based on Thomas Hardy’s Far From The Madding Crowd, Tamara Drewe casts Arterton as an ugly duckling turned glamorous journalist (something of a contradiction in terms, we know) whose return to her hometown has a seismic impact on

the inhabitants of a local writer’s colony.

During an interview at the Toronto Film Festival – our second conversation in as many months – Arterton explains that as much as she loved Simmonds’s book, there were some things that just wouldn’t translate to the screen.

REVIEW TAMARA DREWE (Stephen Frears) Rating: NNN An adaptation of a graphic novel (by Posy Simmonds) that is itself an adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Far From The Madding Crowd, Tamara Drewe plops us down at a pastoral writers’ colony disrupted by the return of a young woman to her family home. (Only now the former ugly duckling looks like the stunning Gemma Arterton.)

“In the graphic novel,” she explains, “Tamara has thought bubbles.

They can’t make it into the film. They were considering doing that, at one point, but then we thought, no, it would be a bit silly. Stephen and I decided that we needed to have just little tiny moments – not over-egg the cake, but little tiny moments where you see what’s going on in Tamara’s head. And it’s actually very complicated. In her head, it’s chaos.”

The actor went a step back to Hardy’s original text to fill out her interpretation.

“I actually think Tamara is a modern-day Bathsheba,” Arterton says, referring to Hardy’s character. “For some reason, you want to follow her.

You’re charmed by her, but at the same time you say, ‘Ach, you don’t deserve it, you’re spoiled and you’re a brat – you shouldn’t end up with the good guy in the end, and he’s a mug for actually loving you,’ you know?

But there’s something charismatic and charming about her that makes you watch her.”

When we spoke earlier this summer, Arterton told me she much preferred acting in Alice Creed to appearing in big-budget studio pictures like Clash Of The Titans and Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time. Tamara Drewe, she says, was another pleasure, since veteran director Frears (Dangerous Liaisons, The Queen) challenged her in ways she didn’t see coming.

“Tamara is constantly doubting herself and feeling utterly insecure,” she explains, “and there were times when he would make me feel like that. There was one time in

particular where I was doing a scene with Dominic [Cooper], and on that day [Frears] said to me, ‘Stop acting like you’re in Eastenders!’ Which is awful – it’s possibly the worst thing he could ever have said to me, and I was really upset.

“I said, ‘You can’t say that! What sort of direction is that?’ But obviously it worked, because I felt shit, and I was doubtful of myself and I was on the brink of tears. He does things like that – but you know, he’s incredible.

He’s a master of what he does, and at first glance you don’t see the expertise of his direction.

“Maybe in somebody else’s hands, this would have turned into some dodgy episode of Midsomer Murders – it could have been a bit twee. But we care about the characters, and we enjoy it. He’s just a genius.”

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Stephen Frears pitches the film as a classic British drawing-room comedy, with various characters cheating on one another and information travelling back and forth in whispers – someone even overhears a conversation whilst trapped in the loo.

It’s pleasant enough, and the performances are sprightly, but aside from Tamsin Greig’s devastating turn as a cuckolded wife slowly crumbling under the strain of keeping up appearances for her narcissistic bastard of a NW husband (Roger Allam), it doesn’t amount to much.

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No sting here THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (Daniel Alfredson). 148 minutes.

Subtitled. Opens Friday (October 29). For venues and times, see Movies pages 72.

Rating: NN

If you’ve seen the first two adaptations of Stieg Larsson’s bestselling trilogy, you’ll probably want to see this. But the franchise has definitely gone downhill with each instalment.

This, the third entry, is basically a court procedural in which journalist Mikael Blomkvist’s (Michael Nyqvist)

sister Annika (Annika Hallin) defends charismatic computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace), who’s charged with murder.

Mikael’s romance with co-editor Erika (Lena Endre) also gets major play, but the two previous movies give so little attention to the relationship – understandable, given that Salander is so much more fascinating – that it’s hard to care.

Salander, in the meantime, is in hospital recovering from injuries she suffered during the killing, which is a major drag. In extended scenes, the already near monosyllabic and antisocial heroine is reduced to, well, just lying there.

There is, however, a spectacular pay-

off when she gets dressed for the trial.

But even with that superb visual, the courtroom proceedings are pretty dreary and get jacked up only when new evidence – most of it illegally obtained, though no one seems to notice – is entered into the record.

As for the climax, it’s so predictable as to be laughable. You feel like you’ve been waiting two hours to witness the obvious. In fact, both the second and third instalments lack the thrill factor, possibly a function of having been made for Swedish TV. See it to complete the story, but know that The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest does not cut it as a SUSAN G. COLE stand-alone.

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Imagine more LENNONYC (Michael Epstein). 115 minutes. Screens Wednesday (November 3) at the Bloor as part of Doc Soup. See Indie & Rep Film, page 82. Rating: NNN November’s Doc Soup screening of LENNONYC falls squarely between the 70th anniversary of John Lennon’s birth and the 30th anniversary of his murder. You couldn’t ask for better placement of a documentary spanning the last decade of the ex-Beatle’s life.

You could, ask for a better documentary, though. Produced in close concert with Yoko Ono’s production company, LENNONYC offers a fairly superficial portrait of its complex subject, sticking to the established arc of an artist who spent years lost in his own personal wilderness after the Plastic Ono Band floundered, ultimately finding balance as a husband, father and musician just before his death. The darker stuff in the middle, including the alcoholism and philandering that led Ono to exile him to Los Angeles, is downplayed.

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of New York City, though it feints in that direction early on. It’s a broader portrait, and a familiar one. In covering Lennon’s struggles to avoid deportation as a radical agitator, Epstein also winds up repeating a great deal of

material addressed more effectively in 2006’s The U.S. Vs. John Lennon.

It’s worth seeing for snippets of unearthed footage and the recording-session outtakes, but there’s just not a lot NORMAN WILNER that’s new here.

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Harry issue HANDSOME HARRY (Bette Gordon). 96 minutes. Opens Friday (October 29). For venues and times, see Movies, page 72.

Rating: NNN This well-cast drama about an urgent contemporary crisis – gay-bashing and harassment – plays out as a road movie in which Harry (Jamey Sheridan), a man haunted by an event that happened three decades years before, tries to find his soul.

When his old Navy buddy (Steve Buscemi) makes a deathbed request – “Tell Kagan I’m sorry” for the 30-yearold episode – Harry hits the road to meet his commitment.

Along the way he makes sure to find his other Navy pals – a twitchily in-

The epic film Aftershock reverberates emotionally.

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Shock and awe AftERSHOck (Feng Xiaogang). 136

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Feng Xiaogang’s Aftershock – which played the Toronto Film Festival last month – spans some 32 years in the lives of a fictional Chinese family riven by the Tangshan earthquake of 1976, which killed nearly a quarter of a million people. The film opens with an elaborate CG effects sequence, but it’s a bait-and-switch; you come for the disaster and you stay for the character development.

The plot is practically Shakespearean in its conception. Forced to choose which of her young twins will be pried from the rubble, a mother (Xu Fan) chooses her son and spends the rest of

her life punishing herself for the decision. What she doesn’t know is her daughter has also survived, to be raised by foster parents in another city.

The story skips through the decades, following all three characters as they make their way unsteadily forward.

And as they do, Aftershock grows into a thoughtful melodrama about survivor’s guilt and how the weight of the dead can press upon the living for years or even decades after their loss.

It’s funny how these things go. Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter similarly opens with a natural disaster, the tsunami of 2004, but the deaths of the teeming masses are treated as an afterthought, collateral damage to fuel Cécile De France’s personal growth.

Aftershock understands something its megaplex neighbour doesn’t; you don’t just shrug off an event like this. It NORMAN WILNER never goes away.

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On the money INSIDE JOb (Charles Ferguson). 108 minutes. Opens Friday (October 29).

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Charles Ferguson’s Inside Job takes a very complex subject – the story of the global economic collapse triggered by the 2008 failure of several American financial institutions – and explains it in very simple terms.

Ferguson shows that the Wall Street meltdown wasn’t an unforeseeable freak occurrence that laid waste to the market. It was the predictable result of too many junk mortgages, the deregulation of derivatives and the infiltration of conservative freemarket ideologists into schools of economics throughout the

Jamey Sheridan is excellent as guilt-ridden Handsome Harry.

tense John Savage as a homophobic real estate agent, peacenik prof Aidan Quinn and born-again Titus Welliver – all of whom played a part in what turns out to have been a brutal beating of a fellow recruit.

They’ve all been affected by the event, but Harry’s the most haunted.

Though everyone calls him Handsome

Harry, he’s living on his own 12 years after a divorce and has a hard time connecting to people.

Sheridan is excellent as the guiltridden man with a secret and, though the structure is formulaic to a fault, director Bette Gordon elicits terrific performances in this very tender and SUSAN G. cOLE timely film.

West. Experts who said this was going to happen were shouted down or discredited.

Several of those experts – including former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, who tried to curb the most egregious manipulators as the state’s attorney general – appear to explain the workings of the cynical derivatives market, while a number of small-fry villains turn up to offer shifty defences of their calculated gaming of the system.

Propelled by Matt Damon’s crisp narration, Ferguson’s dissection of the chicanery that brought the world to the brink of complete economic annihilation – and this is not hyperbole – is so easily understood that if you’re not furious by the time you leave the theatre, it’s probably because you were staring at the floor with your fingers in your ears. Which I’m sure a number of U.S. economists, lobbyists and politicians would appreciate.

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Out of gas WINNEbAGO MAN (Ben Steinbauer). 84 minutes. Opens today (Thursday, October 28) at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. See Times, page 78. Rating: NN Once upon a time, a man named Jack Rebney threw an epic tantrum while shooting a commercial for Winnebago motor homes. The raw video of that tantrum became the stuff of legend among TV producers and directors, who shared their tapes with friends.

Eventually, Rebney was immortalized on YouTube.

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with it. It’s a look at outsider stardom that seems to want to explore the concept of cult icons but doesn’t even know where to begin.

Steinbauer tells us he wants to find Rebney and see how he feels about his status as an underground icon. But the subject, once located, turns out to be an irascible recluse, half-blinded by glaucoma and obsessed with telling anyone in earshot that Dick Cheney is the most evil man on the planet. (The movie was filmed while Cheney was still in office, so he has a point.)

Steinbauer doesn’t want to hear it, though. He just wants to drag Rebney to screenings of his tirade and shoot his reaction, clearly hoping for another explosion of rage that’ll guarantee cult status for his own project. The result is weird and uncomfortable, and not in NORMAN WILNER the good way.

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(D: Kevin Greutert, 91 min) It’s Halloween, and you know what that means. Another bloody entry in the highly lucrative Saw franchise. This one, the first in 3-D, is apparently the final film. Um, right. What’s exciting is that a lot of local actors will be spilling their guts. (The films are made here.)

Look out for Rebecca Marshall and National Theatre of the World’s Naomi Snieckus. Anyone wanna bet on whether they’ll live?

Opens Friday (October 29). Screened after press time – see review October 30 at nowtoronto.com/movies.

Chester Bennington gets his gears shifted in Saw 3D.

bESt WORSt MOvIE (Michael Paul Stephenson). 91 minutes. Opens Friday (October 29) at the Royal. See Indie & Rep Film, page 82. Rating: NNN

As a child actor, Michael Paul Stephenson had the (mis)fortune to star in Claudio Fragasso’s 1990 horror turkey Troll 2. Now an adult, he’s made a documentary about the cult that’s sprung up around the movie, accompanying other members of the cast and crew to a series of revival screenings – including one at Toronto’s very own Bloor Cinema in 2008.

Best Worst Movie, which is getting a Halloween run at the Royal, is good for a few cheap laughs – particularly when paired with its inspiration, which the Royal will screen immediately after Best Worst Movie Friday and Saturday nights.

There’s a perverse thrill to be had in watching deluded talents like director Fragasso and actor-dentist George Hardy (who played Stephenson’s father in Troll 2) slowly realize that people are laughing at their work rather than with it – but that’s about as deep as it gets.

NORMAN WILNER That said, cheap laughs are still laughs, right?

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Luc Côté and Patricio Henriquez didn’t set out to be crusaders. Two years ago, when they saw 10 minutes of video footage of Omar Khadr’s 2003 interrogation by Canadian interlocutors at Guantanamo Bay, they just wanted to put something online to indicate their disgust at the treatment of a teenage Canadian by the U.S. military without a word of protest from his own government.

But then the full seven hours of Khadr’s interrogation footage were released, and the pair realized they had a documentary on their hands.

The result is You Don’t Like The Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo. Just back in Montreal from screening the film in Ottawa, Côté and Henriquez took a few minutes to talk about their work.

Has Omar Khadr seen the documentary?

Luc Côté: He’s seen it twice. We weren’t there, of course. The first time, he saw it with his lawyer, Dennis [Edney], who told us that he was riveted from the beginning to the end. At the end he didn’t say a word, he just went back into this shell. And Dennis wanted to show it again, one more time, so he sees that there are lots of people around the world who are caring for him and feel that this is unjust. This is an incredible injustice that’s been denounced by the United Nations. You don’t treat a child soldier that way. You don’t put him in jail and torture him.

He needs to be rehabilitated. He needs to be back in Canada where he belongs. He was born in Toronto!

You just screened the film in Ottawa for members of Parliament. How’d that go?

LC: The Bloc Quebecois invited us to do a special screening at the Parliament, and they invited all the MPs. There were some Liberals and some NDP and a lot of MPs from the Bloc, but there were no Conservatives.

Patricio Henriquez: Not one single Conservative MP. They don’t like to have another point of view [presented]; in the case of Khadr, and in a lot of other cases, they have their own agenda. This is very sad but not surprising. Democracy is based on dialogue, and dialogue is when you confront ideas that don’t agree with yours.

LC: But it was a great screening. We had a good discussion, and we left copies for all the caucuses. If the Conservatives want to see it, they have copies that they can borrow – in French

and in English.

PH: I don’t know if Luc told you, but he got a call today from CSIS. They wanted to buy a copy of the film. that must have been interesting.

Maybe they’re thinking of suing us, but no matter. I think it’s important that our film could be seen by a lot of people, even them. It’s difficult to get this kind of audience. I’d like to be there when they watch it. Maybe they’ll have questions, and maybe it’s possible to hold a dialogue with them.

But I don’t think they will invite us.

(Luc Côté, Patricio Henriquez) rating: NNNN Distilled from seven hours of footage of Canadian minor Omar Khadr in u.s. military custody, You Don’t Like the truth: 4 Days inside Guantanamo puts a human face on a complex abuse of international authority. montreal filmmakers Luc Côté and Patricio Henriquez use Khadr’s 2003 meeting with Canadian interrogators – when the subject was just 16 – to illustrate the impropriety of holding a teenage prisoner as an adult enemy combatant. split-screen commentary allows various observers to explain the mounting legal and psychological stakes of the interviews.

Khadr’s now-freed cellmates describe his surroundings in miserable detail, and an american interrogation expert essentially admits Khadr was tortured on his watch. it’s a worthy companion to errol morris’s shattering abu Ghraib documentary, standard Operating Procedure, in that it presents a sickening look at a Kafkaesque holding system designed to intimidate and punish rather than build legal cases and NW prosecute its charges.

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Olivia Ross and Edgar Ramírez snuggle up in the epic political biopic Carlos.

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Movie listings are comprehensive and organized alphabetically. Listings include name of film, director’s name in brackets, a review, running time and a rating.

Reviews are by Norman Wilner (NW), Susan G. Cole (SGC), Glenn Sumi (GS), Andrew Dowler (AD) and Radheyan Simonpillai (RS) unless otherwise specified.

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(Feng Xiaogang) 136 min. See review, page 70. NNNN

(NW) Opens Oct 29 at Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24.

ALPHA AND OMEGA 3D (Anthony Bell, Ben

Gluck) offers light laughs and thrills for small children. The animation and 3-D don’t have the wow factor to impress kids over 10, but the story might do the job. It’s about a slacker wolf who loves an alpha wolf who’s out of his league. 88 min. NNN (AD) Canada Square, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Kingsway Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga

THE AMERICAN (Anton Corbijn) is a mostly competent spin on the standard one-last-

job thriller, with a solid performance by George Clooney as the resolutely closedoff lead. You can sink into the movie’s visuals without ever quite connecting to the story – which is the reason the pic never snaps into focus for its final movement.

Some subtitles. 104 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre

BEST WORST MOVIE (Michael Paul

Stephenson) 91 min. See review, page 70.

NNN (NW) Opens Oct 29 at Royal (see Indie & Rep Film, page 82).

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(Rodrigo Cortés) takes place entirely within the confines of a coffin in which a man (Ryan Reynolds) has found himself buried with little more than a lighter, a flask and a cellphone. Reynolds is riveting, and you’ll appreciate Cortés’s bravura cinematic accomplishment after you catch your breath. 95 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

experience. Some subtitles. 333 min. NNN (NW) Cumberland 4, TIFF Bell Lightbox

CASE 39 (Christian Alvart) is a not very scary supernatural thriller with Renée Zellweger as a social worker who rescues a little girl from abusive parents and takes her home. Supernatural murders break CARLOS (Olivier Assayas) covers some 20 out. Zellweger walks years in the career of the through the clichéd Venezuelan-born terrorrole with stereotyped ist known as Carlos the EXPANDED REVIEWS reactions, outshone by Jackal (played bluntly by nowtoronto.com both Bradley Cooper as Domino’s Edgar Ramírez) her best friend and Calas he criss-crosses Europe lum Keith Rennie as the and the Middle East, lobbing grenades, girl’s demented father. 109 min. NN (AD) taking hostages and trying to blow up airColiseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney planes for the Palestinian cause – always Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Yonge & making sure the newspapers know what Dundas 24 he’s doing. Produced for French TV as a CATFISH (Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost) is a three-part miniseries, Assayas’s ambitious lightweight documentary about online biography features some spectacular filmfriendship that moves to an online romaking and well-considered performmance that ends in deception. Since the ances. But screened as a five-and-a-halffilm doesn’t dig very deeply, it’s little more hour theatrical presentation, the than a cautionary tale about the dodgitop-heavy construction and exhausting ness of internet relationships. Old news. running time work against the overall

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Join us afterwards for a discussion with Director Carl Bessai, Actor and Producer Richard de Klerk, and Dr. Kwame McKenzie.

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Friday November 5, 2010 6:45pm

Canadian Director Carl Bessai’s provocative thriller takes us on a harrowing journey into the lives of three young rehab residents. Forced to relive the same horrible day again

Mind of the Demon

Saturday November 6, 2010 8:30pm A punk rock profile chronicling the rise and fall of Larry Linkogle the legend who kick-started freestyle motocross.

As the sport soared to new heights, Larry crashed to earth battling his addictions.

Join us after the film for a discussion including Metal Mulisha’s Jason Thorne.

94 min. NN (AD) Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24

CATS & DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE (Brad Peyton) is a sequel that only infrequently sets its sights on spy-movie spoofery, preferring instead a string of dopey puns and low-impact animal chases. The action is indifferent and the jokes unfunny. 85 min. NN (NW) Interchange 30

THE CONCERT (Radu Mihaileanu) stars

Alexei Guskov as the former star conductor of Russia’s Bolshoi Orchestra, demoted to janitor three decades earlier for not ousting the company’s Jewish musicians.

Now he gets a shot at glory. The tone-deaf film lurches from one cultural cliché to the next and skips over the tragedy at the film’s centre. Subtitled. 120 min. NN (GS) Cumberland 4

CONVICTION (Tony Goldwyn) reduces the undeniably powerful true story of Betty Anne Waters (Hilary Swank), who put herself through law school and spent nearly two decades fighting to clear her brother

Rouge Ciel

Monday November 8, 2010 8:30pm A look at visionary artists who practiced ‘art brut,’ and managed to overcome tragic destinies. It’s a visual roller-coaster that interweaves writers’, philosophers’ and psychologists’ takes on art and madness.

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Tuesday November 9, 2010 8:30pm Through performance, role-playing, and documentation, these works oscillate between profound anxiety and the relative calm that appears after emotional exhaustion.

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(Sam Rockwell) of a murder conviction, to a mundane movie-of-the-week. Director Goldwyn stages every scene as a potential Oscar clip, exhorting his actors to go bigger and broader with Pamela Gray’s blunt dialogue. The exceptions are Rockwell, whose bipolar character becomes the rock to which the audience can cling, and Melissa Leo, who puts a great deal of depth into a very shallow character. But they aren’t the focus of the film; that’d be Swank, who’s dour and mechanical even when the movie gives her Peter Gallagher’s Barry Scheck – yes, that Barry Scheck – as a sidekick. 106 min. NN (NW) Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

DESPICABLE ME (Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin) stars Steve Carell as the voice of a sneering schemer who adopts three girls as part of an elaborate scheme to steal the moon. That subplot provides the movie with its most engaging and entertaining moments; the other stuff, with Gru’s

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The Man of a Thousand Songs

Saturday November 13, 2010 8:00pm Canadian director William MacGillvray’s compelling portrait of Ron Hynes features the legendary Newfoundland and Labrador singersongwriter breaking down his creative process and how it’s been impacted by his sometimes troubled psyche.

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DEVIL (Drew Dowdle, John Erick Dowdle)

is a modest supernatural thriller that uses a brisk pace and fluid editing to provide mild entertainment, but that can’t disguise the thinness of its simple story: five strangers are trapped in an office tower elevator, one of whom is the Devil in disguise, here to kill sinners for fun. 80 min. NN (AD) Coliseum Mississauga, Interchange 30

DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS (Jay Roach) stars

Paul Rudd as a would-be corporate player tasked with bringing an idiot to his bossy’s dinner party, and Steve Carell as his dangerously literal-minded guest. It’s disappointing to see Rudd stuck in a conventional straight-man role, but Carell gets every opportunity to explore his character’s demented innocence. Could be much funnier – and shorter. NNN (NW) Interchange 30

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(Will Gluck) is a chipper riff on The Scarlet Letter, in which a high school senior (Emma Stone) is branded a slut after a white lie about losing her virginity goes viral. Gluck’s film occupies the same clear-headed space as 10 Things I Hate About You and Mean Girls. It’s a movie you can respect in the morning. 93 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Yael Hersonski) is unique among Holocaust documentaries in a very horrible way: the bulk of the footage in Hersonski’s searing exploration of image-craft and cultural memory comes from a Nazi propaganda film shot in the Warsaw Ghetto in May of 1942. The project was never completed, but the raw footage remains, offering a compelling – and repugnant – look into the Nazi propaganda machine. Some subtitles. 89 min. NNNN (NW) Grande - Yonge

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(Sturla Gunnarsson) is a documentary hagiography about the veteran scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster. Structured around a lecture the 75-year-old Suzuki delivers at UBC, the place where he did his pioneering research into fruit flies and genetics, the film chronicles the events that shaped him.

Suzuki is compelling about everything, although a bit of dissent might have made the film more balanced. 93 min. NNNN (GS) Carlton Cinema, Kennedy Commons 20

FUBAR II (Michael Dowse) is funnier and livelier than the original, delivering lots of nihilistic low comedy as Terry and Dean, our substance-addled Calgary headbangers, head for Fort McMurray and big bucks in the tar sands. 86 min. NNN (AD) Carlton Cinema

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(Aaron Schneider) is a Johnny Cash song come to life, with Robert Duvall playing an old Tennessee hermit who decides to throw himself a funeral party, and Bill Murray and Lucas Black lightening the mood as his perplexed enablers at a struggling funeral parlour. And as their stories unfold, Get Low works its way under your skin. 106 min. NNNN (NW) Regent Theatre continued on page 74 œ

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THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (Daniel Alfredson) 146 min. See

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headed, vaguely supernatural drama about three people whose lives are shadowed by death. Cécile De France is a Parisian journalist trying to understand a neardeath experience, Matt Damon is a San Francisco medium trying to live a normal life, and Frankie McLaren is a London kid THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (Daniel coping with the loss of his twin. Peter Alfredson) is the second in the series Morgan’s script shifts mechanically beadapting Stieg Larsson’s tween the three charthrillers. Computer hacker acters as they go Salander (Noomi Rapace) about their everyday EXPANDED REVIEWS is the prime suspect in a lives, which leaves nowtoronto.com triple murder, and Blumthe movie shrugging kvist must find her before from one banality to the police do. Rapace is a the next. Eastwood’s made lazy films beknockout and the villains are creepy, but fore – most recently Changeling and Insome plot devices are super-cheesy. See victus – but the subject matter of HereThe Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, now on after sets certain expectations that his DVD, first or you’ll be lost. Subtitled. 129 indifferent approach can’t even begin to min. NNN (SGC) satisfy. Some subtitles. 123 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Mt Pleasant 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, TATTOO (Niels Arden Oplev) is a superb adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Queenmega-seller about disgraced journalist sway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Mikael Blomkvist, who’s working with Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity punk computer hacker Lisbeth Salander Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity (Noomi Rapace) to find the niece of a corYonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & porate magnate (Sven-Bertil Taube), lost Dundas 24 over four decades ago. Great tension and I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (Steven R. Monroe) superb performances, especially by Rais a softer but still unpleasant remake of pace as the pansexual girl with the tattoo. one of the nastiest, hardest-to-watch Subtitled. 152 min. NNNN (SGC) movies ever made. A young city woman Regent Theatre (Sarah Butler) rents a summer cottage in GROWN UPS (Dennis Dugan) is a featurethe woods to work on her novel. A quartet length excuse for Adam Sandler to hang of local yokels shows up to rape, beat and around and shoot the shit with his SNL murder her. They bungle the last part, and buddies Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob she returns to kill them all. Nothing interSchneider, with Kevin James obviously feres with the grim action, but one of the standing in for Chris Farley. If it’s low on rapists is so feeble-minded that killing him proper belly laughs, there’s a genuine is morally questionable. Standard horror warmth to some scenes. 102 min. NN movie style and murders too elaborate to (NW) be real try to keep the movie safely within Interchange 30 genre conventions, but you’ll still want a shower afterward. 107 min. NNN (AD) HANDSOME HARRY (Bette Gordon) 94 Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, min. See review, page 70. NNN (SGC) Yonge & Dundas 24 Opens Oct 29 at Carlton Cinema.

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(Christopher Nolan) is a complex thriller/heist flick with Leonardo DiCaprio as the leader of an industrial-espionage team who extract valuable information by inserting themselves into dreams. Tremendous, fullthrottle filmmaking. 146 min. NNNNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Scotiabank Theatre

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(Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck) takes directors Boden and Fleck out of the dramatic comfort zone they established with Half Nelson and Sugar and sends them into intriguing new territory. In this oddball dramedy, a suicidal teen (Keir Gilchrist) lands in the adult psych ward of a New York hospital. Gilchrist (United States Of Tara) is terrific as the confused young hero, Zach Galifianakis finds new depths in his dull-eyed teddy bear persona as his would-be mentor, and Emma Roberts finally shows signs of being able to break beyond generic pretty-girl roles as Gilchrist’s considerably more troubled peer.

Boden and Fleck refuse to give in to the conventions of the snake-pit drama, instead using those raw building blocks to craft an original and thoroughly engaging film. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Cumberland 4, Grande Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24

JACKASS 3D (Jeff Tremaine) is exactly like

the two previous features and TV series, except for the feeble 3-D. Johnny Knoxville and cohorts piss, puke, poop, fart, get hit and take a lot of falls in a non-stop string of gags and stunts. They laugh like loons when someone else gets nailed and look genuinely miserable when it’s their turn.

Sample gags: one guy stands still while another hurls a ball into his private parts.

Somebody kneels naked in a sty while a pig eat an apple from his ass-crack. The little people’s barroom brawl and the “hold my dog” moments, meant to spoof unsuspecting citizens, are genuinely funny, but the relentless repetition quickly generates mind-numbing boredom. 90 min. N (AD)

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(Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg) shows us a revealing, jam-packed year in the life of Rivers, who’s tireless, tenacious and hilarious even in her mid-70s. Directors Stern and Sundberg leave some areas of her personal life unexplored, along with some of her meaner routines. But you get the sense that Rivers’s life is her work, and she’s as hard on herself as she is on anyone else. 84 min. NNNN (GS) Carlton Cinema

THE LAST EXORCISM (Daniel Stamm)

shuns horror movie clichés and predictable shocks in favour of plausible characters caught in a compelling story, enhanced by solid visuals. A Baton Rouge minister intent on getting out of the fake exorcism business performs his final ritual on a teenage farm girl in rural Louisiana.

All goes well until the night turns nasty.

87 min. NNN (AD) Interchange 30

LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE (Zack Snyder) turns Kathryn Lasky’s fantasy novels into an intense, kinetic and slightly insane action movie populated entirely by photo-realistic owls who don helmets and battle gloves. It’s technically dazzling, but the story races from one incident to the next with such speed that the characters aren’t the only ones left breathless. 94 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale

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Tomas Alfredson’s 2008 chiller Let The Right One In. The original was so distinctly Swedish, it’s amazing how well the material handles the transfer to a New Mexico setting. The story is exactly the same, with a bullied teen (The Road’s Kodi Smit-McPhee) and an enigmatic neigh-

Noomi Rapace tries her best as The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest. bour (Kick Ass’s Chloë Grace Moretz) bonding as a series of murders sweep their apartment complex. There’s blood and screaming aplenty, but the real horror lies in the story’s long-term implications, as embodied by Richard Jenkins as Moretz’s guardian. Writer/director Reeves trades Cloverfield’s shaky camcorder aesthetic for an austere widescreen elegance that honours Alfredson’s original from the very first frames. 115 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Interchange 30, Scotiabank Theatre

LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (Greg Berlanti) stars

Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel as Holly and Messer, co-guardians of the orphaned baby of their deceased best friends. The idea that parents would leave their child with such an irresponsible pair without telling them is the movie’s first stupid plot point. Rigor mortis hasn’t even set in before the screwball shenanigans

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a lead-footed, melodramatic biopic about Chinese dancer Li Cunxin, who visits America as Communism’s ballet prodigy but then refuses to return home, to the dismay of the Chinese Consulate. Beresford touches too briefly on some of the story’s ambiguities. At least there’s some fancy dancing. Some subtitles. 117 min.

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well-made, soft slasher flick more interested in its teen victims than its scares, which are handled effectively but not treated as big set pieces. After 16 years, a killer returns to slay the seven kids who were born the night he allegedly died. Or has his evil soul infected one of the teens?

The 3-D is so underused that the movie might as well be flat. 88 min. NNN (AD) Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Grande Steeles, Scotiabank Theatre

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White) plops Emma Thompson’s magical British governess down at Maggie Gyllenhaal’s rundown farm to help five cousins learn to work together, respect one another and appreciate the delights of digitally enhanced farm animals. It may be disposable entertainment, but it’s still entertaining. 109 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30

begin. The movie’s loaded with your typical rom-com squabbling, “Awww, how cute” moments and cartoonish supporting characters like a social worker who seems more concerned about whether the guardians are fucking than whether the kid’s all right. Heigl’s okay in an undemanding role, but she adds little charm.

That burden falls on Duhamel, a hunkylooking version of Timothy Olyphant who provides eye candy for the target female demographic. 115 min. NN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Nicholas Fackler) uses elements of magic realism and an intriguing twist to show uncommon insight into the aging experience. When trouble at work – he’s having a hard time keeping up at his age – looks like it will send lonely Robert (Martin Landau) into a permanent tailspin, he finds some joy in his new connection with Mary (Ellen Burstyn). Seldom has a December/December romance been presented onscreen, let alone so expertly. Lovely, Still is a tender story with dark undertones, especially in the third act, and its stars – two of America’s greatest screen actors – know how to make the most of it. Hard to believe this was written and directed by a guy in his early 20s. Required viewing for anyone interested in aging populations, whose issues are among our most urgent. 90 min. NNNN (SGC) Carlton Cinema

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(Mark Romanek) is a chilly adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel. It’s a science-fiction story with virtually no science-fiction elements; instead, it’s a subdued drama about three people (Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield and Keira Knightley) trying to figure out the purpose of their lives and come to terms with their limited time – which, of course, means it’s about everyone. 103 min. NNNN (NW) Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Sam Taylor-Wood) feels like it could be a Mike Leigh movie about the birth of the Beatles – and that’s a compliment. Taylor-Wood’s character study of the teenage John Lennon (Aaron Johnson, last seen in Kick-Ass) doesn’t hint adorably at greatness to come; it’s just the tale of an angry Liverpool kid who’s wrenched wide open when

he reconnects with his long-lost mother (Anne-Marie Duff) to the disapproval of his protective aunt (Kristin Scott Thomas).

Only the scenes in which John tentatively establishes a rapport with some kid named Paul (Thomas Sangster, working a touch more broadly) feel calculated toward Beatles nostalgists, but in a way that’s unavoidable. However ordinary they may have seemed, these were moments that changed the world. 97 min.

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the other GuyS (Adam McKay) is a buddy-cop comedy starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg as a pair of mismatched New York detectives who stumble onto a massive corporate fraud case. As quasi-satirical action movies go, it’s no Hot Fuzz, but it’s a damn sight better than Cop Out. 107 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30 ParaNorMaL activity 2 (Tod Williams) sticks reasonably close to the elements that made the original so effective, and feels like a genuine companion piece to the first picture. The downside is this is basically just another helping of Paranormal Activity. The use of multiple security cameras allows director Williams to change vantage points and pace the action slightly differently. It also allows for a couple of effective shock cuts. Paranormal Activity 2 doesn’t use dread the same way as its predecessor, which built its scares from the sense that absolutely anything could crash into that static frame at any moment. This time around, we more or less understand the threat and how it works; it’s just a question of which door is going to swing open, or what noise is going to startle us next. That still makes for a scary movie, but now the scares seem more predictable. 91 min.

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reD (Robert Schwentke) doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but as all-star action movies go it’s a lot more fun than The Expendables.

Bruce Willis does his Bruce Willis thing very well as a retired CIA assassin who assembles his former compatriots after someone puts a hit on him for reasons unknown. Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren and Brian Cox have a fine time sending themselves up as his fellow codgers, and Schwentke’s sprightly direction keeps the mayhem at a comic-book remove. 111 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Cumberland 4, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale reSiDeNt eviL: afterLife (Paul W.S. Anderson) features much snappy zombiekilling action, not much story and an approach to 3-D that emphasizes vertiginous overhead shots. Our ongoing hero (Milla Jovovich) joins a group of survivors holed up in a prison. They’re all looking for Arcadia, whose radio broadcasts promise shelter and safety. But is Arcadia a trap?

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ate, expensive and entirely joyless look at Sherwood Forest’s most famous outlaw, with director Scott treating the material like a slightly more modern version of Gladiator: battle scenes defined by dirt, sweat and mayhem interspersed with dull dialogue exchanges between courtly power brokers and cranky monarchs. 140 min. NN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24 continued on page 76 œ

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(David Fincher) turns the nuts and bolts of the creation of Facebook – and the elevation of Mark Zuckerberg (played by Jesse Eisenberg in a complex and prickly performance that should finally get people to SAW 3D (Kevin Greutert) 91 min. See Also stop thinking of him as “that guy who isn’t Opening, page 70.

Michael Cera”) to the status of nerd godOpens Oct 29 at 401 & Morningside, Beach head – into a thrilling, rippling comedy of Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum manners about male vanity, social mores Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton and the utter impossibility of transparTown Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress ency in the modern age. It’s also about an Walk, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30, idea that takes over the world: that everyQueensway, Rainbow Market Square, one wants everyone else to know exactly Rainbow Promenade, Scohow he or she feels tiabank Theatre, Silverabout everything, at any City Fairview, SilverCity given moment. Is it the EXPANDED REVIEWS Yonge, SilverCity Yorkbest American movie of dale. nowtoronto.com the year, as you may SCORE: A HOCKEY have been hearing?

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(One Week) loves Canuck icons, Score has NNNNN (NW) an anti-violence message, and its two 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, leads are very engaging. Home-schooled Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town by his parents (Olivia Newton-John and Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Marc Jordan), Farley (Noah Reid) is a hockKennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainey prodigy who’s never played an organbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, ized game in his life. When he joins the Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, Brampton Blades and becomes a star, he SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, loses his sense of self and his friendship SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, with the girl next door (a winning Allie Varsity MacDonald). Film snobs can scoff all they THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE (Jon Turtelwant, but Score is pretty fun, especially if taub) is a silly effects comedy with Nicolas you’re Canadian. NNN (SGC) Cage making wizard hands opposite a 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Colisquirming Jay Baruchel. The big effects seum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, sequences are realized well enough, but Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire the real entertainment value is in the Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, performances. 108 min. NNN (NW) Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Interchange 30 Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity STEP UP 3D (Jon Chu) is a step backwards

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(Ngawang Choephel) gives the term “protest song” new meaning. It’s a superb documentary tracking Tibetan resistance to Chinese repression. After they invaded in 1950, the Chinese set out to eviscerate Tibetan culture.

Suddenly, loudspeakers pumping out Maoist propaganda were installed in every village. Then Chinese bureaucrats cleverly co-opted Tibetan folk songs by applying Communist lyrics to their melodies. Resistance was powerful – just singing the old songs led to arrest. Director Choephel was collecting folk songs when the Chinese sentenced him to 18 years for spying in 1996, and his mother’s quest for his release became an international campaign that freed him in 2002. But Choephel refuses to let his personal story eclipse the larger picture – it’s the music and the freedom it stands for that matter here. Don’t miss it. Subtitled. NNNN (SGC) Carlton Cinema

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ecting himself as the brains behind a crew of Boston bank robbers who’s caught between the life and the heat when he falls for a hostage (Rebecca Hall) from his last job. Affleck struggles to reconcile his own dramatic interests with the demands of the heist genre. The result is an impeccably crafted but tonally wobbly studio picture that’s at war with itself. 125 min.

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TOY STORY 3 (Lee Unkrich) finds our plastic heroes facing the end of their usefulness as their owner, Andy, prepares to go off to college. The movie has beats, and even entire scenes, that recall the glories of the earlier chapters, but TS2 happened because Pixar had another story to tell, while TS3 is here because someone thought it was a surefire hit. 97 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30

genheim gives much time to talking heads and statistics. But he also follows the heart-wrenching stories of five bright children, whose futures are at stake as they await lotteries to get into schools across the country that aren’t “dropout factories.” 102 min. NNNN (GS) Carlton Cinema, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Rainbow Woodbine

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(Oliver Stone) tracks America’s looming financial disaster through the eyes of a bright-eyed, morally upstanding money manager (Shia LaBeouf) engaged to the daughter of Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), whom you may remember from the last movie as something of a schemer. It’s all a little obvious, especially as interpreted through LaBeouf’s sad-puppy gaze.

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the guilty pleasure its premise promises.

Kristen Bell plays Marni, a successful woman whose brother is marrying her high-school nemesis, Joanna (Odette Yustman). Meanwhile, Marni’s mom (Jamie Lee Curtis) is shocked to discover that Joanna’s aunt (Sigourney Weaver) is her own high school rival. With the exception of Yustman, the leads do their best with the soggy material, even though there’s little motivation, character or real comedy. 105 min. NN (GS) 401 & Morningside, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, Rainbow Woodbine, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Bruce McDonald) is ostensibly a two-hander for Tracy Wright and Molly Parker as former bandmates reunited after a decade for one very eventful Toronto night. But it’s really intended as a swan song for Wright, who’d been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a few months before the start of production. Daniel MacIvor’s script feels like a reconceived stage piece – it’s overly theatrical, but the actors make it work, shaking the material to life and refusing to let go.

Wright couldn’t have asked for a better tribute. Trigger surrounds her with friends and loved ones, and lets her rock out one last time. The sadness only kicks in when the buzz wears off. 78 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema

BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES ñUNCLE

(Apichatpong Weerasethakul) took this year’s Palme d’Or at Cannes. It’s a lovely magic-realist study of a dying Thai man (Thanapat Saisaymar) who welcomes visits from friends and relatives both living and spectral. Shooting with an unfussy vérité aesthetic, Apichatpong crafts a delicate, enveloping spell, creating a world where the intrusion of the supernatural is almost commonplace. There’s a generosity and warmth here that practically radiates off the screen; you can’t help but be pulled along as the director takes his odd, wonderful journey. If you’ve seen Syndromes And A Century or Tropical Malady, you already know and love his distinctive tone; if you haven’t, you’ll pick it up quickly enough.

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CONVICTION Thu 12:35, 3:15, 6:25, 9:05 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (14A) FriWed 1:35, 5:35, 8:45 INSIDE JOB Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:45, 6:25, 9:15 NEVER LET ME GO (14A) Fri-Wed 1:05, 4:15, 7:15, 10:05 SECRETARIAT (G) Thu 1:15, 4:05, 7:05, 9:45 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) 12:55, 3:55, 6:35, 9:25 WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS (PG) Thu 1:05, 4:15, 7:15, 10:05

YONGE & DUNDAS 24 (AMC)

HEREAFTER (PG) Thu, Mon-Tue 2:10, 3:10, 4:10, 5:10, 6:10, 7:10, 8:10, 9:10, 10:10 Fri 2:10, 3:10, 4:10, 5:10, 6:10, 7:10, 8:10, 9:10, 10:10, 11:00 Sat 11:10, 12:10, 1:10, 2:10, 3:10, 4:10, 5:10, 6:10, 7:10, 8:10, 9:10, 10:10, 11:00 Sun 11:10, 12:10, 1:10, 2:10, 3:10, 4:10, 5:10, 6:10, 7:10, 8:10, 9:10, 10:10 Wed 2:10, 3:10, 4:10, 5:10, 7:10, 8:10, 10:10 I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE Thu 2:25, 4:55, 7:35, 10:05 IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY (14A) 2:30, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:40 mat JHOOTHA HI SAHI (PG) Thu 2:50, 6:30, 9:50 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (PG) 1:45, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:15, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 9:15, 10:15 Fri 10:55 late Sat 11:00, 11:45, 12:45 mat, 10:55 late Sun 11:00, 11:45, 12:45 mat NEVER LET ME GO (14A) 2:05, 4:40, 7:30, 9:55 Sat-Sun 11:35 mat PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (14A) Thu 1:45, 2:30, 3:45, 4:00, 4:45, 6:00, 6:15, 7:00, 8:15, 8:45, 9:15, 10:30 Fri, Mon, Wed 2:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 8:15, 9:00, 10:15, 10:45 Sat-Sun 10:45, 11:30, 12:00, 1:15, 2:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 8:15, 9:00, 10:15, 10:45 Tue 2:00, 3:30, 4:00, 4:30, 6:00, 7:00, 8:15, 10:15, 10:45 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (14A) Thu 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 2:45, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:30, 2:45, 5:15, 7:30, 9:45 ROBIN HOOD (PG) Thu 2:05, 4:40 THE TOWN (14A) Thu 2:15, 3:15, 5:15, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 9:15, 10:15 Fri 2:15, 3:15, 4:15, 5:15, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 9:15, 10:15, 11:00 Sat 11:15, 12:15, 1:15, 2:15, 3:15, 4:15, 5:15, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 9:15, 10:15, 11:00 Sun 11:15, 12:15, 1:15, 2:15, 3:15, 4:15, 5:15, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 9:15, 10:15 Mon-Wed 2:15, 3:15, 4:15, 5:15, 6:15, 7:15, 8:15, 9:15, 10:15 YOU AGAIN (PG) Thu 1:55, 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:50, 7:05 Sat-Sun 10:55, 1:50, 7:05

Midtown CANADA SQUARE (CE) 2200 YONGE ST, 416-646-0444

ALPHA AND OMEGA (PG) Thu 4:25, 6:45 Fri 4:20, 6:40, 9:10 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 6:40, 9:10 Mon-Wed 4:30, 6:50 EASY A (14A) Thu 4:30, 6:50 Fri 4:45, 7:30, 9:50 Sat-Sun 2:15, 4:45, 7:30, 9:50 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:45 EAT PRAY LOVE (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:20 Fri 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Sat-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00 INCEPTION (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:10 LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE (PG) Thu 4:20, 6:40 Fri 4:30, 6:50, 9:20 Sat-Sun 2:00, 4:30, 6:50, 9:20 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:30 NOWHERE BOY (14A) Thu 5:00, 7:45 Fri 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 Sat-Sun 2:30, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40 Mon-Wed 5:15, 8:00 100 VOICES: A JOURNEY HOME Thu 4:40, 7:30 SCORE: A HOCKEY MUSICAL Fri 4:15, 6:30, 9:00 Sat-Sun 1:45, 4:15, 6:30, 9:00 Mon-Wed 4:20, 6:40 SECRETARIAT (G) Fri 3:50, 6:45, 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:05, 3:50, 6:45, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:30 WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:05 Fri 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 Sat-Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 MonWed 4:15, 7:15

MT PLEASANT (I)

675 MT PLEASANT RD, 416-489-8484 THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (18A) Thu 9:15 Fri-Sat 9:30 Sun, Tue 7:00 MAO’S LAST DANCER (PG) Thu-Sat, Wed 7:00 Sun 4:30

REGENT THEATRE (I) 551 MT PLEASANT RD, 416-480-9884

GET LOW (PG) Fri-Sat, Tue 7:00 Sun 4:30 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (18A) Thu, Sun, Wed 7:00 Fri-Sat 9:00

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (14A) Thu-Sun, Tue 2:00, 5:00, 7:45, 10:15 Mon, Wed 2:00, 5:00, 7:45, 10:10 RED Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:45, 9:30 Fri-Sun, Tue 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Mon 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Wed 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 SAW 3D (18A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sun, Tue 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 Mon, Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:15, 9:45 SCORE: A HOCKEY MUSICAL Thu 12:50, 3:20, 6:20, 9:00 SECRETARIAT (G) Thu 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:15, 7:00, 10:10 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:45, 3:45, 6:50, 9:45 Mon, Wed 1:15, 4:10, 7:00, 10:00 THE TOWN (14A) Thu 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 Fri-Sun, Tue 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 10:20 Mon, Wed 12:40, 4:00, 6:45, 9:40

Metro

West End KINGSWAY THEATRE (I) 3030 BLOOR ST W, 416-232-1939

ALPHA AND OMEGA (PG) Sat-Sun 11:00 THE AMERICAN (14A) Thu 3:00, 9:35 INCEPTION (PG) Thu 7:00 Fri-Wed 12:30, 8:50 IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY (14A) Thu 5:00 NOWHERE BOY (14A) Fri-Wed 5:00 YOU AGAIN (PG) Thu 1:00 YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER (PG) Fri-Wed 3:05, 7:00

QUEENSWAY (CE)

1025 THE QUEENSWAY, QEW & ISLINGTON, 416-503-0424 CONVICTION Fri-Tue 12:50, 3:50, 6:55, 9:50 Wed 3:50, 6:55, 9:50 EASY A (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:20 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:25, 6:20, 9:10 THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (14A) FriWed 12:00, 3:20, 6:50, 10:25 HEREAFTER (PG) Thu 12:15 3:30 6:45 10:00 Fri-Wed 12:15, 3:30, 6:45, 9:55 JACKASS 3D (18A) Thu 1:30, 2:10, 4:10, 5:00, 7:00, 7:45, 9:50, 10:30 Fri-Wed 1:45, 4:50, 7:45, 9:25, 10:30 LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE 3D (PG) Thu 12:05 3:00 6:50 Fri-Wed 12:10, 3:00, 6:30 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (PG) Thu-Tue 12:25, 3:15, 6:15, 9:15 Wed 3:30, 6:15, 9:15 NOWHERE BOY (14A) Thu 12:50, 3:40, 6:25, 9:10 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (14A) Thu 1:15 2:00 4:00 4:45 6:40 7:20 9:20 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:15, 2:00, 4:00, 4:45, 6:40, 7:20, 9:20, 9:45 PSYCHO Sun 1:00 RED Thu 12:35, 1:25, 3:35, 4:30, 6:35, 7:35, 9:40, 10:30 Fri-Wed 12:35, 3:35, 6:35, 9:35 SAW 3D (18A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:40 SAW: THE FINAL CHAPTER (18A) Fri-Wed 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 SCORE: A HOCKEY MUSICAL Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:55, 9:45 Fri-Sat, Mon-Tue 1:10, 4:20, 7:30, 10:00 Sun 4:20, 7:30, 10:00 Wed 4:55, 7:30, 10:00 SECRETARIAT (G) 12:40, 3:45, 7:05, 10:05 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) 12:55, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Thu 12:00, 3:10 mat, 6:20, 9:25 late STONE Thu-Tue 1:40, 4:35, 7:25, 10:10 Wed 4:35, 7:25, 10:10 THE TOWN (14A) Thu 12:10, 3:20, 6:30, 9:35 Fri-Wed 12:05, 3:10, 6:25, 9:30 WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS (PG) 12:20, 3:55, 7:10, 10:25

10 DUNDAS ST E, 416-335-5323

SILVERCITY YONGE (CE)

AFTERSHOCK 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:50, 10:50 Sat-Sun 11:10, 1:00 mat BURIED (14A) 4:35, 9:35 Thu 2:20 mat, 7:10 late CASE 39 (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:50, 7:40, 10:20 CATFISH (14A) Thu 3:35 5:50 8:05 10:25 Fri-Wed 3:40, 5:50, 8:05, 10:25 Sat-Sun 11:05, 1:25 mat CONVICTION 2:25, 4:05, 5:05, 6:45, 7:45, 9:20, 10:20 SatSun 11:25, 1:25 mat EASY A (14A) 2:35, 3:35, 4:55, 5:55, 7:20, 8:20, 9:40, 10:40 Sat-Sun 10:50, 12:05, 1:05 mat

2300 YONGE ST, 416-544-1236

RAINBOW WOODBINE (I)

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (14A) Fri-Sun, Tue 12:00, 3:20, 6:40, 10:10 Mon, Wed 2:15, 6:50, 10:15 HEREAFTER (PG) Thu 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:45 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:10, 3:10, 6:30, 9:30 Mon, Wed 12:30, 3:25, 6:20, 9:20 JACKASS 3D (18A) Thu, Mon, Wed 1:45, 4:45, 7:30, 9:55 Fri-Sun, Tue 2:20, 5:20, 8:00, 10:30 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:15 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:30, 3:30, 6:45, 9:40 Mon 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:10 Wed 3:40, 6:30, 9:10

HEREAFTER (PG) 12:35, 3:30, 6:45, 9:25 JACKASS 3D (18A) 1:05, 4:05, 7:20, 9:45 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (PG) 12:40, 4:10, 7:10, 9:40 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (14A) 12:50, 3:50, 7:15, 9:20 RED 1:25, 4:15, 7:05, 9:30 SECRETARIAT (G) 1:00, 3:45, 6:40, 9:15 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) 1:10, 4:05, 6:50, 9:30 THE TOWN (14A) Thu 1:15, 7:00

WOODBINE CENTRE, 500 REXDALE BLVD, 416-213-1998

WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN” (G) Fri-Wed 1:15, 4:00, 6:55, 9:35 YOU AGAIN (PG) Thu 4:00, 9:35

East End BEACH CINEMAS (AA) 1651 QUEEN ST E, 416-699-5971

HEREAFTER (PG) 7:00, 10:10 Fri 3:50 mat Sat-Sun 12:50, 3:50 mat JACKASS 3D (18A) Thu 7:20, 9:50 Fri 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 SatSun 1:10, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 Mon-Wed 6:40, 9:10 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (PG) Thu 6:40 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (14A) 7:30, 10:15 Fri 4:30 mat Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:30 mat RED 7:10, 10:00 Fri 4:20 mat Sat-Sun 1:20, 4:20 mat SAW 3D (18A) Thu 10:00 Fri 4:45, 7:20, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:45, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50 Mon-Wed 7:20, 9:50 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) Thu 6:50, 9:45 Fri 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 Sat-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:40 Mon-Wed 6:50, 9:40

North York EMPIRE THEATRES AT EMPRESS WALK (ET) 5095 YONGE ST, 416-223-9550

BURIED (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:25, 6:45, 9:10 Fri-Sat 2:10, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30, 11:45 Sun-Wed 2:10, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 EASY A (14A) Thu 2:30 5:00 7:20 9:30 Fri-Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:20, 9:50 JACKASS 3D (18A) Thu 2:15, 3:00, 4:35, 5:30, 6:50, 7:50, 9:15, 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:10, 11:30 Sun-Wed 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:10 LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE (PG) Fri-Wed 1:40, 4:20, 6:50 LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE 3D (PG) Thu 1:50, 4:15, 6:40 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (PG) Thu 1:55, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 FriWed 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 NEVER LET ME GO (14A) Thu 2:05, 4:45, 7:25, 10:00 FriWed 2:20, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 RED Thu 1:45, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20, 11:50 Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 SAW 3D (18A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sat 2:00, 3:00, 4:30, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:40, 10:45, 11:59 Sun-Wed 2:00, 3:00, 4:30, 5:30, 7:00, 8:00, 9:40, 10:30 SCORE: A HOCKEY MUSICAL Thu 2:45, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Fri-Sat 9:15, 11:40 Sun-Wed 9:15 WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN” (G) Thu 2:20, 4:50, 7:40, 10:10 Fri-Wed 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20

GRANDE - YONGE (CE) 4861 YONGE ST, 416-590-9974

CONVICTION Fri 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Sat 1:00, 4:20, 7:10, 9:50 Sun 1:00, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 A FILM UNFINISHED (18A) 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 Sat-Sun 12:50 mat THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (14A) Fri 3:30, 6:50, 10:15 Sat 12:10, 3:30, 6:50, 10:15 Sun 12:10, 3:30, 6:50, 10:10 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:50, 10:10 HEREAFTER (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:40, 10:10 Fri 4:00, 7:00, 10:10 Sat 12:40, 4:00, 7:00, 10:10 Sun 12:40, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY (14A) Thu 4:05 NOWHERE BOY (14A) Thu 4:00, 6:50 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:30, 10:15 Fri 5:00, 7:30, 10:30 Sat 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:30 Sun 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:15 SECRETARIAT (G) Thu 3:50 6:45 9:40 Fri-Wed 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 Sat-Sun 12:30 mat THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) Thu 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 Fri 4:30, 7:20, 10:20 Sat 1:10, 4:30, 7:20, 10:20 Sun 1:10, 4:30, 7:15, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:15, 10:05 STONE Thu 4:10 7:05 9:45 Fri-Wed 4:10, 7:05, 9:35 Sat-Sun 1:20 mat THE TOWN (14A) Thu 3:55 7:00 10:00 Fri-Wed 3:55, 6:55, 9:55 Sat-Sun 12:55 mat WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS (PG) Thu 3:45, 6:55, 10:05 Fri 3:35, 6:40, 10:00 Sat 12:20, 3:35, 6:40, 10:00 Sun 12:20, 3:35, 6:40, 9:50 Mon, Wed 3:35, 6:40, 9:50 Tue 3:35, 9:50 YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER (PG) Thu 9:30

SILVERCITY FAIRVIEW (CE)

FAIRVIEW MALL, 1800 SHEPPARD AVE E, 416-644-7746 EASY A (14A) Thu 12:40, 3:20, 6:30 HEREAFTER (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:15, 6:50, 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 Sun 12:30, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 Mon, Wed 12:40, 3:45, 6:45, 9:50 Tue 12:40, 3:45, 6:40, 9:40 JACKASS 3D (18A) Thu 2:00, 4:40, 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Sun, Tue 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 10:10 Mon, Wed 2:15, 4:45, 7:20, 10:05 LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE (PG) Thu 1:20 LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE 3D (PG) 12:50, 3:15 Sun only 12:40 3:15 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:30, 6:45, 9:30 FriMon, Wed 12:10, 3:00, 6:30, 9:20 Tue 12:10, 3:00, 6:30, 9:30 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:40 Mon, Wed

78

OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 3 2010 NOW

12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 PSYCHO Sun 1:00 RED Thu 1:00, 3:40, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Sat 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:50 Sun 12:50, 4:00, 6:50, 9:50 Mon, Wed 1:00, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45 Tue 1:00, 4:00, 7:25, 10:05 SAW 3D (18A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sun, Tue 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:00, 7:30, 10:00, 10:30 Mon, Wed 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:00, 7:30, 9:30, 10:00 SCORE: A HOCKEY MUSICAL Thu 1:10, 4:00, 7:05, 10:00 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) 1:15, 4:20, 7:10, 10:20 Thu 1:30 4:20 7:20 10:10 Tue only 12:30 4:20 7:10 10:20 THE TOWN (14A) Thu 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:30, 6:40, 9:30 Sun 3:30, 6:40, 9:30 Mon, Wed 12:30, 3:30, 6:40, 9:40 Tue 4:30, 7:25, 10:05

SILVERCITY YORKDALE (CE) 3401 DUFFERIN ST, 416-787-4432

EASY A (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:20, 9:15 Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 12:40, 3:10, 6:20, 9:20 Mon 12:40, 3:10, 9:55 HEREAFTER (PG) Thu 12:30, 3:40, 7:00, 10:10 Fri-Sat 1:00, 4:10, 7:15, 10:20 Sun-Wed 1:00, 4:10, 7:15, 10:15 JACKASS 3D (18A) Thu 1:50, 4:50, 7:10, 7:40, 10:15 Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE 3D (PG) Thu 12:50, 4:20 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:50 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (PG) Thu 12:40 3:45 6:30 9:40 FriWed 12:20, 3:20, 6:30, 9:30 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (14A) Thu 1:45, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Fri-Sat 1:20, 4:20, 7:30, 10:15 Sun-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:30, 10:10 RED Thu 1:20, 4:10, 7:15, 10:10 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:45, 6:45, 9:40 SAW 3D (18A) Thu 10:05 Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:45, 7:10, 7:40, 10:00, 10:30 Sun-Wed 2:00, 4:45, 7:10, 7:40, 9:45, 10:15 SCORE: A HOCKEY MUSICAL Thu 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:30 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) Thu 12:20 3:30 6:40 9:45 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:30, 6:40, 9:45 THE TOWN (14A) Thu 12:15 3:20 6:45 9:55 Fri-Wed 12:15, 3:40, 6:50, 10:10

Scarborough 401 & MORNINGSIDE (CE) 785 MILNER AVE, SCARBOROUGH, 416-281-2226

HEREAFTER (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:40, 6:40, 9:50 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:40, 9:45 JACKASS 3D (18A) Thu 4:55, 7:40, 10:00 Fri-Sun 2:00, 5:00, 7:45, 10:20 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:40, 10:00 LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE 3D (PG) Thu 4:45, 7:10 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:00, 6:50 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:50 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:10, 8:50 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:20, 6:10, 8:50 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:05, 9:30 RED Thu 3:45, 6:30, 9:00 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 SAW 3D (18A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:45, 7:30, 9:10, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:25, 9:10, 9:50 SCORE: A HOCKEY MUSICAL Thu 4:15, 7:30, 9:45 SECRETARIAT (G) Thu 3:25, 6:45, 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:35, 3:25, 6:45, 10:10 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:45, 9:40 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (14A) Thu 3:50, 7:00, 9:55 Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:15, 9:55 THE TOWN (14A) Thu 3:30, 6:20, 9:10 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 YOU AGAIN (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:50, 9:20 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:10, 7:00, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:55, 9:25

COLISEUM SCARBOROUGH (CE) SCARBOROUGH TOWN CENTRE, 416-290-5217

EASY A (14A) 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 HEREAFTER (PG) 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 I DO (PG) Thu 12:30 3:40 6:40 9:45 Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30

JACKASS 3D (18A) 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:00 Thu 12:40, 3:35 mat, 6:25, 9:25 late LET ME IN (14A) 1:35, 4:35, 7:25, 10:10 RED Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:15 RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE (18A) Thu 12:45, 3:45, 6:45 SAW 3D (18A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Wed 12:55, 1:30, 3:45, 4:30, 6:45, 7:30, 9:45, 10:30 SCORE: A HOCKEY MUSICAL Thu 1:00, 3:30, 6:50, 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:15, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00 THE TOWN (14A) 12:50, 3:55, 6:55, 9:55

EGLINTON TOWN CENTRE (CE) 1901 EGLINTON AVE E, 416-752-4494

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brutality of Lisbeth’s rape and revenge from DT. As often happens when a movie comes in a DVD/Bluray package, the DVD has no extras.

EXTRAS Widescreen. Swedish, English audio; English subtitles.

(Alliance, 2009) D: Daniel Alfredson, w/ Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist.

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While it works fine as a stand-alone thriller, The Girl Who Played With Fire is a sequel to last year’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. That film introduced the characters and relationship of rumpled journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) and brilliant, disturbed and violent computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace). You’ll enjoy this one a lot more if you check out the first film.

A year after Dragon Tattoo ends, Lisbeth is on the run from a triple murder charge that ties to Mikael’s investigation into female trafficking. Their investigations lead to the spy business and into Lisbeth’s own troubled past.

While performances and production easily match Dragon Tattoo’s A-picture quality, the tone is notably different.

The moody pauses and absorption in computer investigation are replaced by a more conventional thriller tone. Director Daniel Alfredson delivers some good suspense and action scenes but nothing that reaches the horrifying

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Toy Story 3 (Disney, 2010) Animated toys scheme to escape a daycare centre.

present the tale of a cold-hearted, driven man who will stop at nothing to complete his experiment. Today we’d call him a sociopath. Peter Cushing gives him energy to blow everyone else off the screen, and Christopher Lee’s spastic, homicidal monster has nothing in common with Karloff’s gentle creature.

Horror Of Dracula came next. It dumps the romantic subplots and the Count as oily seducer. Lee’s Dracula is purely feral, either motionless and poised to strike or in full-blown fightor-flight mode. He’s intent on one thing only, and the movie tells us that his victims – all in trademark Hammer pushup bras and flowing white nightgowns – love it. The film’s only flaw is its toobright transfer, which ruins the atmosphere, a big part of Hammer horror.

Fiddle with your TV controls till the shadows darken.

Dracula Has Risen From The Grave and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed are equally fine entries in the Hammer catalogue. The only extra is a brief essay detailing the other titles in the Dracula series. It’s barely worth looking at.

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The only one of Toronto’s film festivals to offer free admission and complimentary childcare, the Regent Park Film Festival marks its eighth year with a series of community-minded documentaries, shorts and music videos, organized by theme and subject matter.

Wednesday’s opening-night gala, Community Stories, presents an international selection of shorts, including a pair of contributions from Montreal’s Côtes-des-Neiges neighbourhood and a short film, Bad Blood, from local filmmaker Tyrone MacLean.

Some of the programming will be familiar to film festival obsessives. Janelle Wookey’s charming Memere Metisse, about her relationship with her Metis grandmother, has been knocking around the festival circuit since the 2008 ImagineNATIVE festival, but

Festivals international diaspora Film Festival innis town hall, 2 sussex. diasporaFilmFest.com.

thu 28 to nov 7 – Films from around the world about cross-cultural challenges, roots and identity. $10, stu/srs $8, festival pass $80. tue 2 – Opening: 20 Days That Shook Tehran (2010) D: Ali Razi. 7 pm. wed 3 – Zed Crew (2010) D: Noah Pink, and Only When I Dance (2009) D: Beadi Finzi. 7 pm.

israel Film Festival

sheppard Grande cinemas, 4861 yonGe. 416-239-8668, israelFilmFestival.ca.

thu 28 – Best of modern Israeli cinema. $13, 7-film pass $70. thu 28 – The Matchmaker (2010) D: Avi Nesher. 6:30 pm. A Matter Of Size (2009) D: Sharon Maymon and Erez Tadmor. 8:30 pm.

wed 3-nov 6 – Multicultural community film festival. Free. ñ wed 3 – Opening Night: Community Stories,

Youth Media Arts Program. 7 pm.

cinemas Bloor cinema

506 Bloor w. 416-516-2330. Bloorcinema.com

thu 28 – Life During Wartime (2010) D:

Todd Solondz. 7 pm. Pee-Wee’s Big Adñ venture (1985) D: Tim Burton. 7 pm. 48 Hour

Film Project. 9 pm. $10.

HFRi 29 – The American (2010) D: Anton Corbijn. 4:30 pm. Halloween (1978) D: John Carpenter. 7 pm. Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) D: Darren Lynn Bousman. Screening and shadow cast performance. 9 pm. Halloween Bash: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) D: Jim Sharman. Screening and shadow cast performance. 11:30 pm. $15.

Hsat 30 – The American. 4:30 & 9 pm. Life During Wartime. 7 pm. Halloween Bash: The Rocky Horror Picture Show. 11:30 pm. $15.

Hsun 31 – Life During Wartime. 4 pm. Halloween Bash: The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

7 & 10 pm. $15. mon 1 – Let Me In (2010) D: Matt Reeves.

4:30 pm. Goldfinger (1964) D: Guy Hamilton. 7 pm. The American. 9:15 pm. tue 2 – Goldfinger. 4:30 pm. The American. 7 pm. Manhattan (1979) D: Woody Allen. 9:10 pm. wed 3 – Hot Docs Doc Soup series presents LeNNONyC (2010) D: Michael Epstein. 6:30 & 9:15 pm. $12. hotdocs.ca.

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sat 30 – Indecisive Moments (2008) D: Larry Towell. 2 pm. Full Metal Jacket (1987) D: Stanley Kubrick. 3 pm. Free.

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Wings Of Desire (1987) D: Wim Wenders. 3:30 pm. Gone With The Wind (1939) D: Victor Fleming. Discussion with Jacqueline Stewart to follow. 6:30 pm.

H FRi 29 – Psycho. 12:15, 3 & 6:15 pm. Ugetsu (1953) D: Kenji Mizoguchi. 3 pm. M (1931) D: Fritz Lang. 6:30 pm. The Searchers (1956) D: John Ford. Discussion with director Peter Bogdanovich to follow. 7:30 pm. The Cabinet Of Dr Caligari (1920) D: Robert Wiene. Live soundtrack by the Andrew Downing Ensemble. 9 pm. A Clockwork Orange (1971) D: Stanley Kubrick. 9:30 pm. House Of The Devil (2009) D: Ti West. 11:59 pm. Dog Soldiers (2002) D: Neil Marshall. 11:59 pm.

Hsat 30 – Laban The Little Ghost (2006) D: Lasse Persson, Alicja Jaworski and Per Åhlin. 10 am. Bibi Blocksberg (2002) D: Hermine Huntgeburth. 11:45 am. S&Man (2006) D: JT Petty.

12:45 pm. Scary Stuff (2004) D: Sam Fisher.

2:30 pm. Citizen Kane (1941) D: Orson Welles.

Discussion with director Peter Bogdanovich to follow. 3 pm. Psycho. 6:15 & 9:15 pm. Pulp Fiction (1994) D: Quentin Tarantino. 7:30 pm.

Halloween Double Bill: Planet Of The Vampires (1965) D: Mario Bava, and Alien (1979) D: Ridley Scott. 8 pm. The Wizard Of Oz (1939) D: Victor Fleming. 11:30 pm. Dog Soldiers (2002) D: Neil Marshall. 11:59 pm. sun 31 – Laban The Little Ghost. 10 am. Bibi Blocksberg. 11:45 am. The Loved Ones (2009) D: Sean Byrne. 12:15 pm. Psycho. 12:15, 3, 6:15 & 9:15 pm. House Of The Devil. 12:30 pm. The Substitute (2007) D: Ole Bornedal. 2:30 pm. À Nos Amours (1983) D: Maurice Pialat. 6 pm.

S&Man. 6:30 & 9 pm. Oldboy (2003) D: Park Chan-wook. 9 pm. mon 1 – Psycho. 6:15 & 9:15 pm. Johnny Guitar (1954) D: Nicholas Ray. 7 pm. tue 2 – Psycho. 12:15, 3, 6:15 & 9:15pm.

Singin’ In The Rain (1952) D: Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly. 6:30 pm. Memories Of Under-

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thu 28 – Check website for schedule.

HFRi 29-sat 30 – you Don’t Like The

Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantánamo (2010) ñ D: Luc Côté and Patricio Henriquez. Directors

Hamza Pérez demonstrates New Muslim Cool in fest closer.

it’s right at home in the Aboriginal Program on November 5. And Min-Sook Lee’s boneheaded eco-doc My Toxic Baby, which premiered at last year’s Toronto Film Festival, turns up in the November 6 Health Program to infuriate a new audience.

Beth Toni Kruvant’s Heart Of Stone (screening November 4), which premiered at this year’s Toronto Jewish Film Festival, follows high-school principal Ron Stone as he tries to save Newark’s once-venerat-

ed Weequahic High School from descending into violence and chaos. And Jennifer Maytorena Taylor’s New Muslim Cool, which closes the festival on November 6, tells the strange and fascinating story of Hamza Pérez, a Puerto Rican-born ex-convict who embraced Islam in prison as a way of finding peace – only to be snarled in post-9/11 hysteria when the FBI raided his mosque.

velopment (1968) D: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea.

9:15 pm. wed 3 – Psycho. 12:15, 3, 6:15 & 9:15 pm.

Tullio Barboni and others. 7 pm. Free. wildsound.ca. wed 3 – Green Screens presents The World According To Monsanto (2008) D: Marie-Monique Robins. 7 pm. Free. thu 4 – Ciné-Jeudi presents Les Porteurs D’espoir (2010) D: Fernand Dansereau, a documentary on new teaching methods aimed at preparing children to take up environmental challenges. 7:30 pm. $6, stu/srs $4.

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Fox theatre

2236 Queen e. 416-691-7330. Foxtheatre.ca

Hthu 28 – She Wolf Of London (1946) D:

Jean Yarbrough. 7 pm. Frankenstein (1931) D: James Whale. 9 pm.

FRi 29 – The American (2010) D: Anton Corbijn.

7 pm. Inception (2010) D: Christopher Nolan.

9:15 pm. sat 30 – Toy Story 3 (2010) D: Lee Unkrich.

1:45 pm. The American. 4 & 7 pm. Inception.

9:15 pm.

Hsun 31 – Toy Story 3. 1:45 pm. Inception. 4 pm. The Shining (1980) D: Stanley Kubrick. 7 pm. Dead Alive (1992) D: Peter Jackson. 9:15 pm. mon 1-tue 2– The American. 7 pm. Inception.

9:15 pm. wed 3 – The American. 1:30 pm. Fubar II (2010) D: Michael Dowse. 7 pm. Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (2010) D: Edgar Wright. 9 pm.

Graham spry theatre

cBc museum, cBc Broadcast centre, 250 Front w, 416-205-5574. cBc.ca

thu 28-wed 3 – Continuous screenings 9 am to 5 pm. Free.

thu 28-FRi 29 – JFK’s Women: Scandals Revealed.

mon 1-wed 3 – Human Journey: Australia and Human Journey: Asia.

national Film Board 150 John. 416-973-3012. nFB.ca/mediatheQue

thu 28-wed e – 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.

Hsat 30 – Wild Card Pictures presents WildSound, a free horror film and screenplay festival including Zombie Werewolves Attack!

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thu 28-wed 3 – No screenings.

ontario science centre

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

thu 28 – Legends Of Flight. 11 am, 2 & 3 pm.

Under The Sea. Noon. IMAX Hubble. 1 pm.

FRi 29 – Legends Of Flight. 11 am, 2, 3 & 9 pm.

Under The Sea. Noon. IMAX Hubble. 1 & 8 pm. sat 30 – Under The Sea. 11 am. Legends Of Flight. Noon, 2, 3 & 9 pm. IMAX Hubble. 1, 4 & 8 pm. sun 31 – Under The Sea. 11 am. Legends Of Flight. Noon, 2 & 3 pm. IMAX Hubble. 1 & 4 pm. mon 1-wed 3 – Legends Of Flight. 11 am, 2 & 3 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. IMAX Hubble. 1 pm.

revue cinema

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

thu 28 – Some It Like It Hot (1959) D: Billy Wilder. 6:45 pm. Sweet Smell Of ñ Success (1957) D: Alexander Mackendrick.

9:15 pm.

FRi 29 – The American (2010) D: Anton

Corbijn. 7 pm. Get Low (2009) D: Aaron Schneider. 9:15 pm. sat 30 – Despicable Me (2010) D: Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud. 2 pm. Get Low. 4:15 pm.

Going The Distance (2010) D: Nanette Burstein. 7 pm. The American. 9:15 pm.

in attendance. 7 pm. Best Worst Movie (2009) D: Michael Stephenson. 9:30 pm. Troll 2 (1990) D: Claudio Fragasso. 11:30 pm. sun 31 – you Don’t Like The Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantánamo. 4:30 & 7 pm.

Best Worst Movie. 9 pm. mon 1 – you Don’t Like The Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantánamo. 7 pm. Best Worst Movie. 9 pm. tue 2 – Private screening. wed 3 – you Don’t Like The Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantánamo. 9:30 pm.

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H thu 28 – The Undead Dream, a night of zombies, music and cinema including Zombi 2 (1979) D: Lucio Fulci. 7 pm.

H FRi 29 – Pieces (1982) D: Juan Piquer Simon. 7 pm.

H sat 30 – Shadow Of The Vampire (2000) D: E Elias Merhige. 9:30 pm. Nosferatu (1922) FW Murnau. 11:59 pm.

Hsun 31 – Fear The Reaper (2010) D: Marc Boggio. 7 pm. Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) D: Tobe Hooper. 9:30 pm. mon 1-wed 3 – No screenings.

other Films

thu 28-wed 3 – The CN Tower presents The

Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D. Continuous screenings daily 11 am to 7 pm. 301 Front W. 416868-6937, cntower.ca. thu 28-wed 3 – Casa Loma presents The Pellatt Newsreel (2006) D: Barbra Cooper, a film and permanent exhibit on the history of Casa Loma and Henry Pellatt. Daily screenings 10 am to 4:30 pm. Included w/ admission. 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171, casaloma.org. thu 28 – Sí-Sí CineToronto Latin Film Festival presents The Bicentennial Thursdays: Anita (2010) D: Marcos Carnevale. 6:30 pm. Cuestión De Principios (2009) D: Rodrigo Grande.

8:30 pm. Spanish w/ s-t. $10 per screening, stu/srs $8. York U Glendon Campus, 2275 Bayview, rm 204 York Hall. glendon.yorku.ca/ sisicine.

FRi 29 – Toronto Socialist Action Rebel Films presents Modern Times (1936) D: Charles Chaplin. 7 pm. $4 donation. OISE, 252 Bloor W, rm 2-212. 416-535-8779, socialistaction-canada.blogspot.com.

Toronto Coalition to Stop the War presents My Father The Terrorist (2010) D: SafiyahRandera. 5 pm. Free. U of T, Sidney Smith Auditorium, 100 St George. nowar.ca. sat 30 – The Sony Centre for the Performing Arts presents Warren Miller’s Wintervention.

8 pm. $31. 1 Front E. Tickets @ ticketmaster. ca. skinet.com/warrenmiller/events. wed 3 – Hart House presents the Conscious Activism Doc Series weekly films: A Different Path (2010) D: Monteith McCollum. 6:30 pm.

Free. Hart House Library, 7 Hart House Circle. harthouse.ca/docfest.

The Ontario Vipassana Foundation presents The Dhamma Brothers (2008) D: Andrew Kukura and Jenny Phillips, a documentary about Vipassana meditation program in a prison.

6:30 pm. Free. Toronto Public Library, Runnymede Branch, 2178 Bloor W. 416-461-9949, torana.dhamma.org.

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By Dan Savage

I love readIng your column and

never thought that I would have a reason to write to you, but to my pleasure and chagrin, I realized today that I could use your help.

I’m a 23-year-old woman. I’ve been with my boyfriend for three years, and we’ve lived together for two. We have a very healthy sex life, and the longer we’re together, the better it gets! There is just one problem: he wants me to get really raunchy with his come when I am blowing him. I guess it’s called an “oral cream pie.” Anyway, he wants to shoot on my face with my mouth open, he wants me to let him come in my mouth and then let it drool back out on my chin or his cock, all kinds of things in that vein. I would love to do that for him – but when it’s go time, I freeze and can’t bring myself to and end up swallowing his come instead.

Honestly, I think the thought of come bothers me. I can swallow it because once I do, it’s gone and I don’t have to worry about it. But with this, I have to play with it and run it all around in my mouth. I need to know how to embrace his come instead of fearing it so our sex life can continue to grow instead of stagnate on this one thing. Help!

Frozen Creampie According to Urban Dictionary – the final authority on all sex definitions these days – an “oral cream pie” isn’t anywhere near as involved a process as your boyfriend makes it out to be.

“While receiving a blow job,” says Urban Dictionary, “the alpha male peaks to orgasm – while the male is in the midst of ejaculation, or cumming, the female continues the act of oral sex without removing her lips and/or mouth from the alpha males penis – thus causing the male to cum inside the females mouth, and possibly down her throat while she is still sucking the males penis.”

You gotta love how the alpha male – no blow jobs for you beta males – “peaks to orgasm” all by himself. He isn’t brought to orgasm thanks to the determined efforts of a giving partner.

No. A blow job is something alpha males do for themselves. There he is, our alpha male, peaking to orgasm all on his own, when suddenly a woman trips and falls face-first into his lap.

Anyway, FC, it looks like you’re doing the oral cream pie already: you’re blowing him; you’re swallowing. Your boyfriend is asking you for what we’re going to call “more.” And this isn’t something he’s asking you to do “when [you’re] blowing him,” but after you’re done blowing him. Because once he comes, FC, the blow job is technically over. Emission accomplished. So he’s asking for a blow-job-andthen-some, an above-and-beyond-the-call post-blow-job indulgence.

A couple of thoughts…

Presumably, your boyfriend eats your pussy.

And when he does, FC, he gets your vaginal secretions all over his face – it’s smeared all over his chin and cheeks and nose and lips. It’s applied gradually, in layers, like a varnish.

There’s a big difference between your secretions and his – he comes all at once, in a few massive splats – but if he’s eating your pussy, FC, he’s already doing a slo-mo version of what he’s asking you to do for him.

But even so, FC, your boyfriend has to recognize the above-and-beyond nature of the request he’s making. He’s getting head – good, enthusiastic head, too, as evidenced by all the alpha orgasms he’s peaking. And there you are, only too happy to swallow – even if your true motive is to dispose of his semen as quickly as possible. It seems to me that (1) your boyfriend shouldn’t push this oral cream pie thing too hard and (2) you shouldn’t feel too bad if you can’t bring yourself to do this for him any time soon.

Your inability to do this one thing – this one

above-and-beyond thing – shouldn’t be allowed to “derail” an otherwise excellent sex life. Your sex life can “continue to grow” even if this particular act won’t be scratched off the boyfriend’s bucket-o-come list any time soon.

Do the stuff you enjoy, try new things, continue to grow together. And maybe play with his come a little bit along the way – masturbate him sometimes, or let him masturbate himself, and run your fingers through his come – and perhaps your fears and inhibitions will decrease and one day you’ll be able to enjoy his juices (a word I hate in this context) just as much as he enjoys yours.

And he does enjoy yours, right? Because if he isn’t eating your pussy, FC, then you shouldn’t even be blowing him, much less feeling guilty about not gargling with his come after you’re done.

I grew up In a shItty conservatIve town with a batshit crazy mother and a phi-

landering father who, despite leaving my mom when I was two, went on to be a pretty good dad and definitely the only moderately stable parent in my life. I wanted his love and approval. I went to law school and married a guy who was, essentially, my dad. They became best friends. Very shortly into the marriage, I fell in love with a woman, realized I’m a total homo and got divorced. I’m still with the same woman and I’m no longer suicidal over my internalized homophobia. Yay. My dad didn’t exactly support my decision, but he has made an effort to get to know my girlfriend and isn’t acting quite as crushed as I know he was when I came out and divorced my husband.

However, he continues to have a relationship with my ex-husband. This enrages me. I felt like he sided with the ex at every turn during our separation and divorce, and now I feel like he’s incapable of understanding my feelings.

I’m still friendly with my ex, although I have tremendous guilt issues over not having figured myself out before dragging him into a marriage. My dad’s point is that his friendship with my ex has nothing to do with me.

Am I just being a petty bitch or is he being an insensitive asshole?

Angry Lesbian Daughter Petty bitch or insensitive asshole, petty bitch or insensitive asshole, petty bitch or insensitive asshole – does it have to be one or the other, ALD? Your dad bonded with your ex while you were married and didn’t regard the divorce as your ex’s fault. Perhaps your dad took your ex’s side because he couldn’t see that the divorce wasn’t entirely your fault, either. You were a victim, too, ALD – victimized by the homophobia you had internalized. The homophobic culture that rendered you incapable of recognizing that you were a lesbian before you dragged your ex into a doomed marriage is ultimately to blame – that doesn’t mean you bear no responsibility – and if your dad couldn’t see that at the time and was insensitive, then, yeah, he owes you an apology.

But you brought your ex into your dad’s life, your dad bonded with him as a son-in-law, and it’s unfair of you to demand that your dad cut all ties to your ex. That’s controlling, irrational behaviour – aka petty bitchery – and you should apologize to your dad for it.

You have a right to your feelings, of course, and if your dad’s relationship with your ex makes you uncomfortable, it makes you uncomfortable. In this era of divorce, remarriage and blended families, rest assured that you’re not the only person in the world with an ex who’s still, for better or worse, part of the family.

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