AltWeeklies Wire
Maude Barlow on the Problem With Canada's Waternew
The author and activist argues that Canada's water may become an increasingly scarce resource in Blue Covenant.
Montreal Mirror |
Christopher Hazou |
11-02-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Steve Gallucio on 'Surviving My Mother'new
His latest screenplay was originally intended for the stage.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
11-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Weakerthans Return With More Manitoban Probin'new
Singer John K. Samson sheds light on his Winnipeg surroundings through singing his "first person fiction," but also manages to sidestep being a musical Farley Mowat, or a Canadian playing with caricatures while sniggering up their hockey-jersey sleeve.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
11-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Weakerthans
What's Felix da Housecat's Sign?new
This time around, with Virgo Blaktro & the Movie Disco, Felix stirs a welcome dollop of electrofunk a la P-Funk into the retro-futuristic glam house that he and his ilk brought to prominence earlier in the decade.
Montreal Mirror |
Jack Oatmon |
11-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The National Parcs: Grooves From the Great Outdoorsnew
The Montreal band breaks new ground with Timbervision, an audio-visual album of hinterland harmonies and beats from the bush.
Montreal Mirror |
Rupert Bottenberg |
11-02-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The National Parcs, Timbervision
'American Venus' is Just Weirdnew
With his latest film, it is as though Vancouver-based filmmaker Bruce Sweeney has taken Rebecca De Mornay's persona and given her children of her own.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
11-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: American Venus, Bruce Sweeney
'American Gangster' is a Heroin-Dealing Disappointmentnew
There's a lot that this movie promises and never delivers.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
11-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: American Gangster, Ridley Scott
'The District' is Comically Grotesquenew
Nothing and everything in the film works, but there are bursts of impressive creative energy that juice up the movie every time it starts to slacken, and you have to give it credit for being, as far as I know, the world's first Hungarian animated quasi-political sexually explicit rap musical.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
10-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Aron Gauder, The District
Dragonette's Martina Sorbara Talks Dirtynew
Although three of the group's members hail from Toronto, sultry synth-pop quartet Dragonette's flamboyant and provocative debut record Galore was cultivated in London.
Montreal Mirror |
Erik Leijon |
10-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dragonette, Galore
Cristian Mungiu Goes Beyond Abortionnew
"When I sat down to write it, I wasn't setting out to make a film about abortion," the director says of his gritty, Palme d'Or-winning drama.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
10-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Montreal Psychogeography Society Engages the Citynew
"I'll admit, it's a pretty pretentious name for a walking group," says Jacob Larsen, the group's de facto organizer.
Montreal Mirror |
Tracey Lindeman |
10-26-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Picastro Dig the Darknessnew
The Toronto band certainly stands out amid the bleating sounds coming out of Toronto the Good these days -- Whore Luck is as dark and somber as it gets, with a sense of despair that burrows deep.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
10-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Picastro, Whore Luck
Screenwriter Kelley Sane on Torture and 'Rendition'new
Sane's screenplay has several intersecting subplots, all of which arc beautifully over less than two hours.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
10-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gavin Hood, rendition
'I Am America' is a Nice Try That Falls a Little Flatnew
Even if Stephen Colbert was America, the sad reality is that I Am America is not Stephen Colbert. Without Colbert's special je ne sais quoi animating these words and distracting you from the spelling and grammar mistakes, too often the text is lacking.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
10-19-2007 |
Nonfiction
New Young Pony Club Saddle Upnew
The London band rides the new-rave wave.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
10-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
