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'King-Cat': Drawing Badly Wellnew
Bleak, elemental, funny, angry, melancholy genius is scrawled with deceptive skill across an anthology that includes strips from the first 50 issues of his popular self-published zine.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
08-27-2007 |
Fiction
'Ten Canoes': A Tale Well Toldnew
There was some worry near the beginning that the film would lurch toward a sort of distanced National Geographic-style anthropological framing of other cultures, but one is quickly drawn into a compelling story full of realized and engaging characters.
Montreal Mirror |
Jeffrey Malecki |
08-27-2007 |
Reviews
'The Nanny Diaries': More Adventures in Babysittingnew
Like The Devil Wears Prada, Diaries never does much more than indulge its audience’s happy willingness to feel superior to rich people, but that’s not to say that it doesn't have some fun doing it.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
08-27-2007 |
Reviews
'War': Violent Vendettanew
Those expecting the full-on martial arts thriller may be disappointed -- instead, we get a revenge-fuelled action movie that stays within the confines of its cliche-ridden genre, but it does so with impeccable style.
Montreal Mirror |
Jason Bogdaneris |
08-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: WAR, Philip G. Atwell
'Resurrecting the Champ': Fighting Wordsnew
A solid yet imperfect film about boxing and writing.
Montreal Mirror |
Jeffrey Malecki |
08-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Resurrecting the Champ, Rod Lurie
World Film Fest Previewsnew
A sampling of the 215 feature films and 194 shorts playing at this year's fest, including Confessions of an Innocent Man, Lady Chatterly, Dying in Athens, and more.
Montreal Mirror |
Jason Bogdaneris, Malcolm Fraser, Jeffrey Malaecki and Mark Slutsky |
08-27-2007 |
Movies
Satoshi Kon Discusses 'Paprika'new
Kon creates an imaginative and gorgeous world where images and characters follow a strange, but somehow comprehensible, dream logic.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
08-27-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Paprika, Satoshi Kon
Margaret Doll Rod Plays With Herselfnew
When her co-patriots in the Demolition Doll Rods retired in April, Margaret opted to tour as an one-woman show.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
08-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Margaret Doll Rod
Mika Miko Party Hardcorenew
All-girl quintet bangs out hard core punk from L.A.'s oft-forgotten underground scene.
Montreal Mirror |
Johnson Cummins |
08-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mika Miko
Bang Lime Bangs Loudnew
Metric's Joshua Winstead and Joules Scott-Key create a primal side project.
Montreal Mirror |
Jack Oatmon |
08-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bang Lime, Best Friends in Love
Krista Muir Hangs Up The Hosennew
Muir ditches her alt-ego Lederhosen Lucil for pretty tunes and a baritone ukulele.
Montreal Mirror |
Lorraine Carpenter |
08-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Krista Muir
Brooklyn's Professor Murder Is Wrapped In Mysterynew
The quartet struggles to find its place: Are they a rock band that plays dance music or a dance band that rocks?
Montreal Mirror |
Jack Oatmon |
08-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Professor Murder
'Boogie': Made for Five-minute Spurtsnew
It's unfortunate that the game doesn't entirely live up to its promise.
Montreal Mirror |
Erik Leijon |
08-27-2007 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Billy Corgan, Assholenew
With his shameless self-promotion and his blatant cash grab covenants with box stores, it's no secret that Corgan has fallen from grace from the indie rock elite -- that was confirmed by his behavior at the La Route du Rock festival.
Montreal Mirror |
Raf Katigbak |
08-27-2007 |
Music
Tags: Smashing Pumpkins
Canada's NeoRhino Party, Back from Extinctionnew
The party inherits the oddball status of its predecessor, but adds a (semi) serious side.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
08-27-2007 |
Politics
