19 May 2013
What Ever Happened to Margaret Yang?
By Peter Wicks // Cinema
When I first saw Rushmore, alone at the Franklin Mall AMC Cinema 6, it was both an effort to ditch my Friday afternoon Intro to Philosophy class and a need …
13 May 2013
A Beautiful Little Fool: Luhrman’s Great Gatsby
By Lauren Webb // Cinema
In many ways, Baz Luhrman was the perfect director to adapt The Great Gatsby. He really gets the idea of spectacle that covers up inner emotional turmoil (hell, that was …
09 May 2013
Ender’s Game: Trailer Watch
By Rachael Nisenkier // Cinema
To say that I love Ender’s Game would be an understatement. It is one of the books (along with The Giver, Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy, and The Prydain Chronicles) that really …
06 May 2013
Michael Haneke’s Amour
By Nevena Nenova // Cinema
Take a box of tissues and leave your grandparents at home, Michael Haneke is in town! The Austrian writer/director who brought us The Piano Teacher (2001), Cache (2005), and the …
04 May 2013
Iron Man 3
By Lauren Webb // Cinema
Director and Co-writer of the latest Iron Man installment Shane Black was handed an unenviable task: after a massive critical and financial success in the Marvel-verse, he got to follow …
30 April 2013
The Place Beyond the Pines
By Brock Swinson // Cinema
Derek Cianfrance, director of Blue Valentine and his debut film- the unreleased/unseen Brother Tied- has just released his third film, The Place Beyond the Pines. After the phenomenal performance of Ryan …
26 April 2013
Oblivious
By Lauren Webb // Cinema
Happy Summer Movie Season Everyone! And no – you’re not imagining it. It really does get earlier every year. I blame global warming. And so we come upon our inaugural …
24 April 2013
Bold Hype & Spoke Art Host Martin Scorsese Art Show
By Nick Christophers // Cinema
Recently the Bold Hype Gallery along with Spoke Art hosted a rare exhibit honouring the legendary director Martin Scorsese. The exhibit offered art pieces depicting various images from Scorsese’s greatest films. For …
19 April 2013
All over the (Rwandan) map: Goodness in Rwanda
By Lorenzo Pagnotta // Cinema
A group of actors from Canada embark on a journey touring Michael Redhill’s play about genocide, Goodness, to Rwanda – of all places. My immediate thought is that this experience …
12 April 2013
Exclusive Interview: Despina Mirou
By Nick Christophers // Cinema
In Ancient Greece the art of acting was cultivated and respected among the people who always took it to another level. From the famous Amphitheatre to the halls of Kings …
11 April 2013
Is It Possible?
By Mike Strizic // Cinema
“Why do you assume you can look at people and they can’t look back?” Godfrey Masauli admonishes his travel companion Benjamin Jordan, who is lamenting that he gets called a …
07 April 2013
Greek-American Director Elias Plagianos
By Nick Christophers // Cinema
Since Nia Vardalos lit the Greek fire in Hollywood with her blockbuster My Big Fat Greek Wedding, more talented Greek Americans have come forth with great works. Actors like Costas …
04 April 2013
Fey & Rudd in Admission
By Lauren Webb // Cinema
When I first saw the trailer for Admission, it bummed me out. Here was Tina Fey, funny, smart, bad ass Tina Fey, making another romantic comedy where she played the …
01 April 2013
Piscine and the Argonods
By Peter Wicks // Cinema
I made a concerted effort to see all of the films nominated for Best Picture before the Oscar ceremony. This effort was made difficult by the Academy in recent years …
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