The compelling films of French auteur Claire Denis are full of sex, violence, deceit and tension, and starting today, you can witness her impressive body of work at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Objects of Desire: the Cinema of Claire Denis begins today and runs for the next four weeks. Here are our top picks.
It was the late ’70s and people didn’t really play in bands thanks to the platform-shoed masses of the soon-to-fail disco era. Josh Finlayson and Andy Maize wanted more. They wanted onstage, to make some real noise. And they’ve been doing just that for the past 25 years as the founding members of seminal Toronto band Skydiggers.
Toronto is a vibrant, progressive city, and it’s changing every single day. New tourist attractions like the Ripley’s Aquarium are popping up. Bold, architecturally interesting developments like the Mirvish+Gehry towers are being proposed. And new, innovative urban solutions to the city’s retail and residential needs are seemingly unveiled every day.
David Ives’ 2010 play Venus in Fur is a wicked comedy based on the 1870 erotic novel Venus in Furs by Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch — from whose name is derived the word “masochist.” But there’s nothing masochistic about watching Canadian Stage’s new production, which opened last week at the Bluma Appel Theatre.
We can’t live without birds. Beyond being fascinating and beautiful, they play a crucial role in keeping the world habitable for all life, including people. They disperse seeds, pollinate plants, control insects, provide food and are indicators of the overall health of ecosystems.
Classroom techiquette: how should schools be approaching cellphone use during lessons?
To fully appreciate Friday night’s Nine Inch Nails show at the Air Canada Centre is to understand the band’s recent tumultuousness and to recognize how much effort when into the cheekily titled Tension 2013 tour.
He’s a rebel. Back at Sir Sandford Fleming Academy, Fine was known as the guy with the motorcycle, and today he is the owner and operator of two popular Queen West hangouts — the Bovine Sex Club, and Rock Lobster Food Co.
“Remember, remember the fifth of November…” Matt Groopie jokes over the phone channeling V, the protagonist of the 2005 action film V for Vendetta. The fifth of November happens to be Matt Groopie’s birthday, and it was a fitting day for him to enter the world. Like the Guy Fawkes–inspired, mask-wearing V, Groopie aims to save those from tyranny, only this kind of tyranny is the wasteland that is modern music.
This month, we pit mom and pop shop Uncle John’s Candy Shack against new kid on the block the Candy Bar in the battle of the bonbons. Who knows their tricks from their treats? You choose.
This Sunday, songstress Sarah Harmer will headline a concert that also features a mess of killer talent including Gord Downie and The Sadies, Hayden and Minotaurs.
About halfway through Kid Cudi’s 90-minute set at the Air Canada Centre on Thursday night, he performed a track called “Erase Me.” The timing was interesting, given that it was right around that point that the Cleveland, Ohio hip-hop star was erasing much of the damage done earlier that evening.
