Book of the Month Club
Book of the Month Club: Black Lake by Johanna Lane
Review of Johanna Lane’s novel, “Black Lake”. [read on]
drama
Review
Agokwe: Romeo and Juliet in Fair Canora
Incredible Dora award winning show puts a First Peoples and LGBT spin on Romeo and Juliet. [read on]
Festivals
Solos Festival : Going Solo on the Stage
Clowns, the Apocalypse, and being stuck on a ship with Sloan’s Chris Murphy some of the things to expect at the Solos Fest. [read on]
Review
Love U Lovecraft A Surrealistic Something
Creepy horror piece based on the work of H.P. Lovecraft. [read on]
Review
Caregiving At the Edge: Review of Another Home Invasion
Another Home Invasion focuses on dementia and the difficult role of the caregiver. [read on]
Festivals
Shortstanding Festival Lineup D : Short Works in Development
It’s a theatre treat to check out short works that range from finished to en route. Angela reviews Line Up D of the Shortstanding Festival here. [read on]
Review
Review: Antihero Cocks
Great script and challenging characters make for complex play. [read on]
Review
Review: Diving Bell and the Butterfly
McGill’s student drama organization takes on relevant topic with The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. [read on]
Review
Review: Into The Forest
Director Patricia Rozema is forever challenging Canadian cinema. [read on]
Festivals
Wildside Festival 2015 Round Up
The Wildside is a lovely slice of heaven that we all get to get down with in the frigid month of January every year. An excuse to crack the prehistoric layers of ice covering our [read on]
Review
Review of Spotlight: Journalists Expose Sins of the Church
Tom McCarthy’s new film shines a light on an investigative journalism team called the Spotlight [read on]
Review
Truth: Our Existential Pursuit
Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford shine in James Vanderbilt’s new film on the scandal surrounding GW Bush’s campaign [read on]
Review
Review of Burnt: If You Can’t Take the Heat…
John Wells’ kitchen drama focuses on one cook’s road to redemption [read on]
Review
Bridge of Spies: Spielberg and Hanks at Their Best
This Cold War drama deals with the challenges of human relationships during a divisive wartime. [read on]
Review
Girls Night Out: Better Off Staying In
Problems mar what could have been an enjoyable night out with piece about five women in a karaoke bar. [read on]
Review
Review of Freeheld: The Fight For Equality
Peter Sollett’s new film depicts a gay couple’s struggle for equal rights [read on]
Interview
Anticipating Progress!: Interview with Alyson Grant
As the Royal Vic shuts its doors, a new play takes place in the building about the theme of progress. That, and there are two vaudeville performers in it. [read on]
Review
Madame Butterfly : That Old Opera!
The story is a familiar one of love and betrayal, but it has plenty to keep an opera noob interested. [read on]
Review
1,000 Times Good Night: Choosing between career and family
One woman, two realities: the life and family struggles of a war photographer were never explored or delivered in a film as sensibly before! [read on]
Review
The Dybbuk: A Haunting Yiddish Tale On Love & Exorcism
The Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre brings a legendary Yiddish tale of love and demon possession to the Montreal Segal Center in quite a chilling production. [read on]