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Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 Sometimes you

quit games too early, Aries. You run away and dive into a new amusement before you have gotten all the benefits you can out of the old amusement. But I don’t think that will be your problem in the coming days. You seem more committed than usual to the ongoing process. You’re not going to bolt. That’s a good thing. This process is worth your devotion. But I also believe that right now you may need to say no to a small part of it. You’ve got to be clear that there’s something about it you don’t like and want to change. If you fail to deal with this doubt now, you might suddenly quit and run away somewhere down the line. Be proactive now and you won’t be rash later.

Taurus Apr 20 | May 20 Jugaad is a Hindi-Urdu word that can be translated as “frugal innovation.” People in India and Pakistan use it a lot. It’s the art of coming up with a creative workaround to a problem despite having to deal with logistical and financial barriers. Masters of jugaad call on ingenuity and improvisation to make up for sparse resources. I see this as your specialty right now, Taurus. You may not have abundant access to VIPs and filthy riches, but you’ve nevertheless got the resourcefulness necessary to come up with novel solutions. What you produce may even turn out better than if you’d had more assets to draw on.

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with your current astrological omens, I authorize you to be like a bird in the coming week – specifically, like a bird as described by the zoologist Norman J. Berrill: “To be a bird is to be more intensely alive than any other living creature. Birds have hotter blood, brighter colors, stronger emotions. They live in a world that is always present, mostly full of joy.” Take total advantage of the soaring grace period ahead of you, Gemini. Sing, chirp, hop around, swoop, glide, love the wind, see great vistas, travel everywhere, be attracted to hundreds of beautiful things, and do everything.

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ciently desired,” wrote Nikos Kazantzakis in his book Report To Greco. I’m hoping that when you read that statement, Cancerian, you will feel a jolt of melancholy. I’m hoping you will get a vision of an exciting experience that you have always wanted but have not yet managed to bring into your life. Maybe this provocation will goad you into finally conjuring up the more intense desire you would need to actually make your dream come true.

Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 “It is truly strange

how long it takes to get to know oneself,” wrote the prominent 20th century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. “I am now 62 years old, yet just one moment ago I realized that I love lightly toasted bread and loath bread when it is heavily toasted. For over 60 years, and quite unconsciously, I have been experiencing inner joy or total despair at my relationship with grilled bread.” Your assignment, Leo, is to engage in an intense phase of self-discovery like Wittgenstein’s. It’s time for you to become fully conscious of all the small likes and dislikes that together shape your identity.

Virgo Aug 23 | Sep 22 “I’d rather be in the mountains thinking of God than in church thinking about the mountains,” said the naturalist John Muir. Let that serve as your inspiration, Virgo. These days, you need to be at the heart of the hot action, not floating in a cloud of abstract thoughts. The dream has to be fully embodied and vividly unfolding all around you, not exiled to wistful fantasies that flit through your mind’s eye when you’re lonely or tired or trying too hard. The only version of God that’s meaningful to you right now is the one that feeds your lust for life in the here and now. Libra Sep 23 | Oct 22 The advice I’m about to dispense may never before have been given to Libras in the history of horoscopes. It might also be at odds with the elegance and decorum you like to express. Nevertheless, I am convinced that it is the proper counsel. I believe it will help you make the most out of the highly original impulses that are erupting and flowing through you right now. It will inspire you to generate a mess of fertile chaos that will lead to invigorating longterm innovations. Ready? The message comes from Do The Work, a book by Steven Pressfield: “Stay primitive. The creative act is primitive. Its principles are of birth and genesis.” Scorpio Oct 23 | Nov 21 Two years ago a British man named Sean Murphy decided he had suffered enough from the painful wart on his middle finger. So he drank a few beers to steel his nerves, and tried to blast the offending blemish off with a gun. The operation was a success in the sense that he got rid of the wart. It was less than a total victory, though, because he also annihilated most of his finger. May I suggest that you not follow Murphy’s lead, Scorpio? Now is a good time to part ways with a hurtful bu-

rden, but I’m sure you can do it without causing a lot of collateral damage.

Sagittarius Nov 22 | Dec 21 Grace

has been trickling into your life lately, but I suspect it may soon start to flood. A spate of interesting coincidences seems imminent. There’s a good chance that an abundance of tricky luck will provide you with the leverage and audacity you need to pull off minor miracles. How much slack is available to you? Probably as much as you want. So ask for it! Given all these blessings, you are in an excellent position to expunge any cynical attitudes or jaded theories you may have been harbouring. For now at least, it’s realistic to be optimistic.

Capricorn Dec 22 | Jan 19 Capricorn innovator Jeff Bezos built Amazon. com from the ground up. He now owns The Washington Post, one of America’s leading newspapers. It’s safe to say he might have something to teach us about translating big dreams into practical realities. “We are stubborn on vision,” he says about his team. “We are flexible in details.” In other words, he knows exactly what he wants to create but is willing to change his mind and be adaptable as he carries out the specific work that fulfills his goals. That’s excellent advice for you, Capricorn, as you enter the next phase of implementing your master plan. Aquarius Jan 20 | Feb 18 Here’s the horoscope I would like to be able to write for you by the first week of December: “Congratulations, Aquarius! Your quest for freedom has begun to bear tangible results. You have escaped a habit that had subtly undermined you for a long time. You are less enslaved to the limiting expectations that people push on you. Even your monkey mind has eased up on its chatter, and your inner critic has at least partially stopped berating you. And the result of all this good work? You are as close as you have ever come to living your own life – as opposed to the life that other people think you should live.” Pisces Feb 19| Mar 20 “It’s an unbear-

able thought that roses were not invented by me,” wrote Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky. You’re not as egotistical as Mayakovsky, Pisces, so I doubt you’ve ever had a similar “unbearable thought.” And it is due in part to your lack of rampaging egotism that I predict you will invent something almost as good as roses in the coming weeks. It may also be almost as good as salt and amber and mist and moss; almost as good as kisses and dusk and honey and singing. Your ability to conjure up long-lasting beauty will be at a peak. Your creative powers will synergize with your aptitude for love to bring a new marvel into the world.

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KID CUDI, BIG SEAN AND LOGIC at the Air Canada Centre, Thursday, October 3.

Rating: NNN Maryland rapper Logic took the ACC stage in front of an intimate crowd but didn’t let that kill his vibe, nimbly ripping through his material and showing off a lightning-fast flow. At 7:40 Big Sean bounced into view and ramped up the energy, performing Mercy and Dance (A$$), then climbed atop a speaker to deliver his verse from Drake’s All Me before finishing with his GOOD Music collab, Clique. By the time Kid Cudi emerged – in an elaborate, larger-than-life set-up resembling a moon cave and wearing a spandex spacesuit complete with glowing orb on his chest – the crowd

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had filled in. Performing material from his three studio albums, the hip-hop/ house genre-bender often interacted with the crowd and reminded them that Day ’N’ Nite blew up in Canada well before America. Mr. Rager and Up, Up & Away were highlights, and Cudi’s Pursuit Of Happiness encore felt like a dance party that nobody wanted to end. Big Sean came out to close the show with First Chain before they both disappeared into the cave. All told, a 90-minute HOLLY MACKENZIE escape from reality.

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ñHEMSWORTH at the Hoxton, Friday, October 4.

Rating: NNNN Cyril Hahn and Ryan Hemsworth couldn’t have picked a more perfect

name for their North American shows. Billed as the Feeling’s Mutual Tour, it’s particularly apt for the co-headlining Canadian producers, both of whom create music that makes you dance while feeling deep emotions. For the Halifax-born, Toronto-based Hemsworth, this means electronic music built on ambient beats and looped vocal samples. He previewed new material from his upcoming fulllength debut, Guilt Trips (out October 22 on Last Gang), between cuts from A$AP Ferg, Future and everybody’s favourite sensitive rapper, Drake. For the Swiss-born, Vancouver-based Hahn, it means deep house and his reflective interpretations of modern and past R&B. While the sold-out crowd gave the edge to Hemsworth, both sets were refreshing examples of rising

artists not pandering to EDM or trap DJ trends. One thing the two share is a love of the 90s – Hemsworth’s remix of the Backstreet Boys’ Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely and Hahn’s Destiny’s Child edits were highlights – and the audience was only too happy to MAX MERTENS indulge their nostalgia.

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Rating: NNNN Nine Inch Nails’ first Toronto show in four years opened with ringleader Trent Reznor and his five players standing under boxy, individual lighting rigs that hovered above their heads like personal rain clouds attached to depressed cartoon characters. Recent single Copy Of A nicely suited the in-

dustrial rockers’ claustrophobic mood: an off-kilter, vintage arpeggio contrasted the song’s 4/4 thump and rubbery bass. Eventually those rigs rose up, faced the audience and blasted rock-star lights in sync with the violent rock-star riffs on hits Terrible Lie, March Of The Pigs and Wish. From there, the two-hour set vacillated between extremes, playing up the tension between the raging NIN of the 90s and the slickly produced minimalism on this year’s Hesitation Marks. The mesmerizing light show also mined that tension. The swirling, 3D LED geometry that accentuated Disappointed’s gloomy techno menace was a clear highlight. Veteran background singers Lisa Fischer and Sharlotte Gibson added female fire. They unleashed droney

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Rating: NNNN Sixteen-year-old New Zealander Lorde writes intelligent, mature lyrics that still sound teenage. “Pretty soon I’ll be getting on my first plane,” she sang in Tennis Court, which generated particularly piercing screams. (Sunday was her Canadian debut.) “I’ll see the veins of my city like they do in space.” She moved like an inspired sorcerer, immersed in darkness save for three sparingly used spotlights, her massive mane of dark curls falling

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Eight years and four albums later, frontman Nick Thorburn finally feels like his band Islands’ live show is a lean, mean, streamlined machine. “The people who come out are enthusiastic and focused. We’ve whittled out all the riff-raff over the years,” Thorburn says over the phone from O ttawa. “There were rubberneckers who wanted to see what was going on, what all the fuss was about. Those people have fucked off, and we’re kind of better for it. Smaller, but more dedicated.” Gawkers come with the territory when you’re connected to Montreal’s infamous, now cult-status band the Unicorns. Check out our

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“I didn’t know what I was doing back then. I didn’t know how to play music. I didn’t know how to behave,” he says of his Unicorns days. “I was antagonistic and confrontational in my performances. I felt so cocksure and angered.” But with this month’s 10th anniversary of the Unicorns’ seminal album Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?, Thorburn finally seems at peace. “I have the utmost admiration and fondness for that period. Maybe it’s because it’s been 10 years and it’s all a blur, but I don’t feel bad about that.” And besides, Thorburn adds, “I think Wings are better than the Beatles. So if people always want to mention the Beatles when they talk about Paul McCartney, that’s fine. I still think Wings are truly better.”

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David Broza and Yemen Blues

FRI., OCT. 25, 2013 8PM KOERNER HALL Hear the mandolin genius who first won awards as part of the Grammy-winning trio Nickel Creek perform works from his new Bach recording and his own compositions.

Roots Concert About Water in support of Kairos and the TSP Building fund Trinity St. Paul’s Church 7:30 pm, $15. 416-532-4354. October 26.

Sharon Needles, Amanda LePore Hell’s Night Phoenix Concert The-

atre doors 9 pm, $25. PT, RT. October 30.

Die Mannequin, 40 Sons, City &

the Sea, Crow Town Horseshoe doors 8:30 pm, $15. TF. O ctober 30. The Pick Brothers Band Wrongbar 9:30 pm. October 31.

SAT., OCT. 26, 2013 8PM KOERNER HALL Soulful singer, songwriter, and guitarist David Broza is often referred to as the “Israeli Springsteen.” Yemen Blues’ original music mixes Yemen and West African influences with contemporary grooves from funk to mambo.

Richie Spice, Bescenta, Artist M, DJ Chocolate & Patrick Roots Phoenix Concert Theatre 8 pm, $25-

Presented in association with Ashkenaz Festival.

$35. TW. uthmusicja.com. November 1.

Dan Griffin Horseshoe doors 9 pm, $10.

HS, RT, SS. November 1.

Spoils, the Greggies, Richard Laviolette and the Glitter Bombs Izakaya Sushi House 9 pm, $5-$7.

November 8. Leagues Drake Hotel doors 8 pm, $12.50. RT, SS, TF. November 8.

Infected Mushroom, Mark Oliver, Manzone & Strong Gu-

vernment 10 pm, $20. INK. November 9. Wildfire Lee’s Palace doors 9 pm, $10.50. HS, RT, SS, TF. November 9. Ensemble Polaris Definitely A Different Nutcracker Unitarian Congregation Great Hall (Mississauga) 8 pm, $15-$35. 905848-0015, chambermusicmississauga.com. November 9. Albert Hammond Jr Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 8 pm, all ages, $20. LN, RT, SS. November 10. Tennis The Garrison doors 8 pm, $16. RT, SS, TF. November 10.

Ania Ziemirska, Shawna Caspi, Meghan Morrison Band, I.M. Brown Nature Calls: benefit concert for High Park Nature Centre’s outdoor environmental education and park stewardship programs Lula Lounge 7 pm, $30, adv $25. November 13.

The Deep Dark Woods, Michael Rault

The Great Hall doors 8 pm, $18.50. LN, RT, SS. November 14. The White Buffalo The Garrison doors 8:30 pm, $21.50. RT, SS, TF. November 15. Star Slinger Drake Hotel doors 8 pm, $15. RT, SS, TF. November 16.

World Blues Featuring

Taj Mahal Trio

Vusi Mahlasela, Fredericks Brown featuring Deva Mahal WED., OCT. 30, 2013 8PM KOERNER HALL “One of the enduring figures in American blues,” (Rolling Stone) Taj Mahal shares the stage with South African legend Vusi Mahlasela, Fredericks Brown and Taj’s daughter Deva Mahal.

Vesuvius Ensemble and The Sicilian Jazz Project SAT., NOV. 2, 2013 8PM KOERNER HALL Travel south to Naples and Modica with the Vesuvius Ensemble and The Sicilian Jazz Project for an evening of traditional Italian music and Mediterranean jazz.

Presented in association with Batuki Music and Small World Music.

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Thursday, October 10 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

ANNEX WRECKROOM Ontario Death Fest II

Left Hand Creation, the Unborn Dead, Disgust, Cuff, Bastard Son, Ending Tyranny, Bloodless Child 7 pm. FIRKIN ON KING Paul Price & Co 9:30 pm. THE FLYING BEAVER PUBARET Jeffery Straker & Anna Gutmanis 7:30 pm. THE GARRISON Islands, Brazos doors 8 pm. See preview, page 54. GERRARD ART SPACE Feast In The East Picastro, Khora, Loom, Jason Doell 8 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL Michael Boland doors 9:30 pm. HART HOUSE ARBOR ROOM Stages Music Series Lazo and Allie Hosang (soul) 9:30 pm. THE HIDEOUT Dustin Jones (rock) 10:30 pm. HORSESHOE Falls, the Ascot Royals, Box Tiger, Dent. HUGH’S ROOM Genius & Soul: The Music Of Ray Charles Show John Mays, Jesse O’Brien, Al Lerman, Michael Sloski, Lance Anderson 8:30 pm. LAKE AFFECT LOUNGE Freedom Train (rock/top 40) 10 pm. LEE’S PALACE Deer Tick (alt country rock & roll) doors 8:30 pm. LINSMORE TAVERN Motel Blanco (indie rock) 10 pm. MEASURE Groenland, the Medicine Hat, Ben McKenzie & His Broken Bones, Dead Jack Pine 8:30 pm. MÉLANGE Open Stage Lee Van Leer 9 pm. METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH Vehicle Of Change Tour: Tobias House benefit Justin Hines (singer/songwriter) 7 pm. OPERA HOUSE Soulfly, Havok doors 7 pm. POLISH COMBATANTS HALL Basia Bulat doors 8:30 pm, all ages. RIVOLI Album release Kae Sun, Jjanice+, Kwesi Immanuel, Jayli Wolf doors 9 pm. SILVER DOLLAR Ride Em Cowboy, Psycho Mad Sally, the Gringods, Earthdog 8 pm. SNEAKY DEE’S Jutes, After Party, ShaqlsDope, Brain Dead Rhythm, Vic the NorthStar doors 9 pm. SOUND ACADEMY CASBY Awards Mother Mother, Serena Ryder, Walk Off the Earth, Hollerado, Said the Whale. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S Skip Tracer (rock/top 40) 9:30 pm. SUPERMARKET Funk Spectrum Thursdays Tropical Punch, the Luvmenauts, DJs Voltaire & MJ Shaps 9:30 pm. 3030 DUNDAS WEST The Beatles Red Album/ Blue Album Tribute Jason Lapidus, Myke Mazzei, Graydon James, Noel Di Tosto and

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others (vinyl release A-sides of the Red & Blue albums) doors 8 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Spacecraft 7 (psychedelic nerd rock) 10 pm. VIRGIN MOBILE MOD CLUB Now Album Release Party Freedom Writers, Rich Kidd, DJ Mel Boogie, Phat Tony, D Scratch and others doors 9 pm.

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

ASPETTA CAFFE Open Mic/Jam El Faron 8 pm. CAMERON HOUSE Jane’s Party (Canadian

roots) 10 pm, Corin Raymond 6 pm. CAMERON HOUSE BACK ROOM Sarah Shafey. C’EST WHAT Clela Errington’s Songwriter Circle (roots/folk/blues/world) 9:30 pm. DAKOTA TAVERN The 24th Street Wailers 10 pm. FREE TIMES CAFE Songwriters Circle of Jerks Undercover Ben Sherman 8:30 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Michael Pickett (blues guitar/harmonica) 9 pm. GROSSMAN’S The Responsible 10 pm. HABITS GASTROPUB Cougars in America (alt/ folk) 9 pm. HOLY OAK CAFE Lost Girl (old-time) 7:30 pm. HUGH’S ROOM Spider Saloff 8:30 pm. JOE MAMA’S Blackburn, DJ Carl Allen (blues/ soul/R&B) 9 pm.

MASSEY HALL BB King 8 pm. ñ MUSIDEUM Vandana Vishwas, George Koller, Paul

Ramotar, Vishwas Thoke (world music) 8 pm. PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE Franco Battiato (Italian singer/songwriter) 8 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Bluegrass Thursdays Houndstooth 7:30 pm. WISE GUYS Open Jam Jimmy James 10 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

CAFUNE Reg Schwager & Henrique Matulis (jazz/bossa nova) 6:30 pm.

FOUR SEASONS CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS World Music ñ Series: Hibiki! Echoes Of Japan Nagata

Shachu Taiko Ensemble noon to 1 pm.

GALLERY 345 Mike Downes Trio (jazz) 8 pm. GATE 403 Kevin Laliberté Jazz & Flamen-

co Trio 9 pm, Felix Wong Jazz Trio 5 to 8 pm. THE JAZZ BISTRO Chet Doxas Quartet (jazz) 9 pm. KAMA Thursdays At Five Canadian Jazz Quartet, Perry White 5 to 8 pm. THE LOCAL Fred Spek & His Camp Combo (swing polka cabaret) 9 pm. LULA LOUNGE Whitney Ross-Barris (jazz/ pop) 8 pm. OLD MILL INN HOME SMITH BAR Brazilian Jazz Party Gord Sheard, Luanda Jones, Roberto Occhipinti, Mark Kelso 7:30 pm. REPOSADO The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). REX Kogging 9:30 pm, Ross Wooldridge Trio 6:30 pm. ROY THOMSON HALL Toronto Symphony Orchestra, James Ehnes (violin) 8 pm.

ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC KOERNER HALL Mischa Maisky, Lily Maisky (cello) 8 pm.

TRINITY ST. PAUL’S CHURCH Bach, Brahms And De Falla Moshe Hammer, Paul Komen 7:30 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

ANNEX WRECKROOM Get Up! DJ Serious, Supernaturalz Crew (hip-hop) 10 pm.

BASSLINE MUSIC BAR Grenzfall Farrukh,

Radek (techno). DANCE CAVE Transvision DJ Shannon (rock) 10 pm. EFS Untitled Thursdays Soundbwoy 10 pm. GOODHANDY’S T-Girl Parties DJ Todd Klinck.5 MAISON MERCER Heatbeat. WAYLA BAR Random Play DJ Dwayne Minard (70s/80s) 10 pm.

Friday, October 11 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

ADELAIDE MUSIC HALL The Darcys, Lowell doors 8 pm. See preview, page 62. ñ ALLEYCATZ Lady Kane. CASTRO’S LOUNGE The Untameable Ronnie

Hayward (rockabilly) 5 to 7 pm. THE CENTRAL Buffalo Tree, Ilvekyo, Gypsy Costs 10 pm. DOUBLE DOUBLE LAND Sapphire Slows, HVYWTR + the Deeep, DJ Cameron Lee 9 pm. DRAKE HOTEL Alpine, Basic Vacation doors 7 pm. FLAMINGO’S Enzo Simone (oldies/60s/surf) 9:45 pm. THE 460 Ontario Death Fest II Deformatory, Fetus Feast, d3athcharg3r, Necrodios, Nephelium, Irihis 7 pm. THE GARRISON Album release Fast Romantics, the Bynars, Highs doors 8:30 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR The Killer 3 w/ Big Rude Jake 9 pm. THE HIDEOUT No Fixed Address (rock) 10:30 pm. HORSESHOE Lee Ranaldo & the Dust doors 9 pm. JOE MAMA’S The Grind, DJ Carl Allen (Motown/soul/R&B) 10 pm. LAKE AFFECT LOUNGE Shugga (funk) 8 pm. LINSMORE TAVERN Mob Barley (Bob Marley tribute) 9:30 pm.

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Joe Satriani, Sit Down Servant!! 8 pm. MEASURE Womb, Hairy Holler, Pete Van Dyk & the Second Hand Band, Dead City Soul Revue 9 pm. ON THE ROX White Jeans & Tie: King & Queen Edition Prince Levey, Kranium, Bass Odyssey, Fire Lion, Alex Frass and others doors 10 pm. OPERA HOUSE Goblin, Secret Chiefs 3 8:30 pm. PHOENIX CONCERT THEATRE Hatebreed, Shadows Fall, Acacia Strain, Battlecross 7 pm, all ages. POLISH COMBATANTS HALL Basia Bulat doors 7:30 pm, all ages.

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SEVEN44 Vita Chambers, DJ Trambo. SILVER DOLLAR Surinam, Greys, Dilly

Dally, Ruby Fangs 8 pm. ñ THE SISTER New Age Soldier, Midway After

Dark, Audrey Junior. SNEAKY DEE’S Bootleg Glory, the Steppers, Side Pony Nation, Bordeen doors 9 pm. SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY’S Michael Shatte (rock/ top 40) 10 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS Miserere (pop/ rock) 10 pm. VELVET UNDERGROUND Big Ticket Solitair, New Breed MC, Mic Gutz, Divo, Jay Deala, the Mighty Rhino, DJ Law, G5CU (hip-hop) 10:30 pm.

MOBILE MOD CLUB Boy doors 8 pm. ñVIRGIN

FOLK/BLUES/COUNTRY/WORLD

CAMERON HOUSE Fraser Melvin 10 pm,

Patrick Brealey (folk rock/roots) 8 pm. DAKOTA TAVERN Belle Starr, Jordie Lane doors 6 pm. DOMINION ON QUEEN Swamperella (cajun/zydeco) 9 pm. FREE TIMES CAFE Dan Warry Smith 8:30 pm. GALLERY 345 New Songs & Reverent Remixes Glenn Buhr & the Button Factory Band (blues/rock/avant-garde/country) 8 pm. GROSSMAN’S Laura Hubert 10 pm. HEMINGWAYS Kim Jarrett (folk rock) 10 pm. HUGH’S ROOM Eric Andersen 8:30 pm. LULA LOUNGE Yani Borrell & the Clave Kings (salsa) 10:30 pm, Evaristo Machado (Cuban Trova/jazz) 8 pm. THE PADDOCK Sugar Brown Blues Band 9 pm. TRANZAC SOUTHERN CROSS George Meanwell & Eric St Laurent 7:30 pm. VALENTINA Evaristo (Cuban Trova) 8 pm. WHELAN’S GATE Lucas Stagg, Aaron Comeau 10 pm. WINCHEVSKY CENTRE David Rovics (peace poet/troubadour) 8 pm.

JAZZ/CLASSICAL/EXPERIMENTAL

BY THE WAY CAFE After Dinner Jazz Chris Adriaanse & Liam Stanley Duo 8 pm. CAMERON HOUSE Six Points Jazz 6 pm.

FATHER MADDEN HALL, CARR BUILDING, ST MICHAEL’S COLLEGE The Rosary Cycle: The

Glorious Mysteries The Musicians in Ordinary (17th-century English songs) 8 pm. GATE 403 The Pearl Motel 9 pm, Tina Nodwell Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. HABITS GASTROPUB Fern Lindzon w/ Chris Gale & Michael McLennan 8 pm. HARLEM The Mike Field Jazz Quintet. HART HOUSE ARBOR ROOM Jazz At Oscar’s Turboprop 9 pm. THE JAZZ BISTRO Chet Doxas Quartet (jazz) 9 pm. MAY CAFE Art Of The Trio (curated by Brownman) 8 pm. MUSIC GALLERY X Avant VIII: This Is Our Music: The Rite Of Spring Quartetski, the Gordon Grdina Trio 8 pm. OLD MILL INN HOME SMITH BAR Jazz Mas-

ters Shannon Butcher Trio 7:30 pm. REPOSADO The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). REX Roberto Occhipinti 9:45 pm, Sara Dell (vox/solo piano) 6:30 pm, Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm. ROY THOMSON HALL Rufus Wainwright, Toronto Symphony Orchestra 8 pm.

DANCE MUSIC/DJ/LOUNGE

ANNEX WRECKROOM The Last 90s party Fawn BC & Rick Toxic (dance and costume contest).

BASSLINE MUSIC BAR Subtle Blend Nyiam,

Zvrvzv, Josh Grant, Anzola (future beats/ambient bass) 10 pm. CASTRO’S LOUNGE Record Party DJ ‘I Hate You Rob’ (soul/funk/R&B/punk rock/rockabilly/ power pop) 10 pm. CINEMA NIGHTCLUB DJ Chuckie doors 10 pm. CLUB 120 Underwear Party DJ Jay & J 10 pm.5 DANCE CAVE Bif Bang Pow DJ Trevor (60s mod Brit pop) 10 pm.

EMPIRE LOUNGE DJ Lissa Monet. ñ GUVERNMENT Love & Dancehall Metromedia

(feat. Sky Juice), Renaissance (feat. Jazzy T), DJ Kenny, Firekid Steenie, DJ Whitebwoy, Infamous Sound and others (reggae) doors 10 pm. HOLY OAK CAFE DJ Kieran Adams (funk) 10 pm. THE HOXTON Focus Fridays David August 10 pm. INSOMNIA DJ O-God (funk/R&B/house/rock/old school/hip-hop) 10 pm. NYOOD Nyood Fridays DJ Mensa (house/ electro/hip-hop/R&B) 10 pm. PARTS & LABOUR Birthday Sex DJ Diego Bros (old-school hip-hop/R&B) 10 pm. LA PERLA HERmiliation Edition DJs Kris Steeves, Iris Fraser, DKTO (spooky house/ creepy disco) doors 10:30 pm. SNEAKY DEE’S Pull Up. SOUND ACADEMY Bassnectar, Koan Sound doors noon. TRYST Tryst Fridays DJ Maltese. WAYLA BAR Video Dance Party DJ Truewind (top 40s) 10 pm.

Saturday, October 12 POP/ROCK/HIP-HOP/SOUL

ADELAIDE MUSIC HALL Murray A Lightburn, Programm (The Dears frontman). ñ ALLEYCATZ Lady Kane. THE CENTRAL Electric Ego 10 pm, Wes Desjardin, DJ Ben Challet, Vinicius Mueller 6 pm.

CHERRY COLA’S ROCK N’ ROLLA InSeverance,

Finnegan’s Wake, Surviving Secrets 9 pm. COMFORT ZONE Ontario Death Fest II Gravitational Distortion, Serene Molestation, Vesication, Esoteric Doctrine, Nuclear Region 9 pm. THE GARRISON Album release show Rachael Kennedy, the Bootlegs, Mandippal & McCallaman doors 9 pm. GLADSTONE HOTEL MELODY BAR Jim Longo Band 9 pm. GROSSMAN’S Park Eddy & Chloe Watkinson (rock/soul) 10 pm. HORSESHOE Paper Lions, Teenage Kicks doors 9 pm. JOE MAMA’S Shugga, DJ Carl Allen (funk/Motown/soul/R&B/top 40) 10 pm. KARLA’S ROADHOUSE The Rave 9:30 pm. LAKE AFFECT LOUNGE Rocktoberfest The Pie Guys w/ Jerome Godboo, Robin Hawkins & the Royals 3:30 to 8 pm, Jerome Godboo & Conor Gains 9 pm. LOLA Music City North Damian Yonge & Briar Rabbit 8 pm. OPERA HOUSE Watain, In Solitude, Tribulation 7:30 pm, all ages. POLISH COMBATANTS HALL Basia Bulat doors 7:30 pm, all ages. REX Danny Marks (pop) noon. RIVOLI Shoot The Image EP/Video Release Party Steve Lewin, Todd Clark, Eriksen, Gavin Slate doors 9 pm. œ

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T.O. MUSIC NOTES DON’T STOP BELIEVING

Local shoegazers Beliefs made it all the way to Glasgow only to have their gear ripped off. On October 2, they lost several vintage guitars, a bass and a whack of guitar pedals from their van. With three shows left to play – in Liverpool, London and Paris – they put a call out for instrument loans to their Facebook followers, many of whom immediately responded with offers. Which just goes to show that one (or two) bad apples don’t spoil the bunch. Beliefs play a homecoming show October 20 at the Piston (937 Bloor West).

WE LOVE YOU, TOO

Toronto scores another big talent. Guitarist/yelper Paul Saulnier of the very loud, heavy-hitting duo PS I Love You is leaving Kingston for the T-Dot in late October/early November. It’ll be

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interesting to see how the move influences their new music, since Saulnier is rather fond of referencing Kingston landmarks in his lyrics. No word yet on whether drummer Benjamin Nelson is relocating, too, though it’s unlikely. In the band’s NOW cover story interview last year, he said big cities make him nervous and paranoid.

CHART CONQUERORS

Yeah, yeah. We write about Drake every week. It’s true. But it’s not every day that a Toronto musician hits number one on the Billboard 200. The Forest Hill-bred rapper has done just that this week with his new Nothing Was The Same album. The same feat was also recently achieved by the Weeknd, whose Kiss Land debuted in the top spot after its release in mid-September. Sadly, that didn’t last long. After a “recount,” the ranking was reassigned to country star Keith Urban.

Chart positions aside, Drake and the Weeknd will always be tops in our books. And they’re about to hit Toronto one week apart: the Weeknd plays Massey Hall October 17, 19 and 20; Drake hits the Air Canada Centre on October 24 (his birthday), with Miguel.

DRUMMERS EXILED

Rumour has it that live music venue the Annex Wreckroom (794 Bathurst) has changed ownership and/or management. It’s unclear what programming changes will occur as a result; a query to the club went unanswered as of press time. Drummers in Exile have been affected, though. The restructuring left the weekly drum circle in need of a new venue; they “no longer fit into the [AWR]’s new business plan,” they said in an email. As of Tuesday, October 8, they’ve relocated to Nocturne (550 Queen West).

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After over a decade of making music in and around Manchester (and adopting multiple monikers), the 1975 are hitting their stride in 2013. First, their single Chocolate charted in the UK; then they opened for the Rolling Stones and gained a new fan in Mick Jagger. (He could be seen dancing side-stage at the July show in London’s Hyde Park.) Finally, they released their self-titled debut album last month, which immediately shot to No. 1 in England. Their Mod Club show Sunday (October 13) marks the band’s first time ever in Canada (not just to play, but, like, ever ever). Over the phone from London, Matt Healy, the indie rock quartet’s frontman, talks influences, styles and the never-ending grind. What’s the difference between British and North American audiences? If you’re playing decent music in a room in Southampton or New York City, people will react to it on a vaguely similar level. But North America is quite an accepting place for people to be creative. It feels like a really comfortable place to express yourself, which is what the tour is. Musically, we lean toward American black music and pop sensibilities, so it’s a good place for our band. People really understand it. So American R&B and soul artists influenced the 1975 album? Oh, massively, but in a new way, because this album is so different than the EPs. The album is like the John Hughes movie soundtrack to our lives, whereas the EPs explore a lot more our love for R&B. I grew up listening to original R&B like Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway and Al Green. The music I listen to most now is 90s R&B: D’Angelo, Boyz II Men, Shai, Erykah Badu, Jodeci. I can already feel that the album after this one is going to lean toward more of that – hence my love for the Weeknd. Are you worried that changing

styles from one project to the next will alienate fans? We create the same way we consume. The reason we’ve been so embraced is because we’re representative of our generation. Like, all the tribes have kind of gone now, you know? Sixteen-year-old kids are expected to love Kendrick Lamar and Carole King. As much as we jump stylistically between things, there’s always that certain amount of coherency. Whether it sounds like it’s borrowing from J Dilla or My Bloody Valentine, it always sounds like the 1975. You’ll be touring around the world for the foreseeable future. Is that totally exciting or totally daunting? It’s not daunting; it’s my reality now. It’s been really, really intense, but you’re not provided with any time off. Therefore, you’re not provided with any hindsight or any retrospect, so you don’t have time to go mental. If I had time to go home for a week now and deal with everything that’s happened, I probably would lose my mind. But we simply don’t have the choice, cuz we’re on tour till December 2014. So let’s just do it and see Julia LeConte how it feels later.

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THE DARCYS at Adelaide Music Hall (250 Adelaide West), Friday (October 11), doors 8 pm. $20. NT, SB, SS.

Bieber has Beliebers, Gaga has Little Monsters, but what about the Darcys? Lead vocalist and guitarist Jason Couse and drummer Wes Marskell drink espresso in their neighbourhood haunt, Northwood, on Bloor West, debating the merits of possible handles. “Should we jump on the ‘Lil’ train?” wonders Couse. “I’ll ask Twitter,” says Marskell. “The fans can name themselves.” A couple of followers suggest “the Bennets” (a nod to the band’s Pride And Prejudice moniker). An hour passes and labelmate Dan Mangan tweets back, “The ‘Arse-ies?’” (as in Arsey Darcy, the nickname of the Bridget Jones version of Mr. Darcy). The band responds: “Nailed it.” When the Darcys signed to Arts & Crafts in 2011, they joined a muchloved Toronto musical family. This induction could have intimidated some, considering most of the bands have known each other for over a decade, but the Darcys fit in just fine with both the veterans and the new players.

DARCYS ART ROCK

Foursome find a home in Toronto’s modern music family By SAMANTHA EDWARDS

Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene was instrumental in signing the band, and they’ve played plenty of shows with next-gen Gold & Youth and Zeus. Drew even provided feedback on their latest album, Warring – the beautiful post-rock album (named after a passage in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian) that finds the band experimenting with piano ballads and dance tropes while also sticking with their signature heavy textures. The group’s currently working on a 20-minute instrumental track they hope to release for next year’s Record Store Day. “Every time I see Kevin,” Marskell says, “he’s like, ‘Send me a mix.’ He’s been really insightful.” Couse and Marskell recall the good vibes at Field Trip, the one-day festival this summer that celebrated Arts & Crafts 10th anniversary. “I watched Hayden play and remembered being in high school and how amazing those records were. Then he came backstage and we shared a beer,” says Marskell. Adds Couse, “At first I thought the family thing was a bit of a hoax, but it’s in full effect.” music@nowtoronto.com

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You know those guitarists who compulsively play their six-string? They pick it up the moment they come through the door, frig around with it while watching TV, keep it nearby while they sleep. That’s Charlie Moothart. “I just love playing guitar,” he says over the phone from Arizona, where FUZZ, his new proto-metal band with Ty Segall, just played the first show of their first major North American tour. “Any chance I get, I sit down and play.

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Venue Index Adelaide Music Hall 250 Adelaide W. Alleycatz 2409 Yonge. 416-481-6865. Annex Wreckroom 794 Bathurst. 416-536-0346. Array Space 155 Walnut. 416-532-3019. Aspetta Caffe 207 Augusta. 416-725-0693. Axis Gallery & Grill 3048 Dundas W. 416-604-3333. BassLine Music Bar 865 Bloor W. 416-732-7513. Black Bear Pub 1125 O’Connor. 416-752-5182. Black Eagle 457 Church. 416-413-1219. Black Swan 154 Danforth. 416-469-0537. By The Way Cafe 400 Bloor W. 416-967-4295. Cadillac Lounge 1296 Queen W. 416-536-7717. Cafune 194A Carlton. 647-748-7884. Cameron House 408 Queen W. 416-703-0811. Canadian Music Centre 20 St Joseph. 416-961-6602. Castro’s Lounge 2116 Queen E. 416-699-8272. The Central 603 Markham. 416-913-4586. C’est What 67 Front E. 416-867-9499. Chalkers Pub 247 Marlee. 416-789-2531. Cherry Cola’s Rock N’ Rolla 200 Bathurst. Cinema Nightclub 135 Liberty. 416-588-2888. Club 120 120 Church. Comfort Zone 480 Spadina. 416-975-0909. Crawford 718 College. 416-530-1633. Dakota Tavern 249 Ossington. 416-850-4579. Dance Cave 529 Bloor W, 2nd floor. 416-532-1598. The Danforth Music Hall 147 Danforth. 416778-8163. Daniels Spectrum 585 Dundas E. 416-392-1038. Dominion on Queen 500 Queen E. 416-368-6893. Double Double Land 209 Augusta. Drake Hotel 1150 Queen W. 416-531-5042. Du Cafe 885 O’Connor. 416-752-2233. The Duke Live.com 1225 Queen E. 416-463-5302. EFS 647 King W. 416-477-5460. Empire Lounge 50 Cumberland. 416-840-8440. Father Madden Hall, Carr Building, St Michael’s College 100 St Joseph. Fiction Nightclub 180 Pearl. Firkin on King 461 King W. 416-979-5464. Flamingo’s 385 the West Mall. 416-913-9258. The Flying Beaver Pubaret 488 Parliament.

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647-347-6567. Footwork 425 Adelaide W. 416-913-3488. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231. The 460 460 Spadina Ave. Free Times Cafe 320 College. 416-967-1078. Full of Beans Coffee 1348 Dundas W. 647-347-4161. Gallery 345 345 Sorauren. 416-822-9781. The Garrison 1197 Dundas W. 416-519-9439. Gate 403 403 Roncesvalles. 416-588-2930. Gerrard Art Space 1390 Gerrard E. 416-778-0923. Gladstone Hotel 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. Goodhandy’s 120 Church. 416-760-6514. Graffiti’s 170 Baldwin. 416-506-6699. The Great Hall 1087 Queen W. 416-826-3330. Grossman’s 379 Spadina. 416-977-7000. Guvernment 132 Queens Quay E. 416-869-0045. Guvernment/Kool Haus 132 Queens Quay E. Habits Gastropub 928 College. 416-533-7272. Hard Luck Bar 772a Dundas W. Harlem 67 Richmond E. 416-368-1920. The Harp Pub 55 Lakeshore E (Mississauga). 905-274-3277. Hart House 7 Hart House Circle. 416-978-8849. Hemingways 142 Cumberland. 416-968-2828. The Hideout 484 Queen W. 647-438-7664. Hirut Fine Ethiopian Cuisine 2050 Danforth. 416-467-4915. Holy Oak Cafe 1241 Bloor W. 647-345-2803. Horseshoe 370 Queen W. 416-598-4753. The Hoxton 69 Bathurst. 416-456-7321. Hugh’s Room 2261 Dundas W. 416-531-6604. Insomnia 563 Bloor W. 416-588-3907. The Jazz Bistro 251 Victoria. 416-363-5299. Joe Mama’s 317 King W. 416-340-6469. Kama 214 King W. 416-599-5262. Karla’s Roadhouse 4630 Kingston. 647-352-7780. Kitch 229 Geary. 647-350-4550. Lake Affect Lounge 1 Port E (Mississauga). 905-274-8223. Lee’s Palace 529 Bloor W. 416-532-1598. Linsmore Tavern 1298 Danforth. 416-466-5130.

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The Local 396 Roncesvalles. 416-535-6225. Lola 40 Kensington. 416-348-8645. Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas W. 416-588-0307. Magpie Taproom 831 Dundas W. 647-350-8305. Maison Mercer 15 Mercer. 416-341-8777. Mambo Lounge 120 Danforth. 416-778-7004. Massey Hall 178 Victoria. 416-872-4255. May Cafe 876 Dundas W. Measure 296 Brunswick. Mélange 172 Main. 416-686-6485. Mercer Union 1286 Bloor W. 416-536-1519. Metropolitan Community Church 115 Simpson. 416-406-6228. Morgans on the Danforth 1282 Danforth. 416-461-3020. Music Gallery 197 John. 416-204-1080. Musideum 401 Richmond W. 416-599-7323. Nawlins Jazz Bar 299 King W. 416-595-1958. Nyood 1096 Queen W. 416-466-1888. Old Mill Inn 21 Old Mill Rd. 416-236-2641. On The Rox 1600 Steeles W. 905-597-9491. Opera Bob’s 1112 Dundas W. 416-536-5585. Opera House 735 Queen E. 416-466-0313. The Paddock 178 Bathurst. 416-504-9997. The Painted Lady 218 Ossington. 647-213-5239. Parts & Labour 1566 Queen W. 416-588-7750. Paul’s Churrasco 839 College St. 416-532-2777. La Perla 783 Queen W. 416-366-2855. Phoenix Concert Theatre 410 Sherbourne. 416-323-1251. The Piston 937 Bloor W. 416-532-3989. Placebo Space 2877 Lake Shore W. Polish Combatants Hall 206 Beverley. Queen Elizabeth Theatre 190 Princes’ Blvd. 416-263-3293. Rakia Bar 1402B Queen E. 416-778-8800. Relish Bar & Grill 2152 Danforth. 416-425-4664. Reposado 136 Ossington. 416-532-6474. Revival 783 College. 416-535-7888. Rex 194 Queen W. 416-598-2475. Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts 10268 Yonge (Richmond Hill). 905-787-8811.

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Plank 7:30 pm. Grossman’s Jam No Band Required 9 pm. œcontinued from page 66 The Local Hamstrung String Band (bluegrass/country) 9 pm. The Painted Lady Open Mic Mondays 10 Club, St Lucia, Peace doors 7 pm, all ages. RCM_NOW_contests_1-5bw_Oct10__Vpm. 13-10-02 11:42 AM Page 1 Folk/Blues/Country/World Relish Bar & Grill Bentroots (New Orleans Cameron House Picture the Ocean 10 pm. blues) 8 pm.

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Rivoli 332 Queen W. 416-596-1908. Rockpile 5555 Dundas W. 416-504-6699. The Rockpile East 2787A Eglinton E. Rose & Crown 2335 Yonge. 416-487-7673. Roy Thomson Hall 60 Simcoe. 416-872-4255. Royal Conservatory of Music 273 Bloor W. 416-408-0208. Seven44 744 Mt Pleasant. 416-489-7931. Silver Dollar 486 Spadina. 416-975-0909. The Sister 1554 Queen W. 416-532-2570. Six Degrees 2335 Yonge. 416-486-9666. Sneaky Dee’s 431 College. 416-603-3090. Sound Academy 11 Polson. 416-461-3625. Southside Johnny’s 3653 Lake Shore W. 416521-6302. Supermarket 268 Augusta. 416-840-0501. Ten Restaurant & Wine Bar 139 Lakeshore E (Mississauga). 905-271-0016. 3030 Dundas West 3030 Dundas W. 416-769-5736. Thompson Hotel 550 Wellington W. 416-640-7778. Throne Nightclub 200 Advance (Brampton). 905-793-9989. Time Nightclub 81 Peter. 416-581-1118. Toby’s Famous 411 College. 416-868-6297. Tranzac 292 Brunswick. 416-923-8137. Trinity St. Paul’s Church 427 Bloor W. 416922-8435. Tryst 82 Peter. 416-588-7978. Valentina 61A Bellevue. 647-748-1828. Velvet Underground 510 Queen W. 416-5046688. Virgin Mobile Mod Club 722 College. 416-588-4663. The Vue 195 Galaxy Blvd. 416-213-9788. WAYLA Bar 996 Queen E. 416-901-5570. Whelan’s Gate 1663 Bloor W. 416-531-1311. The White House 277.5 Augusta. Winchester Kitchen & Bar 51A Winchester. 416-323-0051. Winchevsky Centre 585 Cranbrooke. 416-789-5502. Windsor Arms Hotel 18 St Thomas. 416-971-9666. Wise Guys 2301 Danforth. 416-694-2005. Wrongbar 1279 Queen W. 416-516-8677. Zoom Bar 2829 Eglinton E. 416-913-5218.

Tranzac Southern Cross Open Mic Mondays 10 pm.

Jazz/Classical/Experimental

Gate 403 Richard Whiteman Jazz Band w/ Terra Hazelton 9 pm, Denis Schingh (solo piano) 5 to 8 pm. Kitch Luke Vajsar (solo bass) 9 pm. Rakia Bar Bohemian Monday Jazz Jam Laura Marks Trio w/ Peter Hill, Shawn Nyquist 8 to 11 pm. Rex Mike Malone & the Writers Jazz Orchestra 9:30 pm, U of T Student Jazz Ensembles 6:30 pm.

Dance Music/DJ/Lounge

Alleycatz Salsa Night DJ Frank Bischun 8 pm. Dance Cave Manic Mondays DJ Shannon (ret-

David Broza and Yemen Blues SAT., OCT. 26, 2013 8PM KOERNER HALL Soulful singer, songwriter, and guitarist David Broza is often referred to as the “Israeli Springsteen.” Yemen Blues’ original music mixes Yemen and West Africa influences with contemporary grooves from funk to mambo. Presented in association with Ashkenaz Festival.

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Tuesday, October 15 Pop/Rock/Hip-Hop/Soul

C’est What Paint (rock) 9:30 pm. The Danforth Music Hall Two Door Cinema Club, St Lucia, Peace doors 8 pm.

The Duke Live.com Live Jam Night. The Garrison Le Trouble doors 8 pm. Grossman’s Open Mic Nicola Vaughan (pop

rock) 9:30 pm. The Hideout Jeans Off Duo (acoustic rock) 10:30 pm. Horseshoe Nu Music Night Okta Louge doors 8:30 pm. Joe Mama’s Jeff Eager (funk/blues/soul) 6:30 to 10:30 pm, all ages. Lula Lounge Christian Bridges (rock/reggae/ pop) 9 pm. Mercer Union Platform: Music at Mercer Princess Century, bizZarh, New Fries 8 pm. Musideum Kyle MacDonald Curation Series Part 4 Pagoda, Sly Why (hip-hop, experimental jazz) 8 pm. The Painted Lady Ababe Tuesdays: Indie Music Showcase 9 pm. Phoenix Concert Theatre CocoRosie doors 8 pm. Queen Elizabeth Theatre Father John Misty (folk rock) doors 7 pm, all ages. Virgin Mobile Mod Club No Poison No Paradise Tour Black Milk, Nat Turner, Quelle, DJ Sober doors 8 pm. Wrongbar Keep Shelly in Athens, Chad Valley, RLMDL 8 pm.

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Gate 403 Blues Night Julian Fauth (barrel-

C’est What Adam Bailie (alt folk) 9:30 pm. Dominion on Queen Corktown Ukulele Jam

Caspi 8:30 pm. house) 9 pm.

Holy Oak Cafe Fikret Kizilok Tribute Brenna

MacCrimmon and others (Turkish/Balkan music) 9 pm. Hugh’s Room CD release Katie DuTemple 8:30 pm. Linsmore Tavern Gary 17s Open Stage Pete Otis 9:30 pm. The Local Jont (singer/songwriter) 9 pm. Measure The Everything Show O Frontera, JJ Thompson & the Pillars (indie folk/rock) 8:30 pm.

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Leif Vollebekk (folk) 9 pm. ñ Tranzac Tiki Room Géraldine Eguiluz, Stéphane Diamantakiou 9 pm.

Jazz/Classical/Experimental

Alleycatz Carlo Berardinucci Band (swing/ jazz) 8:30 pm. Array Space Audiopollination 11.1 Geraldine Eguiluz, Stéphane Diamantakiou, Paul Newman, Ambrose Pottie, Alexandra Spence, Odredeck, SOAR 8 pm. Chalkers Pub Girl’s Night Out Jam Lisa Particelli (jazz) 8 pm. Dominion on Queen Hot Club Of Corktown Django Jam 8:30 pm.

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Alleycatz Citysoul (swinging blues/vintage R&B).

Fidlar, the Orwells Hard Luck Bar Rose Cousins, Laura Cortese Dakota doors 8:30 pm, all ages, $13. RT, SS, TW. ñ Tavern 7 pm, all ages, $20. ñ Friday Night Live: Fashion Royal Ontario MuThe Sounds Virgin Mobile Mod Club doors 7

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7:30 pm.

Free Times Cafe Where Have All The Folk

Labour 9 pm, $15, adv $12.

Vitalic The Hoxton. The Weeknd, Anna Lunoe, Banks Mas-

Thursday, October 17

Songs Gone? Sue & Dwight, Michelle Rumball (50s & 60s folk singalong) 8 pm. Gate 403 Nick Lee (blues) 5 to 8 pm. Grossman’s Bruce Domoney 10 pm. Hirut Fine Ethiopian Cuisine Open Mic 8 pm. The Local Boxcar Boys (gypsy/jazz/klezmer/ folk) 9 pm. Tranzac Southern Cross Nancy Dutra and others (alt country) 7:30 pm.

Chris Duarte Group My Soul Alone Tour Hugh’s Room 8:30 pm, $22.50, adv $20.

sey Hall doors 7 pm, all ages, $45-$75. LN. And Oct 19 and 20. Yegor Dyachkov Chamber Music Series Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts noon to 1 pm, free.

Dan Gooch, Young Running, Emily Jill West Album Release Party 3030 Dundas West doors 9 pm, $7-$10. TS.

Delorean, Superhumanoids Horse8:30 pm, $14. TW. ñshoe Fiona Apple & Blake Mills Queen Elizañbeth Theatre doors 7 pm, all ages, $49.50-$69.50.

Jazz/Classical/Experimental

Friday, October 18 Alice Russell, Phil Motion & the Easy Lo-Fi, Marques Toliver, DJ General Eclectic Uma Nota Festival World Soul Party The Garrison doors 9 pm, $23 adv. PDR, RT, SS. worldfamousmusic.net. Anvil Hope In Hell Tour Rockpile 8 pm, $25. TW.

Frightened Rabbit, Augustines Kool Haus

Array Space Audiopollination 11.2 Michael

doors 8 pm, all ages, $25. RT, SS, TF.

Fischer, Marcos Baggiani, Joe Sorbara, Ken Aldcroft, Rob Pillonen, Kyle Brenders, SOAR 8 pm. By The Way Cafe After Dinner Jazz Chris Adriaanse & Liam Stanley Duo 8 pm.

seum 7 to 11 pm, $12. rom.on.ca/FNL.

pm, $20. LN, RT, SS.

Teen Daze, Camp Counsellors Parts &

The Front Bottoms, the World Is a Beautiful Place, I Am No Longer Afraid to Die

Hard Luck Bar doors 8 pm, all ages, $13.50. RT,

Vaughan (pop rock) 9:30 pm. Cadillac Lounge Wednesday Rock & Roll Round-Up The Swingin’ Blackjacks (blues). Dakota Tavern Sunparlour Players, Kristine Schmitt & Her Special Powers. Drake Hotel Double CD release Tim Moxam, Jordan Klassen, Emilie Mover 8 pm. Gladstone Hotel Melody Bar Uptown Swing Band 9 pm. Hard Luck Bar Guttermouth, Agent Orange 9 pm. The Harp Pub Johnny Max Band 8 to 10 pm. The Hideout Indie Week Launch Party Ghost Town Orchestra, Burning the Day, Mad Violinist & the Symphony Crack Orchestra, the Franklin Electric, Of Gentlemen & Cowards doors 7 pm. Joe Mama’s Soul Sessions Alana Bridgewater & Rich Grossman 6:30 to 10 pm, all ages. Lee’s Palace Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Wolf People doors 8 pm. Lola Open Stage Wednesday’s Child 8 pm. Parts & Labour The Shop Fuzz, CCR Headcleaner, Teenanger (psych rock/ stoner metal) 9 pm. See preview, page 64. Phoenix Concert Theatre Deltron 3030 (Del the Funky Homosapien, Dan the Automator, Kid Koala, Itch) (hip-hop) doors 8 pm. The Piston Mineta Squid Lid 9 pm. Revival Reel Indie Film Festival Opening Night Party David Barrett Trio (instrumental progressive rock) 9 pm.

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Hugh’s Room 8:30 pm, $45-$50. And Oct 20. Hilario Duran Trio Jazz Masters Old Mill Inn Home Smith Bar 7:30 pm.

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House of David Gang, Friendlyness & the Human Rights, jahbudah, Bloom, DJ Peter

Reposado Alien Radio DJ Gord C. Sneaky Dee’s Watch Out! DJ Brodie John

Black Swan Acoustic Open Stage Nicola

$15. RT, SS, TF. ñ Woodkid The Danforth Music Hall doors 8

The Cheap Speakers, Chang-a-Lang Magpie Taproom. ñ Closing Party Part Two Footwork doors 10 pm.

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Pop/Rock/Hip-Hop/Soul

The Sister.

The Truth Parts & Labour 10 pm, $5. Valerie June Drake Hotel doors 8 pm,

Tropical Mashup The Great Hall doors 9 pm, $15-20, adv $12. umanota.ca.

BassLine Music Bar Open Deck Tuesday. Goodhandy’s T-Girl Strippers DJ Todd Klinck

Wednesday, October 16

Prizefighter, New Company, Adam’s Mind

Bloco Bracatum, Los Hijos de Tuta, DJ Uproot Andy, DJ Geko Jones, Lido Pimienta, Jason Palma, Humble Mike, MC Bookshelf, Guv’nor General Uma Nota Festival: Bridges

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Dance Music/DJ/Lounge

(funk/soul/new Jack swing/rock/reggae) 10 pm.

Anvil Hope In Hell Tour The Rockpile East 8 pm, $25. TW. Bill Wood & the Woodies New Music Night Relish Bar & Grill 9:30 pm.

Four Seasons Centre for the Performing

(hardcore/emo/pop/punk/metal) 10 pm.

Hall 8 pm, all ages, $63-$103. RTH. Justin Rutledge Winter Garden Theatre 8 pm, $25-$35. RTH. Kohen Hammond Quartet Habits Gastropub 8 pm, free. Man Man Horseshoe doors 8:30 pm, $18.50. HS, RT, SS, TF. MonkeyJunk CD release Hugh’s Room 8:30 pm, $20-$22.50. Parkside Drive Lake Affect Lounge 8 pm.

Saturday, October 19

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Arts Celebrating The Bard Of The Ukraine The Gryphon Trio, Robert Pomakov noon to 1 pm. Gate 403 Robert Chapman Jazz Band 5 to 8 pm. The Jazz Bistro Dream Celebration Michele Mele w/ Robi Botos, Lou Bartolomucci, Russ Boswell, John Mele, Johnny Johnson 8 pm. Rex Ken McDonald (jazz) 9:30 pm, Richard Whiteman 6:30 pm. Roy Thomson Hall Cirque de la Symphonie Toronto Symphony Orchestra 8 pm. Ten Restaurant & Wine Bar Don Breithaupt, Chris Smith (jazz) 9 to 11 pm. Tranzac Southern Cross Karl Silveira (jazz) 10 pm, Payadora (tango) 7:30 pm.

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Tosh Tribute Lee’s Palace doors 9 pm, $15, $10 w/ canned food donation. TW. Jacques Israelievitch, Benjamin Smith The ‘Almost’ Complete Sonatas of Brahms Gallery 345 2 & 5 pm, $20, $35 for both. Janelle Monáe The Electric Lady Tour Kool Haus doors 8 pm, all ages, $25. LN, RT, SS.

Joe Sealy, Jackie Richardson, Arlene Duncan, Ranee Lee TD Jazz: Celebrating Dinah &

Sarah Royal Conservatory of Music Koerner Hall 8 pm, from $40. Joel Wasson Band, Miracle Whip The Sister.

JPod the Beat Chef, Farbsie Funk, DBoom

cirQlation Round doors 10 pm, $15, adv $12. Ken Mode, Full of Hell Sneaky Dee’s doors 7 pm, $10. RT, SS, TF.

Kontravoid, Doom Squad, Beta Frontiers

Silver Dollar doors 9 pm.

Laidback Luke, D.O.D., Mark Oliver, Manzone & Strong Guvernment 10 pm, $25-$30. Lebanon Hanover, Selofan, Vierance, Ef The Lonely Forest Drake Hotel doors 8 pm, $12.50. RT, SS, TF.

Noah & the Whale Phoenix Concert Theatre doors 7 pm, all ages, $25. LN, RT, SS.

Castro’s Lounge The Mediterranean Stars (fusion jazz) 8 pm. Gate 403 Leigh Graham Duo (jazz) 9 pm. Lula Lounge Tommy Ambrose (jazz) 7 pm. Nawlins Jazz Bar Jim Heineman Trio 7 to 11 pm. Reposado Spy Vs Sly Vs Spy. Rex Scott Suttie 9:30 pm, Jeff Halischuk Trio 6:30 pm. Roy Thomson Hall Cirque de la Symphonie Toronto Symphony Orchestra 2 & 8 pm. Tranzac Southern Cross Jokes & Jazz 10 pm.

Dance Music/DJ/Lounge

BassLine Music Bar That’s OK Wednesday DJ Dynamic, DJ DTM. Goodhandy’s T-Girl Strippers DJ Todd Klinck 8 pm.5 Holy Oak Cafe Electronic Rarities DJ Eytan Tobin 10 pm. Sound Academy Paul Basic 8 pm. ñBonobo,

SS, TF.

Harry Allen, Jim Galloway, Ken Peplowski, Russ Phillips, Rossano Sportiello, Don Thompson and others The Return Of The Kings Of Swing: Ken Page Memorial Trust Jazz Fundraiser Old Mill Inn 5:30 to 11 pm, $170. Mark Eisenman Quintet Rex 9:45 pm. And Oct 18. Martha Johnson Listening Party Campbell House Museum 7:30 pm, $20.

Arcane Saints Indie Week Underground Garage 11 pm.

Black Chiney, DJ Whitebwoy, Renegade Squad, Steenie, Jungle Junkee, DJ Zee, MC Worm Reggae Cafe Guvernment adv $20. PDR, TG. reggaecafe.ca.

Juice Sneaky Dee’s doors 9 pm, $10. Closing Party Part One Footwork doors 10 pm.

Not the Wind Not the Flag, William Parker, Eucalyptus X Avant VIII: This Is Our

Billy Shake-Up: Lucky 13 Edition 3030 Dundas West doors 9 pm, $10.

Os Tropies, Gord Sheard Brazilian Jazz Quintet, DJ Firecracker Uma Nota Festival

Launch Party Gladstone Hotel Ballroom doors 9 pm, $10. PUP Record release Sneaky Dee’s $10. RT, SS, TF.

doors 6 pm, all ages, $17.50. RT, SS, TF. Shad Opera House doors 8 pm, all ages, $18-$28. PDR, RT, SS, TM. Skydiggers All Of Our Dreaming 25th-Anniversary Concert Winter Garden Theatre 8 pm, $29.50-$39.50. Suuns, We Are Wolves Adelaide Music Hall doors 8 pm, $15. NT, RT, SS. Toronto Symphony Orchestra From Dvorák to Tchaikovsky Roy Thomson Hall 7:30 pm, $33-$96. RTH. And Oct 20.

Cancer Bats, Bat Sabbath Lee’s Palace doors 9 pm, $18.50. HS, RT, SS, TF. ñ ñ The Caravan, Shark Week, Philly Moves &

ñMary Chapin Carpenter & Shawn ñColvin Music Mix Royal Conservatory of Music Koerner Hall 8 pm, $35-$85. Music Music Gallery 8 pm, $20, adv $15, allaccess pass $100. SS.

Senses Fail, For the Fallen Dreams, Expire, Being as an Ocean Virgin Mobile Mod Club

Cousin Harley, Tennessee Voodoo Coupe, Rockin’ Dave Faris, DJ Tim Hanna Rock-A-

Dirty Rumours, the Cautioneers, Kira May

Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre Fundraiser Measure doors 8:30 pm, $10 suggested donation. Ensemble SuperMusique X Avant VIII: This Is Our Music Music Gallery 8 pm, $20, adv $15, all-access pass $100. SS.

A Tribe Called Red, Nelson Tagoona, MAMA The Beat: X Avant New Music Fesñ tival/ImagineNATIVE Film Festival Blk Box Theatre doors 9 pm, $25, adv $20. SS.

Universal Boogie Band w/ Stacey 8 pm, The Pie Guys 4 to 8 pm Lake Affect Lounge. X Avant VIII: This Is Our Music: Ensemble SuperMusique Workshop Music Gallery noon, free. Zappa Plays Zappa Roxy & Elsewhere 40th Anniversary Tour Queen Elizabeth Theatre doors 7 pm, all ages, $49.50-$89.50. LN. 3

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Flying Colours (Black Box) Rating: NNNNN Who doesn’t love Shad? The Ontariobred, Vancouver-based MC has made his mark in Canadian hip-hop with smartmeets-silly wordplay backed by old-school influences. But the attention can be a doubleedged sword: “I got fans that say, ‘Oh, hey, Shad! I hate rap but I like you.’ / Well, I hate that, but I like you,” he notes pointedly on Stylin’, the synthbolstered single from his wide-ranging new LP. The new swagger looks good on our affable Everydude – Flying Colours is hugely ambitious, from the Kanye-esque staccato delivery of Intro: Lost to the moody midsection interlude Progress, an

experimental reimagining of American Pie. If you’re wondering what “Canadian hip-hop” means in 2013, look no further than the effervescent Fam Jam, which rides a sprightly fingerpicked West African melody to offer heartfelt truths: “Third World born, but First World formed / Sometimes you feel pride, sometimes you feel torn.” Throw in a well-matched roster of guests (Kamau, k-os, Lights, Eternia, Saukrates) and plenty of T-dot shout-outs, and the result is a record that fully reveals all of Shad’s musical colours. Top track: Fam Jam (Fe Sum Immigrins) Shad plays the Opera House October 19 and the Danforth Music Hall January 31, 2014. TABASSUM SIDDIQUI

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My Name Is My Name (G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam) Rating: From serving as executive producer to the DONDA-designed artwork, Kanye West’s fingerprints are all over Pusha T’s solo debut. That said, Yeezy’s most important influence on the album might be its brevity – MNIMN is an economical 46 minutes. Like the Inuit’s reputed 50 words for “snow,” Pusha, who helped popularize “coke rap” in the 2000s as one-half of Clipse, has at least that many synonyms for the other white powder. The dichotomy between his drug-peddling past and present-day amends serves as the album’s central narrative, with the rapper delivering menacing verses over marching drums, deep bass and a sly Jay Z sample on Numbers On The Boards. Plenty of boldface names are assisting here, but with the exception of Kendrick Lamar, who continues his streak of scenery-chewing guest verses on Nosetalgia, they stay out of the way. Kelly Rowland shows up on Let Me Love You – a rare moment where Pusha lets down his guard – proving that even the most hardened of thugs occasionally need a hug. Top tracks: Nosetalgia feat. Kendrick Lamar MAX MERTENS

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Rating: NNN In 2000, producer Dan the Automator, rapper Del the Funky Homosapien and Canadian turntablist Kid Koala teamed up as Deltron 3030 to release a self-titled “hiphopera” (cringe) about a dystopian world. They took 13 years to record a follow-up, making them the My Bloody Valentine of left-field rap. The trio brought along some friends for the trip, resulting in an incredibly eclectic effort. Yes, that’s Joseph Gordon-Levitt on the intro, there are two skits by comedian David Cross, and Momofuku chef David Chang talks about the future of food. Better are Rage Against the Machine’s Zack De La Rocha keeping up with Del’s dense, dexterous rhymes on the funky Melding Of The Minds, and Damon Albarn (Blur/ Gorillaz) lending melancholy vocals to What Is This Loneliness. There are a few too many “Get off my lawn, kids” moments, and the interludes are entirely unnecessary (hi, the Lonely Island), but as far as comebacks go, this album is anything but a non-event. Top track: Melding Of The Minds feat. Zack De La Rocha Deltron 3030 play the Phoenix Concert Theatre on October 16. MM

Rock/Pop MILEY CYRUS Bangerz (RCA) Rating: NNN Peanut gallerists ready to love or hate Miley Cyrus’s fourth studio album – her first as the VMA-owning, Sinéad-riling, hip-hop darling we’ve come to know – will be disappointed. The capital-P pop star backs up her I-just-don’t-give-a-fuck persona with killer singing and decent songwriting, but keeps us waiting for a banger that never comes.

Opener Adore You is pretty, but way too slow and plodding to kick off a project thusly named. Elsewhere, Cyrus dips into country and dubstep as well as a valiant if ineffectual foray into trap (Do My Thang). Throughout, pulsing, purring synths abound. Obvious highlights are the generically catchy Wrecking Ball (penned by Canadan hitmaker Stephan Moccio), the gloriously YOLO We Can’t Stop and the Nashville-leaning ballad Maybe You’re Right. On an OVO-worthy roster of guest rappers, Nelly’s verse on 4x4 nails the mark (daughter, like dad, is fantastic at progressive country). Lyrically, nothing matches her foamfinger controversy, though the Pharrellwritten and produced #Getitright has a “thirsty” Cyrus playing sex kitten over the album’s catchiest, whistle-laden beat. The weakest link is the title track. Cyrus proves she can do myriad things with her low, raw, versatile and frankly bad-ass voice, but channelling Ke$ha isn’t one of her better moves. Top track: We Can’t Stop JULIA LECONTE

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(Royal Mountain) Rating: NNNN It’s hard to imagine a world where the New Yardbirds, and not Led Zeppelin, were forefathers of stadium hard rock. Or where Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem (now Red Hot Chili Peppers) were Grammy-winning slingers of zillions of records. So for a Toronto four-piece, changing their name from the too cute, too Millennial-nostalgic Topanga to the tighter, more efficient PUP was a good choice. But what’s in a name? They’re as loud, shouty and pissed-off as ever. Big riffs, catchy hooks, singalong choruses: PUP’s debut moves from pop-punk at its angriest extreme (Reservoir, with its damning appraisal of the getting-wasted-nightly lifestyle indulged by plenty of 20-somethings) to the sunnier power pop of lead single Lionheart. Produced by Dave Schiffman (whose credits include the Mars Volta, Weezer and Tony Flow and the Mirac… er, Red Hot Chili Peppers), the record captures the ragged intensity of a live concert, from Stefan Babcock’s cracking vocals to the ripping, in places pleasantly sloppy guitar solos of Steve Sladkowski. And how many records shout out the Don Valley Creek? Top track: Reservoir Pup plays Sneaky Dee’s on October 17. JOHN SEMLEY

FAST ROMANTICS Afterlife Blues (Pipe & Hat) Rating: NNN Thanks to bands like Of Monsters and Men and Mumford & Sons, indie folk-pop bands are just as likely to have radio hits as Miley and Justin. Toronto-based Fast Romantics took advantage this past summer. Their super-catchy Funeral Song was all over the airwaves, bringing in new fans while satisfying long-time followers who’ve waited since 2009 for a new release. Afterlife Blues is immediately likeable, but it often sounds too similar to its predecessors. Funeral Song starts off with

plucky piano and a guitar riff that could be from the Walkmen’s latest album, while lead singer Matthew Angus’s vocal stylings could just as easily be swapped with Marcus Mumford’s. Referencing other bands and current trends is fine, but Fast Romantics seem to do so at the expense of developing their own sound. Luckily for them, they’ve got the musical chops to pull off an enjoyable album even if it fails to leave a lasting impression. Top track: Funeral Song Fast Romantics play the Garrison October 11. SAMANTHA EDWARDS

Country LINDI ORTEGA Tin Star (Last Gang) Rating: NNN Gypsy Child, off of Lindi Ortega’s third album, sounds like an homage to Loretta Lynn. Except instead of hollering about being a coal miner’s daughter, Ortega’s formidable pipes tell the tale of moving from Toronto to Nashville to pursue a career in music – no doubt just as autobiographical, but not nearly as intriguing. A number of the songs on Tin Star are similarly preoccupied with fitting into Nashville’s overcrowded scene, including the title track dedicated to struggling musicians and a song called All These Cats that sounds, well, catty. Ortega is more convincing when she leaves the music biz out: opening track Hard As This is a well-written frustrated love song, Voodoo Mama chugs along with force, speed and powerful, nearly out-of-control vocals, while Something For You showcases the songwriter’s more soulful, vulnerable side. Top track: Something For You Lindi Ortega plays the Great Hall October 24. SARAH GREENE

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Speak Soon, Vol. 1 EP (Yellow Year) Rating: Together, electronic producers Prefuse 73 (aka Guillermo Scott Herren) and Teebs (aka Mtendere Mandowa) form Sons of the Morning. With delicate orchestration worthy of classical arrangers, their debut EP of dreamy electro melds glitchy beat music and instrumental alt hip-hop. It evokes the ancient (Chinese silk instruments) and the new (a malfunctioning computer). It all drips and bleeds in vibrant hues. And there are some parts that very distinctly recall Teebs’s last album, Ardour (27 seconds into the EP, for instance). With very few sounds one can identify (is that a distant train whistle on opener The Way That Winter Passed Us?) and no words, the listener has to construct her own narrative. (The highs and lows of a long-distance relationship, maybe.) Despite that, it’s an overwhelmingly cozy record. Though SOTM hail from sunny climes (Atlanta and L.A.), they’ve nailed the sonic equivalent of Bailey’s-spiked coffee on a winter’s day. Bottoms up. Top track: The Way That Winter Passed Us JL

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Tara Nicodemo compares John Murrell’s women to those of Williams and Tremblay.

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Actor plays a woman seeking freedom in late-19th-century Canada By JON KAPLAN FARTHER WEST by John Murrell, directed by Diana Leblanc, with Tara Nicodemo, Dan Lett, Matthew MacFadzean, Kyra Harper, Christine Horne, Akosua Amo-Adem and Jesse Aaron Dwyre. Presented by Soulpepper at the Young Centre (50 Tank House Lane). Previews from Friday (October 11), opens October 17 and runs to November 9; see schedule at soulpepper.ca. $51-$68, some discounts, rush $5-$22. 416-8668666.

It wasn’t only homesteaders, miners and ranchers who settled the West, seeking fortune or freedom.

May Buchanan, the central character in John Murrell’s Farther West, is a prostitute who travels from Ontario to Vancouver in the 1880s and 90s looking for an independence that’s difficult, maybe impossible, to find. “Her objective is to be free, which isn’t easy for a woman in those times,” says Tara Nicodemo, who plays May in the Soulpepper revival. “She truly believes that if she keeps moving toward the setting sun, eventually she’ll find a place void of rules, laws and judges, where people don’t look down on drinking and prostitution.

dance listings Opening THE BUTTERFLY LOVERS Shanghai Ballet pre-

sents a story of misconceptions and the trials of undying love. Oct 10-11, Thu-Fri 8 pm. $35$75, child $30-$50. Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts, Mississauga. 905-306-6000, livingartscentre.ca.

CANADA SALSA CONGRESS Steps Dance Studio

presents seminars, workshops, the Canadian Salsa Championships and more. Oct 10-13, see website for schedule for workshops, panels and other events). Performances $10-$50 (workshops extra, passes available). Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen W. 416-656-7837, canadasalsacongress.com.

“Simply because she wants to be an independent woman, May is treated like an outcast who fights society’s assessments and hypocrisy.” We first meet her in bed, naked with a half-asleep trick. As she recites her history, we get a sense of her ease with her own body. At the play’s centre is an emotional triangle not of May’s making. She’s wooed by Thomas Shepherd, a young Calgary rancher who wants her to marry him and settle down. The other point of the triangle is Seward, a self-righteous, Bible-spouting lawman who pursues May ostensibly to COMPAGNIE ODD Coleman Lemieux & Com-

pagnie and Ottawa Dance Directive present a performance of Fracture by Yvonne Coutts and Trembleherd Bells by Tedd Robinson. Oct 11-12, Fri-Sat 8 pm. $25, stu $20. The Citadel, 304 Parliament. fracture.eventbrite.ca.

ESMERALDA ENRIQUE SPANISH DANCE COMPANY Oakville Centre for the Per-

forming Arts presents live flamenco dance, music and song. Oct 10 at 8 pm. Pwyc. 130 Navy, Oakville. 1-888-489-7784, oakvillecentre.ca. LAND OF THE ETERNALS Beau Idéal Productions presents a theatrical fusion of dance and ice skating featuring figure skater Elvis

punish and reform her, but there’s another layer to his fixation. “Seward represents that segment of the community that frowns on anyone who pollutes clean lives, and he reveals the kind of hold religion had on many people,” says Nicodemo, who has appeared in Le Dieu Du Carnage, Hamlet and Cringeworthy. “Though he speaks of May in terms of the whore in Revelations, he’s obsessed with her. It’s more than a physical desire for sex, I think, but rather a deep love that he can’t admit to himself.” Shepherd offers May something possibly more appealing, a chance to put down roots and be happy. “But that’s not what she craves,” adds Nicodemo. “Marriage represents a prison for her, for she’ll be caught, unable to search for the freedom she craves. “What she doesn’t anticipate is falling in love with Shepherd, a fact she doesn’t share with him. In this unsentimental world, people don’t talk about their feelings.” Ironically, just as important to May as her search for liberty is the group of women she gathers around herself in Calgary: the motherly Violet, the childlike Nettie and the sick Lily. “We see her at her happiest when she’s with them; they’re all misfits in different ways. They have a sisterhood, an affection that can’t possibly be shared with the men, especially the johns in their lives. There’s no room in their work for the vulnerability they can allow themselves to feel with the other women.” Nicodemo appreciates Murrell’s writing for women, comparing his sensitivity and understanding to that of Tennessee Williams and Michel Tremblay. “The text is poetic, almost operatic, but when the words come out, they feel anchored in realism. It’s amazing that the characters can be so big and yet feel so real. There’s nothing apologetic in the writing. “Farther West is a brave piece, not an easy show to do.” 3 jonkap@nowtoronto.com

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Stojko. Oct 10 at 8 pm. $45. Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge. 905-787-8811, rhcentre.ca.

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FLAMENCO FESTIVAL presents Malagan dancer La Lupi in

a headlining performance showcase. Opens Oct 13 and runs to Oct 20, performances Oct 18-19, Sat 8 pm, Sun 1 pm. $45-$90 (see website for complete info on other festival events). Ryerson Theatre, 43 Gerrard E. torontoflamencofestival.com. WORLD OF DANCE presents the international urban dance competition. Oct 12, from 3 to 9:30 pm. $25. Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 190 Princes’ Blvd. worldofdance.com. 3

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Opening ALMOST BUT NOT QUITE TOUCHING by the Company (Tough Toots Theatre Company). This cabaret-style show looks at relationships, gender variance, one-night stands, queerness, love and pain. Opens Oct 11 and runs to Oct 19, Thu-Sun 8 pm, mats Oct 12-13 at 2 pm. $15-$20, stu $5-$7. Red Sandcastle Theatre, 922 Queen E. 416-845-9411, facebook.com/ events/324732274338392. ...AND STOCKINGS FOR THE LADIES by Attila Clemann (Harold Green Jewish Theatre/Rustwerk ReFinery). A Canadian airman helps Jewish refugees in post-WWII Germany in this solo show. Opens Oct 10 and runs to Oct 24, Tue-Thu and Sat 8 pm, Sun 7 pm, mat Wed 1 pm, Sun 2 pm. $30$60. Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge, Studio Theatre. 416-733-0545, hgjewishtheatre.com. A DAMN FINE NITE OF ACTORS (The Junes Company/Monday Nite Actors). Canadian actors from film and TV perform in seven short oneact plays. Opens Oct 16 and runs to Oct 20, Wed-Sat 8 pm, Sun 1 pm. $20, Sun pwyc. The Storefront Theatre, 955 Bloor W. damnfineactors.com.

DE COLORES FESTIVAL OF NEW WORKS (Alameda Theatre Company). The festiñ� val showcasing Latin-Canadian playwrights

features Bruce Gibbons, Jefferson Guzman, Flavia Hevia and Rosa Laborde. Opens Oct 16 and runs to Oct 18, Wed-Fri 8 pm. $15, stu/srs $13, pass $40. Wychwood Theatre, 601 Christie. 416-504-7529, alamedatheatre.com. DINNER AT SEVEN-THIRTY (Theatre Rusticle). This adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s novel The Waves follows six friends from childhood to death through a reunion dinner. Previews Oct 12-13. Opens Oct 15 and runs to Oct 20, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $18-$31, Sun pwyc. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, theatrerusticle.org/Theatre_Rusticle. DOUBT by John Patrick Shanley (Rose Theatre). A feisty nun suspects a priest of improper conduct at a 60s Bronx Catholic school. Opens Oct 16 and runs to Oct 20, Wed-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $30. 1 Theatre Lane, Studio 2, Brampton. 905-874-2800, rosetheatre.ca. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS by David Mamet (FYI Productions). Real estate salesmen struggle to survive in their cutthroat industry. Opens Oct 16 and runs to Oct 20, Wed-Sun 8 pm. $20. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-915-6747, ticketwise.ca.

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Tommy Taylor

Writer/performer, You Should Have Stayed Home On June 26, 2010, Tommy Taylor was a bystander in Queen’s Park’s free speech zone during the G20 protests. Over the next 48 hours, he was arrested, detained in a 10-by-20-foot cage with 40 others and denied drinking water until he passed out – all of which he chronicled in a Facebook post that went viral. His play based on that post, first presented at SummerWorks 2011, is in the midst of a cross-country tour that returns to T.O. for a limited run at the Aki Studio Theatre October 17 to 26. 416-531-1402, praxistheatre.com. How has the show evolved in the two years since SummerWorks? It has an epilogue exploring what’s happened since G20. A lot of people don’t know what’s come out in these past three years. There are new designs. And I no longer use notes while performing the show. For the tour, you’re asking for volunteer detainees for each performance. What kind of response have you got?

Tommy Taylor (centre), surrounded by volunteer detainees, recounts his G20 nightmare.

And what do the participants seem to get out of it? We’ve had over 100 participants join us so far in Whitehorse and Vancouver. That’s been the most moving thing. People aged 14 to 88 have stepped into the cage. People who had either read the Facebook note or seen the show asked to join. Many have found it an empowering and fun way to stand up for civil liberties. (Note: interested people can email p articipate@praxis theatre.com for info.) How are audiences in Whitehorse and Vancouver different from those in Toronto? I wondered if the show was telling a Toronto story, but I’ve discovered it’s a story about all Canadians. They all laugh, gasp, shake their heads and share the same concerns. We’ve also had a number of audience members see the show and then say, “I have to

come back as a detainee,” which is incredibly rewarding. You proposed to your girlfriend during the protest. How did that turn out? You’ll have to watch the show. Anyone in particular you’d like to see at the show? The members of Toronto city council who voted to give Toronto police a special thanks for their efforts just days after the G20 Summit (they voted 36-0 in favour of the thank-you). That vote was spearheaded by former Mayor David Miller – that’s someone else I really want to see the show. All of those folks are being invited. Most of all, I want TPS Chief Bill Blair to attend. We’re offering the chief a seat to any performance his schedule can accommodate. Recently a police officer was found guilty of assault with a weapon during

the G20 events. Thoughts? It’s discouraging: one officer in three years. I think it demonstrates general impunity more than justice. The fact that the Nobody case was shut and opened several times and that in the end it was only because there was video evidence that a conviction ever came is troubling. That’s a trend with policing here in Toronto. If someone didn’t record it, it didn’t happen. If you could relive the events of June 26, 2010, would you do anything different? I would go out as a protester, not a bystander. What’s next? After Toronto, we head to Montreal and Ottawa. It’s our hope that one of the performances in Ottawa will have MPs standing as detainees in GLENN SUMI the cage.

I Love Lucy – Live On Stage by Kim Flagg and Rick Sparks (Mirvish). Be a member of the studio audience in this adaptation of the 50s TV show. Previews Oct 15. Opens Oct 16 and runs to Nov 3, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun and Wed 2 pm (no show Oct 31). $49-$89. Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King W. 416-8721212, m irvish.com. The Killing Game by Eugène Ionesco (art & lies productions). Fear leads to hypocrisy and selfishness during a town’s deadly plague epidemic. Opens Oct 14 and runs to Oct 18, Wed-Thu and Mon 8 pm, Fri 7 & 10 pm. $22, stu/srs $18. Annex Theatre, 730 Bathurst. totix.ca. Kuwaiti Moonshine/By A Thread by Tim C Murphy/Diane Flacks (Sterling Studio Thea tre). One-act plays about a Canadian bootlegger in Kuwait and an anxious performance artist are presented in this double bill. Previews Oct 15. Opens Oct 16 and runs to Oct 26, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $20, preview $15. 163 Sterling, unit 5. sterlingstudiotheatre.com. The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brien (Lower Ossington Theatre). A newly engaged couple stumble upon a freaky castle in this classic rock musical. Opens Oct 10 and runs to Nov 10, Thu-Sun 8 pm. $39$49. 100A Ossington. 416-915-6747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. Script Scrap (Steady State Theatre Project). This new works festival features workshops and readings of plays by Rob Salerno, Rachel Ganz, Natalie Fingerhut, Erin Fleck, Rain Chan and others. Opens Oct 16 and runs to Oct 20, Wed-Sun doors 6:30 pm. Pwyc. lemonTree Studio, 196 Spadina (lower unit). steadystatetheatre.com.

Previewing The Double by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Tarragon Theatre/TheatreRUN). An ñ anxious government clerk tries to fit in with

a grotesque society in this multidisciplinary adaptation of the novella. Previews Oct 1522, Tue-Sat 8 pm. Opens Oct 23 and runs to Nov 24, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $21-$53, rush $13, pwyc on Oct 15. 30 Bridgman, Extra Space. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. Farther West by John Murrell (Soulpepper). A prostitute seeks independence from male control in 1800s western Canada (see story, page 71). Previews Oct 11-16. Opens Oct 17 and runs to Nov 9, see website for schedule. $51-$68, stu $32; rush $5-$22. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca.

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A Story Before Time by Drew Hayden Taylor

(Kaha:wi Dance Theatre/the Banff Centre). Original music, dance and theatre bring this Onkwehonwe (First Nation) creation story to life. Previews Oct 16. Opens Oct 17 and runs to Oct 24, see website for schedule. $15-$24. Young People’s Theatre, 165 Front E. 416862-2222, youngpeoplestheatre.ca. Yukonstyle by Sarah Berthiaume (Canadian Stage/Faculty of Fine Arts, York University). Three unlikely roommates endure the winter while the Robert Pickton murder trial plays out on TV. Previews Oct 13-16, Sun 2 pm, Tue-Wed 8 pm. Opens Oct 17 and runs to Oct 27, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Wed 1:30 pm, Sat-Sun 2 pm. $22-$49. Berkeley Street Theatre, 26 Berkeley. 416-368-3110, canadianstage.com.

One-Nighters Brainstorm: Magic, Suggestion & Psychology (Gabriello Pitman). Pitman performs

an interactive show. Oct 12 at 10 pm. $12$15. Black Swan, 154 Danforth. shows. gplive.me. The Everything Show (Two Weird Ladies). This variety show features sketch comedy, music, theatre, spoken word and more with Two Weird Ladies, Matthew Trafford, Plan B and others. Oct 15 at 8:30 pm. $8. Measure, 296 Brunswick. t woweirdladies.com. The Nude 52 (Underground Peepshow). This burlesque revue pays tribute to DC Comics. Oct 12 at 9 pm. $20-$40. Jane Mallett Theatre, 27 Front E. undergroundpeepshow.com. The Plum Tree by Mitch Miyagawa (David Fujino). Staged reading of the play about a man seeking connections to his past on a farm in British Columbia. Oct 13 at 2 pm. Free. Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond. 416-441-2345, jccc.on.ca. Theresa Caputo Live (Just for Laughs/Mills Entertainment). The star of TV’s Long Island Medium gives interactive psychic readings and shares stories about her life. Oct 10 at 7:30 pm. $39.75-$95. Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, 1 Front E. sonycentre.ca.

Continuing The Best Brothers by Daniel MacIvor (Tarragon Theatre). MacIvor’s crowd-pleaser follows two siblings who, after the tragicomic death of their mother, bicker over her funeral plans while avoiding the petty rivalries and jealousies that have plagued them all their lives. Dean Gabourie directs the play with a minimum of fuss, bringing out MacIvor’s unique blend of laughs and genuine emotion, and the actors (MacIvor and John Beale) are skilful. But the play feels slight. Runs to Oct 27, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Sat-Sun 2:30 pm. $27-$53. 30 Bridgman. 416-531-1827, tarragontheatre.com. NNN (GS) La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini (Canadian Opera Company). A poet and a seamstress have a tragic love affair in the L atin Quarter of Paris (see review, page 74). Runs to Oct 30, see website for schedule. $12-$365. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231, coc.ca. NNNN (GS) Crash by Pamela Mala Sinha (Theatre Passe Muraille). In this remount of Sinha’s Dora Award-winning solo show, the playwright plays an unnamed woman whose memories of an earlier trauma are triggered by attending her father’s funeral. The poetic script is often vague and elliptical, but under Alan Dilworth’s direction, the design elements make up for the script and performance’s shortcomings. Runs to Oct 19, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $15-$27.50, mat pwyc. 16 Ryerson, Backspace. 416-504-7529, passemuraille.on.ca. NNN (GS) Dora’s Pirate Adventure (Lower Ossington Theatre). Dora the Explorer take a trip to Treasure Island in this kids’ show based on the Nickelodeon cartoon. Runs to Oct 20, Sat 11 am, Sun 11 am and 1 pm. $29-$39. Randolph Theatre, 736 Bathurst. 416-915-6747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. Fixed by Zack Russell (Videofag). Gay inventors look for their pleasure fix from 1950s L ondon to 2050 Los Angeles. Runs to Oct 13, Thu-Sun 8 pm. $10, Oct 9 pwyc. 187 Augusta. fixed.eventbrite.com. The Glass Cage by JB Priestly (Snowdrop Productions). Issues of racism, class, guilt and more are explored in the living room of a wealthy family in 1906 Toronto when three distant cousins come to visit. Runs to Oct 12, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20. Alumnae Studio, 70 Berkeley. theglasscage-eorg.eventbrite.ca. Les Miserables by Alain Boublil and ClaudeMichel Schönberg (Cameron Mackintosh/ Mirvish). An ex-convict seeks redemption and dodges his nemesis in this musical based

on the Victor Hugo novel. (See review at nowtoronto.com/stage). Runs to Dec 22, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat-Sun and Wed 1:30 pm (see website for exceptions/extra shows). $35-$130. Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King W. mirvish.com. Memory In The Mud (Words In Motion). This movable drama and tour tells the stories of brick makers, POWs and transients who spent time at the Brick Works. Runs to Oct 14, see website for schedule. $10, child $5. Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview. ebw.evergreen.ca/ whats-on/memory-in-the-mud. Night Of The Living Dead Live by Trevor Martin, Dale Boyer and Christopher Bond (Nictophobia Films). George A Romero’s 1968 zombie film is performed in black and white in this interactive stage adaptation. Runs to Oct 27, see website for schedule. $23-$80. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. 416-5047529, nightofthelivingdeadlive.com. The Norman Conquests by Alan Ayckbourn (Soulpepper). A librarian seeks a tryst but must dodge his wife in this trilogy where each play is viewed from a different part of the home. Runs to Nov 16, see website for schedule. $51-$68, stu $32; rush $5-$22. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 50 Tank House Lane. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten (Canadian Opera Company). An alienated fisherman struggles under the judgment of his neighbours in an English seaside village (see review, page 74). Runs to Oct 26, see website for schedule. $12-$332. Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, 145 Queen W. 416-363-8231, coc.ca. NNNNN (JK) Shrek The Musical by David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori (Lower Ossington Theatre). A swamp-dwelling ogre goes on a journey of redemption in this musical based on the film. Runs to Oct 19, Thu-Sat 7:30 pm (and Oct 16), mat Sat 2 pm, Sun 4 pm. $49$59. Randolph Theatre, 736 Bathurst. 416915-6747, lowerossingtontheatre.com. 6 Characters In Search Of An Author by Luigi Pirandello (Ryerson Theatre School). A company of actors encounter six characters who have been abandoned by their author. Runs to Oct 10, Thu 8 pm. $18, stu/srs $14. Ryerson Theatre, 43 Gerrard E. 416-9795118, r yersontheatre.ca.

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Uneven Ives

Carly Street and Rick Miller have lots of edge in Venus In Fur.

VENUS IN FUR by David Ives (Canadian Stage). At the Bluma Appel (27 Front East). To October 27. $24-$99. 416-368-3110. See Continuing, page 74. Rating: NNN

Part of the fun of David Ives’s Venus In Fur is that it can be appreciated on several levels: theatre industry send-up, sexy-funny look at the origins of sadomasochism and thoughtful critique of gender power shifts through the ages. It’s also a bravura acting showcase, particularly for the woman playing its lead role: Vanda, a streetwise, struggling New Yawk actor who tries to convince a playwright named Thomas that she’s right for the role of the sophisticated, imperious 19th-century woman in an adaptation of Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch’s SM classic novella, Venus In Furs. It’s a part that requires enormous versatility – including the ability to change quickly and believably between acting styles. When done right it can win awards; Nina Arianda won a Tony for the Broadway production. Canadian Stage’s version, though adroitly directed and acted, isn’t quite as convincing. Carly Street is skilful, disciplined and watchable as Vanda – modifying her dialect, posture and attitude – but I never believed her various incarnations. Arianda made me suspend my disbelief all the way. Perhaps this is part of director Jenni fer Tarver’s production concept. Debra

Hanson’s set places the action in a naturalistic rehearsal studio that floats like an island on the bare, exposed stage of the Bluma. This causes sound issues – it’s difficult to hear some dialogue when it’s lost in the wings – but also creates a distancing effect that’s exacerbated by the size of the theatre. The intimate Berkeley Street Theatre would have been much more suitable.

Still, there’s lots to enjoy in this clever, sexy show, including the interplay between Street and Rick Miller’s Thomas – who has a complex set of psychosexual secrets himself – and the fascinating look at how personal experience is filtered through art. There’s also one hilarious joke about the acting world, but the punchline – like the reveals about truth and fantasy GLENN SUMI – shouldn’t be spoiled.

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Ileana Montalbetti (centre, in green skirt) is a sympathetic Ellen in superb Peter Grimes.

Great Grimes PETER GRIMES by Benjamin Britten

(Canadian Opera Company). At the Four Seasons Centre (145 Queen West). Runs to October 26. $12-$365. 416-3638231. See Continuing, page 73. Rating: NNNNN

Benjamin Britten was never better than when he was writing about outsiders, and in Peter Grimes he created his richest character. A solitary fisherman in an English coastal village whose residents bond because of their shared way of life, Grimes (Anthony Dean Griffey, subbing opening night for an indisposed Ben Heppner) has had one young apprentice die in his care. When he secures another from the workhouse, everyone anticipates a bad ending. The only ones who defend him are Ellen Orford (Ileana Montalbetti), with whom he’s romantically involved, and Balstrode (Alan Held), a retired seaman.

Boffo Bohème LA BOHEME by Puccini (Canadian Opera Company). At the Four Seasons Centre (145 Queen West). Runs to October 30. $12-$365. 416-363-8231. See Continuing, page 73. Rating: NNNN

La Bohème’s enormous popularity can sometimes be a hindrance. How do you make this much-seen opera work for jaded seen-it-all types and firsttimers alike? The Canadian Opera Company’s new production finds inspiration in the creative renaissance in Paris during Puccini’s era. The opera’s four male bohemians are artists and philosophers, so wouldn’t it make sense for them to ply their trades? Hence we see poet Rodolfo (Dimitri Pittas, on opening night) scribbling notes as he meets his poor, sickly neighbour, Mimì (Grazia Doronzio), with whom he’s falling in love. And painter Marcello (Joshua Hopkins) expresses his mixed feelings for his onagain, off-again girlfriend, Musetta (Joyce El-Khoury), by hauling out his easel and filling up canvases. In an intriguing move, director John Caird uses those canvases to help make up David Farley’s set. This adds a vérité feel to the proceedings that works better in some scenes than others, but

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Just as important as the individual characters is the town itself, the Borough, and the COC chorus, singing expertly as always under chorus master Sandra Horst, becomes as vital to the action as the unpredictable sea that figures prominently in Britten’s rich orchestrations. It’s not a stretch for director Neil Armfield to set the action in the Borough’s social hall, the community’s shared “home,” and have it stand for courtroom, tavern, seaside and, in a thrilling theatrical moment conjured up by designer Ralph Myers, Grimes’s lonely hut. Griffey’s Grimes expertly goes from childlike to menacing in an instant, his madness and isolation increasing from one scene to the next as he sings in a voice that rings with full-voiced anger or drops to a whisper to express the fisherman’s dreams. You won’t easily forget his last heartbreaking scene, mainly a cappella, with counterpoint from the offstage cries of the angry Borough and the occasional solo brass

note in the pit suggesting a haunting foghorn. Montalbetti makes a sympathetic Ellen desperately trying to care for both Grimes and the new, pitiable apprentice (Jakob Janutka) in a society where both are doomed. The always reliable Held has just the right blend of gruffness toward the Borough and concern for the troubled Grimes. Each of the characters, in fact, is nicely individualized, including tavern keeper Auntie (Jill Grove), her two flirtatious “nieces” (Claire de Sévigné and Danielle MacMillan), Methodist fisherman Bob Boles (Roger Honeywell), lawyer Swallow (Tom Corbeil), who’s not as strait-laced as he initially seems, and comic busybody and snob Mrs. Sedley (Judith Christin). Conductor Johannes Debus draws thrilling sounds from the COC orchestra, especially in the interludes and preludes that depict the moods of the implacable, indifferent sea that is a defining force in this harsh world. JON KAPLAN

certainly makes transitions between acts easy. Some paintings are flipped around and moved to suggest alternate cityscapes. Caird’s decades of experience helming theatre and musicals make him ideal for finding both nuance and drama. These characters live and breathe, not just in their soaring melo dies but in other moments, too, checking out a trinket at a street fair or flirting with someone at the next table. This is certainly the best group of singing actors I’ve seen on an opera stage in a while. Pittas is youthfully ardent but focused enough to be believable as a writer; Doronzio is beguiling and coy, but also smart;

Hopkins is the impulsive, extrovert artist to a T; and El-Khoury (who also plays Mimì in some performances) is playful and passionate, in complete control of her power over men. Christian Van Horn and Phillip Addis add individuality to Colline and Schaunard. Carlo Rizzi and the COC Orchestra bring out all the lush harmonies in the score, but at times the balance is off and the singers can’t be heard. And pay special attention to Michael James Clark’s lighting, especially in the final act, which shifts subtly from realistic to romantic to almost religious as the familiar tragedy plays out amidst a GLENN SUMI thousand sniffles. Dimitri Pittas clasps Grazia Doronzio’s cold hand in La Bohème.

tions/Moyo Theatre). Lanteigne’s play, an important and sometimes touching reminder of the tainted blood scandal in the 80s, focuses on a family whose hemophiliac sons receive contaminated blood. She defines her characters largely through that tragedy, while other aspects of their personalities are often ignored. Though the cast is generally strong, at times the writing presents plot and historical information in a forced manner. Runs to Oct 12, Tue-Sun 8 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $27-$42. Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas E, Aki Studio Theatre. 1-800-204-0855, gromkat.com. NNN (JK) Tempo by Mike Batistick (Tavistock Arts). A man chasing the American Dream feels his life slipping away. Runs to Oct 12, Thu-Sat 8 pm. $20. The Storefront Theatre, 955 Bloor W. tavistockarts.com. The Unexpected Guest by Agatha Christie (Stage Centre Productions). A stranger enters a house to find a man murdered and his wife standing over him with a gun. Runs to Oct 12, Thu-Sat 8 pm, Sat-Sun 2 pm. $27.50, stu/srs $22. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall. 416-299-5557, stagecentreproductions.com. Venus In Fur by David Ives (Canadian Stage). A young actress determined to land the lead role plays a cat-and-mouse game with the play’s director (see review, page 73). Runs to Oct 27, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mat Wed 1:30 pm, SatSun 2 pm. $24-$99. Bluma Appel Theatre, 27 Front E. 416-368-3110, canadianstage.com. NNN (GS)

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Blithe Spirit by Nöel Coward (Stratford Festival). The ghost of his first wife pesters a novelist and his new spouse in this comedy. Runs in rep to Oct 20. $49-$120, stu/srs $20$55. Avon Theatre, 99 Downie, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. Enchanted April by Matthew Barber (Shaw Festival). Seeking to escape post-WWI gloom and boredom, two English housewives go on vacation in Italy. Runs in rep to Oct 26. $35$110, stu/srs mats $24-$55. Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. Fiddler On The Roof by Joseph Stein, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (Stratford Festival). A Jewish patriarch in Russia clings to

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Thursday, October 10 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents headliner Kate

Davis w/ Tommy Fitz and host Mike Dambra. To Oct 13, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca.

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Free. Kitch, 229 Geary. kitchbar.com. LAUGH SABBATH Comedy Bar presents Dawn Whitwell, Chris Locke, Kathleen Phillips, Kevin Shustack, host James Hartnett and others. 9:30 pm. $5. 945 Bloor W. laughsabbath.com. NOT MY DOG COMEDY presents a weekly open mic w/ host Hannah Hogan. 8:30 pm. Free. Not My Dog, 1510 Queen W. 416-532-2397. WE CAN BE HEROES Second City’s latest revue – inspired by the idea that our society’s quickly going to hell – is one of its sharpest in a while. Newcomer Connor Thompson scores big laughs playing everything from a literal bat man to a blind lifeguard, while Craig Brown channels his inner Chaplin as a balding man having a terrible day. Meanwhile, Jan Caruana proves she’s got great range in two scenes involving a precocious girl. Even the less successful sketches are sharply directed, and the set and musical design help enhance the scenes. Not to be missed. Indefinite run, Tue-Thu 8 pm, Fri-Sat 7:30 & 10 pm, Sun 7:30 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. NNNN (GS) YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Ron Josol. To Oct 13, Thu and Sun 8 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:30 pm. $13-$22. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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with British Teeth, Luba Goy, Concentrated Evil, Evany Rosen and host Brandon AshMohammed. 8 pm. $10. 945 Bloor W. 416551-6540, comedybar.ca. COMEDY BANG! BANG! LIVE! Scott Aukerman and IFC present one part sketch, one part podcast, all live, w/ Paul F Tompkins and the Birthday Boys. 8:30 pm. $20-$25. The Danforth Music Hall, 147 Danforth. ticketmaster.ca. GIGGLES @ THE GROOVE BAR presents a weekly open-mic w/ rotating hosts. 9:30 pm. Free. 1952 Danforth. sssuperfly@hotmail.com. KITCH KOMEDY presents a weekly show. 9 pm.

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tradition in a changing world in this musical. Runs in rep to Oct 27. $49-$135, srs $41-$66, stu $29. Festival Theatre, 55 Queen, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. The Forum (Stratford Festival). Readings, cabarets, debates, tours, improv, workshops and more related to this year’s onstage productions. Runs to Oct 20, see website for details. Various prices and venues. Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. Godspell by John Michael Tebelak and Stephen Schwartz (Drayton Entertainment). This musical is based on the gospel according to St Matthew. Runs to Oct 20, see website for schedule. $20-$45. St Jacobs Country Playhouse, 40 Benjamin E, Waterloo. 1-888-3729866, draytonentertainment.com. Guys And Dolls by Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows (Shaw Festival). A bet leads to romance in this musical comedy. Runs in rep to Nov 3. $35-$110, stu/srs mats $24-$55. Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. Lady Windermere’s Fan by Oscar Wilde (Shaw Festival). Director Peter Hinton breathes new life into Wilde’s comedy of Victorian manners, using bold design touches that underscore the play’s themes and create intimacy on the large Festival Theatre stage. The leads, with the sole exception of Marla McLean in the title role, are excellent. And you’ll smile at the musical choices, which range from Chopin to Katy Perry. Runs in rep to Oct 19. $35-$110, stu/srs mats $24-$55. Festival Theatre, 10 Queen’s Parade, Niagaraon-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. NNNN (GS) Lend Me A Tenor by Ken Ludwig (Drayton Entertainment). A hapless understudy impersonates a famous tenor in this musical comedy. Runs to Oct 12, see website for schedule. $20-$45. Dunfield Theatre Cambridge, 46 Grand S, Cambridge. 1-855-3729866, draytonentertainment.com. The Light In The Piazza by Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel (Shaw Festival). A protective mother must make a difficult choice when her daughter falls in love during a 1950s Italian vacation. Runs in rep to Oct 13. $50$110, stu/srs mats $24-$55. Court House Theatre, 26 Queen, Niagara-on-the-Lake. shawfest.com. Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw (Shaw Festival). Pitting a righteous Salvation Army officer against her father, made wealthy by his munitions company, Shaw offers a series of entertaining debates on whether a morally reprehensible person can do a good

Friday, October 11 Absolute Comedy See Thu 10. CATCH23 Comedy Bar presents a weekly im-

prov pit fight. 8 pm. $10. 945 Bloor W. 416551-6540, comedybar.ca. SKINPROV Wayne Jones presents the improv strip tease show w/ host Alan Kliffer. 10 pm. $10. Baltic Avenue, 875 Bloor W. 647-8985324.

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Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. NNNN (GS) Peace In Our Time: A Comedy by John Murrell (Shaw Festival). Murrell’s adaptation of Bernard Shaw’s Geneva is a blend of satire and slapstick that explores international diplomacy and justice after the First World War, though it has clear contemporary resonance under Blair Williams’s direction. Too bad the farcical approach takes the sting out of characters like Hitler and Mussolini. Runs inTraditional rep to Oct 12. $50-$110, stu/srs mats $24Bread & Butter Pickles $55. Court House Theatre, Queen, Niag3 1/2 lbs pickling cucumbers (about26 14 small to medium cucumbers) 2 1/2 cups (625 ml) granulated sugar ara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest. 2 1/2 cups (625 ml) white vinegar com. NNN (JK) HEALTH 1/4 cup Bread and Butter Pickle Mix Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare • Place 4 clean 500 ml mason jars on a rack in a boiling water canner; cover jars with water (Stratford Festival). 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deed. Nicole Underhay in the title role, Benedict Campbell as her father and Graeme Somerville as her fiancé are excellent in director Jackie Maxwell’s production. Runs in rep to Oct 19. $50-$110, stu/srs mats $24$55. Royal George Theatre, 85 Queen, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, s hawfest. com. NNN (JK) Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller (Stratford Festival). This drama looks at the conflict between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. Runs in rep to Oct 19. $49-$120, stu/ srs $20-$55. Tom Patterson Theatre, 111 Lakeside, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. The Merchant Of Venice by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). Set in Mussolini’s Italy, director Antoni Cimolino’s take on Shakespeare’s poetic comedy/tragedy about mercy, anti-Semitism and friendship is a generally gripping production, with fine work by Tom McCamus as the merchant of the title, Michelle Giroux as Portia and Scott Wentworth as Shylock, here a complex character who never – even in the famous trial scene in which he demands a pound of flesh – fully loses the audience’s sympathy. Runs in rep to Oct 18. $49-$120, stu/srs $20-$55. Festival Theatre,

55 Queen, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. NNNN (JK) Othello by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). Director Chris Abraham’s production picks up on the speed suggested in Shakespeare’s narrative, making the tale of jealousy, suspicion, manipulation and murder move at a breakneck pace. The cast, especially Dion Johnstone in the title role and Graham Abbey as the deceitful Iago, give the text a strong emotional reading. Runs in rep to Oct 19. $49-$120, stu/srs $20-$55. Avon Theatre, 99 Downie, Stratford. 1-800-5671600, stratfordfestival.ca. NNNN (JK) Our Betters by W Somerset Maugham (Shaw Festival). Maugham’s littleknown 1915 comedy-drama about a group of American heiresses who have bought their way into European society puts a clever, stylish twist on the age-old theme of money not guaranteeing happiness. In the hands of director Morris Panych, it’s wildly entertaining stuff full of sexual indiscretions and bittersweet truths, with first-rate performances by Laurie Paton, Catherine McGregor, Neil Barclay and Claire Jullien as the society woman manipulating everyone. Runs in rep to Oct 27. $50-$110, stu/srs mats $24-$55. Royal George Theatre, 85 Queen,

TEH INTERNETS QUIZ SHOW: CREEPYPASTA Comedy Bar presents a show about the ñ creepy side of the internet, w/ Megan Fraser,

Bailey, Kathleen Phillips, Daniela Saioni and others. 7 pm. $10-$15. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. westendgirls.ca. Yuk Yuk’s Downtown See Thu 10.

Sean Tabares, Stephanie Malek and Sean Browning. 10 pm. $10. 945 Bloor W. 416-5516540, comedybar.ca. TEXAS COMEDY MASSACRE 2 Fox & Fiddle Wellesley presents stand-up w/ Fraser Young, Dave Merheje, Aisha Alfa, Massimo, Dean Young, host Xerxes Cortez and others. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 27 Wellesley E. 416-580-4153, texascomedymassacre2.com.

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Idiot Gallant present Graham w/ Jordan Foisey, Nigel Grinstead, host Sara Hennessey and others. 10 pm. $10. 100 Ossington. 416915-6747. TOP SHELF COMEDY presents weekly comedy featuring one of the following shows: The Duel, The Invasion, The Rewind, The Main Event. 9:30 pm. $5. St Louis Bar & Grill, 1963 Queen E. 416-637-7427. We Can Be Heroes See Thu 10. Yuk Yuk’s Downtown See Thu 10.

Saturday, October 12 Absolute Comedy See Thu 10. COMEDY AT THE RED ROCKET presents headliner

Sam Feldman, Alex Crawford, Brian Finch, Marc Hallworth, Shannon McIntyre, Justin Laite, Zena Lord, MC Joel West and others. 8 pm. Pwyc. Red Rocket Coffee, 1364 Danforth. redrocketcoffee.com. COMEDY UNCOVERED: LIVE! presents headliner Chris Locke, stand-up w/ Nick Flanagan & Nile Seguin and improv by 2-Man No-Show. 10 pm. $10-$12, stu $8. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedyuncovered.com. THEATRESPORTS FALL TOURNAMENT Bad Dog Theatre presents the improv competition. To Dec 14, Saturdays 8 pm. $12, stu $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. baddogtheatre.com. We Can Be Heroes See Thu 10. WEST END GIRLS present all-girl stand-up w/ Sandra Shamas, Marilla Wex, Diana

Sunday, October 13 Absolute Comedy See Thu 10. THE PLAYGROUND Playful Grounds pre-

sents weekly open-mic comedy w/ hosts ñ Kris Siddiqi and Melissa Story. 9 pm. Free. 605 College. 416-645-0484, playfulgrounds.com.

SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE The Sketchersons present a weekly show w/ guest hosts and musical acts. 9 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. thesketchersons.com. We Can Be Heroes See Thu 10. Yuk Yuk’s Downtown See Thu 10.

Monday, October 14 THE BEST OF THE SECOND CITY presents classic

and original sketch and trademark improvisation. 8 pm. $14. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416343-0011, secondcity.com. CHEAP LAUGHS MONDAY PJ O’Briens Irish Pub presents a show w/ Russell Roy and guests. 9 pm. Free. 39 Colborne. 416-815-7562. IMPERIAL COMEDY SHOW Imperial Pub presents a rotating crew of hosts, 10 comics and a pro headliner every week. 9:30 pm. Free. 54 Dundas E. imperialcomedy.com. TOP SHELF COMEDY presents a weekly pro comic show w/ hosts Chris Allin and Brian Ward. 8 pm. Free. The Office Pub, 117 John. 416-977-1900.

Tuesday, October 15 FLAT TIRE COMEDY Amsterdam Bicycle Club

presents weekly stand-up w/ host Chrissie Cunningham and guests. 9 pm. Free. 54 the Esplanade. facebook.com/FlatTireComedy. THE OTHER DOPE SHOW Vapor Social presents weekly open-mic stand-up. 9 pm. $5. 896 College. 647-765-4422. PAINT C’est What presents the indie band’s weekly gig with comedy sets by

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Wednesday, October 16 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Pro-Am Night w/

Mike Dambra, Foad Hasson Poor, Steve Davis, Jess Beaulieu, Thomas Calnan, Marc Anthony Sinagoga,Allen Yiu and host Andrew Searles. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. CHUCKLE CO. PRESENTS weekly stand-up with rotating hosts Joel Buxton, DJ Demers, Amanda Brooke Perrin, Mikey Kolberg, Steve Patrick Adams and Jordan Foisy. 9:30pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. chuckleco.com. CORKTOWN COMEDY Corktown Productions presents an open-mic show w/ Wanda Carroll, Abraham Sualim, Jill Knight, host Brian Coughlin and others. 9 pm. Free. Betty’s, 240 King E. 416-988-2675, corktowncomedy.com. THE VIDEO GAME SHOW Bad Dog Theatre presents unscripted comedy, gameplay and discussion inspired by classic and current games w/ Kris Siddiqi, Alice Moran, Sarah Hillier, Sean Tabares and others. To Oct 16, Wednesdays 8 pm. $12, stu $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, baddogtheatre.com. We Can Be Heroes See Thu 10. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Dylan Mandlsohn. To Oct 20, Wed-Thu and Sun 8 pm, Fri-Sat 8 & 10:30 pm. $13-$22. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. 3

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I’m not a huge David Bowie fan. I’m dubious about the whole pop-star-asvisual-artist concept, fearing museums are using it as cynical cash grab to attract audience – I didn’t particularly care for Patti Smith’s photos. So I went to the Art Gallery of Ontario’s David Bowie Is… show with trepidation. But I had a blast. Curators Geoffrey Marsh and Victoria Broakes of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, where the show broke attendance records (and according to Broakes “had grown men in tears”), have put together a multimedia extravaganza that pays tribute to its media-savvy, ahead-ofhis-time subject. Bowie didn’t directly participate, but made available to them costumes, artwork and documents from his extensive per-

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sonal archive in New York City. In addition to those amazing stage outfits, the show has everything from teenage sketches, band posters, album covers and background on grim postwar life in London to peep-hole dioramas, music and concert videos, clips from his films and interviews with collaborators. The helpful headsets play audio without fuss for whatever

ART GALLERY OF MISSISSAUGA F’d Up, to Nov

9. 300 City Centre (Mississauga). 905-8965088. ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO Ai Weiwei, to Oct 27 ($25, sr $21.50, stu $16.50; Wed after 6 pm $12.50). Light My Fire: Five Propositions About Portraits, Part 1, to Oct 20. David Bowie Is, to Nov 27 ($30, srs $26.50, stu $21.50, Wed 6-8:30 pm $15; package deal w/ Ai Weiwei tickets). 317 Dundas W. 416-979-6648. BATA SHOE MUSEUM Collected In The Field: Shoemaking Traditions From Around The World, ongoing. Out Of The Box: The Rise Of Sneaker Culture, to Mar 30, 2014. $14, srs $12, stu $8. 327 Bloor W. 416-979-7799. BLACKWOOD GALLERY Red, Green, Blue ≠ White, to Dec 1. Billboard installation: Chun

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Hua Catherine Dong, to May 1, 2014. 3359 Mississauga N, U of T Mississauga (Mississauga). 905-828-3789. DESIGN EXCHANGE Lingerie Française, to Oct 13. DXUncrated: Playing Favourites, Part II: Geometry (Textures), to Oct 31. $10, stu/srs $8. 234 Bay. 416-363-6121. DORIS MCCARTHY GALLERY Wafaa Bilal, to Oct 19. 1265 Military Trail. 416-287-7007. GARDINER MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART RBC Emerging Artist People’s Choice Award, to Oct 15, awards ceremony 5:30-7:30 pm Oct 15. Sculpture: An Te Liu, to Nov 11. The Art Of The Everyday: Faience In 17th And 18th Century France, to Jan 5, 2014. Animal Stories, Oct 10-Jan 12, 2014. $12, stu $6, srs $8; Fri 4-9 pm half-price, 30 and under free. 111 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8080.

books DAVID AND GOLIATH: UNDERDOGS, MISFITS, AND THE ART OF BATTLING GIANTS by Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown),

by Emily Pohl-Weary

display you are facing. There is a room of paintings by Bowie, mostly done in the 70s, but

THIS WEEK IN THE MUSEUMS

which is pretty close Glib Gladwell

NOT YOUR ORDINARY WOLF GIRL

MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA

On the surface, Malcolm Gladwell’s latest analysis of human behaviour is fascinating, revealing the ways some people’s weaknesses may actually empower them. As he did in Outliers and The Tipping Point, he makes hard science digestible, but too often he cherry-picks from the evidence to back up his thesis. This book claims, for instance, that parents might actually wish dyslexia on their children. Difficulty reading is said to have forced Hollywood producer Brian Grazer to compete harder in the dog-eat-everyone world of filmmaking, bolstering his negotiation and networking skills. Gladwell backs up his theory with a 2009 survey that found a much higher incidence of dyslexia in entrepreneurs than in corporate managers. But the study looked at only 102 selfreported dyslexic entrepreneurs, many of whom likely had careers not nearly as successful as those of Mr.

Grazer or his fellow A-listers. The chapter on policing makes some compelling arguments. The British government believed using violence against Ireland in the 60s would strong-arm their neighbour into compliance, but more deaths and injuries on both sides only worsened the relationship between the two countries. More isn’t always better, Gladwell writes. Power has to be seen as legitimate or its use has the opposite effect. What Gladwell does best is introduce us to the histories of heroes and success stories we might not often see juxtaposed. The thread uniting disparate characters in David And Go-

he’s much more than a rock star who paints. Handsome, androgynous teenager David Jones’s reinvention of himself as pop star David Bowie grew into a whole community of strange and wonderful personas like Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke. They all qualify as unique art forms. His omnivorous mind absorbed a range of cultural influences that included beat writing, German expressionism, Brechtian theatre, Japanese kabuki, Andy Warhol and British pop art. I would have liked a little more about his relationship to queer culture, but that’s a small quibble. The variety and inventiveness of the exhibition, which takes over two floors at the AGO, will win over doubters like me and be sheer heaven for fans. 3 art@nowtoronto.com

THE POWER PLANT Juan A Gaitán, International Lecture Series 7:30 pm Oct 16 (Studio Theatre, $15). More Than Two; Micah Lexier, to Jan 5, 2014. 231 Queens Quay W. 416-973-4949. ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM Textiles: BIG, to Oct 30. Mesopotamia: Inventing Our World, to Jan 5, 2014 ($27, srs/stu $24.50; Fri after 4:30 pm $23, srs/stu $20). Raja Deen Dayal, to Jan 12, 2014. Faces To Remember: Chinese Portraits Of The Ming And Qing Dynasties, to Feb 23, 2014. $15, stu/srs $13.50; Fri 4:30-8:30 pm $9, stu/srs $8. 100 Queen’s Park. 416-586-8000. RYERSON IMAGE CENTRE Moving Frames, Shifting Boundaries: image arts students, to Oct 27. (ImagineNATIVE): Ghost Dance: Activism. Resistance. Art., to Dec 15. 33 Gould. 416-979-5164. 3

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H indicates Halloween events N indicates extended Nuit Blanche events HART GALLERY OF YORK U OFFSITE Instal-

lation: Allyson Mitchell, 6 pm-midnight Oct 16, to Oct 30. 303 Lansdowne. 416736-5169, theagyuisoutthere.org. A SPACE GALLERY New media (ImagineNATIVE): Âhasiw Maskêgon-Iskwêw, Leslie McCue and Adrian Stimson, to Oct 26. 401 Richmond W #110. 416-979-9633. GALLERY 44 Photos/installation: Susan Dobson, Matt Macintosh and Joyce Lau, to Oct 12. 401 Richmond W, unit 120. 416-979-3941. NGALLERY 1313 R.I.P. Morgan Freeman group show, to Oct 13. 1313 Queen W. 416-536-6778. GEORGIA SCHERMAN PROJECTS Fraser Stables, to Oct 12. 133 Tecumseth. 416554-4112. HHASHTAG GALLERY Ghosts & Goblins group show, Oct 10-13, reception 7-11:30 pm Oct 10. 801 Dundas W. 416-861-1866. INDEXG GALLERY A Dream Within A Dream group show, Oct 16-20, reception 3-8 pm Oct 16. 50 Gladstone. 416-535-6957.

KATHARINE MULHERIN CONTEMPORARY ART PROJECTS Textiles: Alika Cooper, to

Oct 12. 1082/1086 Queen W. 416-9936510. KOFFLER OFFSITE Installation: Iara Freiberg, to Oct 27. Jack Layton Ferry Terminal, 9 Queens Quay W. 416-636-1880. NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE N Forever Bicycles: Ai Weiwei, to Oct 27. Installation: Boris Achour, to Oct 14. 100 Queen W.

NPREFIX INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART (ImagineNATIVE): Trade Marks group

show, to Nov 23. 401 Richmond W. 416591-0357.

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Sharron Corrigan Forrest, Oct 15-27. N 13 group show, to Oct 13. 984 Queen W. 416504-7142.

READINGS THIS WEEK Thursday, October 10 liath is the idea that being an underdog isn’t always a disadvantage in and of itself and can drive people to levels of achievement they never thought possible. It’s uplifting stuff, for sure, but Gladwell puts a glimmering polish on some fairly obvious conclusions. Yes, small class sizes aren’t always ideal because children may feel pressured to speak up and thus revert to shyness and underperformance. Despite some trite conceits, David And Goliath is a breezy pleasure and conveys a few sound ideas about how we overcome adversity to surpass exDAVID SILVERBERG pectations.

IN PERSON Maude Barlow, vaunted Canadian patriot and national chair of the Council of Canadians, is becoming just as valuable as a citizen of the world. Now board chair of the Washington-based Food & Water Watch, her current passion is water and the threats to its supply. In her new book, Blue Future: Protecting Water For People And The Planet Forever ($24.95, Anansi), she offers a plan for the defence of our most essential resource from apathetic governments and rapacious corporations. She talks about the book with Mark Mattson of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper at a free event tonight (Thursday, SUSAN G. COLE October 10) at Steelworkers Hall. See Readings, this page.

MAUDE BARLOW 7 pm. Free. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. canadians.org/event/ ñ toronto-blue-future-book-tour. HOW TO EXPECT WHAT YOU’RE NOT EXPECTING

Book launch. 7 pm. Free. Type Books, 883 Queen W. 416-366-8973. ANN SHIN/LINDA BESNER 6:30 pm. $50 (includes dinner and book). Grano Restaurant, 2035 Yonge. diasporadialogues.com. FRANK VIVA 5:30 pm. Free. Urbanspace Gallery, 401 Richmond W. urbanspacegallery.ca.

Friday, October 11 MATT MERNAGH Reading. 7 pm. Free. Vapor Central, 667 Yonge. 416-923-3556.

KIMBERLY WAHL Free. Type Books, 883 Queen

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Saturday, October 12 DENNIS E BOLEN/MICHAEL HINGSTON/ASHLEY

LITTLE Reading. 7 pm. Free. Type Books, 883 Queen W. 416-487-8973.

Tuesday, October 15 BOBBY ORR 7 pm. Free. Indigo Eaton Centre, 220 Yonge. chapters.indigo.ca.

Wednesday, October 16 ANITA LAHEY Launch. 7 pm. Free. Another Story

Bookshop, 315 Roncesvalles. 416-462-1104. KYO MACLEAR 1:30 pm. $25 min donation. Women’s Art Assoc of Canada, 23 Prince Arthur. Pre-register. writerstrust.com. MASALA Descant literary mag launches its new issue. 7 pm. Free. No One Writes to the Colonel, 460 College. descant.ca. READ FOR THE CURE Sally Armstrong, Linda Spalding and Will Schwalbe discuss their writing. Benefit for the Cancer Research Society. 7:30 pm. $90. Fairmont Royal York Hotel, 100 Front W. 1-888-222-6608. WAYNE ROBERTS 6 pm. Free. FoodShare, 90 Croatia. foodshare.net. 3

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Claire Denis

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On the eve of her violent new film, director gets a welcome retrospective By NORMAN WILNER OBJECTS OF DESIRE: THE CINEMA OF CLAIRE DENIS at TIFF Cinematheque (350 King West),

from Friday (October 11) to November 10 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. tiff.net. See Indie & Rep film, page 89. Rating: NNNNN

Claire Denis has come to the Toronto Film Festival to screen her new film, Bastards, and do a little local press in advance of a TIFF Cinematheque retrospective of her work, Objects Of Desire: The Cinema Of Claire Denis. But mostly we’re talking about Egypt. Upon our introduction, Denis asks about the button I’m wearing in support of Tarek Loubani and John Greyson. She’s dismayed to hear of their detention in an Egyptian prison (it would be almost another month before their release) and offers to wear the button herself. “I was supposed to go to Cairo in a week for a retrospective of my films,” she says, “and I received a mail that said ‘Please come only in December.’ I think now is difficult for them, for Egyptians.” The Toronto retrospective should prove far less contentious. TIFF will screen all of Denis’s features, including her rarely seen documentaries about director Jacques Rivette (The Nightwatchman) and choreographer Mathilde Monnier (Vers Mathilde).

REVIEW BASTARDS (Claire Denis) Rating: NNNN If you’re shocked by the level of violence in Bastards, you haven’t been paying attention. Yes, this is Claire Denis’s bloodiest, ugliest work since 2001’s quasi-vampire thriller Trouble Every Day, but her films have always bristled with a tension that suggests awful, awful things bubbling just under the surface. Your basic French neo-noir, Bastards is a revenge story where virtually every character seeks payback on someone for something. The ostensible hero is Marco (Vincent Lindon), a mariner who abandons his commission to

come home to Paris when his niece (Lola Créton) is hospitalized. Marco embarks on an affair with the wife (Chiara Mastroianni) of the wealthy industrialist (Michel Subor) deemed responsible for Marco’s familial misery. But Marco’s not the only one with an agenda. After some clumsy chronological shuffling in the opening movement – I’m not sure it’s supposed to be quite so difficult to figure out which of the characters is Marco’s sister – Bastards glides shark-like through a series of increasingly awful events, foreshadowing ever greater horrors in moments of curious beauty. Never before has an ear of corn seemed NW quite so obscene.

Vincent Lindon seeks vengeance in Bastards.

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Since making an international splash with her first feature, 1988’s Chocolat, Denis has worked in multiple genres and explored an assortment of themes. She’s a merciless filmmaker, willing to show people at their worst: the cockfighters of No Fear No Die, the tickingbomb characters of I Can’t Sleep, the sexually repressed soldiers of her Billy Budd adaptation, Beau Travail. But she’s also capable of tenderness and great compassion, as seen in the sibling relationship of Nénette Et Boni, the feature-length pas de deux between Valérie Lemercier and Vincent Lindon in Vendredi Soir and the tangled family relationships of 35 Shots Of Rum. In Bastards, one of her nastier films, Denis somehow extends this compassion to every single one of the characters, all of whom are trapped in a mandala of bloody vengeance. “I don’t know, really, why the film deals with such strong pain and suffering,” she says. “For me, there was not even a suspicion of ‘too dark, too taboo, too cruel.’ No, while making the film I was cheering for the characters. I didn’t try to shock. It’s not my aim.” Whereas with a project like Trouble Every Day, Denis’s full-on horror movie about researchers who accidentally turn themselves into cannibalistic sex vampires, shock was definitely on her mind. “Trouble, yeah,” she laughs. “I was afraid myself. I was asked, ‘Can you dare to make a genre movie?’ And I said, ‘Don’t push me, because if I do a genre movie, I will go in my direction.’ So I made it, but it was even frightening for me, you know? Except that I had the trust of the actors, of course.” Trouble Every Day – screening November 3 in TIFF’s retrospective – is unique in Denis’s filmography: it has no soft spot for its monsters. In her other films, when things get dark we’re allowed to understand what drives their most loathsome characters. Even in Bastards, she admits, “I wanted to hold everyone in my arms.” And though plenty of critics (myself included) would classify Bastards as neo-noir, Denis places the film in a different genre. “I really admire those films made by Kurosawa in the years after the war,” she says, citing the missing-gun drama Stray Dog and the kidnapping thriller High And Low. “When Japan was shocked, you know? Toshiro Mifune’s always this really good hero, and yet in the end he’s the victim of power and money, or envy and jealousy. He gives in.” But that’s noir, I say. “Yeah, yeah,” she says, “but there is no redemption. It just ends. And I think a lot of people need to get a sort of redemption from film – something to go home with. “It can start very badly,” she explains, “with a lot of fighting, a lot of death, a lot of bleeding, but for a reason we can understand. And then the characters can be redeemed. And this, for me, is not moral. It’s completely amoral. Unless it’s a joke like [Quentin Tarantino’s] Django, you know? Like a fable, a parable. A fairy tale.” 3 normw@nowtoronto.com | @wilnervision

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MACHETE KILLS (Robert Rodriguez). 107 minutes. Some subtitles. Opens Friday (October 11). For venues and times, see Movies, page 81. Rating: NN

Lynn Shelton

Just don’t touch me

Robert Rodriguez can give great grindhouse. From Dusk Till Dawn, Planet Terror and the first Machete are all an awful lot of fun, honouring the spirit of cheesy 70s programmers while working as self-contained stories. But he never knows when to quit – there are four Spy Kids movies, for crying out loud. So now we have Machete Kills,

which brings back Danny Trejo’s nigh-indestructible Mexican avenger for another gritty, self-aware shootem-up. This time, our hero is recruited by the President of the United States (Charlie Sheen, billed as Carlos Estevez) to find Mendez (Demian Bichir), a Mexican terrorist holding DC hostage with a missile. But things get complicated when Machete discovers Mendez is the semi-unwilling pawn of an arms dealer (Mel Gibson, doing a pretty good job of being loathsomely smug). The pairing of the taciturn Machete and the antic Mendez is fun for a while – it’s the Mexican Midnight Run! – but Rodriguez just lets it go on and on, with shootouts and standoffs and reversals and explosions and a protracted climax that tries to nudge the series into a completely different genre. By the time it ends, the promise of a third film feels less like a joke than a threat. Count me out, dude. NORMAN WILNER

Observer of messy emotions makes a new kind of skin flick By NORMAN WILNER TOUCHY FEELY written and directed by Lynn Shelton, with Rosemarie DeWitt, Josh Pais, Ellen Page and Scoot McNairy. A VSC release. 88 minutes. Opens Friday (October 11). For venues and times, see Movies, page 81.

Lynn Shelton makes movies about uncomfortable people. And just as Humpday and Your Sister’s Sister examined friendships and romances confused by sexual orientation and missed connections, her new film, Touchy Feely, finds the members of a Seattle family struggling with emotional limitations and inexplicable body issues. “It turns out I’m a one-trick pony,” she laughs over the phone from Washington state. “I’m drawn again and again to relationships between people who really, really want to connect and just can’t get out of their own way to do it. All we really want in life is to connect to other human beings, and when you desperately want to connect physically to one specific human being and you can’t? That’s something I find compelling.” Touchy Feely reunites Shelton with Rosemarie DeWitt, who co-starred in Your Sister’s Sister. Here, she plays a masseuse whose entire life is sent spinning out of control when she develops an aversion to physical contact. “Skin is really freaky when you get right down to it,” Shelton says. “It seemed feasible that somebody who works intimately that way with skin might just reach a threshold and not be able to touch one more body. That was the starting point.” Shelton pitched DeWitt on the idea when she was editing Your Sister’s Sister. “She basically said ,‘I’ll do whatever you write for me,’ which was great,” the filmmaker says. “And then she became this muse. I was able to flesh out what was going to happen to this character with her in my mind’s eye.”

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REVIEW TOUCHY FEELY (Lynn Shelton) Rating: NNNN Touchy Feely isn’t as clear and focused as Lynn Shelton’s previous Humpday and Your Sister’s Sister, but it still finds the Seattle writer/director playing to her strengths, putting imperfect characters in small spaces with one another and watching the friction that results. There’s a little more story this time around. Masseuse Abby (Rosemarie DeWitt) develops a loathing of physical contact, which understandably complicates her plan to move in with her boyfriend, Jesse (Argo’s Scoot McNairy), while her awkward older brother Paul (Please Give’s Josh Pais) finds his dental practice swarmed by people who believe he has a healing touch, and Paul’s daughter Jenny (Ellen Page) struggles with her crush on Jesse. DeWitt and Pais are great at conveying Abby and Paul’s shared history through a common body language rather than dialogue, and the characters bounce off one another really well. Touchy Feely only stumbles when Shelton tries to wrap everything up a little too quickly in the last act, but I was so invested in the story that it didn’t NW matter.

Also essential to Shelton’s process: long, digressive phone conversations with her actors about their characters’ history. “It’s really all about creating a sense of intimacy and trust with the actors, getting that sense of who they are and being comfortable with each other, so when we get on set together they’re gonna be at ease. “For instance, I got on the phone a lot with Josh Pais and Ellen Page” – who play father and daughter in the film – “to talk about their shared history and the backstory of their characters so they could get a sense of each other’s cadences and just kind of get comfortable, but I never talked to Scoot McNairy and Josh at the same time, because those two characters were not supposed to be comfortable with each other.” That discomfort is essential to Touchy Feely, and to Shelton’s approach to drama in general. She tells stories about the messiness of emotion, and how people inevitably wind up splattered with it. “I naturally get led there,” says Shelton. “My mom was in education, and I remember reading in one of her books about multiple intelligences – this whole theory about how there are all these different ways you can be intelligent, like eight or 10 of them or something. And one of them is emotional. “I always thought, ‘Well, I may not be smart on some of these other scales, but I would agree with that description.’ That’s where it lies for me.” 3 normw@nowtoronto.com @wilnervision

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Massimo and Lella Vignelli have a design for living.

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Duo delights DESIGN IS ONE: THE VIGNELLIS (Kathy Brew, Roberto Guerra). 80 minutes. Opens Friday (October 11). For venues and times, see Movies, page 81. Rating: NNN Design team Lella and Massimo Vignelli are a perfect documentary subject. They’re stunning to look at and create beautiful things, and the dynamic between them is charming. Too bad we don’t get more about their personal story in Design Is One. Instead, directors Kathy Brew and Roberto Guerra present testimony from designers, architects, curators and the Vignellis themselves about what makes them so unique. It starts with the range of their work, everything from graphics (Massimo says they basically brought Helvetica to America in logos for American Airlines and Bloomingdale’s) to fur-

niture, books, jewellery and architecture. Their motto is “If you can’t find it, design it.” They believe obsolescence is unethical and insist that the function of design is to improve the environment – all inspiring ideas. But none of it matters without the relationship between the two. The Vignellis have been partners – in marriage and business – for over 50 years. We learn that Massimo is the visionary and Lella the realist, and that the trust level between them is off the charts. But how did they meet? When did they recognize their affinity? If there’s ever been a difficult moment between them, you’d never know it. Certainly, the gobsmacked Americans interviewed by the filmmakers aren’t going near that information. Maybe a trek back to Italy to talk to some people who knew the team in their early days could have filled SUSAN G. COLE in the blanks.

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Wrong turn THE RIGHT KIND OF WRONG (Jeremiah Chechik). 97 minutes. Opens Friday (October 11). For venues and times, see Movies, page 81. Rating: NN Rom-com fans may be delighted by this Canadian effort that goes out of its way to be risqué, feigning originality. But deep down, Jeremiah Chechik’s The Right Kind Of Wrong is as conventional as they come and all the sillier for pretending not to be. True Blood’s Ryan Kwanten stars as Leo, a failed writer whose ex-wife made him a small-town punchline after her blog, detailing his marital foibles, becomes a literary phenomenon. Leo

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HANKS IS AT THE HELM Actor works his magic in derivative Captain Phillips By NORMAN WILNER CAPTAIN PHILLIPS directed by Paul Greengrass, screenplay by Billy Ray based on the book by Richard Phillips and Stephan Talty, with Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi and Barkhad Abdirahman. A Sony Pictures release. 134 minutes. Some subtitles. Opens Friday (October 11). For venues and times, see Movies, page 81. Rating: NNN

There’s nothing Captain Phillips does that Tobias Lindholm’s A Hijacking didn’t do much more effectively. But, then, A Hijacking didn’t star Tom Hanks. Hanks does a tremendous job as Richard Phillips, captain of the commercial vessel Maersk Alabama. In 2009, Phillips’s ship was boarded by four Somali pirates who eventually took him hostage in a lifeboat, leading Navy warships on a slow-speed chase through the Indian Ocean. Hanks spends virtually the whole movie playing a terrified man doing his best to look calm and reasonable. The actor invests a one-dimensional character with his own humanity and geniality; he gives a totally transparent performance that allows us to see when he’s blatantly lying to his captors while appearing outwardly helpful. And in the last five minutes of Captain Phillips, Hanks opens up to the camera in a way that feels almost uncomfortably intimate. He has never seemed more immediate, more nakedly human.

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Wild things LOS WILD ONES (Elise Salomon). 77 minutes. Screens Wednesday (October 16), 7 pm, at the Royal Cinema (608 College) as part of the Reel Indie Film Festival (October 16 to 20). See Indie & Rep Film, page 89. Rating: NNN Indie musicians get the Royal treatment next weekend thanks to the inaugural Reel Indie Film Festival (RiFF). The cinematic extension of Indie Week, RiFF presents intersecting work by DIY musicians and filmmakers at the Royal Cinema. Feature docs include Walking Proof, about local singer Marcio Novelli’s attempt to record his debut album in 17 days, and closing-night film Bayou Maharajah, a profile of legendary New Orleans blues pianist, junkie and homosexual James Booker. RiFF gets off to a promising start with opening-night selection Los

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Tom Hanks’s humanity shines through in blunt hostage pic.

So there’s the takeaway from Captain Phillips: Hanks is a stunningly great actor. The rest of the film is far more problematic, with director Paul Greengrass applying the tense, jangled docudrama aesthetic of United 93 to another true-life hostage crisis. Every character is a sketch rather than a whole person. That’s why Hanks’s own qualities are so essential to his performance. Phillips’s crew are competent roughnecks; the Somali hijackers an assortment of criminal types, each allowed a single personality trait and played by actors cast for their intimidating facial features. It works for a while. Greengrass stages two terrific sequences in the first half – one when the Alabama’s crew cleverly evades the pirates’ first approach, and a gripping extended cat-and-mouse hunt during which Phillips turns his ship into a labyrinth to keep his crew safe from the invaders. For those scenes, the director’s handheld camera and frantic cutting feel absolutely appropriate to the action. But once it’s down to Phillips on the lifeboat, Billy Ray’s script strains to build tension by expanding its scope to include various military operators barking orders and waving weapons in order to compensate for the fact that nothing’s actually happening for long stretches of time. 3 normw@nowtoronto.com | @wilnervision

Wild Ones, which looks at DIY label Wild Records, its patriarchal owner, Reb Kennedy, and his familial talent roster, which is predominantly made up of young Mexican kids who rock out to 50s music while working day jobs cutting hair or mowing lawns. The outfit caters to the niche rockabilly scene, where anachronistic partygoers dress up like Elvis or Janis Martin and jam to rock ’n’ roll and bluegrass. While Kennedy doesn’t have a huge audience to work with, the man’s own stubborn refusal of the iTunes way of life guarantees that his musicians will have to mow a lot more lawns to get by.

gets back in the game when he falls in love with Colette (Sara Canning) on her wedding day and immediately begins to harass and stalk her, often in front of the groom. If Leo’s shameless misbehaviour is meant to push buttons, the film’s way of making everything he does cute and endearing is typical. Creepy stalkers can be vindicated as hopeless romantics, so long as the victim’s husband reveals himself to be a douche in some way, any way. Kwanten and Canning are likeable as characters who get precious few moments to be sincere. They don’t dare stand out among all the rom-com clichés, from the cuddly cat to the cute kids who are wise beyond their years.

Director Elise Salomon’s wartsand-all presentation doesn’t shy away from the in-fighting and shittalking that go on between these collaborators. Her film is a tad shapeless, but it takes a sincere look at the tense, intimate relationships that keep such minor labels rolling. Los Wild Ones is preceded by Kat Candler’s Black Metal, a beautifully shot, affecting short about a Marilyn Manson-like performer who leaves his Antichrist persona onstage to be a sensitive dad at home but finds the two worlds colliding when a reallife murder seems inspired by his music. Black Metal knocks you down before Los Wild Ones picks you back up. RADHEYAN SIMONPILLAI

Gizzelle belts it out in Los Wild Ones.

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I’m sure there have been a number of terrible stagings of William Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet over the centuries. I’m not sure there’s ever been a movie version as bad as this one, though. Flatly directed by Carlo Carlei (Fluke) on location in Italy, with the Bard’s dialogue recited rather than interpreted by an assortment of young actors – Douglas Booth and True Grit’s Hailee Steinfeld clearly struggle in the title roles – Romeo & Juliet takes one of the best-loved plays in the English language and reduces it to a dull, dreary slog. I don’t blame Julian Fellowes for pasting the text of Shakespeare’s play into Final Draft and calling it a screenplay; the guy has to do something between seasons of Downton Abbey. Stealing the climactic twist from Baz Luhrmann’s

stunning 1996 movie does seem like dirty pool, though. Fellowes’s application of Downton’s upstairs-downstairs dynamic to the material winds up foregrounding Paul Giamatti’s Friar Laurence and Leslie Manville’s Nurse, which is nice because the actors understand how to deliver the dialogue for film – though Fellowes and Carlei try to reframe the comic-relief Nurse as a woman who simply cares too much. Giamatti is wonderful playing the padre as a rueful, sober man trying to steer events to a happy resolution even as circumstances grow darker and more tragic. It’s a damn shame he had to give that performance to this movie. NORMAN WILNER

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tracking her ex-boyfriends’ travel itineraries and stalking them to find out whether they’ve grown into marriage material. All the while, the obvious love of her life (a fine Derek Luke) is sending smoke signals, but Montana won’t notice until genre rules dictate otherwise. The rom-com typically arrives with its own baggage: contrivances, broad comedy and plot turns that are as mapped out as a flight plan. Writer/director relents to such clichés but doesn’t always feel confined by them, like an undemanding airline passenger who can stretch out in economy class. There are actually a number of surprising moments bursting with acerbic wit. 96 min. NN (RS) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Jonathan Levine) has taken seven full years to reach theatres after being picked up – and shelved – by the Weinstein Company at TIFF 2006. It’s held up very nicely, because it’s not a gimmick movie. Rather, it’s just an old-fashioned thriller about a teenager (Amber Heard, in her first major role) who brings some friends out to a ranch for a party weekend, only to see them preyed upon by an unknown maniac. Levine, who went on to make The Wackness, 50/50 and Warm Bodies, honours the demands of the slasher sub-genre while subtly tweaking them, never forgetting that his first duty is to deliver a tense, twisty and involving film. The terseness of Jacob Forman’s script means the movie’s only real sign of age – other than Heard’s now startling youth – is the absence of smartphones. But this is the kind of movie where the phones stop working pretty early on. 90 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema

THE ART OF THE STEAL (Jonathan Sobol) finds writer/director Sobol following 2010’s A Beginner’s Guide To Endings with another half-assed Niagara Falls caper comedy in which an ex-con (Kurt Russell) is pulled back into the world of high-value art theft when his brother (Matt Dillon) and uncle (Kenneth Welsh) happen upon the scam of a lifetime. It’s the most predictable sort of heist picture, made fitfully entertaining by the presence of the unpredictably antic Jay Baruchel as Russell’s nervous protege and the strangely wonderful team of Jason Jones and Terence Stamp as an overcaffeinated Interpol agent and his glum special adviser. If only they were goofing around in a better movie. 90 min. NN (NW) SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Cody Cameron, Kris Pearn) is a merely okay sequel to the brilliant original. The animation, colour work and 3D are all highly polished, and the film has about six laugh-outloud moments but not many small or subtle ones. The story sends young inventor Flint Lockwood and his pals back to his island home to shut down his food-making machine, now churning out food animals like shrimpanzees, tacodiles and watermelephants. The characters and story are flat, the pro-social messages are laid on with a trowel, and there’s nothing resembling the surreal subversion of the first movie’s equation of food and shit. 94 min. NN (Andrew Dowler) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinemas, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Woody Allen) stars Cate Blanchett as the emotionally unhinged wife of a corporate sleazebag (Alec Baldwin) who moves to San Francisco to live with her sister (Sally Hawkins) when he’s busted. Expect Oscar to come calling on the amazing Blanchett. 98 min. NNNN (SGC) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

Matt Johnson (left) and Owen Williams are out for revenge in darkly funny Canadian film The Dirties.

tale of demonic infestation, with married demonologists trying to save a Rhode Island family from an evil spirit that came with their nice new home. Wan has fun mimicking the textures and aesthetics of movies of the period, but he’s basically just remaking his own Insidious with a few modest tweaks and a polyester wardrobe. 112 min. NN (NW) Scotiabank Theatre

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(Zachary Heinzerling) is a colourful, beautifully directed and touching look at one of the more unusual art couples, Ushio and Noriko Shinohara, Japanese emigrés in NYC. It’s a complex, feminist look at the act of creation, but also a touching portrait of enduring love. Subtitled. 82 min. NNNNN (GS) Kingsway Theatre

DESIGN IS ONE: LELLA & MASSIMO VIGNELLI (Kathy Brew, Roberto Guerra) 80 min. See review, page 78. NNN (SGC) Opens Oct 11 at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

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fin) has about 35 minutes of story and an hour of frickin’ minion jokes. If you love watching little tubular yellow guys run around jabbering at each other and making fart noises, this will be your new favourite thing. If you’re me, you end up with a headache and a sense that the world hates you. I did appreciate the running gag about the guacamole sadness hat, though. 98 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Colossus, Kingsway Theatre, Yonge & Dundas 24

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like the response to a dare: “Betcha can’t make a school shooting movie funny!” Impossibly, director Johnson succeeds. He and co-star Owen Williams play Matt and Owen, two dorky 10th-graders

working on a film about maladjusted kids who avenge themselves on the high school bullies. For Matt, the boundaries between his real life and the film are a bit leaky. As he begins collecting blueprints of his school and pinning up photos of bullies, it becomes clear that he’s planning something more than a film. Johnson’s crafted a finely tuned portrait of high school alienation, a film as alert to the realities of bullying as it is eerily in step with the particularities and peculiarities of life as a nerd. 83 min. NNNN (JS) TIFF Bell Lightbox

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er/director Gordon-Levitt as Jon, a porn-addicted stud who can attract hot women but thinks porn is more exciting than the real thing – including Barbara (Scarlett Johansson, who’s terrific), his latest gorgeous but demanding conquest. Julianne Moore turns up as a grieving woman who could turn him around. The script is sometimes supersavvy – especially when it makes the connections between X-rated material and everyday advertising, and when it touches on family influences, like Jon’s crude dad (Tony Danza). But it’s just a little too on the nose, and it contains a ton of clips from skin flicks, which raises the question: should an anti-porn film be reproducing so much of this toxic material? 90 min. NNN (SGC) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

ELYSIUM (Neill Blomkamp) is virtually identical, plot-wise, to the director’s wildly overrated 2009 debut, and fans of District 9’s spectacular carnage and garbled political posturing will doubtless find this one even more meaningful and relevant and stuff. The Phantom Menace still has its defenders, too. Some subtitles. 109 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Interchange 30, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

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(Nicole Holofcener) is an alt romantic dramedy about a masseuse (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) who can’t reveal to her glamorous new client (Catherine Keener) that she’s dating the woman’s ex (James Gandolfini). It has all the qualities that make writer/director Holofcener so good: a great cast, complicated relationships and smart writing. Louis-Dreyfus is surprisingly nuanced as the needy Eva, and fuhgeddabout The Sopranos – Gandolfini has a lovable charm as the schleppy ex. The always watchable Toni Collette is on board as Eva’s best friend. As in Please Give, Holofcener displays a clear eye for relationships between parents and teens, never using the kids as mere devices. And though she has taken a

bit of the edge off the proceedings, her dialogue is as sly as ever. 93 min. NNNN (SGC) Eglinton Town Centre, Interchange 30, Queensway, SilverCity Yonge, Yonge & Dundas 24

THE FAMILY (Luc Besson) is a forgettable

and not very funny comedy carried by the charm of stars Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Tommy Lee Jones and by director Besson’s skills with camera and editor’s scissors. Pfeiffer and De Niro, with Dianna Agron and John D’Leo as teen daughter and son, play the titular family, living under the witness protection program but still carrying on with crime. The cast plays for likeability, not laughs. With few jokes and the action that’s no more bizarre than in any gangster flick, there’s not much comic edge. Some subtitles. 110 min. NN (AD) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

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(Alan Zweig) is director Zweig’s most moving and profound documentary yet. It features interviews with people who have discovered a philosophy that gives their life purpose, meaning and ultimately happiness. One man going through a mid-life crisis feels the need to walk around the world, so he embarks on a literal journey for 11 years. An ex-con finds solace in balancing rocks in the Humber River. A former mountain climber survives a debilitating illness with the support of his true friends. Some vignettes are more watchable than others, and with 15 stories to cram into 83 minutes, there’s no room for lots of detail. But the tales are beautifully edited and effectively shot. The green and red traffic lights on Montreal’s Jacques Cartier Bridge provide a terrific visual metaphor to open and close the film. Zweig also includes two of his own reflections, including one about his friendship with the late actor and writer Tracy Wright that is poignant, truthful and heartfelt. 83 min. NNNN (GS) Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre

GETAWAY (Courtney Solomon) feels like the opposite of the increasingly over-complicated Fast & Furious features; it’s nothing but essential parts, barrelling from one chase sequence to another with no time for distractions. 90 min. NNN (NW) Interchange 30 GIRL MOST LIKELY (Shari Springer Berman,

Robert Pulcini) is a mess, flailing between broad comedy and mawkish family drama in search of a purpose, with Kristen Wiig as a Manhattan writer who winds up in the custody of her braying New Jersey mother (Annette Bening) after a miscalculated attempt to win back an ex. Michelle Morgan’s script plays as though three or four entirely

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casino performer (Glee’s Darren Criss) who represents an awfully convenient romantic alternative for Wiig’s lost soul. I can enjoy a narrative that functions in multiple genres, but there’s no sense that Berman and Pulcini – who made the exquisite American Splendor – are shifting gears intentionally. It feels like there’s no one in control at all. 102 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema

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(Ryan White) tracks Freda Kelly, who ran the Beatles’ official fan club through the band’s 11-year history while working as a secretary first for manager Brian Epstein and then for the Beatles themselves, never flaunting her connection, not even telling her children about it. Kelly’s amazing enough, but what makes the doc essential is its intimate portrait of the band, seen from the unique perspective of a woman who grew up with them. 86 min. NNNN (SGC) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre

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(Alfonso Cuarón) plays as both an immediate, nail-biting thriller and a stunning technological accomplishment, following two astronauts (Sandra Bullock, George Clooney) stranded in orbit and cut off from mission control. It’s not science fiction – it’s set firmly in the present day, and the stakes are as intimate as they come. Cuarón’s screenplay, co-

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(Margarethe von Trotta) tracks the fallout from politi cal theorist Hannah Arendt’s (Barbara Sukowa) coverage of Adolf Eichmann’s trial. She wrote that he didn’t know how to think and therefore couldn’t make moral choices, and suggested Jewish leaders may have collaborated with the Nazis. Sukowa gives a superb performance, and Janet McTeer is a delight as writer Mary McCarthy. Some subtitles. 110 min. NNNN (SGC) Kingsway Theatre

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story of Elysée Palace chef Hortense Laborie, based on real-life chef Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch, who cooked for François Mitterand. Though the narrative takes on tensions between Laborie, macho chefs, the president’s doctors and bureaucratic beancounters, director Vincent’s clear focus is the food. Sourcing her delectables from her own and other nearby farms, Laborie (Catherine Frot) whips up some incredible fare for the president (Jean d’Ormesson) while bantering playfully with her young sous, Nicolas (Arthur Dupont). A parallel plot line follows Laborie to the Antarctic, where she cooked for scientists at a research centre after her stint at the Palace. But every time the scene shifts to the isolated outpost, you can’t wait to get back to Paris. Frot is excellent as the not always likeable meticulous chef. But the food’s the thing here. Plan to chow down after the screening. You’ll definitely feel the need. Subtitled. 95 min. NNN (SGC) Canada Square

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anced obscenities. She truly makes the Fword sing. The rest of the movie relies on the typical grab bag of gags, some marginally funny, others simply dumb and offensive. 117 min. NN (RS) Interchange 30

ñIn a World...

(Lake Bell) is one of the rare comedies that gets more complex as it goes along. Set in the world of Los Angeles voice-over artists, Bell’s di rectorial debut embraces eccentricity and complication, and finds room for real social commentary. This is a movie of odd, unexpected delights. 93 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre

Insidious: Chapter 2 (James Wan) might

be one of the worst sequels ever made. The continued saga of the haunting of the Lambert family (headed by Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne) only gets more convoluted and sillier, the scares and twists are weak and the set pieces devoid of scares. The first film is a prerequisite to know what’s going on, but this still makes little sense and feels perfunctory and laughable rather than excit-

ing. 105 min. N (Andrew Parker) 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

Italy: Love It, or Leave It (Gustav Hofer,

Luca Ragazzi) follows Hofer and Ragazzi on a road trip through Italy to decide whether they should stay or move to Berlin. The major entertainment value comes from watching the relationship between the two filmmakers, even though some of the dialogue seems scripted. Call it an anti-travelogue – given what’s on view, this is Tourism Italy’s worst nightmare. Subtitled. 75 min. NNN (SGC) Kingsway Theatre

Lee Daniels’ The Butler (Lee Daniels) is

one one big black history lesson featuring great performances from Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo and especially Forest Whitaker as a White House butler. But don’t expect anything like the director’s disturbing Precious or The Paperboy. Daniels is decidedly domesticated here, aiming to teach and please. 132 min. NNN (SGC) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, SilverCity Yonge, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

Machete Kills (Robert Rodriguez) 107 min. See review, page 78. NN (NW) Opens Oct 11 at 401 & Morningside, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale Metallica: Through the Never – An IMAX 3D Experience (Nimród Antal)

comes nearly a decade after the superb behind-the-scenes doc Some Kind Of Monster, so it feels like a palate cleanser. It shows the band in peak form, working through hits like Fade To Black, Master Of Puppets and Fuel. The film awkwardly sutures a fictional narrative onto performance footage: a Metallica roadie (Dane DeHaan) is dispatched on a fetch quest during the concert. That plot’s ostensible tension between protesters and riot police is totally

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bogus. It’s also distracting, especially when director Antal’s concert footage is so crisply choreographed. (Even the 3D works.) Similarly off-putting: the consistent focus on James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, the certifiable egomaniacs at the centre of the band. Why cut away from Kirk Hammett during a solo to focus on Hetfield’s strained, takinga-dump facial expression? As in all things Metallica, it feels like the band’s unlikeable founders had final cut. 92 min. NNN (JS) Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñMonsters University

(Dan Scanlon) throws a conceptual curve ball, dropping John Goodman’s hulking furball Sulley and Billy Crystal’s one-eyed imp Mike Wazowski – introduced as working stiffs in 2001’s Monsters, Inc. – into a snobs-vs-slobs college comedy. If DisneyPixar is hell-bent on squeezing further adventures out of existing stories, this is how to do it. 95 min. NNNN (NW) SilverCity Mississauga

ñMuscle Shoals

(Greg Camalier) has plenty of soul. The musically inclined Alabama backwater town has seen everyone from Aretha Franklin to the Rolling Stones come through to produce hits. They’re among the many in this doc who speak affectionately about their time with Rick Hall, of FAME Studios, arguably the backbone of the Muscle Shoals music industry, and his “peckerwood” instrumentalists. The interviews are a lot of fun, but not all the memories are peachy. With collaboration came friction also captured here. Nor does the film ignore the personal traumas Hall endured before he built his legacy. Director Greg “Freddy” Camalier weaves it all together as if he were making music, composing a film with storytelling rhythms that strikes emotional chords. Soul aficionados will savour every beat. 111 min. NNNN (RS) TIFF Bell Lightbox

ñMuseum Hours

(Jem Cohen) is a conversation piece that explores the simpatico connection between a curious Canadian (Mary Margaret O’Hara) and a slightly older guard (Bobby Sommer) at Vienna’s wonderful Kunsthistorisches Art Museum. O’Hara and Sommer connect so naturally and easily that they barely seem to be acting at all. They look at art. We look at them. Art is where you see it. 107 min. NNNNN (NW) Kingsway Theatre

National Theatre Live: Othello Encoreis a live broadcast in high def of the

Shakespeare tragedy, starring Olivier Award winners Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear. 218 min. Oct 12 at Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Queensway, SilverCity Yonge, Yonge & Dundas 24

On the Job (Erik Matti) feels like a Filipino version of a Johnnie To thriller, using a pulsing crime story to explore a corrupt culture on multiple levels – in this case, the murk of a society where convicts are secretly escorted from prison to perform assassinations, then let back in – perfect cover. The story unfolds on two narrative tracks, as a pair of convicts (Joel Torre, Gerald Anderson) form a father-son bond while doing their bloody work and a detective (Piolo Pascual) realizes that a string of murders is politically motivated and tries to figure out why. Their paths collide about an hour in with an elaborate cat-and-mouse chase set in a hospital, and things get even bloodier from there. Subtitled. 120 min. NNN (NW)

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One Direction: This Is Us (Morgan Spur-

lock) paints a picture of manufactured British boy band One Direction and their catastrophic rise to success, using concert footage and squeaky-clean behind-thescenes antics. It’s hard to tell if director Spurlock’s portrait is a ridiculous blind endorsement or an entertaining piss-take. 90 min. NN (Julia LeConte) Colossus

Our Man in Tehran (Larry Weinstein, Drew Taylor) isn’t quite the antithesis of Argo. Instead of focusing primarily on how Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor protected Americans hiding in his embassy during the 1979-81 U.S.-Iranian hostage crisis, this Canadian doc takes a broader, fuller look at the history of the event, exploring the issues in a balanced and honest (if somewhat redundant) manner from the viewpoint of all countries involved. 85 min. NNN (Andrew Parker) TIFF Bell Lightbox

ñPacific Rim

(Guillermo del Toro) plays as though it’s been pulled from a manga del Toro read when he was a child and has been trying to turn into a movie ever since. It’s an original work with the spirit of every Godzilla movie you’ve ever seen, and every giant robot fight you’ve ever imagined. And it’s a hell of a lot of fun. Some subtitles. 131 min. NNNN (NW) Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24

Parkland (Peter Landesman) turns key

U.S. events into limp historical drama, focusing on a handful of Dallas citizens whose lives are touched by the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Writer/director Landesman intertwines several plot strands: the torment of photographer Abraham Zapruder (Paul Giamatti), the confusion of Lee Harvey Oswald’s brother Robert (James Badge Dale), and the traumatized staff of Parkland Hospital, where both Kennedy and Oswald were brought after their shootings. Parkland folds them all together and renders them dull and empty, with every line of dialogue serving an expository function rather than an emotional one. Everyone is blandly effective, with the exception of Giamatti’s deeply felt Zapruder and Jacki Weaver’s painfully campy Mama Oswald. But this is never anything more than a glorified cable movie. 93 min. NN (NW) Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Queens way, Varsity

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (Thor Freudenthal) is a cheaper, looser and much sillier sequel to 2010’s The Lightning Thief, in which our demigod hero (Logan Lerman) and his friends sail into the Bermuda Triangle to find the Golden Fleece. Stanley Tucci is a genius choice for Dionysus, and Nathan Fillion’s Shatneriffic cameo as Hermes is worth the price of a ticket on its own. 100 min. NNN (NW) Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande Steeles, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24 Planes (Klay Hall) is a shameless Cars ripoff about a modest crop-dusting plane named Dusty Crophopper (voiced by comic Dane Cook) who dreams of being a competitive flyer even though he’s scared of heights. The clunky script feels like a first draft, and Cook communicates as little personality as his character’s bland design. 92 min. N (GS) Interchange 30, SilverCity Mississauga Prisoners (Denis Villeneuve) stars Hugh

Jackman as a Pennsylvania contractor who reacts to his daughter’s abduction by grabbing the most likely suspect (Paul Dano), hidings him away and trying to beat the truth out of him. The first two-thirds of Villeneuve’s Hollywood debut play out like an intimate metaphor for America’s response to 9/11, with Jackman’s contractor standing in for George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld and Jake Gyllenhaal’s twitchy but by-the-book detective representing Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty. Jackman’s entirely convincing as a righteous hothead, but Villeneuve’s unable to keep Aaron Guzikowski’s screenplay from collapsing into overwrought, mildly preposterous contrivance when the time comes to wrap things up. And there’s simply no reason this movie needed to be two and a half hours long. 153 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinemas, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity

Red Obsession (Warwick Ross, David Roach) uses China’s recent headlong plunge into the global wine market as a case study in hyper-commodification. Now the dominant consumers of Bordeaux, the Chinese have driven obscene prices even higher. Depicting China’s 1 per cent as status-obsessed nouveaux riche is hardly a revelation, and little in the narrative is especially cinematic. Some subtitles. 80 min. NNN (Jose Teodoro) TIFF Bell Lightbox Riddick (David Twohy) is the kind of low-

stakes, hyper-violent trifle that a Hollywood built on PG-13 compromise can’t really stomach. Vin Diesel’s convict-cumgalactic-overlord is double-crossed and marooned on an abandoned planet populated by deadly reptilian predators. In order to escape, he triggers a beacon alerting two duelling gangs of mercenary bounty hunters. The plan is to pick off enough of them so he can hijack one of their ships and blast back to his home planet. For all its hardnosed silliness, and even its flip misogyny (Katee Sackhoff appears as a self-possessed mercenary only so she can later be bedded by Diesel’s burly superman), Riddick is solid B-movie filmmaking. If you’re susceptible to this kind of thing, there’s plenty of fun to be had. 119 min. NNN (JS) Coliseum Mississauga, Eglinton Town Centre, Yonge & Dundas 24

The Right Kind of Wrong (Jeremiah Chechik) 97 min. See review, page 80. NN (RS) Opens Oct 11 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinemas, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24 Romeo & Juliet (Carlo Carlei) 122 min. See review, page 80. N (NW) Opens Oct 11 at Canada Square, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas24

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Runner Runner (Brad Furman) is prac-

tically a photocopy of the recent Paranoia. Oh, it’s set in Costa Rica rather than Manhattan and the backdrop is online gambling rather than cellphones. But everything else is awfully familiar: the unresolved issues with our hero’s dad (John Heard), the ambiguously motivated love interest (Gemma Arterton) and the surly federal agent (Anthony Mackie, who at least has a little fun with it) who’s after bigger fish than our hero. The whole thing’s structured so that the resourceful working-class hero (Justin Timberlake) can bring down the scumbag (Ben Affleck) in the expensive suits. It’s just a matter of how and when, and neither of those answers is as clever as the movie thinks it is. Some subtitles. 91 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Cineplex Cinemas Empress Walk, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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djelloul) introduces little-known musician Rodriguez, unravelling a mystery that nobody knew they wanted the answer to. The Detroit-based 70s folksinger never found an audience in the States and ended up fading into the shadows. Don’t google Rodriguez before seeing this doc, whose pleasures come from the enigma it constructs and the revelations it delivers. 85 min. NNN (RS) Regent Theatre

The Short Game (Josh Greenbaum) draws on the well-worn pleasure of seeing pushy parents drive their kids to success. The doc follows a group of striving seven- and eightyear-olds and their parent-coaches (or “daddy caddies”) as they train and compete at the 2012 Kids Golf World Championships in North Carolina. Its thin criticism feels like it’s contributing to the same crummy culture it pretends to condemn. 100 min. NN (JS) Kingsway Theatre Smurfs 2 (Raja Gosnell) taps into the ori-

gin story of Smurfette, the creation of evil wizard Gargamel, who was made honest by Papa Smurf and is now being held captive and plied to return to the dark side. Smurfette is the most complicated among her wholesome (read dull) and bite-sized species. That just means she has two dimensions instead of one, not enough to elevate all the 3D mediocrity in this strained, witless sequel. 105 min. NN (RS) Interchange 30 continued on page 86 œ

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ñThe Spectacular Now

(James Ponsoldt) traces the tender romance between Georgia teens Sutter (Miles Teller) and Aimee (Shailene Woodley), who meet cute when she finds him on a lawn after a drunken night and helps him locate his missing car. They start dating – and he starts her drinking – and together they edge tentatively toward what lies beyond the end of high school, which is inevitably complicated by matters of family, grades and self-image. And the booze doesn’t help any of that. Teller and Woodley are terrific at portraying unexpected moments of growth, and Teller particularly shines at revealing flashes of Sutter’s emotional mechanisms and then snatching them back. The Spectacular Now would be a very different movie without him. 95 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema

ñThis Is the End

(Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg) finds Rogen dragging visiting pal Jay Baruchel to a party at James Franco’s place just as the apocalypse hits. Rogen and long-time collaborator Goldberg have written and directed an end-ofthe-world comedy that plays like a 21st century Ghostbusters, and I guarantee you won’t see the ending coming. 107 min. NNNN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Lynn Shelton) 88 min. See interview and review, page 78. (NW) Opens Oct 11 at Carlton Cinema

The Trials of Muhammad Ali (Bill Sie-

gel) is a documentary about the boxer’s fight to overturn a prison sentence for refusing U.S. military service in Vietnam. See review October 11 at nowtoronto.com/ movies. 94 min. Opens Oct 11 at Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

ñ2 Guns

(Baltasar Kormákur) pairs Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg as Texas gunmen who accidentally steal $43.125 million dollars of the wrong people’s money and must shoot a whole lot of bad guys to get themselves out of trouble. You can’t help but enjoy the ride. Some subtitles. 109 min. NNNN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16

ñWadjda

(Haifaa Al-Mansour) is the debut feature written and directed by Saudi Arabia’s first female filmmaker. A 10-year-old schoolgirl Wadjda (Waad Mohammed) enters a Koran study contest so she can buy a bicycle with the winnings. The premise is sly enough – females aren’t allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia – and Mohammed is appealing as the young heroine, but Al-Mansour’s depiction of

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everyday Saudi life is what counts here. The sexes are divided, women’s bodies and heads must be covered in public, and schools dole out harsh discipline to keep female students in line. A subplot featuring Wadjda’s unmarried mother (Reem Abdullah, who’s excellent) and father – who has another family – echoes the theme of male privilege. But the film still manages to radiate joy. There was so much resistance in parts of Riyadh where the film is set that Al-Mansour had to hide in a van during shooting. Top marks for persistence. Subtitled. 97 min. NNNN (SGC) Varsity

ñWatermark

(Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky) feels very much like a continuation of Manufactured Landscapes, collaborators Baichwal and Bur tynsky’s previous work, once again exploring the effects of human industry on the natural world – in this case, our oceans and rivers. Baichwal’s contemplative approach meshes nicely with Burtynsky’s fondness for finding geometric patterns in gargantuan constructions like dams and aquifers, and producer-cinematographer Nicholas de Pencier captures some splendid high-definition images. (Watermark may set a record for the most helicopter shots in a Canadian production.) Baichwal and Burtynsky cushion their potentially grim ecological message with philosophical digressions and moments of unexpected whimsy, which seems like an awfully good idea right now. Some subtitles. 90 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Kingsway Theatre, TIFF Bell Lightbox, Varsity

ñThe Way, Way Back

(Nat Faxon, Jim Rash) is a richly textured coming-ofage picture about 14-year-old Duncan (Liam James), who’s dragged to a cottage for the summer by his distracted mother (Toni Collette) and her new boyfriend (Steve Carell) and befriended by the manager of a nearby water park (Sam Rockwell). Don’t wait for the DVD. 103 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Mt Pleasant

We’re the Millers (Rawson Marshall

Thurber) takes a reasonably interesting idea – a low-level drug dealer (Jason Sudeikis) recruits a stripper (Jennifer Aniston), a runaway (Emma Roberts) and the weird kid next door (Will Poulter) to pose as his family so he can smuggle drugs over the border in an RV – and does as little as possible with it. And that’s a real disappointment, given the talent assembled. 110 min. NN (NW) Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, SilverCity Fairview, Yonge & Dundas 24

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ñThe World’s End

(Edgar Wright) completes Wright and co-writer/star Simon Pegg’s unofficial trilogy begun with Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz by following five old friends (Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman and Eddie Marsan) who reunite at 40 to recreate the epic pub crawl they began – but never finished – as teenagers. Funny and moving, it’s a fitting bookend to Shaun, though this time the ending doesn’t quite land as well as it could. 109 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Yonge & Dundas 24 3

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ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE (14A) Thu 1:40, 3:45, 7:15, 9:20 Fri-Mon 1:40, 4:20 Tue 1:40, 4:20, 6:55, 9:30 Wed 1:40, 4:20, 9:30 AUSTENLAND (PG) 2:00, 6:45 Thu 4:10, 9:05 BLOOD IN THE SNOW Thu 9:00 BLUE JASMINE (14A) Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:25, 6:55, 9:15 DON JON (18A) Thu 1:35 3:50 7:10 9:15 Fri-Wed 1:35, 4:15, 7:05, 9:20 EASTERN BREEZE FESTIVAL Fri, Mon 7:00 Sat-Sun 3:00 ELYSIUM (14A) Thu 4:00 Fri-Wed 4:05, 9:30 THE FAMILY (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:25 Fri-Wed 4:00, 9:30 15 REASONS TO LIVE (14A) Fri-Wed 1:45, 7:15 GHOST TEAM ONE (14A) Fri 9:00 GIRL MOST LIKELY (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:20, 6:55, 9:10 THE GIRL MOST LIKELY TO... Fri-Wed 1:45, 7:00 GOOD OL’ FREDA (G) Thu 1:35, 7:20 IN A WORLD... (14A) Thu 1:45, 3:55, 7:05, 9:10 Fri 4:20, 9:25 Sat-Wed 4:10, 9:05 INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 (14A) Thu 4:05 LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER (14A) Fri-Wed 1:30, 6:45 MACHETE KILLS (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:00, 6:50, 9:10 Sat-Sun 1:40, 4:00, 6:50, 9:10, 9:30 THE SPECTACULAR NOW (14A) Thu 1:50, 6:50 TOUCHY FEELY Fri-Wed 1:55, 4:05, 7:10, 9:20 THE WAY, WAY BACK (PG) Thu 1:25, 7:00 THE WORLD’S END (14A) Thu 4:15, 9:30 Fri-Wed 4:10

BLUE JASMINE (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:15, 9:30 CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (14A) Fri-Mon 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:55 Tue-Wed 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 GRAVITY 3D (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:15, 7:00, 9:20 Fri-Mon 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:50, 10:05 Tue-Wed 2:35, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER (14A) Thu 3:00, 10:00 PARKLAND (PG) Thu 2:10, 4:40, 7:30, 9:50 Fri-Mon 12:20, 2:35, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 Tue 1:45, 4:05, 6:35, 8:55 Wed 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 PRISONERS (14A) Thu 2:45, 6:05, 9:30 Fri-Mon 12:30, 3:45, 7:05, 10:20 Tue 2:45, 6:05, 9:35 Wed 2:45, 9:55 ROMEO & JULIET Fri-Mon 2:00, 4:45, 7:30, 10:10 Tue-Wed 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55 RUSH (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Mon 1:45, 4:35, 7:25, 10:15 Tue-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 9:50 WADJDA (PG) Thu 1:35, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 Fri-Mon 12:40, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 Tue-Wed 2:20, 4:45, 7:15, 9:40 WATERMARK (G) Thu 1:45, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 Fri-Mon 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:35, 10:00 Tue-Wed 2:10, 4:35, 7:00, 9:25

BLOOR HOT DOCS CINEMA (I) 506 BLOOR ST. W., 416-637-3123

RAINBOW MARKET SQUARE (I) MARKET SQUARE, 80 FRONT ST E, 416-494-9371

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (14A) 12:35, 3:35, 6:45, 9:35 Sat, Tue 11:10 late CHRISTINE Sat, Tue 12:00 CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (G) 12:45, 3:00, 5:05, 7:10, 9:15 DON JON (18A) Thu 12:40, 2:40, 4:45, 7:00, 9:10 Fri, SunMon, Wed 9:25 Sat, Tue 9:25, 11:15 GRAVITY (PG) Thu 3:00, 5:00, 7:10, 9:30 Fri, Sun-Mon, Wed 12:50, 3:05, 5:00, 7:10, 9:30 Sat, Tue 12:50, 3:05, 5:00, 7:10, 9:30, 11:20 MACHETE KILLS (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri, Sun-Mon, Wed 12:40, 3:00, 5:10, 7:20, 9:45 Sat, Tue 12:40, 3:00, 5:10, 7:20, 9:45, 11:30 PRISONERS (14A) Thu 12:30, 3:45, 6:45 THE RIGHT KIND OF WRONG (14A) Fri-Wed 1:05, 3:50, 6:50, 9:35 RUNNER RUNNER (14A) 12:55, 3:05, 5:05, 7:15 Thu 9:40 RUSH (14A) Thu 1:05, 3:50, 6:50, 9:35

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CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (14A) Fri-Mon 12:25, 3:20, 6:30, 9:40 Tue-Wed 2:30, 5:30, 8:30 GRAVITY 3D (PG) Thu 1:30, 3:45, 6:10, 8:30 Fri-Mon 12:35, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 Tue-Wed 2:00, 4:20, 6:50, 9:15 PARKLAND (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:15, 6:30, 9:10 PRISONERS (14A) Thu 2:15, 5:30, 8:45 Fri-Mon 12:15, 3:30, 6:45, 10:00 Tue-Wed 1:35, 5:05, 8:45 RUSH (14A) Thu 3:10, 6:00, 9:00 Fri-Mon 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:50 Tue-Wed 3:00, 6:00, 9:00

YONGE & DUNDAS 24 (CE) 10 DUNDAS ST E, 416-335-5323

THE ART OF THE STEAL (14A) Thu 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 Fri-Wed 9:10 BAGGAGE CLAIM (PG) Thu 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 Fri, Tue 1:35, 4:00, 7:10, 9:35 Sat-Mon 1:25, 4:00, 7:10, 9:35 Wed 1:35, 4:00, 9:45 BATTLE OF THE YEAR 3D (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:05, 7:00, 10:00 Fri 1:50, 4:25, 7:00, 10:00 Sat-Mon 1:05, 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 BESHARAM (14A) Thu-Mon 1:55, 5:45, 9:05 Tue-Wed 9:05 BLUE JASMINE (14A) Thu 2:35, 4:55, 7:20, 10:05 Fri 2:30, 5:05, 7:35, 10:20 Sat 11:50, 2:30, 5:05, 7:35, 10:20 Sun-Mon

12:05, 2:30, 5:05, 7:35, 10:20 Tue-Wed 7:35, 10:20 CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (14A) Thu 9:30 Fri 3:20, 6:30, 9:30 SatMon 1:15, 4:20, 7:25, 10:30 Tue-Wed 3:20, 6:25, 9:30 CAPTAIN PHILLIPS: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE (14A) Fri, TueWed 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 Sat-Mon 12:15, 3:20, 6:25, 9:30 CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (G) Thu 2:50, 5:15, 10:10 Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:15, 6:40 CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 3D (G) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 6:40, 9:10 Fri, Tue-Wed 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:10 Sat-Mon 12:25, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:10 DESPICABLE ME 2 (G) Thu-Fri 2:10, 4:35 Sat 11:45, 2:10, 4:35 Sun-Mon 12:00, 2:25, 4:55 DREAM THEATER: LIVE AT LUNA PARK Thu 9:55 ENOUGH SAID (PG) 2:20, 4:45, 7:15, 9:35 Sat-Mon 12:00 mat THE FACE READER (14A) 3:30, 6:35, 9:40 Sat-Mon 12:10 mat FUNNY GIRL Thu, Tue 2:00 Fri 1:30 Sat 6:45 Sun 12:45 Mon 7:15 Wed 4:00 HOUSE OF WAX Sat 9:55 Sun 9:40 Tue 7:30 Wed 2:00 INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:40, 10:30 Fri 2:00, 5:00, 7:30, 10:05 Sat-Mon 1:40, 5:00, 7:30, 10:05 TueWed 2:00, 5:00, 7:35, 10:05 LA BAMBA Fri 9:45 Sat 4:30 Sun 4:00 Mon 2:00 Tue 5:00 LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER (14A) Thu 3:20, 10:25 Fri 1:30, 4:30, 7:25, 10:25 Sat-Mon 12:30, 3:40, 6:45, 10:15 Tue-Wed 1:30, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 METALLICA: THROUGH THE NEVER – AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (14A) Thu 7:30, 10:05 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: OTHELLO - ENCORE Sat 8:50, 12:30 ON THE JOB (14A) Thu 7:15, 10:00 PACIFIC RIM (PG) Fri 4:30 Sat-Mon 12:40, 3:40 PACIFIC RIM 3D (PG) Fri 7:25, 10:20 Sat-Mon 6:40, 9:40 PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS (PG) Thu 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55 Fri 1:45, 4:20, 6:55, 9:25 Sat-Mon 1:45, 4:25, 6:55, 9:25 RIDDICK (14A) Thu, Tue-Wed 7:40, 10:25 Fri-Mon 1:35, 4:50, 7:40, 10:25 THE RIGHT KIND OF WRONG (14A) 3:00, 5:25, 7:50, 10:30 Sat-Mon 12:35 mat ROMEO & JULIET Fri, Tue-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 SatMon 1:00, 4:05, 7:10, 10:00 ROYAL BALLET: DON QUIXOTE Wed 7:00 RUNNER RUNNER (14A) Thu 3:30, 4:50, 5:50, 7:10, 8:10, 9:30, 10:30 Fri, Tue-Wed 2:15, 3:15, 4:35, 5:35, 6:55, 7:55, 9:15, 10:15 Sat-Mon 12:00, 12:55, 2:15, 3:15, 4:35, 5:35, 6:55, 7:55, 9:15, 10:15 THE SEVENTH SEAL Thu 5:00 THE SPY (14A) Thu 7:20 THIS IS THE END (18A) Thu-Mon 7:20, 9:55 VERMEER AND MUSIC: THE ART OF LOVE AND LEISURE Thu 7:30 Fri 4:30, 7:30 Mon 4:30 WE’RE THE MILLERS (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:10, 6:55, 9:45 Fri 1:40, 4:10, 6:50, 9:45 Sat-Mon 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:45 Tue-Wed 7:00, 9:45 WITHNAIL AND I Sun 6:50 Mon 10:55 Tue 9:45 Wed 10:30 THE WIZARD OF OZ: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE (G) Thu 2:30, 5:00 THE WORLD’S END (14A) 1:10, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50 Thu 1:40 4:20 7:05 9:50 Fri only 1:40 4:15 6:50 9:50 YOUNG DETECTIVE DEE: RISE OF THE SEA DRAGON (PG) Thu 10:15

Midtown CANADA SQUARE (CE) 2200 YONGE ST, 416-646-0444

THE ATTACK (14A) Thu 4:10, 6:30 Fri 4:10, 6:40, 9:00 SatSun 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:00 Mon 1:20, 3:50, 6:10 Tue-Wed 4:10, 6:40 AUSTENLAND (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:20 BLUE JASMINE (14A) Thu 4:20, 6:40 Fri 4:30, 7:00, 9:15 Sat-Sun 2:10, 4:30, 7:00, 9:15 Mon 2:00, 4:30, 7:00 TueWed 4:30, 7:00 DESPICABLE ME 2 (G) Thu, Tue-Wed 3:30, 5:50 Fri 3:30, 5:50, 8:10 Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:20, 5:50, 8:10 Mon 1:00, 3:20, 6:30 HAUTE CUISINE (PG) Thu 4:30, 6:40 Fri 4:30, 7:00, 9:10 Sat-Sun 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:10 Mon 2:00, 4:30, 7:00 TueWed 4:30, 7:00 IN A WORLD... (14A) Thu 3:55, 6:10 LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER (14A) Fri 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Mon 12:30, 3:30, 6:30 Tue-Wed 3:30, 6:30 ROMEO & JULIET Fri 3:40, 6:50, 9:25 Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:40, 6:50, 9:25 Mon 1:00, 3:50, 6:40 Tue-Wed 4:15, 6:50 THE SPECTACULAR NOW (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:00 WATERMARK (G) Fri 3:50, 6:20, 8:40 Sat-Sun 1:30, 3:50, 6:20, 8:40 Mon 1:10, 3:40, 6:00 Tue-Wed 3:50, 6:20 WE’RE THE MILLERS (14A) Thu, Tue-Wed 3:40, 6:10 Fri

3:40, 6:10, 8:50 Sat-Sun 1:10, 3:40, 6:10, 8:50 Mon 1:50, 4:20, 6:45

MT PLEASANT (I)

675 MT PLEASANT RD, 416-489-8484 AUSTENLAND (PG) Fri-Sat 9:15 Sun-Mon 7:00 THE WAY, WAY BACK (PG) Thu-Sat, Wed 7:00 Sun-Mon 4:30

REGENT THEATRE (I) 551 MT PLEASANT RD, 416-480-9884

BEFORE MIDNIGHT (14A) Thu-Sat, Wed 7:00 Sun-Mon 4:30 SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN (PG) Fri-Sat 9:10 Sun-Mon 7:00

SILVERCITY YONGE (CE) 2300 YONGE ST, 416-544-1236

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (14A) Fri, Sun 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:25 Sat 12:50, 3:50, 7:00, 10:20 Mon 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 Tue 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Wed 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (G) Thu, TueWed 1:40 Fri-Mon 12:30 CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 3D (G) Thu 4:10, 7:20, 9:45 Fri-Sun 1:00, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 10:00 Mon 1:00, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Tue-Wed 4:20, 6:40, 9:00 DON JON (18A) Thu 2:10, 4:30, 6:50, 10:10 Fri-Sun 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:10 Mon 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:05 Tue 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 9:55 Wed 2:20, 4:50, 7:30 ENOUGH SAID (PG) Thu 1:30, 4:05, 6:40, 9:15 Fri-Mon 1:30, 4:00, 6:40, 9:40 Tue 1:20, 3:55, 6:30, 9:20 Wed 1:20, 3:55, 6:30, 9:55 THE FAMILY (14A) Thu 1:00, 4:40, 10:05 FUNNY GIRL Sun 12:45 GRAVITY 3D (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:25, 5:40, 7:55, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:20, 3:35, 6:00, 8:20, 10:45 Mon 1:20, 3:35, 6:00, 8:15, 10:30 Tue-Wed 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER (14A) Thu 1:05, 9:50 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: OTHELLO - ENCORE Sat 12:30 PRISONERS (14A) Thu 2:50, 6:10, 9:30 Fri, Mon 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:20 Sat 4:20, 6:30, 9:50 Sun 3:45, 7:00, 10:20 Tue 3:00, 6:20, 9:40 Wed 3:00, 9:40 THE RIGHT KIND OF WRONG (14A) Fri-Sun 12:35, 3:00, 5:25, 8:00, 10:35 Mon 12:35, 3:00, 5:25, 8:00, 10:25 Tue 2:00, 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 Wed 4:30, 7:20, 9:50 ROYAL BALLET: DON QUIXOTE Wed 7:00 RUNNER RUNNER (14A) Thu 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 9:55 Fri, Sun 12:50, 3:10, 5:45, 8:10, 10:40 Sat 2:00, 8:10, 10:40 Mon 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 8:10, 10:30 Tue-Wed 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 RUSH (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Mon 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:15 Tue 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:45 Wed 1:10, 4:00, 10:00 VERMEER AND MUSIC: THE ART OF LOVE AND LEISURE Thu 7:30

Metro

West End HUMBER CINEMAS (I) 2442 BLOOR ST. WEST, 416-769-2442

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (14A) Fri-Tue 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 Wed 3:50, 6:40, 9:30 CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (G) Thu 4:00, 7:10, 9:35 Fri-Tue 1:15, 3:40, 7:00, 9:10 Wed 3:40, 7:00, 9:10 GRAVITY (PG) Thu 3:40, 7:00, 9:15 Fri-Tue 1:30, 4:00, 6:50, 9:00 Wed 4:00, 6:50, 9:00 PRISONERS (14A) Thu 3:20, 6:30, 9:25 THE RIGHT KIND OF WRONG (14A) Fri-Tue 1:45, 4:10, 7:10, 9:20 Wed 4:10, 7:10, 9:20 RUSH (14A) Thu 3:30, 6:45, 9:45

KINGSWAY THEATRE (I) 3030 BLOOR ST W, 416-232-1939

AUSTENLAND (PG) Thu 4:10 BLACKFISH (PG) Thu 5:45 Fri-Wed 6:00 BLUE JASMINE (14A) Thu 2:20, 7:30 Fri-Wed 4:25, 7:45 CUTIE AND THE BOXER (PG) Thu 6:00 Fri-Wed 11:30 DESPICABLE ME 2 (G) Thu 12:30 Fri-Wed 1:00 15 REASONS TO LIVE (14A) Fri-Wed 7:30

GOOD OL’ FREDA (G) Thu 7:15 Fri-Wed 4:30 HANNAH ARENDT (PG) 8:55 IN A WORLD... (14A) 9:20 ITALY: LOVE IT, OR LEAVE IT Thu 2:20 Fri-Wed 1:15 MUSEUM HOURS (PG) Thu 3:50 Fri-Wed 2:45 THE SHORT GAME (G) Thu 12:35 Fri-Wed 11:30 WATERMARK (G) Fri-Wed 2:45, 6:15

QUEENSWAY (CE)

1025 THE QUEENSWAY, QEW & ISLINGTON, 416-503-0424 BAGGAGE CLAIM (PG) Thu 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35 CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (14A) Thu 9:30 Fri-Sun 1:05, 4:15, 7:25, 10:40 Mon 1:05, 4:15, 7:20, 10:25 Tue-Wed 1:05, 4:10, 7:20, 10:25 CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (G) Thu 1:15, 3:50, 6:45, 7:25, 9:55 Fri, Sun-Mon 1:40, 4:10, 6:50 Sat 11:10, 1:40, 4:10, 6:50 Tue-Wed 1:35, 4:05, 6:40 CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 3D (G) Thu 2:10, 4:40 Fri-Mon 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20 Tue-Wed 2:15, 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 DON JON (18A) Thu 1:10, 3:25, 5:45, 8:05, 10:30 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:15, 5:40, 8:05, 10:25 Mon-Wed 1:25, 4:00, 6:45, 9:20 ELYSIUM (14A) Thu 9:25 ENOUGH SAID (PG) Thu 2:55, 5:30, 8:00, 10:25 Fri-Sun 12:35, 2:55, 5:15, 7:40, 10:10 Mon 12:35, 2:55, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 Tue 2:30, 5:10, 7:40, 10:10 Wed 2:30, 5:10, 7:40 THE FAMILY (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:45, 6:35 Fri, Mon 1:15, 4:05, 7:05, 9:45 Sat-Sun 4:05, 7:05, 9:45 Tue 1:20, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 Wed 1:20, 4:00, 10:10 FUNNY GIRL Sun 12:45 GRAVITY 3D (PG) Thu 1:05, 2:00, 3:30, 4:20, 5:50, 6:55, 8:10, 9:20, 10:30 Fri, Sun-Mon 12:30, 1:10, 2:50, 3:30, 5:10, 5:50, 7:30, 8:10, 9:50, 10:30 Sat 12:15, 1:10, 2:50, 3:30, 5:10, 5:50, 7:30, 8:10, 9:50, 10:30 Tue-Wed 1:10, 1:40, 3:30, 4:25, 5:50, 6:50, 8:10, 9:35, 10:30 INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:15, 7:00 Fri-Wed 10:05 LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER (14A) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 10:00 FriMon 12:55, 3:55, 7:00 Tue-Wed 12:55, 3:55, 7:05 MACHETE KILLS (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45 Sat 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45 Sun 12:10, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:45 Mon 1:45, 4:40, 7:35, 10:10 Tue-Wed 1:45, 4:40, 7:45, 10:20 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: OTHELLO - ENCORE Sat 12:30 PARKLAND (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:05, 6:50, 9:30 Fri-Sun 9:30 Mon-Wed 9:25 PRISONERS (14A) Thu, Wed 3:00, 6:40, 10:05 Fri-Sat 12:25, 3:45, 7:15, 10:35 Sun 12:25, 3:50, 7:15, 10:35 Mon 12:25, 3:45, 7:00, 10:30 Tue 3:00, 6:35, 10:05 THE RIGHT KIND OF WRONG (14A) Fri, Mon-Tue 12:35, 3:00, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 Sat-Sun 12:20, 3:00, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 Wed 3:40, 6:30, 9:00 ROMEO & JULIET Fri-Tue 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Wed 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 ROYAL BALLET: DON QUIXOTE Wed 7:00 RUNNER RUNNER (14A) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:20, 9:45 Fri, Sun 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:25, 10:45 Sat 1:35, 6:00, 8:25, 10:45 MonWed 2:10, 4:45, 7:15, 9:40 RUSH (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:25, 7:15, 10:10 Fri-Sat, Mon 12:45, 3:50, 6:55, 9:55 Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:55, 9:55 Tue 1:00, 3:50, 6:55, 9:55 Wed 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:55 VERMEER AND MUSIC: THE ART OF LOVE AND LEISURE Thu 7:30 WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (G) Sat 11:00 WE’RE THE MILLERS (14A) Thu 1:25, 4:30, 10:35

RAINBOW WOODBINE (I)

WOODBINE CENTRE, 500 REXDALE BLVD, 416-213-1998 BAGGAGE CLAIM (PG) Thu 1:20, 4:15, 7:15, 9:35 Fri-Wed 4:15, 9:40 BATTLE OF THE YEAR (PG) Thu 1:15, 6:55 CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (14A) Fri-Wed 12:55, 3:45, 6:40, 9:30 CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (G) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:20 DON JON (18A) Thu 3:45, 9:25 GRAVITY (PG) Thu 1:25 4:15 7:10 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:25, 4:15, 7:10, 9:35 INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:05, 7:05, 9:30 MACHETE KILLS (14A) Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:05, 7:05, 9:40 PRISONERS (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:30, 8:00 Fri-Wed 1:05, 6:30 THE RIGHT KIND OF WRONG (14A) Fri-Wed 1:15, 3:55, 6:55, 9:25 RUNNER RUNNER (14A) Thu 1:05, 4:10, 7:05, 9:45 Fri-Tue 1:10, 4:10, 7:15, 9:45 Wed 4:10, 7:15, 9:45 continued on page 88 œ

SCOTIABANK THEATRE (CE) 259 RICHMOND ST W, 416-368-5600

THE CONJURING (14A) Thu 7:15 Fri-Sun 2:20, 5:00, 7:45, 10:20 Mon-Wed 2:15, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 DON JON (18A) Thu 1:00, 1:30, 3:15, 3:50, 7:00, 8:20, 10:00, 10:40 Fri-Sun 1:20, 2:40, 3:35, 4:55, 6:00, 7:25, 8:25, 9:45, 10:45 Mon 1:35, 2:45, 3:50, 5:00, 6:05, 7:20, 8:20, 9:45, 10:45 Tue 1:30, 2:45, 3:50, 5:00, 6:05, 7:20, 8:20, 9:45, 10:45 Wed 12:55, 1:30, 3:15, 3:50, 6:05, 8:20, 9:45, 10:45 ELYSIUM (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:15, 6:50, 10:10 THE FAMILY (14A) Thu, Mon 12:55, 3:20, 6:10, 8:45 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:15, 6:10, 8:50 Tue-Wed 12:55, 3:20, 6:15, 8:45 GRAVITY 3D (PG) Thu 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 4:15, 4:45, 5:15, 6:35,

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Baggage Claim (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Battle of the Year 3D (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Captain Phillips (14A) Fri-Sun 12:55, 4:00, 7:15, 10:25 Mon-Wed 12:45, 3:55, 7:05, 10:15 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Thu 1:30, 4:05 Fri, Sun-Mon 2:20, 4:50 Sat 11:45, 2:20, 4:50 Tue 2:15, 4:45 Wed 2:00, 4:30 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu 2:20, 4:50, 7:25, 9:55 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:00, 5:30, 8:00, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:10, 4:00, 6:50, 9:20 Don Jon (18A) Thu 1:25, 3:50, 10:10 Fri, Sun 2:30, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 Sat 12:00, 2:30, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 Mon-Wed 1:00, 3:30, 6:30, 9:15 The Family (14A) Thu 6:45 Gravity 3D (PG) Thu 1:15, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 Fri, Sun 1:15, 3:35, 5:55, 8:10, 10:30 Sat 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 MonWed 1:15, 4:10, 7:40, 10:05 Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Mon 7:20, 10:00 Tue 7:15, 9:50 Wed 9:50 Machete Kills (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri, Sun 2:05, 4:50, 7:35, 10:20 Sat 11:30, 2:05, 4:50, 7:35, 10:20 Mon-Wed 2:05, 4:50, 7:35, 10:15 Prisoners (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:40, 8:10 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:30, 6:40, 10:10 Sat 11:50, 3:20, 6:50, 10:20 The Right Kind of Wrong (14A) 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Sat 11:40 mat Runner Runner (14A) Thu 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 FriWed 1:55, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Rush (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:40, 6:45, 9:45 Mon 12:45, 3:40, 6:45, 9:45 Tue-Wed 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 10:00 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (G) Sat 11:00

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Baggage Claim (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 Besharam (14A) Thu 1:50, 5:30, 9:30 Fri-Mon 12:30, 3:50, 7:15, 10:30 Tue-Wed 4:45, 8:45 Captain Phillips (14A) Thu 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:25, 4:30, 7:35, 10:45 Mon 1:10, 4:15, 7:20, 10:30 Tue-Wed 3:50, 7:00, 10:10 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Thu 1:30, 4:00, 6:30 Fri, Sun 2:00, 4:30 Sat 11:00, 11:40, 2:10, 4:40 Mon 1:40, 4:15 Tue-Wed 4:00 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu 2:20, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:25, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15 Mon 12:15, 2:40, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 Tue-Wed 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Don Jon (18A) Thu 2:50, 5:20, 7:45, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:20, 3:40, 6:00, 8:20, 10:45 Mon 12:20, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 10:00 Tue-Wed 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 Enough Said (PG) Thu 1:25, 4:45, 7:10, 9:30 Fri-Mon 12:00, 2:20, 4:40, 7:05, 9:35 Tue-Wed 5:05, 7:25, 9:55 The Family (14A) Thu 1:55, 4:40, 7:20, 10:05 Fri-Sat 1:35, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 Sun 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 Mon 1:20, 4:05, 6:50, 9:30 Tue 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 Wed 6:45, 9:30 Funny Girl Sun 12:45 Gravity 3D (PG) Thu 2:00, 3:00, 4:30, 5:30, 6:50, 7:50, 9:15, 10:15 Fri-Sun 12:20, 1:00, 2:40, 3:20, 5:05, 5:45, 7:30, 8:10, 10:00, 10:40 Mon 12:10, 12:40, 2:30, 3:00, 4:55, 5:25, 7:20, 7:50, 9:50, 10:20 Tue-Wed 4:15, 5:15, 7:00, 7:40, 9:25, 10:05 Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) Thu 3:55, 6:45, 9:35 Fri, Sun 7:00, 9:40 Sat 7:15, 9:55 Mon 6:55, 9:40 Tue-Wed 6:30, 9:20 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (14A) Thu 3:40, 6:40 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:50 Mon 12:30, 3:35, 6:40, 9:45 Tue-Wed 3:35, 6:35, 9:45 Machete Kills (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:00, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:50 Mon 2:00, 4:50, 7:40, 10:25 Tue 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Wed 4:00, 7:15, 10:00 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:00 Prisoners (14A) Thu, Tue-Wed 3:30, 6:50, 10:15 Fri-Sat 12:15, 3:35, 6:55, 10:25 Sun 12:50, 3:55, 7:20, 10:50 Mon 12:00, 3:20, 6:45, 10:10 Riddick (14A) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 9:55 The Right Kind of Wrong (14A) Fri-Sat 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 Sun 12:15, 2:45, 5:10, 7:40, 10:15 Mon 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15 Tue-Wed 5:10, 7:45, 10:15 Romeo & Juliet Fri-Mon 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Tue-Wed 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 Runner Runner (14A) Thu 2:30, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 Fri-Sun 12:55, 3:15, 5:40, 8:05, 10:35 Mon 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20 Tue-Wed 5:00, 7:25, 9:50 Rush (14A) Thu 4:05, 6:55, 9:55 Fri-Mon 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:35 Tue-Wed 3:55, 6:40, 9:40 Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure Thu 7:30 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (G) Sat 11:00 We’re the Millers (14A) Thu 9:20

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East End Beach Cinemas (AA) 1651 Queen St E, 416-699-1327

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Blue Jasmine (14A) Thu 4:15, 7:10 Captain Phillips (14A) Thu 9:30 Fri-Sun 1:25, 4:30, 7:35, 10:40 Mon 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Tue-Wed 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) 12:00 Sat 2:20 mat Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu 4:40, 7:00, 9:10 Fri, Sun 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 Sat 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 Mon 2:20, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 Tue-Wed 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 Don Jon (18A) Thu, Tue-Wed 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:10, 5:40, 8:00, 10:25 Mon 2:00, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 Gravity 3D (PG) Thu, Tue-Wed 4:20, 6:45, 9:15 Fri-Sun 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Mon 1:00, 4:20, 6:45, 9:15 Gravity: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG) Thu, Tue-Wed 4:50, 7:15, 9:45 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Mon 1:30, 4:50, 7:15, 9:45 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:50 National Theatre Live: Othello - Encore Sat 12:30 Parkland (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 Prisoners (14A) Thu, Wed 3:20, 6:40, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:00, 3:20, 6:40, 10:20 Mon 12:00, 3:20, 6:40, 10:15 Tue 3:20, 6:40, 10:15 The Right Kind of Wrong (14A) Fri-Sun 12:35, 3:00, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 Mon 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:40 Tue-Wed 3:30, 6:30, 9:40 Romeo & Juliet Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Mon 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 Tue-Wed 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 Royal Ballet: Don Quixote Wed 7:00 Runner Runner (14A) Thu 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Fri-Sun 2:30, 5:00, 7:20, 10:10 Mon 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:10 Tue-Wed 5:00, 7:30, 10:10 Rush (14A) Thu 3:50, 9:55 Fri, Sun 1:50, 4:50, 7:40, 10:35 Sat 4:50, 7:40, 10:35 Mon 1:15, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 Tue 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 Wed 4:15 The Spy (14A) Thu 9:50

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Fairview Mall, 1800 Sheppard Ave E, 416-644-7746 Baggage Claim (PG) Thu 2:10, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Captain Phillips (14A) Thu 9:30 Fri, Sun, Tue 1:50, 4:00, 7:05, 10:20 Sat 12:50, 4:00, 7:05, 10:20 Mon 1:10, 3:30, 6:45, 9:50 Wed 1:40, 4:15, 7:15, 9:50 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Thu 2:20 Fri, Sun, Tue 1:35 Sat 12:00, 2:30 Mon 1:00 Wed 1:50 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu 4:55, 7:35, 10:00 Fri-Sun, Tue 5:00, 7:30, 9:55 Mon, Wed 4:20, 6:50, 9:20 The Family (14A) Thu 1:35, 4:15, 6:50 Funny Girl Sun 1:00 Gravity 3D (PG) Thu 2:30, 5:05, 7:25, 9:50 Fri, Sun, Tue 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 Sat 12:20, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 Mon 2:15, 4:35, 7:10, 9:30 Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:40 Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:30, 7:05, 9:40 Machete Kills (14A) Fri, Sun, Tue 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 Sat 11:40, 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 Mon 1:55, 4:30, 7:00, 9:40 Wed 1:30, 4:25, 7:05, 9:45 Prisoners (14A) Thu 2:40, 6:10, 9:35 Fri, Tue 1:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 Sat 12:30, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 Sun 1:25, 3:50, 7:10, 10:30 Mon 3:10, 6:40, 9:55 Wed 12:55, 10:15 The Right Kind of Wrong (14A) Fri, Tue 1:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 Sat 11:50, 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 Sun 1:15, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 Mon 2:00, 4:25, 7:00, 9:25 Wed 3:50, 6:25, 9:10 Romeo & Juliet Fri-Sat, Tue 1:20, 4:10, 7:15, 10:10 Sun 1:05, 4:10, 7:15, 10:10 Mon 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:45 Wed 3:40, 6:35, 9:25 Runner Runner (14A) Thu 2:50, 5:10, 7:40, 10:05 Fri, Sun, Tue 2:40, 5:10, 7:35, 10:00 Sat 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:35, 10:00 Mon 2:10, 4:40, 7:15, 9:35 Wed 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:35 Rush (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:25, 7:20, 10:10 Fri, Tue 1:40, 4:30, 7:25, 10:15 Sat 11:05, 1:40, 4:30, 7:25, 10:15 Sun 4:30, 7:25, 10:15 Mon 1:30, 4:15, 7:05, 10:00 Wed 1:35, 9:30 Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure Thu 7:30 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (G) Sat 11:00 We’re the Millers (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 9:55

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Baggage Claim (PG) Thu, Wed 5:50, 8:25 Fri, Sun 12:10, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 10:10 Sat 12:25, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 10:10 Mon 12:10, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 9:50 Tue 4:45, 7:30, 10:10 Battle of the Year 3D (PG) Thu 5:40, 8:20 Fri, Sun 1:30, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55 Sat 1:35, 4:35, 7:20, 9:55 Mon 1:35, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55 Tue 4:30, 7:20, 9:55 Wed 5:30, 8:05 Captain Phillips (14A) Fri, Sun 1:00, 4:05, 7:10, 10:20 Sat 11:45, 1:00, 4:05, 7:10, 10:20 Mon 1:00, 4:05, 7:10, 10:10 Tue 4:05, 7:10, 10:20 Wed 5:10, 8:10 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Thu 5:10 Fri, Sun 12:30, 1:15 Sat 12:10 Mon 12:30, 1:10 Tue 4:15 Wed 5:20 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu, Wed 7:40 Fri, Sun-Mon 12:00, 2:30, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 Sat 11:10, 2:30, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 Tue 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 Don Jon (18A) Thu 6:10, 8:30 Fri, Sun 3:35, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Sat 1:20, 3:35, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Mon 3:30, 5:45, 7:55, 10:15 Tue 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Wed 6:00, 8:30 The Family (14A) Thu 5:15, 7:50 Gravity 3D (PG) Thu 5:30, 7:55 Fri, Sun 12:40, 3:10, 5:30, 7:55, 10:15 Sat 12:35, 3:10, 5:30, 7:55, 10:15 Mon 12:35, 3:10, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 Tue 5:30, 7:55, 10:15 Wed 5:25, 7:50 Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) Thu 6:00, 8:30 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (14A) Thu 5:05, 8:00 Fri, Sun 12:50, 3:55, 6:50 Sat, Mon 12:45, 3:55, 6:50 Tue 4:00, 6:50 Wed 5:05 Machete Kills (14A) Fri, Sun 12:00, 2:35, 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 Sat 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:25 Mon 12:00, 2:35, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15 Tue 5:05, 7:45, 10:25 Wed 5:45, 8:20 Prisoners (14A) Thu, Wed 5:00, 8:15 Fri-Mon 3:00, 6:40, 10:00 Tue 6:40, 10:00 The Right Kind of Wrong (14A) Fri-Sun 12:20, 2:50, 5:15, 7:35, 10:05 Mon 12:20, 2:50, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55 Tue 5:15, 7:35, 10:05 Wed 5:15, 7:35 Runner Runner (14A) Thu 5:45, 8:05 Fri, Sun 1:05, 3:25, 5:45, 8:05, 10:30 Sat 1:10, 3:25, 5:45, 8:05, 10:30 Mon 12:50, 3:05, 5:30, 7:50, 10:05 Tue 5:45, 8:05, 10:30 Wed 6:10, 8:30 Rush (14A) Thu 5:20, 8:10 Fri-Tue 9:45 Wed 8:00 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (G) Sat 11:00

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Baggage Claim (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:25, 7:10, 9:40 Fri, SunTue 6:45, 9:20 Sat 7:10, 9:50 Wed 9:20 Battle of the Year 3D (PG) Thu 6:30, 9:15 Captain Phillips (14A) Thu 9:30 Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:05, 7:15, 10:30 Mon 1:00, 4:05, 7:25, 10:30 Tue-Wed 1:10, 4:15, 7:20, 10:30 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Thu-Fri, Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:00 Sat 11:30, 2:00, 4:30 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu 2:05, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35 Fri-Mon 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 Tue-Wed 2:10, 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 Don Jon (18A) Thu 2:45, 5:05, 7:35, 10:10 Fri, Sun-Wed 2:45, 5:10, 7:30, 10:05 Sat 5:10, 7:30, 10:05 The Family (14A) Thu 3:50 Gravity 3D (PG) Thu 1:10, 2:30, 3:30, 4:55, 5:50, 7:30, 8:10, 9:55, 10:30 Fri-Sun 12:55, 2:30, 3:25, 4:55, 6:00, 7:20, 8:20, 9:45, 10:40 Mon 12:30, 2:30, 3:05, 4:55, 5:35, 7:20, 8:00, 9:45, 10:25 Tue-Wed 2:30, 3:10, 4:55, 5:35, 7:25, 8:00, 9:45, 10:25 Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) Thu 2:25, 5:10, 7:45, 10:25 Fri-Mon 2:20, 5:00, 7:40, 10:20 Tue 2:05, 4:50, 7:25, 10:10 Wed 1:15, 3:55, 6:40, 10:10 Machete Kills (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri, Sun 12:10, 2:50, 5:30, 8:10, 10:50 Sat 11:45, 2:35, 5:20, 8:05, 10:50 Mon-Wed 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 9:55 National Theatre Live: Othello - Encore Sat 12:30 On the Job (14A) Thu 1:25, 4:05, 7:00 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Thu 1:15, 6:45 Prisoners (14A) Thu 2:45, 6:20, 9:50 Fri-Wed 2:40, 6:15, 9:40 The Right Kind of Wrong (14A) Fri, Sun-Mon 12:20, 2:55, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 Sat 11:50, 2:15, 5:00, 7:35, 10:15 TueWed 2:15, 5:15, 7:50, 10:15 Royal Ballet: Don Quixote Wed 7:00 Runner Runner (14A) Thu 2:20, 4:40, 7:15, 10:00 Fri, Sun-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Sat 1:50, 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 Rush (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:20 Fri-Mon 1:10, 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 Tue 1:20, 4:10, 7:05, 10:00 Wed 1:20, 4:10, 7:05 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (G) Sat 11:00

Baggage Claim (PG) Thu 2:30 4:50 7:30 9:50 Fri-Wed 2:30, 4:55, 7:30, 9:50 Sat 12:00 mat Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Thu 1:35, 4:05, 6:40 Fri 1:15, 4:10, 6:45 Sat 11:20, 1:45, 4:10, 6:45 Sun 1:35, 4:10, 6:45 Mon-Tue 1:40, 4:10, 6:45 Wed 4:10, 6:45 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu 2:35, 5:15, 7:40, 9:55 Fri, Sun-Mon 12:30, 2:45, 5:15, 7:40, 9:55 Sat 12:00, 2:45, 5:15, 7:40, 9:55 Tue-Wed 2:45, 5:15, 7:40, 9:55 Don Jon (18A) Thu-Fri, Mon-Wed 1:50, 3:55, 6:05, 8:15, 10:25 Sat 11:40, 1:50, 3:55, 6:05, 8:15, 10:25 Sun 1:20, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:25 Elysium (14A) Thu 9:35 Funny Girl Sun 12:45 Gravity 3D (PG) Thu 2:10, 4:45, 7:25, 9:45 Fri-Mon 12:30, 2:40, 5:00, 7:25, 9:45 Tue-Wed 2:10, 4:40, 7:25, 9:45 Gravity: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG) 1:30, 3:40, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Sat 11:10 mat Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) 2:05, 4:25, 7:10, 10:00 Machete Kills (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:50, 7:45, 10:20 Riddick (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Fri-Sat, Mon 1:10, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Sun 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Tue 1:45, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 Wed 1:45, 4:20, 9:40 The Right Kind of Wrong (14A) Fri-Mon 12:35, 3:00, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 Tue 2:25, 5:05, 7:50, 10:15 Wed 5:05, 7:50, 10:15 Royal Ballet: Don Quixote Wed 7:00 Runner Runner (14A) Thu 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:20, 10:30 Fri-Sat, Mon 12:45, 3:30, 6:00, 8:20, 10:35 Sun 1:10, 3:50, 6:05, 8:20, 10:35 Tue 1:35, 3:45, 6:00, 8:20, 10:35 Wed 1:35, 4:30, 7:00, 10:10 Rush (14A) Thu, Tue-Wed 1:55, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 Fri, Mon 1:00, 4:15, 7:20, 10:05 Sat 11:05, 1:55, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 Sun 1:00, 4:35, 7:20, 10:05 2 Guns (14A) Thu 2:25, 5:05, 10:20 Fri-Wed 9:35

Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure Thu 7:30 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (G) Sat 11:00 We’re the Millers (14A) 2:15, 4:45, 7:35, 10:10 Wed no 10:10 The Wolverine 3D (PG) Thu 1:45, 4:30, 7:15

Courtney Park 16 (CE)

110 Courtney Park E at Hurontario, 416-335-5323 Battle of the Year 3D (PG) Thu 1:35, 3:55, 6:45, 9:20 Besharam (14A) Thu 3:05, 6:20, 9:35 Fri 3:25, 6:40, 10:10 Sat-Sun 12:00, 3:25, 6:40, 10:10 Mon 12:00, 3:25, 6:40, 9:55 Tue-Wed 3:25, 6:40, 9:55 Captain Phillips (14A) Thu 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:25, 4:25, 7:20, 10:30 Mon-Wed 1:25, 4:25, 7:20, 10:15 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) 1:45, 4:05 Thu 6:25 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu 2:45, 5:05, 7:25, 9:45 Fri 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:45 Mon 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 TueWed 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 Don Jon (18A) Thu 1:25, 3:40, 5:55, 8:10, 10:25 Fri 2:55, 5:10, 7:25, 9:55 Sat-Sun 12:40, 2:55, 5:10, 7:25, 9:55 Mon 12:40, 2:55, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40 Tue-Wed 2:55, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40 The Family (14A) Thu 1:05, 4:15, 6:50, 9:25 Fri-Sun 6:25, 9:15 Mon-Tue 6:25, 9:00 Wed 9:00 Grand Masti (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:05, 10:05 Gravity 3D (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:00, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45, 10:15 Gravity: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:30 Fri-Sun 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:45 Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Fri 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:40 Sat 11:55, 4:30, 7:00, 9:40 Sun 11:55, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:40 Mon-Wed 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:25 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:05, 3:50, 6:35, 9:50 Mon-Wed 1:05, 3:50, 6:35, 9:35 Machete Kills (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sun 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 10:00 Mon-Wed 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 National Theatre Live: Othello - Encore Sat 12:30 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Thu 8:45 Prisoners (14A) Thu 3:20, 6:35, 9:50 Fri 3:35, 6:50, 10:20 Sat-Sun 12:20, 3:35, 6:50, 10:20 Mon 12:20, 3:35, 6:50, 10:05 Tue-Wed 3:35, 6:50, 10:05 The Right Kind of Wrong (14A) Fri 3:05, 5:25, 7:50, 10:25 Sat-Sun 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:50, 10:25 Mon 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:50, 10:10 Tue-Wed 3:05, 5:25, 7:50, 10:10 Romeo & Juliet Fri-Sun 2:10, 4:55, 7:40, 10:40 Mon-Wed 2:10, 4:55, 7:40, 10:25 R.S.V.P - Ronde Saare Viah Picho Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:35 Mon-Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 Runner Runner (14A) Thu 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 Fri 2:20, 4:35, 6:55, 9:35 Sat-Sun 12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 6:55, 9:35 Mon 12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 6:55, 9:20 Tue 2:20, 4:35, 6:55, 9:20 Wed 2:20, 4:35, 6:55, 10:30 Rush (14A) Thu 2:05, 4:50, 7:35, 10:20 Fri-Sun 1:35, 4:20, 7:05, 10:05 Mon-Wed 1:35, 4:20, 7:05, 9:50 2 Guns (14A) Thu 2:10, 4:35, 7:10 We’re the Millers (14A) Thu 2:15, 4:45, 7:20

SilverCity Mississauga (CE) Hwy 5, east of Hwy 403, 905-569-3373

The Art of the Steal (14A) Thu 9:35 Blue Jasmine (14A) Thu 4:05, 6:30 Fri-Mon 12:40, 3:45, 7:15, 9:40 Tue-Wed 4:05, 6:30, 9:00 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Thu 4:00, 6:45, 9:10 Fri, Sun 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:20 Sat 12:20, 2:40, 5:15, 7:40, 10:10 Mon 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:10 Tue-Wed 4:00, 6:40, 9:10 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu 4:40, 7:20, 9:45 Fri, Sun 12:20, 2:40, 5:15, 7:40, 10:10 Sat 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:20 Mon 12:20, 2:40, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55 TueWed 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 The Family (14A) Thu 4:45, 7:15, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:00, 10:05 Mon 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 Tue-Wed 4:45, 7:15, 9:55 Machete Kills (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:10, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30 Mon 12:00, 2:30, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15 Tue-Wed 4:30, 7:05, 9:50 Monsters University (G) Thu 4:30, 7:05 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Thu 4:25, 7:00, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:50, 7:25, 10:20 Mon 1:10, 4:50, 7:25, 10:10 Tue-Wed 4:25, 7:00, 9:35 Planes (G) Thu, Tue-Wed 4:10 Fri-Mon 12:00, 2:20, 4:40 Prisoners (14A) Thu 5:00, 6:35, 8:30, 9:55 Fri-Mon 12:05, 3:20, 6:40, 10:00 Tue-Wed 4:35, 8:30 The Right Kind of Wrong (14A) Fri-Sun 12:35, 3:00, 5:25, 7:50, 10:25 Mon 12:35, 3:00, 5:25, 7:50, 10:15 Tue-Wed 4:55, 7:35, 10:00 Runner Runner (14A) Thu 4:15, 4:55, 6:50, 7:30, 9:20, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 8:10, 9:50, 10:30 Mon 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:00, 7:30, 9:20, 10:05 Tue-Wed 4:15, 6:50, 7:30, 9:20, 10:00

North Colossus (CE) Hwy 400 & 7, 905-851-1001

Baggage Claim (PG) Thu 5:15, 7:50, 10:15 Fri-Mon 2:00, 4:45, 7:05, 9:30 Tue-Wed 4:45, 7:05, 9:30 Battle of the Year (PG) Fri-Wed 10:25 Battle of the Year 3D (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 Captain Phillips (14A) Thu 9:30 Fri-Sun 12:35, 1:25, 3:40, 4:30, 6:45, 7:35, 9:55, 10:40 Mon 12:35, 1:25, 3:40, 4:30, 6:45, 7:30, 9:55, 10:30 Tue-Wed 3:40, 4:30, 6:45, 7:30, 9:55, 10:30 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Thu 3:40, 6:20 Fri-Mon 12:55, 3:20, 5:45, 8:05 Tue-Wed 3:30, 5:45, 8:05 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu 4:10, 6:50, 9:25 Fri, Sun-Mon 12:05, 2:40, 5:00, 7:30, 9:45 Sat 11:15, 12:05, 2:40, 5:00, 7:30, 9:45 Tue-Wed 4:25, 6:45, 9:15 Despicable Me 2 (G) Thu 3:35, 6:15 Fri, Sun-Mon 1:15, 4:00 Sat 11:30, 1:15, 4:00 Tue-Wed 4:00 Don Jon (18A) Thu 3:30, 5:45, 8:00, 10:15 Fri, Sun 1:00, 3:25, 5:55, 8:20, 10:35 Sat 11:45, 1:00, 3:25, 5:55, 8:20, 10:35 Mon 12:20, 2:45, 5:05, 7:35, 9:50 Tue-Wed 5:05, 7:35, 9:50 Elysium (14A) Thu 8:50

The Family (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 Fri-Mon 12:45, 3:45, 6:35, 9:35 Tue 3:45, 6:35, 9:35 Wed 3:45, 9:35 Gravity 3D (PG) Thu 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Fri-Mon 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:25, 9:50 Tue-Wed 5:10, 7:25, 9:50 Gravity: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG) Thu 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 Fri-Mon 1:10, 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Tue-Wed 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) Thu 4:45, 7:15, 10:20 Fri-Mon 1:50, 4:40, 7:15, 10:05 Tue-Wed 4:40, 7:15, 10:05 Lee Daniels’ The Butler (14A) Thu 3:45, 6:40, 6:45, 9:35 Fri-Tue 6:40, 9:40 Wed 6:20 Machete Kills (14A) Thu 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:15, 2:45, 5:25, 8:00, 10:45 Mon 1:00, 4:05, 6:55, 10:00 Tue-Wed 4:05, 6:55, 10:00 One Direction: This Is Us 3D - Extended Fan Cut (G) Thu 3:50 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Thu 4:15, 6:55 Prisoners (14A) Thu 3:55, 7:10, 10:25 Fri-Mon 12:00, 3:35, 7:00, 10:20 Tue-Wed 3:35, 7:00, 10:20 The Right Kind of Wrong (14A) Fri, Sun-Mon 12:25, 3:00, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15 Sat 12:45, 3:00, 5:20, 7:50, 10:15 TueWed 5:20, 7:50, 10:15 Romeo & Juliet Fri-Mon 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Tue-Wed 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Royal Ballet: Don Quixote Wed 7:00 Runner Runner (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:25, 10:05 Fri-Sun 12:40, 2:55, 5:15, 7:40, 9:55 Mon 12:40, 2:55, 5:15, 7:40, 10:10 TueWed 5:15, 7:40, 10:10 Rush (14A) Thu 4:00, 4:40, 7:00, 7:40, 9:55, 10:30 Fri-Mon 1:20, 4:15, 7:20, 10:10 Tue 4:15, 7:20, 10:10 Wed 3:50, 6:40, 10:10 2 Guns (14A) Thu 5:00, 7:35, 10:00 Fri-Mon 12:50, 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 Tue 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 Wed 3:35, 9:20 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (G) Sat 11:00 We’re the Millers (14A) Thu 4:25, 7:05, 9:40 Fri-Mon 1:35, 4:10, 6:50, 9:25 Tue-Wed 4:10, 6:50, 9:25 The Wolverine (PG) Thu 9:00

Interchange 30 (AMC)

30 Interchange Way, Hwy 400 & Hwy 7, 416-335-5323 Besharam (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:30 Fri 5:00, 8:10 Sat 3:00, 6:00, 9:10 Sun 3:00, 6:30 Blue Jasmine (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:05, 8:00 Fri 5:05, 7:15, 9:30 Sat 2:50, 5:05, 7:15, 9:30 Sun 2:50, 5:05, 7:15 Elysium (14A) Fri 4:45, 7:10, 9:40 Sat 2:15, 4:45, 7:10, 9:40 Sun 2:15, 4:45, 7:10 Mon-Wed 5:10, 7:50 Enough Said (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:20 Fri 4:30, 7:00, 9:25 Sat 2:10, 4:30, 7:00, 9:25 Sun 2:10, 4:30, 7:00 Getaway (PG) Thu 5:30, 7:35 Grown Ups 2 (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:55, 7:25 Fri 4:40, 7:25, 9:45 Sat 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:45 Sun 2:25, 4:55, 7:35 The Heat (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:10 Fri 4:40, 7:10, 9:50 Sat 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:50 Sun 2:20, 5:10, 7:35 Kick-Ass 2 (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:20, 8:00 Fri 5:10, 7:35, 9:55 Sat 2:40, 5:10, 7:35, 9:55 Sun 2:40, 5:20, 7:45 Metallica: Through the Never 3D (14A) Fri 5:00, 7:15, 9:40 Sat 2:15, 5:00, 7:15, 9:40 Sun 2:15, 5:00, 8:00 MonWed 5:00, 7:15 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (PG) Thu 4:50, 7:50 Fri 7:05, 9:55 Sat 4:00, 7:05, 9:55 Sun 4:00, 7:05 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:40 Pacific Rim (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:25 Fri 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 Sat 2:05, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 Sun 2:05, 4:40, 7:20 Planes (G) Thu, Mon-Wed 5:15, 7:45 Fri 4:45, 7:45, 10:00 Sat 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:00 Sun 2:45, 5:15, 7:45 Smurfs 2 (G) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:35, 7:00 Fri 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 Sat 2:00, 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 Sun 2:00, 4:30, 6:45 The Way, Way Back (PG) Thu 5:00, 7:30 The Wolverine (PG) Fri 7:05, 9:45 Sat 4:10, 7:05, 9:45 Sun 4:10, 7:05 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:20 Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (PG) Thu 7:00

Rainbow Promenade (I)

Promenade Mall, Hwy 7 & Bathurst, 416-494-9371 Captain Phillips (14A) Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:50, 6:45, 9:35 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) 1:15, 3:45, 7:00, 9:15 Don Jon (18A) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:20, 9:35 Gravity (PG) 1:15, 4:15, 7:00, 9:30 Prisoners (14A) 1:00, 4:15, 8:00 The Right Kind of Wrong (14A) Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:00, 7:20, 9:40 Runner Runner (14A) 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:30 Rush (14A) Thu 1:00, 2:50, 3:50, 6:45

West Grande - Steeles (CE) Hwy 410 & Steeles, 905-455-1590

Captain Phillips (14A) Fri-Mon 12:55, 4:00, 7:05, 10:10 Tue 4:00, 7:05, 10:10 Wed 7:05, 10:10 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (G) Fri-Mon 12:45 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D (G) Thu, Wed 7:50, 10:15 Fri-Mon 3:05, 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 Tue 5:30, 7:50, 10:15 Don Jon (18A) Thu 7:15, 9:55 Fri-Mon 1:15, 7:15 Tue-Wed 7:15 The Family (14A) Thu 7:05, 9:45 Gravity 3D (PG) Thu, Wed 7:40, 10:00 Fri-Mon 12:45, 3:00, 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 Tue 5:20, 7:40, 10:00 Insidious: Chapter 2 (14A) Thu, Wed 7:30, 10:00 FriMon 1:55, 4:30, 7:30, 10:00 Tue 4:30, 7:30, 10:00 Machete Kills (14A) Fri-Mon 2:15, 4:55, 7:35, 10:15 Tue 4:55, 7:35, 10:15 Wed 7:35, 10:15 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG) Thu 7:10, 9:50 Prisoners (14A) Thu, Wed 8:00 Fri-Mon 1:00, 4:25, 8:00 Tue 4:25, 8:00 The Right Kind of Wrong (14A) Fri-Mon 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 Tue 4:50, 7:20, 9:55 Wed 7:20, 9:55 Runner Runner (14A) Thu 7:50, 10:10 Fri-Mon 1:25, 4:05, 7:10, 9:45 Tue 4:05, 7:10, 9:45 Wed 7:10, 9:45 Rush (14A) Thu 7:00, 10:10 Fri-Mon 1:10, 4:10, 7:00, 10:05 Tue 4:10, 7:00, 10:05 Wed 7:00, 10:05 We’re the Millers (14A) Thu 7:25, 10:05 Fri-Mon 3:45, 9:50 Tue 4:15, 9:50 Wed 9:50 3

indie&rep film complete festivals, independent and How to find a listing

Repertory cinema listings are comprehensive and appear alphabetically by venue, then by date. Other films are listed by date.

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All listings are free. Send to: movies@nowtoronto.com, fax to 416-364-1166 or mail to Rep Cinemas, NOW Magazine, 189 Church, Toronto M5B 1Y7. Include film title, year of release, names of director(s), language and subtitle info, venue, address, time, cost and advance ticket sales if any, phone number for reservations/info or website address. Deadline is the Thursday before publication at 5 pm.

Festivals Brazilian Film & TV festival of toronto

tiff bell lightbox, reitman square, 350 king w. brafftv.com

wed 16-oct 20 – Festival of Brazilian film. $12, five-ticket pass $50 (ticketweb.ca). wed 16 – Opening night: The Invisible Collection (2013) D: Bernard Attal, and short Environment Of Freedom. 7 pm.

imaginenative film and media arts festival

bloor hot docs cinema, 506 bloor w (BC); Tiff bell lightbox, reitman square, 350 king w (TIFF). imaginenative.org

wed 16-oct 20 – Festival of indigenous film and media arts. $7, free before 6 pm to srs/ stu/underemployed; opening night $12, srs/

stu/underemployed $10. Festival passes $40-$110, stu/srs/underemployed $24-$65. wed 16 – Opening night: Mystery Road (2013) D: Ivan Sen. 7 pm (BC).

reel indie film festival

royal cinema, 506 college. reelindiefilmfest.com

wed 16-oct 20 – Festival of music-themed

films as part of the Indie Week music festival. $10, day pass $20, festival pass $50; other prices related to music and film fest events. wed 16 – Opening night: Los Wild Ones (2013) D: Elise Salomon, and shorts Will My Lady Love Me and Black Metal. 7 pm.

Cinemas big picture cinema gerrard 1035 gerrard e. bigpicturecinema.com

Thu 10 – La Camioneta: The Journey Of One American School Bus (2012) D: Mark Kendall. 6:20 pm. Fri 11-mon 14 – Check website for schedule. tue 15 – Splinter Unit short films preview. 7 pm. wed 16 – Check website for schedule.

BLOOR hot docs Cinema

506 Bloor W. 416-637-3123. bloorcinema.com

Thu 10 – 15 Reasons To Live (2013) D:

Alan Zweig. 1:45 pm. Girl Rising: A Celebration Of International Day of the Girl with a benefit screening of Girl Rising. 6 pm. $10. NY Export: Opus Jazz (2010) D: Henry Joost. 9 pm. fri 11 – The Trials Of Muhammad Ali (2013) D: Bill Seigel. 4:15 & 8:45 pm. Design Is One:

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repertory schedules

Lella & Massimo Vignelli (2013) D: Kathy Brew and Roberto Guerra. 6:30 pm. sat 12 – Design Is One: Lella & Massimo Vignelli. Noon, 4:15 & 9 pm. The Trials Of Muhammad Ali. 2 & 6:45 pm. sun 13 – The Trials Of Muhammad Ali. Noon & 9:15 pm. Design Is One: Lella & Massimo Vignelli. 2 & 7:15 pm. The Trials of Muhammad Ali. (Salon series $12-$15 at 4:30 pm). mon 14 – Design Is One: Lella & Massimo Vignelli. 1 & 6:15 pm. The Trials Of Muhammad Ali. 3:30 & 8:15 pm. Tue 15 – Design Is One: Lella & Massimo Vignelli. 3:30 pm. Toronto350.org presents Do The Math (2013) D: Kelly Nyks and Jared P Scott, about grassroots movements trying to change the outcomes of climate change. Post-screening Q&A w/ the Green Party’s Elizabeth May, NOW’s Ecoholic columnist Adria Vasil, and organizer Milan Ilnyckyj. 5:45 & 8:15 pm. Free. toronto350.org. Wed 16 – The Trials Of Muhammad Ali. 1:30 pm. ImagineNative Film Festival. See listings, this page.

Camera Bar

1028 Queen W. 416-530-0011. camerabar.ca

sat 12 – Imagine: Vivian Maier Who Took Nanny’s Pictures? (2013) D: Jill Nichols. 2 pm. Donnie Darko (2001) D: Richard Kelly. 3:15 pm.

cinematheque tiff bell Lightbox

reitman square, 350 king w. 416-599-8433, tiff.net

fri 11 – Family Fridays X 2: The Legend Of Sarila 3D (2012) D: Nancy Florence Savard. Noon. Meerkats 3D (2003) and Bugs! 3D (2003). 2:30 pm. Chocolat (1988) D: Claire Denis. 6:30 pm. sat 12 – Beau Travail (1999) D: Claire Denis. 7 pm.

sun 13 – Claire Denis X 3: No Fear, No Die (1990), and Pour Ushari Ahmed ñ Mahmoud (1991). 4:30 pm. Jacques Rivette – Le Veilleur (1990). 7:15 pm.

mon 14 – Check website for schedule. tue 15 – Master Class with Scott McGehee

and David Seigel: A Matter Of Life And Death (1946) D: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. 7 pm. wed 16 – Master Class with Scott McGehee and David Seigel: I Know Where I Am Going! (1945) D: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. 7 pm. Brazilian Film & Television Festival of Toronto. See listings, this page.

ontario science centre 770 Don Mills. 416-696-3127. ontariosciencecentre.ca

thu 10 – Flight Of The Butterflies. Noon. Born To Be Wild. 1 pm.

fri 11 – Great White Shark. 11 am & 2 pm.

Flight Of The Butterflies. Noon. Born To Be Wild. 1 pm. Sat 12-mon 14 – Great White Shark. 11 am, 1 & 3 pm. Under The Sea. Noon. Flight Of The Butterflies. 2 & 4 pm. tue 15-wed 16 – Great White Shark. 11 am & 2 pm. Flight Of The Butterflies. Noon. Born To Be Wild. 1 pm.

reg hartt’s cineforum 463 Bathurst. 416-603-6643.

thu 10 – Kid Dracula: Nosferatu (1922) D: FW Murnau, with music from Radiohead’s Kid A and OK Computer albums. 7 pm. What I Learned With LSD (2012) D: Reg Hartt. 9 pm.

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Fox Theatre

2236 Queen E. 416-691-7330. foxtheatre.ca

Thu 10 – Jobs (2013) D: Joshua Michael Stern. 7 pm. Blue Jasmine (2013) D: Woody Allen. 9:30 pm. Fri 11-sun 13 – Despicable Me 2 3D (2013) D: Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud. 2 pm. Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013) D: Lee Daniels. 4 & 7 pm. In A World (2013) D: Lake Bell. 9:30 pm. Mon 14 – Despicable Me 2 3D. 2 pm. Lee Daniels’ The Butler. 4 & 6:45 pm. In A World. 9:15 pm. Tue 15 – Lee Daniels’ The Butler. 6:45 pm. In A World. 9:15 pm. Wed 16 – Lee Daniels’ The Butler. 1 pm. 20 Feet From Stardom (2013) D: Morgan Neville. 9:30 pm.

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Elizabeth May discusses climate change after Do The Math, Oct 15 at the Bloor.

CBC Museum, CBC Broadcast Centre, 250 Front W, 416-205-5574. cbc.ca

thu 10-wed 16 – Continuous screenings Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Free.

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sat 12-Wed 16 – BBC Shroud Of Turin (2008) D: David Rolfe. 4:30 pm. Kid Dracula: Nosferatu (1922) D: FW Murnau, with music from Radiohead’s Kid A and OK Computer albums. 7 pm. What I Learned With LSD (2012) D: Reg Hartt. 9 pm.

blu-ray/dvd disc of the week

The Hunt (Mongrel, 2012) D: Thomas

Vinterberg, w/ Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen. Rating: NNNN; DVD package: none

revue cinema

400 Roncesvalles. 416-531-9959. revuecinema.ca

Thu 10 – Frances Ha (2012) D: Noah Baumbach. 7 pm. Blue Jasmine (2013) ñ D: Woody Allen. 9 pm.

The Hunt’s unadorned tale of the destruction of a man’s life produces the same helpless, sinking feeling of drowning you might have in a dream. Lucas (Mads Mikkel sen), well liked and fully integrated into his community, teaches kindergarten in a Danish town. One of his students tells the principal that he showed her his penis. The tale spreads with embellishments. Denied a voice or even a clear accusation, Lucas grows frustrated and angry. The town ostracizes him. Vinterberg tells the story in near-

Fri 11-mon 14 – Despicable Me 2 3D (2013) D:

Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud. 2 pm. Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013) D: Lee Daniels. 4 & 7 pm. Elysium (2013) D: Neill Blomkamp. 9:30 pm. Tue 15 – Lee Daniels’ The Butler. 7 pm. The Attack (2012) D: Ziad Doueiri. 9:30 pm. Wed 16 – Elysium. 7 pm. Refocus: Hellaware (2013) D: Michael M Bilandic. 9 pm. Free.

the royal 608 College. 416-534-5252. theroyal.to

Thu 10 – Community Living Toronto presents

A Whole Lott More (2013) D: Victor Buhler. 7 pm. $5. Panel discussion to follow on competitive employment for people with intellectual disabilities. The Grandmaster (2013) D: Wong Kar-wai. 9:15 pm. Fri 11-sun 13 – Sightseers (2012) D: Ben Wheatley. 7 pm. Lovelace (2013) D: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. 9 pm. Mon 14 – Closed. Tue 15 – Sightseers. 7 pm. Lovelace. 9 pm. WEd 16 – Reel Indie Film Festival. See listings, this page. 7 pm. Sightseers. 9:30 pm.

other films thu 10-wed 16 –

The CN Tower presents Legends Of Flight 3D. Continuous screenings daily 10 am-9 pm. 301 Front W. cntower.ca. Casa Loma presents The Pellatt Newsreel (2006) D: Barbra Cooper, a film and permanent exhibit on the history of Casa Loma and Henry Pellatt. Daily screenings 10 am-4:30 pm. Included w/ admission. 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171, casaloma.org. The Hockey Hall of Fame presents Stanley’s Game Seven 3D, a film of Stanley Cup history. Plays daily at the top and half past each hour. Mon-Sat 9:30 am-6 pm, Sun 10 am-6 pm. Included w/ admission. Brookfield Place, 30 Yonge. hhof.com. thu 10 – The Big Carrot’s Thursday Night Lecture Series presents Bitter Seeds, a film about industrial agriculture and GM crops. Discussion to follow. 7 pm. Free. 348 Danforth. nongmomonth.org. Barbara Frum Library presents Silver Linings Playbook (2012) D: David O Russell. 2 pm. Free. 20 Covington. 416-395-5440. Ryerson University Social Justice Week presents Occupy Love (2012) D: Velcrow Ripper. Discussion w/ director and Judy Rebick to follow. 7 pm. 350 Victoria, LIB 072. r yerson.ca/socialjustice. fri 11 – Toronto Socialist Action Rebel Film series presents Ecumenopolis: City Without Limits (2011) D: Imre Azem, a documentary about Istanbul and other mega-cities on a neo-liberal course to destruction. Turkish w/ s-t. 7 pm. $4 donation. OISE, 252 Bloor W, rm 2-214. 416-461-6942, socialistaction.ca. Beit Zatoun presents Bhopali (2011) D: Max Carlson, a film that documents the experience of second generations affected by the Union Carbide gas disaster of 1984. 7 pm. Free. 612 Markham. b eitzatoun.org. sat 12 – Cinefranco Festival’s Marcelle Lean presents Thérèse Desqueyroux (2012) D: Claude Miller. 1 to 4 pm. French, no subtitles. Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge. 416393-7172. sun 13 – Green 13 Toronto presents Bidder 70 (2012) D: Beth and George Gage. 6:15 pm. Discussion to follow. Free. Jane/Dundas Library, 620 Jane. g reen13toronto.org. wed 16 – The Regent Park Film Festival presents a fundraising screening of Home Again (2013) D: Sudz Sutherland, plus a meet and greet with filmmakers and a reception. 6:30 pm. $50. Daniels Spectrum, 585 Dundas E. regentparkfundraiser.eventbrite.ca. Gary Topp presents Sick With Desire D: Michael Dent, a film about Lydia Lunch at the Royal Cinema, Toronto 2010. 9:30 pm. Pwyc. Cadillac Lounge, 1296 Queen W. facebook.com/events/165747893631702. 3

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sal, 2013) D: Don Mancini, w/ Fiona Dourif, Brad Dourif. Rating: NN; Blu-ray package: NN Curse Of Chucky ditches the berserk comedy that made the last two entries, Bride and Seed Of Chucky, so much fun, for a return to the straight-up horror of the original 1988 Child’s Play. But it isn’t very imaginative, or scary, except for a few bits of graphic gore in the extended cut. Chucky, the doll inhabited by the spirit of psycho killer Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif), is delivered by an unknown party to a creepy old Victorian mansion inhabited by wheelchairbound Nica (Fiona Dourif, daughter of Brad), her dotty mother, bitchy sister (Danielle Bisutti), the sister’s husband, young child, live-in nanny and a priest. That house is the best thing in the flick, giving writer/director Don Man

cini opportunities for atmospheric angles and decor. The doll moves well enough but doesn’t look particularly diabolical. By morning, almost everyone is dead, and that’s where most movies would end. This one goes on to fill in the backstory, which includes a few laughs and nasty moments and gives Brad Dourif more to do than voice the doll. On the commentary he shares with Fiona Dourif and puppeteer Tony Gard ner, Mancini explains the series’ return to horror as fan-driven, and Dourif expounds on the rigours of the job and her love for her dad. EXTRAS Commentary, making-of doc, making of puppet doc, series overview doc, gag reel, more. English, French, Spanish audio and subtitles.

The Hangover, Part III (WB, 2013) D: Todd Phillips, w/ Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong. Rating: NN; Blu-ray package: NNN This third and final Hangover movie may seem a little contrived and tired, but it’s funny enough to squeak by if you’re already a fan of the franchise. Mobster Marshall (John Goodman)

documentary style with a minimum of exposition and no editorializing, keeping our attention squarely on the emotions. He’s interested in the effects both of being an outcast and of casting someone out. Everybody suffers here: Lucas, his teenage son, best friend (Thomas Bo Larsen) and even the little girl who started it all. Mikkelsen, best known in North America as the villain in the James Bond reboot Casino Royale and currently as Hannibal Lecter in the NBC-TV series, carries the movie with a dynamic, wide-ranging performance. EXTRAS Danish, French. English, French subtitles. kidnaps one of the drinking buddies (Justin Bar tha) and sends the other three (Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis) to bring back vicious Asian gangster Mr. Chow (Ken Jeong) and his stolen gold. Jeong steals the show. He has more energy and much weirder and more perverse jokes than the other three combined. Galifianakis has a few good scenes, particularly with Melissa Mc Carthy’s pawnbroker. None of the extras plays it straight, and some are funnier than the movie. Check out the Replacing Galifianakis and Mr. Chow docs. EXTRAS Replacing Galifianakis doc, Galifianakis interview, Mr. Chow doc, stunts doc, working with kids and ani mals doc, extended scenes, outtakes. English, French, Spanish audio and subtitles. 3 movies@nowtoronto.com

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Hello, Halifax I visited Halifax, Nova Scotia, last week (for my geographically illiterate fellow Americans, Halifax is the biggest city on Canada’s Atlantic coast) to help celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Coast, Halifax’s kick-ass alternative weekly newspaper. The paper brought me to town to do Savage Love Live. I took questions for two hours in the auditorium of a brand-new Halifax high school that has a full bar. (First you have socialized medicine, and then marriage equality, and now bars in high schools – what’s not to love about Canada? Oh, right: Stephen Harper, tar sands, porn laws.) The place was packed, the audience was rowdy and things got dirty. Here’s a selection of Halifax’s questions and my answers…. urrent celebrity crush? C Jorge Mario Bergoglio. My boyfriend broke up with me 10 times over the last two years. But this time he says he’s committed. Am I stupid? You may or may not be stupid (impossible to tell from a short question written on a green index card), but you do meet a popular-if-somewhat-annoying-butsometimes-eerily-accurate definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again – doing this boyfriend of yours over and over again – and expecting different results. Tell him this chance is his last, and don’t take him back a 12th time.

My partner is obsessed with Shania. He’s gay. Is this normal? It’s gay normal. Sometimes it’s a Shania, sometimes it’s a Cher, sometimes it’s a Gaga or a Madonna or a Rihanna. My gay husband is currently obsessed with a Katy Perry. Maybe you and I should start a support group?

go, etc. are what you would call shy. So I bet if you told the kinky, poly girls of Halifax during your pre-meeting, internetenabled conversations that you prefer to let the KPGs you’re with make the first move – including going in for that first kiss – you won’t have to worry about making the first move.

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Strap-ons – like the ones they sell at Venus Envy, Halifax’s education-oriented sex shop and bookstore – are fun. Or, hey, you could push your husband to adopt the “gay normal” definition of monogamy: if you two have threesomes only with each other and one additional hot bi guy, then all your threesomes are EXTREMELY monogamous. I’m a kinky, poly guy who meets awesome kinky, poly girls on the internet. Everything is great, except I never know when or if to go in for a first kiss. With my girlfriend, it took me six months to build up the courage! Thanks! None of the kinky, poly girls I’ve met in Seattle, New York, Portland, San Francisco, Madison, Toronto, Vancouver, Chica-

Nope. Is it inappropriate for me to flirt and attempt to have an affair with a married co-worker? Yep. Affairs with married co-workers are hot in theory and messy in practice. I would urge you to be careful – and considerate. Maybe this guy is dying to cheat on his wife, maybe he’s looking for someone to cheat with, but if you sense that he really, really wants to stay faithful and your flirtatious attentions are (1) torture for him but (2) harder and harder to resist, do him, his wife, and your karma a favour and go fuck someone else. What ground rules should be set for a friends-with-benefits situation? The most important ground rule: Be friends. Too many people are pointedly unfriendly to their FWBs because they don’t want their FWBs “getting the

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wrong idea,” i.e., they don’t want their FWBs to think they might be interested in something more serious. The result? Lots of FWB situations are all B and no F. No friendly gestures (friends sometimes give each other gifts), no friendly assistance (friends sometimes help each other move), no friendly concern (friends are there for each other during a crisis). Don’t want your FWB to get the wrong idea about your intentions? Use your words to tell your FWB that a serious romance isn’t in the cards. Then make a good-faith effort to be a friend to your FWB. How can I go about financial domination in a smart way? (I’m a 19-year-old girl and I’m looking to Dom.) Most men who submit to financial domination – making cash gifts to a Dom – expect a little something in return: some attention, some pictures, maybe a Skype session now and then. Be warned: Once your images are out there, they’re out there. And an angry, vindictive “sub” might post your pictures online, or a careless sub could lose his computer and someone else could steal and post your photos or web chats. Any plans to retire? Give up an advice column? No way. It’s too sweet a gig. They’ll have to pry my column from my cold, dead hands just like they pried Ann Landers’s column from hers. How do I make cum taste better? “Cum” is not a word. We don’t have three-letter alternate spellings for other four-letter words that have sexual and nonsexual meanings. You wouldn’t write “I know this guy who sucks and he’s a mean dick, but he’s so fucking hot, I want to suk his dik.” So there’s no need to misspell “come” to give it a sexual connotation. The proper spelling works just fine. But in answer to your question: Come is an acquired taste. No one likes Guinness the first time they drink it, right? But soon you’re happily knocking back pints of the stuff. Same goes for come. My partner is a neat freak and a control freak in everyday life, but in bed she’s a whore. Is this normal? Nope, but it sounds awesome – dirty sex is always more fun in a spotlessly clean apartment. Is it true that some men like a finger in the butt during a blow job?

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It is true that some men like a finger in the butt during a blow job. Some men like two fingers, some like more. Some men like it in the butt generally. How to determine if the man you’re blowing likes a finger in the butt? Take his dick out of your mouth and ask. What’s the best place to make love? In the butt. (Individual results may vary.)

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