the arts
Thursday, 24 November 2011 10:00
The tsound of music
Going to the symphony has long been a luxury reserved for royalty, noblemen, and aristocrats. In short, people who aren't students. But now, thanks in part to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, things have changed.
Thursday, 17 November 2011 10:00
ROM exhibit excavates an enigma
A civilization with more mystery than history, the Maya finally get their due in the ROM’s latest collection, Maya: Secrets of their Ancient World, opening to the public this Friday.
Thursday, 17 November 2011 10:00
J. Edgar could use less armoir, more bureau on screen
It's difficult to imagine a film that begs for an Academy Award as desperately - and as fruitlessly - as J. Edgar.
Thursday, 17 November 2011 10:00
Economic, Political and Artistic Union
Since 2005, the annual European Union Film Festival in Toronto has screened an increasing number of films with the intention to promote cultural dialogue. Given the results of Environics’ recent survey, which revealed that the majority of Canadians think immigrants ought to adopt the nation’s values as a condition of admittance into the country, the…
Thursday, 10 November 2011 10:00
Cavanagh's concerns
Way back in 1999, I once had a curious thought while playing Final Fantasy VIII, a Japanese role playing game in the spunky-teenagers-save-the-world mould. This particular game features a rather prominent dichotomy between the civilized and savage, as futuristic settlements litter a world where monsters still roam the countryside outside the city limits. One of…
Thursday, 10 November 2011 10:00
Rehearsing's not for Ratner
From the opening notes of Christophe Beck's classy and brassy score for “Tower Heist,” we feel safely in the hands of real blockbuster pros.
Thursday, 10 November 2011 10:00
Melancholia goes out in style
Films about the apocalypse often tend towards hyperbolic acts of heroism and villainy, as people push themselves to the limit to survive against seemingly insurmountable odds.
Thursday, 10 November 2011 10:00
‘Full of sound and fury’
Hart House Theatre’s latest adaptation of Macbeth, directed by Jeremy Hutton, opened its curtains on Wednesday, November 9. The show is marked by well-designed and versatile scenery, stylish costumes, and more-than-adequate use of strobe lights. Imagined as an almost Wagnerian drama, and acted in a style reminiscent of Orson Welles, Hutton’s Macbeth is undoubtedly a…
Thursday, 03 November 2011 10:00
No rush for In Time
The premise that drives “In Time” is perfectly conceived. In a world where everyone's body stops aging at twenty-five years old, the time itself becomes the currency, letting the rich live forever while the poor die young.
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