Of the many varied films screening at VIFF this year, there were a number of shorts that played before longer features. One of these was Facing Animals, a half hour documentary that showed before Birders: The Central Park Effect. Facing Animals is a Dutch production made by filmmaker Jan van IJken who was interested in […]
We all know that horror shows at Halloween go together like pumpkins in the Fall, so having The Little Shop of Horrors grace Jericho Arts Centre’s stage just in time for our most-loved trick-or-treating holiday is absolutely fitting. Fighting Chance Production‘s play is a comedy-horror rock musical based on the 1960’s cult classic movie directed […]
Anyone who saw 74-year-old Wanda Jackson’s performance at Venue this past October knows that there’s a lot of fire remaining in this, to use Bob Dylan’s term, fireball. An industry veteran, Jackson has been riding a revival the past few years thanks in no small part to the guidance of younger stalwarts such as Jack […]
All done up with tiny paper lanterns on the ceiling and sheer white curtains behind the stage, the Media Club was just a slight bit prettier than its usually unpretentious, grungy self. Colour and texture were established as themes before the first note was played (cleverly, I suppose?), but the decor also foreshadowed something odd […]
Of the many varied films screening at VIFF this year, there were a number of shorts that played before longer features. One of these was Facing Animals, a half hour documentary that showed before Birders: The Central Park Effect. Facing Animals is a Dutch production made by filmmaker Jan van IJken who was interested in […] 