Phantogram was partially named after an optical illusion which manipulates the view of dimensions. I was in the right head space while I stood in shoulder-to-shoulder anticipation waiting for Phantogram to take the stage and manipulate my view of dimensions. Standing front right, I was a well-positioned blank canvas. The show began and after a […]
The Oxbow Cure (2013), a low-budget independent feature funded by Telefilm Canada, a Toronto Arts Council grant, and Kickstarter, is nothing if not a triumph of making the best of scarce resources. Crafting a surreal psychodrama out of the performance of one actor (Claudia Dey) and the inherent mythic resonance of its location in a […]
We know immediately that Wadjda is different. Sticking out from beneath her long black garment is a pair of well-worn, black Converse shoes. They stand in stark opposition to the conservative flats and loafers of her peers. Wadjda (2012), written and directed by Haifaa al-Mansour, is a subversive film that examines the everyday life of […]
Phantogram was partially named after an optical illusion which manipulates the view of dimensions. I was in the right head space while I stood in shoulder-to-shoulder anticipation waiting for Phantogram to take the stage and manipulate my view of dimensions. Standing front right, I was a well-positioned blank canvas. The show began and after a […] 