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In Toronto? John Greyson Retrospective -- and Arsenal Pulp's Latest In The 'Queer Film Classics' Series -- Launches Tonight
- By Peter Knegt
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- March 30, 2012 2:23 PM
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Arsenal Pulp Press’s “Queer Film Classics” series has already made an indelible stamp on readers in the past few years, with six of a planned 21 books being released since 2009. An innovative collection of accessible monographs, the books investigate some of the most influential films by or about queer people. Edited by two of Canada’s leading queer film critics – Thomas Waugh and Matthew Hays – the series is adding three new books to the collection this month.
Justin Bieber, Jessica Paré and Carly Rae Jepsen: Your Head Is Full of Canadians Right Now, Admit It
- By Peter Knegt
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- March 29, 2012 2:36 PM
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Who would have thought a second runner-up from "Canadian Idol" (yes, there was such a thing), the actress that plays Don Draper's new wife and Justin Bieber (in an unironic way!) would turn into your early spring triad of guilty pleasure songs that are proving incapable of being removed from your head.
Ribbon Pig: Call For Submissions
- By Mark Ambrose Harris
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- March 29, 2012 12:17 PM
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I’m excited to announce that I’ve joined the wonderful editorial team at Ribbon Pig. Established in 2011 and based in Montreal, Ribbon Pig is the literary wing of Maison Kasini, an art gallery and publishing house that focuses on making innovative and accessible work.
In December 2011, Ribbon Pig released its first volume of writing, an art-box consisting of five saddle-stitched booklets, two poems on cards, a poetry collection in origami, an accordion-fold poem, a small sculpture, a ping pong ball and a book of matches. All of the Ribbon Pig titles are also available as separate entities.
Now, we’re looking to publish a second volume of poetry, fiction, essays, and other forms of literary expression. We’re interested in writing that focuses on contemporary issues, settings, and ideas. Do you have some work that we should see? Our call for submissions is now open, and the deadline is April 10, 2012. Check out all of the details here.
The 12 Films With Female Leads To Gross Over $200 Million
- By Peter Knegt
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- March 28, 2012 2:36 PM
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In light of "The Hunger Games," its massive $152 million weekend, and the likelihood that its headed for a $400 million+ final gross, it seemed like a good idea to look at the company its about to join as a rare blockbuster featuring a woman in a lead role.
I Heart Fiona Apple
- By Peter Knegt
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- March 27, 2012 3:09 PM
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This was making the Facebook rounds today and its just too heartwarming not to share... In 2000, a 16-year-old Fiona Apple fan asked her to write a letter for his high school's gay-straight alliance. She did:
Watch Jennifer Lawrence Be Ridiculously Adorable on David Letterman
- By Peter Knegt
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- March 26, 2012 12:01 PM
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For a variety of uninteresting reasons, this blog took a two week dormancy: But wes be back. And with a generally anticlimactic post.
Watch The Beautiful French-Language Trailer For Xavier Dolan's "Laurence Anyways"
- By Peter Knegt
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- March 16, 2012 12:38 PM
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One of my most anticipated films of 2012, Xavier Dolan's third feature "Laurence Anyways" has dropped a gorgeous first trailer - a 3 minute, French language offering set to Moderat's hypnotic "A New Error":
The High School Musical Approach to Child Warfare
- By Matthew Hammett Knott
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- March 15, 2012 11:59 AM
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There has been a lot of excellent criticism and discussion elsewhere on the Invisible Children Kony campaign, which I won't add to here.
But this video - by always entertainingly subversive British journalist Charlie Brooker - is definitely worth watching, if only for the utterly insane clips it shows of Invisible Children's previous campaign videos.
I'm not fundamentally opposed to emotionally manipulative tactics in campaign videos - better that we see and process the tactics on screen, I always feel. But these videos cast Invisible Children's project in a totally different and frankly terrifying light.
Sarah Palin vs. Julianne Moore: A Scene by Scene Comparison
- By Peter Knegt
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- March 13, 2012 4:34 PM
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I was eagerly awaiting someone to take this to viral video task, and now here indeed is an extensive scene by scene comparison of Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin in "Game Change," and Palin herself. It makes clear how masterful Moore's depiction was -- which I thought fell far from simply impersonation (even if the film that surrounded the performance was somewhat less admirable).
Harmony Korine's "Spring Breakers"
- By Oliver Skinner
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- March 13, 2012 4:32 PM
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He's the notorious auteur behind cult classics "Gummo", "Julien Donkey-Boy", "Kids" (as screenwriter), and most recently 2009's "Trash Humpers"... and yet, Harmony Korine's upcoming work seems to be producing the most controversy of all his films. "Spring Breakers" features Disney teen stars Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson (Pretty Little Liars), Heather Morris (Glee), Rachel Korine (Harmony's wife), and James Franco, who was involved in Korine's "Rebel", a 20-minute instillation piece paying homage to the James Dean classic "Rebel Without A Cause".
With a synopsis reading "four college girls land in jail after robbing a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation, then find themselves bailed out by a drug and arms dealer who wants them to do some dirty work", Spring Breakers might be the wacky filmmaker's first real foray into the mainstream, causing worry among some fans who fear the notion of their arthouse hero selling out. But I believe it's safe to say we need worry not: Korine has always been a daring artist examining the American essence, and I would not be surprised if this turned out to be his most absurd, irregular work yet. So while I wallow in anticipation, take a look at these photos from the movie's shoot in Florida:
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