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east aFrica Famine relieF Fundraiser (Shel-

terbox Canada) Party. 6:30 pm. $30, adv $25. Parlour, 270 Adelaide W. torontoskylinerotary. eventbrite.com. an evening with elizaBeth may (Tim Grant campaign) Reception, dinner and talk by May. 5:30 pm. $100-$275. Sky Dragon Restaurant, 280 Spadina. votetimgrant.ca.

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the art oF invention Talk on how to drive your mind to strange places. 7 pm. $10. U of T Rosebrugh Bldg, 164 College. Pre-register dongarb@eaware.ca. iphigenia in tauris By gluck Canadian Opera Company talk. 7 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. 416-395-5639. laBour walks: cecil street Maureen Hynes and Sue Smith lead a walking tour of the Fashion District’s labour history. 6:30 pm. Free. Meet at 33 Cecil. catalystcentre.ca. nerd nite toronto One-year anniversary party. 8 pm. Free. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. toronto.nerdnite.com. nutrition For your Brain Lecture on brainboosting foods. 7 pm. Free. Big Carrot, 348 Danforth. 416-466-2129. ontario political parties on transportation policy: a dialogue with voters Public

meeting with MPPs Cheri DiNovo and Frank Klees and the Green Party’s Frank De Jong. 7 pm. Free. Metro Hall, 55 John, room 308/9. transport-action.ca/ontario. pickles Pickling workshop. 6:30 pm. Free. St Lawrence Market Kitchen, 95 Front E. Preregister 416-535-0240.

vote For housing – provincial election deBate Debate with Toronto Centre candidates

Cathy Crowe, Mark Daye and Glen Murray. 7 pm. Free. Metro-Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor. 416-351-0095 ext 257. walk 4 Justice Flash mob demo to raise awareness and honour missing and murdered aboriginal women. 3:30 pm. Free. Ryerson U, Church and Gould. fnbc.info/walk4justice.

welFare rates are making us sick: poverty, health and Fighting austerity Anti-poverty

forum (today 6 pm) and conference (tomorrow 9 am, pre-register). Free. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. raisetheratescampaign@gmail.com.

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festivals • expos • sports etc.

Festivals this week

rBeach celtic Festival Live music by the

Seasick Sailors, the Ferriers, Syd Simkins and others, plus Irish dancers, Scottish pipes and drums, and food. Free. Kew Gardens, 2075 Queen E, at Lee. thecelticfestival.com. Sep 10 and 11 rcaBBagetown Festival Fall harvest activities, a parade, mini-marathon, walking tours, pub crawl, wine tasting, film festival, historic homes tours, arts and more. Various prices, many events free. Parliament S of Wellesley. cabbagetownfestival.org. Sep 8 to 10 chinatown Festival Multicultural entertainment, food, crafts and more. Free. Spadina and Dundas. chinatownbia.com. Sep 10 and 11

southside shuFFle Blues & Jazz Festival

Performances by Johnny Max, Stan Street, Susie Vinnick, Mavis Staples and many others. Various prices, street shuffle free. Memorial Park and nearby Lakeshore Rd, Port Credit. southsideshuffle.com. Sep 9 to 11 toronto indie Film Festival Micro-budget and no-budget films from indie filmmakers. Toronto Underground Cinema, 186 Spadina. film-fest.ca. Sep 8 to 18

toronto international Film Festival

Screenings of films from Canada and around the world plus panel discussions, film-craft

Friday, September 9

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Freddie For a day (AIDS Comm of Toronto) Performances, a DJ, silent auction and a best moustache contest celebrate Freddie Mercury’s 65th birthday. 9 pm. $5 min. Woody’s/ Sailor, 467 Church. 416-972-0887. iF looks could kill... they will (AIDS Action Now) Murder mystery queer burlesque extravaganza. 8 pm. $15. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555. ride For diaBetes research (Juvenile Diabetes Research Fdn) Team stationary bike ride. 9 am-5 pm. $125 min pledges/team. Metro Convention Centre, 255 Front W. jdrf.ca/ride. solid garage aFro latin party (Serving Charity) Performances by Dance Migration, DJ Antonio Ocasio and others. 9 pm. $15, adv $10. El Mocambo, 464 Spadina. unitedsoul.ca.

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act ii studio inFo day Info on theatre courses

for older adults. 10:30 am. Free. Ryerson U Jorgenson Hall, 380 Victoria. ryerson.ca/~act2.

Bernie glassman: living a liFe that matters Talk by the Zen Peacemakers founder. 7 pm. Free. Hart House, 7 Hart House Circle. harthouse.utoronto.ca.

challenges in gloBal maternal and child health Discussion. Noon. Free.

workshops, the red carpet and more. TIFF Bell Lightbox (350 King W) and other venues. tiff.net. Sep 8 to 18 rurBannoise Festival Performances by hip-hop star Reema Major, Souls of Street Orchestra, Scratch, the Freedom Writers and others plus youth urban arts workshops. Free. Albion Library, 1515 Albion. urbannoise.ca. Sep 9 and 10 vegetarian Food Festival Cooking demos, presentations, workshops, vegetarian food and more from Toronto Vegetarian Assoc. Free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W. 416-9734000, veg.ca. Sep 10 to 12

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cariBBean tales Film showcase Local and

autumn taiko workshop Learn taiko

international Caribbean cinema with screenings, workshops and Q&As. Harbourfront Centre (235 Queens Quay W), ING Direct Café (221 Yonge). caribbeantales-events. com. To Sep 17

ReemaMajorplays theUrbannoise Festival. SickKids Hollywood rm 1246, 555 Univerkatie.johnson@sick-

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hawk’s way: garacross high park

dens or roads (1910) Urban

ecology walk. 6:15 Park entrance, Bloor 416-593-2656.

pm. Free. High and High Park.

nato’s humanitarian road map Screening and discussion with reporter

Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya and professor Michel Chossudovsky. 7 pm. Pwyc. Bloor Street United Church, 300 Bloor W. 416-9662815. treehouse talks Short talks on various subjects. 6:30 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. treehousetalks.com.

Saturday, September 10

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pm. Free. Zen Buddhist Temple, 297 College. zenbuddhisttemple. org. give concert (Evergreen Centre for Street Youth) Benefit concert with Arlene Paculan, Ejay, Elephant Harvest and the Muso Project. 7:30 pm. $10. Silver Dollar Room, 486 Spadina. 416-975-0909. rock the court (Athletes for Africa/St Alban’s Boys & Girls Club) Celebrity basketball tournament with former Raptor Matt Bonner, Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and others. $500/team. University of Toronto. Pre-register 416-686-1533, rockthecourt.ca.

Bark For liFe (Canadian Cancer Soc) Fundraising walk for dogs and their owners. 10 am-2 pm. Pledges. Trinity Bellwoods Park, Queen and Strachan. cancer.ca/barktoronto. rthe Block party (Epilepsy Toronto) Live music, a graffitti art mural, break dancers, DJ lessons and more. 11 am-11 pm. Free (donations welcome). Parking lot beside Glossy Collective, 289 College. theblockparty.net. giant Book and clothes sale (Zen Buddhist Temple) Fundraising rummage sale. 11 am-6

drumming with members of Inner Truth Taiko Dojo. 1:30-4 pm. $30. 355A College. Preregister 416-922-0226. rBallet creole open house Dance and drum workshops, performances and more. 1-4 pm. Free. 375 Dovercourt. balletcreole.org. contra dance Beginners class and live music. 7 pm. $10. St Barnabas Anglican Church Hall, 175 Hampton. tcdance.org. dmc expo Dance, Music and Comedy Exposition with performances by Glenn Lewis, Shae Calhoun, Dred Lee and others, plus exhibitor booths. 3:30-10 pm. $30-$40. International Centre, 6900 Airport Rd. dmcexpo.ca. rthe dog star Homage to dogs that have starred in films. Noon-5 pm. Free. PawsWays, 245 Queens Quay W. pawsway.ca. drop-in diy Bike repair Bring your bike and they’ll provide the space and tools. Pwyc plus parts (sugg $7/hr). Evergreen at the Brick Works, 550 Bayview. ebw.evergreen.ca. rems day CPR demos, displays and info from paramedics and emergency dispatchers. 9 am-6 pm. Free w/ admission. Toronto Zoo, Meadowvale N of 401. 416-392-5929. Fair vote toronto Join the campaign for fair voting and sign the Declaration Of Voters Rights. 11:30 am-7:30 pm. Parliament at Wellesley. june.macdonald@fairvote.ca. Falling For dance Workshops, presentations, sneak previews of works in progress and more. Today and tomorrow. Pwyc ($10 sugg). Dancer Transition Resource Centre, 250 the Esplanade. 416-515-8445. rgloBal roots harvest party Garden tours, food sampling, global music and more. 2-5 pm. Free. Green Barn, 601 Christie. thestop.org. Junction community meet and greet Children’s activities, displays and info on upcoming library programs. 1-4 pm. Free. Annette

Library, 145 Annette. 416-393-7521.

lawrence park: a garden suBurB Heritage

Toronto walking tour. 10:30 am. Free. Plaque at Lawrence Park, SE corner Lawrence and St Edmund’s. heritagetoronto.org. milne hollow Fall planting Help plant trees and shrubs. 11 am. Free. Picnic benches by parking lot S side of Lawrence E of DVP. Preregister yourleaf.org. newcomer inFormation Fair Workshops and info sessions. 11 am-3 pm. Free. Parkdale Library, 1303 Queen W. 416-393-7689, pcic.ca. Queen west walking tour Walk led by Betty Ann Jordan. $25. Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen W. 416-531-4635. sF/anime Flea market Sci fi and anime merchandise. 10 am-4 pm. Free. Reference Library, 789 Yonge. thefriendsofthemerril.org. solar & conservation Fair Talks by environmental author Jim Harris and others plus exhibits. 11 am-4 pm. Free. Assembly Hall, 1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park. 416-458-4841. toronto salsa practice No lesson, beginners to pros, no partner required. 3:30-5:30 or 5:308 pm. $5. Trinity-St. Paul’s Church, 427 Bloor W. torontosalsapractice.com. toronto stop the cuts Mass meeting to stop mayor Ford’s proposed cuts to public services. 1 pm. Free. Dufferin Grove Park, Dufferin S of Bloor. torontostopthecuts.com. voice oF women – Be active For peace! Annual general meeting with speakers, music and lunch. 9:30 am-1 pm. $10. Friends House, 60 Lowther. vowpeace.org.

Sunday, September 11

Benefits

Jazz the vote (Parkdale-High Park Liberal candidate Cortney Pasternak) Music by Jane Bunnett, Amanda Martinez and others. 7 pm. $99. Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas W. 416-531-6604.

Events

rart with the power oF the sun Workshop on sunprinting. 1:30 & 3 pm. Free w/ admission. Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills. 416-696-1000. atop the davenport hill in the 1920s Heritage Toronto walk. 1:30 pm. Free. Spadina House, 285 Spadina Rd. heritagetoronto.org. Building a culture oF peace Jean Beliveau drops in as part of his worldwide walk for peace. 1 pm. Free. Friends House, 60 Lowther. wwwalk.org/en. disturBing interviews with 9/11 pentagon

witnesses Screening of interviews, hosted by author Barry Zwicker. 8 pm. $15, stu/srs $12, adv $10 or pwyc. Royal Cinema, 608 College. citizeninvestigationteam.com. Frederick wiseman The documentary filmmaker gives a lecture and masterclass with Kevin McMahon. 2:30 pm. $60, stu $25. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. frederickwiseman.eventbrite.com. From earthstars to angels Illustrated lecture on fungi by naturalist Richard Aaron. 2:30 pm. Free. Emmanuel College, rm 001, 75 Queen’s Park Cres. torontofieldnaturalists.org.

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Guided ROM walk. 2 pm. City Hall, Queen and Bay. rom.on.ca. high park Fall restoration planting Fall planting session. 10:30 am. Free. Grenadier Cafe, High Park. highparknature.org. a history oF iDeas oF love Ulyssean Society lecture by Robert Adolph. 2 pm. Free. Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil. ulyssean.on.ca.

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Zabeil and actor Fehling discuss their new film, River Used To Be A Man, with Marc Glassman. 5:30 pm. Goethe Institute, 100 University. Pre-register interns@toronto.goethe.org.

Health care tops voter concerns as the provincial election shoots into high gear. To ensure the issue stays in the limelight, the Ontario Health Coalition hosts a rally and march Tuesday (September 13) for restored hospital beds, an end to ER

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ture for new hikers today at 6:30 pm, a visit to a hiking equipment outfitter to learn about gear on Sep 16 and a hike at Scotsdale Farm on Oct 2. Free except $10 bus fare for hike. YMCA 20 Grosvenor. Pre-register 416-530-0409, torontobrucetrailclub.org. rally to saFeguarD publiC health Start at Queen’s Park and march down University in support of public health care in Ontario. 11:30 am. Free. 416-441-2502. riCarDo Dominguez The digital activist talks about collaborative projects with artists. 7:30 pm. Free. OCAD, 100 McCaul. Pre-register smulholland@ocad.ca.

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with translator Motoyuki Shibata and novelist Hideo Furukawa. 7 pm. $12. Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond. jccc.on.ca. volunteer opportunities For aDults Volunteer Toronto info fair. 2-4 pm. Free. North York Central Library, 5120 Yonge. 416-395-5660.

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adoption. 11 am-5 pm. Free. Yonge-Dundas Square. ydsquare.ca. all CanDiDates meet & greet Parkdale-High Park riding meeting about issues relating to affordable housing and cooperative housing. 6-8:30 pm. Free. Swansea Village Co-op, 85 Coehill. m.maldonado.84@hotmail.com.

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Canadian Voice of Women for Peace holds an open AGM on the eve of September 11 remembrances. Build peace, not fear, the org says. Speakers include Lynn Adamson on the Canadian boat to Gaza, nuclear weapons foes Martha Goodings and Anna Jaikaran, and anti-nuclear power activist Angela Bischoff. Saturday (September 10), 9:30 am to 1:30 pm. Friends House, 60 Lowther. $10. RSVP to 416-6037015 or info@vowpeace.org.

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Grab your Freddie Mercury get-up (moustaches available at the door) and rock on over to the AIDS Committee of Toronto’s Freddie For A Day funder, Friday (September 9), 9 pm. The fun includes a lip sync competition, Freddie costume contest, silent auction and performances of classic Queen numbers. It’s one of a series of global events launched by the Mercury Phoenix Trust, which funds AIDS support worldwide. Woody’s, 467 Church. 416-340-2437.

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For glasses geeks (guilty!), the front showroom of the new Cutler and Gross boutique opening today (Thursday, September 8) in Yorkville is eye candy enough. The long, gallery-style store is stocked with thousands of frames (75 per cent of the UK-based line’s 6,000 designs, I hear) from acetate aviators with leather-wrapped arms to round specs in lemon and turquoise. But for real optical aficionados (and visiting TIFF celebs, of course), the must-see space is the mini-museum and VIP salon hidden in the back behind a wall-sized photograph of Mr. Cutler and Mr. Gross themselves. Library-style shelves pull out to reveal a selection of one-of-a-kind frames from the line’s archive, including heart-shaped sunnies and retro, oversized options. The shop also offers a unique-to-North America bespoke service that allows you to tweak shapes and acetate colours. A three-month process includes sampling the glasses in Italy and fitting the frames in Toronto before the final product is produced. Cutler and Gross picks: Circular-style 734 comes in a soft peach hue, $480; the new fall collection, including the angular 1030 model in ruby red, features an updated, flat-fronted bridge, $470; Elton John wore an oval pair from the museum collection in Pop Magazine, $550. Look for: A selection of frames created in collaboration with Maison Martin Margiela, Erdem and, for fall 2012, Canadian-in-London designer Thomas Tait. Hours: Monday to Wednesday 11 am to 7 pm, Thursday to Saturday 11 am to 8 pm, Sunday noon to 6 pm. 3

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Aries Mar 21 | Apr 19 “Don’t be angry

with the rain,” counselled author Vladimir Nabokov. “It simply does not know how to fall upward.” In the coming week, I advise you to apply that principle to a host of phenomena, Aries. Don’t get all knotted up about any force of nature that insists on being itself, and don’t waste your time trying to figure out how to disobey the law of gravity. It’s fine if you find it amusing to go against the flow, but don’t expect the flow to follow you in your rebellion.

TAurus Apr 20 | May 20 Where will you be in the latter half of 2016? What will you be doing? Now would be an excellent time to fantasize and meditate about questions like those. You’re likely to have a good bit of intuitive foresight in the coming days – some ability to discern the embryonic patterns swirling in the mists. But even more importantly, you will have extra power to dream up potent visions for your best possible future and plant them as seeds in the fertile bed of your subconscious mind. GeMini May 21 | Jun 20 I believe you’re

close to getting permanent immunity from hell, Gemini. Take it as a metaphor if you like, but consider the possibility that there may soon come a time when you will never again be susceptible to getting dragged into the bottomless pit. You will receive the equivalent of a “Get out of jail free” card that forever guarantees you exemption from the worst of the nightmare realms. Please note: I’m not saying you will be forever free of all

suffering. But if you simply keep doing the smart things you’ve been doing lately, you will tap into a reservoir of stabilizing poise so strong that “the devil” will have no further claim on your soul.

CAnCer Jun 21 | Jul 22 In The Blood, an episode of the TV show Seinfeld, George tries to go for “the Trifecta”: eating a pastrami sandwich and watching TV while having sex. His girlfriend isn’t pleased about it, though, so the triple-intense pleasure doesn’t materialize in the way George had hoped. But something akin to this scenario could very well work for you in the coming week, Cancerian. You will have a knack for stirring up more fun and pleasure that usual through the inventive use of multi-tasking. LeO Jul 23 | Aug 22 In Wiccan circles, a

“familiar” is a supernatural entity or magic animal that serves as a spirit ally. Some witches regard their cats as their familiars. In Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy of fantasy books, the “daemon” (very different from a “demon”) plays a similar role: a shape-shifting creature that embodies a person’s soul. This would be an excellent time for you to develop a closer relationship with a familiar or daemon or any other uncanny helper, Leo. You have more hidden power at your disposal than you realize, and it’s a propitious time to call on it.

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tune is a TV game show in which players vie to guess a mystery phrase that is revealed letter by letter. On one episode

not too long ago, a highly intuitive contestant solved the puzzle even though just one letter had been unveiled. The winning answer was “I’ve got a good feeling about this.” From what I can tell, Virgo, you’ve got a similar aptitude these days – an ability to foresee how things are ultimately going to develop simply by extrapolating from a few clues. I encourage you to make liberal use of your temporary superpower. (P.S. I’ve got a good feeling about this.)

LibrA sep 23 | Oct 22 You have about 100 billion neurons in your brain. That also happens to be the approximate number of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. Coincidence? I think not. As the mystic dictum reminds us, “As above, so below.” The macrocosm and microcosm are mirrors of each other. Everything that happens on a collective level has an intimately personal impact. The better you know yourself, the more likely you are to understand how the world works – and vice versa. I urge you to be alert for concrete evidence of this principle, Libra. Your week will be successful if you make it your background meditation. sCOrpiO Oct 23 | nov 21 “By the year

2021, the complete gratification of sexual desires will be as easy and stress-free as drinking a glass of water.” That was one of 25 prophecies delivered to me by a polite, well-spoken madman I met on a July morning in a café in Earls Court, London, back in 1990. Sixteen of his other predictions have come true so far

(like “America will have a black president by 2010,” “You will become a famous astrologer,” “60-year-old women will be able to give birth”), so I’m thinking that the one about easy sexual gratification could turn out to be accurate as well. Until then, Scorpio, you may sometimes have to deal with periodic struggles in getting your needs met. Having said that, though, I’m happy to announce that the coming weeks are shaping up as one of your closest approximations to the supposed 2021 levels of erotic bliss.

sAGiTTArius nov 22 | Dec 21 The

beauty contests in Saudi Arabia don’t judge women on the basis of their physical appearance. A recent winner, Aya Ali al-Mulla, was crowned “Queen of Beautiful Morals” without ever revealing the face and form shrouded beneath her black head-to-toe garment. Instead, her excellence emerged during a series of psychological and social tests that evaluated her strength of character and service to family and society. I’d like to borrow this idea and apply it to you. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you could and should be a paragon of moral beauty in the coming week – a shining example and inspiration to all the other signs of the zodiac.

CApriCOrn Dec 22 | Jan 19 Filip Marinovich calls his poetry book And If You Don’t Go Crazy I’ll Meet You Here Tomorrow. I’m borrowing that title for this horoscope. So here goes: If you don’t go crazy in the coming days, Capricorn, I’ll meet you here again next week. To be clear: there is an excellent chance you will be able to keep our appointment. The astrological omens suggest you’ll call on reserves of wisdom that haven’t been accessible before, and that alone could prevent you from a brush with lunacy. You’re also primed to be

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AquArius Jan 20 | Feb 18 There’s no

better way to inform you of your task right now than to cite Hexagram 18 of the I Ching, the ancient Chinese book of divination. The title of the oracle is Work On What Has Been Spoiled. Here’s an interpretation by the I Ching’s translator Richard Wilhelm, with a little help from me: “What has been spoiled through human mistakes can be made good again through human work. It is not immutable fate that has caused the state of corruption, but rather the abuse of human freedom. Toil that is done to correct the situation bodes well, because it is in harmony with cosmic potentials. Success depends on diligent deliberation followed by vigorous action.”

pisCes Feb 19| Mar 20 Breaking the

rules could be a boon for your closest relationships if it’s done out of deep caring and not out of anger or boredom. Can you commit to that high standard, Pisces? I hope so, because it’s prime time to shake up and reinvigorate stale concepts about togetherness. You will never know how much more interesting your intimate alliances can be unless you put that vivacious imagination of yours to work. Would you be willing to buy tickets for a joint excursion to the frontier? Go hunting for surprises that re-calibrate the dynamic between you and yours? Take a collaborative risk you’d never want to face alone?

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charles khabouth is in the business of buzz. And very successfully so, if the Tattoo Rock Parlour, Ultra Supper Club and Spice Route resto-lounges are any indication. All have a certain undeniable glamour and crowds clamouring at their red velvet ropes, but none of the jewels in the club king’s crown are known as dining destinations. Killer cocktails? No question. Food? Further down the list. So imagine the surprise that is La Société, Khabouth’s sprawling three-month-old brasserie in Yorkville’s Colonnade. A kitchen in these posh parts could serve cat food on a cracker and it would still be shoulder-pad-toshoulder-pad with the rarefied types who can afford to shop at Prada and shack up at the Four Seasons. Instead, we hoi polloi get executive chef James Olberg’s more than competent takes on the classic French canon at prices that won’t break the bank. On

two spectacular terraces in the heart of Yorkville yet. Yes, they kill us on the drinks. Our overly attentive server can’t seem to top up our glasses of Perrier ($8/750 ml) fast enough. Good thing we’re not necking $26 flutes of Veuve Clicquot. But 13 bucks gets us a perfectly respectable rustic pork-shoulder pâté wrapped in fatty smoked bacon and studded with green peppercorns and pistachios, a tangle of watercress and frisée in a light lemony vinaigrette on the side. Laced with cognac and gooey Gru-

yère, a substantial tureen of onion soup Lyonnaise ($11) is almost a meal in itself, although one better suited to the dead of winter than a summer heat wave. At lunch, the starter-sized Niçoise ($14/$24 main) dressed with barely seared sushi-grade tuna, a few fingerling potatoes and correctly al dente haricot verts (green beans to the rest of us) can easily be shared by two. Rather than using a cheap flank or bavette, Olberg expertly grills 8½ Felliniesque ounces of aged New York strip loin for his steak frites ($29 din-

ner/$26 lunch) before daubing it with an herbed pat of maître d’hotel butter and siding it with skinny sea-salted fries. Those same super spuds – now brought to the table in a cute miniature fry basket – pull double duty with moules-frites ($19), two dozen PEI mussels steamed in a creamy saffron-scented white wine broth. You’ll want a second basket of chewy Thuet baguette with whipped butter to sop up every last drop. Having recently eaten our way across the GTA in search of the best 50 burgers, frankly, we’re a little burgered-out. But we’d be back in a flash for La Société’s white cheddar cheeseburger, a meaty 8-ounce patty slathered with house-made pickle aioli ($16 with frites and salad, easily the best deal in the house). Anyone who remembers the similar burger at the long-gone Bemelmans will instantly fall in love. We’ve also been on a bit of a macaroni and cheese bender of late, and Olberg’s rendition doesn’t disappoint. It’s a comforting buttery mess of long FrancoAmerican-style casarecce noodles swimming in fontina, Gruyère and grana padano – more cheese than pasta. Served in a goblet and topped with a stick of Pocky, pastry chef Stephanie For-

gione’s chocolate mousse gets less impressive with every spoonful; Dream Whip and Bill Cosby’s Jello pudding come to mind. But do save room for her profiteroles (both $10), an exquisite trio of cream puffs stuffed with housemade vanilla ice cream and finished with Callebaut chocolate sauce and a toss of toasted almond flakes. We’re usually with Groucho Marx when it comes to clubs. Thanks, but no thanks. Based on this dessert alone – though there’s plenty on the carte to back it up – we’ll gladly make the exception for La Société. 3 stevend@nowtoronto.com

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West Side 254 Adelaide W, at Duncan, 647-3524786, burgerbrats.ca. Burger Priest clone, with the Hangover – three 6-ounce patties, three slices of processed cheddar, two slices of peameal bacon, fried mushrooms ’n’ onions, romaine lettuce, field tomato and a fried egg on a bun ($15) – its Tower of Babel. Monday to Thursday 11 am to 10 pm, Friday 11 am to 4 am, Saturday noon to 4 am. Closed Sunday, holidays. ≠Unlicensed. $

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270 Adelaide W, at John, 416-977-2333, cornedbeefhouse.com. Montreal-style smoked meat sandwiches in the old Avalon just down the block from the original digs. Best Reuben in town? Monday to Wednesday 11 am to 9 pm, Thursday to Saturday 11 am to 11 pm. Closed Sunday, holidays. $$

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309 King W, at John, 416-740-6622, dhaba.ca. Terrific north Indian all-youcan-eat lunch buffet and salad bar from $11.95. Buffet weekdays noon to 2:30 pm, brunch buffet Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 3 pm, à la carte dinner nightly 5 to 10:30 pm. $$

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326 Adelaide W, at Peter, 647-352-5773, khaosanroad.ca. Stylish Thai trat takes Southeast Asian street food uptown. Pyromaniacs know to order everything “Thai spicy.” Lunch Monday to Saturday 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, dinner 5 to 10 pm. Closed Sunday, some holidays. $$

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330 King W, at John, 647-288-4710, oliverbonacini.com. Stylish cafeteria on the ground floor of the TIFF tower. Daily 8 am to close. Lunch weekdays from 11 am, weekend and holidays from 10 am. $$✦z

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373 Queen W, at Peter, 416-593-0917, thepeterpanbistro.com. This long-running entry-level bistro is an even bigger bargain at lunch, when a plate of simple Scarpettastyle pasta and a hunk of freshly baked focaccia goes for $8.95. Lunch Monday to Saturday noon to 4 pm, dinner Monday to Wednesday 4 to 10 pm, Thursday 4 to Saturday 4 to 11:30 pm; brunch Sunday noon to 4 pm, dinner to 10 pm. $$z

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208 Queen W, at Duncan, 416-598-4719, queenmothercafe.ca. Moderately priced vegetarian-friendly card with a pronounced Southeast Asian accent in laidback digs with service to match. Monday to Saturday 11:30 am to 1 am. Brunch Sunday 11:30 am to 4:30 pm, dinner till midnight. $$z

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ravisoups.com. Quality ingredients, attention to detail and fabulously rich flavours make ex-Mildred Pierce chef Ravi Kanagarajah’s deluxe soups some of the most sought-after in town. Monday to Friday 8 am to 8 pm (lunches from 11 am), Saturday noon to 6 pm. Closed Sunday, holidays. Unlicensed. $z

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265 Queen W, at Duncan, 416-645-0286, trimurti.ca. The tastiest of the four Indian all-you-can-eat buffets on the block, from the original Nataraj crew. $11.95 buffet Monday to Friday 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday 11:30 am to 3 pm; à la carte dinner Monday to Thursday 5 to 11 pm, Saturday and Sunday 3 to 11 pm. $$✦

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138 Dundas W, at Elizabeth, 416-2051155, kenzoramen.ca. Super al dente house-made noodles, luxurious broths and top-of-the-line toppings. Daily 11 am to 10 pm. $

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35 Elm, at Yonge, 647-347-2712, queenandbeaverpub.ca. Fancy-pants gastropub in a two-storey Victorian with multiple patios. Don’t miss the bone-marrow-laced burgers and outstanding fish ’n’ chips. Lunch Monday to Friday 11:30 am to 3 pm, dinner Monday to Saturday 3 to 11 pm, Sunday 3 to 10 pm. Brunch Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 3 pm, breakfast both days from 9 am in footie season. Bar till close. $$$z

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23 Charles W, at St Nicholas, 416-9256176. Kitty-corner from the Varsity, this Japanese fast food joint has been serving Hiroshima-style omelettes to cashstrapped fest-goers since the 70s. Monday to Friday 11:30 am to 10 pm, Saturday noon to 10 pm. Closed Sunday, holidays. $✦

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99 Yorkville, at Bellair, 416-920-2108, coffeemillrestaurant.com. Toronto’s version of the Brown Derby, this long-running Hungarian restaurant attracts an oldschool show-biz crowd for goulash and paprikash. Monday to Thursday 10 am to 11 pm, Friday and Saturday 10 am to midnight, Sunday and holidays noon to 11 pm. $$z 13 Hayden, at Yonge, 416-922-8171. Oldschool pasta, pizza and panini to go. Monday to Friday 11 am to 5:30 pm, Saturday 5 to 10 pm. Closed Sunday, holidays. $

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7A Yorkville, at Yonge, 416-916-0619. All of 10 seats, former Four Seasons chef Roberto Granata’s budget-minded all-vegetarian café combines southern Italian classics with contemporary health-conscious technique. Monday to Saturday 9 am to 5 pm. Closed Sunday, holidays. Unlicensed. $

22 Cumberland, at Yonge, 416-923-5716, thepilot.ca. Pub grub and pints on a rooftop close to the action. Monday to Saturday 11 am to 2 am, Sunday noon to 10 pm. $$z

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(UK), directed by Lasse Hallström, with Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt and Kristin Scott Thomas. THE PLOT Reluctant Brit bureaucrat introduces sport fishing to the Middle East. THE CHEF Jason Kennedy of Diana’s Oyster Bar & Grill (2105 Lawrence East, at Ainsdale, 416-288-1588, dianasseafood.com/restaurant) THE FOOD Canapés of cured and mesquite-smoked farmed Atlantic salmon rosettes with smoked salmon custard, horseradish cream, capers, baby arugula and pickled red onion; orange-, ginger- and beet-marinated salmon crudo salad; deconstructed hickorysmoked salmon niçoise with fingerling potatoes, olives, grape tomatoes and quail egg in truffled tarragon vinaigrette. THE CONNECTION “A true salmon tasting, a beautiful balance of flavour and texture.”

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(France/Germany), directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi, with Isabella Rossellini and Mathieu Amalric. THE PLOT After losing his favourite instrument, a musician vows to die. THE CHEF Alireza Fakhrashrafi of Pomegranate (420 College, at Bathurst, 416-921-7557, pomegranaterestaurant.ca) THE FOOD Chicken stew with saffronscented yellow plums and apricots dressed with dried barberries; Persianstyle basmati rice; and a salad of diced cucumber, tomato and onion soaked in verjus and topped with parsley and mint (Salad Sahirazi). THE CONNECTION “I first encountered this chicken dish at a traditional village wedding in Abarkooh near the Caspian Sea in northwestern Iran. The rice has a lovely crispy bottom that’s broken into pieces and dipped into the sauce. A bit of a mix-and-match, as any menu at a party should be.”

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(Denmark/France/Sweden/Germany), written and directed by Lars von Trier, with Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Charlotte Rampling. THE PLOT Depressed sisters face the imminent destruction of the planet. THE CHEF Eric Wood of Fabarnak (519 Church, at Dundonald, 416-355-6781, fabarnak.com) THE FOOD Spoonful servings of diced beet ’n’ beef heart tartare dolloped with Dijon crème fraîche and dressed with capers and baby pea shoots (pictured); thinly sliced wild duck prosciutto with burnt onion marmalade; and dark and white “chocolate eclipse” moon pies. THE CONNECTION: “As the movie touches on some very serious themes – the meaning of life, the meaning of love – I went with moody, dark and elegant. I imagined a wedding at the end of the world, the cosmic moon pies the literal finale.”

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There was an unshakeable feeling of melancholy throughout Glen Campbell’s performance at the CNE. The 75-year-old has gone public about his battle with Alzheimer’s, and his painfully apparent affliction cast a cloud over the hour-plus performance. After a while you had to stop caring about missed guitar notes, flubbed lyrics and confusion over song keys and set order. Campbell often looked at his band, consisting of four of his offspring from various marriages, and asked, “What are we doing now?” His voice is mostly still intact, warm and smooth, with a Southern drawl

that made him an AM radio hero. On classics Wichita Lineman, Galveston, Gentle On My Mind and Rhinestone Cowboy, it filled the summer night. It was hard to not to feel a degree of pity for Campbell, though there’s something triumphant about this, his final tour. He’s not hiding away but rather saying goodbye to music on his JASON KELLER own terms.

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Want to learn how to play guitar like British folk legend Richard Thompson? There’s an app for that. For the iPad, specifically. Though the 62-year-old singer/songwriter, who, among other achievements, started the influential folk rock band Fairport Convention in 1967, doesn’t own one himself, he sees the potential in the medium. “It can be a great learning tool,” he says from Los Angeles. “For example, you can loop a piece and repeat it endlessly. You can play something at the same pitch but at half speed, another fantastic learning device. It’s such a wonderful way of teaching that I had to be a part of it.” Considering that much of Thomp-

son’s fame comes from his unorthodox, virtuosic playing style, both acoustically and electrically, it’s hard to imagine that even lessons from the man himself could get you near his mark. “Well, I kind of hope they won’t actually,” laughs Thompson. “You give people instruction, but you hope they’ll never be as good as you are. That’s a bit sick and twisted, isn’t it? “Plus, it’s not just about technique. You have to learn about how to be more musical, about feel, about translating emotion into music. For me, [learning] is an endless thing. I think with whatever instrument you play you can’t become complacent.” That work ethic is reflected in Thompson’s stunning, sometimes bleak repertoire of masterful tunes, which includes 1974’s I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight, his second album after leaving Fairport and first with his then wife Linda Thompson.

The duo continued till 1982’s acclaimed and cathartic Shoot Out The Lights. He’s been solo ever since, and last year released Dream Attic (Shout! Factory), an electric album of new material recorded live during a two-week American tour. (He vastly prefers performing to recording.) For his solo acoustic Koerner Hall show, he promises to play brand new and recent tunes, selections from his remarkable 80s solo LPs and early 60s and 70s classics. Try to tell him he’s prolific, however, and he dismisses the idea. “Oh, I try. Cole Porter wrote 2,000 songs or something. I’m getting up to 500, so I feel like a bit of a slouch sometimes.” music@nowtoronto.com

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Nas vs Lauryn Hill In the 15 years since they collaborated on the song If I Ruled The World (Imagine That), Rock The Bells co-headliners Nas and Lauryn Hill have been through a multitude of highs and lows in both their careers and personal lives. As of 2011, which of them actually came out on top? We vet the hip-hop legends in this helpful scorecard. By Jason RichaRds

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1996 Becomes hip-hop’s greatest female rapper thanks to her group the Fugees’ second album, The Score +10

1994 Releases his classic solo debut, Ill+10 matic 1996: Drops his solid second album, It +7 Was Written 1997 Starts The Firm, his supergroup +3 with AZ, Foxy Brown and Nature 1998 Co-writes and appears in Belly, video director Hype +4 Williams’s feature film debut 1999 Puts out his weak third album, I Am…

1999 Releases his atrocious fourth album, Nastradamus

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2000 Drops the single Oochie Wally, possibly one of the most irritating songs in hip-hop his-4 tory 2001 Goes to war with Jay-Z in one of rap’s most thrilling beefs, eviscerating his foe in +9 the song Ether

1997 Gives birth to her first child, Zion +7 1999 Releases her groundbreaking, multi-platinum, five-Grammy-winning, Wyclef Jean-one-upping solo debut, The Miseducation Of +10 Lauryn Hill 2002 Performs new songs, makes mistakes, cries, on her disappointing second album, the live MTV Un+0 plugged No. 2.0 2003 Sneak-attacks the Catholic Church during a performance at the Vatican, attacking the institution over the clergy’s widespread +8 child molestation 2004 Forces Kanye West to alter his song All Falls Down after he’s unable to reach her to clear a -3 sample

2002-2006 Returns to form with a series of decent albums, Street’s Disciple, God’s Son and +5 Hip-Hop Is Dead 2005 Marries R&B singer Kelis

2006 Reconciles with Jay-Z, signing to Def Jam, the label his +0 one-time enemy presided over 2007-2008 Announces that his next album will be called the N-word; succumbs to label pressure after Wal-mart refuses to carry an album with that title, -4 changing it to Untitled 2008 Feuds with Bill O’Reilly; peti+3 tions Fox News 2009 First son, Knight, is born +8 2009 Kelis files for divorce; judge orders Nas to pay $55,000 -7 monthly in child support 2010 In an open email, blasts Def Jam during a dispute over its handling of his Lost Tapes 2 album, calling it a “rap label +6 that doesn’t understand rap” 2010 Collaborates with Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley on full+3 length rap-reggae project Distant Relatives

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2004 Reunites with the Fugees in the film Dave +8 Chappelle’s Block Party 2005 Talib Kweli puts out the song Ms. Hill, urging -2 her to return to music. Ms. Hill does not respond • The Fugees release mediocre comeback song Take It Easy -1 2006 The Fugees break up again, and other members Wyclef -8 and Pras cite Hill’s unreliability 2007 Lacklustre new Hill song Lose Myself appears on the +0 soundtrack for CGI family film Surf’s Up, of all places • Disturbs fans by resurfacing with a new clown-makeupish look -5

2011 Raises eyebrows after insisting on being called “Ms. -2 Hill” at Sundance Film Festival 2011 Becomes the victim of a sordid cheating scandal involving Rohan Marley, father of her six children, and Vic-5 toria’s Secret model Isabeli Fontana

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Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

gate 403 Bobby Hsu Jazz Band 5 pm. gate 403 The Café Ole Latin Jazz Band 9 pm. harleM Mike Field 7:30 pm. harleM underground Chris Weatherstone

Trio (jazz) 8 pm. lula lounge Friday Jazz Series Dominic Mancuso Trio (jazz) 8 pm. old Mill inn hoMe sMith Bar Russ Little Trio 7:30 pm. rePosado The Reposadists (Gypsy-bop jazz). rex Hogtown Syncopators 4 pm. rex Lester McLean 6:30 pm. rex CD release Andre White Sextet 9:45 pm. soMewhere there studio Leftover Daylight Series fisher/gill/willes, adjemian/aldcroft/ robinson 8 pm. waterfalls Album release Jim Heineman (jazz) 9 pm.

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

annex wreCkrooM 90s Party: Back To School

Edition Fawn BC, Caff (alt-rock/pop/hip-hop) 10 pm. Beaver Cub Camp DJ Scooter, DJ Nino Brown. Castro’s lounge DJ ‘I Hate You’ Rob (soul/ funk/R&B/punk rock/rockabilly) 10 pm. Cheval Lights Camera Lifestyle TIFF Party Kay, PG-13. Clinton’s Fuck It Dance Party Bangs & Blush. CoBra lounge Lights Camera Lifestyle TIFF Party DJ Ms Thang, MKutz. College street Bar Bangers And Mash DJs cDoc, Fiction, Loc.Nes, Illicit Pulse (house/UK/ retro/hip-hop/rock/remixes) 10 pm. drake hotel underground TIFF ’11 Veronica Vasicka, Mikey Apples, Scott Seewhale doors 11 pm. drake hotel lounge DJ Your Boy Brian doors 10 pm. el MoCaMBo uPstairs Solid Garage Afro Latin Party benefit for Serving Charity Antonio Ocasio, Groove Institute, Gadjet, Chico Pacheco (Afro/Latin/house) 9 pm. eMMet ray Bar Funky Flavours (funk/ soul) 10 pm. fly Grapefruit DJ Shane Percy, DJ Aural w/ Mahogany Browne 10 pm.5 footwork Love This City Fridays The Junkies, Alicia Hush, Chris Larsen, Con + Wonka doors 10 pm.

United Radio.

rivoli Pool lounge This Is It DJ Stu (rock/old school/Brit/electro/classics/retro).

the savoy DJ JRyDee (hip-hop/old school)

10 pm.

sCreen lounge Soul In The City DJ Michael

Williams (Motown classics/smooth jazz/ northern soul/Canrock) 10 pm. six degrees Born Again Jester, D’Bandit, Soca Sweetness, DJ Freeon, Kid Kut (host). slaCk’s Lesbian Meyham DJ Cozmic Cat 10 pm.5 suPerMarket DJ Circle Research (dance party).

Saturday, September 10 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

alBion liBrary urbanNOISE Festival Reema Major, Souls of Steel Orchestra, ñ Scratch, LP Da Original, Flip Watson, the Freedom Writers, Chizzy Bashment, Toronto Bhangra All-Stars 3 to 8 pm, all ages.

alleyCatz Luscious 9:30 pm. asPetta Caffe Pale Fire Union, Spencer Vad-

er, Melanie Lila, Michael Kirk, Cold Blooded Hero, a Yellow Field, No Found Address (rock/ pop/alt) 2 pm. Bovine sex CluB TIFF 4 am Film Party Neon Windbreaker (punk). CadillaC lounge Emerson Street Rhythm Band 10 pm. Centre island shoPsy’s Patio Reggae In Paradise Diaspora, Deejay Scootz 4 to 9 pm. C’est what James Struthers, Kate Morgan 8 pm. Cherry Cola’s roCk n’ rolla TimeGiant (rock) doors 9 pm. the danny Superbitch (rock/top 40) 10 pm. drake hotel underground TIFF ’11 The D’Arcys, Samantha Savage Smith (indie rock) doors 7 pm. graffiti’s The John Borra Band 4 pm. harleM Gibbran (soul/blues/funk/reggae/ R&B) 7:30 pm. holy oak Cafe Selina Martin Triage, JJ Ipsen (rock) 10 pm. horseshoe Mudhoney, Metz (grunge) doors 9 pm. international Centre DMC Expo Glenn Lewis 3:30 to 10 pm. kool haus OneXOne Celebration Benefit Concert Lupe Fiasco, Kardinal Offishall, Melanie Fiona and others 9 pm. Marilyn Bell Park Rock The Boat Spirit of the West, Diana Catherine and the Thrusty Tweeters 3 pm. Molson aMPhitheatre Bachman Turner, Paul Rodgers doors 7 pm. rivoli Fyoosha, Kaywhy Elle E, James from the Songs, Like Rivals, Sarah J, Brad Bryers, Joob, This Is Me as a Woman 8 pm.

ñ ñ

roCkPile

Teenage Head. ñ sound aCadeMy Joe Jonas & Jay Sean, JoJo

doors 8 pm.

southside Johnny’s Mike Tyler Band (rock/ top 40) 10 pm.

sPortster’s Nicola Vaughan 10 pm.

Folk/BluEs/Country/WorlD

air Canada Centre Get Closer World Tour

Keith Urban, the Band Perry doors 6:30 pm. CadillaC lounge Roots Round Up IV: Benefit for the Canadian Cancer Society The Rizdales, the Millwinders, Steve Ketchen & the Homestretch Band, the Howling Bullets 3 to 8 pm. CadillaC lounge Mary & Micky (country) 3:30 pm. CaMeron house Big Tobacco & the Pickers (country) 6 to 8 pm. dakota tavern Eugene Ripper (folk rocker/singer/songwriter) 7:30 pm. doMinion on queen Ronnie Hayward Trio 3 to 7 pm. doMinion on queen Michael Schatte Band 9 pm. kew gardens Beach Celtic Festival The Seasick Sailors, the Ferriers, Beacher Don Graham, Syd Simkins, Scottish pipes and drums and others 10 am to 6 pm.

8:30 pm.

queen elizaBeth theatre Michéal Castaldo,

Giorgia Fumanti, Ron Korb, Donald Quan (Italian songs) 8 pm. reBas Café Open Mic David Crighton 1-4 pm. rex Danny Marks (blues) noon.

royal Canadian legion – Port Credit

Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Festival: Maximum Blues Jamstage Steve Grisbrook, Chris Murphy 10 pm. silver dollar GIVE Concert benefitting the Yonge St Mission Elephant Harvest, the Muso Project, Ejay, Arlene Paculan, Theodor 7:30 to 10:30 pm. tranzaC southern Cross Jamzac Open Jam 3 pm. tranzaC southern Cross Scott B Sympathy (folk) 6:30 pm. tranzaC southern Cross Kev Corbett (indie folk) 10 pm. village of yorkville Park Summer Music In The Park Silhouettes Duo 2 to 5 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

diMitra’s Bistro Vincent Wolfe Trio, Mark Kieswetter, Liberty Silver (jazz) 8 pm.

dr norMan Bethune Collegiate institute

the hoxton Baio (DJ set by Vampire Weekend member). ñ insoMnia Sense Saturdays DJ Charles (deep

house).

lee’s PalaCe danCe Cave Full On Alternative DJ Mr Pete (alternative). Maro Lights Camera Lifestyle Sky Nellor. Mod CluB UK Underground DJ MRK, Milhouse Brown, Tigerblood (indie/electro/dubstep). naCo gallery Cafe Sugar Bush DJ Home Rekha 10 pm.5 neu+ral Fixion Saturdays DJ Dwight (alt/ electronic/indie/retro/remix). the ossington Lucky Bitches (glam-positive/ mega-paleo dance party). the Painted lady Salazar, Anastasia Burlesque (funk/soul/hip-hop/R&R) 10 pm. Parts & laBour Religious Material DJ Scott Cudmore (psych soul/hip-hop) 10 pm. the Piston Neat Neat Neat (Britpop/indie/ shoegaze) 10 pm. rivoli Pool lounge Bump N’ Hustle Paul E Lopes & Tull (soul/funk/house/disco/reggae/ hip-hop) 10 pm. suPerMarket Do Right Saturdays! DJ John Kong, MC Abs.

Open rehearsal Scarborough Society of Musicians 10:30 am to 1 pm. gallery 345 Music On The Edge The Dartmoor (Susie Hodder-Williams, Chris Caldwell) (flute/sax/clarinet/singing bowl) 8 pm. gate 403 Damien Villeneuve (piano) noon. gate 403 Bill Heffernan 5 pm. gate 403 Six Points Jazz Orchestra 9 pm. graffiti’s The Flava Quartet eve. harleM underground Carl Bray (jazz) 8 pm.

wrongBar Meeti & Meech. ñBotnek,

Jessica Stuart Few (jazz/pop). ñ MagiC oven queen e Chairman Moe Band,

graffiti’s Michael Brennan 4 pm. holy oak Cafe In Tall Buildings, Formalists,

the loCal

Mulatu Ethio Grooves (acid jazz) 9 pm.

old Mill inn hoMe sMith Bar Gary Benson

Trio 7:30 pm. rex CD release Andre White Sextet 9:45 pm. rex Laura Hubert Band 3:30 pm. rex The Maisies 7 pm. sony Centre for the PerforMing arts The Rumi Symphony Project Hafez Nazeri, Matt Haimovitz, Shahram Nazeri, Glen Velez, Paul Neoubour, Hussein Zahawy, Yousif Sheronick. ten feet tall Jazz Cabaret Samantha Clayton 8 pm.

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

annex wreCkrooM See You Saturdays Rick Toxic (club hits/party anthems) 10 pm.

Cheval Lights Camera Lifestyle TIFF Party

Starting from Scratch, Andy Alias, Brent Hayward. Clinton’s Shake, Rattle & Roll Bangs & Blush (Motown/Britpop). CoBra lounge Lights Camera Lifestyle TIFF

Sunday, September 11 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

air Canada Centre Pearl Jam, Mudhoney 7:30 pm. ñ CadillaC lounge Whiskey Jack.

Crossroads Bar & grill Soulchamp! Duo 2 to 8 pm.

Orchards, Matthew Maaskant (pop) 9 pm.

horseshoe Matt Schofield, Jordan John &

the Blue Angels (blues guitarist) doors 8 pm. the Piston Chris Brown 9 pm. sound aCadeMy Erasure, Frankmusik doors 7 pm, all ages.

Folk/BluEs/Country/WorlD

aquila uPstairs Open Mic The McDales (country) 8:30 pm. asPetta Caffe Textura, Laffhappy, Britony Fulton (jazz/blues/acoustic) 3 pm. Castro’s lounge Big Rude Jake (blues/rock) 4 pm. doMinion on queen Rockabilly Brunch The Cosmotones 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. kew gardens Beach Celtic Festival The Seasick Sailors, the Ferriers, Beacher Don Graham, Syd Simkins, Scottish pipes and drums and others 10 am to 6 pm. the loCal Hot Wax (bluegrass/folk) 5 pm. the loCal Gord Zubrecki (folk/alt indie) 10 pm. lula lounge Luis Mario Ochoa Quartet (son Cubano) 12:30 and 2:30 pm. lula lounge Gypsy/Roma Flame Show Band (gypsy/Eastern European) 7 pm. Port Credit MeMorial Park angus MaCkay Mainstage Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Fes-

GREAT BEER LIVES HERE goodhandy’s Rangeela DJ Deep doors 9

lula lounge Salsa Saturday Son Ache, DJ

insoMnia Funk’n Fresh Fridays Mickey D (house/breaks). lee’s PalaCe danCe Cave Bif Bang Pow DJ Trevor (60s mod/Britpop). Mod CluB Arcade: EP release Poupon (dance music). MoroCo ChoColat Coco Beats DJ Kenneth Porter (deep soulful house) 8 pm. the ossington Vanishing Point (electroboogie/deep grooves). the Painted lady DJs Chocolate, Patrick Roots, Honey B Hind Burlesque (reggae) 10 pm. Parts & laBour White Girl DJs Patrick McGuire, Josh McIntyre, Ghetto Gold Matt (hip-hop) 10 pm. the Piston Soulskank (soul/funk/dancehall/breaks) 10 pm. revival Hip-hop Vs House DJs Grouch, Sweet Touch Foundation, Nick Holder, Beats

Port Credit lakeshore road Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Festival: Street Shuffle Top Hat Marching Band, Michael Pickett, Penny Skolski, the Homeless Band, Danny Marks, the 24th Street Wailers, the Blackwater Girls, Tone Dogs and others 2 to 6 pm.

pm.5

Suave (salsa) 10 pm.

Port Credit MeMorial Park angus MaCkay Mainstage Southside Shuffle ñ Blues & Jazz Festival Mavis Staples, Big Bill Morganfield, Matt Andersen 7 to 10 pm.

Port Credit MeMorial Park Canadian Blues Pavilion Southside Shuffle Blues &

Jazz Festival Fathead, Johnny V and the Recession Blues Band, Jordan John & the Blues Angels, Michael Pickett 11:30 am to 9:30 pm.

Port Credit MeMorial Park MississiPPi dave de eyre square Southside Shuffle Blues

& Jazz Festival Boomslang, Sherman Lee Dillon, Paul Reddick, Stan Street & Reverend Robert, Hurtin’ Mike & Leon Bass 11 am to

Party James Doman, Aadil, Jon Stagger, Rob Friday. drake hotel underground TIFF ’11: Broken English Tim Sweeney, Famous Players, Andrew Wilson (Beats in Space) midnight. drake hotel lounge DJ DB Cooper doors 10 pm. the duke live.CoM Dr Spin 9 pm. eMMet ray Bar DJ Sawtay (soul/hip-hop) 10 pm. eMPire lounge Riddims. fly Our City Beats! Frosh Night DJs Jamal, Geoff Kelleway 10 pm.5 footwork Modern Love Affair Robert James, Richie Ahmed, Nitin, Jeff Button. the garrison No Pants No Problem Fundraiser For ACT And ICW DJ Momma Knows, DJ Megatron doors 10 pm. goodhandy’s T-Girlicious DJ Todd Klinck doors 10 pm.5

tival Downchild, the Johnny Max Bigger Band, Nalle and His Crazy Ivans, Jack de Keyzer noon to 5:30 pm.

Port Credit MeMorial Park Canadian Blues Pavilion Southside Shuffle Blues ñ & Jazz Festival Bradleyboy MacArthur, Michael Pickett, the Vipers 11 am to 5 pm.

Port Credit MeMorial Park MississiPPi dave de eyre square Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Festival Sherman Lee Dillon, Stan Street & Reverend Robert, James Anthony noon to 5:30 pm. reBas Café Sunday Matinee Ken Yoshioka, Dustin Joel (blues singer/songwriter) 1-4 pm. southside Johnny’s Jam Rebecca Matiesen & Phoenix Band 9:30 pm. sPirits Kim Jarrett (folk rock) 9 pm. suPerMarket Freefall Sundays Open Mic 7 pm. tranzaC southern Cross Dry River Caravan (gypsy folk) 7:30 pm. tranzaC Main hall CD release The Lorne

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NOW September 8-14 2011

thurs october 6 @ the phoenix

wed september 28 @ the phoenix

$ 15.00 advance • 8pm doors • san Francisco

mates of naked & $ 20.00

advance • 8:00pm doors

sun september 18 opera house / $20.00 advance

toro y moi

state famous wild unknown mortal orchestra + ava luna

thurs sept 29 @ mod club $ 18.50 advance • 7:00pm early show

suckers + Yawn

thursday october 6 lee’s palace • $ 17.50 advance

ra ra

riot

tuesday october 4 phoenix concert theatre

Friday september 30

with walls

lee’s palace • $20.00 advance

wilD flag

sunday october 30 @ opera house / $ 18.50 advance

dawes

sunday october 23 lee’s palace • $ 18.00 advance

boris w/

asobi seksu

friday november 25 sat november 26 horseshoe tavern

w i t h wye oak

friday october 7 @ sound academy

tickets $25.50 advance Ga & $35.50 advance ViP

tuesday october 18 opera house

cuff the portugal $ 16.50 advance •

8:00pm doors

advance • 9:00pm doors

$ 20.o0

advance • 8:00pm doors • 19+

the real mckenzies

random hand + rude city riot

saturday october 15 / lee’s palace • $16.50 advance ska & soul monday october 17 / lee’s palace • $ 20.00 advance perForm

monday

@ lee’s palace

the

8:00pm doors austin texas psych rock & roll

angels

friday november 4

fri october 28 @ opera house

the phoenix • $ 20.50 adv • 8:30pm doors

DeaD MeaDow

$ 22.50

advance • 8:30pm doors • all-ages

cold war kids slackers @ opera house

$ 18.50

adv • all-ages • 6pm doors

sound academy

the

$23.50 advance • all-ages

avenue friday october 28 the phoenix • $16.50 advance • all-ages

20th anniversary ska celebration

Deals Gone baD + Prince Perry

thurs november 24

wed

black boyce $ 23.50 advance •

los angeles / portland indie Folk rock

w/ alberta cross

friday november 18 @ the phoenix

w/ holy sons

blitzen trapper

duke the man bless the fall elliott brood timber peter murphy timbre $14.00

malkmus & the jicks

7:30pm doors • all-ages • $17.50 advance

it’s a shame about raY

with chairlift

ex-sleater kinney

advance • 8:00pm doors • matador

fri sePtember 16 @ opera house

james lemonheads october 24 october 19 the phoenix • $ 27.50 advance

blake

tuesday october 11

@ the phoenix

stephen

$ 22.50

beasts the aggrolites w/ still life still

$18.50 advance • 8:00pm doors • 19+

wed september 21

anDrew Jackson JihaD & into it over it

wednesday november 23 @ sound

academy

$ 25.00 adv ga • $35.00 adv vip

all-ages • 8:00pm doors

the Word alive

Motionless in White

Friday november 26

with one hunDreD Dollars

wed november 23 @ lee’s palace $ 29.50

with

queen elizabeth theatre $ 25.00

advance • all-ages

wednesday november 23 thursday november 24 the phoenix / $ 20.00 advance • 8:00pm doors

advance • 8:00pm doors • 19+

she wants revenge

september 8-14 2011 NOW

w/ the jezzabels (thurs)

advance ticketS @ ticketmaster.ca or 1-855-985-5000 • HorSeSHoe Front Bar • SoundScapeS • rotate tHiS mon sePteMber 26 @ the horSeShoe / $9.00 advance

ben sollee

tHurS september 8 / $6.00

wool and howl PAPerMAPs topAngA grounders

Fri september 9 / $8.00

tHe

PAint MoVeMent cd release @ 12:00am

sChoField

the elwins

Saturday sePteMber 10 / $ 22.50 advance

seaTTle Wa sub PoP with

metz

mon september 12 / no cover

tueSday september 13

Creekside strays AmAtrice cordillA leah Flanagan

little ricHard meets mc5 meets SpringSteen • $11.50 advance

shoeless mondays

with

fri sePteMber 30 @ the horSeShoe / $10.50 advance

Friday september 30 lee’S palace / $ 13.50 advance

MAtt still life still trans Sun september 11 / $10.00

tHurSday september 29 HorSeSHoe / $ 11.50 advance

sleepercar good gentlemen husbands old war With

Friday october 7 tHe HorSeSHoe / $12.50 advance

Wed october 12 tHe HorSeSHoe • $ 12.50 advance

the

vancouver punk legendS

toasters

Friday october 14

montreal • flemiSh eye

defeAter + Miles AwAy deAd end PAtH

yUkon Bane braids blonde horSeShoe / $12.00 advance

Sneaky dee’S / $16.00 advance

Sunday oCtober 6 @ the horSeShoe / $10.50 advance

lee’S palace / $11.50 advance

tueS oCtober 18

tHurS september 8 / $8.00

Sat september 10 / $ 7.00

the wilderness Frail Fragment oF manitoba Faint reFleCtion the gertrudes exit 404

jim revolver neon jones mellisa revUe shonen library indian the elastocitizens FerriCk kid Congo powers lee’S palace / $15.00 advance

friday sePteMber 9 / $12.00 • local funk rock party

tHurS october 20 $

Wed september 14 / $15.00

HorSeSHoe / 14.50 advance

Friday october 28 HorSeSHoe / $ 12.00 advance

with

tiny dAnzA

knife voices weedeater stAr Wed november 2

tueSday sePteMber 13 / $18.50 advance

metal

HorSeSHoe • $ 12.00 advance

tHurS september 15 / $8.00

the Dirty Mags the coppertone webCAM

Fri september 16 / $10.00 ex-deadly snakes

30th anniverSary tour

anDre ethier blind liturgy

WiTh

tueSday noVeMber 8 @ drake underground / $15.50 advance

Crooked Fingers slinger

tHurS november 10

Sun september 18 / $10 adv

Friday november 11 / lee’S palace • $25 advance

sAViors + bison bC + figHt AMP

tHurS september 15 / $6.00

alright, alright atom & the Volumes mike Bultin Band little Foot yellow Sat september 17

Pilot scratch acid karkwa nekromantix lee’S palace / $ 15.50 advance

brooklyn ny • thrill jockey

(full band shoW)

2010 polariS prize Winner $12.00 advance

deloro SAndro perri

Saturday sePteMber 17 / $ 13.50 advance

daniSH pSycHoBilly

Wed september 21 /

$15.50 adv

the brAinS

Friday september 23 /

$10.00

samiam michou Buzzing up & coming indie Folk rock!

WitH jUnior battles

thurSday sePteMber 22 / $13.50 advance

tahiti 80

pariS france french pop

yuck

Sat september 24 / $25.00 adv Sun september 25 / $13.50 adv

the watchmen performing “Silent radar” in it’S entirety

WinniPeg alT rockers

london uk • fat poSSum recordS

artist bookings: craig@horseshoetavern.com or 416-598-0720

horseshoetavern.com 370 Queen Street WeSt / Spadina 416-598-4226 • 1947 to 2010

september 9 Fri sePteMber 9 Friday the rivoli / $ 11.50 advance the drake / $15.00 advance

Wed september 14 the garriSon / $12.00 adv

With

Fri september 16 $17.50 advance • 9:00pm doors

oliVia

tremor Control athens, elephant 6 90’s indie rock

musictapes

ben pearlman 416-598-0720

barr brothers ben@leespalace.com

two seAn active starFUcker gallants rowe CHild tueSday sePteMber 20 / $13.50 advance

Sat september 17 @ drake / $10.00 adv

tHurS sept 22 @ Sneaky dee’S / $12 adv

Sun october 2 @ HorSeSHoe / $12.00 adv

these united states japandroids bob logg iii hack & a hacksaw new villager suuns astronaUtalis ha ha tonka brAndt wakey wakey cant brauer frick mon september 26 @ drake / $12.50 adv

Sun october 2 @ garriSon / $10.00 adv

mon sePteMber 26 @ partS & labour / $10.00 advance

Sun october 2 @ drake / $9.00 adv

tHurS september 22 @ rivoli / $13.50 adv

tHurS october 6 @ tHe drake / $11.50 adv

Fri october 21 @ garriSon / $14 adv

Wed october 26 @ drake / $15.00 adv

chris taylor oF grizzly bear

Wed october 19 @ drake / $11.50 adv

nurses with dominant

legs

tueS october 25 @ rivoli / $13.00 adv

tHurS november 3 @ HorSeSHoe / $10.50 adv

cessna’s auto club obits slim

With beAt

ConneCtion

tHurS september 22

Sat september 24

liam the Finn beauties $15.00

advance • new Zealand

With

deep dark woods

marqUes toliver

$12.00

advance

tueSday sePteMber 27 / $20.00 advance • london uk

the horrors artiSt bookingS: 416-598-0720 or ben@leespalace.com

leespalace.com 529 bloor Street WeSt / bathurSt

NOW september 8-14 2011

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Brown 7:30 pm.

Village of YorkVille Park Summer Music In The Park Plakaso (flamenco) 2 to 5 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

amadeus Rick Donaldson & the Jazz Cats

6:30 pm.

de sotos Sunday Brunch: Fifth Anniversary

Celebration Double A Jazz, Ken Foster 11 am.

emmet raY Bar PRAM Trio (jazz) 9 pm. gate 403 Joel Diamond Jazz Trio noon. gate 403 AJ Ing Fusion Jazz Band 5 pm. gate 403 Suitcase Sam (blues) 9 pm. HugH’s room Jazz The Vote – fundraiser for

Cortney Pasternak, Liberal candidate for Parkdale-High Park Jane Bunnett & Larry Kramer, Amanda Martinez, Laura Fernandez, Davis & Daniele Nardi and others 7 to 10 pm. music gallerY Pop Avant Series Esmerine, Muh-he-con (chamber music) 6 pm. oPticianado Kingsley Ettienne (B3 organ jazz) 1 to 4 pm. rectorY gallerY & café Chantal Chamberland (jazz) 2 pm. remarks Bar & grill David Hutchison Trio 6 to 9 pm. rex Excelsior Dixieland Jazz noon, Club Djan-

go (gypsy-swing) 3:30 pm. rex Tom Reynolds 7 pm. rex Jon Challoner 9:30 pm.

roYal conserVatorY of music mazzoleni Hall ARC Ensemble 4 pm. somewHere tHere studio Tova Kardonne’s

Parker Warp (experimental be-bop) 5 pm. somewHere tHere studio NOW Series Aperture Trio, Bob Vespaziani 8 pm. ten feet tall Jazz Matinee Steve Koven Trio 3:30 to 6:30 pm. toronto music garden Summer Music In The Garden: Belonging Ton Beau Quartet & Ina Henning (string quartet & accordion) 4 pm. tranzac soutHern cross Toronto Improvisers’ Orchestra 2 pm. tranzac soutHern cross The Lina Allemano 4 (jazz trumpet) 10:30 pm.

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

BoVine sex cluB TIFF Locarno Intl Film Festival Film Party DJs Barbi, Vania.

castro’s lounge Superfly Sunday DJ Eric (old

school funk/disco/R&B) 10 pm. cHeVal Lights Camera Lifestyle TIFF Party Blond:ish. graffiti’s blackmetalbrunch 11 am. insomnia Retro Lounge Night DJ Doctor G. tHe ossington Unlimited Sundays (2 turntables/hip-hop/dancehall/soul/funk). tHe Painted ladY Hip-hop Sunday DJ Knotty (hip-hop) 9 pm. tattoo rock Parlour Trash Palace Sundays DJ 4Korners (house/hip-hop/rock).

Monday, September 12 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

air canada centre Pearl Jam,

Mudhoney 7:30 pm. ñ drake Hotel underground Elvis Monday:

TIFF ’11 TonkaPuma, the Soupcans (rock) doors 9 pm. drake Hotel lounge TIFF ’11 Drake Cabaret Rachelle Ellie (cabaret) doors 9 pm. drake Hotel lounge Late Night Mondays Boot Knives (rock) doors 10 pm. Harlem Open Night Jam CarolynT (R&B/soul/ jazz/pop/funk) 8 pm. Harlem underground Daniel Gagnon (pop/ folk/rock) 8 pm. HorsesHoe Shoeless Monday Amatrice 9 pm. lula lounge CD release GraceKaya, DJ Carl Allen (pop/alternative) 8 pm. molson amPHitHeatre The F.A.M.E. Tour Chris Brown, Kelly Rowland, T-Pain, Tyga, Diggy doors 6 pm. tranzac soutHern cross This Is Awesome! (indie lounge) 7 pm.

cameron House front room Betty Stew

tHe local Ken Yoshioka (blues). monarcHs PuB Acoustic Open Stage Howard

castro’s lounge Smoky Folk (bluegrass)

ten feet tall East End Open Stage 8 pm.

dakota taVern Mariachi Mondays Mariachi Fuego 7 pm. graffiti’s Kevin Quain’s Gutbucket Lounge 5 pm. tHe local Hamstrung String Band. mitzi’s sister Album release Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers (dark folk). tHe Painted ladY Open Mic Mondays (all genres) 9 pm. tranzac soutHern cross Open Stage 10 pm.

alleYcatz Swing Tuesdays Double A Jazz Swing Band, Carlo Berardinucci 8 pm. dominion on Queen The Hot Tub Club of Corktown (jazz) 8:30 pm. gate 403 Donné Roberts Band 5 pm. gate 403 Richard Whiteman and James Thompson Jazz Band 9 pm. rex Trevor Giancola Trio 6:30 pm. rex Jazz Jam Terra Hazelton 9:30 pm. somewHere tHere studio Alan Bloor 8 pm. suPermarket The Ambient Ping Ramac 305, Oritz doors 8 pm. tranzac soutHern cross Jazz Tuesdays Peripheral Vision, the Jeff Hewer Quartet (jazz ) 7:30 pm.

Folk/BluEs/Country/WorlD 6 pm.

9 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

emmet raY Bar Dan V Dan (jazz) 9 pm. gate 403 Denis Schingh (solo piano) 5 pm. gate 403 Dance With The Blues Jorge Gavidia

Blues Band 9 pm. rex Peter Hill Quintet 6:30 pm. rex Dave Young & Terry Promane Big Band 9:30 pm.

Gladstone (singer/songwriter) 7 pm.

Jazz/ClassiCal/ExpErimEntal

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

BeaVer Tail The Scarlet Pansy (fast/slow jams). goodHandY’s Ladyplus Parties DJ Cesar

DanCE musiC/DJ/loungE

doors 8 pm.5 insomnia DJ Shannon (rock). tHe ossington Deadliest Snatch.

Rowland After Party Mad Linx, Tony Cruz, Firekid Steenie, Jeff Jam, A-Plus. insomnia DJs Topher, Oranj (rock). lee’s Palace dance caVe Manic Mondays DJ Shannon (retro 70s/80s). liVe toronto Chris Brown Official After Show Party Chris Brown (host). naco gallerY cafe No Standing (bartender music list) 8 pm.5 tHe ossington Geek Love. tHe Piston Junk Shop DJs Tweed & Jeeks (preto post-punk/new wave/garage/indie) 10 pm.

Wednesday, September 14

alleYcatz Salsa Night DJ Frank Bischun 8 pm. emPire lounge Motivation: Official Kelly

Tuesday, September 13 pop/roCk/Hip-Hop/soul

alleYcatz Swing Tuesdays Carlo Berardinucci

& the Double A Jazz Swing Band 8 pm. BoVine sex cluB TIFF 4 am Dead Peasants Revolt, New World Distortion, Wakeless Danielle Trouble. cadillac lounge The Louisiana SnowBlowers. drake Hotel underground TIFF ’11 Rich Aucoin (indie electronic) 8 pm. drake Hotel lounge TIFF ’11 Drake Cabaret Rachelle Ellie (cabaret) doors 9 pm. Harlem underground John Campbell (soul) 8:30 pm. HorsesHoe The Jim Jones Revue, Kid Congo Powers & the Pink Monkey Birds 8:30 pm. lee’s Palace Weedeater, Saviors, Bison BC, Fight Amp (rock) doors 8 pm. tHe Piston Album release Ronley Teper’s Lipliners 8 and 10 pm. sound academY Empire of the Sun, Miami Horror doors 7 pm, all ages.

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Blood TIFF Showcase The Balconies, ñ Sandman Viper Command, Ben Caplan & the

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Folk/BluEs/Country/WorlD

alleYcatz The Graceful Daddies (swingin’ blues/vintage R&B) 8:30 pm. cameron House The Cameron Brothers (folk/rock) 10 pm. free times cafe EP release Whitebrow. graffiti’s Darin Yorston (bluegrass/folk) 4 pm, Kitgut Oldtime String Band 7 pm. grossman’s Rockin’ Blues Jam Ernest Lee & Cotton Traffic 9 pm. HugH’s room Arlene Bishop, Ember Swift 8:30 pm. rePosado Sol Wednesdays Spy Vs Sly Vs Spy. silVer dollar High Lonesome Wednesday: Big City Bluegrass Crazy Strings doors 9 pm.

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Local quintet scrambles jazz, folk and prog rock on new LP By Benjamin Boles muskox at the Tranzac Main Hall (292 Brunswick), Wednesday (September 14), 9 pm. $8, $15 with CD. tranzac.org.

When NOW named Muskox Toronto’s best jazz act in 2008, it was done in the spirit of keeping the genre’s definition as open as possible. Jazz may not be the most accurate category for their sound, but where else are you going to slot instrumental banjo prog folk?

The interview series that’s not afraid to get loud.

Luckily, Muskox main man Mike Smith is getting used to the label, even if the band was originally supposed to be an escape from the genre for him. “At first I found it really frustrating, actually, because at the time I was coming from a place where I was tired of playing jazz. I got over it after a while and realized that it doesn’t really matter. I don’t know what else to call it either.” Muskox’s newest disc, Invocation/ Transformations (independent), finds the group in more of a rock mood, wrapping their trademark intricate polyrhythms around the wide-eyed, then-futuristic vibes of 70s prog rock and the Canterbury scene. Not the most expected place for a banjo-led band to go, but then again, considering that the instrument was once as integral to Dixieland jazz as it was to bluegrass, why not bring it into jazz fusion? “It certainly was big in early jazz, although that would be the four-string tenor banjo. It was all over the place

back then because the instrument was loud enough to be heard within a band, whereas guitar didn’t really come into play until amplifiers were invented. “Because of the rhythmic nature of the music, it’s an appealing instrument for me. There aren’t any sustained tones, but it still has the ability to play pitches and function in both ways.” Considering how integral the banjo is to Muskox’s sound, it’s surprising to learn that Smith, originally the bass player, only took it up after his original player quit. While the concept of the band had always been built around the banjo’s tones, Smith says the switch to playing it himself opened up a new world of possibilities. “From a composer’s standpoint, it’s a much better position to be in than playing bass. I can get a much clearer picture of what the overall group is sounding like.” 3 benjaminb@nowtoronto.com

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JIM CUDDY in conversation with Michael Hollett NOW Editor/Publisher

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the magic with a bigger studio budget and the expectations of the world weighing on them. No retread, Father, Son, Holy Ghost goes exactly where we hoped Owens might take things. It definitely doesn’t sound like it was recorded in a squalid apartment, and that’s the point. Instead of a collection of snapshots of Owens going on myriad musical tangents, he bundles his mix of classic pop/rock references into every song, and the result is an even more timeless sound. There are more layers and a prominent soul influence, but also a restrained quality – as if Owens were serenading you from a seedy motel bed. Girls’ have traded their early work’s immediacy for something that requires more patience but goes much deeper if you’ve got the time. Top track: Jamie Marie Girls play the Mod Club September 27. BB

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Christine Bougie and Dean Drouillard, the songs are light-hearted, especially He Was Singing, with its uplifting call-and-response melody, and the playful Banana Holding Animal. He introduces vocal collaborators near the end, on reverby River Running (Cockerill) and mellow dance song Already Gone (Rogers). Though Rogers’s voice is sweet, the instrumental material is stronger. Top track: He Was Singing Joshua Van Tassel plays the Tranzac on September 15. SARAH GREENE

WILD FLAG (Merge) Rating: NNN

LADYTRON Gravity The Seducer

(Nettwerk) Rating: NNNN There were plenty of incredulous remarks about Ladytron’s longevity when they released their best-of several months back. It came as a shock to many of us that the band could be a decade in, with a substantial arsenal of hits to show for it. After all, shouldn’t these co-ed Europeans have died a miserable electro-clash death long ago? Their confident fifth effort doesn’t rely on singles the way past records

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THE DRUMS Portamento (Frenchkiss/

Universal) Rating: NNN Adulthood’s sobering realities cast a sombre cloud over sunny-day soundtrackers the Drums’ enjoyable sophomore effort, which finds the NYC trio tempering their effusive pop hooks and urgent 80s indie-style riffs with increasingly introspective songwriting – a well-worn pop formula that they nail. Singer Johnny Pierce’s angst is believable, though he sounds best when holding back a bit, as on the warmly harmonious What You Were, the falsetto-inflected Money and the gently melodic How It Ended. Things get awkward on the more straight-up electronic moments: Searching For Heaven’s swirling analog synths compete too hard with its whiny melody, for example. But generally, the electronics nicely underscore the lyrics’ and music’s soul-searching. As the title suggests, the band is evolving gradually rather than in dramatic swells. Top track: What You Were KEVIN RITCHIE

have. Few songs are immediately infectious, yet the complete album of moody synth-rock moves them closer to being the next Depeche Mode. Opener White Elephant sets a cool, dark, melodic tone that carries through to instrumental closer Aces High, one of three vocalfree compositions. Harddriving Helen Marnie-sung tune Melting Ice, meanwhile, is surely Ladytron’s steely attempt at self-aware irony. Top track: Moon Palace Ladytron land at the Phoenix October 5. JASON KELLER the very least, don’t hire the Stripes’ former producer, Jim Diamond. Luckily, Vancouver rockers the Pack A.D. are good enough to transcend that hard-to-avoid reference point. If you’ve ever caught them on tour, you’ll be pleased to find out that the new album finally captures their live show’s brute volume and power. Recording as a duo is a delicate balance between capturing that inherent minimalism and taking advantage of the studio to make things sound as big as possible. On Unpersons, the Pack A.D. pull it off perfectly. Guitarist/vocalist Becky Black has come into her own as a singer, and her soulful shouting is the highlight. She can pull her weight on guitar, too, but the more overt punk vibe leaves less room for guitar heroics than before. She does, however, lay down some gloriously nasty fuzz tones that more than make up for the lack of noodling. Top track: Haunt You The Pack A.D. play the Opera House October 15. BENJAMIN BOLES

On the first listen to Wild Flag’s self-titled debut album, it’s tough to get over the fact that the band isn’t Sleater-Kinney. With Janet Weiss’s drums and Carrie Brownstein’s guitar and voice so dominant in the mix, I wanted it to be the follow-up to The Woods, S-K’s harrowing swan song. But Wild Flag – which also features Helium’s Mary Timony and the Minders’ Rebecca Cole, musicians with their own legacies – is its own band. There are heavy moments during which Weiss again proves she’s the best drummer around, but the insistent organ and sweet backing vocals (all members sing) make this a poppier affair than Sleater-Kinney. New wave influences are also apparent, specifically when the vocals channel Lene Lovich or Ric Ocasek. These vocal quirks don’t always work, and a couple of songs don’t hold up to the album’s best, but this is a fun introduction nevertheless. Top track: Something Came Over Me Wild Flag play Lee’s Palace October 11. JOANNE HUFFA

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Unpersons (Mint) Rating: If you don’t want your guitar-and-drums garage-blues-punk duo to be constantly compared to the White Stripes, maybe don’t say that in your press release. Or at

Father, Son, Holy Ghost (True Panther Sounds) Rating: NNNN Girls’ 2009 debut was one of the highestrated rock records that year, so their follow-up has been hotly anticipated. Much of the debut’s charm came from the raw home-recording intimacy and unselfconscious songwriting of Christopher Owens, so we had to wonder if they could repeat

JOHN DOE Keeper (Yep Rock) Rating: NNN

John Doe’s 10th solo album is a loose, romantic melding of pop, country and punk recorded in L.A. with long-term collaborator Dave Way. Despite the evident talent of his backup band – vocalists Patti Griffin and Jill Sobule, guitarist Smokey Hormel, bassist Don Was and Giant Sand’s Howe Gelb on piano – it takes a while to get into, in part because the arrangements are often so busy that they verge on chaotic. That unbridled energy works in the big chorus of Giant Step Backward, on piano

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TEDDYBEARS Devil’s Music (Big Beat/ Atlantic) Rating: N Glance at the track listing for Swedish dance-rock trio Teddybears’ latest album and three guest-featured songs jump out: Get Momma A House with B.o.B, Crystal Meth Christian with the Flaming Lips, and Cho Cha, a collaboration between Cee-Lo Green and the B-52s. Could it all be as wacky as it sounds? No such luck. The group’s been making music for two decades, but member Klas Ahlund is probably best known in this part of the world as the co-producer of Robyn’s last two critically acclaimed albums. Despite that pop pedigree, Teddybears’ sixth record is a hulking production of bombastic dance beats mixed with old-timey rock ’n’ roll riffs. It’s the kind of exhausting, commercially minded party music that overwhelms rather than accentuates its inspired guest features. You’d figure we’d at least get a one-off novelty track, but the flat, repetitive melodies and gimmicky rhymes even fail to do that. Top track: Cardiac Arrest Teddybears’ Wrongbar show on Friday (September 9) is cancelled. KR

MUPPETS: THE GREEN ALBUM (Universal)

Rating: N I would love to hear what Statler and Waldorf have to say about this turd of a compilation. The two old codgers up in the balcony would laugh their Muppet asses off at this horrific brain-fart idea to redo, or should we say slaughter, those cherished kids’ classics. Hard to decide who the most egregious offender is, but OK Go make a strong case right off the bat with an energy- and funzapping version of the Muppet Show Theme Song reimagined as a modern rock nightmare. All the xylophones in the world can’t add any magic to Rivers Cuomo’s stilted Rainbow Connection duet with Paramore’s Hayley Williams. Need a mechanical dance-rock version of Gonzo’s plaintive Wishing Song? The Airborne Toxic Event have you covered. Not sure what’s more embarrassing: the Good Charlotte/Atreyu sleaze rock take on Dr. Teeth’s Night Life or the idea that this tribute’s hope is to make adults want to feel like kids again. Either way, the whole thing deserves a Miss Piggy karate chop. Top track: Rachael Yamagata’s I’m Going To Go Back There Someday JK

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romp Walking Out The Door and on hectic sax-punctuated anti-materialism song Never Enough. In other places, Doe’s vocals get buried. The quieter material is endearingly unpolished and sweet, especially the nostalgic lyrics to Cottage In The ’Dale and Earl Jackson cover Moonbeam. He closes with X’s 1983 country-rocker Painting The Town Blue. Top track: Sweetheart SG

Rating: NNN Drummer, multi-instrumentalist and composer Joshua Van Tassel takes a break from backing David Myles, Joshua Cockerill, Kate Rogers and others to make his second full-length instrumental folktronica album. And it’s easy to see why his music has been used in theatre and TV: it’s fresh, accessible sonic experimentation, as inviting as it is unpredictable. Propelled by Van Tassel’s drumming, acoustic guitar, electronics and percussion, and augmented by guests including

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it has mismatched characters who make journeys by car, but Elle Flanders and Tamira Sawatsky’s Road Movie isn’t a conventional freewheeling adventure. Their six-channel film installation, screening as part of TIFF’s Future Projections program at O’Born Contemporary’s offsite space,

presents, in immersive loose narratives, a series of car trips around the West Bank. Flanders and Sawatsky approach making art about one of the world’s most documented conflicts by looking at ordinary people and situations rather than dramatic atrocities. In the spring they exhibited photographs from their What Isn’t There project, depicting empty fields or bland new developments at sites of vanished Palestinian villages. For Road Movie, the artists, while living in Ramallah in 2009, turned their cameras on the West Bank’s

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Elle Flanders and Tamira Sawatzky’s savvy set-up evokes Israel-Palestine inequities.

road system: modern multi-lane highways for Israelis; rutted, checkpoint-riddled tracks for Palestinians. Screen text and Anna Friz’s haunting soundtrack offer fragments of interviews with, among others, Israeli settlers, a Palestinian ambulance driver and a family who “live in a cage,” re-

fusing to move from a home cordoned off by mental fencing. On three wall-like, 2-metre-high boxes sitting at angles on the floor of the long space, Israeli images play on one side, Palestinian on the other. The imposing set-up (Sawatsky is an architect) suggests that, though we

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can walk around the screens, they might at any time close into the impermeable wall that separates the two nationalities. The stop-motion filming technique – some sequences flow normally, but many have a disturbing, jerky quality – highlights the difficulty of the journeys. It keeps our focus on the images: the patience of people queuing inside prison-like barred checkpoint enclosures, the incongruity of new settlements in the scrubby desert, the brutality of the barrier walls, close-ups of flowers that speak to people’s love of the land. Supported by the National Film Board, Road Movie will eventually become a web-based project where we can stream the films and full interviews, but it won’t have the presence of this installation. Road movies usually end with a changed hero finding a way home, but Flanders and Sawatsky’s moving snapshots of the yearning for home have no easy resolution. 3

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IN PERSON We’re used to Roger Ebert writing about movies, but this time out he writes about his own life, and it’s as fascinating as anything you’ll see onscreen. In his new memoir, Life Itself ($29.99, Grand Central), Ebert looks at his friendships – with Studs Terkel and Oprah Winfrey, for example – his life as a movielover and REVIEWS, the battle with thyroid cancer that stole his speaking voice. The film critic, the first to win the Pulitzer for criticism, signs copies of his new book Wednesday (September 14) at Indigo while he’s in town for the Film Fest. See Readings, this page.

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ly smitten with Adèle, and they begin an intense affair. Humphreys puts lots of ideas in play. There are gender issues (to avoid being recognized, SainteBeauve of ten dresses as a woman when he meets Adèle, for example) and meditations on the enormous amount of energy required to feed Hugo’s gargantuan ego. He’s a secondary character, but he casts a huge shadow over the proceedings, hauling his family into exile from Paris to Guernsey without taking even a second to consider the implications for his children. As for the relationship between Charles and Adèle, Humphreys has

never written about love with such ferocity. She’s been almost coy about sex in previous novels, but she forgoes nuance for passion in gorgeous ways here. Her poetry is still on full display in rhapsodic sequences about desire, spectacular descriptions of Paris and the house Hugo builds to his narcissistic specifications, and her account of the heartbreaking restrictions of 19thcentury social convention. SUSAN G. COLE Glorious. Humphreys launches the new novel at Dora Keogh on September 14, see Readings this page. Write Books at susanc@nowtoronto.com

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Performance piece sheds light on rich Queen West history By JORDAN BIMM THE TALE OF A TOWN – QUEEN WEST created and performed by Lisa Marie DiLiberto, directed by Varrick Grimes. Presented by Theatre Passe Muraille and FIXT POINT at Passe Muraile Mainspace (16 Ryerson). Previews Wednesday (September 14), opens September 15 and runs to October 9, Tuesday-Sunday 7:30 pm. $20$25, previews $15. 416-504-7529.

the building where lisa marie DiLiberto debuted Tale Of A Town – Queen West back in May 2010 no longer exists. So when she was given the chance to remount the show with Theatre Passe Muraille, she, just like many of the real-life artists, activists and small business owners that her eclectic history documents, had to relocate. Like last time, the show starts with DiLiberto leading a walking tour from Passe Muraille along Queen to the main performance space. The last version unfolded in an old wood-and-brick building at the eastern edge of the Queen West fire lot; this time the tour portion ends half a block further west in a large new loft space above the rebuilt Duke’s Cycle. “Because the show is site specific, the location affects the story we tell,” says DiLiberto. “Last time we were in this really old building, so it was easy to imagine that the main character, Jane, a vintage clothing store owner, had been there for 30 years and was being forced out for

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new condos. Now we’re in a brandnew building, so instead of Jane getting ready to move, she’s visiting this new loft for the first time, and finds out they’ve taken her name and story without permission and used them to brand part of the new building.” This shift in the story reflects actual changes rippling through the area – namely, the disruptive and violent homogenizing effects of corporate investment and development. Ironically, the show opens the same day as the massive new Loblaws and Winners at Queen and Portland. “I feel strongly about preserving our neighbourhoods and the unique qualities of each one of them,” says DiLiberto. To this end, the show offers glimpses – told in story, song, and movement – of Queen West over the past three decades, from its roots as a boozy home for struggling musicians (like the Cameron House’s Handsome Ned) to its rise as a hip cultural destination in the 90s (thanks in part to the success of MuchMusic and Citytv). The patchwork performance, which plays out like a living scrapbook, is based on hours of interviews that DiLiberto and her team conducted with residents past and present. “We were able to interview some new people we weren’t able to get last time, and also to redo some old interviews so they could be used in really specific parts of the show. So when

Jane has flashbacks, the audience will hear clips of actual interviews.” But Queen West isn’t the only neighbourhood to get the Tale Of A Town treatment. DiLiberto’s done shows in Parkdale, Corktown and St. Catharines, and more are in the works. “Phase one of making a Tale Of A Town is gathering interviews and creating a performance installation where the public can share stories and feedback,” she explains. “Phase two is mounting a sitespecific production, which we’re doing now. We’re hoping phase three will be the creation of an online digital archive where people can look at all the source material, listen to all the interviews and contribute their own tales. Our goal is to kick-start this collective community memory-making all over Canada.” DiLiberto’s more immediate plan is to get people to notice and appreciate the older, smaller and unique aspects of all neighbourhoods, which are disappearing everywhere thanks to the spread of cookie-cutter big-box stores. “We want people to look at their own neighbourhoods in a different way, and think hard about what they would look like if everything were the same. When we close a place down, we also shut down a whole memory.” 3 stage@nowtoronto.com

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tions). Oscar Wilde’s comedy is modernized, condensed and set in Louisiana. Sep 10-11, Sat-Sun 8 pm, mat Sun 3 pm. $20. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. tiny.cc/beingearnestTO. MACHINA NUPTIALIS (CORPUS/Le Centre francophone de Toronto) This dance-theatre piece looks at the matrimonial ceremony. Opens Sep 13 and runs to Sep 18, Tue-Sun 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm. $30. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171, corpus.ca. MACHOMER by Rick Miller (WYRD). Miller voices several characters from The Simpson’s in this solo comedic adaptation of Macbeth. Opens Sep 13 and runs to Sep 25, Tue-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm. $20-$55. Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst. 416-504-9971, factorytheatre.ca. MOVING DAY by Cathy Elliott (Laughoutloud Association). Elliott performs her musical solo show about feeling trapped by daily responsibilities. Opens Sep 13 and runs to Oct 8, see website for schedule. $34, child $28. Orillia Opera House, 20 Mississaga W, Orillia. 705-326-8011, orilliaoperahouse.ca. THE PATSY CLINE SHOW (Port Mansion Entertainment). This musical tribute show features Marie Bottrell. Opens Sep 9 and runs to Oct 2, Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm. $25-$55.95. Port Mansion Theatre and Restaurant, 12 Lakeport, St Catharines. portmansion.com. PEOPLE4CHANGE by Raymond Bobgan (lemonTree creations/TheThem). Three people are moved to create positive change after witnessing a death on the subway tracks. Previews Sep 13. Opens Sep 14 and runs to Sep

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24, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mat Sat 2 pm. $20, stu/ srs $15, mat pwyc. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson, Backspace. 416-504-7529, lemontreecreations.ca. THE QUEENS by Normand Chaurette (Glasswater Theatre). Six royal women scheme to gain power in this play inspired by Shakespeare’s Richard III. Opens Sep 8 and runs to Sep 18, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mat Sun 2 pm. $20, stu/ srs $15. Helen Gardiner Phelan Playhouse, 79A St. George. 416-978-8849, uofttix.ca. RAPUNZEL – UNBRAIDED! (Cabbagetown Theatre Company). This all-ages, panto-style comedy is inspired by the fairy tale and presented as part of the Cabbagetown Festival. Sep 9-11, Fri 7:30 pm, Sat-Sun noon, 1, 2, 3 & 4 pm. $5. Necropolis Chapel, 200 Winchester. 416-653-5870, cabbagetownfestival.org. SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR by Bernard Slade (Markham Little Theatre). Married lovers reminisce about 25 years of annual trysts. Opens Sep 14 and runs to Sep 17, Wed-Sat 8 pm. $24, stu/srs $21 (Wed-Thu only). Markham Theatre for the Performing Arts, 171 Town Centre. 905-305-7469, markhamlittletheatre.ca. URBANNOISE FESTIVAL (Expect Theatre/Arts Etobicoke). This festival features arts workshops for youth on Friday and spoken word, music and dance performances in the parking lot on Saturday. Sep 9-10, Fri 5 to 8 pm, Sat 3 to 8 pm. Free. Albion Library, 1515 Albion. urbannoise.ca. A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE by Arthur Miller (Theatre.IV.Mimmo). Miller’s play about 1950s Italian immigrants gets a staged reading. Sep 14-15, Wed-Thu 7 pm. $15 sugg donation. Columbus Centre, 901 Lawrence W. wix.com/theatreivmimmo/home.

Previewing TALE OF A TOWN – QUEEN WEST by Lisa Marie DiLiberto (Fixt Point). This ñTHE theatrical promenade starts at TPM and goes

through the neighbourhood, exploring the history of the area using music and stories (see story, this page). Previews Sep 14. Opens Sep 15 and runs to Oct 9, Tue-Sun 7:30 pm. $20$25, preview $15. Theatre Passe Muraille, 16 Ryerson. 416-504-7529, passemuraille.on.ca.

One-Nighters ELEFANT (Cheshire Unicorn). This funder for the company’s upcoming productions offers burlesque, music, a fashion show, an auction and more. Sep 10, doors 7 pm. $10. Annex Theatre, 736 Bathurst. cheshireunicorn.com. IF LOOKS CAN KILL... THEY WILL (Glam Gam Productions). This funder for AIDS Action Now features a mystery queer burlesque show. Sep 9 at 8 pm. $15. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander. glamgam.com. SEA CHANGE (Theatre Caravel). This performance showcase features works by playwright Noah Davis, clown Nicole Ratjen and others. Sep 9 at 8 pm. $7-$10. CineCycle, 129 Spadina. theatrecaravel.com.

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Jane Spidell, Stuart Hughes and Michael Hanrahan argue over The Price.

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No Price payoff arthur Miller play gets a dull revival By GLENN SUMI the PriCe by Arthur Miller, directed by Diana Leblanc (Soulpepper). At the Young Centre for the Performing Arts (55 Mill). To October 22. $5-$65. 416-866-8666. See Continuing, this page. Rating: NN

after soulpepper’s powerful Death Of A Salesman last season, the company’s version of Arthur Miller’s lesser-known later play The Price comes as a disappointment. It deals with some of the same themes (broken dreams, a father and two sons),

but lacks the weight of the earlier work. And Diana Leblanc’s dull production does it no favours. In a dusty attic in a 1968 New York brownstone that’s about to be demolished, policeman Victor Franz (Michael Hanrahan) has come to sell off his dead father’s possessions. His class-conscious wife, Esther (Jane Spidell), arrives, but absent is his estranged brother, Walter (Stuart Hughes), a busy, wealthy physician. Meanwhile, grizzled old appraiser Gregory Solomon (David Fox) assesses the situation, sifts through the

memorabilia and offers Victor a price. Of course, everything in the room is fraught with meaning, from the ham radio that tells you about Victor’s unrealized scientific ambitions to the broken harp owned by their mother. Hanging over everything is the spirit of the old patriarch, a successful businessman who lost it all in the Depression, for whose welfare Victor sacrificed his dreams. When Walter finally shows up, you know that all the family ghosts will be shrieking at full force by the time the 170 minutes are up. But what a slog. The first act plods along especially slowly, enlivened only by Spidell’s few lines as the embittered and possibly alcoholic Esther and by Fox’s sly, cagey performance as Solomon. Hanrahan, very good in a number of small Soulpepper roles, is so recessive and low-key, he almost blends into the furniture. I’m sure that’s to contrast with his big act-two outbursts at Walter, but his performance is shapeless and gives few hints of what drew husband and wife together in the first place. It doesn’t help that there’s almost no conflict in the first 80 minutes. Hughes fares better as the slick, polished Walter, but even some of his dialogue sounds like psychobabble. (Hey, it was the late 1960s.) Philip Silver’s set and costumes evoke the era well (although Hughes’s suit looks a bit too contemporary), while John Gzowski’s subtle sound design really makes it seem like busy Manhattan is right outside the room. But those things aren’t reason enough to recommend The Price. 3 glenns@nowtoronto.com

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Lallo and Ben Morss (Vital Theatre). Angelina and her friends try out for the lead role in this all-ages show. Runs to Oct 30, Sun 11 am. $20. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-642-8973, lowerossingtontheatre.com. CArouSel by Rodgers & Hammerstein (Civic Light Opera Company). Love blooms at a carousel ride in this classic musical. Runs to Sep 24, Wed 7 pm, Thu-Sat 8 pm, mats Sun (and Sep 24) 2 pm. $28. Fairview Library Theatre, 35 Fairview Mall. 416-755-1717, civiclightoperacompany.com. exit the KiNg by Eugene Ionesco (Soulpepper). Director Albert Schultz has difficulty finding the right tone in the first half of Ionesco’s absurdist work about a 400-year-old king who’s told he’s going to be dead by the play’s end. Soulpepper’s go-to clown, Oliver Dennis, conveys both ridiculousness and pathos in the title role, and together with Trish Lindström (as a maid) and Brenda Robins (as his demanding first wife) he makes the second half a poignant, heartfelt paean to life, love and death. Runs to Sep 9, see website for schedule. $28-$65, rush $5-$22. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. NNN (GS) PAiNS of Youth by Ferdinand Bruckner (WORKhouse Theatre). Seven youths struggle with love, sex, crime, suicide and coming of age in 1920s Austria. Runs to Sep 17, Tue-Sun 7 pm, mats Sep 10-11 at 2 pm. $20. Unit 102 Theatre, 46 Noble. workhousetheatre.com. Peter AND the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev (Theatre Rusticle). On the eve of Peter’s death, he and the Wolf recall their lives in this adult version of the children’s story. (See review at nowtoronto.com/stage.) Runs to Sep 11, Tue-Sat 7:30 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm. $22, stu/srs $15, mat pwyc. Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen W. theatrerusticle.org. NNNN (JK) PiNKAliCiouS, the muSiCAl by Elizabeth Kann, Victoria Kann and John Gregor (Vital Theatre). A girl turns pink after eating too many cupcakes in this musical. Runs to Oct 30, Sun 1:30 pm. $20. Lower Ossington Theatre, 100A Ossington. 416-642-8973, vitaltheatre.ca. the PriCe by Arthur Miller (Soulpepper). Two estranged brothers reunite in a condemned house to sell their father’s possessions (see review, this page). Runs to Oct 22, see website for schedule. $28-$65. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666. NN (GS) totem by Robert Lepage (Cirque du Soleil). Cirque du Soleil’s touring show

attempts to tell the story of human evolution, and if anyone could make stage magic from this ambitious premise, it’s writer/director Lepage. Helped by a superb design team, Lepage revitalizes circus routines, adding visual surprises and character bits to raise the dramatic stakes. This is also the sexiest Cirque show in recent memory; routines involving a trio of scantily clad acrobats and an aboriginal inspired roller skating sequence could very well raise your own totem pole. Runs to Oct 9, TueSat 8 pm, mats Sun 1 & 5 pm, Fri-Sat 4 pm. $74-$249, stu/srs $67-$235, children under 12 $54-$208. Grand Chapiteau, Port Lands, Commissioners at Cherry. cirquedusoleil.com. NNNN (GS) White BitiNg Dog by Judith Thompson (Soulpepper). As he’s about to jump, a suicidal young man (Mike Ross) believes he hears a white dog instructing him how to turn his life around. Joseph Ziegler and Fiona Reid bring great humanity to their roles as his estranged parents, with Michaela Washburn injecting some ethical balance as Pony and Gregory Prest taking a humorous turn as a young punk boy toy. Director Nancy Palk makes a strong directorial debut, incorporating the many absurd elements of this challenging play without sacrificing its emotional depth. Runs to Oct 21, see website for schedule. $28-$65, rush $5-$22. Young Centre for the Performing Arts, 55 Mill. 416-866-8666, soulpepper.ca. NNN (Debbie Fein-Goldbach)

Out of Town the ADmirABle CriChtoN by JM Barrie (Shaw Festival). Barrie’s thoughtful and ñ sometimes romantic play looks at the con-

trasting social hierarchies in the worlds of civilized London and a deserted tropical island. The Shaw ensemble, headed by Steven Sutcliffe as the conservative, subservient butler who becomes the leader on the island, captures the script’s comedy and irony, while director Morris Panych gives the story a musical vaudeville frame. Runs in rep to Oct 29. $24-$106. Festival Theatre, Niagara-onthe-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. NNNN (JK) BeDtime StorieS by Norm Foster (Port Stanley Festival Theatre). Six vignettes look at human nature in this comedy. Runs to Sep 10, see website for schedule. $25-$28. 6-302 Bridge, Port Stanley. portstanleytheatre.ca. CAmelot by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe (Stratford Festival). King Arthur’s wife betrays him with his most trusted knight in this musical. Runs in rep to Oct 30. $50-$106, stu/srs $25-$66. Festival Theatre, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. CANDiDA by Bernard Shaw (Shaw Festival). A woman must choose between her preacher husband and her poet lover. Runs in rep to Oct

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Kate at different points in her life. Runs in rep to Sep 24. $50-$80.50. Studio Theatre, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. nnnnn (JK) maRia seveRa by Jay Turvey and Paul Sportelli (Shaw Festival). A woman becomes a star and popularizes fado, Portuguese music of the street, in this musical. Runs in rep to Oct 2. $24-$106. Court House Theatre, Niagara-onthe-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. tHe meRRy Wives Of WinDsOR by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). Two married women turn the tables on their would-be seducer in this comedy. Runs in rep to Oct 14. $50-$106, stu/srs $25-$66. Festival Theatre, Stratford. stratfordfestival.ca. tHe misantHROpe by Molière (Stratford Festival). A man scorns social conventions but falls for a superficial socialite in this manners comedy. Runs in rep to Oct 29. $50-$106, stu/srs $25-$66. Festival Theatre, Stratford. 1-800567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. my faiR LaDy by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner (Shaw Festival). This musical is based on Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. Runs in rep to Oct 30. $24-$106. Festival Theatre, Niagaraon-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. On tHe ROCks by Bernard Shaw, adapted by Michael Healey (Shaw Festival). Shaw’s political drama about a prime minister’s controversial speech gets a modern update. Runs in rep to Oct 8. $24-$106. Court House Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake. shawfest.com. tHe pResiDent Ferenc Molnár, adapted by Morwyn Brebner (Shaw Festival). A banker has one hour to turn an heiress’s communist husband into someone her parents will like. Runs in rep to Oct 9. $32. Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake. shawfest.com. RiCHaRD iii by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). A ruthless Duke marries and murders his way to the English throne. Runs in rep to Sep 25. $50-$106, stu/ srs $25-$66. Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. titus anDROniCus by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). A Roman general sacrifices a captive’s son, setting off a cycle of revenge. Runs in rep to Sep 24. $50-$106, stu/srs $25$66. Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford. 1-800567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. tWeLftH niGHt by William Shakespeare (Stratford Festival). The classic comedy about love and mistaken identity gets a staging. Runs in rep to Oct 28. $50-$106, stu/srs $25$66. Festival Theatre, Stratford. 1-800-5671600, stratfordfestival.ca. WHen tHe Rain stOps faLLinG by Andrew Bovell (Shaw Festival). A family history unfolds across continents and generations in this drama. (See review at nowtoronto.com/ stage.) Runs in rep to Sep 17. $24-$50. Studio Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-5117429, shawfest.com. nnnn (JK) WHO’s unDeR WHeRe? by Marcia Kash and Doug Hughes (Drayton Entertainment). A lingerie fashion show goes awry in this comedy. Runs to Sep 24, see website for schedule. $42, stu $21.50. Drayton Festival Theatre, 33 Wellington S, Drayton. 1-888-449-4463, draytonentertainment.com. 3

This cast’s a keeper Second city troupe ups its game with new actors and big laughs By GLENN SUMI DReams ReaLLy DO COme tRue! (anD OtHeR Lies) written and per-

formed by Ashley Comeau, Jason DeRosse, Nigel Downer, Alastair Forbes, Inessa Frantowski and Carly Heffernan, directed by Kerry Griffin (Second City, 51 Mercer). Limited run, Wednesday-Friday 8 pm, Saturday 8 and 10:30 pm, Sunday 7 pm. $24-$29. 416-343-0011. Rating: nnnn

it’s amazing what four new cast members, a bold set and an amplified sound system can do for comedy. After their unremarkable last revue, Second City is back on track with Dreams Really Do Come True! (And Other Lies), a high-energy, tons-oflaughs show by a talented ensemble with lots of promise. Alumnus and first-time director Kerry Griffin gives a jolt of theatricality to the show evident in the carnival-like opening and continuing in transition scenes featuring a top-hatwearing Ashley Comeau, a sort of ringleader of wicked laughs.

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The award for the most relatable sketch, however, goes to the one about the mom (Heffernan) who bribes her eyeball-rolling son (Downer) to help her with tech problems. This one’s a keeper. Political satire’s kept to a minimum, except for a sharp scene about PM Harper (Forbes), who alternates between two clichéd responses to a soldier (Jason DeRosse) back from a tour of duty in Afghanistan. And the second act opens with a clever improvised bit about how corporate ownership changes a TV broadcast. Some sketches are among the longest I’ve ever seen on the mainstage, but they all travel to intriguing places. One of them, involving an audience member, explores masculinity and emotional vulnerability – a risky scene that pays off big. This is the first show in a while where no one actor dominates; each gets a chance to shine. I can’t wait to see what they do next. 3

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After a couple of rapid-fire jokes, the first sketches arrive, one about a blind date between two intellectuals (Carly Heffernan and Alastair Forbes) who get hot and bothered by smart talk, the next about a couple (Comeau and Nigel Downer) who discover one of them’s distantly related to Hitler. The writing in both is solid, but the performers sharpen each scene with their physicality, especially Forbes, a tall, lanky clown who’s unafraid of looking silly; a few scenes later, he bounds onto the stage as a bike cop in a pair of skin-tight short shorts. Takes balls. Speaking of balls, you’ll love the baseball sketch about a runner (Downer) stuck between first and third that references silent movie and scifi tropes to peals of laughs. And still speaking of balls, Forbes and Inessa Frantowski score in a scene about two friends, both recently dumped, who awkwardly navigate having sex with each other. Ouch.

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30. $24-$106. Royal George Theatre, Niagaraon-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. Cat On a HOt tin ROOf by Tennessee Williams (Shaw Festival). A bad marriage and an inheritance create tensions at a Southern patriarch’s birthday dinner (see review, page 61). Runs in rep to Oct 23. $24-$106. Royal George Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. nnnn (JK) DRama at inisH – a COmeDy by Lennox Robinson (Shaw Festival). A company performing serious plays changes the mood of an Irish town used to comedies. Runs in rep to Oct 9. $24-$106. Court House Theatre, Niagara-onthe-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. tHe GRapes Of WRatH by John Steinbeck, adapted by Frank Galati (Stratford Festival). Ruined by the Depression, an Oklahoma farming family travels to California to seek a new life. Runs in rep to Oct 29. $50-$106, stu/srs $25-$66. Avon Theatre, Stratford. 1-800-5671600, stratfordfestival.ca. HeaRtbReak HOuse by Bernard Shaw (Shaw Festival). Debates and deceptions play out at a British dinner party on the eve of World War I. Runs in rep to Oct 7. $24-$106. Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake. 1-800-511-7429, shawfest.com. HeROes by Gerald Sibleyras (Thousand Islands Playhouse). Three WWI veterans seek one final adventure in this comedy. Runs to Oct 1, Tue-Sat 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun and Wed 2:30 pm. $16-$32. Springer Theatre, Gananoque. 1-866382-7020, 1000islandsplayhouse.com. tHe HOmeCOminG by Harold Pinter (Stratford Festival). A man and his American wife return to his all-male family in London for a tense reunion. Runs in rep to Oct 30. $50-$106, stu/srs $25-$66. Avon Theatre, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival. ca. HOsanna by Michel Tremblay (Stratford Festival). A transvestite and her partner confront insecurities and illusions about identity. Runs in rep to Sep 24. $50-$80.50. Studio Theatre, Stratford. stratfordfestival.ca. Jesus CHRist supeRstaR by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber (Stratford Festival). The crucifixion – sound like something you’d make a musical out of? In director Des McAnuff’s hands, the radical and risky rock musical becomes a thrilling show. Paul Nolan finds the inner core of Jesus, hitting all the high notes in the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice score as the man not quite ready to do God’s bidding. As Judas, Josh Young, also an exceptional singer, manages to gain our sympathies. Chilina Kennedy as Mary Magdalene is superb, and great support from Brent Carver as Pontius Pilate and Bruce Dow as Herod. Runs in rep to Nov 6. $50-$106, stu/srs $25$66. Avon Theatre, Stratford. 1-800-567-1600, stratfordfestival.ca. nnnn (Susan G Cole) tHe LittLe yeaRs by John Mighton (Stratford Festival). Mighton’s nuanced script focuses on Kate, a young woman unable to follow her dream of a science career, a loss that has a subtle impact on her family over four decades. Director Chris Abraham’s excellent production highlights the play’s emotions and fascinating ideas, with standout performances by Bethany Jillard and Irene Poole as

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Beatty and host Denis Grignon. To Sep 11, Thu 8:30 pm, Fri 9 pm, Sat 8 & 10:45 pm, Sun 8 pm. $10-$15. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca. COMEDY THURSDAYS The Starving Artist presents a weekly showcase w/ host Natasha Henderson. 9 pm. Free. 584 Lansdowne. 647342-5058, starvingartistbar.com. DO YOU LOVE LIFE OR WHAT? The Garrison presents Chris Locke, Kathleen Phillips, Aaron Eves and host Tim Gilbert. 8:30 pm. $10. 1197 Dundas W. 416-5199439, garrisontoronto.com.

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ourselves to get through life (see review, page 63). Wed-Fri 8 pm, Sat 8 & 10:30 pm, Sun 7 pm. $24-$29, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-3430011, secondcity.com. NNNN (GS) IMPROVO DIABLO presents spicy and sinister improv comedy w/ host Sean Browning and guests. 8 pm. Pwyc. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. improvodiablo.com. LADYSTACHE GONE WILD Comedy Bar presents stand-up and sketch w/ Jape, Desiree LavoyDorsch, Mark Little, Dave Merheje, LadyStache and hosts Freddie & Miguel Rivas. 9:30 pm. $8. 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. THE TASTY SHOW presents weekly stand-up w/ host Jeffrey Danson. 10 pm. Free. La Revolucion, 2848 Dundas W. 416-766-0746. THE WIN-JESTER BUCKET OF COMEDY Winchester Kitchen & Bar presents a weekly open mic w/ host Michael McLean. 9 pm. Free. 51A Winchester. winchesterkitchen.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Richard Lett. To Sep 11, Thu and Sun 8 pm, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

Friday, September 9 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 8. COMEDY ON THE DANFORTH Timothy’s World

News Café presents improv with Athletic Robot. 9 pm. Pwyc. 320 Danforth. 416-4612668, comedyonthedanforth.com.

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11, Fri-Sun 8 pm. $20. Scotiabank Studio Theatre, 6 Noble. brownpapertickets.com/ event/193474. TOUCH MY STEREOTYPE Comedy Bar presents videos, sketches, songs and improv w/ Anna Sudac, Mike Tanchuk, Sonia D’Amico, Ryan Galloway, Dan Ramos and others. 10 pm. $10. 945 Bloor W. touchmystereotype.com. WE AIN’T TERRORISTS Ryerson present a comedic look at Islamophobia with Dave Merheje and host Ali Hassan. 7:30 pm. $10$15. Ryerson Student Campus Centre, 55 Gould, room SCC-115. arabsa@ryerson.ca. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 8. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN presents Eddie Della Siepe. To Sep 10, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $20. 70 Interchange Way. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com. YUK YUK’S WEST presents Johnny Gardhouse. To Sep 10, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $20. 5165 Dixie, Mississauga. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

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ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 8. THE ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY COMPLETELY MADE UP SHOW Second City presents interactive,

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Drop-In workshop w/ Ralph MacLeod. 6 pm. $5. 8-Bit Improv. 8 pm. Pwyc. The Ladder, competitive entertainment. 10 pm. $5. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. 416-9035388, blackswancomedy.com. DMC EXPO Creative Ideals Entertainment presents a showcase of dance, music and comedy talent, including the Battle Of The Comics at 8 pm. 3:30-10 pm. $30-$40. International Centre, 6900 Airport, Mississauga. dmcexpo.ca.

DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! (AND OTHER LIES) See Thu 8. THE SPECIALS IN 9/11/11 See Fri 9. SPILLIN’ THE BEANS COMEDY Full of Beans Cof-

fee presents a show w/ host Rene Payes. 7 pm. Pwyc. 1348 Dundas W. fullofbeans.ca. TEXAS COMEDY MASSACRE 2 Fox & Fiddle Wellesley presents stand-up with Dave Merheje, the Dick Mime, host Xerxes Cortez and others. 8:30 pm. Pwyc. 27 Wellesley E. 416580-4153, texascomedymassacre2.com. THEATRESPORTS Bad Dog Theatre presents fast and furious improv matches. 8 pm. $12, stu $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-551-6540, baddogtheatre.com. US VS THEM Full Blown Comedy presents Jon Schabl, Keven Soldo, Keith Pedro, Garrett Jamieson and Dave Merheje. 10 pm. $10. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 8. YUK YUK’S VAUGHAN See Fri 9. YUK YUK’S WEST See Fri 9.

Sunday, September 11 ABSOLUTE COMEDY See Thu 8. DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! (AND OTHER LIES) See Thu 8. LAUGH SABBATH presents Talent Show! with Mark Little, Chris Locke, Graham ñ Chittenden, Sara Hennessey, Steph Kaliner,

Tim Gilbert, host James Hartnett and others. Doors 8:30 pm. $5. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. laughsabbath.com. SILVER CITY STANDUP presents weekly comedy w/ host Kirk Hicks. 9 pm. Pwyc. Silver City, 780 Danforth. 416-461-1504. THE SPECIALS IN 9/11/11 See Fri 9. TWO GUYS, ONE MIC Stand-Up Club presents Pat Thornton and Helder Brum recording their first stand-up comedy albums. 7:30 pm. $5. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. comedybar.ca. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN See Thu 8.

Monday, September 12 ALT.COMEDY LOUNGE Rivoli presents Jon Steinberg, Mark DeBonis, Ennis Esmer, ñ Heidi Brander, Jon Malanos, Scott McMann,

MC Dave Merheje and others. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. altdotcomedylounge.com. FRESH MEAT Tim Sims Encouragement Fund presents a new talent showcase w/ Ashley Mofatt, British Teeth, Julie Kim, Vest of Friends, DJ Demers, Keven Soldo, host Marco Bernardi and others. 8 pm. $12. Second City, 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. LAUGHABLE AT UNLOVABLE presents Terry Clement, Dave Merheje, Isaac Kessler, Steph Tolev, Evan Desmarais and host Nick Flanagan. 9 pm. Pwyc. Unlovable, 1415-B Dundas W. 416-532-6669. THE LITTLE COMEDY SHOW THAT COULD Jon Kane presents Kathleen McGee, Chris Roberts, Todd Van Allen, Joy Acharjee and Diana Love. 9 pm. $5. The Avro, 750 Queen E. jonkane.ca. MONDAY NIGHT IMPROV JAM Black Swan Comedy presents an open jam w/ Ralph MacLeod and the Infamous Water Cannons. 8 pm. Pwyc. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. 416-903-5388, blackswancomedy.com.

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improv w/ Action Slacks, Operation Burning Sky, Charm School and host Jamie O’Connor. 8 pm. Pwyc. Black Swan, 154 Danforth, 2nd floor. 416-903-5388, blackswancomedy.com. IMPATIENT THEATRE CO presents improv by its students. 7 pm. Free. House Party, scenes by ITC teams. 8 pm. $5. The Incubator, improv w/ Rubicon and Iron Coffin. 10 pm. $5. Real Autobiographies, improv based on the bios of public figures. 11 pm. Free. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-238-7337, impatient.ca. Second City presents a fast-paced, completely improvised show. To Sep 27, 8 pm. $20, stu $15. 51 Mercer. 416-343-0011, secondcity.com. SKETCHCOMEDYLOUNGE Rivoli presents the Cambridge Footlights performing their sketch show Pretty Little Panic. 9 pm. Pwyc. 332 Queen W. sketchcomedylounge.com. STANDING ON THE DANFORTH Eton House presents Daniela Saioni, Brian Moffat, Julie Kim, Sarah Donaldson, Michael McLean, Rachel Burns, Tim Golden, John Hastings and host Jo-Anna Downey. 9 pm. Free. 710 Danforth. 416-466-6161. TORONTO COMEDY BRAWL SEMIFINALS TCB presents amateur comedians competing for $1,000. 7:30 pm. $5. Crown & Tiger, 414 College. torontocomedybrawl.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents the Humber School of Comedy at 7:30 pm, and stand-up Amateur Night at 9:30 pm. $4. 224 Richmond W. 416-967-6425, yukyuks.com.

Wednesday, September 14 ABSOLUTE COMEDY presents Pro-Am Night w/ Denis Grignon, Eric Clifford, ñ Jack Dani, Shawn B, Mary-Anne Gibson,

Sean Sinclair-Day, Sean McKiernan and host Geoff MacKay. 8:30 pm. $6. 2335 Yonge. 416-486-7700, absolutecomedy.ca.

CLARIE BROSSEAU’S GOING AWAY PARTY Spirits Bar & Grill presents Jill Knight, ñ Rose Giles, Kristeen Von Hagen, Pete An-

thony, Jean Paul, Steve Dylan, Christina Walkinshaw and host Jo-Anna Downey. 9 pm. Free. 642 Church. 416-967-0001. DJ DEMERS presents a weekly show w/ guests. 8 pm. $5. Underground Comedy Club, 670 Queen E. djdemers.com.

DREAMS REALLY DO COME TRUE! (AND OTHER LIES) See Thu 8. DURHAM REGION COMEDY FESTIVAL presents

opening night w/ ‘Randy’ & ‘Mr Lahey’ from TV’s Trailer Park Boys. 8 pm. $20-$25. The Green Bottle, 145 King W, Oshawa. drcf.ca. IMPATIENT THEATRE CO presents improv by its students. 7 pm. Free. House Party, scenes by ITC teams. 8 pm. $10. Munchausen, rapidfire improv based on true stories. 10 pm. Free. Character Assassination, audience judging of comics. 11 pm. Free. Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor W. 416-238-7337, impatient.ca. TORONTO COMEDY BRAWL SEMIFINALS TCB presents amateur comedians competing for $1,000. 7:30 pm. $5. Rivoli, 332 Queen W. torontocomedybrawl.com. YUK YUK’S DOWNTOWN presents Aaron Berg. To Sep 18, Wed-Thu and Sun 8 pm, Fri-Sat 9 pm. $12-$20. 224 Richmond W. 416967-6425, yukyuks.com. 3

dance listings Opening THE ANSWERS OF LOVE graceKaya presents live music and dance at this CD release show. Sep 12 at 8 pm. $10-$15. Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas W. kapipal.com/blessings. ARABESqUE FALL GALA Arabesque Dance Company presents Yasmina Ramzy and 200 student and company belly dancers. Sep 10 at 8 pm. $15-$20. Estonian House, 958 Broadview. 416-920-5593, arabesquedance.ca. FALLING FOR DANCE Canadian Dance Assembly presents workshops, presentations, sneak previews of new works and more. Sep 10-11, see website for schedule. Pwyc ($10 sugg). Dancer Transition Resource Centre, 250 the Esplanade. 416-515-8445, cda-acd.ca. MACHINA NUPTIALIS CORPUS and Le Centre francophone de Toronto present a dancetheatre piece about the matrimonial ceremony. Opens Sep 13 and runs to Sep 18, Tue-Sun 8 pm, mats Sat-Sun 2 pm. $30. Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace. 416-923-1171, corpus.ca. 3

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Meh monster CREATURE (Fred Andrews). 93 minutes. Opens Friday (September 9). For venues and times, see page 67. Rating: N In the age of CGI, there’s something audacious about calling a movie Creature, making the audience wait over 30 minutes to see that creature and then presenting a man in a phony rubber suit that doesn’t even have a moving mouth. If this were a horror parody it might be worth recommending, but sadly, all the laughs are unintentional. A group of pretty 20-somethings are inexplicably vacationing in rural

Warrior starts as a drama about a broken family and devolves into blatant cheerleading for mixed martial arts when two estranged brothers

Louisiana when some irritated locals recommend visiting the abandoned house of the local legend: a monster that’s half-man, half-crocodile and all pedophile. They do and are promptly attacked, the indistinguishable actors just annoying enough for viewers to anxiously anticipate their bloody demise. Some horror fans might appreciate a slavish devotion to genre conventions, but director Fred Andrews goes too far with a movie entirely compiled out of clichés and gore. Veteran Bmovie character actor Sid Haig (The Devil’s Rejects) livens up a few scenes with a typically eccentric performance that only accentuates the dullness of the rest of the film.

enter the same high-stakes tournament. Happily married physics teacher Brendan (Joel Edgerton) returns to parking-lot cage fighting to stave off foreclosure on his home. His brother Tommy, the embittered loner (Tom Hardy), drifts into town to train with their father (Nick Nolte), a recovering alcoholic whom both brothers despise. The first two-thirds concentrates on Dad’s attempts at reconciliation, the disapproval Brendan faces from his wife and school principal, and above all, the secret that’s destroying Tommy. Hardy, Edgerton and Nolte are all watchable actors giving solid performances, but the conflicts don’t develop. Once the big punch-ups start, the conflicts wither to bonehead simplicity until one spectacularly ludicrous and emotionally false climactic sentence sinks the entire movie. The action is staged for thrills and to showcase the fighters’ courage and technique. It’s exciting stuff, but the cutaways to Brendan’s former antagonists cheering him on and a group of uniformed Marines singing their anthem to honour Tommy give the proceedings an air of cheesy hype. ANDREW DOWLER

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Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star (D: Tom Brady, 90 min) Reno 911’s Nick Swardson plays a kid who tries to break into the porn business in this comedy co-written by Adam Sandler and also starring Don Johnson and Stephen Dorff (as Miles Deep and Dick Shadow) and Christina Ricci. Both open Friday (September 9), along with My Kingdom and Love In Space. See review of Contagion September 9 and Bucky Larson September 12 at nowtoronto.com/ movies.

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Apollo 18 (Gonzalo López-Gallego) marks a boring new low for the “found footage” horror film genre. Purportedly comprised of film of an abandoned secret space mission that NASA undertook in late 1974, it follows two astronauts (Warren Christie and Lloyd Owen) who land on the moon and eventually discover something or someone else is doing the moonwalk with them. The grainy, staticky footage is the only thing about the film that seems authentic. Director López-Gallego relies on visual and aural “Boo!” moments to amp up tension, and the actors are doubly penned in – by bulky suits and cramped quarters and by a script that doesn’t allow them to create any kind of character or motivation. 86 min. N (GS) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

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(Joe Cornish) is Cornish’s tremendously assured debut, taking place over one night in a low-rent South London housing district under siege from an invasion of extraterrestrial beasties, with a bunch of local thugs, an off-duty nurse (Venus’s Jodie Whittaker) and a pot dealer (Nick Frost) banding together to fend off the threat. It may not have Johnny Depp or giant robots, but it’s got everything a summer movie needs. Trust. 88 min. NNNN (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24

BAd teAcher (Jake Kasdan) stars Cam-

eron Diaz as a high-functioning sociopath teaching seventh grade at a dinky Illinois school and chasing the new substitute teacher (Justin Timberlake). Jason Segel walks off with the picture as an affable, unassuming gym teacher who’s hip to Diaz’s game but attracted to her anyway. 92 min. NNN (NW) Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

when hip-hop heads rocked boom boxes instead of iPhones and blasted Tribe and De La Soul’s backpack raps instead of the Auto-Tuned tracks dominating clubs today. 95 min. NNN (RS) Carlton Cinema

ñBegiNNers

(Mike Mills) is a terribly tender drama about a graphic artist (Ewan McGregor) still getting over the death of his father (Christopher Plummer), who spends his last few years out of the closet. See it for Plummer, who plunges gleefully into the role of gay rogue. 105 min. NNNN (SGC) Carlton Cinema

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(Paul Feig) is a broad farce starring Kristen Wiig as a Milwaukee baker whose emotional equilibrium is in no state to cope with the impending marriage of best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph). Even as the situations grow increasingly cartoonish, Bridesmaids paints a credible portrait of a woman in crisis, with Wiig giving a nicely considered performance in her first leading role. 124 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Mt Pleasant, Yonge & Dundas 24

Bucky lArsoN: BorN to Be A stAr (Tom Brady) 90 min. See Also Opening, page 65. Opens Sep 9 at 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Interchange 30, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24. AmericA: the first AveNger ñcAptAiN

(Joe Johnston) starts out as a rip-roaring adventure yarn and an entertaining origin story for Marvel’s allAmerican hero, with appealing lead Chris Evans, inventive Second World War action sequences and genuine spectacle. But in the last act, the screenwriters compress what feels like months of story into a couple of reels in order to get Cap into the 21st century – just in time for next summer’s Avengers movie. At least the 3-D is decent this time out. 125 min. NNNN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga

cArs 2 (John Lasseter) is bigger, shinier and far, far busier than the first film, but it’s all for naught. The elaborate spy parody focuses on tow truck Mater (redneck comic Larry the Cable Guy) who’s mistaken for an American agent and caught up in an espionage caper. The animation is up to Pixar’s high standards, but the story is a mess. 120 min. NN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Yonge & Dundas 24

(Werner Herzog) is a hypnotic 3-D documentary that presents the 33,000-yearold paintings discovered in the Chauvet Pont d’Arc cave as though we were standing 4 feet away from them. Experts explain the historical value of the cave, but director Herzog’s contemplative narration is all we really need. That, and some closing footage of mutant albino crocodiles. Some subtitles. 95 min. NNNN (NW) Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kingsway Theatre, Varsity

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the chANge-up (David Dobkin) is a stupid

body-swapping comedy with a great performance by Ryan Reynolds, who succeeds in sending up his frat-boy image and channelling Jason Bateman’s fussy-prissy persona so well that he completely unbalances the movie. Reynolds single-handedly gives The Change-Up its live-wire energy and a couple of really big laughs. 112 min. NN (NW) Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga

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chAsiNg mAdoff (Jeff Prosserman) is a

plodding documentary about Harry Markopolos, a financial analyst who uncovered Bernie Madoff’s devastating Ponzi scheme nearly a decade before Madoff turned himself in, only to be ignored by U.S. financial regulators. Prosserman lets Markopolos tells his story in exhausting, outraged detail, backed up by colleagues and other experts who agree that Markopolos did indeed have Madoff’s number, but the Bush-era overseers of the financial sector just didn’t care. It’s great that Markopolos’s righteous efforts are finally being acknowledged, but it quickly becomes clear that Prosserman isn’t going to address anything else. He just tracks Markopolos’s repeated attempts to expose Madoff’s scam in what feels like real time. 91 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Varsity

colomBiANA (Olivier Megaton) rises

above its overworked action story to become enjoyable light entertainment thanks to smart directing and a clever hero (Zoe Saldana). Nine-year-old Cataleya sees her parents gunned down in Bogotá; 15 years later she’s an assassin for hire in Chicago, with the mobster who orphaned her and the FBI closing in fast. All but the first of five big set pieces are built around her stealth, speed and trickery. Director Megaton keeps the action lively and lucid. 107 min. NNN (AD) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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BeAts, rhymes & life: the trAvels of A triBe cAlled Quest (Michael Rapaport) feels like any other E! celebrity profile about a successful band that just can’t keep it together. What was and still is groundbreaking is Tribe’s music. Rapaport delivers a sweet trip back to the days

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he looks too much like a pretty boy. Along with the familiar sword fights and punchups, director Nispel pulls off a very good horse-and-carriage chase and underground battle with a tentacled horror. The 3-D enhances the highlights but otherwise adds little. 112 min. NNNN (AD) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale

CoNtagioN (Steven Soderbergh) 102 min. See Also Opening, page 65. Opens Sep 9 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity

Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24.

Cowboys & alieNs (Jon Favreau) has explosions and horse-riding and fighting and monsters aplenty, but it’s utterly insubstantial. A couple of early moments suggest the confident, clever genre pastiche that might have been, but mostly this is a mess – though Daniel Craig singlehandedly gives the movie something like a heart as its amnesiac hero. 112 min. NN (NW) Carlton Cinema, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre

ñCrazy, stupid, love.

(Glenn Ficarra, John Requa) does for the rom-com genre what directors Ficarra and Requa’s I Love You Phillip Morris did for the caper picture, revitalizing a well-worn formula with intelligence, charm and clever storytelling. Steve Carell fleshes out his

40-Year- Old Virgin haplessness nicely, but it’s Ryan Gosling’s blossoming romance with savvy young lawyer Emma Stone that gives the movie its best moments. 118 min. NNNN (NW) Coliseum Scarborough, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Humber Cinema, Interchange 30, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

Creature (Fred Andrews) 93 min. See review, page 65. N (PB) Opens Sep 9 at 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Yonge & Dundas 24. the debt (John Madden) has plot holes all over the place – no one notices spies smuggling a body into an apartment, for example – but it’s an effective nail-biter. Three Mossad agents return to Israel as heroes after they’ve tracked down and killed a Nazi war criminal. Or have they? The Debt features a fascinating moral dilemma, but that doesn’t surface till way late, so the film isn’t nearly as weighty as it wants to be. It’s really just a thriller with superb performances, especially by Helen Mirren as the agent whose daughter has

written a book about the case, and Tom Wilkinson as the spymaster who fears for his reputation. Watch for the scene where one of the spies gets a gynecological exam. Totally terrifying. 112 min. NNN (SGC) Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

the devil’s double (Lee Tamahori) turns the true story of Latif Yahia, an Iraqi soldier forced to become the public double of Uday Hussein during the first Gulf War, into an ungainly parable about the trappings of power. Director Tamahori seems to get off on Uday’s debauchery, but Dominic Cooper’s dual performance keeps us firmly on Latif’s side. 108 min. NNN (NW) Carlton Cinema doN’t be aFraid oF the dark (Troy Nixey) is writer/producer Guillermo del Toro’s long-in-the-works remake of a 1974 TV movie that freaked out his nine-yearold self, and it’s certainly possible that this version will similarly give youngsters a serious case of the willies. But everyone else will find it more silly than suspenseful (it’s yet another horror movie where

characters stay in a Bad Place beyond any credible point), and director Nixey just isn’t as skilled at sliding between delicate fantasy and chilling horror as del Toro himself. 99 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

FiNal destiNatioN 5 (Steven Quale) is a

return to goofball form for the franchise after the underwhelming third and fourth films, with ridiculous Rube Goldbergian mechanisms involving loose screws, leaky air conditioners, unsupervised factory equipment and an over-amped surgical laser. Director Quale invests things with a little more wit than usual. 92 min. NNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Interchange 30, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yorkdale

FrieNds with beNeFits (Will Gluck) casts Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake as pals who figure out that their complementary “emotional damage” allows them to get naked without getting emotional – at least in theory. It’s not laugh-out-loud funny, but it does have some clever dialogue and moments of perceptive observation. In other words, it’s a lot better than No Strings Attached, and really, that’s all you can ask of a movie like this. 104 min. NNN (NW) Colossus, Scotiabank Theatre Fright Night (Craig Gillespie) only runs into trouble when it tries to reinvent Tom Holland’s 1985 horror comedy as a blockbuster. At its heart, it’s a small-scale creeper about a suburban teenager (a weedy Anton Yelchin) who can’t get anyone to believe him when a vampire (Colin Farrell) moves into his neighbourhood and starts devouring call girls. The remake makes a few tactical errors, like throwing out the slow build of Holland’s original for more action beats, including an entirely unnecessary set piece cribbed from Children Of Men set inside a moving vehicle. But once David Tennant gets involved as the disreputable Vegas illusionist to whom Yelchin turns for assistance, director Gillespie finds the groove he’s been chasing, and Farrell gets an adversary with the appropriate stature – and terrific comic timing. 106 min. NNN (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Scotiabank Theatre glee: the 3d CoNCert Movie (Kevin Tan-

charoen) reveals little about the actors or the characters they play on the hit TV series about a group of warbling high schoolers. Without between-song patter or even an MC, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and the other well-scrubbed performers are left to prance around the stage and deliver numbers they made famous on the small screen. The film’s real worth comes from its profiles of a handful of students whose lives have been affected by the show’s sensitive depiction of outsiders. 90 min. NNN (GS) Yonge & Dundas 24

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(John Michael McDonagh) is showy, smart and hysterically funny, which is no mean feat for a movie about a small-town Garda sergeant (Brendan Gleeson) and an FBI agent (Don Cheadle) on the trail of a drug-smuggling ring in rural Ireland. It’s a delight to watch Gleeson exchange flinty insults with Cheadle, another master of the underplayed reaction; better still to watch the two actors slowly sync up as events draw their characters closer together and writer/director McDonagh (brother of In Bruges writer/director Martin) shifts his easygoing movie into something approaching fourth gear. The Guard is the

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Bryce Dallas Howard (left), Sissy Spacek and Octavia Spencer don’t need any Help at the box office.

Sep 10, 2:30 pm, at Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, SilverCity Yonge

love iN sPaCe (Wing Shya, Tony Chan) is a

Chinese romantic comedy about a mother, her three daughters and their attempts to find romance. 103 min. Opens Sep 9 at Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24.

midNigHt iN Paris (Woody Allen) casts

Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams as an engaged couple vacationing in Paris, where at midnight, a vintage cab picks up a wandering Wilson and takes him back in time to meet the great artists of the 20s. It’s a pleasurable narrative hook, but the message that life is best lived in the present tense is too banal to make us care. 94 min. NN (SGC) Canada Square, Humber Cinema, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Kingsway Theatre, Rainbow Promenade, Varsity

my KiNgdom (Goa Xiaosong) is an epic story about love, family honour and revenge set in 1920s Shanghai. 108 min. Opens Sep 9 at Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24.

ñNéNette

(Nicolas Philibert) 67 min. See review, page 74. NNNN (NW) Opens Sep 9 at the Projection Booth (see Indie & Rep Film, page 74).

oNe day (Lone Scherfig) doesn’t quite

finest, oddest buddy-cop picture I’ve seen since Hot Fuzz, but it plays out in a very different, very specifically Irish way. Damned if it isn’t one of the best movies I’ve seen this year. 96 min. NNNNN (NW) Cumberland 4, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga

Potter aNd tHe deatHly Hallows Part 2 ñHarry

(David Yates) serves not just as the second half of the Deathly Hallows story, but as the climax to the entire Harry Potter saga – and it delivers, with Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) working their way back to Hogwarts for a final battle with the forces of the evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes). See it in 2-D if you can. 130 min. NNNN (NW)

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tHe HelP (Tate Taylor) is a successful

adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s megaselling novel thanks to another powerful performance by Viola Davis (Doubt) as a maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who agrees to share her story with an upstart journalist. Too bad the junior league matrons exploiting the help play their parts to stereotypically shrieking heights. 137 min. NNN (SGC) 401 & Morningside, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Mar-

ket Square, Rainbow Promenade, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñHorrible bosses

(Seth Gordon) casts Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day as put-upon wage slaves who decide to murder their repugnant employers (Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell and Jennifer Aniston), only to see their clockwork plan go sideways almost immediately. It’s a devilishly smart farce disguised as a really, really dumb one, with Sudeikis and Day turning their Going The Distance buddy act into a perpetual joke machine. 97 min. NNNN (NW) Canada Square, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, SilverCity Mississauga, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñKuNg Fu PaNda 2

(Jennifer Yuh Nelson) chalks up another win for DreamWorks’ unlikely martial arts franchise, with Po (voiced once again by Jack Black) and the Furious Five trekking to a distant city in order to stop a warlord (Gary Oldman) who threatens all of China. The fight choreography is exceptional, the animation exquisite and the voice cast in fine form. 90 min. NNNN (NW) Courtney Park 16, Interchange 30, Yonge & Dundas 24

last NigHt oF tHe Proms live – bbC Proms 2011 is a live broadcast from Lon-

don of the spectacular concert, conducted by Edward Gardner and featuring guests including Susan Bullock, Lang Lang and others.

work, but there are some affecting moments in this adaptation of David Nicholls’s clever gimmick of a romantic bestseller. Dexter (Jim Sturgess) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) drunkenly stumble into bed after graduation from their Edinburgh university, and on the same day for the next 19 years we check in on them as their personal and professional lives rise or fall and they do or don’t acknowledge their attraction to each other. Director Scherfig (An Education) and Nicholls, who wrote the unsubtle screenplay, don’t let us work very hard to figure things out, and the characters feel awfully thin: what happened to Emma’s early left-leaning views? Sturgess handles the showier role with an angry, unpredictable edge, while Hathaway, accent mostly in check, suffers stoically through a series of bad haircuts, sarcastic one-liners and the odd unreadable line. And it’s hard to believe that in two continued on page 70 œ

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decades neither of them gains any weight. 107 min. NN (GS) Canada Square, Cumberland 4, Grande Yonge, Humber Cinema, Interchange 30, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Mississauga

ñOur IdIOt BrOther

(Jesse Peretz) tracks the trail of destruction left by 30-something hippie Ned (Paul Rudd) as he bounces between the homes of his three adult sisters (Emily Mortimer, Elizabeth Banks and Zooey Deschanel). It’s subtle, different and really funny, with the cutting social satire of a Nicole Holofcener movie and also Steve Coogan’s balls. 90 min. NNNN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Grande - Steeles, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yonge, Yonge & Dundas 24

Page ONe: a Year INsIde the New YOrk tImes (Andrew Rossi) goes inside America’s most prestigious daily, where advertising revenue is tanking. A new generation of newshounds gets its information online, and the future looks dim. Unfortunately, there’s very little new and exciting here, except for the presence of idiosyncratic media writer David Carr. 88 min. NN (SGC) Carlton Cinema, Kingsway Theatre

POtIche (François Ozon) stars

Catherine Deneuve as a woman who, in the late 70s, comes into her own when her reactionary, philandering hus-

band falls ill and she takes over the family factory. One big gobsmacking pleasure. Subtitled. 103 min. NNNN (SGC) Mt Pleasant

ñPrOject NIm

(James Marsh) charts the odyssey of Nim Chimpsky, a chimpanzee raised among humans as part of a Columbia University linguistics experiment, which, as Man On Wire director Marsh reveals, was undermined by stunning arrogance and incompetence. An astonishing, heart-wrenching story, recounted in one of the year’s best documentaries. 99 min. NNNNN (NW) Canada Square

rIse Of the PlaNet Of the aPes (Rupert

Wyatt) follows a genius Alzheimer’s researcher (James Franco) who raises a superintelligent chimp (performed though the magic of motion capture by Andy Serkis), who’ll grow up to lead a rebellion of similarly enhanced primates. Stuff happens, but none of it is anchored to anything that makes any kind of sense. 105 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Carlton Cinema, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Market Square, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

sarah’s keY (Gilles Paquet-Brenner) is a Holocaust drama for the same audience that bought into the painfully discreet depiction of war crimes in The Reader; anything that might convey some genuine horror is delicately avoided. Kristin Scott

Thomas is largely wasted as a contemporary journalist; her framing story means absolutely nothing. Some subtitles. 102 min. NN (NW) Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Varsity

ñseNNa

(Asif Kapadia) tracks the Brazilian Formula 1 driver Ayrton

from his first Grand Prix to his final, fatal race in San Marino. It never lags, thanks to a refreshing absence of standard talkinghead interviews. Each race depicted comes with its own set of challenges, whether a title is on the line or some heated personal drama raises the stakes. A focused nuts-and-bolts tribute that’s

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shark NIght 3d (David Ellis) is a really

dumb horror movie that at least delivers on the promise of a night of sharks – in 3-D and everything! – endured by a handful of Louisiana college students who make the mistake of spending a weekend at a saltwater lake infested with maneaters. The screenwriters deserve points for coming up with a plot that defies horror-movie logic by (mostly) letting characters react to their situation with some intelligence, but director Ellis (Final Destination 2) is really just in it for the bloody effects, which he executes with gusto. If you do see it, make sure you stay all the way through the end credits for the cast’s weirdly compelling music video. 85 min. NN (NW) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Rainbow Promenade, Rainbow Woodbine, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale

the smurfs IN 3d (Raja Gosnell) is a

bland and largely unfunny attempt to capture the joy of Peyo’s comics and the 1980s animated series. The Smurfs themselves are dull and uninspired, as is the human cast, with the exception of Hank Azaria as the evil Gargamel. 103 min. NN (Andrew Parker) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Humber Cinema, Queensway, Rainbow Woodbine, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Mississauga, SilverCity Yorkdale, Yonge & Dundas 24

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(Robert Rodriguez) doesn’t live up to its scratch-and-sniff card gimmick, but it still manages to be entertaining and inventive. Kids will have fun watching a new trio of child secret agents try to save the world’s time. Adults will appreciate enjoyable performances by the likes of Jeremy Piven and Joel McHale. 89 min. NNN (Andrew Parker) 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Kennedy

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And Bull Story, with the insecure, statuschasing Coogan inviting oblivious git Brydon on a week-long tour of restaurants in the north of England. It’s practically transcendent, the comedy of the year. 107 min. nnnnn (NW) Cumberland 4

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warrior (Gavin O’Connor) 139 min. See

review, page 65. nn (AD) Opens Sep 9 at 401 & Morningside, Beach Cinemas, Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Grande - Steeles, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Fairview, SilverCity Yonge, SilverCity Yorkdale, Varsity.

ñthe whiStLeBLower

(Larysa Kondracki) is a movie that despite some storytelling flaws needs to be seen because of its subject matter: sex trafficking. Rachel Weisz turns in a fierce performance as Kathryn Bolkovac, a UN peacekeeper in Bosnia who discovers a horrific sex trade involving UN officials. It’s a solid thriller that, like Bolkovac, never loses sight of what’s most important: the victims. 100 min. nnnn (RS) Canada Square, Grande - Yonge, Kennedy Commons 20, Varsity

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Swan Lake – BoLShoi BaLLet Live (encore) is a rebroadcast of the Tchaikovsky

ballet performed by the world-renowned troupe. Sep 11, 1 pm, and Sep 12, 6:30 pm, at Coliseum Mississauga, Coliseum Scarborough, Colossus, Grande - Yonge, Queensway, SilverCity Yonge

ñterri

(Azazel Jacobs) is the story of an obese teenager (Jacob Wysocki) who lives with his ailing uncle (Creed Bratton) in a small California town and barely interacts with the world beyond their house. Terri’s tardiness brings him to the attention of Mr. Fitzgerald (John C. Reilly), who’s either the best guidance counsellor in the world or the worst; Terri can’t tell, and neither can we. Director Jacobs (Momma’s Man) delivers a naturalistic and entirely absorbing drama about a boy on the verge of self-awareness, capturing the awkward horrors and unexpected surprises that make up everyone’s adolescence. 105 min. nnnn (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24

30 MinuteS or LeSS (Ruben Fleischer)

may be the shabbiest, shruggiest heist movie ever made, but it’s enjoyable enough on its own very modest terms. Two Grand Rapids thugs (Danny McBride and Nick Swardson) rig a pizza delivery guy (Jesse Eisenberg) with a vest bomb and order him to rob a bank. This plays out precisely as far as it will go. 82 min. nnn (NW) 401 & Morningside, Canada Square, Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Eglinton Town Centre, Empire Theatres at Empress Walk, Queensway, Scotiabank Theatre, SilverCity Yorkdale

plot is kind of ridiculous. Action sequences are impressively assembled. 157 min. nnn (NW) Coliseum Mississauga, Colossus, Courtney Park 16, Kennedy Commons 20, Yonge & Dundas 24

ñthe tree of Life

(Terrence Malick) perfects the intuitive approach to cinema Malick has been developing for nearly four decades, and it affected me more profoundly than any of his earlier films. It’s beautiful in its inelegance and confusion, embracing the awe of adolescence and the loss of innocence in the purest sense of those terms. It’s a rhapsody on the mystery of simply being alive. 138 min. nnnnn (NW) Cumberland 4, Humber Cinema, Regent Theatre

ñthe trip

(Michael Winterbottom) finds Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon reprising the slightly exaggerated versions of themselves they played in director Winterbottom’s Tristram Shandy: A Cock

(Stephen Anderson, Don Hall) works as a lovely update of Disney’s 1977 feature The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh, adding a tender undercurrent of nostalgia for the adults in the audience, subtly encouraging us to remember how it felt to discover Milne’s stories for the first time. I never thought I’d see a Pooh movie that addresses Eeyore’s depressive tendencies head on, but this one does, and it’s hysterical. 73 min. nnnn (NW) Interchange 30, Kingsway Theatre

ñx-Men: firSt cLaSS

(Matthew Vaughn) is a proper origin story for the mutant characters that strikes the same balance of gravitas and knowing camp that powered Bryan Singer’s first two X-films. Having toyed with costumed heroes in last year’s Kick-Ass, director Vaughn gets to play on a much larger scale here, and he’s pretty good at it. Some subtitles. nnnn (NW) Yonge & Dundas 24

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8:20, 10:35 Sat 12:55, 3:25, 8:20, 10:40 Sun-Mon, Wed 12:55, 3:25, 6:30, 9:00 Tue 1:00, 3:25, 6:30, 9:00 CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (PG) Thu-Sat 1:10, 4:10, 7:05, 9:55 Sun 3:35, 6:35, 9:35 Mon 12:40, 3:55, 10:00 Tue-Wed 12:40, 3:35, 6:35, 9:35 CARS 2 (G) Thu 1:30 THE CHANGE-UP (14A) Thu 1:55, 4:45, 7:35 COLOMBIANA (14A) Thu-Tue 1:50, 4:35, 7:25, 10:05 Wed 4:35, 7:25, 10:05 CONAN THE BARBARIAN 3D (18A) Thu 1:15, 4:05, 7:20, 10:15 CONTAGION (PG) Fri-Sat, Mon 2:00, 5:00, 8:00, 10:40 Sun, Tue-Wed 2:00, 5:00, 7:35, 10:10 COWBOYS & ALIENS Thu 10:20 CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (PG) Thu 1:05, 3:55, 6:45, 9:40 Fri-Tue 1:00, 3:55, 6:45, 9:40 Wed 3:55, 6:45, 9:40 CREATURE Fri-Wed 2:15, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15 THE DEBT (14A) Thu-Sat 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:25 Sun-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (14A) Thu 12:50, 3:15, 5:45, 8:15, 10:45 Fri-Sat 10:00 Sun-Wed 9:25 THE GUARD (14A) Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:00, 5:25, 7:55, 10:20 Sun-Wed 12:35, 3:00, 5:25, 7:55, 10:15 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (PG) 12:45, 3:45, 6:50, 9:50 Thu 12:45 3:40 6:50 9:50 Fri only 12:45 3:45 6:50 9:45 THE HELP (PG) Thu 12:35, 3:45, 6:55, 10:10 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 HORRIBLE BOSSES (14A) Thu 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 Fri, Sun-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:10, 9:45 Sat 7:10, 9:45 LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS LIVE - BBC PROMS 2011 Sat 2:30 ONE DAY (PG) Thu 1:25, 4:20, 7:00, 9:35 OUR IDIOT BROTHER (14A) Thu 1:00, 3:20, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Fri-Sat 1:05, 3:20, 5:50, 8:10, 10:30 Sun-Wed 1:05, 3:20, 7:30, 9:45 RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG) Thu-Sat 12:30, 3:10, 5:35, 8:05, 10:35 Sun-Wed 1:15, 4:10, 7:20, 9:55 SHARK NIGHT 3D (14A) Thu 12:55, 3:30, 6:00, 8:20, 10:35 Fri-Wed 1:25, 3:50, 7:00, 9:30 THE SMURFS 3D (G) Thu-Sat 12:40, 3:05, 5:30, 7:50 SunWed 1:55, 4:20, 6:40 SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD IN 4D (PG) Thu 12:35, 2:50, 5:10, 7:40, 10:00 Fri-Sat 12:35, 2:50, 5:10, 7:40 Sun-Wed 2:10, 4:40, 7:05 SWAN LAKE – BOLSHOI BALLET LIVE (ENCORE) Sun 1:00 Mon 6:30 30 MINUTES OR LESS (14A) Thu 1:35, 3:50, 6:20, 8:30, 10:40 Fri-Sat 10:10 Sun-Wed 9:15 WARRIOR Fri-Sat 12:50, 4:05, 7:20, 10:30 Sun-Wed 12:50, 4:05, 6:55, 10:05

HUMBER CINEMA (I)

RAINBOW WOODBINE (I)

551 MT PLEASANT RD, 416-480-9884

THE TREE OF LIFE (PG) Thu, Tue-Wed 7:00 Fri-Sat 6:50, 9:25 Sun 4:10, 7:00

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

APOLLO 18 (PG) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:20, 9:50 BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 Sun-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 9:55 COLOMBIANA (14A) Thu 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 CONTAGION (PG) Fri-Sun, Tue 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 Mon 1:20, 4:10, 7:10, 9:45 Wed 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:40, 6:45, 9:45 Fri-Sat 12:45, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 Sun-Wed 12:45, 3:30, 6:30, 9:15 THE DEBT (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 10:00 Fri-Sat 1:00, 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 Sun-Mon, Wed 1:10, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Tue 1:00, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (14A) Thu 10:05 THE HELP (PG) Thu 12:45, 3:55, 7:05, 10:15 Fri-Wed 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS LIVE - BBC PROMS 2011 Sat 2:30 OUR IDIOT BROTHER (14A) Thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 Fri 1:50, 4:40, 7:20, 9:35 Sat 12:15, 7:20, 9:35 Sun 4:40, 7:15, 9:30 Mon 1:00, 3:55, 10:00 Tue 1:50, 4:40, 7:15, 9:30 Wed 4:40, 9:35 RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:20 Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:20, 7:05, 9:40 Sun, Tue 1:30, 4:20, 7:00, 9:35 Mon 1:30, 4:20, 7:00, 9:30 Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 9:50 SHARK NIGHT 3D (14A) Thu 2:00, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-Sat 4:50, 7:40, 10:05 Sun, Tue-Wed 4:50, 7:25, 9:45 Mon 4:50, 7:20, 9:40 SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD IN 4D (3D) (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:20 Fri-Wed 2:00 SWAN LAKE – BOLSHOI BALLET LIVE (ENCORE) Sun 1:00 Mon 6:30 WARRIOR Fri-Sat 12:35, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 Sun-Wed 12:35, 3:45, 6:55, 10:00

Metro

2442 BLOOR ST. WEST, 416-232-1939

APOLLO 18 (PG) Thu 1:00 3:00 7:00 9:00 Fri-Wed 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (PG) Thu 8:30 Fri-Wed 7:00 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) Thu 2:15 Fri-Wed 3:00 ONE DAY (PG) Fri-Wed 5:00 RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG) Fri-Wed 9:15 THE SMURFS (G) Thu 12:15, 6:30 Fri-Wed 1:00 THE TREE OF LIFE (PG) Thu 4:00 Fri-Wed 12:30

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

CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (G) 5:00 THE CHANGE-UP (14A) Fri-Wed 8:45 FRIGHT NIGHT Thu 8:45 MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG) 7:00 PAGE ONE: A YEAR INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES 3:00 WINNIE THE POOH (G) 1:30

QUEENSWAY (CE)

1025 THE QUEENSWAY, QEW & ISLINGTON, 416-503-0424 APOLLO 18 (PG) Thu-Sat 1:20, 4:00, 6:15, 8:30, 10:45 Sun 1:20, 4:25, 6:35, 8:45 Mon 1:20, 4:00, 6:55, 10:10 Tue-Wed 1:20, 4:00, 6:25, 8:45 BAD TEACHER (14A) Thu 10:10 BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR Fri 12:55, 3:25, 6:00,

WOODBINE CENTRE, 500 REXDALE BLVD, 416-213-1998 APOLLO 18 (PG) 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 9:25 BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:50, 7:20, 9:50 COLOMBIANA (14A) 1:10, 3:45, 6:55, 9:30 CONAN THE BARBARIAN (18A) 9:25 Thu 12:55, 3:55 mat, 6:45 CONTAGION (PG) Fri-Wed 12:55, 3:55, 7:00, 9:35 DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (14A) 7:10, 9:40 Thu 1:20, 3:50 mat OUR IDIOT BROTHER (14A) 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:20 SHARK NIGHT 3D (14A) 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 THE SMURFS (G) 1:25, 4:20 Thu 7:00, 9:35 SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD IN 4D (PG) 1:00, 4:00, 7:05 Thu 9:15

East End BEACH CINEMAS (AA) 1651 QUEEN ST E, 416-699-5971

APOLLO 18 (PG) Thu 7:00 9:20 Fri-Wed 6:50, 9:20 CONAN THE BARBARIAN (18A) Thu 9:10 CONTAGION (PG) 7:10, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:30 mat, 4:20 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2: 3D (PG) Thu 6:40, 9:45 OUR IDIOT BROTHER (14A) 7:30, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:50 mat, 4:50 RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG) 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:40 mat, 4:40 SHARK NIGHT 3D (14A) Thu 7:10, 9:30 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:10, 6:40, 9:00 Mon-Wed 6:40, 9:00 SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD IN 4D (PG) Thu 6:50 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:30 WARRIOR 7:00, 10:10 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:50 mat

North York EMPIRE THEATRES AT EMPRESS WALK (ET) 5095 YONGE ST, 416-223-9550

APOLLO 18 (PG) Thu 5:10, 7:30, 9:55 Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:40,

SEPTEMBER 8-14 2011 NOW

7:20, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 Bad Teacher (14A) Thu 9:30 Bucky Larson: Born To Be a sTar 5:00, 7:40, 10:05 Fri-Sun 2:20 mat capTain america: The FirsT avenger (PG) Thu 4:00, 6:40 cars 2 (G) Thu 4:15, 6:50 cave oF ForgoTTen dreams 3d (G) 4:50, 7:25, 9:50 Fri-Sun 2:10 mat chasing madoFF Thu 4:30, 7:05, 9:25 conan The BarBarian 3d (18A) Thu 9:35 conTagion (PG) 4:20, 5:10, 6:50, 7:50, 9:30, 10:30 FriSun 1:30, 2:30 mat don’T Be aFraid oF The dark (14A) Thu 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 FrighT nighT Thu 9:20 harry poTTer and The deaThLy haLLows: parT 2 (PG) 4:10, 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:15 mat rise oF The pLaneT oF The apes (PG) Thu 5:00, 7:40, 10:15 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:05, 6:40, 9:20 Mon-Wed 4:05, 6:40, 9:20 shark nighT 3d (14A) Thu 5:30, 7:50, 10:05 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 8:00, 10:15 Mon-Wed 5:30, 8:00, 10:15 The smurFs (G) Thu 5:20 spy kids: aLL The Time in The worLd in 4d (PG) 5:20, 7:30 Fri-Sun 1:05, 3:10 mat spy kids: aLL The Time in The worLd in 4d (3d) (PG) Thu 5:15, 7:20 30 minuTes or Less (14A) 10:10 Thu 8:00 warrior 4:00, 7:10, 10:20 Fri-Sun 1:00 mat

Grande - YonGe (Ce) 4861 YonGe ST, 416-590-9974 The change-up (14A) Thu-Fri, Tue-Wed 4:15, 6:55, 9:45 Sat 6:55, 9:45 Sun 1:45, 4:15, 6:55, 9:45 Mon 4:00, 9:45 coLomBiana (14A) Thu 4:10, 7:20, 10:10 Fri 4:10, 7:20, 9:55 Sat-Sun 1:20, 4:10, 7:20, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:10, 9:55 crazy, sTupid, Love. (PG) Thu-Fri, Tue-Wed 3:45, 6:30, 9:30 Sat-Sun 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:30 Mon 3:45, 6:30 The deBT (14A) Thu, Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:10, 10:00 Fri 4:00, 7:10, 10:10 Sat-Sun 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:10 The guard (14A) Thu 3:50 6:50 9:20 Fri-Wed 3:50, 6:45, 9:20 Sat-Sun 12:40 mat The heLp (PG) Thu, Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:40, 9:50 Fri 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 LasT nighT oF The proms Live - BBc proms 2011 Sat 2:30 one day (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:30, 10:05 Fri 4:30, 7:05, 9:50 Sat 1:50, 4:30, 7:05, 9:50 Sun 7:05, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:05, 9:40 our idioT BroTher (14A) Thu 5:20, 7:40, 10:15 Fri 5:20, 7:40, 10:05 Sat-Sun 2:30, 5:20, 7:40, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 sarah’s key (PG) Thu-Fri 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 Sat-Sun 1:10, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:00, 9:35 swan Lake – BoLshoi BaLLeT Live (encore) Sun 1:00 Mon 6:30 3d sex and zen (R) Fri 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:30, 10:00 The whisTLeBLower Thu 3:55, 6:45, 9:55

SilverCiTY FairvieW (Ce)

FairvieW Mall, 1800 Sheppard ave e, 416-644-7746 apoLLo 18 (PG) Thu 2:15, 4:30, 6:50, 9:10 Fri-Wed 6:40, 9:10 Bucky Larson: Born To Be a sTar Fri-Wed 2:30, 5:00, 7:40, 10:00 coLomBiana (14A) Thu 1:50 4:20 7:00 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 6:50, 9:40 conan The BarBarian 3d (18A) Thu 1:30, 4:00, 6:55, 10:00 conTagion (PG) Fri-Tue 1:50, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 Wed 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 don’T Be aFraid oF The dark (14A) 9:20 Thu 1:40 mat, 4:10, 6:40 FinaL desTinaTion 5 3d Thu 9:45 our idioT BroTher (14A) Thu 1:55, 4:15, 6:30, 9:00 FriTue 1:40, 4:10, 6:30, 9:00 Wed 4:10, 6:30, 9:00 rise oF The pLaneT oF The apes (PG) Thu 2:05 4:40 7:20 9:50 Fri-Wed 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 shark nighT 3d (14A) Thu 2:25 4:50 7:10 9:30 Fri-Wed 2:15, 4:50, 7:00, 9:30 The smurFs 3d (G) Thu 1:20, 3:50, 6:20 Fri-Wed 1:10, 3:40 spy kids: aLL The Time in The worLd in 4d (PG) Thu 1:10, 3:40, 6:10, 8:50 spy kids: aLL The Time in The worLd in 4d (3d) (PG) Fri-Wed 1:20, 3:50, 6:20 warrior Fri-Wed 1:00, 4:00, 7:10, 10:15

SilverCiTY Yorkdale (Ce) 3401 duFFerin ST, 416-787-4432

apoLLo 18 (PG) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Fri-Wed 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 9:50 Bad Teacher (14A) Thu 9:00 Bucky Larson: Born To Be a sTar Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 9:40 coLomBiana (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:20, 10:05 Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:55, 6:40, 9:30 conan The BarBarian 3d (18A) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:10, 10:00 conTagion (PG) Fri-Sat 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:05 Sun-Wed 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 9:55 crazy, sTupid, Love. (PG) 9:10 don’T Be aFraid oF The dark (14A) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 6:45, 9:50 Fri-Wed 6:20, 9:20 FinaL desTinaTion 5 Thu 9:20 The heLp (PG) Thu 12:30 3:40 7:05 10:15 Fri-Wed 12:30,

3:40, 6:50, 10:00 rise oF The pLaneT oF The apes (PG) Thu 1:00, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Fri-Wed 1:20, 4:10, 6:45, 9:45 shark nighT 3d (14A) Thu 2:15, 5:00, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-Sat 2:15, 5:00, 7:45, 10:15 Sun-Wed 2:00, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 The smurFs 3d (G) Thu 12:50, 3:30, 6:15 The smurFs (G) Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:30 spy kids: aLL The Time in The worLd in 4d (3d) (PG) Thu 1:30 4:00 6:30 Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:00, 6:30 30 minuTes or Less (14A) Thu 12:40, 3:20, 6:40 warrior Fri-Sat 12:40, 3:45, 7:00, 10:10 Sun-Wed 12:40, 3:45, 7:00, 10:00

Scarborough 401 & MorninGSide (Ce) 785 Milner ave, SCarborouGh, 416-281-2226 apoLLo 18 (PG) Thu 3:45, 7:25, 9:55 Fri-Sun 2:15, 4:40, 7:20, 9:20 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:20, 9:20 Bucky Larson: Born To Be a sTar Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:20, 7:30, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:25, 9:45 coLomBiana (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:35, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:20, 6:15, 8:50 Mon-Wed 3:50, 6:15, 8:50 conan The BarBarian 3d (18A) Thu 4:00, 6:50, 9:25 conTagion (PG) 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:10 mat creaTure Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:00, 7:40, 10:10 Sun 1:30, 4:00, 7:40, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:40, 10:00 don’T Be aFraid oF The dark (14A) Thu 4:30, 7:30, 9:55 FinaL desTinaTion 5 3d Thu 3:35, 7:10, 9:20 The heLp (PG) Thu 3:20, 6:35, 9:35 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 our idioT BroTher (14A) Thu 4:15, 7:05, 9:50 Fri-Wed 8:40 rise oF The pLaneT oF The apes (PG) Thu 4:05, 7:15, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:20, 3:50, 6:40, 9:00 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:40, 9:00 shark nighT 3d (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:45, 10:00 Fri-Sat 2:00, 4:50, 7:50, 10:15 Sun 2:00, 4:50, 7:50, 10:00 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:45, 10:00 The smurFs (G) Thu 3:55, 6:40 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:10, 6:20 Mon-Wed 3:35, 6:20 spy kids: aLL The Time in The worLd in 4d (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:20, 8:50 spy kids: aLL The Time in The worLd in 4d (3d) (PG) 4:10, 7:00, 9:10 Fri-Sun 1:00 mat 30 minuTes or Less (14A) Thu 9:10 warrior Fri-Sat 12:35, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Sun 12:35, 3:40, 6:50, 9:55 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:50, 9:55

ColiSeuM SCarborouGh (Ce) SCarborouGh ToWn CenTre, 416-290-5217

apoLLo 18 (PG) Thu 12:55, 3:55, 6:55, 9:55 Fri, Mon-Wed 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 9:40 Sat 12:30, 4:15, 7:15, 9:40 Sun 4:45, 7:15, 9:40 Bucky Larson: Born To Be a sTar Fri-Wed 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 capTain america: The FirsT avenger (PG) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 Fri, Sun 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 Sat 7:05, 10:05 The change-up (14A) Thu 9:30 conan The BarBarian 3d (18A) Thu 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 conTagion (PG) Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 crazy, sTupid, Love. (PG) Thu 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10 FriSun, Wed 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 Mon 1:25, 4:10, 10:25 don’T Be aFraid oF The dark (14A) Thu 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 9:30 FinaL desTinaTion 5 3d Thu 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 FriWed 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 10:00 LasT nighT oF The proms Live - BBc proms 2011 Sat 2:30 rise oF The pLaneT oF The apes (PG) Thu 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:40 Fri-Tue 12:55, 3:55, 6:55, 9:55 shark nighT 3d (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 FriWed 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 The smurFs (G) Thu-Sun, Tue-Wed 12:40, 3:40, 6:40 swan Lake – BoLshoi BaLLeT Live (encore) Sun 1:00 Mon 6:30 3d sex and zen (R) 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 warrior Fri-Wed 12:40, 3:50, 7:05, 10:25 way Back home (G) Thu 1:25, 4:25, 7:25, 10:25 Fri-Sun 1:05

eGlinTon ToWn CenTre (Ce) 1901 eGlinTon ave e, 416-752-4494 apoLLo 18 (PG) Thu 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:25, 6:55, 9:10 Mon-Wed 4:25, 6:55, 9:10 Bad Teacher (14A) Thu 9:55 Bucky Larson: Born To Be a sTar 5:10, 7:40, 10:00 Fri-Sun 2:15 mat capTain america: The FirsT avenger (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:15, 9:55 Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 coLomBiana (14A) Thu 4:35, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:05, 9:30 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:05, 9:30 conan The BarBarian 3d (18A) Thu 3:40, 6:30, 9:10 conTagion (PG) 4:45, 7:35, 10:10 Fri-Sun 1:45 mat crazy, sTupid, Love. (PG) Thu 4:20, 7:15, 9:55 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 creaTure 4:50, 7:20, 9:35 Fri-Sun 1:50 mat The deBT (14A) Thu 4:00, 6:50, 9:45 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:30, 7:25, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:25, 9:55 don’T Be aFraid oF The dark (14A) Thu 3:30, 6:25, 9:05 Fri-Wed 9:25 FinaL desTinaTion 5 Thu 9:15 harry poTTer and The deaThLy haLLows: parT 2

(PG) Thu 3:45, 6:45, 9:25 Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:30, 10:05 The heLp (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:40, 9:50 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 our idioT BroTher (14A) Thu 3:55, 6:45, 9:25 Fri-Wed 9:05 rise oF The pLaneT oF The apes (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:05, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:00, 4:00, 6:45, 9:20 Mon-Wed 4:00, 6:45, 9:20 shark nighT 3d (14A) Thu 4:25, 7:00, 9:20 Fri-Sun 1:05, 3:55, 6:25, 9:00 Mon-Wed 3:55, 6:25, 9:00 The smurFs (G) Thu 4:30, 7:15 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:10, 6:35 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:35 spy kids: aLL The Time in The worLd in 4d (PG) Thu 4:05, 6:55 Fri-Sun 2:10, 5:00, 7:15 Mon-Wed 5:00, 7:15 30 minuTes or Less (14A) Thu 3:50, 6:45, 9:00 warrior 3:50, 7:10, 10:15 Fri-Sun 12:50 mat

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30 minuTes or Less (14A) Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 Fri, Tue 1:20, 4:00, 6:50, 9:20 Sat 12:15, 6:50, 9:20 Sun 4:35, 6:50, 9:20 Mon 1:20, 4:00, 10:05 Wed 4:00, 6:50, 9:20 TransFormers: dark oF The moon (PG) Thu 9:30 warrior Fri-Sat 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:15 Sun-Wed 12:30, 3:45, 7:00, 10:10

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110 CourTneY park e aT huronTario, 888-262-4386 apoLLo 18 (PG) Thu 1:15, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 10:30 Fri 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 10:30 Sat-Sun 11:00, 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 10:30 Mon-Wed 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 10:30 Bad Teacher (14A) Thu 9:30 Bucky Larson: Born To Be a sTar 3:05, 5:35, 7:55, 10:15 Fri-Sun 12:40 mat cars 2 3d (G) Thu 2:55, 5:25 The change-up (14A) 7:45, 10:20 Thu 2:25 mat, 5:05 coLomBiana (14A) 2:15, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 Sat-Sun 11:30 mat conan The BarBarian 3d (18A) Thu 2:40, 5:35, 8:10, 10:40 Fri, Mon-Wed 5:25, 10:40 Sat-Sun 11:55, 5:25, 10:40 conTagion (PG) 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Sat-Sun 11:25 mat conTagion: The imax experience (PG) 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:20 Sat-Sun 11:50 mat crazy, sTupid, Love. (PG) 2:30, 5:00, 7:25, 9:55 Sat-Sun 11:45 mat creaTure 2:45, 5:05, 7:20, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:30 mat The deBT (14A) 2:35, 5:15, 7:50, 10:25 Sat-Sun 11:35 mat don’T Be aFraid oF The dark (14A) Thu 2:20, 4:50, 7:20, 9:45 FrighT nighT 3d Thu 8:00 10:30 Fri-Wed 2:40, 8:00 harry poTTer and The deaThLy haLLows - parT 2: an imax 3d experience (PG) Thu 4:00, 7:00 The heLp (PG) 4:05, 7:15, 10:30 Fri-Sun 1:00 mat kung Fu panda 2: an imax 3d experience (PG) Thu 1:25 our idioT BroTher (14A) 3:10, 5:20, 7:35, 9:50 Fri-Sat 12:50 mat rise oF The pLaneT oF The apes (PG) 2:05, 4:40, 7:10, 9:35 Sat-Sun 11:35 mat shark nighT 3d (14A) 1:30, 3:45, 6:00, 8:15, 10:35 SatSun 11:10 mat The smurFs (G) Thu 2:00, 4:30, 7:00 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:15, 5:40 Mon-Wed 3:15, 5:40 spy kids: aLL The Time in The worLd in 4d (PG) Thu 3:00, 5:10, 7:30, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:00, 5:10 Mon-Wed 3:00, 5:10 30 minuTes or Less (14A) 8:05, 10:10 Thu 1:35, 3:40 mat, 5:55 TransFormers: dark oF The moon -- an imax 3d experience (PG) Thu 10:00 warrior Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:35, 7:35, 10:40

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Bucky Larson: Born To Be a sTar Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:50, 7:40, 10:15 Mon-Wed 4:50, 7:30, 10:00 capTain america: The FirsT avenger 3d (PG) Thu 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 The change-up (14A) Thu 4:00, 6:40, 9:30 coLomBiana (14A) Thu 4:40, 7:15, 9:55 Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:30, 10:05 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 crazy, sTupid, Love. (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:10, 4:00, 7:00, 9:40 Mon-Wed 4:00, 7:00, 9:40 The deBT (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:20, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 The guard (14A) Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 Mon-Wed 4:40, 7:20, 9:45 The heLp (PG) Thu 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:40, 9:50 horriBLe Bosses (14A) 9:10 one day (PG) Thu 4:30, 7:10, 9:40 our idioT BroTher (14A) Thu 4:50, 7:30, 9:45 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:10, 6:40, 9:20 Mon-Wed 4:10, 6:50, 9:20 The smurFs 3d (G) 3:20, 6:20, 9:00 Fri-Sun 12:50 mat spy kids: aLL The Time in The worLd in 4d (3d) (PG) 3:50, 6:30 Fri-Sun 1:00 mat

north ColoSSuS (Ce) hWY 400 & 7, 905-851-1001 apoLLo 18 (PG) Thu 4:40, 6:40, 9:25 Fri-Sun 1:20, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 Mon-Wed 4:15, 7:15, 9:45 Bad Teacher (14A) 9:30 capTain america: The FirsT avenger (PG) Thu 4:35, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Sun 1:15, 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:20, 10:10 cars 2 (G) Thu 3:30, 6:25 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:30 Mon-Wed 3:30 coLomBiana (14A) Thu 4:05, 7:05, 10:05 Fri-Sun 1:50, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 Mon-Tue 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 Wed 3:50, 10:10 conan The BarBarian 3d (18A) Thu 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-Sun 10:10 Mon-Wed 9:40 conTagion (PG) Fri-Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:30 MonWed 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 conTagion: The imax experience (PG) 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:00 mat don’T Be aFraid oF The dark (14A) Thu 4:25, 7:25, 9:50 Fri-Sun 1:30, 4:10, 7:05, 9:55 Mon-Wed 4:10, 7:05, 9:55 Friends wiTh BeneFiTs (14A) Thu 3:50, 7:00, 9:55 Fri-Sat 12:55, 3:55, 6:50, 9:50 Sun 4:25, 6:50, 9:50 Mon 3:55, 10:10 Tue-Wed 3:55, 6:50, 9:50

FrighT nighT Thu 9:50 harry poTTer and The deaThLy haLLows: parT 2 (PG) Thu 4:10, 7:10, 10:05 harry poTTer and The deaThLy haLLows: parT 2: 3d (PG) 3:35, 6:40, 9:40 Fri-Sun 12:35 mat horriBLe Bosses (14A) Thu 3:35, 6:35, 9:20 Fri-Sun 12:50, 3:25, 6:25, 9:10 Mon-Wed 4:05, 6:45, 9:10 our idioT BroTher (14A) Thu 4:00, 6:10, 8:50 Fri-Sun 1:45, 4:35, 6:55, 9:25 Mon-Wed 4:35, 6:55, 9:25 rise oF The pLaneT oF The apes (PG) Thu 4:15, 7:15, 10:15 Fri-Sun 12:45, 3:20, 6:30, 9:15 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:30, 9:15 senna Thu 3:45, 6:30, 9:35 Fri-Wed 6:40, 9:20 shark nighT 3d (14A) Thu 4:20, 7:20, 10:15 Fri-Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:45, 10:20 Mon-Wed 4:45, 7:45, 10:05 The smurFs (G) Thu 3:40, 6:15 Fri-Sun 12:30, 3:10, 6:10 Mon-Wed 3:30, 6:30 spy kids: aLL The Time in The worLd in 4d (3d) (PG) Thu 3:55, 6:20, 9:10 Fri-Sun 1:10, 3:45, 6:20 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:20 swan Lake – BoLshoi BaLLeT Live (encore) Sun 1:00 Mon 6:30 30 minuTes or Less (14A) Thu 4:45, 6:55, 9:40 Fri-Sun 1:25, 3:40, 6:35, 9:35 Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:35, 9:35 TransFormers: dark oF The moon (PG) Thu, MonWed 5:30, 9:00 Fri-Sun 2:45, 6:45, 10:05 warrior Fri-Sun 12:40, 3:50, 7:10, 10:25 Mon-Wed 3:50, 7:10, 10:15

inTerChanGe 30 (aMC) 30 inTerChanGe WaY, hWY 400 & hWY 7, 416-335-5323 Bridesmaids (14A) 4:15, 7:00, 9:40 Sat-Sun 1:00 mat Bucky Larson: Born To Be a sTar 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 Sat 11:35, 2:10 mat Sun 2:10 mat The change-up (14A) 4:40, 7:25, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:05 mat cowBoys & aLiens 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 Sat-Sun 11:50, 2:25 mat crazy, sTupid, Love. (PG) Thu 4:35, 6:15, 7:15, 9:00, 9:50 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:20, 7:00, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:20, 7:00, 9:45 The deBT (14A) 4:30, 7:10, 9:55 Sat-Sun 11:30, 2:00 mat FinaL desTinaTion 5 3d 5:10, 7:25, 9:45 Sat-Sun 12:30 mat The heLp (PG) 4:30, 6:30, 8:00, 9:30 Sat-Sun 11:40, 1:15, 3:00 mat kung Fu panda 2 3d (PG) 4:00, 9:00 Sat-Sun 11:40 mat midnighT in paris (PG) 5:00, 7:30, 9:55 Sat-Sun 11:55, 2:30 mat one day (PG) Thu 4:35 7:20 9:50 Fri-Wed 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 Sat-Sun 1:50 mat winnie The pooh (G) 6:20 Sat-Sun 2:00 mat zookeeper (G) 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 Sat-Sun 11:45, 2:05 mat

rainboW proMenade (i) proMenade Mall, hWY 7 & baThurST, 905-764-3247 coLomBiana (14A) Thu 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:30 conTagion (PG) Fri-Sun, Tue-Wed 1:20, 4:00, 7:00, 9:30 Mon 4:00, 7:00, 9:30 The deBT (14A) 1:10, 4:10, 6:50, 9:20 don’T Be aFraid oF The dark (14A) Thu 7:15, 9:35 The heLp (PG) Thu 12:30 3:30 6:30 9:15 Fri-Wed 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:15 midnighT in paris (PG) Fri-Wed 1:00, 3:50, 7:15, 9:35 our idioT BroTher (14A) 7:20, 9:25 Thu 12:50, 3:50 mat shark nighT (14A) Thu 1:30, 4:15, 7:10, 9:10 shark nighT 3d (14A) Fri-Wed 1:30, 4:15, 7:10, 9:10 spy kids: aLL The Time in The worLd in 4d (PG) 1:15, 3:45

West Grande - STeeleS (Ce) hWY 410 & STeeleS, 905-455-1590 apoLLo 18 (PG) Thu 4:25, 7:00, 9:55 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:15, 6:30, 9:15 Sat-Sun 2:00, 4:15, 6:30, 9:15 Bad Teacher (14A) Thu 9:15 coLomBiana (14A) Thu 4:35, 7:20, 10:00 Fri 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 Sat-Sun 1:40, 4:30, 7:30, 10:10 Mon-Wed 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 conan The BarBarian (18A) Thu 9:10 conTagion (PG) 4:10, 7:05, 10:50 Sat-Sun 1:00 mat don’T Be aFraid oF The dark (14A) Thu 5:00, 7:40, 10:05 Fri-Sun 7:40, 10:05 Mon-Wed 6:45, 9:30 FinaL desTinaTion 5 3d Thu 4:45, 7:30, 10:10 Fri-Wed 9:25 The heLp (PG) Thu 3:55, 7:05, 10:15 Fri, Mon-Wed 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 Sat-Sun 12:30, 3:40, 6:50, 10:00 our idioT BroTher (14A) Thu 4:20, 6:40, 9:25 Fri, MonWed 3:25, 7:10, 9:45 Sat-Sun 1:20, 3:35, 7:10, 9:45 rise oF The pLaneT oF The apes (PG) Thu 4:00 6:50 9:45 Fri-Wed 4:00, 6:40, 9:20 Sat-Sun 1:10 mat shark nighT 3d (14A) Thu 4:55 7:10 9:35 Fri-Wed 4:40, 7:20, 9:35 Sat-Sun 1:50 mat The smurFs (G) Thu 4:05, 6:30 Fri, Mon-Wed 4:05 SatSun 12:50, 3:25 spy kids: aLL The Time in The worLd in 4d (PG) Thu 4:10, 6:25 spy kids: aLL The Time in The worLd in 4d (3d) (PG) 3:55, 6:20 Sat-Sun 1:30 mat warrior Fri 3:45, 6:55, 10:15 Sat-Sun 12:40, 3:45, 6:55, 10:15 Mon-Wed 3:45, 6:55, 10:00 3

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Fox theatre

2236 Queen e. 416-691-7330. Foxtheatre.Ca

Thu 8 – One Day (2011) D: Lone Scherfig. 7

pm. Crazy Stupid Love (2011) D: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. 9:15 pm. Fri 9 – Midnight In Paris (2011) D: Woody Allen. 7 pm. The Tree Of Life (2011) D: Terrence Malick. 9 pm. SaT 10 – Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Pt. II (2011) D: David Yates. 1:30 pm. Midnight In Paris. 4 & 7 pm. The Tree Of Life. 9 pm. SuN 11 – Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Pt. II. 1:30 pm. The Tree Of Life. 4 & 9 pm. Midnight In Paris. 7 pm. moN 12 – Midnight In Paris. 7 pm. Attack The Block (2011) D: Joe Cornish. 9 pm. Tue 13 – Bridesmaids (2011) D: Paul Feig. 6:45 pm. Attack The Block. 9:15 pm. Wed 14 – Beginners (2010) D: Mike Mills. 1:30 pm. Bridesmaids. 6:45 pm. Midnight In Paris. 9:15 pm.

graham sPry theatre

CbC museum, CbC broadCast Centre, 250 Front w, 416-205-5574. CbC.Ca

Thu 8-Wed 14 – Continuous screenings Mon to Fri 9 am to 5 pm. Free. Thu 8-Fri 9 – Passionate Eye: My Mother, Diana. moN 12-Wed 14 – Doc Zone: My Life After 9/11.

national Film board 150 John. 416-973-3012. nFb.Ca/mediatheQue

Thu 8-Wed 14 – More than 5,000 NFB films at digital viewing stations. Tue-Wed noon-7 pm, Thu-Sat noon-10 pm, Sun noon-5 pm. Free. Wed 14 – Free Favourites At Four presents This Land (2009) D: Dianne Whelan. 4 pm. Free.

ontario PlaCe CinesPhere 955 laKe shore w. 416-314-9900. ontarioPlaCe.Com

Winterbottom. 4 & 7 pm. The Tree Of Life. 9:15 pm. SaT 10-SuN 11 – The Smurfs (2011) D: Raja Gosnell. 2 pm. The Trip. 4 & 7 pm. The Tree Of Life. 9:15 pm. moN 12 – The Trip. 7 pm. One Day (2011) D: Lone Scherfig. 9:15 pm. Tue 13 – One Day. 7 pm. The Trip. 9 pm. Wed 14 – The Epicure’s Revue presents the doc Forks Over Knives (2011) D: Lee Fulkerson. 6:30 pm. $10-$12. The Trip. 9:15 pm.

the royal

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

Thu 8 – Submarine (2011) D: Richard Ayoade. 7 & 9:15 pm.

Nénette takes you into the cage of a fascinating 40-year-old orangutan.

going on in Nénette’s simultaneously expressive and unknowable eyes. It’s a great experience. Sadly, Nénette opens the same week as the Toronto Film Festival and is therefore likely to be ignored by the discerning documentary audience that would ordinarily carve out time to see it. Please keep it in mind should you be turned away from a sold-out Real To Reel screening. Opens Friday (September 9) for one week at the Projection Booth, then moves to the Regent.

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SaT 10-SuN 11 – Bugs! 11 am, 1:30 & 4 pm. Hubble 3D. 12:15 pm, 2:45 & 5:30 pm.

ontario sCienCe Centre

770 don mills. 416-696-3127. ontariosCienCeCentre.Ca

Thu 8-Fri 9 – Under The Sea. Noon. Tornado Alley. 1 & 2 pm. SaT 10 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1, 3, 4 & 8 pm. Under The Sea. Noon, 2 & 7 pm. SuN 11 – Tornado Alley. 11 am, 1, 3 & 4 pm. Under The Sea. Noon & 2 pm. moN 12-Wed 13– Under The Sea. Noon. Tornado Alley. 1 & 2 pm.

the ProJeCtion booth

1035 gerrard e. 416-466-3636, ProJeCtionbooth.Ca.

Thu 8 – Herschell Gordon Lewis: Godfather Of Gore (2010) D: Frank Henenlotter and Jimmy Maslon. 7 pm. Wound (2010) D: David Blyth. 9 pm. Fri 9-Wed 14 – Nénette (2010) D: Nicolas Philibert. Fri, Mon & Wed 7 pm, Sat-Sun 5 pm. Fri 9-Wed 14 – Check website for schedule.

reg hartt’s CineForum 463 bathurst. 416-603-6643.

Thu 8 – Zecharia Sitchin: Will The Anunnaki Return (2008) video lecture. 7 pm.

SaT 10 – One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

(1975) D: Milos Forman. 7 pm. SuN 11 – The 3D Film Festival. 4 pm. Great Cartoons We Can’t See Uncensored On TV. 7 pm. moN 12 – Siddhartha (1972) D: Conrad Rooks. 7 pm. El Topo (1970) D: Alejandro Jodorowsky. 9 pm. Tue 13 – Dream Tower (1994) D: Ron Mann. 7 pm. Wed 14 – The Cola Conquest (1998) D: Irene Lilienheim Angelico. 7 pm.

revue Cinema

400 ronCesvalles. 416-531-9959. revueCinema.Ca

Thu 8 – The Tree Of Life (2011) D: Terrence

Malick. 6:45 pm. Midnight In Paris (2011) D: Woody Allen. 9:15 pm. Fri 9 – Horrible Bosses (2011) D: Seth Gordon. 2 pm. The Trip (2010) D: Michael

Fri 9 -SaT 10– Check website for schedule. SuN 11 – Citizen Investigation Team presents a

screening of National Security Alert, featuring interviews with eyewitness that casts doubt on the official version of the events of Sep 11, 2001. Discussion to follow. Doors 7:30 pm. $10-$15. citizeninvestigationteam.com. moN 12 – Check website for schedule. Tue 13 – Boy Toy (2011) D: Christie Will. 7 pm. Wed 14 – Check website for schedule.

toronto underground Cinema 186 sPadina ave, basement. 647-992-4335, torontoundergroundCinema.Com

Thu 8-Wed 14 – T.O. Indie Film Festival. See listings, this page. SaT 10 – Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy (2011) D: Rob Heydon. 4 pm. $10. ecstasyfilminc.ticketleap. com.

other Films Thu 8-Wed 14 –

The CN Tower presents The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D. Continuous daily screenings 10 am to 8 pm. 301 Front W. 416868-6937, cntower.ca. Fri 9 – Cabbagetown Short Film & Video Festival presents films from around the world and around the corner as part of the annual Cabbagetown Festival. Tempus Destuit D: Blaz Erzetic, 52 D: Josh Levy, My Tired Father D: Maya Vitkova, Demur D: Jason O’Hara, Un Novio De Mierda D: Borja Cobeaga, Anirniq D: RJ Sauer and others. 8 pm. $15. Winchester Theatre, 80 Winchester. 416-921-0857, cabbagetownshortfilmandvideofestival.com. Trash Palace presents 16mm Fridays: Hoffman (1971) D: Alvin Rakoff. 9:30 pm (doors 8:30 pm) $5 adv only, at Eyesore Cinema (801 Queen W, 2nd floor). Screening location revealed with ticket purchase. trashpalace.ca. Cinema Politica Toronto-Danforth presents the documentary Tommy Douglas: Keeper Of The Flame (1986) D: Elise Swerhone. 7:30 pm. Free. Centre of Gravity, 1300 Gerrard E. cinemapolitica.org/danforth. SuN 11 – Noor Cultural Centre presents the doc The Genetic Takeover, Or Mutant Food (2000) D: Karl Parent and Louise Vandelac, with speaker Gerogina Wilcock. 1 pm. Free. 123 Wynford. noorculturalcentre.ca. SuN 11-moN 12 – The Bolshoi Ballet Series presents Swan Lake (performance film). Sun 1 pm, Mon 6:30 pm. $20, srs $18, child $10. See website for participating cinemas. cineplex.com/Events/BolshoiBallet. moN 12 – Gavin Kennedy and Robin Strachan present a cocktail party and benefit screening of the doc I Am (2010) D: Tom Shadyac, about changing ourselves and the world. 5:30 pm. $100 (proceeds to Free the Children). Ontario Place Cinesphere, 955 Lake Shore W. Tickets at kennedystrachanmovieevent.com. Cadillac Lounge presents the rock documentary The Last Waltz (1978) D: Martin Scorsese. 9 pm. Free. 1296 Queen W. 416-536-7717. Short & Sweet weekly short film series presents short film, animation and music video from around the world by Bif Pictures, Johan Kramer, Nico Casavecchia and others. 8 pm. Free. No One Writes to the Colonel, 460 College. shortandsweet.tv. Tue 13 – Fair Vote Toronto presents a screening of Menocracy D: Gretchen Kelbaugh, a film about electing more women. 7:30 pm. Free. St. Paul’s Church, 227 Bloor E. RSVP at fairvotetoronto1.eventbrite.com. 3

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Matthew Vaughn, w/ James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender. Rating: NNNN; DVD package: NNN These guys aren’t superheroes. Yes, they’re mutated humans with odd and spectacular abilities, but they aren’t professional do-gooders with silly names and laughable costumes. For those of us with nothing invested in the franchise, this makes it easier to engage with a better-than-average story for its genre. In 1944 Poland, young Erik Lehnsherr, who can crush metal with his mind, is captured and trained through torture by Nazi scientist Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon). At the same time in the U.S., 12-year-old Charles Xavier, a telepath, meets shape-shifting girl Raven. Later, Erik (Michael Fassbender) and Charles (James McAvoy) meet in 1962, when Erik’s bid for revenge on Shaw intersects with a Charles-assisted CIA operation. The two find other mutants and start a training school. Meanwhile, Shaw and his crew are preparing something monstrous. McAvoy and Fassbender convey an unforced camaraderie and mutual respect between their characters that carries the movie. That relationship is both the heart of the story and the ex-

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2011) D: Joe Wright, w/ Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett. Rating: NNN; Blu-ray package: NNNN

Raised in isolation and trained to kill by her father, teenaged Hanna is sent into the world for the first time to assassinate Marissa, a CIA executive. But Marissa and her off-the-books minions strike back in a continent-spanning pursuit that nevertheless gives the girl her first glimpse of outside life. It’s a fairy tale, according to director Joe Wright, who spends time in the extras explaining how Marissa is really the Wicked Witch and Hanna the typ-

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(eOne, 2010) D: Monte Hellman, w/ Shannyn Sossamon, Tygh Runyan. Rating: NNN; DVD package: NN

James McAvoy adds class to X-Men prequel.

pression of its central conflict: Charles is pro-human; Erik figures the normals will launch allout war to save their own species. But, Shaw aside, no one’s a villain here. They’re all just trying to figure out who they are and how to get along. That sense of uncertainty carries over to the big action finale and adds an appealing human dimension to the high-gloss CG-and-wire-work whoopee. The producers’ viewpoint prevails in the brief extras, and they’re more open than usual about casting and how director Matthew Vaughn got the job. EXTRAS Development doc, cast doc. English, French, Spanish audio and subtitles. ical fairy tale protagonist facing the world for the first time. True enough in the way that James Bond movies are Jack And The Beanstalk and slasher movies are Little Red Riding Hood. That is, the elements are there, but not much heart. No matter. The film provides lots of fun on all other fronts. Cate Blanchett breathes malice and physical discomfort as over-controlled Marissa, contrasting wonderfully with Saoirse Ronan’s neutral gaze and fast, fluid motion as Hanna. Wright enhances the action with a series of striking compositions and an atmospheric score by the Chemical Brothers. EXTRAS Director commentary; fights, music, locations and fairy tale docs;

The cast create memorable comic characters with the kind of over-serious acting and mildly cartoonish appearance that Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom used to put on in the Pink Panther movies. Adèle is as beautiful and brave as you could want, but Louise Bourgoin gives her a touch of frump-in-waiting that’s vaguely reminiscent of Absolutely Fabulous’s Edina. Jacky Nercessian gets the movie’s finest moment during Professor Espérandieu’s mystic union with the pterodactyl.

Period Paris and the pterodactyl are both beautifully rendered, the former staying very faithful to the graphic novel source. The making-of doc is in French without subtitles, but the images tell the story. Check out the comic vignettes of Adèle and her sister and the poetic Parenthèse Onirique. EXTRAS Making-of doc, Adèle’s disguises doc, vignettes, Parenthèse Onirique. Widescreen. French audio. English, French subtitles. 3 movies@nowtoronto.com

Hot young movie director Mitchell Haven (Tygh Runyan) gets interested in an ambiguous and unsolved true crime story: pretty young Velma Duran either killed her older lover, Senator Rafe Tachen, or he committed suicide. Either way, she then drove her car into the lake, or she didn’t. Maybe they faked it all and ran off with wads of cash. Haven gets his movie into production, but he falls for Laurel Graham (Shannyn Sossamon), the amateur he’s hired to play Velma. His commitment to the facts suffers, which ticks off a political blogger and an insurance investigator who know the case. Trouble looms. Director Monte Hellman gives the film the same casual tone he gave to Two-Lane Blacktop, but while that film might be about the metaphysics of the road, this one has more to do with the blurring of fact and fiction and the danger of overcommitment to either. The making-of doc has a pleasant homemade feel, but mainly you’ll learn that nobody knows what the movie is about. Go to the Nashville Film Festival Q&A with Hellman and discover that he welcomes individual interpretations. EXTRAS Making-of doc, director Q&A. Widescreen. English audio. No subtitles.

The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adèle Blanc-Sec (eOne, 2010)

D: Luc Besson, w/ Louise Bourgoin, Jacky Nercessian. Rating: NNN; Blu-ray package: NNN In 1911 Egypt, intrepid travel writer Adèle Blanc-Sec steals a mummy from a pyramid, hoping Professor Espérandieu can revive it so its ancient arts can heal her sister, who lies at death’s door. But back in Paris, the professor has inadvertently roused a pterodactyl from its fossilized egg. It terrorizes the city, and he faces the guillotine for its crimes. He must be rescued.

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Savage Love By Dan Savage

Dear readers: I’m on vacation. The questions and answers in this week’s column are three recent instalments of the Savage Love Letter Of the Day, which folks with the SLAPP – the Savage Love app for iPhone or Android – receive daily via the miracle of modern technology. If you have the SLAPP, you’ve already read these questions and second-guessed my answers. Sorry about that. If you don’t have the SLAPP, you’re not getting your full weekly dose of Savage Love, and I’m sorry about that, too.

I have always been attracted to

women. But I have had experiences with other males as well. All fondling. I have at times found the penis erotic, but it does not consume me. I enjoy women and prefer them in every respect. I get pegged, so to speak, as being gay quite a lot. I recognize why: I flirt with men. I like being nice and making people happy. I think some guys confuse my polite “I love everybody” hippie vibe for my being willing to suck their dicks. I am a pretty boy, so perhaps this causes confusion. My eyes are feminine, I have long lashes, I make eye contact with everyone. Also, I notice that I tend to display “mate-poaching behaviour,” meaning I tend to flirt with women who are in relationships, and I have been with quite

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a few women who are in relationships, or married, and these “committed” women are often attracted to me. I guess I am just a flirtatious guy. I consider myself a very sensual person. Also: I act more gay around homophobes, to the point where even I start to question myself. Yet I know I love women. I enjoy being with women and I am happy with women. It dawns on me that these accusers – the men who think I’m gay – might be the insecure ones. Many of the homophobes I meet display dominant behaviour to each other: squabbling with friends, getting drunk and fucking with each other. From my hippie “all-islove” perspective, this seems more gay than just being nice, sensitive and caring. To break it down: Sometimes I feel gay. But usually it’s only around insecure homophobes whom I don’t consider physically beautiful at all! I have been around a lot of gay people. I worked a promotion for a pride festival and a liquor promotion for a gay bar. I don’t feel gay around gay people! I feel very frustrated, Dan, because I don’t feel confused at all, but I feel like I confuse people. Damn Acronyms Really Evade I should probably reread your letter before I bang out a response, DARE, but that might prompt me to throw my laptop, myself or both right out the open window I’m sitting next to. So forgive me for dashing this off: Yes, DARE, you confuse people. And you’re doing it on purpose,

pretty little hippie, as you damn well know. But allow me to unpack your bullshit for you just in case in you damn well don’t…. You pursue women who have boyfriends and flirt with men who have issues because you’re an egotistical little narcissist who derives sadistic pleasure from causing erotic chaos wherever you go. When you bed women who have boyfriends or husbands, it proves that you’re just as hot as you think you are; when you flirt with and unnerve straight-identified homophobes, it proves that you’re just as hot as you think you are. But you don’t allow yourself to flirt with good-looking dudes, DARE, because you’re not secure enough in your sexuality to risk batting your eyelashes at a guy you might actually want to go to bed with. I’m sorry if all of that sounds harsh, pretty little hippie, and there are worse things you could do than be a player and a prick tease. (And, hey, I’m all for fucking with conflicted closet cases.) But at some point you’re going to have to admit – at least to yourself – that your “I love everybody” routine is a disguise, you get off on creating confusion, and you’re a narcissist (perhaps with cause) with a sadistic streak (not that there’s anything wrong with a sadistic streak, properly channeled). You’re the satyr, DARE, not the faun. Own it.

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somewhere between monogamish – awesome word! – and completely nonmonogamous. Basically, I want a primary partner but I enjoy me some women, and a threesome sounds like a great birthday present. I’ve tried telling potential partners about my kinks on the first date. At first they’re all into it – I’m every dude’s dream, right? – but eventually the men all change their minds about wanting that type of relationship. What am I doing wrong? Apparently NOT Every Man’s Dream So basically, ANEMD, you’re 26 years old and you’re still single. Where do I send flowers? Look, kiddo, you might wanna think of your romantic history this way: Every man you’ve been with so far either hasn’t wanted the type of relationship you’re offering or hasn’t wanted you. That doesn’t mean there aren’t men out there who do want the type of relationship you’re offering and/or you, only that you haven’t met one yet. And that’s perfectly normal for someone your age. Keep calm, carry on, and push that kink conversation back to the third date.

I’m a 27-year-old straIght guy.

this girl I work with is everything I want in a partner. We’ve been flirting at work and on Facebook, and it’s getting to the point where one of us has to make a move. But she’s already got a boyfriend. I’ve been the guy who gets cheated on, and I won’t do that to someone else. Also, I’ve recently been promoted and I’m now her immediate superior. She’s a shit employee: lazy, rude to customers and last week I had to call her on a really basic mistake. Despite these complications, I want to make a real move on her. But how do I get around these issues? Frustrated In Sydney I’m having a hard time reconciling “everything I want in a partner” with “willing to cheat on her boyfriend.” A previous girlfriend cheated on you and that was a traumatizing experience. Do you really want to be with another woman who’s capable of cheating on her boyfriend? Also: My naturally suspicious nature has me wondering if she didn’t see your promotion coming – the one that made you her immediate supervisor – and the flirting always was and still is an insurance policy that protects her from being fired. Right now you’re not going to fire her because you want to fuck her, FIS, and once you’ve fucked her you won’t be able to fire her because she’ll be able to accuse you of sexual harassment. See how that works? My advice: Go to your boss and tell him that a little innocent coequal-coworkerto-coequal-coworker flirtation has been queered by your promotion and it would be a sensitive situation even if the other employee were a good worker. But she’s a shit worker, and if she doesn’t shape up someone is going to have to fire her. And that someone can’t be you. Ask your boss to place this girl under someone else, FIS, and after this girl’s new immediate supervisor fires her, you’ll quickly find out if she was ever really interested in being “placed” under you at all. Find the Savage Lovecast (my weekly podcast) every Tuesday at thestranger. com/savage. mail@savagelove.net

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