Kenton Smith
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Well-composed and evocative
Here’s a risky bit of theatre that would be almost clownish, in the theatrical sense of the word, were it not for the despair running through it.
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The bitterest of battles
To paraphrase David Mamet, a bard formerly showcased by Winnipeg’s Master Playwright Festival: drama is about people trying to get something, come hell or high water - it’s a contest of wills.
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The best of the fest
If you can find better acting anywhere else at this year’s Master Playwright Festival, I’ll kiss your shoe.
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THE DEAD LETTERS - EP
I wish that for more (young) people out there the penny would drop and they would realize that “good” music doesn’t have to be legitimized by Top 40 radio and MuchMoreMusic.
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Easily accessible cinema
With its former annual FilmExchange festival, the National Screen Institute of Canada brought audiences to Canadian films. But since June 2008, it’s been bringing Canadian films directly to audiences.
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Very, very good and growing exponentially
Steve Kirby won’t take credit for creating Winnipeg’s jazz scene. But make no mistake: The founder of the University of Manitoba’s jazz studies program feels he and his colleagues have poured some nitro on the fire.
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Weird, and damn proud of it, too
There’s probably little one can say to convince some people to see certain films. I’d love to think I could persuade everyone who reads this that Tokyo! is a wonderful picture that deserves your patronage.
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Comical hype
It was a comic unlike any seen before.
First published in 1986, the 12-issue DC Comics series Watchmen, written by Alan Moore and drawn by Dave Gibbons, would become the first – and, to present – only comic to win a Hugo Award, given to recognize the best works in science fiction and fantasy.
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Your Friendly Neighbourhood Criminal
“Now I’m gonna tell you a secret about the real world. Ready?...The citizens out there, they all want to make a million dollars and they are not honest because no one ever made a million dollars honestly.”
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Rockers just wanna have fun
For Haunter, fun is the most important thing. “I don’t think we’ve ever taken ourselves too seriously,” Jory Hasselmann, guitarist for the quartet, said over beer at Carlos and Murphy’s.