743: Broken Embraces Jan. 13, 2010
Cover
BROKEN EMBRACES: ‘We are like lovers’
Broken Embraces reunites Penélope Cruz with director Pedro Almodóvar
Josef Braun
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Film Reviews
Front
Vuepoint
I hear the train a comin’
David Berry
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Letters to the Editor
Vue Readers
EVERYONE’S DOWNSTREAM III: We’re all in this together
Third annual conference takes an international view of the impact of Alberta's tar sands
Samantha Power
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Zeit Geist
Truth and lies
Was shutting down the Yes Men based on a lie?
Michael Geist
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Dyer Straight
Uneasy peace
Malaysia's religious squabbles threaten years of hard work
Gwynne Dyer
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In the Box
Perspective hurts
Dave Young
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Queermonton
Trans ban
Tamara Gorzalka
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Well, Well, Well
Five feet high and rising
Our brains need care to stem the tide of dementia
Connie Howard
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Arts
CANOE THEATRE FESTIVAL: Expanding horizons
The Canoe Festival promises theatregoers fresh types of performance
David Berry
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Hop Scotch
A GOOD FALL
Old versus new: A Good Fall examines the conflicts of the immigrant life
Josef Braun
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WAVE: Smile and Wave
Sylvain Émard's choreography splits the body in two
Fawnda Mithrush
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THUNDERSTICK: Double or nothin’
Thunderstick's actors swap roles every night
Fawnda Mithrush
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WINGFIELD’S LOST AND FOUND: Return to the farm
Wingfield's Lost and Found marks seven plays and four thousand performances for its actor
Paul Blinov
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EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY: Man’s best friend
Adam Waldron-Blain
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Dish
ORIENTAL VEGGIE HOUSE: Better than the real thing
Oriental Veggie House a tasty place to spend a little time
Erika Domanski
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Provenance
History of Whisky
Pete Desrochers
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Veni, Vidi, Vino
Merlove
Merlot versus the movies
Jenn Fulford
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Film
DVD Detective
BIG FAN
Robert D. Siegel's Big Fan is a blunt, intriguing character study
David Berry
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Music
Julie Doiron: Close to the bone
Doiron's voice is honest in conversation and song
David Berry
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Enter Sandor
The name remains the same
But is it still the same band when the members are all different?
Steven Sandor
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Ethan Collister: Isolated inspiration
Carolyn Nikodym
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The Dead Cold: Accidentally on purpose
Supposed to just be for kicks, the Dead Cold is getting hot
Bryan Birtles
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Monotonix: Riot Squad
Monotonix brings chaos and disorder
Bryan Birtles
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The Classical Score
The Toronto Consort (online exclusive)
The music of Da Vinci's lifetime
Maria Kotovych
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Music Notes
Music Notes
Vue Staff
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Snow Zone
White science
Inside Canada's avalanche "think tank"
Jeremy Derksen
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Groundhog Day
The daily cycle of one mountain town in the Rockies
Casey Blais
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Game Face: Gibson’s landing
Running Marmot Basin is a real family affair
Hart Golbeck
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New Sounds
Owen Pallett
David Berry
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Paul Pigat
Jim Dean
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Rich Hope
Ted Wright
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Dawn Landes
Eden Munro
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Katherine McPhee
Eden Munro
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Marianne Faithfull
Eden Munro
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Quick Spins
Whitey Houston
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Couple Tracks
Bryan Birtles
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