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Dec. 14, 2011 / 843: New Year’s Eve Style
Akira
Neo-Tokyo
Brian Gibson
Japanese sci-fi epic Akira (1988), adapted by Katsuhiro Otomo from his cyberpunk manga, is generally credited with launching a wave of interest in anime overseas. Its story elements… Read more »
Oct. 12, 2011 / 834: Protest in the riot
FAR FROM CRAZY
FAR FROM CRAZY
Mel Priestley
Some of the world's greatest artists were infamous for having some form of mental illness; similarly the subject of mental illness has provided the basis for many works… Read more »
Jul. 27, 2011 / 823: The Naked Truth
Wicked
Broomstick musical theatre
Paul Blinov
Wicked, the touring spectacle now inhabiting the Jubilee, rides in on a broomstick of spectacle and Oz-inspiring levels of Broadway razzle-dazzle. And for what it's worth, for any… Read more »
Jul. 27, 2011 / 823: The Naked Truth
Conceptual bombardment
Comprehensive Traffic examines Canadian contributions to conceptual art
Carolyn Jervis
The Art Gallery of Alberta's Traffic: Conceptual Art in Canada 1965 – 1980 is less a feast for the eyes than a bombardment. This comprehensive exhibition examines the… Read more »
Jul. 21, 2011 / 822: CASH IN!
Children of Ararat / Aphelion
Robin Durnford
Children of Ararat dares speak the truth, loudly and angrily, about the First World War death marches and massacres that journalist Robert Fisk has called "The First Holocaust."… Read more »
Jul. 21, 2011 / 822: CASH IN!
Bullfighting
Brian Gibson
Ireland, perhaps because it's such an oral culture, with its songs and storytelling, has boasted far more "great writers" per capita than most countries over the past few… Read more »
Jul. 14, 2011 / 821: The Beer Issue
The medium is more
Tribute to Marshall McLuhan offers playful interpretations
Carolyn Jervis
Although Marshall McLuhan is a household name for the CBC-listening set, his ideas about how technology and media shapes our lives have faded from niche ubiquity, beyond his… Read more »
Jul. 06, 2011 / 820: Bestest of Edmonton
Twelfth Night
Fuzzy sexual confusion!
Vue Staff
Twelfth Night is one of those plays by the good ol' Bard where you have to accept a girl passing unnoticed as she disguises herself as a guy.… Read more »
Jul. 06, 2011 / 820: Bestest of Edmonton
Othello
Emotional unravelling
Madeline Smith
To analyze a Shakespearean tragedy, it's impossible to avoid discussing the main character's "fatal flaw." In the case of Othello, one of this year's selections at the Freewill… Read more »
Jun. 22, 2011 / 818: Brian Wilson
Little Shop of Horrors
This shop lacks soul
Mel Priestley
By virtue of the sheer catchiness of the musical score and campiness of the plot, Little Shop of Horrors is a show that can really stand on its… Read more »