Brian Knappenberger, the writer and director of We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, claims to have compiled a documentary which explores the roots of hacktivism. What Knappenberger has created, in fact, is a fawning, if well-intentioned, tribute to Anonymous—the loose virtual collective which originated on the 4chan message[Read More…]
Arts & Entertainment
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La Belle Époque, here and now
A unique opportunity to see works by Degas, Gauguin, Monet, Pissaro, as well as twenty-one canvases by Renoir, has opened at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA). More than a million people worldwide have already viewed the 75 Impressionist paintings on loan from the Sterling and Francine Clarke Art[Read More…]
The Sea and Cake: Runner
In their nearly 20-year career, The Sea and Cake have not only maintained incredible consistency in sound and quality, but have also shown incredible versatility. Named after a mishearing of “the ‘C’ in ‘Cake,’” the Chicago-based quartet avoids the labels of genre (although post-indie-breathy-jazz-rock-fusion is a start)—The Sea and Cake[Read More…]
The Zolas: Ancient Mars
Vancouver’s The Zolas take an original approach to indie-pop with their evocative Ancient Mars release. The duo’s sophomore album is full of imaginative lyricism perfect for a fall heartbreak compilation. Ancient Mars opens up with “In Heaven,” a lackluster jumble of sounds. It’s not that the track itself is disappointing,[Read More…]
Tyler Hilton: Forget The Storm
The last time I heard a Tyler Hilton song was in 2004, and the track was “Kiss On Me;” the 20-year old singer-songwriter was, meanwhile, guest-starring on the hit TV series One Tree Hill. Now, a good eight years later, Hilton has grown up. Forget The Storm is only his[Read More…]
World at your doorstep
“Montreal has it all.” This was how I neatly summed up the city, when writing home about my first impressions of my student-exchange destination. And it would seem that the world-renowned Italian photographer Mimmo Jodice agrees, putting Montreal in league with an impressive list of the worlds’ metropolises featured in[Read More…]
Rowling’s latest is vacant of magic
Five years after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling has finally released The Casual Vacancy, a novel aimed at adults. Set in the town of Pagford, the plot follows the town’s inhabitants in the aftermath of the death of Barry Fairbrother, renowned member of the town, formerly cositting[Read More…]
The imperfection–and triumph—of Holocaust films
Writing, directing, and producing a movie is a difficult undertaking. Films take on the enormous task of representing the world—all its sensations and nuances, beauties and horrors—in a very limited medium. Considering the added difficulty of portraying an event as appalling and horrific as the Holocaust, an accurate depiction through[Read More…]
Argo uncovers the personal in the political
What does it take to fool the Iranian Revolutionary Guard? If Argo is to be believed, the answer lies in a little Hollywood magic. Director and star Ben Affleck excavates the human story that so often gets buried beneath the rubble of political turmoil. The result is a tightly-wound, deftly-scripted[Read More…]
Could Be Good
Film The Complete Woody Allen Cinema du Parc’s retrospective begins Friday, Oct. 12, and includes Take the Money and Run, Bananas, Play It Again Sam, and Sleeper. Tickets $8, show times can be found at www.cinemaduparc.com Film Kubrick’s Firsts Friday Oct. 12 through Sunday Oct. 14, legendary director Stanley Kubrick’s[Read More…]