September 16, 2008
Vol. 136, Issue 7

Gerard Butler is a hard-lined gangster in RockNRolla (Supplied)

Top of the TIFF, hits and misses

Last Saturday, the 2008 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival drew to a close with the Cadillac People’s Choice Award screening of Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire.

The McKenzie deal

Punk’s not dead, it has just had a change of wardrobe—or at least that’s the mantra of the blitzkriegin’ bagpipers, The Real McKenzies.

A forest for the trees

The title of Modern Fuel’s latest exhibit Forest Stations rings with a pseudo-rustic and not-so-vaguely Canadian theme.

Make-believe and marginal histories

Darryl Bank is interested in the histories you never bothered to notice.

Spiralling out of control

Art-rockers Spiral Beach hit BarNone’s stage last Friday night with their usual pylons and speech bubble props, chaotic antics and hyper energy.

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