Saturday, August 14th, 2010
In Saturday’s National Post, I explore the spate of new theatres and film series popping up across the city; also, I profile the novelist Alissa York, whose new book, Fauna, recently hit stores.
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Friday, August 13th, 2010
In today’s National Post, I review the German comedy/drama Soul Kitchen.
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Saturday, August 7th, 2010
In Saturday’s National Post, I race go-karts with Ellen Wong, who stars in the upcoming film Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.
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Friday, August 6th, 2010
In Friday’s National Post I review the new Will Ferrell comedy The Other Guys, and Kim Jee-Woon’s gonzo western The Good, The Bad, The Weird.
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Saturday, July 10th, 2010
In today’s National Post: Everything is Terrible!, the found-video movement that displays an ‘authentic affection’ for the detritus of popular culture; on a related note, I also chat with the director of Troll 2 documentary Best Worst Movie, Michael Paul Stephenson.
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
In Tuesday’s National Post I talk to photographer Steve Schapiro about The Godfather Family Album.
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Friday, May 21st, 2010
In today’s paper, I review the new film Mid-August Lunch.
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
A million things in today’s paper. Okay, three: I sit down with Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall to talk about his debut novel, Ghosted; I sit down with Justin Rutledge to talk about his fourth record, The Early Widows; and I sit down with two of the men behind the new documentary film, Bhutto, which is screening at Hot Docs this week.
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Saturday, April 24th, 2010
Hot Docs is fast approaching, in Saturday’s Post I review a few of this year’s films, including B1, Marwencol, Thieves by Law, and In The Name of the Family.
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Saturday, April 17th, 2010
In today’s paper, I talk to Ian McEwan about his new novel, Solar. There’s a bit more on The Afterword.
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