Wild Life – film review
WILD LIFE (VIE SAUVAGE) director: Cedric Kahn Tuesday, December 8th, 7pm Bytowne Cinema, 325 Rideau Street, Ottawa Living off the […]
BLACK AND WHITE – James White – film review
JAMES WHITE director: Josh Mond opens: November 28th The Mayfair Theatre, 1074 Bank Street, Ottawa It’s all […]
THE FINNISH LINE – The Grump – film review
THE GRUMP director: Dome Karukoski Finland, 2014, 104 minutes 30th European Union Film Festival ByTowne Cinema, […]
Photo Essay: Iconoclast EP Release Party
After a three-year wait, the Ottawa-based band Iconoclast recently delivered its 4th release They Were Right About Us. The EP release […]
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE – The Sinking of Sozopol – film review
THE SINKING OF SOZOPOL director: Kostadin Bodev 30th European Union Film Festival Monday, November 23, 2015, 8:45 […]
Bonnie and X – Baby(a)lone – film review
BABY(A)LONE director: Donato Rotunno Luxembourg, 2015, 90 minutes Friday, November 20, 7pm ByTowne Cinema, 325 Rideau […]
New Singles from The A.M. Resolution
When I met up with Ottawa band The A.M. Resolution last June, the folk-rock duo was about to enter the studio […]
Show Revue: Lindi Ortega at NAC Fourth Stage
Canadian-born and Nashville-based country singer-songwriter Lindi Ortega played to an almost sold-out crowd at the NAC Fourth Stage. The evening […]
FOOD FIGHT! – Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of National Lampoon – film review
DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: THE STORY OF NATIONAL LAMPOON director: Douglas Tirola premieres October 17th The […]
REDRUM REDRUM – Goodnight Mommy – film review
GOODNIGHT MOMMY directors: Severin Fiala, Veronica Franz screens October 14th The Mayfair Theatre, 1074 Bank Street […]
MOLLY ON THE BEACH: Fort Tilden – film review
FORT TILDEN directors: Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers opens October 10th The Mayfair Theatre, 1074 Bank Street “When you come […]
CH-CH-CHANGES: This Changes Everything – a film review
THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING director: Avi Lewis special screening October 4th, with the filmmakers in attendance regular run […]
CityFolk 2015 – Day 5
From the beginning it was Day 5 I was most looking forward to. It began with the amazing Lucius who […]
CityFolk 2015 – Day 4
I started Day 4 with Evening Hymns. I first saw Evening Hymns open for Basia Bulat in 2013. I’ve […]
THE BAR SCENE – The Stanford Prison Experiment – film review
THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez opens October 2nd, Bytowne Cinema, 325 Rideau St., School […]
CityFolk 2015 – Day 3
I was a little torn on whether to go see Jenn Grant or Amy Helm. I am a big fan […]
Introducing CityFolk – Days 1 & 2
The Ottawa Folk Festival moved to the city and re-branded itself CityFolk. As one should probably have expected, moving a […]
exploding pumpkins! – HELLIONS – a film review
HELLIONS director: Bruce McDonald opens September 25th Big screen. BIG SCREEN. I cannot emphasize this enough, this […]
THERE GOES THE NEIGHBOURHOOD: welcome to Leith – a film review
WELCOME TO LEITH directors: Michael Beach Nichols, Christopher K. Walker opens September 26th, Mayfair Theatre 1074 […]
CityFolk & Marvest from an Artist’s Point of View
I just played a set surrounded by olive oil vats and balsamic vinegars! While The Unrefined Olive provided the savoury flavours, local musicians brought […]