The transition from television to film can provide a multitude of challenges, most notably a loss of original purpose or direction. For Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, the duo behind the wildly successful Comedy Central show Key & Peele, the initial motivation for their new film Keanu was simply to “have a Key & Peele […]
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As I say farewell to my days of Cinema Studies at the University of Toronto, I wanted to offer a visual syllabus ofn the forefathers of film theoryfilm theory’s forefathers. Here’s a crash course in film studies, pointing out the commonalities shared by this group of mostly- French men named Jean, who pioneered commentary on
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On April 6, Vic Records hosted its first-ever live recorded open mic, as a part of their “Studio Sessions” series. The event featured live performances from the musicians and bands in the Vic community. It was fairly standard for a Cat’s Eye event: Caffiends catering, plenty of refreshments, and a packed room. As opposed to
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Majid Jordan, the eponymous debut from Toronto duo Majid Al Maskati and Jordan Ullman, is a nighttime cityscape with its dark, warm, atmospheres interjected by hovering buildings and their glow. The record is a veritable mood, stylistically borne of 808s and Heartbreak by Kanye West and House of Balloons by The Weeknd, using their elements to create a
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On March 24, the TIFF Bell Lightbox held an advance screening of Richard Linklater’s newest film, entitled Everybody Wants Some. Linklater was present for a discussion on his career before introducing the film, and I was lucky enough to be in attendance. Set in 1980, Everybody Wants Some follows baseball player Jake Bradford (Blake Jenner)
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Macklemore and Ryan Lewis self-released their second studio album, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made, on February 26, 2016. There was some advertising before the release, but it was not as hyped as it could have been after coming off their Grammy Award-winning debut album The Heist. Like The Heist, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made features
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True crime stories, whether produced in the form of a television series, film, or novel, have an inescapable hook for audiences that crave realism. Dramatization aside, audiences are attracted to this form of storytelling because the events are situated in a reality that closely resembles the world they live in. When Netflix’s used actual footage
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It’s that time of year again. The time when millions of people unite for the television event that everyone will be talking about. Every Monday night, these televisions are tuned in from 8–10 PM to watch The Bachelor. Approximately 8.5 million people tune in to The Bachelor every week. The show follows the journey of
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Singles you should be listening to, Courtesy of Vic Records “Take Your Picture with Me While You Still Can” —We Are The City Off their recent LP, Above Club, the Vancouver-based indie band tells the story of a liminal time. Their production—unique, theatrical, and unafraid—hides nothing, shows nothing, and only asks you to be vulnerable
What does it mean when your favourite band disappears from social media? We Are The City, a progressive indie rock band from Vancouver, deleted all of their Instagram photos, tweets, and their Facebook page in the middle of 2015. Many fans were perplexed by their behaviour. “What happened to We Are The City?” was a
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