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Tempest Storm

Laura Anne Harris / June 15, 2016

Burlesque expert and producer Dr. Kaitlyn Regehr talks Tempest Storm

Burlesque icon Tempest Storm stripped down to her inner core in Nimishia Mukerji’s eponymous documentary, opening June 17 at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto!

Phedre(s), Phaedra(s)

Alex Heeney / June 11, 2016

Phaedra(s) is frustrating experimental theatre starring Isabelle Huppert

Phaedra(s) (or Phèdre(s)), a nigh four hour piece of avant garde theatre in French with English surtitles, starring Isabelle Huppert, is the centre-piece of the Barbican’s LIFT festival and coincides with a Huppert retrospective. Originally staged at the Odeon-Théâtre de l’Europe, Phaedra(s) runs June 10–18.

Urmila, Susan Gluth, My Memory is My Power

Laura Anne Harris / June 6, 2016

Director Susan Gluth discusses her HotDocs film Urmila: My Memory is My Power

Susan Gluth discusses her documentary Urmila: My Memory is My Power, which focuses on Nepalese teenage activist Urmila and her pursuit to make it illegal to use young girls as kamalaris — indentured servants to wealthy families — in Nepal.

Chevalier, Athina Tsangari

Alex Heeney / June 3, 2016

Writer-Director Athina Tsangari discusses Chevalier

Director and co-writer Athina Tsangari’s biting comedy Chevalier finds a group of men on a luxury yacht that becomes a pressure cooker for competition. Tsangari discusses developing the film’s aesthetic, designing the silly contests, and working in confined spaces.

Much Ado About Nothing CalShakes

Alex Heeney / June 1, 2016

Much Ado About Nothing is a wonderful season opener for CalShakes’ new artistic director

Despite a rocky start with “additional text” consisting of embarrassingly bad rhyming couplets, director Jackson Gay’s Much Ado About Nothing proves a great night out at the theatre. It’s an unconventional but still hilarious take on one of the Bard’s most accessible plays.

League of Exotique Dancers, Rama Rau

Laura Anne Harris / May 28, 2016

HotDocs Review: League of Exotique Dancers celebrates burlesque stars of the past

Director Rama Rau’s League of Exotique Dancers follows several subjects who have been asked to perform at a special Burlesque Hall of Fame show in Las Vegas. The film screens at the Bloor HotDocs cinema on May 29, May 30, and June 2.

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