Fringe Arts
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Fringe Arts
Fantasia Feature Films: The Highlights
From the worldwide premiere of Aquaslash, an indie Montreal slasher movie to House of Hummingbird, a mesmerizing Korean coming-of-age story, here are three screenings that stood out in this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival.
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‘Lesbian Speed Date From Hell!’ Teaches Dating Etiquette
Lesbian Speed Date From Hell! is a cautionary tale. Don’t ghost lesbians, girls! At least don’t piss off Kate Hammer.
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Fringe Arts
Demystifying Genre Films at Fantasia
The Fantasia International film festival kicked off July 11 for its twenty-third edition at the SGWU Alumni Auditorium of Concordia University.
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Rodrigo y Gabriela Stop At the Jazz Fest for Their ‘Mettavolution’ Tour
“I think it’s been 15 years [since our first show in Montreal],” Rodrigo Sánchez explained on stage. “We never stop touring, we are like a touring machine.”
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Richard Reed Parry Creates a Soothing Universe Through Music and Film at the Jazz Fest
You know when you want to go to a concert, but you’re just not looking forward to standing in line, and being on your feet for hours? Or seeing only half the stage (if you’re lucky), and fighting to keep your little bubble of personal space? Isn’t it just better from the comfort of your own home?
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Curatorial Collective Antes Makes Their Own Space Outside of Concordia
Alexia McKindsey and Jose Garcia feel lucky to have been involved in the Concordia student art scene—they have both been curators at Art Matters, an undergrad-run art festival; McKindsey is an incoming coordinator at the student gallery, while Garcia just concluded his mandate in the role.
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Local Collective For the Sake of Analog Presents Show During MURAL Festival
Tyra Maria Trono believes that even if it has been considered a dying medium, analog photography has gained notoriety recently.
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Keir Cutler Brings Childhood Stories to Life at the Fringe
Childhood memories, we all have them: good and bad, funny and scary, exciting and scarring. Keir Cutler’s Magnificence, a monologue story-telling performance, transported the audience to an era and a place that no longer exists, but can only live in stories: Mont-Tremblant in the 1930s.
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Spanish Urban Art Duo PichiAvo Brings Greek Mythology to MURAL
The Spain-based artist duo PichiAvo showcased their series Lefkos at the MURAL Festival—they’ve produced large, layered works on canvas depicting the romance, grief, playfulness, and power found in ancient Greek sculpture practices.
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‘Christianity Made Me a Slut’ (For This Play!)
This one-woman play was one of the standouts of this year’s Fringe Festival.