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FANTASIA 2008: Simon's Festival Diary - Part 2 -

First Features and Unheralded Returns
Debut films were a strong motif during this stretch of the fest, and the best of these was Christopher Denham's Home Movie, from which I expected very little of interest. The film (which, along with [rec] and the unseen-by-me Korean torture flick, The Butcher, makes up a verité-themed program entitled Payback in Black) concerns Lutheran pastor David, his psychoanalyst wife Clare, and most crucially their twin children (Jack and Emily, played by real-life siblings Austin and Amber Joy Williams), whose behavior grow increasingly manipulative and psychotic, as documented by a video camera originally meant to document Clare's sessions. The film is astute in the way it spends seemingly interminable amounts of time detailing the minutiae of Clare and David's relationship, showing, not telling us that these two are less involved with their children's habits than they should be. The performances are uniformly solid, and even when the film takes a turn for t ... (Read More)
Concert Reviews |
Interviews |
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| NAS + Talib Kweli + DJ Green Lantern + Jay Electronica @ Metropolis Montreal, Qc July 22nd, 2008 |
KID KOALA January 8th, 2008 |
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| HAJAMADAGASCAR AND THE GROOVY PEOPLE @ Club Balattou Montreal, Qc July 17th, 2008 |
BIG D AND THE KIDS TABLE December 9th, 2006 |
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| SALAAM @ Ballatou Montreal, Qc July 16th, 2008 |
GRIMSKUNK December 1st, 2006 |
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THE ISLANDS / YOUNG AND SEXY |
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Check out more Event Listings...
Event Listing
Date
Artists
Venue
Location
September 11th, 2008
APOSTLE OF HUSTLE
@ La Sala Rossa
Montreal, Qc
September 13th, 2008
ANTI-FLAG + Black Lungs + The Creepshow
@ Club Soda
Montreal, Qc
September 14th, 2008
THE DANDY WARHOLS
@ Club Soda
Montreal, Qc
September 17th, 2008
BLOC PARTY
@ Metropolis
Montreal, Qc
September 19th, 2008
MELISSA FERRICK
@ Le Savoy
Montreal, Qc
September 20th, 2008
SIGOR ROS
@ Quai Jacques Cartier
Montreal, Qc
September 23rd, 2008
MOGWAI
@ Metropolis
Montreal, Qc
September 27th, 2008
HEXES & OHS
@ Club Lambi
Montreal, Qc
September 27th, 2008
THE SLACKERS
@ Studio Juste Pour Rire
Montreal, Qc
September 28th, 2008
METHOD MAN + REDMAN
@ Metropolis
Montreal, Qc




