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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)

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Concert Reviews

Interviews
NAS + Talib Kweli + DJ Green Lantern + Jay Electronica
@ Metropolis
Montreal, Qc
July 22nd, 2008		 KID KOALA
January 8th, 2008
HAJAMADAGASCAR AND THE GROOVY PEOPLE
@ Club Balattou
Montreal, Qc
July 17th, 2008		 BIG D AND THE KIDS TABLE
December 9th, 2006
SALAAM
@ Ballatou
Montreal, Qc
July 16th, 2008		 GRIMSKUNK
December 1st, 2006

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CD Reviews

KAIL
True Hollywood Squares
(Big Dada)

SHEARWATER
Rook
(Matador)
           

THE ISLANDS / YOUNG AND SEXY
Arm's Way / The Arc
(Anti- / Mint)

JEUNESSE APATRIDE
Larmes aux poings
(Independent)
           

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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

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