Longing for Haifa
By Mohammed al-Qudwa
I miss Haifa.
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Graham Isador has a degenerative eye disease. Because there are no visual identifiers for the condition, people don’t think he’s losing his sight. They think he’s an asshole. Blending experimental music and comedic storytelling, Short Sighted is an attempt to explain vision loss using sound.
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The second season of Peacock‘s anthology series Dr. Death follows the real-life story of Dr. Paolo Macchiarini (Edgar Ramírez). Based on the Wondery podcast, Dr. Death: Miracle Man, the series focuses on Macchiarini’s tale of deceit in his professional and private life. Next to his professional miscondut, there is also the ‘too good to be true’ romance between the doctor and New York journalist Benita Alexander (Mandy Moore).
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Do Not Love Half Lovers
By Kahlil Gibran
Do not love half lovers
Do not entertain half friends
Do not indulge in works of the half talented
Do not live half a life and do not die a half death
Presented by Show One Productions, Slava’s Snowshow returns to Toronto for the first time since 2018. The scruffy, charming troupe of clowns will take audiences on a spellbinding adventure, unleashing good-humored chaos amidst enchanting, contemplative moments before roaring to its legendary finale. Audiences of all ages will enjoy the production which is a charming show for the holiday season.
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For those of you new to Kung Fu & Wuxia films, a little history. The Shaw Brothers Studio was set up very similar to the Hollywood studio system in that hundreds of actors were signed to exclusive contracts, and a group of directors were instrumental in leading some of its most renowned films.
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In Raging Grace, we meet Joy (Max Eigenmann), an undocumented Filipino immigrant struggling to do the best she can to support her daughter, Grace (Jaeden Boadilla). She is desperate to get ‘papers’ in order to live legally in the UK. Thanks to a friend, an opportunity presents itself and she secures the perfect job, taking care of an extremely wealthy but terminal old man.
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The Shorts Not Pants Film Festival returns for its 11th year with a carefully curated selection of outstanding short films from 20 countries: 27 Narrative, 21 Animation, and 9 Documentary short films; 20 of those being Canadian.
As I am unable to watch all the films, I have chosen 5 films from all three categories to give you a ‘taste’ of the excellent calibre of films the festival will present.
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Soundstreams’ The Bright Divide is a new concert experience featuring Rothko Chapel by American composer Morton Feldman, and the world premiere of mark by Canadian composer Cecilia Livingston with original text by Duncan McFarlane.
The Bright Divide is inspired by the work of two artistic masters: Mark Rothko, one of the most important painters of the 20th century and one of the finest artists of all time, whose richly colourful works continue to captivate viewers; and Feldman, a contemporary of Rothko, and a major figure in 20th-century classical music.
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Gradient is the latest album by the Jesse Dietschi Trio. The album is an opportunity to travel along a continuum between modern jazz and contemporary classical chamber music, adjusting position as they navigate compositions that blend these styles.
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