May 04, 2017

In Conversation with Cat Mills

May 04, 2017/ Jasmine Ruff

Cat Mills' short film FIXED! is one of our must-sees in this year's DOXA program. If you're invested in urban sustainability and community engagement, here's your film. “Repair Cafés bring together people from all walks of life, sticks them in the same room, and provides an excuse to help one another. People will be drawn to the cafés for financial reasons (it's free!), environmental reasons (keep items out of the landfill) and technical reasons (playing with technology—huzzah!), but regardless of the reasons, it is a safe place to get to know other people. It brings us together.

May 04, 2017

Review: The Road Movie at DOXA

May 04, 2017/ Ljudmila Petrovic

Another DOXA preview, just in time for the festival's opening night! Quick and to the point, this one is. Writer Ljudmila Petrovic reviews Dmitrii Kalashnikov's latest feature, The Road Movie, and muses over its portrayal of Eastern Europeans and the drama of Russia's icy roads. Dark and comedic? Yes, you can be sure of that.

May 03, 2017

Review: Mump and Smoot in Anything

May 03, 2017/ Samar Sidhu

Theatre of the absurd, here we come! Karen Hines' Mump and Smoot in Anything mixes horror, comedy, sentiment, and a few genres in between. Sounds like a show to see, if you ask me. “In verbal absurdities and physical slapstick, the show is bonkers—but also fascinating. The performance is like the game Cards Against Humanity; fishing for amusement amongst the nonsense.

April 29, 2017

Review: Dolores and City Voices at DOXA

April 29, 2017/ Ljudmila Petrovic

It's that time of year again, folks! The stellar DOXA Documentary Film Festival is back with another finely curated line up—a cinematic smorgasbord, if you will. The fest doesn't officially start until May 4, but we've got a few previews in the works, to prime you all for what's to come. If you're at a loss for film picks, look no further! Our first two suggestions are here!

March 31, 2017

Review: Refuge

March 31, 2017/ Sarah Thompson

“Refuge does the important work of highlighting the uncertainty and suffering that comes with certain types of global circumstance and mobility. The piece was humorous and touching, entertaining in it's own right, but it also solicited from its audience a deeper empathy than perhaps many of us are comfortable getting in touch with. It is vulnerable to open oneself to the hardships that others cannot avoid, to become invested in outcomes over which we have little overall control—but it is worthwhile.”

March 29, 2017

Review: The Refugee Hotel

March 29, 2017/ Ljudmila Petrovic

“There is trauma and pain, there are memories of imprisonment and unimaginable torture; but there is laughter and dancing, there is family and love. The characters cope in whichever ways they can. The Refugee Hotel is poignant, heavy with pain and history, but it is at many times expertly funny and captures the dark humour that resonates best in the hardest of times.

March 25, 2017

Review: The Daisy Theatre

March 25, 2017/ Hannah Bellamy

The search for an entirely unique theatrical experience is a worthy one, and we just may have found it in Ronnie Burkett's The Daisy Theatre, marionette masterpiece and musical delight. “The true value of any performance comes after the audience has been convinced to buy a ticket and show up; it’s how they feel in the moments after the lights fill the stage. I know instantly that I’m in good hands—literally—with Burkett.”

March 24, 2017

Everything is Awful and You're a Terrible Person

March 24, 2017/ Keagan Perlette

Twitter, Facebook and Grindr conspire to build and break relationships in this collection. The hand of technology is ever-present, mirroring the ghostly specters of relationship baggage and dead loved ones, but Zomparelli’s take on modern love is far from cheesy.

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