By: Stephanie MacLellan Toronto Star Picture it: London, 1963. The Swinging ’60s are in full swing. The kids can’t get enough of the new pop sound made famous by The Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Herman’s Hermits and The Cocksure Lads. Never heard of The Cocksure Lads? There’s a good reason for that. They didn’t…
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George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight - CBC The Stephen Lewis Foundation has been challenging Canadians to dare themselves into acts of bravery and resourcefulness for the last three years as part of its Dare Campaign to raise funds for the fight against AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. This month, Great Big Sea member Murray Foster is rising to…
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Torontoist On the night of the Great Lightning Storm of ’09, we were tucked away in the sweltering Theatre Centre on Queen West, watching Toronto Noir and wondering if the thunder was coming from inside or out. The dramatic weather paired perfectly with these moody tales of love, jealousy, and murder that were adapted from…
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Panic Manual Noir seems to be coming around in popularity again for some reason. I’m not really sure why. Film noir had it’s heyday in the 40’s and 50’s after all, and noir crime fiction 20 years before that. Applying noir cliches and stylings to different things seems to be gaining in popularity, though. I’ve…
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