by Joseph Rossi Dallas Buyers Club is a great film. It’s one that stirs the soul and shows the world that great things happen when you have a gifted director, a terrific script and brave performers.
Chef Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca Pho Ba When one visits Viet Nam it is impossible to avoid sampling this truly amazing dish found in restaurants and food stalls throughout the country, it’s practically a national dish and can be enjoyed at most places for a bit more than a dollar. Pho originated […]
Kafka’s Ape
Stuart Nulman for Curtains Up If you want to see a vivid example at how sometimes man is not always far off from his primate roots in this crazy world, then catch Infinitheatre’s “Kafka’s Ape”, which is playing at the Bain St. Michel – located at 5300 St. Dominique Street […]
Nicholson: A Biography by Marc Eliot (Crown Archetype, $30)
by Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! “He’ll tell you that Jack is the hippest place in the universe, coolest place in America, the Independent Republic of Jack. The hardest thing to do is wear a gift well, and Jack wears it with a killer smile and a pair of shades.” -Mike Nichols Very few […]
Johnny Carson by Henry Bushkin (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $36)
by Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! “If life were fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.” -Johnny Carson Comedy-variety has always been my favorite television show format. And from 1962 to 1992 Johnny Carson was the undisputed master. I fondly remember the mid-eighties when NBC […]
Bon Jovi Because We Can Tour: three encores!
Samantha Wexler for Curtains Up My friend invited me to go with her and a couple of other friends to see Bon Jovi last night at the Bell Centre. Being a longtime Bon Jovi fan, I was excited to see them live again; I had seen them once back in 1995 […]
Chef Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca Caramel Apple Cheesecake It is the time of year when we head out to the orchards and pick apples. We are lucky in Quebec to have so many great orchards just minutes away by car. Cheesecake is always a favourite with me and this one is definitely […]
Curtains Up on 12 Years A Slave
by Joseph Rossi 12 Years A Slave is a powerful experience. This is one of the most honest and brutal films about slavery I have ever seen. Indie director Steve McQueen takes a leap into the big leagues with this awards contender that will be long remembered as one of the premier films of […]
From a single Seed, a prairie storm
by Sharman Yarnell “Do You Ever Ponder Life”? Seeds, now on at Centaur Theatre, has the audience pondering a-plenty: How could the Canadian Government allow Monsanto to create and take over farmers’ lands with ‘Genetically Modified Organisms’? How can a farmer be sued and found guilty when […]
The Curry House
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca The Curry House The American author Ella Winter once remarked to her well known colleague and countryman Thomas Wolfe “Don’t you know you can’t go home again” and in doing so was singularily responsible for the redacted and now iconic phrase “you can’t go home” being entered […]