Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
Warning: This review contains spoilers! My life changed forever that summer evening in 1977 when my parents took my brother and me to the Côte-des-Neiges cinema to see the original Star Wars before it was re-christened A New Hope. George Lucas’ cinematic classic became a childhood obsession that has lasted well into adulthood. The space […]
“So much has been written about Monty Python. There have been memoirs, diaries, books about the Pythons, books by the Pythons about other Pythons, articles about the books about the Pythons, countless interviews, autobiographies, documentaries…so many documentaries. I honestly think there are more hours of documentary about Python then there are hours of Python.” -Eric […]
“It has often been said that the episodes of The Twilight Zone are parables – short allegorical stories designed to illustrate or teach some truth or moral lesson.” -Anne Serling (from the Introduction to Everything I Need to Know I Learned in the Twilight Zone) I first heard of The Twilight Zone in the mid-seventies. […]
“At a time when prominent idealistic politicians were being gunned down, when civil rights campaigns were exposing structural inequities and certain groups were seriously advocating a race war, when the US Army was bogged down in Vietnam, and where an atomic war between America and the Soviet Union looked inevitable, Star Trek portrayed a tolerant, […]
“…neither one of us could have imagined that eventually we would become best friends. Nor did we have the slightest hint that we were creating two of the most iconic characters in American cultural history…until Leonard and I developed our relationship…I never had a real friend; I didn’t even know what a friend was.” -William […]
Abby E. Schachter for Curtains Up One Night only Theatre production of CHESS Saturday April 25th at La Vitrola If you are looking for something to do this Saturday April 25th, look no further. In The Wings Promotions is presenting their very own version of the hit musical CHESS. And it is […]
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! (@AKessaris) When the CBC used to air Star Trek re-runs every Sunday at 10 am, I watched them religiously. (I would be upset on the rare occasions when my mother decided to drag us to church…it was the 1970’s, a time before you could tape a show for later […]
Noelle Hannibal for Curtains Up Super-heroes, villains and droids, will be swooping into town this weekend for the annual Montreal Comiccon. I’ll be there too! My first experience with Montreal Comiccon was in 2009. I was invited to participate as a guest for my appearances in Star Trek: […]