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Ivan Jurakic's Top 10 List
(In No Particular Order...)
1. Modest Mouse "We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank"
Isaac Brock's sprawling epic alternates between cranky and tender. Alongside The Shins "Wincing the Night Away", it was great to hear punk finally growing up.
http://www.modestmousemusic.com/
2. Kent Monkman "The Triumph of Mischief"
Monkman's bookend installations at the Art Gallery of Hamilton and MOCCA are a transgressive triumph masquerading as a sumptuous turn of the century salon. Smart, subversive and sexy.
http://www.mocca.toronto.on.ca/
3. Isaac Julien "Western Union"
One of the most beautifully filmed and choreographed multi-channel videos I've ever experienced. During an overstimulating trip to NYC, this ambitious cinematic installation at Metro Pictures mesmerized me.
http://www.isaacjulien.com/home/
4. Jens Hoffman's "To Curate or Not to Curate"
I've been keen on Hoffman's critique of big biennials since "The Next Documenta Should Be Curated By An Artist", and sure enough his recent article in Can Art didn't fail to provoke my thinking.
http://www.canadianart.ca/art/features/2007/09/15/to_curate/
5. Leslie Feist
Not only did "The Reminder" garner four Grammy nods, but "1234" is in heavy rotation in an iPod ad. Damn the haters. It's great to see a Canadian performer that doesn't suck (that would be you Celine and Avril) reap the rewards.
http://www.listentofeist.com/
6. Kara Walker "My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love"
A disturbing exploration of race, segregation, slavery and American folklore. Alternately frightening, infuriating and spellbinding.
http://www.whitney.org/www/exhibition/kara_walker/index.html/
7. Millie Chen's "Watcher" 6, 35, 39 and 91 D'Arcy Street
With all the hype surrounding nuit blanche, Chen's subtle intervention of projected silhouettes in the windows of several homes along D'Arcy Street could have been easy to miss. The fact that she lived in some of the same homes while growing up cemented how great this piece was.
http://www.milliechen.com/
8. John Massier's "Hallwalls and Elsewhere" blogspot
I'm not that into blogs (sorry kids), but Massier's is one I look forward to every week. Nicely put together, easy to navigate, opinionated, and always linked to all sorts of art news and great music. Where does he find the time?
http://jmassier.blogspot.com/
9. No Country For Old Men
The Coen Brother's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's hard-boiled southern thriller is a dark gem. Capturing the moral ambiguities of the novel without losing any of its terse energy. Add a superb cast, and you've got their best movie since Miller's Crossing.
http://www.nocountryforoldmen.com/
10. Metalocalypse
Screw Gorillaz. Here's the ultimate cartoon band. Dethklok is not only the most popular heavy metal band in the world but also its 12th largest economy. Turn your amp all the way up to 12 and prepare for mayhem.
http://www.adultswim.com/williams/music/dethklok/index.html/
note: Ivan is in an interesting show opening soon at Gallery 44.
Tino's Top Ten 2007
1. Quick Lobotomy - by Faux Reel (Nuit Blanche)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7Pa-YxPHQk
http://torontoist.com/2007/10/lobotomies_for.php
The Joy of the Humour.
2. Andre Kertesz - Polaroids/Stephen Bulger Gallery
http://www.bulgergallery.com/dynamic/fr_exhibit_invitations.asp?ExhibitID=145
The Joy before the Object.
3. Maura Doyle - Birch Libralato Gallery
http://www.eye.net/arts/galleries/article/678
The Joy of the Imagination
4. Jenny Holzer - Projections/Luminato Festival
The Joy of Poetry (see photo)
5. Darren Stehr Toronto Critical Mass Photos
Pure Joy #1
http://www.lulu.com/content/1528476
6. The Tall Bike Ride -- Benny Zenga/Winking Circle
http://thewinkingcircle.blogspot.com/2007/07/tall-tall-bike-takes-to.html
Pure Joy #2
7. Michel de Broin - Bike Car Thingy (Mercer Union)
The Joy of Art.
http://www.micheldebroin.org/projects/spc/3.html
http://www.mercerunion.org/show.asp?show_id=563
8. Vanessa Renwick - Portrait #2: Trojan (USA 2006 video 5 min) ...
Images Festival
http://www.odoka.org/filmography/portrait_2_trojan/
The Joy of Hope.
9. Shannon Gerard & Stef Lenk - Playing Doctor - AGYU
The Joy of the Body.
http://www.shannongerard.org/tinars.htm
10. Moods by Matias (Music) - http://www.liberation-musicale.com/
The Joy of Sound. Design Art by Sandy Plotnikoff.
Vol. 1 - Sleepy
Vol. 2 - Summer
Marc Glassman's Best Films of 2007
Criteria: All films had to be released for one week in a Toronto cinema
Best Picture, English language International
- I'm Not There
- No Country for Old Men
- Into the Wild
- Atonement
- A Mighty Heart
Best Performance, Male
- Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
- Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild
- Gordon Pinsent, Away from Her
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
- Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Best Performance, Female
- Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
- Ellen Page, Juno
- Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd
- Laura Dern, Inland Empire
- Tang Wei, Lust, Caution
Best Supporting Performance, Male
- Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson's War
- Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
- Ulirich Muhe. The Lives of Others
- Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Performance, Female
- Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement
- Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray
- Jennifer Jason Leigh, Margot at the Wedding
- Marie Josee Croze, Diving Bell and Butterfly
- Laura Harris, Severance
Best Director
- Todd Haynes, I'm Not There
- The Coen Brothers, No Country for Old Men
- David Lynch, Inland Empire
- Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell & Butterfly
- David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises
Best Screenplay, adapted or original
- Coen Brothers, No Country for Old Men
- Diablo Cody, Juno
- Beatrix Christian, Jindabyne
- Christopher Hampton, Atonement
- Andrew Currie, Robert Chomiak & Dennis Heaton, Fido
Best Canadian Film
- Away from Her
- Fido
- Brand Upon the Brain!
- Congorama
- Missing Victor Pellerin
Best First Feature
- Away from Her
- Michael Clayton
- Control
- Missing Victor Pellerin
- Red Road
Best Animated Feature
- Paprika
- Ratatouille
- The Simpsons Movie
- Bee Movie
- Shrek the Third
Best Foreign-Language Film
- 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
- Offside
- Black Book
- 13 Tzameti
- The Lives of Others
Best Documentary
- My Kid Could Paint That
- No End in Sight
- Manufacturing Dissent
- Sicko
- In the Shadow of the Moon
Current links on the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan.
CBC
BBC
Guardian UK
Al Jazeera English
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