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Hot Docs: Foreign Parts
Foreign Parts has the aura of a Discovery Channel special: the audience’s job is to watch and learn. The tone and pace of the film make it feel like an...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
Hot Docs: The Interrupters
Thoughout The Interrupters, the streets of Chicago are repeatedly called a “war zone.” While this is a phrase repeated by wide-eyed, blonde Fox reporters...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
Hot Docs: St-Henri, the 26th of August
In 1962, three Quebec filmmakers collaborated on St-Henri, le cinq Septembre, a project documenting working class life in the Montreal neighbourhood of...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
Hot Docs: Battle for Brooklyn
It was once said of Robert Moses that, “He loves the public, but not as people.” Moses was of course the modernist “master-builder” of 20th -century New...
By Brett Story -
What to See at Hot Docs 2011
Hot Docs 2011 began last night, and runs until May 8. In the next week Spacing will be posting reviews of some urbanist-relevant films. In the meantime...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
Everyday Heroes Festival 2011
This Earth Week, one minute silent films that highlight everyday eco-heros will be projected on Onestop TTC screens in Toronto and on screens in malls...
By Jessica Lemieux -
NO MEAN CITY: Architecture at Harbourfront, and design week highlights
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture This week, as you may have heard, is design week in Toronto: the Interior...
By Alex Bozikovic -
Street Stories: Brunswick Avenue
The intersection of Bloor and Brunswick is a popular nighttime destination for many Torontonians, offering enough pints and pitchers to make it hard to...
By Eric Mutrie -
TUFF takes art underground
The 80 finalist videos in the Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF) are now running on OneStop screens across TTC platforms, and on the TUFF website. The...
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Artists hit the Junction by (yarn) storm
With the Junction Arts Festival just around the corner, a group of local knitters who’ve dubbed themselves the “Junction Yarnstormers”...
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Metric shuts down Front Street
On Wednesday night, Samsung Mobile presented a free Metric concert in front of Union Station on front Street that was intended to be kept secret, and...
By Nicole McIsaac -
Exploring Brick Works’ graffiti and revitalization project
The Brick Works have been acknowledged by photographers, urban explorers, graffiti artists, homeless people, and underground events promoters as the...
By Nicole McIsaac