Movies
Dogtooth Giorgos Lanthimos’s bizarre movie about a Greek family who’s raised their children in a decidedly non-traditional fashion begins its run at the Royal Cinema. It’s just been nominated for a best foreign-language Oscar, so see it now. See review here.
The Mechanic If you don’t care a fig about the Academy Award nominations, then check out this pic, starring the action genre’s current go-to guy, Jason Statham. See review here.
Stage
Odyssey George Mann presents his inventive, energetic solo version of the Homeric epic, on til Jan 30 at the Tarragon Extra Space. See review here.
Eternal Hydra Anton Piatigorsky’s award-winning play about a mysterious manuscript gets an exciting remount, starring most of the original cast. At the Factory Theatre Mainspace. See interview with performer Liisa Repo-Martell here.
Community
Mapping Local Landscapes: Community Approaches to Peace Discover how conflict resolution, poverty and local power connect up at this two-day U of T conference featuring a wide range of panels. Tonight’s keynote features conflict resolution theorist Herbert Kelman and expert in extreme poverty, Vijayendra Raol. 7 pm. The meet continues all-day Saturday with the participation of Brian Stewart, David Hulchansky, Judith Deutsch and several others. $20, stu free. Friday, Isabel Bader Theatre, Saturday, Bahen Centre. See listing.
Music
Das Racist The irreverent Brooklyn hip-hop trio are surfing a huge wave of hype lately, and are playing Wrongbar tonight. See listing.
Gentleman Reg The extremely blond singer songwriter plays a benefit gig tonight at the Metropolitan Community Church. See listing.
Art
Laura U. Marks and Willy Le Maitre Subtle Technologies and This Is Not a Reading Series present Seeing And Believing: Books, Art And 3D Cinema, a talk and mixed-media presentation by film theorist Marks – author of Enfoldment And Infinity: An Islamic Genealogy Of New Media Art, which links Islamic visual traditions and thought with contemporary art – and media artist Le Maitre, creator of 3-D sterographic “digital entity” Edia. At Hart House. See listing.
