Movies
Drive Nicolas Winding Refn’s stylish throwback to 80s crime thrillers opens today, with a cast that includes Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks and Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston. See interview with Cranston and review.
T.O. Indie Film Festival An alternative to the big splashy TIFF continues today, featuring very low-budget films by indie filmmakers. To Sep 17 at the Toronto Underground Cinema. See listing.
Stage
MacHomer Rick Miller’s mashup of Shakespeare’s Macbeth and the long-running animated series The Simpsons continues at the Factory Theatre. See interview with the play’s designers Beth Kates and Ben Chiasson.
Aaron Berg Berg, fresh off his hit off-Broadway comic play The Underbelly Diaries, performs a weekend of edgy stand-up sets at Yuk Yuk’s Downtown. To Sep 18. See listing.
Music
Manifesto The annual hip-hop festival continues tonight at Lula Lounge with their new artist showcase. See listing.
Olivia Tremor Control The much-loved psych pop band are back together again, and play Lee’s Palace tonight. See listing.
Wilco The Chicago rockers (we’re not supposed to call them alt-country anymore) kick off a two-night-stand at Massey Hall tonight. See listing.
Community
Toronto NDP Youth Rally Get some New Democratic inspiration at this meeting aiming to boost social democratic fortunes in the upcoming election. Speakers include MPP Cheri DiNovo. 6 pm. Free. OPSEU Union Hall. See listing.
Art
Gregory Crewdson The American photographer, best know for cinematically lit, surreal staged scenes of small-town life, turns his cameras instead on the false-front constructions in Rome’s Cinecitta film studio for these melancholy black-and-whites of derelict, unpopulated faux streets and buildings, part of TIFF’s Future Projections program. Closing tomorrow at Contact Gallery. See listing.
