Movies
The King’s Speech Now that Tom Hooper has won the Director’s Guild Award and Colin Firth has won the Golden Globe and the Screen Actors Guild trophies, can anything stand in their way for an Oscar? See our interview with star Firth here and listing here.
Freaks/Vampire Circus The Bloor Cinema’s B-Movie Festival continues with these two cult classics. See listings here.
Stage
Push: One Mother Of A Show Four of the funniest women in show business perform a show about motherhood. One night only at the Bread & Circus in Kensington Market. See Q&A with the artists here and listing here.
Art
Kino Pravda Public Studio (Eshrat Erfanian, Elle Flanders and Tamira Sawatzky) give a presentation on their video, Kino Pravda, a mashup of protest footage, including from the London education cuts demos, and early Soviet film. At the Centre for Incidental Activisms, an ongoing project providing a venue for artists’ research, at Art Gallery of York University. See listing.
Books
Hajo Meyer In the wake of January 27’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, Meyer discusses his book Never Again For Anyone with Toronto Roma Community Centre president Gina Csanyi and writer and activist Alan Sears at Friends House. See listing.
