Movies
Attack The Block Joe Cornish’s remarkably assured debut feature about a extraterrestrials invading a south London community uses ingeniously simple designs, great cinematography and a clever script. Don’t miss it. See review.
A Place In The Sun George Stevens’s Oscar-winning 1951 adaptation of Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy stars Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift at their most gorgeous. Screens tonight at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. See listing.
Stage
Dusk Dances 2011 The annual outdoor dance festival kicks off tonight and runs to Aug 7 at Withrow Park. See listing.
Pilot Week The Comedy Bar presents a search for Canada’s next original comedy program, starting tonight until Aug 7. Free. See listing.
Art
David Ross Ross’s HVACUUS photographic series documents the vapours and debris expelled from ventilation systems in galleries and art institutions, commenting on the degradation and protection of art and the artistic tradition of dramatic depictions of storms and smoke. At high-end design store bulthaup. See listing.
Music
Beirut, Owen Pallett et Les Mouches Albequerque ukelele virtuoso Beirut joins Toronto’s own violin master Owen Pallett for a show jam-packed with talent. As an added bonus Pallett is reuiniting with his pre-Final Fantasy band Les Mouches. See listing.
Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Craft Spells, the Paint Movement Morose indie darlings hit up the Opera House. See listing.
