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An Interview with “Aunt Dan and Lemon” director Dan Spurgeon

An Interview with “Aunt Dan and Lemon” director Dan Spurgeon

September 23, 2016 | By

A year after mounting The Baby for the stage, director Dan Spurgeon and producer Drew Blakeman return with Wallace Shawn’s Obie Award-winning drama / dark comedy Aunt Dan and Lemon. What follows is a concise Q&A with director Spurgeon on discovering the play, its prescient elements, and thoughts on its characters and politics.

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Play Review: Wallace Shawn’s “Aunt Dan and Lemon”

Play Review: Wallace Shawn’s “Aunt Dan and Lemon”

September 22, 2016 | By

Wallace Shawn’s 1985 Obie Award-winning play Aunt Dan and Lemon makes its return to Toronto via Shadowtime Productions in a professional and faithful production that reprises the concept…

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Otto Preminger’s Stark Little Masterpiece: Bunny Lake is Missing (1965)

Otto Preminger’s Stark Little Masterpiece: Bunny Lake is Missing (1965)

September 19, 2016 | By

Review of Otto Preminger’s moody psychological thriller Bunny Lake is Missing (1965) from Twilight Time + Editorial Blather on Preminger, Saul Bass, and the value of a cultivated brand name.

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Window Horses at TIFF 2016 + Audience Q&A

Window Horses at TIFF 2016 + Audience Q&A

September 15, 2016 | By

Review of Ann Marie Fleming’s animated film Window Horses + Bonus Audio from the audience Q&A at TIFF 2016.

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Blood Bath (1966) + Bell Canada’s Appalling Customer Service

Blood Bath (1966) + Bell Canada’s Appalling Customer Service

September 13, 2016 | By

Review of Arrow Video’s superb set of Blood Bath (1966) + a sharp critique of the ongoing debacle with Bell Canada with no end in sight.

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