There’s no business in show business
More government support is required to make Alberta competitive
By Amy Steele

Homeless people risk freezing
City critiziced for inadequate planning as shelters struggle with overflow
By Amy Steele

Bye Bye Ralph (and other news briefs)
By Amy Steele

VIEWPOINT

The Vatican and violence
Following lecture controversy, the Pope is sorry — but should he be?
By David Bright

CITY

Alcohol business goes skunky
Liquor industry players suffering despite booming demand for booze
By Mike Tessier

INTERNATIONAL

Afghanistan: a modest proposal
Destroying main cash crop eliminates support for Western forcesBy Gwynne Dyer

FOOD

Bringing the heat
Tiffin Curry and Roti House is till hot, tasty and well-prices
By Tara MacKinnon

BOOKS

The wham, bam, spirituality man
On this peace train, Deepak Chopra is the world consciousness conductor
By Natalie St-Denis

More like Mild Disorder
Margaret Atwood’s new work is inoffensive
By Norval Scott

Exploring the beauty of Banff
Markin-Flanagan resident author Jaspreet Singh on his new digs
By Mark Hopkins

TELEVISION

Environmental action
Independent filmmakers get on mainstream TV with Global Currents
By Natalie St-Denis

The FLQ meets cruel and hilarious punishment
Radical liberation and abusive performance artists get their due in new TV season
By Stephen W. Smith

MUSIC

Good vibrations
Multi-instrumentalists The Hylozoists make (a lot of) beautiful music together
By Jane McCullough

A musical education
Asobi Seksu will leave audiences enraptured
By Jason Lewis

The jaguars of rock
Dearly beloved go on the prowl from Toronto’s urban jungle and pounce
By Christine Leonard

Mayor McCA hops the pond
Canada’s hardest working one-man band moves to London
By Aubrey McInnis

Swimming in sincerity
Sea of Is singer-songwriter Jon Redditt floats to the top with self-effacing charm
By Roberta McDonald

Bad Religion — the new ugly Americans
By Christine Leonard

The great communicator
Billy Bragg is still the voice of social change
By Dennis Slater

CD REVIEWS

Hot Snakes cool down on final live recording
CD Reviews:
Hot Snakes’ Thunder Down Under
reviewed by Aubrey McInnis
Viva Voce’s Get Yr Blood Sucked Out
reviewed by Jason Lewis
Justin Timberlake’s Futuresex/Lovesounds
reviewed by Kirsten Kosloski
Magnolia Electric Co.’s Fading Trials
reviewed by Mark Hamilton
Junior Boy’s So This Is Goodbye and In the Morning EP
reviewed by Jane McCullough

VISUAL ARTS

Monsters and flowers
Scot Bullick’s creepy creations and Kristi Malakoff’s Meadowsweet
By Hugh Graham

THEATRE

The lite depression
Powerful production of Of Mice and Men a little too funny for its own good
By Jeff Kubik

Packed with laughs
My Narrator a hilarious tale of love’s travails
By Jeff Kubik

The psycho killer stalks at midnight!
Vertigo resurrects the clever ‘60s noir classic Wait Until Dark
By Pearl Meyer

COVER STORY

Suburban myth
Gary Burns and Jim Brown head to the manufactured hills
By Mark Hamilton

FILM FESTIVAL

Fortune and glory, kids
How three teens remade Raiders of the Lost Ark shot by shot
By Jason Lewis

You say you want a revolution
Monkey Warfare is radical-minded comedy about changing the world
By Jason Anderson

When good mimes get maimed
Director Colin Decker’s short film Mime Massacre is silent, but deadly
By Alan Cho

Raising the indie film stakes
Half Nelson is a remarkable drama about social responsibility
By Jason Anderson

Up a familie tree
Danielson: The Movie explores the father, the son and the WTF?
By Mark Hamilton

Festivals finest features
Some suggestions on how to balance your festival experience
By Jane McCullough

The rest of the fest
Fast Forward critics give you the lowdown on this year’s films
By FFWD Staff

WEB EXCLUSIVE
Film writers give their best bets for the fest
By By FFWD Staff

FILM

Stop complaining already
If you don’t like Jackass, then you don’t have to watch
By Jason Lewis

Fearless celebrates sportsmanship
Jet Li’s last martial arts film examines the theme of inner conflict
By Roberta McDonald

Top Gun circa 1916
Flyboys is an enjoyable period drama
By Andrew Aitkenhead

WEB EXCLUSIVE
Full bloom noir
Brian De Palma feeds off a slice of deliciously dark pulp in The Black Dahlia
By Jason Armstrong

WEB EXCLUSIVE
The Last Kiss a rom-com for the twenty-something set
By Krista Goheen

VIDEO VULTURE

Steal my movies!
Own a piece of Video Vulture history and win some rare VHS tapes
By John Tebbutt

MY MESSY BEDROOM

Differently sexually abled
Being in a wheelchair needn’t put you off your sexual game
By Josey Vogels