Articles by James Keast

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  JFL42 Sarah Silverman / K. Trevor Wilson

  Sony Centre, Toronto ON, September 20

  PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2013

  The first of three headliners for 2013's JFL42 comedy festival in Toronto found herself caught between the image she's spent 20 years build...

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  Neko Case

  The Exclaim! Questionnaire

  PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2013

  She named her solo debut The Virginian, her career has been defined by an exploration of country rooted in the traditions of Loretta Lynn,...

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  Don't 'Play the Album'

  Five Reasons Why Bands Should Quit Doing Classic Albums Live

  PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2013

  What started as a novelty at festivals like All Tomorrow's Parties has turned into an epidemic: established artists, many on the comeback t...

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  Elysium

  Neill Blomkamp

  PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2013

  When Neill Blomkamp emerged, seemingly fully formed, as a talented, visionary director with his 2009 debut, District 9, he heralded the arr...

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  Maria Bamford

  Ask Me About My New God

  PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2013

  If your impression of Maria Bamford has her filed in with other blonde, perky women with childlike voices, Ask Me About My New God will blo...

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  Doug Benson

  Gateway Doug

  PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2013

  The podcast explosion has been a boon to comedians, who are able to expose their comic personae to untested audiences, then use it to promo...

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  Room 237

  Rodney Ascher

  PUBLISHED May 9, 2013

  Film criticism and interpretation, like beauty, are in the eye of the beholder, and Room 237 looks at five different people who've gazed (w...

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  Pain & Gain

  Michael Bay

  PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2013

  Pumped full of steroids, self-help mantras and a misguided sense of American dream entitlement, Pain & Gain is the true story of three meat...