By Nina Ya Haqqi, for urbanemagazine.org Photos by Nina Ya Haqqi Nestled comfortably in between Bay and Yonge is a small family-owned Japanese restaurant on Charles. Okonomi House is one of very few restaurants in Toronto serving okonomiyaki, a pancake-like dish made mainly of cabbage and egg, and has been running successfully since 1978. These [...]
by ALYSSA PITTAO for Urbane Magazine.
Culture contributor Alyssa Pittao gives her take on buzz band “The Naked and Famous” and their performance on the New Music Live stage.
The Naked and Famous, not to be mistaken for a jean brand of the same name, are making waves in the indie scene. But try this sound on for size. Culture Contributor Alyssa Pittao gives her take on the buzz band which is likely to make it [...]
The Canadian film industry is one that most people believe does not exist. That is because there is no market potential for Canadian films. Simply put, Canadians are not seeing Canadian films, which in turn create a lack of (good) Canadian films
There seems to be an attitude with most film goers that they must either love a film or absolutely loathe it. This is ridiculous as there is a huge and wide spectrum in between. Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter is one of those films. It is not one I either overtly liked or disliked. There are aspects within it that work well, and others that do not.
I’m a big fan of the no expectations approach to viewing films, which causes a horrible situation in which I as a reviewer must express my opinion of a film in the hope of convincing (or deterring) others from viewing the same film. For this reason, I have decided to kick off this blog with a review of my favourite film from last year that you probably will not be able to see for quite some time.
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