Tuesday, October 31, 2023

fashion review: Dressed To Impress at the Bata Shoe Museum

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Review & photos by Allan Tong ChinoKino score: A- I grew up in the eighties and have been trying to forget them ever since. Yuppies, pas...
Thursday, October 19, 2023

book review: Dressing The Beatles

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  Virtually everything has been written about The Beatles by now, but their impact on fashion has been largely overlooked. Renown Toronto ar...
Friday, October 13, 2023

CD review: Good Day Good Night by David Deacon

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Local blues veteran, David Deacon, unveiled his latest album at the fabled Rivoli Toronto last week. He previewed a handful of songs from Go...
Thursday, September 28, 2023

film review: Carlos

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Directed by Rudy Valdez ChinoKino score: B- Review by Allan Tong Though directed by Rudy Valdez, Carlos  is really Carlos Santana's film...
Thursday, June 15, 2023

Polaris Prize unveils 40 nominees from Feist to Aysanabee

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Story and photos by Allan Tong The Polaris Prize, honouring Canada's best recorded music, announced this year's long list of 40 nomi...
Thursday, June 8, 2023

film review: Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)

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  Directed by Anton Corbijn ChinoKino score: A Review by Allan Tong Atom Heart Mother, Band on the Run, Peter Gabriel 2, Houses of the Holy,...
Monday, June 5, 2023

IncluCity fest returns to Toronto, bigger than ever

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 by Allan Tong The ICFF is back, or shall I say the Lavazza IncluCity Festival, organized by the ICFF? Once Toronto's Italian film fest...
Friday, April 14, 2023

The Artist Project returns to Toronto

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Ross Bonfanti's Concreatures     Story & photos by Allan Tong   The Artist Project returned to Toronto's CNE Grounds at the Bett...
Friday, January 20, 2023

IDS returns to Toronto with a bash

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Christina Sideris Toronto's Interior Design Show returns to January's cultural calendars after a hiatus (for obvious reasons) and fo...
Tuesday, November 29, 2022

film review: Harvest Time

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     Directed by Bernard Shakey ChinoKino score: B (for Neil Young fans: A) Review by Allan Tong When Neil Young released the album Harvest ...