MAXIMILIAN PATERSON
<Arts & Culture Editor>
For those of you who are looking for a new stupid internet video fix now that those “Harlem Shake” videos have moved from the amusing category to the annoying category, there is a new trend you should take a look at: it’s called Gallon Smashing.
Mock Trials & Mock Tribulations of Mock Trial
Maximilian Paterson
<Arts & Culture Editor>
For those of you fortunate enough to score a ticket to Mock Trial (and the even more fortunate of you who scored a ticket to the proceeding pub night), you were treated to an entertaining romp of musical numbers, videos, comedy, dance, and mance.
Online Fraud – What the Facbook?!
MAXIMILIAN PATERSON
<Arts and Culture Editor>
While lounging on the brand new couch in the Obiter office I glanced down at my phone and found that I had a missed call and a new voicemail message. The message was from my sister, and it turned out that she had some very strange information for me. “
A New Precedent of ‘Praxicum’: Experiential Learning is Now Mandatory
MAXIMILIAN PATERSON
<Arts & Culture Editor>
FILM REVIEW: The Long Life of LES MISERABLES
MAXIMILIAN PATERSON
<Arts and Culture Editor>
In order to escape boring family commitments this holiday season, The Obiter Arts + Culture department sent out a team of writers to cover the most exciting cinematic release of the past few weeks, Les Miserables.
Obiter Holiday Movie Guide: SNOW-TACULAR!
MAXIMILIAN PATERSON
<Arts & Culture Editor>
Are you stressed yet?! Well, you will be! That’s right, the semester is almost over and all that studying and note compiling you haven’t done since the first week of September has now come to bite you in the brain.
Halloween Movie Guide: SPOOKTACULAR!
MAX PATERSON
<Arts & Culture Editor>
It’s that time of year again, the time we dust off those “sexy” [fill in anything here] costumes, call up all of our ‘non-law’ friends, and go out for one last big night before the realities of assignments, papers and pre-exam note compiling begins.
The Mind of Noel Fielding: Luxury Comedy
MAX PATERSON <Arts & Culture Editor> You may or may not have heard of him, but Noel Fielding is a giant cultural icon in the UK. He is smooth, quirky, witty, outrageously fashionable, and he could quite possibly be the most insane man on television. Fielding is best known for his show The Mighty Boosh, but has since moved on from to create a 22-minute creative mess called Noel...
Festival Review: “RIOTFEST” Lived Up to Its Name
To begin, the music festival was called “Riotfest”. With a name like that, It’s hard not to draw up visions of crusty punks and black clad anarchists throwing garbage cans through windows and burning copies of the Constitution. In terms of the lineup, it was the musical equivalent of that vision. However, since Riotfest was held on a Sunday, the crowd reacted more like “Hungover-fest”.
TIFF Review: Seven Psychopaths
MAX PATERSON <Arts & Culture Editor> As TIFF progresses and the stars drift in and out of the Toronto social scene, it was hard for the Obiter to ignore a chance to rub knuckles with Hollywood’s finest. We were fortunate enough to be invited to the premiere of Seven Psychopaths, the new feature by writer/director Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Six Shooter). Although, it was amusing to...
It’s TIFF Time, What Are You Going To See?!
MAX PATERSON <Arts/Culture Editor> This time every year Toronto is invaded by some of the world’s best filmmakers and brightest stars, as people pour into the city for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). For TIFF newbies, selecting the movies you want to see, long lines, confusing schedules, odd show times, and unbuttered popcorn, can all provide for a unpleasant...