Rachel Fox

Posts by Rachel Fox

• Dandelion Records

  Vinyl records, iPhone holders and more on Main.

• Interview – Gunless Director William Phillips

  ‘… at the same time, we have celebrity envy…’

• Interview – Jewelry Designer Nicole Tirona

  Rachel Fox interviews jewelry designer Nicole Tirona of It’s Your Life handmade vintage accessories.

• Interview – Defendor’s Peter Stebbings and Nicholas Tabarrok

  Rachel Fox talks to the director and producer of Defendor about wrangling Mr. Woody Harrelson for, wtf?, a Canadian superhero movie.

• Colbert!

  Rachel Fox braves the crowds and gets near the front for the taping (digitalizing?) of the first of two Colbert Reports during the 2010 Winter Olympics. Lots of pics, too.

• Interview – Richard Crouse Pt II

  Remember the time Kris Kristofferson defended Sinead O’Connor against 30,000 angry Americans? What about the nude pictorial with Sarah Miles for The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea…

• Review – Anvil at the Venue, Vancouver, Feb 13 2010

  Rachel Fox gives as good as she gets amidst a frottage-happy crowd of middle-age sausage owners on ‘Anviltine’s Day’.

• Interview – Warren Sonoda

  Rachel Fox talks to the “King of Canadian Music Videos” about his movie with Samantha Bee, the ancient Hamilton vs. London feud, and Dave Foley’s penis. A Guttersnipe exclusive!

• The Fox Guide to Valentine’s Day Movies

  A list from Rachel Fox, who DOES NOT plan on ending up on the couch eating ice cream on Feb 14.

• Interview – Richard Crouse

  The Canada AM film critic trades Oscar quips with Rachel Fox in this no-holds-barred interview from the Victoria Film Festival.

• The 16th Victoria Film Festival

  Films – and footwear – are the focus of the ‘Cousin Oliver’ of the Canadian Film Festival circuit. In between gastronomic pursuits, Rachel Fox reports.

• Review – Motley Crue at GM Place, Vancouver, Jan 24 2010

  The Bad Boys of ’80s Hair Metal entertain non-fan Rachel Fox at ‘the predictable sausage-fest’. Jordana Meilleur photos

• Review – The White Ribbon

  The latest dark and broody flick from master of dark and broody Michael Haneke grabs reviewer Rachel Fox and doesn’t let go.

• Review – 100 Monkeys at the Venue, Jan 17 2010

  Jackson Rathbone fans threaten to tear the roof of the Venue with their screams. It’s all in a night’s work for the Twilight star, on tour with his jam band 100 Monkeys.

• Interview – 100 Monkeys

  Jackson Rathbone. Twilight. There, are you happy, Google? 100 Monkeys swings through Vancouver on its 100 Dates tour.

• Japandroids East Van Tshirt Mystery Solved!

  If you caught the Vancouver duo on Jimmy Fallon, you might have coveted singer Brian King’s East Side street name-dopping T. Well, look no further than Main…

• Feature – Blim

  “Who doesn’t like feathers?”

• Concert Review – Sloan at the Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, Dec 15 2009

  ‘The undeniable lure of boys-with-guitars was a constant for the rest of the night; while I must confess I appreciated Sloan’s sex appeal, I myself did not get any Rock Star Boyfriend vibes…’

• Interview – Sloan’s Jay Ferguson

  ‘… anybody who’s into Patrick, they’re usually on his side of the stage and anybody who’s into me, they’re on my side, so the division is visual…’

• Whistler Film Festival – It’s a Wrap

  ‘It doesn’t take a well-trained Canadian cineaste’s eye to determine a film’s national pedigree after a few seconds of watching – our collective ability to immediately recognize that a film is Canadian (sigh) is, in fact, a unique talent that binds us all together…’

• Whistler Film Festival Days 3 & 4

  ‘The swank Director’s Guild of Canada’s “Party with Pacey” (Joshua Jackson) was the place to be on Saturday night. Waiters walked around serving beautiful food to beautiful people…’

• Whistler Film Festival Day 2

  ‘… Hefner reveals himself to be far more complex and ethically sophisticated than one would expect from a man who wears pajamas all day…’

• Whistler Film Festival Day 1

  ‘“Just like a crazy person!” said [Emily] Hampshire, upon seeing the endless scribbles in my spiral-bound notebook…’

• Movie Review – Fantastic Mr. Fox

  ‘[Wes] Anderson has made a sophisticated children’s film that is faithful to his oeuvre…’

• Concert Review – Billy Bragg at the Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, Nov 21, 2009

  ‘During his set, Bragg performed several Woody Guthrie songs and spoke about “carrying the torch” passed along to him from bands like the Clash…’

• Book Review – In Sleeping Beauty’s Bed

  ‘In “Cinderella”, we learn that the stepsisters masturbate regularly with parsnips from their garden…’

• Concert Review – The Bravery at the Venue, Vancouver, Nov 11 2009

  ‘The erection in my brain went limp…’

• Feature – The Toast Collective

  ‘All three artists create original work in a variety of analog mediums and offer their pieces for sale at a reasonable cost. “People need real art, not shit from IKEA,” said Statler…’

• Movie Review – 2012

  ‘The next two hours of 2012 are very long and very loud… the White House, the Sistine Chapel, and India get destroyed.’

• Concert Review – The Raveonettes at the Venue, Vancouver, Nov 5 2009

  ‘If earlier in the evening I felt like I wanted to fuck, this was the moment that I felt like I wanted to just be held in the heartbreaking warmth of the most lush, incredible sounds that that man coaxed from his guitar and wrapped around my aching soul.’

• Movie Review – The Damned United

  ‘Clough’s renown as a man of swaggering cocksuredness achieved such a level of fame and notoriety that he was parodied – twice – by Monty Python and (good-naturedly) challenged for it by Muhammad Ali…’

• Lists – Best Lady Horror Films

  ‘Too bad when you finally hear the words… “It’ll be you, me, and the baby!” it’s from a dreamboat who neglected to tell you about how he accidentally cross-infected his DNA with a housefly…’

• Concert Review – Gossip at the Commodore, Vancouver, Oct 22 2009

  ‘Tonight, Ditto apologized repeatedly for her voice, admitting she was getting over a cold. But she clearly pushed herself anyway, and sounded incredible regardless…’

• Concert Review – The Secretaries at the Black Frog, Vancouver, Oct 21 2009

  ‘If there was any doubt about the depth of my girly crush by the time they pulled out a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop”… it was utterly cemented when I heard the opening bassline of Hall & Oates’ “I Can’t Go For That”…’

• Concert Review – Islands at the Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver, Oct 20 2009

  ‘… lead singer Nick Diamonds appeared in a glittering, Elvis-inspired rhinestone-studded satin cape, sunglasses and with an overgrown Mop-Top-Hairshop of a coif that totally obscured his eyes – now, see, that’s how a future Rockstar Boyfriend makes an entrance…’

• Movie Review – Where the Wild Things Are

  ‘In the land of the Wild Things, Max is crowned King; over the course of the film he comes to understand not only why he isn’t, but why he can’t be…’

Photo Galleries by Rachel Fox

• The Colbert Report, Vancouver, Feb 17 2010