Articles by Allison Outhit

Canadian Content Rules

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

Arguably, the transistor radio started it all. Prior to 1953, consumer radio sets contained giant, power-guzzling vacuum tubes; the only pr...

The Musicians’ Union

PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2007

It’s safe to say that being a working musician has always been a tough gig. In the pre-electricity days, virtuoso performers who could draw...

How to Buy a Guitar

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2007

Choosing the right guitar isn’t, and shouldn’t be, easy. Like Jimi Hendrix and his upside-down, reverse-strung Stratocaster, your choice of...

Open Season

Roger Allers, Jill Culton and Anthony Stacchi

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

The first feature release from newcomer Sony Pictures Animation, Open Season features the voice of Martin Lawrence as Boog, a domesticated...

How To Take Care of Your Voice

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2007

The human voice is one of creation’s most marvellous instruments. The average speaking voice is capable of a vast range of tones, sounds, a...

Bombay Calling

Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2006

You know those inevitable suppertime phone calls you get where there’s a delay on the line and some woman who sounds like she’s calling fro...

The House of Sand

Andrucha Waddington

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2006

A meditation on life in relativity, The House of Sand chronicles three generations of mother and daughter whom fate has deposited in what m...

The Secret Life of Words

Isabel Coixet

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2006

This is the second collaboration for Spanish writer-director Isabel Coixet and Canadian actor Sarah Polley; their 2003 film, My Life Withou...