Fast-forward to the morning after, where Glen whips out-a tape recorder. After leaving an unsatisfying party with his heterosexual friends, a drunk and high Russell decides to stop at a gay bar, where he first encounters Glen. Like most contemporary romances, the story of Russell (Cullen) and Glen (New) begins at a grimy club playing bad techno music. Marking the big-screen debut of Tom Cullen and Chris New, Weekend is honest and unabashed as it explores the subjects of identity and human connection through the lens of two emotionally damaged young men. However, neither of the films has accurately captured the true nature of these types of relationships, and the questions they provoke, so much as Andrew Haigh’s British Sundance Film, Weekend.Īppropriately named, the film chronicles the story of two gay men whose one-night stand turns into a weekend-long tryst of intoxicated, sexual, yet deeply personal interactions. In a culture in which caring is now creepy and aloof is the new sexy, Hollywood has tried to encapsulate the essence of this new trend through films such as No Strings Attached and Friends With Benefits.
Shenfeld said oil and other global cyclicals are “in trouble” during the first half of the year, but may rebound some in the second half.As more and more of today’s generation plan careers before planning families, a shift in the public perception of romantic relationships has ushered in a new era of anti-exclusivity. “We think oil prices should be closer to US$70,” he said. Oil prices face another tough year and may fall even further before partially recovering later this year, said Stephane Marion, chief economist at National Bank of Canada. The Bank of Canada, however, likely won’t start raising rates until the end of the year – and then only if oil prices recover. “Canadian yields are tied to the U.S., but we won’t get dragged as high.” He believes the Fed may hike rates as early as April, before taking a pause that could last as much as a year. “You can’t sustain 2% 10-year yields when rates are headed higher,” Mr. will likely result in higher treasury yields this year, but that may not be the case elsewhere around the world, where monetary policy is expected to remain extremely accommodative. In Canada, meanwhile, “the going will be tougher,” because of the TSX’s dependence on energy stocks and the Big 6 banks “where people see less upside at this stage in the cycle.” dollar will negatively impact earnings of U.S. “We are going to be looking at single-digit returns in most equity markets,” he said. will help keep a tight lid on stock returns, said Avery Shenfeld, chief economist at CIBC World Markets.
“When we think about the global economy, the U.S. economy looks set to grow more than 3% this year, making it one of the best performing economies in the world, said Craig Alexander, chief economist at Toronto Dominion Bank. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.