Tagged: review
Canadian Blend
A Second Cup in Ghana takes a subtle approach to channeling Canadiana.
Portrait of a Girl
Contemporary women artists are painting over the naive pictures we have about girlhood.
On the Arctic Shores
The voices and feelings of Inuit youth take centre stage in a new project about climate change.
Vicarious Danger
Nineties survival series Real Kids, Real Adventures was an unlikely balm for intrusive thoughts.
Hungry for Connection
As loneliness increases, watching strangers eat has become a staple in our digital diets.
Acting Out
An extravagantly queer production of Richard II claps back at Shakespeare purists' conservatism.
Salt, Fat, Neon Hell
Montreal’s cyberpunk-themed ramen restaurant speaks to a cultural fascination with a high-tech future; maybe its flavour is a little off.
Cinéma Vérité
Framing Agnes blends fact and fiction to tell the story of a trans icon, but are we getting the full picture?
Ghost Stories
Justine Smith reviews new films by Lina Rodríguez and Charlotte Le Bon.
Out of Many
Sharine Taylor reviews photographer Jorian Charlton's first solo exhibition.
A Hero of Our Time
Jean Marc Ah-Sen speaks with Naben Ruthnum about his new novel.
Dream Girls
Thea McLachlan reviews Casey Plett’s A Dream of a Woman and Jackie Ess’s Darryl.
With the Floe
Brennan McCracken speaks to Leanne Betasamosake Simpson about her new record Theory of Ice.
Reel Life
We've always known films bring us together. This year, many of us realized that they're good for the lonely times, too.
Filtered Out
After years of using face-altering photo filters, Houda Kerkadi sees the bigger picture.
Virtually Normal
As going into the real world loses its appeal for Chloë Lalonde, a new game brings life's mundane routines to her screen.
Museum Piece
The city only seems empty until you start walking around. Kasia van Schaik learns to appreciate it from the outside looking in.
No Holds Barred
Wrestling is famous for its outrageousness. It takes a special kind of fan to get bored with the mainstream.
Homebound
Between Toronto, Bombay and a new play by Wajdi Mouawad, Adnan Khan explores the ties that bind us.
Funny Girl
Rosie Long Decter follows Montreal comedian Tranna Wintour as she does her bit.
If You Can't Take the Heat
A survivalist tests recipes for the apocalypse.
The Words We Use
A longtime science reporter reviews the ways we’ve tried, and failed, to convey the looming climate crisis.
Against the Stream
Letting an algorithm pick your music is now second nature, but what gets lost in the flow?
No Man Lands
Lizzie Chatham explores fictional worlds where women reign.
Photos Worth a Thousand Houses
Vancouver photography rises and falls with Vancouver real estate—for better and worse.
Our Public Nodcaster
How can we fix the CBC? Tim Forster writes the script.
Alternate Universe
Behind the scenes at Montreal’s iconic indie label, Constellation Records.
The History of Canada Is a History of Oil
David Huebert reviews Sarah Marie Wiebe’s Everyday Exposure.
The Bard of Bordeaux
Kyle Carney rereads Al Purdy’s Wild Grape Wine.
Benevolent Big Brother
Tannara Yelland revisits Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media on its twenty-fifth anniversary.
Fleur de Least Resistance
Alan Randolph Jones on Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves, which deconstructs the relevance of revolutionary fervour in modern-day Quebec.
Circling the Drain
In Writers’ Rights, Nicole Cohen argues that the media’s treatment of freelancers leaves many risking financial ruin. Erin Pehlivan takes a closer look.
Crib Notes
Gavin Tomson reads Rivka Galchen’s Little Labors, reflecting on writers who mother and mothers who write.
Moon Shot
With Operation Avalanche, Matt Johnson takes a characteristic risk to break into the American movie market. Adam Nayman on how the director is eschewing Canada’s cozy film industry and making his own success.
Animal Instincts (Requires Subscription)
Alexander Huls reviews Angel Catbird, Margaret Atwood’s comic debut.
House of the Cool Parents
Chandler Levack documents the life and death of Videofag, the tiny living room theatre that became Toronto’s newest art institution.
No Country for Young Women (Requires Subscription)
Joni Murphy’s Double Teenage grapples with typical adolescent girldom. And, as Shannon Tien writes, that means violence is never far away.
All the Beautiful Girls
Sylvie Rancourt’s memoir from her time as a stripper was censored and seized when it came out in the 1980s. Shannon Tien on a long-deserved English translation of Melody: Story of a Nude Dancer.
Finding Amina (Requires Subscription)
Sophie Deraspe's documentary The Amina Profile strips back a romance to reveal an ugly truth.
Twin Peaked
Don’t get too excited for the reboot of David Lynch’s cult series, Maija Kappler warns. The show was tired before it got cancelled the first time.
While the Body's Still Warm
Too often in television and real life, women must die to be taken seriously. Laura Wright on victims as props, not people.
Mutton Dressed as Lamb
John Semley pulls back the skin of Hannibal, a show that prizes mouthwatering aesthetics over meaty writing.
Blowing Smoke
How Lost’s creators couldn’t write themselves off the island.
The Book Room: Summer 2015 (Requires Subscription)
Summer reads from Jordan Tannahill, Marc Bell, Marina Endicott and more.
The Music Room: Summer 2015 (Requires Subscription)
New summer music from Jazz Cartier, Metz, Sasha Chapin and more.
Jerry Rigged
It’s easy not to be the butt of the joke when you’re the one writing it. Adam Nayman on how Seinfeld’s comedic brilliance relied on a privileged perspective.
October Boy
Mathieu Denis’ Corbo is an accomplished work about the FLQ that eschews stereotypical sixties aesthetics.
Rite of Place (Requires Subscription)
Albert Shin's new film is the future of Canadian cinema.
A Fish in the Percolator (Requires Subscription)
On Andy Burns’ fan-pleaser Wrapped in Plastic: Twin Peaks.