Stuck on Shuffle: From Crystal Zimbabwolf to Sex Mammoth
The naming conventions of indie music – a primer
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The saddest butcher of them all
Pascal Blanchet’s newest graphic novel merges music and melancholy
Putting women behind the lens
Local director and activist demands equitable public funding in Canadian film
FOKUS film festival
TV McGill’s FOKUS film festival is back for a third year, with another colourful lineup of student submissions. This year’s festival has films in five… Read More »FOKUS film festival
An orchestral homage to the physics of light
Sam Shalabi reprises his latest epic composition
Culture Briefs
On the road Jack Kerouac and Vladimir Nabokov wrote about it. Bob Dylan sang its praises. David Lynch and Dennis Hopper made films in which… Read More »Culture Briefs
Taking life one couch at a time
The Daily investigates frugal living close to campus
Punishment, by skeletons
St. Henri artist uses gallows humour to condemn environmental degradation
Of mash-ups and remixes
Documentary charts the struggle over copyright
A history of blandness
Local play links politics with personal life, but ultimately disappoints
Epic battles and lovers’ quarrels
Crossover comic Scott Pilgrim tempers graphic violence with indie romance
Culture brief: Selected madness
Remember the good ol’ days of the variety show? No, you probably don’t; you probably weren’t born yet. Well lucky for you, The Red Herring… Read More »Culture brief: Selected madness
Monsanto and the bad seeds
Green Week documentaries target food conglomerate and its genetically engineered crops
Laughing in the face of death
Pascal Girard’s autobiographical graphic novel pushes comic book boundaries
Bam! Pow! Flop!
Film adaptation of seminal comic book, Watchmen, disappoints