Where words often fail
“A Village United Against the Wall” uses photography to confront the devastation of conflict in the Middle East
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Arias for the silver screen
Local cinemas bring New York’s Metropolitan Opera to Montreal
Troubled waters in Chicoutimi
Reflections on life and death in Tout Est Parfait
Never trust a doppelganger
Atmospheric Disturbances follows one man’s offbeat quest to find the wife he thinks he married
Humanitarians can’t afford to be neutral
Dr. James Orbinski’s memoir questions crimes of inaction
Cinema on the edge
Marie Brassard’s provocative selections explore the fringe of German film
Rethinking the city, from the ground up
Actions exhibit presents fantastic yet feasible solutions for the urban landscape
Half man, half cockroach
Montreal’s Rawi Hage pens an existential award winner
Culture brief: Art around the clock
A week-long celebration of all things “art” – with performances, screenings, competitions, and more – kicked off on campus Monday with poetry and music, and… Read More »Culture brief: Art around the clock
Infallible tests for year-end bests
Top album lists, music-mag behemoths, and folky goodness
Slice-of-life, served cold
Dave Lapp’s detached vignettes lack direction
The perks of being a pariah
Surviving high school is no mean feat in Mariko Tamaki’s Skim
Get lost in a good bookstore
A guide to finding books with personality in Montreal
Highway to nowhere
David Adams Richards’s “great Canadian novel” is anything but
Culture Briefs
Alternative approaches Often more renowned for stifling creativity than supporting it, McGill has rarely been seen as the vanguard of artistic endeavour. But Professor Alanna… Read More »Culture Briefs