Ex-cinema Ex-centris
Curtains to close on Montreal’s art house theatre; a blow to the alternative film community
Culture
Black and white, and political all over
Deconstructing the upper-middle-class myth of a post-racial society
A tale of two identities
Coming to terms with being a Lebanese Jew
When outsiders settle in
Christoph Hein’s novel Settlement probes questions of place, identity, and divided history
We built this city on theft ’n’ fraud
The moral ramifications of cultural re-appropriation in pop music
Culture brief: Cuaron’s provocative classic revisited
This Wednesday January 28, The Film Society will be hosting a free screening of Alfonso Cuaron’s Y Tu Mama Tambien (2001) at 7 p.m. at… Read More »Culture brief: Cuaron’s provocative classic revisited
Arias for the silver screen
Local cinemas bring New York’s Metropolitan Opera to Montreal
SynesthASIA makes you hear new colours and see new sounds
Looking for something different to do on a Saturday night? Interested in an event that combines fashion with Montreal’s great nightlife scene, all for a… Read More »SynesthASIA makes you hear new colours and see new sounds
Politics, faith, and toilet paper
All subjects are poetic at the Throw Slam Collective
Where words often fail
“A Village United Against the Wall” uses photography to confront the devastation of conflict in the Middle East
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
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