I watched Hamnet a little later than most — and it surprised me far more than I expected. I anticipated another William Shakespeare bio-pic, with the great man at its centre. Surprisingly, what I ...

On January 14, Quebec Premier François Legault announced he would resign as leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), the governing party, saying he could “clearly see” that many Quebecers were ...

Solo jazz piano is notoriously difficult. Without a ‘rhythm section’ of bass and drums, the pianist lacks rhythmic support or harmonic grounding. At the same time, the rewards of this can be immense: ...

On February 19, 2025, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the high-speed rail line (HSR) project that will run through the corridor between Toronto and Quebec City. Currently, it takes a little ...

The Substance, the visceral and stomach-churning body horror film written and directed by French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat, has been described by its star Demi Moore as “The Picture of Dorian Gray ...

Montreal, 1990. What had started as a peaceful blockade in the community of Kanesatake, erected by the Kanien’kehà:ka (Mohawk) Nation to block the expansion of a golf course onto their land, became a ...

“A woman’s place is in the kitchen.” A refrain every young girl encounters at some point in their life, whether said with jest, irony, or conviction. I need not expound on the deep historical roots of ...

When Jamie Babbit’s But I’m A Cheerleader was released in 1999, it received a less-than-pleasant reaction from the general public. Even now, the film sits at a 43 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes ...

“BookTok,” a play on words combining TikTok (the community’s host app) with the word “book,” has come to colloquially refer to a subcommunity on TikTok in which creators post about what they read and ...

Nothing seems as intimate and yet impersonal as a university room – except maybe the sexuality of college students. Endowed with small spaces, bustling crowds, and endless possibilities, the prospect ...

It’s been some time since we saw a year for cinema as good as 2023. Finding someone to root for during awards season will be much more difficult than last year when we all just wanted Everything ...

Montreal is a hilly landscape riddled with narrow sidewalks and bustling storefronts. As we leave the winter behind and embrace spring, it is easy to forget the difficulty many people have in ...