2024: The Year in Arts & Culture
Thoughtful essays and fascinating deep dives into everything from art forgeries to Joni Mitchell’s best work
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Today’s Scariest Movies Are Canadian
Too often, horror films confuse surprise with fear. A new class of directors is exploring darker places
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Cuts Push National Film Board of Canada to the Brink
Dozens of layoffs and the closure of studios spark questions about the agency’s future
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Caitlin Cronenberg’s Humane Asks: Who Would You Kill Off in Your Family?
For the good of humanity, of course
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What’s Lost in the Quest for Black Authenticity
The media’s appetite for “gritty” Black stories turns misery into entertainment
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The Exquisite Agony of Watching Bradley Cooper Chase an Oscar
What is it about wanting something that audiences find so repulsive?
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At Ninety-One, Alanis Obomsawin Is Not Ready to Put Down Her Camera
She revolutionized cinema and is inspiring the next generation of Indigenous filmmakers
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We’re All Living in a Barbie World
The Barbie movie promises to be a two-hour cinematic lobotomy. Why are we so excited?
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Blood and Honey: In Defence of the Winnie-the-Pooh Slasher Flick
Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s horror film might ruin your childhood, but it’s a win for creative freedom
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Woody Strode, Black Cowboy
If you act like a nobody, / you are a nobody. The actor / Woody Strode wasn’t / just any nobody.
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