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Arts & Culture

Blood and Honey: In Defence of the Winnie-the-Pooh Slasher Flick

February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 - by Simon Lewsen

Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s horror film might ruin your childhood, but it’s a win for creative freedom

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Heather O’Neill on Women’s Relationship with Food: Episode 10 of The Deep Dive

March 24, 2022May 10, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

Have you ever noticed that there are an inordinate amount of sweets in films directed by women? Writer Heather O’Neill has. She decided to explore why we have a fixation on sweet treats

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Arts & Culture

Let Her Eat Cake: The Subversive Power of Women Feasting

March 16, 2022May 2, 2022 - by Heather O’Neill

Women are told to tame their desires, stifle their appetites, and not take up space. But, as women directors have shown, there’s power in indulgence

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Arts & Culture

I’m Sick of Reboots and Rewatches and You Should Be Too

August 19, 2021October 19, 2021 - by Lisa Whittington-Hill

We’ve all spent the pandemic in a pop culture feedback loop. For the love of God, make it stop

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July/August 2021

The Making of Moonstruck

June 28, 2021October 18, 2021 - by Ira Wells

The 1987 rom-com starring Cher and Nicolas Cage seemed doomed to fail. Director Norman Jewison turned it into a modern classic

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Arts & Culture

Life in the Stacks: A Love Letter to Browsing

June 24, 2021June 9, 2022 - by Jason Guriel

Algorithms are integral to how we find and consume art. But old-fashioned browsing still has its benefits

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OCD Is Not a Joke

March 1, 2021June 8, 2021 - by Lisa Whittington-Hill

People with obsessive-compulsive disorder are often depicted as Type A clean freaks. The reality is much worse

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Arts & Culture

Notes from an Apocalypse

June 29, 2020July 6, 2020 - by Chelsea Vowel

In Jeff Barnaby’s latest horror film, the zombies are colonizers and only we are immune

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Arts & Culture / March 2020

Stay Tacky, Niagara Falls

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 - by John Semley

Why I wouldn’t change a thing about my hometown

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Arts & Culture

The Decade in Arts & Culture

December 12, 2019February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From Leonard Cohen’s darker legacy to art’s obsession with dead young women, here are the culture conversations that helped define Canada

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