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A collage of Cher and Nicholas Cage kissing in the film Moonstruck superimposed on top of an outline of the Manhattan skyline and a full moon.

Film / July/August 2021

The Making of Moonstruck

June 28, 2021June 29, 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

An image of inside a Blockbuster Video store with two blue silhouette figures standing the the aisles looking for videos.

Arts & Culture

Life in the Stacks: A Love Letter to Browsing

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

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

Row after row of sinks, each with a checkmark beside it

First Person

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

Arts & Culture / Terra Cognita

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

A black and white shot of Clifton Hill's storefronts at night. Visible signs include a Travelodge, a Ruby Tuesday, and the Guinness World Records Museum.

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

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

A collage of characters from Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Film / September 2019

Charles Manson and #MeToo

July 23, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Brian D. Johnson

New films from Quentin Tarantino and Mary Harron reflect on the Manson killings—and show starkly different sides of their industry

Opinion

Unplanned Is a More Terrifying Movie Than You Think

July 19, 2019November 1, 2019 - by Lauren McKeon

The anti-abortion film is manipulative and cartoonish, but it’s working

A group of lacrosse players sitting on a bench.

Film

How to Make a Movie in the North

July 16, 2019August 22, 2019 - by Samia Madwar

The Grizzlies is about a lacrosse team that transformed one Nunavut community. But it’s also about Inuit leading the way

Photos courtesy of Fox Searchlight, Twentieth Century Fox, Focus Features, Universal, and Annapurna Pictures

Film

Why the Wrong Movies Win Oscars

February 28, 2019November 14, 2019 - by Melissa J. Gismondi

Audiences are drawn to feel-good films like Green Book because they’re “based on a true story.” But movies that misrepresent and simplify history distort our understanding of the past