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Arts & Culture

Today’s Scariest Movies Are Canadian

October 31, 2024October 31, 2024 - by KC Hoard

Too often, horror films confuse surprise with fear. A new class of directors is exploring darker places

Arts & Culture

Cuts Push National Film Board of Canada to the Brink

May 2, 2024May 2, 2024 - by Taylor C. Noakes

Dozens of layoffs and the closure of studios spark questions about the agency’s future

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Arts & Culture

Caitlin Cronenberg’s Humane Asks: Who Would You Kill Off in Your Family?

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 - by Simon Lewsen

For the good of humanity, of course

A close-up photo of Jeffrey Wright, wearing a grey suit, black tie, and worried expression, in the movie American Fiction.

Arts & Culture

What’s Lost in the Quest for Black Authenticity

April 4, 2024April 5, 2024 - by Connor Garel

The media’s appetite for “gritty” Black stories turns misery into entertainment

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Arts & Culture

The Exquisite Agony of Watching Bradley Cooper Chase an Oscar

March 6, 2024March 8, 2024 - by Ariella Garmaise

What is it about wanting something that audiences find so repulsive?

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Arts & Culture / September/October 2023

At Ninety-One, Alanis Obomsawin Is Not Ready to Put Down Her Camera

September 5, 2023September 5, 2023 - by Zoe Heaps Tennant

She revolutionized cinema and is inspiring the next generation of Indigenous filmmakers

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Arts & Culture

We’re All Living in a Barbie World

July 18, 2023January 8, 2024 - by Michelle Cyca

The Barbie movie promises to be a two-hour cinematic lobotomy. Why are we so excited?

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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

January/February 2023 / Poetry

Woody Strode, Black Cowboy

January 31, 2023April 25, 2024 - by Bertrand Bickersteth

If you act like a nobody, / you are a nobody. The actor / Woody Strode wasn’t / just any nobody.

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Podcasts

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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Today’s Scariest Movies Are Canadian

Cuts Push National Film Board of Canada to the Brink

Caitlin Cronenberg’s Humane Asks: Who Would You Kill Off in Your Family?

What’s Lost in the Quest for Black Authenticity

The Exquisite Agony of Watching Bradley Cooper Chase an Oscar

We’re All Living in a Barbie World

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

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

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