Forcing the issue:
How is Princess Leia a princess when her father is a senator? The answer is simple, but easy to miss. Leia’s adoptive father is Bail…
Arts & Culture
The habit of hoarding
The doors have been opened to the secret lives of hoarders and as we look inside we see the piles of garbage, trails made through…
Fried Brains and Sam:
When last we left Sam, he was under house arrest, plotting to end his contract in Heaven by destroying physical reality. Tied to my chair,…
Local filmmaker courts controversy with “Zooey and Adam”
When asked if he anticipated the controversy surrounding his new film, Zooey and Adam, filmmaker Sean Garrity’s answer was fairly clear: “I had no idea!”…
So Bad it’s Good
In both fetish and fantasy, the “bad girl” is deviant, overtly sexual and dangerous. She is the one of temptresses of the Bible (Salome and…
So much, so fast, so good
If you are someone who wants their theatre experience to be a self-contained couple of hours — to be impacted during the performance but still…
CD review : William Basinski, “Vivian & Ondine”
Recently, I hosted a dinner party at my country estate with many of my closest cohorts and familiars. The entire affair was, of course, un-fucking-bearable,…
Uniquely Canadian
We think we have an identity crisis in this country. We become very quiet when asked the inevitable cultural question, “What is Canadian food?” We…
Top Notch
Alright, then. The Churchill Fest has begun, as announced by the confusion, laughter and stunned silence of the packed house in attendance on opening night…
Any last words?
You’re at the end of your rope, but you have 50 minutes to explain your position before your whole world changes drastically. Not that you…