Ninjas, goddesses, industrial landscapes, and pop art
A powerful, crazed, manga ninja. A self-portrait eyeing handwritten pages of personal thought. A short video shot in the wilderness followed by one filmed in an…
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Storytelling in the Park
Winnipeg is about to become the birthplace of a new format for live storytelling that will broadcast over the airwaves. Tales are told together, recorded,…
“Find escape in music / That no one can defeat”
I would expect an EP with the word “Basement” in the title, recorded by the band members themselves, to be a sparse sketch of a few…
Going Deep with Jodie Layne
I generally think resolutions are stupid: we all pledge some variation of the same vague things we think we should be doing to be a more…
Staying cool, Winnipeg style
While we may gripe and grumble about the weather, most Winnipeggers pride themselves for surviving the bite of winter with a sly smirk. How else…
You are cordially invited…
Mid-January is not well-known as a holiday season, unless your friend circle has a robust crop of January birthdays. But there is one very significant…
Under the moon of winter are living stories
January is the time to tell stories. Taking a page from the national traditions of Cree and Anishinaabe culture, the local Indigenous Writers Collective (IWC),…
The Good, The Bad, and the Critic
Mon Oncle Antoine Canada produces many quality pictures and Mon oncle Antoine has ranked first on the list of Top 10 Canadian Films of All…
Locals to look out for
I hate year-end lists. The past is irrelevant and the future is everything. So, flying in the face of that hatred, let’s cherry pick the bands…
Top films of 2013
The Great Beauty Paolo Sorrentino’s surreal masterpiece is as close to a Federico Fellini flick as any modern filmmaker can get; for that he should…