Arts & Culture
The light of the world
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When various medieval mountebanks and oddballs assembled “Cabinets of curiosities,” wooden boxes of things like mummy body parts, paintings of people with deformities, and narwhal tusks, they probably didn't realize the enduring significance. Indeed,...
This means GWAR
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I had a feeling Antarctica was a bad place to visit; it’s hard to travel through, there aren’t many tourist attractions, and it is now where I have been captured by its only man-thing...
Vandals and thieves and bears, oh my!
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Vandals and thieves of the Enchanted Forest should watch their backs; there is new competition in town. Police officials responded to a call from the Bear family, who reported a break-in by a golden-haired,...
UMFM Show Spotlight: The Sydney Shade Serial
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The UMFM Show Spotlight is monthly column showcasing various programming on the University of Manitoba’s campus and community radio station. To recommend a show for spotlight, contact [email protected].
The Sydney Shade Serial
The live radio drama...
We Will Rock Us
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Freddie Mercury’s vocal range spanned a massive three and a half octaves, but drunk karaokers the world over still attempt the almighty “Bohemian Rhapsody” with no hesitation. Sept. 5 marks what would have been...
Kill Adolf
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Inglourious Basterds
Directed by Quentin Taratino
Opens Friday, August 21
* ½ out of *
Lately Quentin Tarantino’s films have completely disregarded modern times. Kill Bill, Grindhouse and now Inglourious Basterds have all found the director channelling...
Book Review : Stripmalling Appalling
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If there were ever a book that failed to deliver on the high praises of the back cover, Winnipeg expat Jon Paul Fiorentino’s Stripmalling is a front-runner. The jacket has accolades from several respected...
