Arts & Culture

With the recent Flatlander’s Beer Festival and the calendar about to bring us the annual gift of Oktoberfest, naturally a (not so) young man’s thoughts turn to booze. Fall is a fine time to...

It was cold and pouring rain in St. John’s when I spoke to author Craig Francis Power from his home in Newfoundland. How appropriate, as you couldn’t ever call Power’s debut novel “sunny.” Gritty,...

They started making panda porn to show male pandas,” explains Chris Connelly of Edmonton’s Hot Panda, “because they find that in captivity they can’t get them to mate.” Damn. If adorable pandas can’t get it...

In 2010, Winnipeg became “Canada’s Cultural Capital.” Much has been said about the strength of our local art scene. However, many in the community note that a number of the most talented Winnipeg artists...

Where to start with a movie like Easy A? A witty, intelligent high school girl gets tangled up in social politics. It’s been done, surely, and there are any number of angles this review...

Paul W.S. Anderson’s Resident Evil: Afterlife and Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis’ Machete both opened this month and both are stupid. Why then, has Machete achieved an honourable 72 per cent approval rating on...

This is not the first time I’ve been asked to write about hipsters, and judging by the topic’s current popularity, one would be inclined to think members of this species were multiplying rabbit-like. Hipsters!...