Arts & Culture

Dearest David Lynch, I write this letter to you as a concerned and interested fan. I have been following your work for as long as I can remember. Blue Velvet blew my mind. Mulholland Drive...

In only 10 sentences Maurice Sendak crafted a story involving adventure, mischief and — most of all — partying. Where the Wild Things Are, already one of the best-known picture books, was recently given...

Ever since I saw Prairie Theatre Exchange’s interpretation of Girl in the Goldfish Bowl four, five, maybe six years ago, I have loved both the PTE and playwright Morris Panych. Even after seeing hundreds...

For the last decade or two, zombie films have been released with staggering frequency. It makes sense; a producer can hire novice writers and hack directors, and, so long as they have seen a...

Director Martin Scorsese and actor Leonardo DiCaprio pair up for the fourth time on Shutter Island, a film that looked thrilling in trailers but is not-so-thrilling in reality. The film takes place in Boston...

A tepid morning breeze blows through a Winnipeg street in late summer, rustling trash and dust up from the gutters. A 1982 Diplomat backfires in an alley, behind an all-night pizza joint. A woman...

I’m concerned about the future of hip hop. I mean, I recently heard the genre compared to disco. Yikes. A survey of the current landscape doesn’t exactly inspire hope, either, as a serious lack...