You should care about the Hollywood strikes
In Hollywood, Calif., union actors and writers have pressed pause on television and film productions to hit play on the picket lines. While these strikes…
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Reclaiming what it means to be ‘French Enough’
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) kicked off Francophonie Month on March 1 by streaming Fransaskois singer-songwriter and filmmaker Alexis Normand’s 18-minute film French…
The ’Toban staff’s super romantic Valentine’s Day picks
Moonstruck (1987) While perhaps not the most conventional romcom, Moonstruck is by far my favourite. But how could it be conventional when the leads are…
A musical cinema seance to die for
A musical cinema séance of mystique and mystery will haunt the halls of the Park Theatre on Feb. 16 for any couples, or solo necromancers,…
‘Skinamarink’ is worth the hype
How was your childhood? Did you ever lie awake at night in bed, watching shadows crawl across your walls? Did you zone out staring at…
Experience the trip of a lifetime at the Cinematheque
A documentary about a stage four cancer patient and her journey with medical psilocybin psychotherapy to treat end-of-life distress is coming to the Cinematheque for…
In defence of snobbery
Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer, leading philosophers of the group of researchers known as the Frankfurt school, defined their idea of the culture industry…
‘Going woke’? Or just not straight and white?
I recently saw Disney’s Strange World in theatres. After watching the movie, I went to Twitter to see what others were saying, and whether my…
The ’Toban staff’s holiday favourites
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) Yes, Stanley Kubrick’s uncanny, erotic psychodrama Eyes Wide Shut is indeed a Christmas movie. The obviously fake New York City streets…
Gimme Some Truth documentary festival returns
Returning for its 13th run, the Dave Barber Cinematheque plays host to the 2022 Gimme Some Truth documentary film festival held from Dec. 7 to…