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Hannah Kent’s very first novel, Burial Rites, is a stunning bestseller. The novel has already racked up nominations for various awards including the Guardian First Book Award. Burial Rites tells the story of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, the last Icelandic woman to

Mexican cinema is edgy. It is unafraid and almost always cinematically beautiful. I have seen many masterpieces in the genre, but never have I seen Mexico City portrayed quite like this before. Julio Hernandez Cordon shows us the underbelly of a buzzing

I don’t get musicals. Never have and never will. I am probably not the best person to talk about “London Road”. I can however weigh in from the perspective of an outsider to the genre. The film is set in a

Move over Lena Dunham, we like this pre-hipster portrayal of Brooklyn much better, thank you very much. “Brooklyn” is the romance I have been waiting to see for years. I absolutely wept through it. You know, I usually, of course

I knew little about Dan Mangan when I walked into the Cultch to watch “Are We Cool Now?” but I came out a believer! The strength of any musical is in the ability of its lyrics to fit the story

The Vancouver Art Gallery has had an exhibition on all through the summer called “Of Heaven and Earth: 500 Years of Italian Paintings“. That exhibit had a lot to do with me going to see “Wondrous Boccaccio”. If you haven’t

“Louder Than Bombs” is Danish director Joachim Trier’s first English language venture. He tells the story of Isabelle Reed, a war photographer who is deeply conflicted between being a great journalist, and a good mother and wife. Her mysterious death creates