Category: Arts

Film festival hits KW

This year’s third annual Grand River Film Festival (GRFF) in Kitchener-Waterloo was an enriching cultural event that brought the community together to support contemporary...

Afternoon of the living dead

The sun was shining; it was a great day for the undead to walk the streets We gathered outside of Waterloo Town Square LCBO It was a pleasant surprise to see so many of my undead...

Metric lights up Centre in the Square

After a summer tour that included slots at England's Glastonbury and Paris' Rock en Seine festivals, Metric found a few minutes to begin the Canadian leg of their globe trotting...

Exposing injustice

Independent film-making can be difficult in Canada; especially when major Canadian broadcasters deem your subject matter unprofitable Such was Paul Manly’s situation when...

Laying it bare

Secrets: everybody has one Embarrassing moments, habits, hopes, confessions, desires and dreams – keeping secrets is fairly synonymous with being human Now imagine your...

Learning from hardship

Thanksgiving weekend is typically a time when students go home to mooch free food off of lonely parents and to be thankful that they do not have to spend yet another weekend in...

In review: Oct. 15, 2009

The Invention of Lying Directed by: Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson Starring: Ricky Gervais Released: Oct 2, 2009 2/4 Living in a world where every single person’s thoughts...

Funny women: Yes, they exist

How many of you out there saw Couples Retreat this weekend It made approximately $35 million at the box office, so some of you had to have seen it Obviously, the general public...