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Annette โ musical irregularity, Adam Driver and complex narrative
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Annette tells the tumultuous love story of two Los Angeles stars who must navigate the pitfalls of their relationship after having their first child and daughter, Annette. Both written and composed by the Sparks Brothers, Ron and Russel Mael, while being directed by Leos Carax, the film opened initially at the Cannes Film Festival on July…
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The Green Knight: A Visual and Auditory Masterpiece
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On July 30,ย The Green Knightย was released in major theatres across Canada. Directed by David Lowery and released by well-known production company A24, The Green Knightย is an adaptation of a 14th-century Middle-English poemย Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.ย Dev Patel stars as Sir Gawain, the nephew of King Arthur (Sean Harris) sent on a quest to…
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Quoi de neuf en Franรงais sur Netflix?
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Franรงais English L’augmentation de la consommation tรฉlรฉvisuelle est un effet gรฉnรฉralisรฉ du confinement. Alors, pourquoi ne pas en profiter pour se cultiver tout en se divertissant? Le portail canadien de la plateforme Netflix propose une sรฉlection de films, de sรฉries et dโรฉmissions en franรงais qui raviront les francophones et les francophiles. Voici quatre รฉmissions ร …
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Quatre chanteuses francophones ร suivre en 2021
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Franรงais English Dans un marchรฉ saturรฉ par les musiciens anglophones, comment sโen sort la musique francophone ? Plutรดt bien, ร en croire le succรจs notable rencontrรฉ par ces quatre artistes francophones au cours de la derniรจre annรฉe. Aya Nakamura, Charlotte Dipanda, Cลur de pirate et Marwa Loud sont des chanteuses superbes qui viennent de tous…
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Le public est au rendez-vous pour les RV de la francophonie
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Franรงais English Les Rendez-Vous de la Francophonie est un รฉvรฉnement annuel qui cรฉlรจbre la diversitรฉ et la vitalitรฉ des cultures francophones au Canada. Pendant tout le mois de mars, dans toutes les provinces, les RVF proposent des activitรฉs culturelles, familiales et divertissantes. Cette annรฉe, bien entendu, tout se passe en ligne. Nous avons parlรฉ avec…
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Review of Go (1976) by Go
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I mainly discover music in a tree-like fashion. I research the music I enjoy, learn who performed it and who collaborated with its performers and then try to seek out similar bands, genres, albums and songs. That process is exactly how I came across the name of Stomu Yamash’ta, who I found after noting his…
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Les influenceurs Franco-Ontariens qu’il faut connaรฎtre
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Franรงais English Le franรงais et les cultures francophones ont maintenant une nouvelle corde ร leur arc: les influenceurs! Partout au Canada, les influenceurs sont les nouveaux promoteurs de la Francophonie. ร travers leurs plateformes, les influenceurs francophones permettent aux communautรฉs dissรฉminรฉes sur le territoire de rester soudรฉes. C’est vrai au Quรฉbec, mais pas seulement. Et…
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Gina Carano fired from Disney due to controversial social media post
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Donโt look twice, itโs true: Gina Carano has officially been โcancelled.โ After doing some digging into Caranoโs social media presence, this is not the first time the actress has exposed herself to public criticism over heinous posts. Known best for her roles as Cara Dune in Disneyโs The Mandalorian and Angel Dust in Deadpool, Carano…
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The Rolling Stones UNZIPPED premiering at Kitchenerโs THEMUSEUM in November 2021
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The Rolling Stones UNZIPPED tour is premiering in Canada at Kitchenerโs own THEMUSEUM, coming this November. According to THEMUSEUMโs website, you can look forward to getting a behind-the-scenes look at the Stonesโ own personal collection of memorabilia in this one to two-hour long interactive, multimedia experience. Tickets are available on THEMUSEUMโs website and have been…
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Why we still need to study the humanities in an increasingly STEM-dominated post-secondary world
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The dichotomy between science and humanities in terms of use when it comes to post-secondary degrees has long been debated. It is a common misconception that degrees in areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are more valuable than those based in the arts and humanities. Some might say this criticism comes from the…
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