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Pride (in the name of love)

Pride (in the name of love)

The Montreal Pride celebrations are currently happening in Montreal, leading up to the annual lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) parade, which will begin at 1 p.m. on Sunday and ...Read more →

The Flaming Lips race for the prize at Osheaga

The Flaming Lips race for the prize at Osheaga

"And instead of saying all of your goodbyes / Let them know you realize that life goes fast / It’s hard to make the good things last / You realize ...Read more →

Eyepatch of the tiger

Eyepatch of the tiger

While I’ve seen many objectively better films at Fantasia this year, I still have a particular fondness for The FP, Jason and Brandon Trost’s ridiculously enjoyable film about the underground ...Read more →

Kevin Smith’s great vengeance and furious anger

Kevin Smith’s great vengeance and furious anger

In 2006, I had the chance to do a long phone interview with Kevin Smith. The man was in a good mood and talked with enthusiasm about his latest directorial ...Read more →

Pinkarnaval, a Gaultier-inspired fashion and dance extravaganza

Pinkarnaval, a Gaultier-inspired fashion and dance extravaganza

Looks like Montreal is all about Jean Paul Gaultier this summer. On top of being the subject of an exhibition at the Musée des Beaux-Arts (The Fashion World of Jean ...Read more →

Prince’s four-hour funk fest

Prince’s four-hour funk fest

I’ll never know what it was like to go see Prince play through the night in mythical Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue, circa 1983. But I bet I got a pretty ...Read more →

La Fête Nationale, for you and moi

La Fête Nationale, for you and moi

Whoever you are, hopefully you’re stoked for la St-Jean-Baptiste on June 24, and not just because you get the day off. While it’s often been co-opted by the separatist movement, ...Read more →

Hedwig and the Angry Fringe

Hedwig and the Angry Fringe

Two weeks ago, I wrote a column about Moulin Rouge!, which was celebrating its 10-year anniversary. I didn’t mention it then, but there’s another great movie musical that came out ...Read more →

Elvis and the birth of rock’n'roll in Quebec

Elvis and the birth of rock’n'roll in Quebec

In one of the deleted scenes on the Pulp Fiction DVD, Mia Wallace explains to Vincent Vega that "there’s only two kinds of people in the world: Beatles people and ...Read more →

Spectacular! Spectacular!

Spectacular! Spectacular!

Can you believe that it’s been a full 10 years since the release of Moulin Rouge!, Baz Luhrmann’s instant-classic musical extravaganza? I can still remember going to see it on ...Read more →

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