ARTS
Manic Pixie Dream Girls
The male gaze through the female gaze
Songs for September
Jam to this as you walk to the hellish Con Hall
What’s in a name, that which we call a section?
My interpretation of “Arts and Culture”
Trinity Art Show 2019: interviews
Conversations on inspiration and the public role of artists
An Ode to Dolly Parton
From one fake blonde to another
Finding safety and confidence in childhood art
The first time I ever saw Howl’s Moving Castle, I was entranced. I must have been around 10 or 11, on a manic Studio Ghibli marathon in the middle of the night. I fell in love with the vivid colours and warm characters. I fell in love with this entire fantasy world filled with witches and portals ...
Like a pop song
Reflections on Madonna’s Like a Prayer 30 years later
Review: Everybody Knows
The theme of broken family runs deep through Asghar Farhadi’s movies, and Everybody Knows, his latest, carries on this motif in a grand, if not always plausible, way. This is a movie that begins with much happiness and celebration and ends in speculation and disbelief. That could make for a ...
Towards youth and towards ourselves
A play on radical hope proves its resounding message
Basma Alsharif at the MOCA
Mapping narratives and journeys into the collective subconscious