HOME—by any other name I have never been homesick. I spent my entire life in one house in the suburbs of Ottawa. Learning to bike on the same road where I learnt to drive. Enclosed by the same walls I scribbled over as a child. I never got the chance to tour UofT before I […]
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“The ‘why’ is that I love these characters and I love this world,” Guadagnino told The Strand at a recent press conference At a recent press conference for Queer, Luca Guadagnino’s latest cinematic endeavor, the celebrated director shed light on his approach to identity, storytelling, and queerness in his filmography. Known for acclaimed works with
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An Interview with Enrique Baniqued, Executive Producer of the TIFF standout film Village Keeper Village Keeper is the debut narrative feature film from documentarian Karen Chapman. It tells the story of a Toronto mother learning to process grief, enact self-love, and uplift her community. Enrique Baniqued was nominated alongside Chapman for the Canadian Media Producers
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Students continue concerns about Vic award sponsoring study at Israeli universities As students across the University of Toronto continue calls to disclose, divest, and cut ties with Israeli academic institutions complicit in apartheid, there remain questions and concerns from members of the Victoria College community regarding the federated college’s Coburn Award. Students have raised challenges
We must protect journalism and freedom of speech, on campus and beyond The Strand, as a student newspaper, intends to reflect the conversations happening on campus. Our team felt it would be disingenuous to our purpose not to have a special edition focusing on the central topic of campus dialogue and politics for the past
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Where is the line between a film’s self-indulgence, and camp? I wanted to like this film. I tried to like this film. As a cinema studies student, I was primed to enjoy this film’s premise: a director sharing his life through an on-camera interview, as the complications of his character begin to unfold. Yet, I
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The rise and fall of a northeast princess In a cinematic environment where many audiences feel they can only be entertained by big-budget blockbusters, Anora explodes into the landscape reminding viewers of the medium’s power to make individual stories into large-scale epics. Anora was written, directed, and edited by Sean Baker (whose previous works include
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Families forged out of ensembles Riff Raff: Families are… complicated. The messiness which arises from poor communication has produced numerous comedies through time. However, the experience you get when combining family comedy with a bunch of assassins is uniquely felt in Dito Montiel’s new film Riff Raff. The film features an all-star ensemble with Jennifer
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The Strand gives previews for our most anticipated films at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is back this year to transform the city into the global centre of film from September 5 to 15. The Strand will have full coverage of the film festival, including different film reviews.
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Dearest Strand reader, I feel that student journalism can represent the purest form of journalism itself. We are acute case studies in local reporting. The Strand is funded by a student levy, which allows for us to exist without the worries of attracting advertisers or giving in to the field of rage bait. Local journalism
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