Film & Music

1. “The Chrismukkah Bar Mitz-vahkkah” episode of The O.C. Perhaps the only real piece of art in this list, it’s been a holiday classic for a decade now. If your memory fails you, or if you’re just not a dedicated O.C. fan, it’s the episode where Seth and Summer throw Ryan a bar mitzvah in […]

FX’s You’re the Worst is a half-hour romantic comedy series that rises above the tropes it presents and confuses you with how likable it is. The characters should be some of the most unwatchable people imaginable. The romantic leads are Jimmy, a British ex-pat author with a superiority complex, and Gretchen, a snarky PR executive

A video created by the Canada Media Fund playing in the corner of the Digital Media Art+Cade lists statistics that help to spell out one clear message: Canadians are connected. On average, each Canadian spends 76 hours online every month. We as a country, Canada has a digital economy consisting of $22 billion, 16,000 media

It’s becoming increasingly hard to keep a secret in TV. Game of Thrones and other serial dramas have bred fans that comb through any casting and shooting information for clues about what the next season will bring. Only recently has Thrones been able to catch up to its adaptation source material and surprise fans of

Drunk Feminist Films is a feminist collective that puts on monthly film screenings at Revue Cinema. The collective uses humour as a means to examine the limited portrayal of women in Hollywood. So far, DFF has shown movies like Bridesmaids, Clueless, Mean Girls, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, to name a few. With an

has taken the UK by storm ever since it first aired in 2010. The premise of the show is simple: 12 bakers are assigned three challenges every week until the best amateur baker is crowned. There really isn’t much more to it, so why is it so popular? First, let’s get an idea of just

Angry Indian Goddesses, a film from India directed by Pan Nalin (Samsara), has been christened India’s first “female buddy comedy.” However, after seeing it premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, it is clear that the film is also so much more than these tropes—by taking classical comedy tropes and turning them on their head,

If you enjoy indie-folk music, enticing vocals, and/or accordions, you have probably encountered Beirut, an American band with a penchant for European-inspired sounds and captivating lyrics. Zach Condon, a composer and musician widely regarded for his unique voice and multicultural influences, founded Beirut in 2006. Since then, he has provided the alternative and indie genres

In December 2013, Beyoncé’s Drunk In Love abruptly interrupted the routine airplay of holiday songs. On December 13, four years after the release of her studio album 4, and with no follow-up in sight, a two-part visual album under her name was suddenly made available on iTunes without promotion. It immediately debuted at number one on