While Hothouse offers exciting twists and turns, the melodrama leaves little room for critical engagement with prison systems in Kingston or elsewhere.Continue...
Morris Panych’s absurdist comedy The Ends of the Earth — produced by 5th Company Lane Productions — is built around the story of two men who go to extreme lengths to avoid each another.Continue...
Kingston Canadian Film Festival (KCFF) shorts program ended on a high note with John Abram’s The Ballad of Jack the Tenor, which came as a breath of fresh air in an otherwise forgettable evening of cinema.Continue...
Over the next three weeks, the fireside lounge in the Common Ground will be taken over by what appears to be a retail store. But the mannequins wearing ornate dresses, bottles of perfume and handbags are actually part of an art installation.Continue...
Why do we watch movies? We watch them because we get to experience a new walk of life for a few hours or enjoy a piece of art. We get to lose ourselves, and we get to find ourselves. We get to learn.Continue...
Michael Winter’s Minister Without Portfolio — one of five books selected for the Canada Reads 2016 shortlist — presents the intricate beauty of one man’s personal story.Continue...
Operators and Wolf Parade songwriter and performer Dan Boeckner has been busy. Both bands have new music in the works, and he says his newest Operators album will have a “trippier and heavier” sound.Continue...
As the weather outside goes from premature spring back to the gloom of February, many — myself included — find themselves spending reading week alone in Kingston. A book can provide a well-needed escape.Continue...
The Reelout Queer Film + Video Festival screened its closing gala to an enthusiastic crowd this past Saturday, wrapping up an entertaining, illuminating and educational nine-day celebration of sexual and gender diversity in film.Continue...
At some point between teaching at Queen’s and sitting on music committees across Canada, Professor John Burge managed to gain a Juno nomination for his piece “Piano Quartet”.Continue...
It’s no secret that illegal drugs are sold, smoked, swallowed and snorted in large quantities at music festivals. Most major music gatherings feature clouds of pungent smoke and not-so furtive little baggies.Continue...
There are a lot of mixed emotions floating around about Valentine’s Day, but The Journal has come up with a list of songs guaranteed to get you excited about the big day.Continue...
This past Thursday evening, audiences were treated to a dazzling spectacle of cinematic achievement as 15 diverse films competed at the 13th annual Focus Film Festival.Continue...
