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A blue book with the title "On Beauty" by Rob McLennan sits on a bed. Above it is a cactus and three Muji pens. The backdrop is a gray blanket.

Review: ‘On Beauty’ captures the delicacies of the mundane

While laying in the grass of New York City’s Central Park with the skyscrapers warmly embracing me, I cracked open the short story collection,...
On stage, the two main characters in 1984, Julia and Winston, have a heated discussion.

Review: Sock ‘n’ Buskin’s ‘1984’ is a tall order on a small stage

In a dystopian society, Winston is a cog in a utilitarian machine. This world operates under the constant surveillance and censorship of the Party,...
A man and a woman wearing white in an embrace with fireworks and lights in the background.

Review: ‘Anora’ is forceful, frenzied and fiercely human

With Anora, indie darling Sean Baker (The Florida Project, Tangerine) crafts a raucous, punchy, screwball comedy that makes compelling, if shallow, observations about the...
Walking down the stairs in a dark and gloomy looking basement, a girl in jeans and a white tshirt holds a knife and looks scared.

Review: ‘Time Cut’ amuses, but ultimately falls flat

Released on Oct. 30 on Netflix, Time Cut follows teenager Lucy (Madison Bailey) as she is unexpectedly transported back to 2003, arriving just days...
On stage, a man in a black suit points a gun to someone off stage.

Review: Ottawa Little Theatre’s ‘Guilty Conscience’ is full of suspense and intrigue

OttFor criminal defence attorney Arthur Jamison, the liveliest courtroom is the one that exists inside his mind. He pits himself against imagined prosecutors, playing out...