An offer you can’t refuse: One of America’s leading film critics re-evaluates his beloved medium
It's not violence or morbid subject matter per se that bothers Thomson, but our collective response to this material.
L’etat, c’est lui: NYT reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan take stock of the first year in Trump’s second presidency
Whether the volume will remain relevant once this hideous presidency finally comes to a close is anybody's guess.
Historian Christopher Clark resurfaces a little-known clerical sex scandal that has resonance for today’s culture
Clark stumbled across the documents relating to the scandal some three decades ago.
In his new long essay, Globe and Mail reporter Tyler Dawson examines the possibility and perils of Alberta separation
Dawson seems fairly sanguine about the slim chances Alberta secession has.
“Egotistical adults with no boundaries”: Rick Westhead investigates the corrosion affecting junior hockey in Canada
Westhead has done an invaluable service by shedding light on the ugly underbelly of a system that starts scooping up boys as young as five or six.
“They’re coming for you”: Pulitzer Prize winner Daniel Kraus dissects – in minute detail – the film that made a huge impact on him as a writer and viewer
Kraus provides such a deep dive that even people who have seen the film multiple times will find something new to discover in his text.
“C’est plus qu’un sport”: Brendan Kelly unravels the enduring mythology of the Montreal Canadiens in his most recent book
If the owners have at times seemed to prioritize winning over team makeup or history, Kelly argues they do so at their peril.
Life on the streets: Former homicide chief Hank Idsinga’s new book is a look at three decades spent as a cop in Toronto
Idsinga verges on defensiveness when discussing the Gay Village killings.
In their new examination of the SF and fantasy genres, Jo Walton and Ada Palmer provide an overly optimistic analysis of the field
The audience for this book is likely confined to hardcore SF and fantasy readers and practitioners.
In her combined memoir and manifesto, Amanda Jones retails her experience being attacked online after standing up for the right to read
While her impassioned tone is absolutely understandable, it occasionally results in a lapse of her professed decorum.