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CIFF 2023: Fawzia Mirza on The Queen of My Dreams

CIFF 2023: Fawzia Mirza on The Queen of My Dreams

Seemingly connected only by their shared love for the famous Bollywood film Aradhana, starring icon Sharmila Tagore, Fawzia Mirza’s directorial debut The Queen of My Dreams — screening at the Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) on Sept. 28 and Oct. 1 — follows Azra (Amrit Kaur), a queer Pakistani daughter living

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CIFF 2023: Omar Mouallem on The Lebanese Burger Mafia

CIFF 2023: Omar Mouallem on The Lebanese Burger Mafia

To unexpected visitors, the Burger Baron might seem like the average restaurant, but heir of a Burger Baron franchise, Omar Mouallem, in his feature documentary The Lebanese Burger Mafia — screening at the Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) on Sept. 23 and 26 — reveals the Burger Baron franchise to be a

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Movie review: Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani

Movie review: Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani

Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers for the movie Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani. The recently released romantic-comedy Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani (2023) directed by Karan Johar, like most Bollywood movies, is flashy with catchy dance sequences and dramatic dialogues but also tackles the serious themes of

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Show Review: Ziggy Alberts’ The Rewind World Tour with Kim Churchill

Show Review: Ziggy Alberts’ The Rewind World Tour with Kim Churchill

The opener for the July 31 Ziggy Alberts show at the Palace Theatre in Calgary was his close friend of eight years, Kim Churchill. To know the kind of artist Churchill is, all one really has to know is that he sells signed gratitude rocks as merch — which perfectly encapsulates

The Calgary Stampede 2023: The Big Four Roadhouse show reviews

The Calgary Stampede 2023: The Big Four Roadhouse show reviews

For Calgarians and tourists alike, the Calgary Stampede is much more than a ten-day festival —- it is a celebration of Albertan summer that brings the community together through a host of events at the Stampede Grounds like rides for the adrenaline junkies, rodeos for the true-blue cowboys and

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Album Review: NEVER ENOUGH

Album Review: NEVER ENOUGH

After nearly four years since the release of his last studio album CASE STUDY 01, Canadian singer-songwriter Daniel Caesar has returned with the release of his third studio album NEVER ENOUGH this April 7 through Republic Records. Appropriately so, NEVER ENOUGH follows Caesar through a relatable capsule of maturing

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How Daisy Jones & The Six ruined Daisy Jones

How Daisy Jones & The Six ruined Daisy Jones

Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers to the show Daisy Jones & The Six. The Amazon Prime limited series Daisy Jones & The Six adapted from the Taylor Jenkin Reid bestselling novel officially concluded on March 24. The series, like the novel, does chronicle the grand rise and the even grander

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CUFF 2023: Their biggest lineup yet

CUFF 2023: Their biggest lineup yet

For their 20th anniversary, the Calgary Underground Film Festival (CUFF) returns to the Globe Cinema this April 20–30 but bigger than ever before — with the lineup including 42 feature films and 38 shorts.  “The lineup of films this year is just as diverse as ever, with a speckle of

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SCPA director Bruce Barton on the Alchemy Festival

SCPA director Bruce Barton on the Alchemy Festival

For over a decade now the University of Calgary’s School of Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) has been showcasing student work from all disciplines — music, dance and drama. The 2023 season of the Alchemy Festival is no different. Initially, the Taking Flight Festival focused on drama performances, but things

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Ranking every Netflix reality dating show I’ve watched

Ranking every Netflix reality dating show I’ve watched

It was recently the season of love and what’s a better representation of love than Netflix reality dating shows? Whether you're single, dating, or in a complicated situationship — everyone can enjoy Netflix reality dating shows. So, I have ranked all the Netflix reality dating shows I’ve

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