Calgary managed to snag the number ten spot for the best places to live in North America for filmmakers out of 25 cities. To Calgarians, that may come as a shock as we tend to reduce our city down to cowboys and its colourful tower. Can you blame us? When
Although drama students are passionate about what they do, this passion is often dampened by fears of not getting a good job after they graduate. Many are plagued by popular images of the “starving artist.” The Gauntlet sat down for a virtual interview and talked to professionals currently working in
On Feb. 11, the Toronto, Ontario-based band Isabel & The Uncommons dropped their newest original single, "Distance," written and sung by bandleader Isabel Fryszberg, who also provided the artwork for the accompanying animated video. "Distance" is about the desire for intimacy and connection at a
From the Japanese-American singer-songwriter who gave us the rhapsody of loneliness, “Nobody” from her 2018 album Be the Cowboy — which went from an anthem for sad girls to a TikTok trend — we get her most recent album, Laurel Hell. Mitski released her sixth album, Laurel Hell on Feb.
Love is in the air — or maybe that's just the latest Gauntlet playlist. Whether you've got a significant other to cuddle up beside, or you're doing your best to avoid all the cringe Instagram posts, we've got the perfect playlist for you
As the name suggests, the “doomed romance” sub-genre of love stories focuses on romances that do not work out. I’ve always found that the best doomed romance stories generally focus more on the protagonist’s growth as a result of their experience, rather than just simply how they
Ross Smith began writing as a kid in 1979. In 1984, a comedy sketch written by Smith ran on British television. His first movie, The Revenge of Billy the Kid, debuted in 1992 and his first play was staged in 1995. His biggest hit in cinema came with the 2005
Almost 10 years since his last full-length album Racine Carrée, popular French artist Stromae has recently announced his return to music. The Belgian-Rwandan French-electro-pop singer and rapper was propelled to fame in the late 2000s and early 2010s with the hit songs like “Alors on Danse,
Another year around the sun and the Gauntlet wants to welcome you back to yet another semester in pandemic uncertainty. While there is so much to be stressed about, there’s something to be said about starting fresh this 2022. We’ve compiled a list of our favourite songs to
Following the extensive commercial triumph of After Hours, Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, didn’t hold back when it came to dropping hints about his upcoming album. Over the past year, he has tweeted various lyrics, images and snippets leading up to the album’s release, for eagle-
