Peak - Table of Contents

(Cult)ure's Frederick Hidell traveled 500 kilometers to interview super-star comic book artist Alex Maleev.  Unfortunately, things didn't go quite according to plan . . . When my editor, Kevi...

An original poem by Shawn Roske   Art by Nina Charest at the end At the top of my game i am completely in love with the one, one source of my passion, and my beloved encourages me by ...

A quarter-life-crisis inspired original poem by Alexandra Trottier with art by Nina Charest.     Art by Nina Charest Have I peaked at 23? Life seems so unfair lately. The younge...

Susan Pinker's The Sexual Paradox reviewed. Susan Pinker's book, The Sexual Paradox: Extreme Men, Gifted Women and the Real Gender Gap, focuses on the differences between young boys struggling in...

An introduction to two of cinema's archetypal (and frequently contrasted) women. "More than anything else, cinema consists of the eye for the magic - that which perceives and reveals the marvell...

In a new monthly feature, (Cult)ure talks with Mayfair programmer Lee Demarbre about the theatre's exciting schedule. "We're trying to make everyone happy and it ain't easy!" admits filmmaker, ra...

(Cult)ure checks out the recently released independent thriller iMurders. There is something fascinating about online culture and the way it allows one to disappear into a cyber-world, become ...

Leading up to Halloween, (Cult)ure will review several recent horror releases.  First up is Rob Zombie's animated feature The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. Musician Rob Zombie broke ont...

(Cult)ure talks with the Jonathan Dillon, director of the independent underground boxing flick Fight Night. The room should be empty and totally off limits. Instead, a rowdy invitation-only cr...

(Cult)ure revisits the quintessential 1980s slasher's newly re-released DVD. This quintessential 1980s slasher is memorable for a number of reasons: the director is Oscar-nominated J. Lee Thompso...

A look at director Andre van den Houten's adaptation of horror writer Jack Ketchum's novel Offspring. Offspring is clearly a low budget film. Its entire cast totals barely a dozen actors. L...

After five excellent films, the Saw franchise is finally running out of steam. For many of us, it's an annual pre-Halloween tradition. We pull those DVDs off the shelf and spend the entire day wa...

Zombies + Amusement Park = Awesome?   People tend to think of the movies the way they experience them: as a narrative with a beginning, middle, and an end. The production of the movie, however...

She has probably performed in your living room without you even knowing it.  Canadian singer-songwriter Hannah Georgas chats with (Cult)ure about vitamins, vinyl, and writing the Wal-Mart jingle that...

(Cult)ure plays disc jockey with two of the latest Canadian rock offerings released last month. Be warned: If you buy The Februarys' debut album, We'll Find Our Own Way Home, and press pla...

(Cult)ure talks with Ottawa-based rock group, Fused. In March of 2008, when bassist Kevin Simard joined singer Sarah Dalby, guitarist Nathan Tongue, and drummer Stephen Meating to form the rock g...

Another fire burns bright in the world of rumba flamenco...  Jesse Cook's latest album, The Rumba Foundation, took him on a journey all the way to Bogota, Columbia.  He returned with a set of spicy,...

Has one of the world's greatest rock bands already peaked, or does their new album and tour signal new heights? Critics of U2 often argue that the band long ago hit their creative peak and...

Jupiter One's new album provides something old, something new, and a bit of everything in between. Sunshower blasts onto the scene with more of Jupiter One's retro inspired sounds. The second a...

(Cult)ure speaks with director Natalie Joy Quesnel about Evolution Theatre's upcoming erotic urban thriller, Arabian Night. This week, Evolution Theatre presents the Ottawa premiere of the Englis...

(Cult)ure attends the opening night gala of Evolution Theatre's Arabian Night at the Cube Gallery. On Friday, October 16, I was pleased to attend Evolution Theatre's production of Roland Schimmel...

(Cult)ure attends the opening night of the Agatha Christie murder mystery 'And Then There Were None' at the Ottawa Little Theatre. On Tuesday October 20th I was pleased to attend the opening nigh...

Ottawa native Hannah Moscovitch's new play is about children struggling to make sense of a world descending into chaos, and the man who teaches them to believe in themselves. This November, the O...

(Cult)ure wants you to give Battlestar Galactica a try.  Seriously.  Watch it. The television series Battlestar Galactica was created in the late 1970s as a Star Wars rip-off, most note...

(Cult)ure presents its Fall TV Preview for 2009! (And yes, we know it is a bit late). We have divided this year's preview into 3 categories, and we'll dive right into the dramas that you should b...

Dear Miss Smartypants, So, what is your take on dating in the business/work environment given that people are not finding mates in High School/University as they did generations ago? What does it ...

Art: Nina Charest Dear Miss Smartypants, This is driving me crazy: I recently watched a Bollywood movie, and the main song has been stuck in my head for days.  You can see the scene here: ...

Art: Nina Charest Dear Miss Smartypants, My friend and I are planning a baby shower for a mutual friend. All of this is well and good, but she said something the other day that stuck in my...

Just how rude are London's inhabitants? Hiding from the locals? In the course of my life in Canada, and my travels abroad, I have come across many a British person. I've noticed that most ...

Witnessing the Bay of Fundy's high tides first hand. I stood on the chocolaty ocean floor in awe. I smelled the distant ocean and smiled, feeling completely relaxed. The flowerpot-shaped Rocks br...

Wayne Current attends Anxiety, a cultural salon combing music, theatre, and poetry under a united theme. When it comes to cultural events in the nation's capital, Sunday is typically a quiet nigh...

On his way to Venice from Ottawa, D.W. Richards finds himself on a perilous nautical adventure off the American eastern seaboard. Last May, I made the decision to move to Venice to be with my lov...

From the orchard to the dinner table, the annual event of apple picking is one of fall's most succulent activities. As you bite through the firm flesh of the red-and-green orb the sweetness of i...

What makes some restaurants so good and others so, well . . . not good?  Will Parker gives some insight into the eternal search for the perfect meal. We all have them - those restaurants we hav...

How to make your best turkey ever.     I cooked my first solo turkey six years ago. It was to my grandma's great chagrin when I announced that I intended to stuff it with lemons, sage, an...

Roxy explores all you've ever wanted to know about the mysterious phenomenon of female ejaculation. I came to know female ejaculation when I experienced it for the first time several years ago...

Kendall R. Giberson looks at the events surrounding the most recent tactic by the Liberals to regain power on Parliament Hill. Well, so much for the Liberal-NDP-BQ coalition. We are barely int...