Underrated - Table of Contents

Joel Crary takes a look at underrated playwright, novelist, and actor Eric Bogosian. With a slew of award-winning plays, novels, and solo shows under his belt, Eric Bogosian is a modern creative ...

Each month (Cult)ure chats with filmmaker and Mayfair Theatre programmer Lee Gordon Demarbre about the upcoming films at Ottawa's best cinema. Every month the Mayfair Theatre's schedule is carefu...

A look at the Ontario Film Classification System. In the 1990s, the Ontario Film Classification system was officially divided into four categories: a)       Family (F) or General (G): Sui...

(Cult)ure suspects Twilight is underrated for the same reason most women-focused works are underrated: sexism. If you're like me, you probably have friends who, to this day, still proudly declare...

Your A to Z guide to everything in movies you've been missing. As the sage Ferris Bueller once observed, "Life moves pretty fast." With everything you've got to take care of each day, it ...

Can new director Chris Weitz improve on the lowest point in Stephenie Meyer's tetralogy? N.B. Book vs. films discuss books and their film adaptations in their entireties, all of which is to say, ...

Halifax garage rockers The Stolen Minks talk about life on tour in a new (Cult)ure Videocast featuring an interview with bassist Tiina Johns and live concert footage from Irene's in Ottawa! ...

(Cult)ure speaks with Videotape guitarist Ryan Patterson and finds out that sometimes, to get where you want to go, you've got to sacrifice and simplify along the way. The venue is snug; t...

Kris Millett reviews the Ottawa-based singer songwriter's debut album As We Quietly Drive By, on the eve of its November 15 release at the Black Sheep Inn, examining the smoky sounding songstress' fut...

Jet's third album, Shaka Rock, comes at ya with sass, killer beats, and a whole lotta rock. What do you get when you take some killer guitar chords, add a catchy beat, a dash of bass, and som...

For the first time in her twenty-plus-year career, Kylie Minogue has touched down in North America for a nine date tour. (Cult)ure's Mike Cullen was "lucky, lucky, lucky" to be front and centre for th...

(Cult)ure speaks with east coast ska/reggae eleven-piece Idlers. When I call to speak with Idlers, I catch them barreling down the highway on their way to Fredericton in a van they describe as "t...

Everyone has one favourite band that they consider underrated.  For (Cult)ure's Mike Cullen, that band is Phantom Planet. Everyone has a favourite band that nobody else knows about.  It's the t...

Four years after the release of Wide Mouth Mason's last studio album, the blues-rock jam band has released a CD/DVD package of their Montreux Jazz Fetsival performances as a reintroduction to their wo...

SevenThirty Productions takes on Conor McPherson's ghost thriller. Shining City, the new play opening next Tuesday at the Arts Court, promises to be something special. Written by the acclaimed yo...

A review of the brilliant Irish play Shining City playing at Arts Court Theatre from November 17th to November 28th. "Every life is many days, day after day,” James Joyce wrote. “We walk thro...

(Cult)ure's Wayne Current visits one of his favorite bars, the Carleton Tavern, to see Chamber Theatre's production of The Mechanicsville Monologues on opening night. Many of my reviews and blog ...

Art: Nina Charest Dear Miss Smartypants, My job has recently placed me several states away from my girlfriend for the next few months. This isn't the first time this has happened and it won...

Art: Nina Charest Dear Miss Smartypants, Do friendships have term limits? A friend and I used to be very close, but now I only see him socially a few times a year (we live in different citie...

Art: Nina Charest Dear Miss Smartypants, I just got an essay back from my English teacher. She circled "yen" (I used it as a synonym for "yearn") and wrote iv (intransitive verb) in the margi...

Art: Nina Charest Dear Miss Smartypants, My sister and brother-in-law have four sons: three from his previous marriage and one with my sister. I refer to all of them as my nephews. The oldest...

Art: Nina Charest Dear Miss Smartypants, Holiday woes, huh? How about the problem of the pregnant lady? Does the foetus get its own present?  Does a present that's sort of for the baby count...

The Third World Bazaar brings us a little global flavour through an out-of-this-world experience. You push your way through hordes of people and hope no one will grab that incredible piece of art...

How a Maritimer became a mountain climber. As I age and am rewarded with more time to reflect on experiences past and how things have influenced my life, I find it somewhat peculiar how being rai...

A city like Foshan, an underrated place no tourist would have reason to visit, is more telling of life in contemporary China than the 'face' projects of Shanghai and Beijing. Arriving in Fosha...

As Roxy approaches her 26th birthday, she explores her fears around her future fate of motherhood. With my 26th birthday fast approaching, I am optimistically entering a new phase in life. The "a...

On his way to Venice, Italy, D.W. Richards stops off in Cape Cod, where he soaks up local customs and, more importantly, local gossip.   On our way to Venice, my partner Robert and I took the ...

Will Parker believes it's time for Betty Crocker and her friends to get the respect they deserve. I recently stopped by a local bakery to find a birthday cake. If there's one thing I love, it's ...

The former Beckta, Whalesbone, and now the Black Cat Bistro's chef opens up about local produce, life-work balance, and his honey-peach-lime marinade. Lord Moran, Britain's High Commissioner to C...

Why did the goings-on in an Arizona courtroom this summer have a huge potential impact on Canadian culture? Kendall R. Giberson gives the play-by-play and colour commentary on the tug-of-war between...