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‘Will & Harper’ is an aspirational portrait of the work our allies should do
TV & Film

‘Will & Harper’ is an aspirational portrait of the work our allies should do

REVIEW: Will Ferrell and Harper Steele’s road trip doc demonstrates what standing by loved ones actually looks like

By Rendy Jones
With posthumous album, SOPHIE gets one final goodbye
Music

With posthumous album, SOPHIE gets one final goodbye

‘SOPHIE’ is a fitting farewell that might never feel like it is enough

By Niko Stratis
‘What I Know About You’ is a tale of the silence the repression of gay desire can wreak
Books

‘What I Know About You’ is a tale of the silence the repression of gay desire can wreak

REVIEW: Éric Chacour’s first novel is at turns gorgeously lush and frustratingly opaque

By H Felix Chau Bradley
‘Something, Not Nothing’ tackles anticipatory grief from the other side
Books

‘Something, Not Nothing’ tackles anticipatory grief from the other side

Sarah Leavitt’s graphic memoir about her partner’s death unpacks the emotional aftermath of a loved one receiving MAiD

By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk
‘Still Life’ captures the messiness of writing trans autofiction
Books

‘Still Life’ captures the messiness of writing trans autofiction

Katherine Packert Burke’s novel explores how little one can really understand about one’s own life while in the middle of living it

By Emily Zhou
All ‘Hookers Go to Heaven’ navigates the changing world of sex work
Books

All ‘Hookers Go to Heaven’ navigates the changing world of sex work

Angel B.H.’s intimate and nuanced debut novel makes a clear point: ultimately sex work is work, and work is oppressive

By Noelle Perdue
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Elliot Page’s ‘Close to You,’ is a trans story with no easy answers
TV & Film

Elliot Page’s ‘Close to You,’ is a trans story with no easy answers

Page and director Dominic Savage reflect on how their intimate drama shows how we change and choose happiness

By Mel Woods
‘Cuckoo’ grapples with society’s need to procreate
TV & Film

‘Cuckoo’ grapples with society’s need to procreate

REVIEW: The Hunter Schafer film is a thrilling examination of the horrors of compulsory heterosexuality and reproduction

By Thea McLachlan
In ‘The Default World,’ Naomi Kanakia skewers the hypocrisy of progressive rich kids
Books

In ‘The Default World,’ Naomi Kanakia skewers the hypocrisy of progressive rich kids

REVIEW: The novel is scathingly funny, painfully realistic and relentlessly critical in its view of the world

By H Felix Chau Bradley
‘Fancy Dance’ finally gets the release it deserves
TV & Film

‘Fancy Dance’ finally gets the release it deserves

REVIEW: Lily Gladstone stars in the tender and arresting queer Indigenous drama

By Ren Jender
‘I Am: Celine Dion’ tackles the icon’s legacy from her own point of view
TV & Film

‘I Am: Celine Dion’ tackles the icon’s legacy from her own point of view

REVIEW: The film highlights an icon sorting out her life without the very thing that built her career

By Gabrielle Drolet
‘Bird Suit’ is a surreal, lush and devastating portrait of small-town life
Books

‘Bird Suit’ is a surreal, lush and devastating portrait of small-town life

REVIEW: Sydney Hegele’s new novel is a queer take on the the genre of southern Ontario gothic literature

By H Felix Chau Bradley
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‘Supplication’ asks important questions about agency and control
Books

‘Supplication’ asks important questions about agency and control

REVIEW: Nour Abi-Nakhoul’s debut horror novel reflects the noise and overwhelmed-ness of contemporary life

By Thea McLachlan
‘Stress Positions’ captures the uncomfortable hilarity of millennial loserdom
TV & Film

‘Stress Positions’ captures the uncomfortable hilarity of millennial loserdom

Writer-director Theda Hammel weighs in on her debut film, modern-day slapstick and the difference between being evil and being a loser

By Rendy Jones
‘Challengers’ is the bisexual film of the year 
TV & Film

‘Challengers’ is the bisexual film of the year 

REVIEW: The tennis threesome drama with Zendaya at the centre is a celebration of sexiness and sport

By Kerensa Cadenas
‘Sue Bird: In the Clutch’ is a love letter to a basketball legend, and to women’s sports
TV & Film

‘Sue Bird: In the Clutch’ is a love letter to a basketball legend, and to women’s sports

The documentary, which recaps and celebrates Bird’s gilded career, is now available to stream online

By Lindsay Lee Wallace
In ‘Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt,’ Brontez Purnell balances on a knife edge between hilarity and despair
Books

In ‘Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt,’ Brontez Purnell balances on a knife edge between hilarity and despair

REVIEW: Purnell’s new memoir turns heaviness into humour, and exposes the bleakness under what seems silly and light

By H Felix Chau Bradley
‘Love the World or Get Killed Trying’ is an exquisite portrait of a trans woman’s suffering 
Books

‘Love the World or Get Killed Trying’ is an exquisite portrait of a trans woman’s suffering 

REVIEW: Swedish author Alvina Chamberland’s prose is relentlessly inventive

By Veronica Esposito
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