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Review of A heart inhabited by a thousand voices | The human beast
“The great failure of history is its inability to convey what it sees,” said gay activist Larry Kramer. René, the protagonist of the play A heart inhabited by a thousand…
Restaurant review | Joe Beef: Entering adulthood
Do established Montreal restaurants still live up to their reputation? We (re)visit them on occasion, a question of reconnecting with these restaurants that stand the test of time. Joe Beef…
Review of Elles | Ordinary violence
They happen anytime, anywhere. It has become so commonplace that we no longer see them, these microaggressions that women have experienced since childhood. Updated at 11:00 a.m. The author Pier…
Review of The Mountain Star | Clever allegory of migration
There are these literary works that we must let penetrate into us before measuring their full beauty. The mountain star, Judy Quinn’s recent novel, is certainly one of these. Updated…
Review of Civilized | An “experience” that goes wrong, between laughter, blood and social criticism
Even without having opened it, Patrick Sénécal’s new opus could horrify some readers. Because it is a brick of 631 tightly packed pages which is launched into the popular literary…
“Cowboy Carter”: review of Beyoncé’s new country album
“This is not a country album,” warned the musician, paraphrasing René Magritte, perhaps without meaning to. “This is a ‘Beyoncé’ album,” she added in her Instagram missive. The album of…
‘Cowboy Carter’: review of Beyoncé’s new country album
“This is not a country album,” warned the musician, paraphrasing René Magritte, perhaps without meaning to. “This is a ‘Beyoncé’ album,” she added in her Instagram missive. The album of…
Review of Under Pressure | Louis Morissette without pretension
For his first career solo show, producer Louis Morissette has chosen to revisit his journey of the last 30 years, addressing the ups and downs of his professional (and personal)…
Review of The Man of My Life | Katherine Levac tells the truth
In the first minutes of The man of my life, Katherine Levac warns that the jokes in her second solo show are very gendered. An intriguing preamble that will prove…
Review of No Need to Add the Sauce | Neev, this scrapped man
Despite some commonplaces, No need to add sauce by Neev, which premiered Tuesday at the Olympia, is based on a story the likes of which humorous Quebec has rarely known.…
Four Canadians detained in Syria implore the Supreme Court to review their request
(Ottawa) Four Canadians detained in Syria are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to reconsider their request for a hearing that could allow them to be released from Syrian jails.…
Review of Elbow’s Audio Vertigo | Energetic post-pandemic momentum
Elbow regains all its vigor with its tenth album, a new collection of post-pandemic songs that arrives as an energetic counterpart to its previous one, the remarkable and melancholic Flying…
Glasgow Eyes review | Jesus and Mary Chain resurrected?
The apathetic rock icons mark their 40th anniversary with their most astonishing album in… 30 years! Posted at 4:00 p.m. We can’t say that we were eagerly waiting for the…
Seasons Review | The Apple Symphony
Pomme was inspired by the cycle of the seasons to deliver a rich and coherent album, which ranges from the melancholy of autumn to the intoxication of summer, and from…
Review of Vulnerable by Guillaume Pineault | Uninhibited vulnerability
Guillaume Pineault, in his second solo show entitled Vulnerablediscovers and reveals himself, deploying all his skills as a storyteller on stage, for our great pleasure. Published yesterday at 10:10 a.m.…
Review of The Glass Menagerie | An artificial drama
The Denise-Pelletier Theater presents a classic by Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie, revisited by Alexia Bürger and Fanny Britt. An artificial spectacle without vision… that we will quickly forget. Updated…
Restaurant review | The Runner’s Cabin: where tradition and refinement go hand in hand
Through the good times and, sometimes, the not so good, our restaurant critics tell you about their experience, present the team in the dining room and in the kitchen, while…
Review of Deeper Well by Kacey Musgraves | Embellish the predictable
Princess of country folk with a retro flavor, Kacey Musgraves offers a collection of smooth, smooth, smooth… songs. Published yesterday at 1:00 p.m. We have a feeling of déjà vu…
Review of Everything I Thought It Was | Justin Timberlake: endlessly boring
By not presenting anything new or very interesting in this first album in six years, Justin Timberlake gives us the impression that he could and should not have returned to…
Review by Loïc April II | The galvanizing rock of Loïc April
Singer-songwriter Loïc April delivers a frenetic and incandescent second album. And it feels good. Published yesterday at 4:00 p.m. Loïc April stood out in 2018 with a debut album that…