How Thailand’s TV lesbian romances captured a global audience
Staff
March 9, 2025
GL dramas from Thailand are now reshaping sapphic storytelling and bringing it to the mainstream in countries around the world.
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Michelle Chawla: How Canada’s Arts Sector Can Meet the Moment
Staff
March 8, 2025
Chawla, Director and CEO of the Canada Council for the Arts, posted an open letter to the arts community in the face of economic uncertainty.
Mati Diop is a new star of African cinema—what her award-winning movies are about
Staff
March 6, 2025
Diop directed and co-wrote the documentary Dahomey,l which won the top award at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival.
Outstanding craftsmanship and international voices: the 5 films up for best documentary at the 2025 Oscars
Staff
March 1, 2025
Queensland University of Technology film, studies, and animation professor Phoebe Hart previews each best documentary nominee.
I’m Still Here: a vibrant testament to female resilience that mourns Brazil’s dark past
Staff
February 27, 2025
Director Walter Salles’s first feature film since 2012, the Oscar-nominated I’m Still Here is a return to home ground
Souleymane Cissé has died. He was one of Africa’s boldest and most pioneering filmmakers
Staff
February 21, 2025
Cissé, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest African filmmakers of all time, has passed away at the age of 84 in Bamako, Mali.
Emilia Pérez was nominated for 13 Oscars. Why do so many people hate it?
Staff
February 15, 2025
The director admitted that he didn’t do much research on Mexico before and during the filming of Emilia Pérez.
One last weekend to get your selfie near Lunar New Year lanterns in Markham
Staff
February 12, 2025
Large shimmering lanterns are in the Varley Art Gallery Courtyard to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Snake.
Re-reading Rembrandt: How the slave trade helped establish the golden age of Dutch painting
Staff
February 11, 2025
Williams College art historian Caroline Fowler writes about Rembrandt van Rijn in her new book, Slavery and the Invention of Dutch Art.
Cathy Xinman: What We Carry into the New Year
Cathy Xinman
January 1, 2026
Hand-carved stones from Zimbabwe tell colourful stories at ZIM Sculpture Gallery
Charlie Smith
December 31, 2025
Apongo was a rebel leader in Jamaica—a diary entry sheds light on his west African origins
Staff
December 27, 2025
Cathy Xinman: Today, Like Yesterday, Has Gone Far Away
Cathy Xinman
December 26, 2025
The dangers of blurring fact and fiction in Holocaust TV narratives
Staff
December 25, 2025
Seven of the best novels of 2025—chosen by our literary experts
Staff
December 24, 2025
Author Saeed Teebi writes beyond exile in his memoir of Palestine and writing in dark times
Staff
December 23, 2025
Avatar: Fire and Ash showcases how big powers try to divide Indigenous communities
Staff
December 22, 2025
Alex See reinforces how Christmas can evoke deep feelings with “stars & snow”
Charlie Smith
December 20, 2025
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Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.
