Arts

Film Review

Courtesy of First Light Production

The Hurt Locker

Tensions are high in this film about bomb experts in Iraq
By Jocelyn Bell November 2009

Film Review

Courtesy of Big Beach Films

Away We Go

Road movie is a cross-country tour of 21st-century family dysfunction
By David Wilson November 2009

FAITH.CULTURE.NOW

Courtesy of Columbia Pictures

Food movies for the soul

Food as an act of love, healing and personal achievement is something we can’t seem to get enough of in cinema
By Chantal Braganza September 2009

Book Review

Courtesy of Penguin Books

Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir

Author vividly describes the horrors of imprisonment in Revolutionary Iran
By Chantal Braganza September 2009

Book Review

Extraordinary Canadians: Norman Bethune

Former governor general embraces a Canadian physician as the true Canadian hero he was
By David Wilson September 2009

Book Review

Courtesy of Penguin Books

True Patriot Love

Liberal leader believes in the brand of patriotism expressed in our national anthem
By Lee Simpson September 2009

Book Review

A Memoir of Friendship

The exchanges between two authors brim with the details of their everyday lives
By Jocelyn Bell September 2009

Book Review

Lester B. Pearson

Biography examines the human elements of a former PM's diplomacy
By Kenneth Bagnell September 2009

Arts

Religion on NPR podcast

There’s a whole new universe to explore on national public radio
By Donna Sinclair July 2009

Arts

The New Yorker: Fiction Podcast

Podcast contains all the grit, violence and sensuality of adult fiction
By Jocelyn Bell July 2009

Arts

Courtesy of Philosophy Bites/Stuart Franklin

Philosophy Bites Podcast

Top philosophers offer a surprising amount of insight in very little time
By Chantal Braganza July 2009

Arts

Courtesy of PBS

NOW on PBS Podcast

Exchanges on this award-winning public affairs show are electrifying
By David Wilson July 2009

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