Seven albums for the seven stages of heartbreak February 9, 2017February 8, 2017 Maureen Chow With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, love is in the air whether our response is infatuation or nauseation. For those of you experiencing adverse reactions, here’s seven albums for even the...
UVic gets creative with virtual reality film ‘Knot For Sale’ January 26, 2017January 31, 2017 Emily Fagan Ever wanted to explore more of your favourite film? Virtual reality filmmaking has taken cinematic immersion to a new level, as audiences of Knot For Sale will soon discover. Knot For Sale is the...
The Martlet’s 2017 Victoria Film Festival picks January 26, 2017January 31, 2017 Cormac O’Brien When Oscars season arrives in late January/early February, people change. All of a sudden, everyone and their dog becomes a film expert; the general public is preoccupied with finding a...
Bullet holes and budget rock: Talking shop with Smoke Eaters January 26, 2017January 31, 2017 Michelle Yun Fresh off their summer tour, Victoria-based indie rock group Smoke Eaters are keeping themselves busy. Bonnybrook Road, their latest full-length album, is nostalgic and summery, a collection of feel-good songs with...
Portrayal of fragile masculinity makes ‘Moonlight’ mandatory viewing January 12, 2017January 31, 2017 Mark McInnes Masculinity is a performance, and especially in the pressure cooker realities of rough communities, it can be deeply toxic and harmful. Stand, walk, run a certain way, don’t make certain...
‘The Eagle Huntress’ is an uplifting tale for the new year January 5, 2017 Maureen Chow Culturally enriching, visually captivating, and chock-full of feel-good scenes, Otto Bell’s first feature-length documentary The Eagle Huntress is the perfect film to kickstart the new year at UVic’s Cinecenta. For the...
Desert trippin’: Neil Young gets political in California December 15, 2016December 15, 2016 Anna Dodd It’s Saturday night and he walks on stage in a ratty T-shirt that reads “Water Is Life” with some gnarly hair sticking out of his old cowboy hat. Neil Young...
The Martlet’s favourite films of 2016 December 15, 2016December 15, 2016 The Martlet The Martlet didn’t see quite as many films as we’d like to this year, and many of the ones we did were, frankly, pretty underwhelming. (Just ask Cormac.) But that’s...
The Martlet’s best television of 2016 December 15, 2016December 14, 2016 Fraser Hamilton With disasters occurring almost every week and an angry, screaming tangerine in a suit making headlines, 2016 might be one of the worst years ever. But throughout this difficult year,...
‘Starboy’ shoots for the stars but misses the mark December 15, 2016December 14, 2016 Emmett Robinson Smith He’s back, ladies and gentlemen. The Weeknd, or should I say Starboy, has swooped from his Toronto high-rise and laid his new album, Starboy, at our collective doorsteps, its cover...
