The Year of Magical Thinking Before the publication of The Year of Magical Thinking in 2005, Joan Didion was known as a brilliant essayist and novelist. After it, her name became shorthand for widowhood, so stunning was her account of the year following her husband’s death. Find out more >>
Reel Asian International Film Festival This pan-Asian showcase is one of the city’s best smaller-scale film fests. This year’s entries include Oxhide II, an intoxicatingly simple real-time, fixed-camera flick about a family making dumplings. Find out more >>
Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People In Routes, 15-year-old Tom avoids violence at home by riding the bus around his neighbourhood, trying to make some sense of the brutality that surrounds him. Find out more >>
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