Kahlil Joseph is no novice when it comes to pushing boundaries in art. Known for his evocative and complex work on Beyoncé’s Lemonade visual album and his short feature for Kendrick Lamar’s Good Kid, M.A.A.D
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Exposure Culture: Inside Egghead Republic’s Apocalypse of Ambition
Egghead Republic is a surreal satire set in a reimagined 2004, where the Cold War culminated in an atomic bomb being dropped on Soviet Kazakhstan.
Notes on the ‘Whorearchy’: Andrea Werhun and Nicole Bazuin on Modern Whore
“I want them to like me.” I twist nervously in the desk chair as I wait to be called in for my interview with writer, performer, and Sex Worker Andrea Werhun, and director, photo-illustrator Nicole Bazuin.
Couture at TIFF 2025: Alice Wincour’s Intimate Portrait of Fashion’s Hidden Seams
In a year where fashion’s collapse and reinvention are unfolding in real time, Alice Wincour’s Couture premiered at TIFF this past week like an unpinned hem: loose, fraying, yet undeniably alive.
An Evening at Atelier Fomenta
It’s raining with weather warnings of harsh squalls the evening Atelier Fomenta opens its doors. I am slightly damp when I enter the studio.
Lignes De Fuite Presents: ONSHOW SS25
This past weekend, Lignes De Fuite hosted their SS25 ONSHOW, a runway offering by the Montreal based fashion incubator which platforms promising, emerging designers’ work.
On The Road with Sadboi: A Toronto It-Girl on Music, Identity, and Going Global
“Hi, my connection might be a little bad, so I might be cutting in and out. I’m just on tour right now.”
Vanessa Pettorelli Wants to Inspire You
“We might be able to hear better downstairs,” Vanessa Pettorelli weaves me between racks of vintage clothing and frantic 20-year-olds grabbing bundles of Vanessa’s personal pieces with slices of Welldun pizza in their free hand towards a staircase that leads to the empty staff rooms.
Queer Highlights of TIFF 2024: 8 Films Ranked from Least to Queerest
This article was updated on February 11th, 2025
After four years of smaller, lockdown-limited, and strike-affected festivals, the Toronto International Film Festival was back in full force this past week.
A Night With Mahalia: IRL
With her third North American tour, IRL, reaching its end, it is time to declare UK RnB and Neo-soul artist Mahalia as the RnB artist Gen Z desperately needs.