Culture
Arts Feature
November 2009
My Sister’s Keeper
By Drew Halfnight
Heartfelt story spins a web of human bonds and then delicately undoes them
Arts Feature
November 2009
Food, Inc.
By Chantal Braganza
Hard-hitting documentary sets out to empower us as consumers
Arts Feature
November 2009
The Hurt Locker
By Jocelyn Bell
Tensions are high in this film about bomb experts in Iraq
Arts Feature
November 2009
Away We Go
By David Wilson
Road movie is a cross-country tour of 21st-century family dysfunction
Arts Feature
September 2009
Food movies for the soul
By Chantal Braganza
Food as an act of love, healing and personal achievement is something we can’t seem to get enough of in cinema
Arts Feature
September 2009
Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir
By Chantal Braganza
Author vividly describes the horrors of imprisonment in Revolutionary Iran
Arts Feature
September 2009
Extraordinary Canadians: Norman Bethune
By David Wilson
Former governor general embraces a Canadian physician as the true Canadian hero he was
Arts Feature
September 2009
True Patriot Love
By Lee Simpson
Liberal leader believes in the brand of patriotism expressed in our national anthem
Arts Feature
September 2009
A Memoir of Friendship
By Jocelyn Bell
The exchanges between two authors brim with the details of their everyday lives
Arts Feature
September 2009
Lester B. Pearson
By Kenneth Bagnell
Biography examines the human elements of a former PM's diplomacy
Arts Feature
July 2009
Religion on NPR podcast
By Donna Sinclair
There’s a whole new universe to explore on national public radio
Arts Feature
July 2009
The New Yorker: Fiction Podcast
By Jocelyn Bell
Podcast contains all the grit, violence and sensuality of adult fiction
Arts Feature
July 2009
Philosophy Bites Podcast
By Chantal Braganza
Top philosophers offer a surprising amount of insight in very little time
Arts Feature
July 2009
NOW on PBS Podcast
By David Wilson
Exchanges on this award-winning public affairs show are electrifying
Arts Feature
July 2009
This American Life Podcast
By Kevin Spurgaitis
Program explores global issues as well as the peculiarities of human nature
Arts Feature
June 2009
Gran Torino
By Patricia Ingold
Clint Eastwood's latest film shows audiences bigotry, banditry and the fading American way of life
Arts Feature
June 2009
The superhero psyche
By Patricia Ingold
Comic book adaptions reveal the complex human beings behind the masks
Arts Feature
June 2009
Act of God
By David Wilson
Thought-provoking documentary examines the primal role of electrical impulses on our planet and in our minds
Arts Feature
June 2009
Tyson
By Kevin Spurgaitis
Brutally honest film returns some dignity to the former heavyweight boxing champion
Arts Feature
June 2009
The Way We Get By
By Jocelyn Bell
A trio of troop greeters find joy and meaning in this documentary
Arts Feature
June 2009
Bloody Mondays and Strawberry Pies
By Kevin Spurgaitis
New documentary evocatively explores the upside of boredom
Arts Feature
May 2009
Adoration
By Drew Halfnight
A new film by Canadian director Atom Egoyan reveals the fault lines of fear in our post-9/11 consciousness
Arts Feature
May 2009
The Soloist
By Drew Halfnight
New film exposes the underbelly of Los Angeles homeless life but gets carried away with its sentimental message
Arts Feature
May 2009
Water
By David Wilson
Canadian director reveals the exquisite beauty of India amidst Hindu fundamentalism
Arts Feature
May 2009
Born into Brothels
By Kevin Spurgaitis
Award-winning documentary exposes the tribulations of childhood in Calcutta
Arts Feature
May 2009
The Namesake
By Kylie Taggart
Indian film offers a study of immigrant family life and invites audiences to embrace Bengali culture
Arts Feature
May 2009
A Peck on the Cheek
By Jocelyn Bell
Marriage, identity and escape are at the heart of this classic Bollywood melodrama
Arts Feature
May 2009
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
By Drew Halfnight
Acclaimed film shows the power of faith and the pursuit of dreams against all odds
Arts Feature
April 2009
Doubt
By Drew Halfnight
Adaption of prize-winning play underscores the consequences of judging others and being wrong
Arts Feature
April 2009
The Uncertain Business of Doing Good
By Gary Kenny
New narrative explores what happens to well-intentioned interlopers in Africa
Editorials
Editorials
The Observer has a bright future ahead
by Jocelyn Bell
Change is as vital to the publication's history as our founding Christian values are to our future, says editor and publisher Jocelyn Bell.
Video
Meet beloved church cats Mable and Mouse
by Observer Staff
They're a fixture of Kirk United Church Centre in Edmonton.
