 Hi, art lovers! | | |  | (Malika Pannek) | | | The holidays are finally here, folks, so I’ll keep this brief. Today’s top priority is maximum R&R, after all. (As soon as I hit “send” on this email, I’ll be watching the best TV special ever made.) So crank the Christmas tunes — CBC Music has more than a dozen playlists to choose from — and enjoy some links from across the CBC, starting with …
Holiday movies for every mood — and (free!) movies to watch when you’re sick of festive fare. What were the best movies of 2023, though? (Eli Glasner at CBC News thinks these films were tops.) How about the best Canadian books of 2023? (Fiction, nonfiction, YA: find all those lists and more in one place.) What about the best (and worst) of all things pop culture? Here’s Front Burner’s year-end recap. Over on Commotion, they’ve declared 2023 the year of mid. And be that as it may, there were still plenty of things we liked this year. Skip to the “You’ve got to see this” section to read more about CBC Arts’ favourite things. | | | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... | | | | |  | Jen Arnold | | Ten artists from around the world will be competing for the show’s $10,000 prize — including Jen Arnold from Winnipeg. Check out her replica of the famed Madonna Inn! | | | | |  | Elliott Langford | | More retro kitsch in miniature scale! This diorama was built by another Season 3 artist, Elliott Langford. | | | | |  | Lance Cardinal | | Watch for Lance Cardinal, too! If you’re from the Edmonton area — or just spend any time online — you’ve probably seen his work before. An artist, set designer, entrepreneur and TV personality, Lance is the definition of a multi-hyphenate talent, and he built this tiny version of the Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood set a few years back. | | | | |  | Ben Shannon | | | | | Barbie, Scott Pilgrim — and the entire Stratford Festival. CBC Arts staff and contributors share the best things they saw all year. | | | | |  | CBC Arts | | | | | In the last 12 months, Hollywood has given us everything from Dicks: The Musical to Bottoms. So without further ado, here’s a countdown of the year’s greatest LGBTQ cinema. | | | | |  | Emily Shur | | | | | | | Growing up, Sandra Oh didn’t see a part for herself in Anne of Green Gables. The star opens up about voicing the classic book and the changing landscape of Canadian film. | | |  | Chris W. Kim | | This drawing appears on the cover of Chris’s graphic novel, Adherent — which happens to be among CBC Books’ picks for the best Canadian comics of 2023. | | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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