Readings

Who are you? Amnesia in Popular Culture

Forgetting to remember—extolling the romanticism behind the amnesia plotline.

| Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight
Killer Clown

Though keen to acknowledge the power of art to inspire and influence in profound ways, critics and creators continue to deny there is any link between art and the real world violence it sometimes begets. But after this summer's shootings at a cinema in Colorado, and a spate of other copycat crimes by Joker-wannabes, perhaps it's time we confronted movies that turn psychopathic characters and their acts of violence into stylish spectacles.

| Gang Gang Dance | Brian DeRan
15 Things that Happened at Pop Montreal

Incidences at an international music festival. Moments that are now dead forever.