Michael-Oliver Harding

Film

'Activist popcorn cinema' is the new film genre we didn't know we needed

Keep your eyes peeled for Faraz Shariat’s sensual semi-autobiographical debut, 'No Hard Feelings'.
Michael-Oliver Harding
3.2.20
Film

'Activist popcorn cinema' is the new film genre we didn't know we needed

Keep your eyes peeled for Faraz Shariat’s sensual semi-autobiographical debut, 'No Hard Feelings'.
Michael-Oliver Harding
3.2.20
Premieres

Introspective Montreal Producer CRi Comes into His Own with New Video "Don't"

The electro musician also talks new EP, collaborations, and getting signed to TOKiMONSTA's label.
Michael-Oliver Harding
5.26.16
Interviews

This Documentary Charts the Unlikely YouTube Collaboration That Travelled the World

We talk to Director Ido Haar about documenting the collaboration between a New Orleans singer and an Israeli YouTube mash-up king in the TIFF-featured film 'Thru You Princess.'
Michael-Oliver Harding
9.18.15
Interviews

The Narcicyst Is a Citizen of the World

How is the Montreal rapper dealing with being the unofficial spokesperson for the new generation of Arabs living abroad?
Michael-Oliver Harding
5.20.15
Interviews

Allie X Is Your Friendly Neighborhood Dark-Popstar

Allie X fancies herself a curator of dark thoughts and even gloomier music.
Michael-Oliver Harding
4.22.15
Interviews

Le Couleur’s Electro-Disco is Montreal’s Contribution to French Touch

With an overall aesthetic that's about blurring lines and smudging boundaries, this three piece French-Canadian band prides themselves on doing things differently.
Michael-Oliver Harding
4.8.15
Interviews

Pierre Kwenders Sings in Five Languages, But Don't Call It "World Music"

Meet Pierre Kwenders, the Congolese-Canadian polyglot and postmodern pop artist who wants to change the way we think about "world music"
Michael-Oliver Harding
2.2.15
Longreads Or Whatever

Are Music Video Directors Being Fairly Compensated?

As music videos become the most important weapon in a new artist's arsenal, the people creating them end up with less and less.
Michael-Oliver Harding
12.4.14
Let's Go to the Movies

French Touch Gets a Proper Cinematic Homage in 'Eden'

The portrait of a generation captures the early days of Daft Punk and the scene they came from.
Michael-Oliver Harding
10.17.14
Film

The New Movie 'Stories of Our Lives' Dispels the Myths Fueling Kenya's Homophobia

The Nairobi-based arts collective the Nest created an anthology of short films that was recently shown at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Michael-Oliver Harding
10.5.14
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