
Alison Gillmor
Writer
Studying at the University of Winnipeg and later Toronto’s York University, Alison Gillmor planned to become an art historian. She ended up catching the journalism bug when she started as visual arts reviewer at the Winnipeg Free Press in 1992.
Since then, the long-time Winnipegger has covered books, pop culture and food for the Free Press. (Since picking up the Recipe Swap gig, her pastry has hugely improved.)
She has also written for The Walrus, Canada’s History, Canadian Geographic, Border Crossings, The Winnipeg Review and the CBC’s arts and entertainment website. As well, Alison has made a fortunate return to her first love, art history, as a contract lecturer at her alma mater, the U of W.
Alison’s favourite beat is the movies, which she has covered, on and off, for over 20 years. She still feels that prickle at the back of her neck every time the theatre lights go down.
Recent articles of Alison Gillmor
Embracing the darker side, Ted Lasso kicks back into gear
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Mar. 18, 2023The power and devastating glory of a Toronto family tale
3 minute read Preview Saturday, Mar. 18, 2023Aspirational auteur stumbles toward self-awareness
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Mar. 11, 2023Full-court press stumbles midstride
4 minute read Preview Friday, Mar. 10, 2023Creed’s new challenger packs powerful punch in threequel
3 minute read Preview Friday, Mar. 3, 2023Camaraderie captivates Levy’s vexed voyager
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023Out-of-this-world encounters hold mirror to humanity
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon still leaps off screen
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023Manitoboggan and Crokicurl are exactly what Winter Cities Shake-up Conference hopes to encourage
7 minute read Preview Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023One-of-a-kind Lyonne the real deal as throwback PI
5 minute read Preview Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023Rushdie’s return a sprawling new magic-realist novel that spans centuries
5 minute read Preview Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023Breaking down this year’s diverse slate of films vying for the Best Picture Oscar
6 minute read Preview Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023Weird, wonderful and… winning?
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023Sweet relief from a buttoned-down life
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023Sarah Polley’s adaptation of Miriam Toews’ novel a harrowing, humane look at systems that perpetuate violence
4 minute read Preview Monday, Jan. 23, 2023Last of Us proves a winning crossover combo
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023The Last of Us, a best-selling 2013 videogame set against a post-apocalyptic landscape, is now a nine-episode HBO series (on Crave, Sundays at 8 p.m.).
Love the man, less the movie
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023M3GAN’s techno-terror also taps into primal fears
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023Throwback murder mysteries breathe life into genre
4 minute read Preview Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023Essays explore Miriam Toews’s body of work in accessible, thoughtful prose
3 minute read Preview Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022Debauched Hollywood history babbles on and on
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022Holiday TV fare now includes Bacon to go with usual cheese
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022A bear on blow, yucks mixed in with yuks
3 minute read Preview Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022When I first stumbled across the Cocaine Bear trailer on Twitter, I assumed it was a fake. It felt like a goofy, made-up promo for a never-to-be-made movie. There was Keri Russell in a bubblegum-pink jumpsuit, possibly in outtakes from her 1980s-set espionage series The Americans. There was Ray Liotta ranting about lost cocaine, maybe from a D-movie knockoff of Goodfellas.