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Nine TIFF 2017 documentaries we can’t wait to watch
From a Vince Carter biopic to
Super Size Me 2
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Hot Docs 2014 will feature Aaron Swartz, Big Bird and George Takei
Hot Docs announced its full 2014 festival lineup this morning, and the news is good—at least, for people who love giant muppets...
City News
The Dark Knight: David Cronenberg’s creepy obsessions say as much about us as they do about him
In a way, David Cronenberg put me in the hospital. Last January, I attended a screening of a documentary by the filmmaker Ric...
Food & Drink
Five things to do in Toronto on the weekend of February 22 to 24
In this edition of The Weekender: a legendary South African musical group, a double bill from hot young playwright Hannah...
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Culture
TIFF Q&A: Adrian Grenier and Matthew Cooke on America’s costly, futile war on drugs
Last weekend, Adrian Grenier was in town for his now annual documentary premiere, this time as a producer of How to Make Money...
Culture
The 50 buzziest films of TIFF 2012: we slice through the hype so you don’t have to
Single tickets for the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival go on sale this Sunday, September 2. And with a record 372 films...
Culture
TIFF deals buzz: 2012 could be a hot year for documentaries
Things could be looking up for documentary films at the Toronto International Film Festival this year. Thom Powers , a programmer...
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City News
Spotlight: Tanis Rideout’s debut novel is the season’s most buzzed-about book
Tanis Rideout has been in a kind of knock-wood daze since last fall, when her debut novel, Above All Things, sparked a bidding war...
The Pick: The Mechanical Bride, a new documentary about sex dolls (and the men who love them)
(Warning: the trailer contains mildly NSFW images of sex dolls without clothing and, at times, heads) Last week, we recommended an...
City News
Editor’s Letter (May 2012): the city is in the midst of a cultural renaissance—except at city hall
The spectacle at city hall has become a common obsession, even among people who never before cared much about municipal...
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The Pick: Jean Painlevé’s hypnotic underwater films, accompanied live by Yo La Tengo
In 1930, a silent science film documenting skeleton shrimp and sea spiders screened in Paris, earning accolades from painter Marc...
The Pick: Gary Hustwit’s Design Trilogy, three docs full of hot typefaces, beautiful objects and glorious city porn
Gary Hustwit has a knack for taking seemingly mundane subject matter—an ubiquitous sans-serif typeface, for example, or a potato...
City News
In the ’60s, Marshall McLuhan was Toronto’s most famous intellectual; now, the world has finally caught up with him
In the ’60s, McLuhan was hobnobbing with celebrities, advising politicians and forever changing how we think about mass media. A...
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See, Hear, Read: three local experts tell us what books, movies and music they’re craving this month
They love it. We want it. Three red-hot releases “Documentaries often present their subjects in a cold, clinical...
Culture
Our picks for the seven best bets at Hot Docs 2011
Documentaries once had a reputation for being sleepy, low-production affairs. That’s all changed in recent times, thanks in no...
Food & Drink
The one thing you should see this week: an intimate film about a powerful painter
This week’s pick: Koop at the Reel Artists Film Festival Wanda Koop ’s mother always told her that she didn’t need to be...
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The Weekender: Tim Burton exhibit, Christopher Hitchens vs. Tony Blair and six other items on our can’t-miss list
1. MUNK DEBATE: CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS VS. TONY BLAIR We live in a world where Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift sweep awards shows and...
Culture
Documentary about Toronto pianist Glenn Gould closer to Academy Award
The Academy Award screening committee is hard at work, whittling down long lists of Oscar hopefuls for the nominations...
Culture
Omar Khadr documentary looks into CSIS interrogation at Guantánamo Bay
The past eight years of Omar Khadr 's life are well documented: in July 2002, the Toronto-born 15-year-old was accused of killing...
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The one thing you should see this week
Today we launch a new column from our culture editor, Stéphanie Verge, who'll let us in on the week's must-see event every...
Culture
Feist documentary to premiere next week
Look at What the Light Did Now, a documentary about the people behind the success of Feist' s album The Reminder, will premiere on...
Culture
Steve Nash wants to make Pelé documentary
Fresh off the Canuck pomp and circumstance surrounding his Terry Fox documentary Into the Wind , Steve Nash is game for another...
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Casey Affleck insists Joaquin Phoenix documentary is the real thing
It's official: Joaquin Phoenix' s boorish rapper shtick was the real McCoy, says Casey Affleck, the director of the documentary...
Culture
50 Buzziest TIFF Films: what to see, what to skip and how to slice through the hype
Tickets go on sale tomorrow for all the screenings at TIFF 2010, but with over 300 titles, guessing at what film is worth the...
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Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
Deep Dives
Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
Deep Dives
Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
Deep Dives
Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
Deep Dives
Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
Deep Dives
The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
Deep Dives
The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
Deep Dives
Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
Deep Dives
Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
Small Achievable Goals
The
Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
Deep Dives
Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
Deep Dives
Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
Deep Dives
Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
Deep Dives
The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
Deep Dives
Almost
Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
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Food & Drink
“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling
Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
Food & Drink
“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative