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Toronto International Film Festival
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Eight TIFF 2017 movies that could end up being Oscar contenders
As usual, the film fest marks the unofficial start of awards season
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The Scotiabank Theatre’s escalator is broken for TIFF and everyone is freaking out
How Twitter reacted to Canada's latest national embarassment
Culture
TIFF Guide 2015: where to eat, shop and relax during the fest
Feeling worn out after a summer of Pan Am–mania? Suck it up. It’s TIFF time, when Hollywood comes north to debut next year’s...
Culture
Here are five trailers for films we now know are coming to TIFF
This morning, the Toronto International Film Festival made its first in what will certainly be a long series of programming...
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Should Toronto have a 4 a.m. last call? These people certainly think so
The term "world-class city" gets thrown around a lot these days—especially in Toronto, which seems haunted by it—but it tends...
Culture
TIFF’s new policy: only world and North American premieres can play the busiest days of the festival
The Toronto International Film Festival is such a big deal to locals that it's easy for us to lose sight of the fact that it's...
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...
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The 50 Most Influential People in Toronto: who really runs this city?
You know you live in interesting times when the chief of police is the most powerful person in town. What propelled Chief Blair to...
Culture
TIFF Style Guide Sponsored by Yorkdale: how to pull off modern manliness like Zac Efron
Although Zac Efron hit the bigtime via the choreographed pep and too-cute haircuts of High School Musical , the actor has since...
Culture
The 50 Buzziest Films of TIFF: We Cut Through the Hype So You Don’t Have To
Single tickets for the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival go on sale this Sunday, September 1. The schedule, packed with...
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Venice vs. TIFF fashion showdown, Naomi Watts edition
Naomi Watts seems to have thing for evening gowns in nude and blush, so the bateau-necked lace Marchesa dress she wore at the...
Culture
TIFF WEEKEND ROUNDUP: The five hottest parties from the festival’s first few nights
Movie debuts and closed-door distribution deals may be the driving forces behind the Toronto International Film Festival, but...
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TIFF PARTY: Christina Hendricks and Elle Fanning catch up like schoolgirls at the Ginger and Rosa after-party
Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars buzzed around the Entertainment District on Friday night, promoting nine star-studded films...
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TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: Bruce Willis on Joseph Gordon-Levitt playing Bruce Willis in Looper
Apparently, answering questions is the hardest part of an actor’s job. Or at least Bruce Willis said so, and we think quite...
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The Weekender: TIFF, Lewis Black and five other events on our to-do list
1. LEWIS BLACK: RUNNING ON EMPTY If Lewis Black comes across as a shouting man more than a funny man, that’s because there just...
Culture
CONFIRMED: Fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier will be at TIFF 2012
Famed fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier (you know his name from that line in The Devil Wears Prada ) has confirmed his...
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TIFF 2012: 17 galas, 45 special presentations and a lot of star power at this year’s festival
This morning, TIFF CEO Piers Handling and Artistic Director Cameron Bailey announced TIFF 2012’s opening night gala, galas and...
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Another TIFF party announcement: Norman Jewison’s annual BBQ
Canadian Film Centre founder Norman Jewison ’ s annual private BBQ is a bit of a trek from TIFF central on King Street West, but...
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CONFIRMED: Jackie Chan will be in town for TIFF 2012
It’s still early, but the A-lister confirmations are starting to roll in: first it was the Dowager Countess Maggie Smith, and...
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The first official TIFF party location has been announced
By now, most people are aware that Soho House is opening its Toronto digs in time for TIFF this year, but there has been no...
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How to watch movies at TIFF 2012 (note: the process has changed)
Toronto may become a chaotic mess of celebrities, parties and wheeling and dealing during TIFF, but there are also many actual...
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Toronto vs. Chicago: movies, musicals and Oprah edition
After hearing that Chicago is crazy jealous of Toronto’s annual Luminato festival—and the international tourists it...
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City News
Gallery: David Miller, Jully Black and others share the one thing you should know before you die at the Top Ten Event
Here’s the concept: nine notable Torontonians (chef David Rocco couldn’t make it)—or honorary Torontonians for the...
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David Cronenberg TIFF retrospective will be high tech, interactive and likely terrifying
Toronto-based director David Cronenberg (also known as the man who turns Viggo Mortensen into a fan boy) is about to get a...
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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
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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
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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,
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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?
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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
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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?
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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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“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
Deep Dives
The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
Deep Dives
The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
Food & Drink
These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions
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“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business
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Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand