Nick Cave of today is not the Nick Cave of the past. Eschewing the brooding nature one might expect from the Bad Seeds frontman, the 62-year-old unexpectedly proved to be an affable comedian at the University of Toronto’s Convocation Hall…
With stage smoke and atmospheric lights setting the mood at Toronto’s Danforth Music Hall, the members of Ride sure knew how to make an entrance. Indeed, the shoegaze veterans’ incredible back catalogue of stunning guitar feedback and ethereal melodies would…
Every September – tucked away above Toronto’s bustling Yonge Street – the historic Carlu event space hosts one of Canada’s biggest nights in music. The Polaris Music Prize, now in its 13th season, is unique in that it gathers journalists, artists,…
Whatever you think The Lighthouse is, it’s best to think again. Shot in stark greyscale visuals, Robert Eggers’ atmospheric follow-up to his acclaimed The Witch feels like a silent film put to sound. Opening on a sombre shot of two…
Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, and Jessica Allain joined director Steven Soderbergh for the premiere of their dark comedy The Laundromat at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9. Based on Jake Bernstein’s book Secrecy World, The Laundromat chronicles the…
It sounds contrived. Tom Hanks playing Mister Rogers? The children’s TV host who rocked the red cardigan? It shouldn’t work, but it uncannily does. In Mary Heller’s tender A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood any hagiography of the entertainer comes surprisingly…
Uncut Gems is Adam Sandler at his scheming best. Utilizing the decades he’s parlayed embodying vented up man-children, here he’s successfully channelled those manic impulses into a nuanced, deal-making Manhattan jeweller named Howard Ratner. However, give credit where credit is…
Lenny Kravitz is still doing it his way. Gaining stardom in the 1990s, the forever youthful 55-year-old provided a refreshing injection of rock and roll attitude to the capacity crowd at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage. In a time where countless pop…