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Hubs & Huddles column of Cannopy Magazine, which focuses on multi-purpose performance centres
Ensemble column, which highlights classical artists and ensen, which highlights classical artists and ensembles
Ellington column, which features jazz vocalists and instrumentalists
Studio Sessions column, which focuses on in-depth artist profiles — particularly visual artists in their creative spaces
Materials column, which focuses on artists working across various creative media; Profiling Various Creative Media
Spaces column, which highlights galleries anSpaces column, which highlights galleries and exhibit venuesd exhibit venues
Fourth Wall column, which focuses on the global theatre industry
 In Motion column, which focuses on the global dance industry
In Focus column, which highlights the global film industry
Alt.itude column, which focuses on global alternative music
Homegrown column, which highlights Canadian alternative music
Arts & Letters column, which focuses on essays, opinions, and ideas related to the arts
In Focus

In Focus

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INTERVIEW — In Anemone, Ronan Day-Lewis redefines cinematic inheritance, merging generational artistry with a haunting exploration of male intimacy

A New Day-Lewis
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INTERVIEW — A complicated portrait of William Kentridge plays out in this 9-part series presented by MUBI

Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot
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Actor Sheila McCarthy on the Oscar-nominated film’s work culture

On Set: Women Talking
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PROFILE ─ Miguel Gomes’s latest film is a sprawling, messy, and dreamy odyssey that isn’t afraid to throw a few curveballs.

Now on MUBI: Grand Tour

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INTERVIEW — With the recent releases of fastLOVE and Longing, the Canadian actor looks back on the films that helped shape his appetite for cinema

Wayne Burns’s Top 10 Canadian Films
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Actor Clint Butler steps behind the camera for socially responsible storytelling

4CO Films
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INTERVIEW ─ Where other filmmakers worry you may take something away from their work that they did not intend, the Winans’ are asking you to do so.

Showing is Telling: Myth of Man 
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“Maria follows in the footpath of its thematic predecessors─but backwards, in heels, and with great music”

Pablo Larraín’s "Maria" 
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Contextualizing Sean Baker’s latest film within cinema’s history of sex-positive self-actualizing female leads

Profile: Anora
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“My role also has a caveat of staying out of the way of the story as much as possible.”

Chet Tilokani
In Motion

In Motion

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El-Funoun

INTERVIEW — Dance, dignity, and a determination to remain

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Jacob’s Pillow

Pamela Tatge on learning from a problematic past and building an inclusive future

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Oriah Wiersma

What does support for independent Canadian contemporary dance really look like?

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Toronto Dance Theatre

“If the people can’t come to you—perhaps because they don’t know you exist—then it’s imperative that you go to the people.”

Fourth Wall

Fourth Wall

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The Infinite Wrench

INTERVIEW ─ The Neo-Futurists strip theatre down to its raw essentials with the longest-running show in Chicago history

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Indigenous Theatre at the NAC Turns 5

INTERVIEW — Artistic Director Kevin Loring weighs in on performative land acknowledgements

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Antoni Cimolino on Stratford Festival 2025

INTERVIEW ─ “The great thing about theatre is that you get to watch terrible things happen, but do it safely and within a jungle gym for the mind.”

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Casey and Diana

A theatrical exercise in compassion that represents the very best of Stratford 2023

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Tapestry Opera’s new home

INTERVIEW ─ Michael Mori on the opera “Sanctuary Song”, the first staged production in this new venue

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Monty Python’s Spamalot

An absurdly funny, absurdly fun, tsunami of laughs

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Stratford Festival 2024: A World Elsewhere

INTERVIEW — Director Donna Feore serves up Something Rotten!

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A Close-Up On Costumes

Enter the "Showstoppers!" exhibit, and meet the costumiers of New York City

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