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Megalopolis: Coppola’s uncompromising epic is an incoherent smorgasbord

Good or bad, there's nothing else like it in cinemas today

Snotty Nose Rez Kids on new album demand a “Red Future”

Major label deal doesn't diminish the Rez Kids edge

Review: ‘My Old Ass’ smells of corny cliches

Promising premise doesn’t save corny coming-of-age film

Jeremy Dutcher pulls off first double Polaris Award win

Montreal punk rockers Nobro top live performance highlights

Review: Mirvish’s ‘Life of Pi’ pulses with imagination

Playful puppet design imbues rushed novel adaptation with whimsy

SAMCA 7 by Barry McCluskey

Arts & Culture

Review: An immersive horror musical in a forest? Yes, please

‘Samca’ mixes lush design with haunting original music

Andrew Phung (Photo Tim Nguyen)

Stage

Andrew Phung: Comedy is for everyone

‘Run the Burbs’ star says comedy was a ‘low-barrier’ art form for him

Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle), Jacqueline Carlin (Kaia Gerber), Chevy Chase (Cory Michael Smith) in SATURDAY NIGHT.

Arts & Culture

Review: “Saturday Night” captures frantic, edgy energy of first days of SNL

Jason Reitman SNL film delivers "real time" rush of inventing live TV show

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Music

Cover Story: Singer Skye Wallace shines a light into the darkness

Canadian singer uses horror and comedy to process pain

Album Reviews

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Snotty Nose Rez Kids on new album demand a “Red Future”

Major label deal doesn't diminish the Rez Kids edge

By: Aisling Murphy

Gracie Abrams

Review: Gracie Abrams sharpens songwriting skills touring with Taylor Swift

Swift’s tour opener lets her voice take centre stage on latest album

By: Aisling Murphy

Live Reviews

Jeremy Dutcher Becomes First Two-Time Polaris Music Prize Winner (Photo Karen K. Tran)

Jeremy Dutcher pulls off first double Polaris Award win

Montreal punk rockers Nobro top live performance highlights

Avril Lavigne’s Greatest Hits tour comes to Scotiabank Arena, throws a subdued retirement party for the Canadian icon

Avril Lavigne’s Greatest Hits tour throws a subdued retirement party for the Canadian icon

The pop-punk princess cycles through her No. 1 songs with apathy

Review: Lizzy McAlpine closes North American leg of the Older tour with a quiet fury

Singer’s intimate show faces challenges in mega-venue

Chappell Roan steals the show (Photo Karen K. Tran)

Review: Osheaga brings the best international acts to Montreal

Festival lineup excels at booking exciting mix of artists with strong focus on female performers

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30-Second Album Reviews

Jim Cuddy All the World Fades Away

Jim Cuddy

All the World Fades Away

BADBADNOTGOOD Mid Spiral: Chaos

BADBADNOTGOOD

Mid Spiral: Chaos

Potatohead People Eat Your Heart Out

Potatohead People

Eat Your Heart Out

Jake Vaadeland Retro Man… More and More Expanded Version

Jake Vaadeland

Retro Man… More and More Expanded Version

Elaquent

Obrigado!

Arkells Disco Loadout (Volume 1)

Arkells

Disco Loadout (Volume 1)

TV & Movies

A Quiet Place Day One

A Quiet Place: Day One

kinds of kindness

Kinds Of Kindness

despicable me 4

Despicable Me 4

Maxxxine

Maxxxine

Deadpool and Wolverine

Deadpool and Wolverine

Blink Twice

Blink Twice

I saw the TV glow

I Saw the TV Glow

Robot Dreams

Robot Dreams

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Megalopolis

Screens Megalopolis: Coppola’s uncompromising epic is an incoherent smorgasbord

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Arts & Culture Review: Though set in a residential school, Canadian Stage’s ‘1939’ refuses to centre tragedy

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Arts & Culture Review: ‘Come From Away’ makes jubilant return landing at Mirvish

Screens Review: “The Wild Robot” offers a hopeful dystopia

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News Doug Ford’s war on Toronto

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Music Snotty Nose Rez Kids on new album demand a “Red Future”