NEXT Magazine

Hope can sound like a wily guitar on a July Talk record

Leah Fay and Peter Dreimanis offer their truths on Remember Never Before

Alvvays’ blue-tinted, triumphant return

Alvvays evokes nostalgia on their charming third LP

The 1975 show band’s two sides at triumphant Toronto show

Sean Mendes in Scotiabank Arena pit

Latest Avatar film a satisfying sequel

‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ better than original film

Joyous homecoming for Jessie Reyez

NEXT cover star has triumphant Toronto show

Salome

Arts & Culture

COC’s ‘Salome’ delivers an all-out assault on the senses

Canadian soprano Ambur Braid stars as the titular princess in Atom Egoyan’s psychologically voyeuristic production

Pressure

Arts & Culture

Mirvish’s latest, Pressure, is a surprisingly gripping play about weather — and war

David Haig’s Second World War drama about a weatherman’s D-Day forecast is surprisingly gripping if rarely moving

Marriage of Figaro

Arts & Culture

COC’s psychological The Marriage of Figaro elevated by a sublime cast

Claus Guth offers a unique, if somewhat puzzling, take on Mozart’s masterstroke of a comic opera

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TV & Movies

Oscar nominations show awards not committed to real, ongoing change

Old white guys dominate Best Director picks

The Shortlist

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No. 1

Ali Gatie Gets going

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No. 2

Wet and wild Avatar sequel surfaces

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No. 3

Blue Rodeo rides West for winter

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No. 4

Women Talking Needs to be seen

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No. 5

Fireworks light up New Year’s Eve

Album Reviews

July Talk

Hope can sound like a wily guitar on a July Talk record

Leah Fay and Peter Dreimanis offer their truths on Remember Never Before

By: Karen K. Tran

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Theo Tams’ Break Up Bounce Back

With his new EP, Trilogy IV, Tams continues to blaze his own trail

By: Nicholas Sokic

30-Second Album Reviews

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Carly Rae Jepsen

The Loneliest Time

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The Beths

Expert in a Dying Field

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Zensoul

Nene

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Tegan and Sara

Crybaby

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Death Cab For Cutie

Asphalt Meadows

Joji

Joji

SMITHEREENS

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Skye Wallace

Terribly Good

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Saint Asonia

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TV & Movies

Tegan and Sara

High School

Letitia Wright as Shuri in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

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Women Talking

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The Playlist

Fabelmans

The Fabelmans

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My Policeman

Glass Onion A Knives Out Mystery
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

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Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me

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Live Reviews

Whitney

Whitney the feel-good solution to a slushy night

Chicago band the right tonic for stormy Toronto

Alvaays

Alvvays cap amazing year with blissful History show

Singalongs and shouts of “We love you, Molly” at triumphant Toronto show

The 1975

The 1975 show band’s two sides at triumphant Toronto show

Sean Mendes in Scotiabank Arena pit

Jessie Reyez

Joyous homecoming for Jessie Reyez

NEXT cover star has triumphant Toronto show

What Else is NEXT

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Music The NEXT Playlist: Winter 2022

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Events The Shortlist Winter 2022

Drink

Food & Drink C’est Bon as bourbon turns up the heat

Style

Style Nightware wakes up

What to watch

TV & Movies What to Watch: Winter 2022 Movies & Streaming

Fifteen Dogs

Arts & Culture Crow’s Theatre’s latest goes to the dogs — and that’s a good thing