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Anastasia is so lighthearted about revolution, dispossession and murder, it is just short of parody
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Reintroducing Luke Kirby: From an Emmy win for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel to off-Broadway and everywhere in between
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arts
What makes the perfect comedy sketch? Three comedians explain
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Holiday movie preview 2019: From Star Wars to Adam Sandler, and everything in between
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Barry Hertz
Barry Hertz
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Montreal’s Stars star as themselves in a rock-meets-theatre play that has better rock than theatre
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Putting viewership before safety is a grim reality of variety shows
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Twenty years later, a journey to Sopranos Land, New Jersey
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The latest production of Cats slinks into Toronto to refresh your Memory before the movie’s release
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Lena Waithe and Melina Matsoukas on Queen & Slim: ‘Being black is beautiful, but it’s also traumatizing’
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Full Stream Ahead: Your best Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and Canadian streaming bets for this Nov. 30-Dec. 1 weekend
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Barry Hertz
Barry Hertz
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The lovers-in-a-dangerous-time thriller Queen & Slim burns the screen with passion and politics
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Regina King on the secrets and hidden history behind Watchmen’s time-bending sixth episode
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The end of the Victoria’s Secret annual TV special is a vital cultural victory
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John Doyle
John Doyle
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Rian Johnson on the mysteries of Knives Out, the year’s most delightfully bloody guessing game
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Barry Hertz
Barry Hertz
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It is Sterling K. Brown’s world – we’re just watching it
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Full Stream Ahead: Your best Amazon Prime Video, Shudder and Canadian streaming bets for this Nov. 23-24 weekend
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Barry Hertz
Barry Hertz

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Like the very worst cases of divorce, Netflix’s tremendously affecting Marriage Story will break you
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Disney’s prosaic and freezer-burnt Frozen 2 is a cold, hard cash-grab
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What would Virginia Woolf say about the new biopic Vita & Virginia? Nothing complimentary, most likely
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Trey Edward Shults’s Waves is a hollow attempt at selling black lives as cultural product
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Disney+ user accounts already found on hacking sites
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Netflix’s stock price has weathered the arrival of Disney+
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The Enthusiast: As God is my witness, WKRP in Cincinnati could fly
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Young People’s Theatre’s Adventures of Pinocchio is a loose, abbreviated retelling of the 1880s novel
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With Netflix’s Marriage Story, the world will finally know Ray Liotta, cinema’s secret comedy weapon
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Barry Hertz
Barry Hertz
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Copy That is Jason Sherman’s funny but flawed new satire
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New in theatres this weekend: The flat Ford v Ferrari, the con The Good Liar and the unheavenly Charlie’s Angels
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The ghosts, desires and politics of Mati Diop, the visionary behind Atlantics, Netflix’s next big cinematic bet
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The Kristen Stewart-starring Charlie’s Angels reboot is far from heaven
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Full Stream Ahead: Your best Amazon Prime Video, Crave and Canadian streaming bets for this weekend
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Barry Hertz
Barry Hertz
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Disney+ warns viewers of scenes with ‘outdated cultural depictions,’ tobacco smoking
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Disney shares hit record high as 10 million sign up for new streaming service
music
Rediscovering Harry Nilsson, an artist who defies all category
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The Disney+ launch is a mess, and The Mandalorian, its marquee show, is a massive disappointment
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John Doyle
John Doyle
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From Netflix to Disney: How subscription streaming platforms shape up in Canada
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The smooth but forgettable Ford v Ferrari races off the factory floor with barely a fume of originality
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