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“It’s a sport at a crossroads, and that’s an interesting place”: Director Hubert Davis on remaking the hockey classic
Youngblood
The refreshed take on the 1986 Rob Lowe film—a project started by the late filmmaker Charles Officer—tackles racism on the ice
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Culture
A Toronto artist is recreating famous film scenes in miniature, and the stars are mice
The film worker has brought to life iconic moments from
The Exorcist
,
E.T.
and
The Sound of Music
Culture
Where to watch movies outdoors this summer
This summer, there’s movie magic all over the city—in parks, on beaches and on train platforms galore The long winter of 2014...
City News
The Argument: Why people around the world line up to see The Clock, Christian Marclay’s cinematic mash-up
Earlier this year, on a trip to Ottawa, my husband and I spent the day at the National Gallery. While he explored the...
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Food & Drink
Weekly Eater: Toronto food events for May 21 to 27
Monday, May 21 Tuesday, May 22 Wednesday, May 23 Thursday, May 24 Friday, May 25 Saturday, May 26 Sunday, May 27
Culture
New venue added to TIFF 2012
The marquee may have just gone up, but TIFF has announced that the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema is one of the official venues for this...
Culture
Cumberland Cinema screened its last film ever on Sunday night
Since 1981, the Cumberland Four Cinema has played host to movie premieres, TIFF screenings and plenty of exclusive alternative and...
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Food & Drink
The Weekender: Picasso, Bring It On and six other items on our to-do list
1. PICASSO: MASTERPIECES FROM THE MUSÉE NATIONAL PICASSO, PARIS Even if you know nothing about art, there’s a good chance...
City News
Editor’s Letter (May 2012): the city is in the midst of a cultural renaissance—except at city hall
The spectacle at city hall has become a common obsession, even among people who never before cared much about municipal...
City News
The Argument: Why War Horse’s puppets win by flaunting their artificiality
Since it was first staged more than four years ago, War Horse has enjoyed the kind of success that’s usually reserved for Disney...
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City News
Where to Buy Now: St. Lawrence, because everything an urbanite needs is within a five-minute walk
Established in 1803, St. Lawrence isn’t exactly a scrappy young upstart. But what it’s done exceptionally well on the...
Culture
VIDEO: Rachel McAdams has amnesia in The Vow, and Channing Tatum is just stressed out about that
A follow-up trailer has come out for The Vow, a movie coming out in February featuring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum. This...
Style
Our early look at TIFF Bell Lightbox’s much-anticipated Grace Kelly exhibit
The possibly staged, monstrously over-publicized, now-failed marriage between Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries (which lasted a...
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Culture
Lars von Trier retrospective coming to TIFF Lightbox (yes, including the release of Melancholia)
Controversial director Lars von Trier is the subject of a new, short running TIFF Bell Lightbox retrospective from November 9 to...
Culture
The script for the new Ghostbusters III is in Dan Aykroyd’s truck right now
For everyone that has ever converted a backpack into a proton pack for Halloween (or on any other occasion—we’re not judging!)...
City News
Camera: a who’s who of Canadian cinema gathers at the Lightbox to kick off TIFF’s retrospective of Norman Jewison films
August 11, Malaparte. An air-kissing who’s who of Canadian cinema gathered on the sixth floor of the Lightbox to kick off...
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Culture
TIFF 2011 Roundup: Seven films that we think are bound for box office (or critical) success
For the regular folk in Toronto, TIFF is primarily a time for star spotting, catching films that might not be seen otherwise and...
Culture
Apparently, TIFF co-director and CEO Piers Handling isn’t too excited about the state of post-9/11 cinema
We’re pretty sure most of the city is having a good time taking in the hype and hoopla surrounding the 10-day celebrity bonanza...
Real Estate News
House of the Week: $1.9 million for a condo atop the TIFF Bell Lightbox
ADDRESS: 80 John St, Unit 4202 NEIGHBOURHOOD: Waterfront Communities–The Island AGENT: Winnie Lam and Kennedy Ho, Sultan Realty...
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City News
R.I.P.: Elwy Yost, TVO’s beloved cinephile, dies at 85
In the era before Netflix—and even before Suspect or Queen Video—one of the best ways to watch foreign or classic films (from...
Culture
Toronto Port Authority is making it easier to crack “I’m on a boat” jokes with its Sail-In Cinema events
The Toronto Port Authority is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, and to give us all a reason to think the TPA is...
City News
See, Hear, Read: Three summer arts recommendations from three local experts
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Hot Docs acquires Bloor Cinema, hopes to open this fall
Which Toronto film festival is the proud owner of a brand new exhibition space? No, it’s not that ubiquitous TIFF and their new...
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Summer Camp Guide
City News
Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Best New Restaurants
TL Events
Toronto Life
’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
Big Stories
Deep Dives
Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
Deep Dives
Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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