The libretto (Hedwig Lachmann) to Richard Strauss’ Salome is loosely based on Oscar Wilde’s play of the same name. The iconic artists added their own exceptional flair to a barebones bible story where we don’t even have a name for the girl known only as the daughter of King Herod and Herodias. Early historians would […]
To help cope with isolation during COVID-19 quarantines, we brought together a group of theatre lovers to perform cold readings of some of our favourite scripts over Zoom. We began with the complete works of Shakespeare then expanded, eventually tackling nearly 100 different texts over the course of two years. Corona Cold Reads, along with […]
The Musician Spotlight Series shines a light on up-and-coming bands and solo acts creating heartfelt and original work across genres, giving them an opportunity to talk about their music, their collaborators, and why they do what they do. Click Here to follow the series as it progresses. To submit an artist or band for […]
At the official launch party for Pluto TV in Canada, we got the chance to talk with one of the new channel’s stars- HGTV mainstay Sebastian Clovis. Sebastian opened up about the transition from football to construction to TV and the challenges and rewards of working with different designers as he embarks on a new […]
In advance of the official launch of Pluto TV in Canada, we got the chance to talk to VP of Content Katrina Kowalski about the lesser-known side of television programming and what we can expect to see on the new free ad-supported streaming platform. Check out this and all our other interviews and series […]
Usually January sees us announcing the nominees for our annual Critics’ Pick Awards but, since the pandemic, we’ve shifted our focus to cover more areas of entertainment and the result is that we no longer review enough TV to responsibly choose a truly representative list of award nominees. But we couldn’t just let 2022 pass […]
Celebrating the best of the year in film is an entertainment outlet foundational requirement. We’ve done it for years, in some way or other, by ranking every film we saw and/or by attempting to distill the landscape into some set of recognizable award categories that reflected what we truly loved rather than just what caught […]
It’s the new year so we’re trying something new. Usually January sees us announcing the nominees for our annual Critics’ Pick Awards but, since the pandemic, we’ve shifted our focus to cover more areas of entertainment and the result is that we no longer review enough theatre in any given city to responsibly choose […]
