The Marvel Cinematic Universe has grown to become the biggest and most valuable movie franchise ever, with several of the Marvel movies grossing over $1 billion at the global box office, and characters such as Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Loki, Black Widow and so on becoming household names. The MCU is easily the most […]
It’s time once again for our annual Critics’ Pick Award nominations! It’s an understatement to say that 2020’s been an unusual time. Covid-19 restrictions put a major damper on our awards season this year, cutting our theatre division drastically and shutting down the cinema awards entirely. But television, boy, television was our everything this year. […]
In mid-March, we lost the very thing that makes us who we are- the privilege of being part of an audience. When we couldn’t go to the theatre, we shut down. We dove into TV and informal online readings, and we just let there be a hole in our lives where live theatre was. We […]
We survived 2020! As the world heals itself from the single most insane year in memory, we’re choosing to look back with as much positivity as we can. The best way we can think to do that is to celebrate our annual Awards Season, even if there isn’t as much to celebrate as there usually […]
It’s time once again for our annual Critics’ Pick Award nominations! Below is a list of the art and artists that stood out to us in 2019 television. Who Qualifies? Any show that released new episodes on TV or online between January 1st and December 31st was considered for nomination. We tried to be as […]
It’s time once again for our annual Critics’ Pick Award nominations! Below is a list of the art and artists that stood out to us in 2019 movies. Who Qualifies? Any new movie released between January 1st and December 31st was considered for nomination. Who Picks the Winners? Our Editors and Staff Writers all get […]
It’s time once again for our annual Critics’ Pick Award nominations! Below is a list of the art and artists that stood out to us in 2019 in Toronto theatre. Who Qualifies? Any production one of our Toronto writers saw between January 1st and December 31st was considered for nomination, unless it was a remount […]
Welcome to home base for our 2019 Awards Season! The Full Details… The Nominees The 2019 Film Award Nominees The 2019 TV Award Nominees The 2019 Theatre Award Nominees The Nominee Interview Series Every year between the Nomination Announcements and the Winners Announcement, we interview as many of the nominated artists as we can. Click on […]
It’s the end of the year.. and the end of the decade. Here’s a roundup of all our coverage looking back at the year and decade we just survived. Decade in Review: Toronto Theatre Decade in Review: Movies Decade in Review: TV 19 Good Things That Happened in 2019 My Cinematic 2019
Anne van Leeuwen is a pillar of the Toronto theatre community, co-founder of one of the city’s most important independent arts spaces The Assembly Theatre, an incredible actress, an insightful director, a badass Artistic Director, a Critics’ Pick Award winner, and a great interview. When Anne was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this summer, her […]
It’s Toronto Fringe Festival Time! See the list below to find reviews of everything our team saw this Fringe. The Huns (A) Emotional Labour (A) Omen: The Musical (A) The Ballad of Frank Allen (A) Night Cows (A) News Play (A-) It Girls (A-) The Weight of It All (A-) Sweet Kisses, Tender Limbs (A-) Philip & Lucinda Dino-Show (A-) Death Ray […]
On April 15th, 300 artists, arts administrators, arts critics, and arts everything else gathered at The Great Hall in Toronto to celebrate another year of creativity, ambition, talent, and hard work as we looked back on the productions that defined 2018 in Toronto Theatre. See below for our full list of winners with comments written […]
Welcome to the 2018 Nominee Interview Series. Every year between nomination announcements…
Welcome to home base for our 2018 Awards Season! The Full Details… The Nominees The 2018 Cinema Award Nominees The 2018 TV Award Nominees The 2018 Theatre Award Nominees: Toronto The Party We announced the winners of the theatre awards at an exclusive bash in Toronto on April 15th, hosted by our amazing 2017 Solo Performance winner […]