Denis Villeneuve, the Toronto critics’—and the people’s—champ
Villeneuve wins the Toronto Film Critics’ Associations’ Rogers Best Canadian Film Award, and then gives most of it away
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Adrian Lee
Adrian Lee is the opinions editor for Maclean’s, as well as the arts and science editor. He writes on arts, culture, politics, sports, trends, urban issues, digital media, business, tech, and you, if you’ll let him. He is a Polaris Prize jury member, a Digital Publishing Award winner, and also the Maclean’s resident hip-hop expert, which is a thing, yeah, sure!
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