MoviesDenis Villeneuve, the Toronto critics’—and the people’s—champVilleneuve wins the Toronto Film Critics’ Associations’ Rogers Best Canadian Film Award, and then gives most of it away
TelevisionNewsmaker of the day: Grace Helbig’s quiet revolutionNewsmaker, Jan. 6: We should be talking about how Helbig is going to be big—but we’re not
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MoviesWhy ’The Interview’ is a satire very much of our timeAgainst long odds, ’The Interview’ isn’t an awful movie. But more than that, it also serves as a subtle kind of satire—if we let it
NewsNewsmaker of the day: The Interview gets wide release after allNewsmaker, Dec. 24: Sony backs into a meek defense of free speech, releasing ’The Interview’ for North American streaming
ArtsBest music of 2014From Run the Jewels to Owen Pallett, Adrian Lee and Michael Barclay name their five favourite albums from 2014
NewsNewsmaker of the day: SerialNewsmaker, Dec. 18: The obscenely popular podcast wraps up, and disappointment will no doubt reign
TelevisionBest (and worst) of TV in 2014Jaime Weinman and Adrian Lee look at what shows worked and didn’t work in 2014, and the series to keep your eye on in 2015
NewsNewsmakers of the day: Seth Rogen and James FrancoNewsmaker of the day, Dec. 16: The stars of ’The Interview’ retreat amid threats