Newsmakers of the week
Wendy Davis faces an uphill battle in Texas, while Drake aims for a slam dunk in Toronto
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Barry Hertz
Barry Hertz is the manager of editorial production at Maclean’s, as well as its go-to arts columnist, covering culture both high and low.
How did a maple syrup heist movie slip through our fingers?
Canada’s film industry has been scooped by Hollywood
Why Breaking Bad’s finale will disappoint—and we’re all to blame
There can be no satisfactory conclusion for Walter White
Newsmakers
Miss America makes history, Vasek Pospisil nurses more than his ankle and Pope Francis gets a new ride
TIFF 2013: Trends and tales
What we learned at TIFF 2013, from how volunteers make great human shields to why you will never be better than Michael Fassbender
TIFF 2013 Diary, Day 7
Highlights from the seventh day of the festival, including
Jude Law’s thug life and Saoirse Ronan’s apocalyptic
romance
TIFF 2013: Director Johnnie To on the future of Chinese cinema
Legendary Hong Kong director Johnnie To in conversation with Barry Hertz
Eli Roth on TIFF’s hunger for gore
The director of The Green Inferno in conversation with Barry Hertz
TIFF 2013 Diary, Day Six
Highlights from the sixth day of the festival, including Liam Neeson’s toothpick and Errol Morris’s new march to war
TIFF 2013: Liza Johnson on bringing out Kristen Wiig’s dramatic side
The director of Hateship Loveship in conversation with Barry Hertz