Album Review: 'Queen of the Strait' belongs as much to Jenn Grant’s mother as it does to her.

Mohawk singer-songwriter @shawneekish says Sunday’s Indigenous women’s showcase @koernerhallrcm reflects “a powerful time”. Kish tells how music “saved my life” especially when she was “a closeted two-spirited person”. There’s @hockeynight connection too in our interview: nextmag.ca/interview-sh...

“We’re in a ballet studio, and we cannot imagine what it is like to be displaced or to have to make that kind of choice," says Heather Ogden of the National Ballet of Canada. She spoke with NEXT about Crystal Pite’s harrowing 'Flight Pattern'. Read it here:

Interview: Ashton James reflects on taking the lead on remake of hockey drama "Youngblood"

Review: Hockey drama 'Youngblood' lacks emotional weight but remains an engrossing spectacle

Review: National Ballet’s ‘Flight Pattern / Suite en Blanc’ turns utopia inside out

North by Northeast @northby.bsky.social just announced its first 100 confirmed acts for this summer’s music festival and conference in Toronto and features top emerging acts from Canada and around the world. Details here: nextmag.ca/north-by-nor...

Review: 'The Neighbours', written by Nicolas Billon and directed by Matt White, is a well-written and incredibly well-performed piece of theatre that has audiences sitting on the edge of their seats until the very end.

Review: 'Scream 7' finds the franchise running on fumes.

The @agotoronto’s new show Paul McCartney: Eyes of the Storm is a must-see exhibit. McCartney has a great eye and has created a raw and intimate record of the Beatles and how the world was responding to them just as they are breaking worldwide. Our 5-N review: nextmag.ca/art-review-p...

Album Review: 'Strike the Match' marks a richer, more vibrant exploration of Fleur Electra’s talent, with her focus on lush pop vocals blending with more upbeat lyrics to heighten their dreamlike production.

Not content with simply following in the footsteps of his earlier work, Yungblud’s fourth album, 'Idols', goes bigger, louder and ultimately better.

Live review: Goldie Boutilller delivers three acts of star power at dazzling Danforth gig 🎤 NNNNN (out of 5)

Album review: Hilary Duff returns with 'luck… or something' — a witty and glittery collection of 11 pop songs that reflect on the years since listeners last heard from her.

NEXT theatre writer Divine Angubua wins the Canadian Theatre Critics Association’s 2025 Nathan Cohen Award for Outstanding Emerging Critic. NEXT writers swept the category as the two runners up are NEXT writers Lori Ossip and Hassan Hoosaney. Full story here: nextmag.ca/next-theatre...

Director @bazluhrmann has created a characteristically gorgeous, surprisingly intimate performance-based celebration of the King of Rock ‘n’ Rock in his latest film @epic.themovie that deserves to be seen on the biggest screen. Check out our 5-N review here: nextmag.ca/review-baz-l...

@canadianopera’s “Rigoletto” is closing, @mirvish has a “Hot” opening and a gallery gets theatrical in this week’s Theatre Scenes. Get all the news here: nextmag.ca/theatre-scen...

@mirvishproductions latest “ Some Like It Hot” is wildly entertaining and surprisingly, subtly relevant. Our 4-N review here: nextmag.ca/review-some-...

@soulpeppertheatre’s “Copperbelt” is a riveting post colonial family drama that successfully subverts African stereotypes — but struggles to build behind them. Our 4-N review here: nextmag.ca/review-soulp...

Romantic (and decidedly unromantic) theatre to see on and around Valentine’s Day #TorontoTheatre

NEXT speaks with Matt Johnson and @jaymccarrol about their hilarious new film “ Nirvana the band the Show the Movie” funniest film of year, one of the best. It’s a 5-N, gut-grabbing funny look at two lovable losers' ill -fated attempts to gig @rivolitoronto. Story here: nextmag.ca/interview-ni...

Review: Soulpepper's 'Witch' offers razor-sharp dialogue that delivers laughs while interrogating flawed systems and structures

Toronto theatre news: Sun., Feb. 8, will be your last chance to see 'Kimberly Akimbo', 'Company', 'Mischief' and more

Album Review: Union Duke return with a solid, if at times underwhelming, pure folk album

If Marie Antoinette had been able to make a film about the last days of her husband Louis XVI’s despotic reign, it would look a lot like “Melania”, an appalling infomercial for fascist royalty. Our first zero N review in history. Story here: nextmag.ca/review-melan...

Marvel goes meta with 'Wonder Man' on Disney+ and big, meaty men Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa team up in 'The Wrecking Crew' on Prime Video. Check out all our top picks in this weekend's streaming guide.

Just 13 tickets total sold for four screenings of Melania in Toronto today. Just two for afternoon screening.

What's happening in Toronto theatre this week: Greenhouse effects, Shakespearean oddities and brainstorming alternative funding models nextmag.ca/theatre-scen...

Album Review: The East Pointers' 'Schoonertown' is a summer hangout album that just happened to be released in January.

Jodie Foster speaks with NEXT about her role in, “A Private Life” performed almost entirely in French. Foster plays an American psychiatrist in Paris turned sleuth after growing suspicious about a client’s so called suicide. Story here: nextmag.ca/interview-jo...

'Finding Her Edge' is seeking to repeat 'Heated Rivalry's steamy, on-ice success, and Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's bromance continues in 'The Rip'

Review: Not flashy, just fantastic — Mirvish Productions' ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ is their best in years.

Review: It’s a pleasure to see Gus van Sant return to directing with 'Dead Man’s Wire', even if his grand return is a mid-tier entry.

Daniel Diemer and Dior Goodjohn speak with NEXT about Season 2 of 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians', growing up with the 'Olympians' books and how their characters have become integral parts of the story.

This week's streaming guide: 'Landman' lands, 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' is a buddy cop story in the world of 'Game of Thrones', and more.

Review: The Kid Laroi’s sophomore album 'Before I Forget' is heartfelt, if at times underwhelming.

Review: ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ builds on its predecessors by once more subverting audience expectations of how a zombie movie should play out to exciting results.

Don't miss our guide to Toronto's 12 must-see plays of 2026, including anticipated openings and award-winning productions.

Can't find anything to watch after binging all six episodes of 'Heated Rivalry'? Read our guide for all our top picks on streaming this week.

Album Review: Edmonton's Calling All Captains’ “The Things That I’ve Lost” is brimming with an infectious 2000s punk energy.

Handsome Ned was King of 80s Queen W. until an overdose killed him 39 years ago this Sat., Jan. 10.,“You Left Me Blue: The Handsome Ned Story” screens this weekend celebrates man who helped invent Queen W arts scene. NEXT’s @northbymichael.bsky.social looks at the legend: nextmag.ca/preview-musi...

While it’s a bit of a slow start to 2026, you’re not entirely without options of what to see on Toronto stages this week.

From modern pop icons to legendary rock icons, there’s a bit of something for every musical taste performing in Toronto this January. Read our complete guide for 8 shows you don't want to miss this month.

New year, new movies. If your new year’s resolution is to watch a few more movies in a cinema this year, then we've got you covered with our January movie guide.

Review: 'DJ Ahmet' is a charming coming-of-age drama with some great moments of comedy.

2026 will have every kind of epic film in theatres, including Timothée Chalamet in 'Dune: Part Three', Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey', and much more.

'Anaconda' is a smart and mindless comedy, Farrelly Brothers-esque in its ability to be both intelligent and clever while never afraid to take the audacious, cheap laugh.

Review: Amanda Seyfried is superb in surprisingly erotic pro-celibacy tale ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’

B.C.'s Kayla Wallace is Rebecca Falcone, the combative lawyer sent to deal with whatever incidents need a legal eye out in the Texas oilfields in 'Landman'. She speaks with NEXT about how Rebecca's life is about to get more "complicated" in Season 2.

Timothée Chalamet is riveting as Marty Mauser, an amped-up would-be table tennis champion in 1950s-set Marty Supreme, a film that is astonishingly action-packed — and not just with ping pong.