Film

When Disability Movies Become Inspiration Porn

TIFF debuts Breathe and Stronger flub their chance to show the reality of disabled lives

by Angelo Muredda

Music

Why a Country Music Act Will Never Win the Polaris

Canada’s narrow cultural taxonomy excludes some of our best artists

by Anthony Easton

Sports

When Toronto Turned Its Back on Vince Carter

A new TIFF documentary reveals the impossible expectations we place on our star athletes

by Nathaniel Basen

What I Learned From Asking Celebrities to Photograph Me at TIFF

For fifteen years, I’ve asked everyone from Isabella Rossellini to Salman Rushdie to flip the lens. The result is a visual archive of my life—and a meditation on the changing nature of stardom

by Jeff Harris

Walrus Poetry Prize Judge Jordan Abel Shares What He's Looking for This Year

“I’d like to begin to read a poem and then not be able to stop”

by Adèle Barclay