reviews
Red Hot Chili Peppers Burned Hotter Than Ever in Toronto
Rogers Centre, August 21
PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2022
A late-2019 announcement that beloved guitarist John Frusciante would once again join Red Hot Chili Peppers, coupled with their first Billb...
'Funny Pages' Is Filthy, Beautiful Poetry
Directed by Owen Kline
PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2022
Owen Kline, best known as the troubled child in Noah Baumbach's The Squid and the Whale, has made the year's cringiest comedy in Funny Page...
'Beast' Is All Growl and No Bite
Directed by Baltasar Kormákur
PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2022
Idris Elba is one of the most charismatic and compelling actors working today, and even he couldn't elevate Beast past its eye-rolling, sup...
Hot Chip Dance Through Depression on 'Freakout/Release'
PUBLISHED Aug 18, 2022
Pop music is a complex beast. It has the power to uplift or obscure, to transcend or digress. Many uncomfortable truths have been exposed o...
Joey Bada$$ Earns His OG Status on '2000'
PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2022
Some albums can transport you to a time and place, and it's true of Joey Bada$$'s 1999. Released in 2012 when the Brooklyn rapper was only...
Nate Husser's Magnetic Personality Powers His Work to an 'All Time High'
PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2022
In 2022, you would be hard-pressed to find a Montreal artist as beloved by the city as Little Burgundy's own Nate Husser. Starting his care...
'The Bear' Earns a Resounding "Yes Chef"
Created by Christopher Storer
PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2022
There must be word for the feeling The Bear inspires. It's not quite schadenfreude (there's no joy to be taken here) — it's having a deep f...
Manifesto Festival's Sweet 16 Was a Fitting Celebration of Their Devotion to Community — Headliner Drama Be Damned
Budweiser Stage, August 12
PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2022
Following a rough weekend for events in Toronto, Manifesto delivered a successful festival, despite it not being the show they initially pr...