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TV review: Queer Eye season 5 made me over from skeptic to teary-eyed fan
QUEER EYE: SEASON FIVE (David Collins). Ten episodes begin streaming on Netflix Canada on June 5. Rating: NNNN I avoided Queer Eye because it’s one of... -
The best TV shows about nurses
The TV and movie stereotype goes like this: nurses are overly caring women, calm and with affectionate demeanour. In popular medical shows like Grey’s Anatomy, nurses... -
TV review: Vida: Season 3 is the show we need right now
VIDA (Tanya Saracho). Premieres Sunday (April 26), on Crave. Rating: NNNNN In Vida’s third and final season, a lot has changed. Each character has believably... -
Rachel Matlow on their mom’s death, Ghomeshi and being vulnerable
Rachel Matlow’s memoir, Dead Mom Walking (Viking/Penguin Random House, $24.95, 320 pages) lives up to its label as a traumedy – a traumatic comedy. Matlow... -
How author Shani Mootoo avoids the pitfalls of identity and politics
Shani Mootoo’s Polar Vortex (Book*hug, $23, 288 pages) is a suspense-filled novel that captures the banality of everyday life. Lesbian couple Priya and Alex are... -
TV review: Unorthodox is definitely not a Lifetime-style story
UNORTHODOX (Deborah Feldman). Some subtitles. All four parts begin streaming Thursday (March 26) on Netflix Canada. Rating: NNNN Inspired by Deborah Feldman’s memoir of the same name,... -
TV review: Women take charge in Ozark season 3
OZARK: SEASON 3 (Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams). Premieres March 27 on Netflix Canada. Rating: NNN Netflix’s criminal drama repeats familiar dramatic tensions in season... -
Review: Bollywood’s gay rom-com Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan gets it right
SHUBH MANGAL ZYADA SAAVDHAN (Hitesh Kewalya). 120 minutes. Now playing. Rating: NNNNN This review contains light plot spoilers. Bollywood camp collides with gay camp in... -
The best British mystery series to stream on BritBox
There’s something in British crime dramas that feels more restrained than their North American counterparts, full of tension, withheld secrets and unexamined feelings. Drawing from... -
The Crown season 3 review: the royals lean into vulnerability
THE CROWN: SEASON 3 (Peter Morgan). Premieres November 17 on Netflix Canada. Rating: NNNN The third season of Netflix’s popular historical drama The Crown spans... -
Nazanine Hozar’s Aria captures the complexities of Tehran
NAZANINE HOZAR in conversation with John Irving as part of TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF AUTHORS at Harbourfront Centre (235 Queen Quay West) on Friday (October 25), 7... -
Canada Election 2019: Jagmeet Singh stays above the fray
When Jagmeet Singh won the NDP leadership two years ago, I was disappointed. And until two weeks ago, that feeling had only increased. But I’ve... -
Fast, violent, sleazy Adnan Khan’s diaspora novel scraps nostalgia
ADNAN KHAN launch for THERE HAS TO BE A KNIFE on Wednesday (October 2) at Unlovable Bar (1415 B Dundas West). 8 pm. Free. festivalofauthors.ca.... -
TV review: Four Weddings And A Funeral is more rom than com
FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (Mindy Kaling, Matt Warburton). Premieres Thursday (September 26) on CityTV. Rating: NNN Mindy Kaling is not playing around with her... -
In Just Pervs, Jess Taylor writes about sex minus trauma
Jess Taylor’s second collection of short stories, Just Pervs (Book*hug, 180 pages, $20), focuses on a female experience of sexuality. Challenging male-centred portrayals of sex...
