MeToo
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Halloween 2018 vs H2O: a study in trauma narratives
The latest entry in the horror franchise is being hailed as a slasher movie for the #MeToo era, but an earlier sequel essentially told the same story more
TIFF 2018: Five things you missed at the This Changes Everything premiere
Tom Donahue's documentary on sexism in Hollywood had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival more
TIFF review: This Changes Everything
Tom Donahue's doc on sexism in Hollywood doesn't dig deep enough more
Tanja-Tiziana
TIFF 2018: Share Her Journey rally calls for the end of sexual harassment in film
Oscar winner Geena Davis, director Amma Asante, #AfterMeToo cofounder Mia Kirshner and others spoke about combatting gender inequality in the movie industry more
Why Toronto’s sex doll brothel is bad for women
At Aura Dolls opening in North York, men will be able to act out their dark, violent fantasies on realistic sex dolls. more
Author Miriam Toews and the Mennonite #MeToo
Risky novel Women Talking spotlights sexual assault in a remote Bolivian community more
Kyle Bono Kaplan
Jennifer Fox puts her personal trauma on film in The Tale
The director of the Emmy-nominated film talks changing conversations around child sex abuse, shooting rape scenes and #MeToo's next frontier more
Ikenna Douglas
Nailah Blackman is the most exciting voice in soca in years
20-year-old musician Nailah Blackman carries the legacy of soca in her blood, but she's also pushing the genre forward in a way few else have. Read this interview with the singer about her past and present in soca. more
Michelle da Silva
TIFF to hold a rally for gender equality during 2018 festival
On September 8, King West will turn into marching grounds for women to protest inequality in the film industry more
Succession Raghubir Singh
ROM's #MeToo exhibit shows why we can’t separate art from artist
The museum tackles sexual assault allegations against influential photographer Raghubir Singh – and reframes his work in the process more
Fringe review: Be A Good Girl
Adina Katz's intense solo show shines a powerful light on surviving sexual abuse more
Fringe review: We The Men
Fact-based show about men's responses to #MeToo – performed by women – is enlightening but sometimes feels rushed more
Chvrches are optimistic about feminism's impact on pop music
Chvrches have just released their new album Love Is Dead, their poppiest and most political. Long before the #MeToo movement, Mayberry was calling out misogyny in the music industry, but now she's noticing small, incremental changes. more
Hollywood's assholes need a moment of reckoning
ABC suddenly cancelled Roseanne Barr's sitcom and Jeffrey Tambor's New York Times interview drew attention to bad behaviour on set. Is this the next phase of Hollywood's reckoning? more
Alice Glass is finally telling her story
A decade after she appeared on the cover of NOW as a member of Crystal Castles, the electro-punk star opens up about going solo, #MeToo and growing up in Toronto more
10 things I'm looking forward to at Cannes 2018
Cate Blanchett heads up the jury, the fest addresses #MeToo and Turkey's Nuri Bilge Ceylan goes for his fourth award more
Jeremy Mimnagh
Lulu V.7 updates classic to reflect on #MeToo and the Toronto killings of gay men
This three-hour exploration of sexuality features over-the-top action in its first half and thoughtful, intimate monologues in its second more
Barry Avrich's second Weinstein doc doesn't go far enough
Local director takes down Hollywood's now most famous abuser of power for sexual gain – but drops the ball on the #MeToo movement more
Hot Docs review: Roll Red Roll
Nancy Schwartzman's account of the Steubenville, Ohio high school rape case is an urgent and necessary film in the #MeToo movement more
Samuel Engelking
Mandi Gray revisits her rape trial and terror in Slut Or Nut
The Toronto activist says collaborating on the film with director Kelly Showker "gave me my power back" more