The Toronto Theatre Review: Slave Play at Canadian Stage By Ross Jeremy O. Harris’s Slave Play doesn’t ask for your comfort, but it does demand your participation and your attention. His…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 07:13PMIn one of its most radiant “preach to us” moments, Saturday Church rises up in a blast of light and love, urging us to feel the power of acceptance with open hearts. Designer Adam Honor�…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AMThe Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Audible Theater’s Mexodus By Ross “Did you know about this shift?” That in 1848, to be precise, Blacks who were free in Mexico’s Texas suddenly found…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 12:06PMThere’s something ever so familiar to this Public Theater premiere of The Other Americans. But once the spin starts, the detergent used is something very specific to this wash (I swear I w…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AMThe Off-Broadway Theatre Review: NYTW’s Saturday Church By Ross In one of its most radiant “preach to us” moments, Saturday Church rises up in a blast of light and love, urging us to f…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 12:44AMFrontmezzjunkies reports: Jonathan Church to be Stratford Festival’s Next Artistic Director By Ross I’m excited to share that Jonathan Church has been appointed the next Artistic Directo…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 12:10AMThe Off-Broadway Theatre Review: House of McQueen By Ross Searching and searching, online for a deadly idea. That’s what is projected with clarity across the back white wall as House of Mc…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 06:00AMThe Off-Broadway Theatre Review: The Other Americans By Ross There’s something ever so familiar to this Public Theater premiere of The Other Americans. But once the spin starts, the deterg…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 10:40AMThe TIFF Film Review: Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein“ By Ross NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE – United States of America | 2025 | 149m | English In deep, dark red, black, and white can…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 12:20AMThe Acton Off-Broadway Theatre Review: The Cherry Orchard at Rutgers Presbyterian Church By Acton Time goes by so slowly for those who wait. Madonna’s time-bending 2005 hit Hung Up pul…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 12:46AMThe Toronto Theatre Review: The Green Line By Ross This is 1978 Beirut, we are told. And that there is a line, The Green Line, that separates West Beirut and the East. It’s a line of demar…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 10:51AMThe Acton Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Abigail Duclos’s Blood Orange by Acton The new horror play Blood Orange (writer Abigail Duclos, director Vernice Miller) rolls out like a sleepover…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 12:01AMThe Toronto Theatre Review: Emily Paterson’s Butch/Femme by Ross The static of an old-time record player fills the air of the Mainstage at Theatre Passe Muraille, as a neatly dressed woman…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 11:17PMThe TIFF Film Review: Ally Pankiw’s Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery By Ross WORLD PREMIERE – Canada | 2025 | 99m | English Diving into the phenomenally crafted documentary, “Lilith F…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 12:20AMThe Ontario Theatre Review: Disney’s Newsies at The Grand Theatre By Ross There’s something uniquely special about attending the Grand Theatre’s High School Project. The audience buzz…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 08:05AMThe Tiff Film Review: Jan Komasa’s “Good Boy“ WORLD PREMIERE – Poland, United Kingdom | 2025 | 110m | English By Ross Surprisingly emotional and engaging, “Good Boy“, seen at t…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 12:48AMThe Toronto Theatre Review: Soulpepper/TRIA Theatre’s King Gilgamesh & the Man of the Wild By Ross Toronto— whose very name means ‘meeting place’ —feels like the perfect settin…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 12:02AMThe Toronto Theatre Review: The Veil By Ross A banging on the window jolts us to attention as the inventive, bone-chilling monologue, The Veil, sidesteps in from the unknown. This captivatin…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 08:59AMThe Toronto Theatre Review: Coal Mine Theatre’s Waiting for Godot By Ross The pointlessly profound point of En attendant Godot or Waiting for Godot, the much-admired absurdist play by Samu…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 09:41AMThe Toronto Theatre Review: Dave Malloy’s Octet By Ross Well, this one certainly got under my skin and had me thinking late into the night. It also forced me, quite intensely, and wisely, …
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 12:52AMThe Acton Off-Broadway Theatre Review: Kinkakuji at Japan Society By Acton That young man’s been watching us since we sat down, hidden in shadows at the back of the stage. And even once K…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 12:05AMThe Toronto Theatre Review: Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin By Ross With the sounds of crickets and creaks, a woman, Sally Poppy, moves steadfast in the dark, drawing us fully into The Welkin a…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 01:11PMThe TIFF Film Review: Adam Carter Rehmeier’s “Carolina Caroline“ By Ross World Premiere – United States of America | 2025 | 105m | English “How do you know if you are a good pers…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 08:37AMThe TIFF Film Review: Alejandro Amenábar‘s “The Captive” / “El Cautivo“ WORLD PREMIERE – Spain, Italy | 2025 | 134m | Spanish, Arabic, Italian By Ross Forgoing any tales that in…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 12:30AMThe TIFF Film Review: Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet By Ross CANADIAN PREMIERE – United Kingdom | 2025 | 125m | English “Tell me a story.” “What kind of story would you like?” “One tha…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 12:08AMFrontmezzjunkies reports: VANCOUVER QUEER FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS Vancouver, BC (September 11, 2025) – The Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) has announced this year’s…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 12:02AMFrontmezzjunkies reports: TIFF 50 announces its 2025 award winners The recipients of the 2025 People’s Choice Awards presented by Rogers are: Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, Park Chan-wook’s No …
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 11:42AMThe TIFF Film Review: Gail Maurice’s “Blood Lines“ By Ross The music instantly engages, as Beatrice drives in, past homes both solid and teepeed. This compelling second feature from wr…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 06:33AMThe TIFF Film Review: Gus Van Sant‘s “Dead Man’s Wire“ By Ross NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE – United States of America | 2025 | 104m | English The smooth radio tones of Roberta Flack an…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 12:03AMThe Shaw Festival Theatre Review: Blues for an Alabama Sky By Ross With nerves to spare, the Shaw Festival red-lights the deep sharpness of the play, Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 08:20AMFrontmezzjunkies reports: The Launching of Here For Now’s First Winter Season Here For Now‘s Winter Season will run from November 5 – December 24, 2025, on the Rose McQueen Stage at 24…
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