A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE is in select theaters October 3, 2025 in the UK, select theaters globally October 10, 2025 and on Netflix October 24, 2025. Today we get a new Trailer for this latest from Kathryn Bigelow.

ABOUT A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE:
Directed By: Kathryn Bigelow
Written By: Noah Oppenheim
Produced By: Greg Shapiro, p.g.a., Kathryn Bigelow, p.g.a., Noah Oppenheim, p.g.a.
Executive Producers: Brian Bell, Sarah Bremner
Director of Photography: Barry Ackroyd, BSC
Production Designer: Jeremy Hindle
Costume Designer: Sarah Edwards
Editor: Kirk Baxter, ACE
Music By: Volker Bertelmann
Sound Design By: Paul N. J. Ottosson
Co-Producers: Jeremy Hindle, Sumaiya Kaveh, Luca Borghese
Casting By: Susanne Scheel
Cast: Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, with Greta Lee, and Jason Clarke. Also starring Malachi Beasley, Brian Tee, Brittany O’Grady, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Willa Fitzgerald, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Kyle Allen, Kaitlyn Dever.

CBC Books, CBC’s online home for literary content, together with its partners the Canada Council for the Arts and Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, today announced Laura MacGregor of Waterloo, Ont. as the winner of the 2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize. MacGregor’s story, The Invisible Woman, was selected from more than 1,300 entries.

As the grand-prize winner, MacGregor will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, a two-week writing residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and her story has been published on CBC Books. MacGregor will discuss her winning piece on Bookends with Mattea Roach. The interview will air at a later date on CBC Radio and CBC Listen.

The 2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize jurors Zoe Whittall, Danny Ramadan and Helen Knott, said this about MacGregor’s text:

“A moving, complex and lyrical exploration of what it means to mother a medically fragile child into adulthood: the exhaustion, anxiety, and grief of the everyday, and the barely contained rage at a system that fails to recognize the value of interdependency or disabled lives. What does it mean to witness the joy available to someone with complex needs, while shouldering the burden of being the one who cares for them? The Invisible Woman captures the heartbreak of service rooted in love when it is fractured during the COVID pandemic as a nurse wonders aloud whether ‘someone like him’ should be permitted access to a ventilator.”

Laura MacGregor said, “The Invisible Woman was my attempt to shift the light to illuminate both the child and the mother, to emphasize the labour and stories of mothers, and to assert that care cannot be a sum-zero game. That my story was heard and valued by brilliant Canadian memoirists, Zoe Whittall, Danny Ramadan and Helen Knott, is a gift.

“I am also someone who tends to say that I enjoy writing as a hobby. Winning the CBC Nonfiction Prize gives me the confidence to claim the title of writer, one who has a worthy story to tell. I am grateful to the CBC, the jury panel and the rich and diverse community of Canadian writers, who together, create spaces for writers to learn, grow and share their stories.”

The four runners-up for the 2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize, who will each receive $1,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, are: Rachel Foster of Vancouver for Summer Ash; Jennifer McGuire of Owen Sound, Ont. for The First Apartment; Lena Palacios of Montreal for Cancer Stage Exit 4: A Memoir and Crystal Semaganis of Bear Island, Ont. for In Case I Die.

The winner of the Prix du récit Radio-Canada 2025 was also announced: Marie Sirois for Gestation. More information is available at ICI.Radio-canada.ca/icionlit.

For more information on the CBC Literary Prizes, please visit CBCBooks.ca.

Wow! El Catrin Destileria welcome Executive Chef José Matamoros, who brings a singular vision to elevate the dining experience at this Toronto fan favourite! Originally from Chihuahua, Mexico, Chef José brings over a decade of international culinary experience, including honing his skills at the two-Michelin-star La Grenouillère in France, and leadership roles at 1Hotel Copenhagen, 1Hotel Central Park, 1Kitchen Toronto, Casa Madera, Baro Toronto, and The Ostrich Club in Halifax. Known for his modern Mexican cuisine with global influences, Chef José is recognized for bold flavours, refined techniques, and creative yet approachable menus.

A $95 family-style Tasting Menu is available Sunday to Thursday, with cocktail pairing option. Highlights:

• Guacamole & Heirloom Corn Tostadas – creamy avocado with lime and spice on house-made tortillas
• Adobo Crab Sopes – Dungeness crab with epazote, serrano, yuzu kosho, beans
• Trio of Ceviches – tuna-watermelon, coconut-shrimp, and mahi mahi-pico
• Octopus & Chorizo – tender grilled octopus, smoky chorizo, and creamy black bean purée
• Pato a la Jamaica – duck glazed with tangy hibiscus mole
• Pescado Veracruzano – seabass with tomato, olives, capers, and herbs
• Campechana Cake – layered coastal-inspired dessert from Campeche

Book now through OpenTable as an Experience.

Pre-order Wicked: For Good – The Soundtrack available November 21st here, the same day the Film is in theatres via Universal Pictures Canada.

And now whatever way our stories end, I know you have rewritten mine by being my friend …

Last year’s global cinematic cultural sensation, which became the most successful Broadway film adaptation of all time, now reaches its epic, electrifying, emotional conclusion in Wicked: For Good.

Directed once again by award-winning director Jon M. Chu and starring the spectacular returning cast, led by Academy Award® nominated superstars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, the final chapter of the untold story of the witches of Oz begins with Elphaba and Glinda estranged and living with the consequences of their choices.

Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), now demonized as The Wicked Witch of the West, lives in exile, hidden within the Ozian forest while continuing her fight for the freedom of Oz’s silenced Animals and desperately trying to expose the truth she knows about The Wizard (Jeff Goldblum).

Glinda, meanwhile, has become the glamorous symbol of Goodness for all of Oz, living at the palace in Emerald City and reveling in the perks of fame and popularity. Under the instruction of Madame Morrible (Oscar® winner Michelle Yeoh), Glinda is deployed to serve as an effervescent comfort to Oz, reassuring the masses that all is well under the rule of The Wizard.

As Glinda’s stardom expands and she prepares to marry Prince Fiyero (Olivier award winner and Emmy and SAG nominee Jonathan Bailey) in a spectacular Ozian wedding, she is haunted by her separation from Elphaba. She attempts to broker a conciliation between Elphaba and The Wizard, but those efforts will fail, driving Elphaba and Glinda only further apart. The aftershocks will transform Boq (Tony nominee Ethan Slater) and Fiyero forever, and threaten the safety of Elphaba’s sister, Nessarose (Marissa Bode), when a girl from Kansas comes crashing into all their lives.

As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba will need to come together one final time. With their singular friendship now the fulcrum of their futures, they will need to truly see each other, with honesty and empathy, if they are to change themselves, and all of Oz, for good.

Wicked: For Good also stars Emmy nominee Bowen Yang and Bronwyn James as Glinda’s fawning assistants, Pfannee and ShenShen and BAFTA and Grammy nominee Sharon D. Clarke (Caroline, or Change) as the voice of Elphaba’s childhood nanny, Dulcibear.

The film is produced by returning Tony and Emmy winning powerhouse Marc Platt p.g.a. and by multiple Tony winner David Stone. The executive producers are Stephen Schwartz, David Nicksay, Jared LeBoff, Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. The first film, Wicked, released in November 2024, earned 10 Academy Award® nominations, including Best Picture, and won the Oscars® for Costume Design and Production Design. To date, the film has grossed $750 million worldwide.

Wicked: For Good is based on the generation-defining musical stage play with music and lyrics by legendary Grammy and Oscar® winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, from the bestselling novel by Gregory Maguire. The screenplay is by Winnie Holzman and Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox. The film score is by John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.

one last campaign. one last mission. one last adventure. let’s do this, nerds.

Stranger Things 5 will release on Netflix across three premiere dates with Volume 1 on November 26, 2025 (four episodes), Volume 2 on Christmas (three episodes) and The Finale on New Year’s Eve. Each volume releases at 5 PM PT.

And the party’s diving back into Seasons 1–4. Starting September 29, you can follow along on Stranger Things social channels and at Tudum.com. Rewatch with us before the last adventure begins.

The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time.

Stranger Things 5 will release on Netflix across three premiere dates with Volume 1 on November 26 (four episodes), Volume 2 on Christmas (three episodes) and The Finale on New Year’s Eve. Each volume releases at 5 PM PT.

Created by The Duffer Brothers STRANGER THINGS is produced by Upside Down Pictures & 21 Laps Entertainment with The Duffer Brothers serving as executive producers, alongside Shawn Levy of 21 Laps Entertainment and Dan Cohen.

The cast includes Winona Ryder (Joyce Byers), David Harbour (Jim Hopper), Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven), Finn Wolfhard (Mike Wheeler), Gaten Matarazzo (Dustin Henderson), Caleb McLaughlin (Lucas Sinclair), Noah Schnapp (Will Byers), Sadie Sink (Max Mayfield), Natalia Dyer (Nancy Wheeler), Charlie Heaton (Jonathan Byers), Joe Keery (Steve Harrington), Maya Hawke (Robin Buckley), Priah Ferguson (Erica Sinclair), Brett Gelman (Murray), Jamie Campbell Bower (Vecna), Cara Buono (Karen Wheeler), Amybeth McNulty (Vickie), Nell Fisher (Holly Wheeler), Jake Connelly (Derek Turnbow), Alex Breaux (Lt. Akers), and Linda Hamilton (Dr. Kay).

ABOUT THE SERIES

A love letter to the ‘80s classic genre films that captivated a generation, Stranger Things is a thrilling drama set in the seemingly normal Midwestern town of Hawkins, Indiana. After a boy vanishes into thin air, his close-knit group of friends and family search for answers and are pulled into a high-stakes and deadly series of events. Beneath the surface of their ordinary town lurks an extraordinary supernatural mystery, along with top-secret government experiments and a dangerous gateway that connects our world to a powerful yet sinister realm. Friendships will be tested and lives will be altered as what they discover will change Hawkins and possibly the world — forever.

Created by The Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things debuted in 2016 and quickly became one of Netflix’s most popular television series ever, with its fourth season alone amassing over 140.7M views globally. Rooted in ‘80s nostalgia, it boosted Kate Bush’s track “Running Up That Hill” into the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time in its 38-year history. The series has also garnered over 70 awards worldwide including Emmys® and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, and has been nominated for over 230 awards. The highly anticipated fifth and final season will release later this year in three volumes at 5PM PT: four episodes on November 26, three episodes on Christmas and the finale on New Year’s Eve. The beloved franchise offers fans various ways to engage with the cultural phenomenon year-round, including: the Olivier and Tony-award winning stage play, Stranger Things: The First Shadow; a collection of books takes fans deeper into the story; the touring Stranger Things: The Experience which recently expanded to Brazil and Australia; Stranger Things: Escape the Dark; a brand new immersive experience set to open at Netflix House later this year; Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85, an animated series that will take fans back to Hawkins; fans celebrate November 6 — the day Will Byers went missing — as ‘Stranger Things Day;’ and they can follow @StrangerThings.Things for fun ways to bring the world into their everyday lives.

CBC is marking the fifth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Tuesday, September 30 with an extensive lineup of Indigenous-led original programming showcasing First Nations, Métis and Inuit perspectives and experiences across CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC News Network, CBC digital platforms, CBC Radio, CBC Music and CBC Listen. Also known as Orange Shirt Day, CBC’s programming will include CBC LIVE NEWS SPECIAL: NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION, hosted by CBC News Chief Correspondent Adrienne Arsenault in Ottawa and which will feature national commemorative event REMEMBERING THE CHILDREN: NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION, plus a new original documentary from CBC and APTN, THE GOOD CANADIAN, and returning for its fourth year, musical celebration ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl COME TOWARD THE FIRE.

Select images are available here. Credit: Courtesy of CBC.

CBC’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation lineup on Tuesday, September 30 includes:

Note: Radio-Canada programming information available here.

Q WITH TOM POWER: TANTOO CARDINAL AND CHRISTIAN ALLAIRE

10 a.m. (10:30 NT) on CBC Radio and CBC Listen

For more than five decades, and across more than 100 TV, film and theatre roles, Tantoo Cardinal has worked to bring nuanced Indigenous characters and stories to the stage and screen. She’s been in everything from Dances with Wolves to Killers of the Flower Moon…and she’s the star of the film Falls Around Her. about an Anishinaabe musician who returns to her community and tries to leave fame behind. Cardinal was recently honoured with the Equity in Entertainment Award from The Hollywood Reporter Women in Entertainment Canada, and that’s when Tom Power had the chance to sit down and talk with her about her impressive career.

Also on Q — As a kid growing up in Nipissing, Ontario, Christian Allaire dreamed of being part of the glamorous world that he saw in his mother’s Vogue magazines. Now, he’s the senior fashion and style writer for Vogue, and he writes about that journey in his new memoir From the Rez to the Runway. Allaire will speak with Tom Power about how fancy dress and powwow regalia was his very first introduction to fashion, the racism he encountered throughout his time in the fashion industry, and how he embraced his Ojibwe identity as his cool factor.

COMMOTION WITH ELAMIN ABDELMAHMOUD

11 a.m. (11:30 NT) on CBC Radio and CBC Listen

Kent Monkman is one of the most exciting Indigenous artists working today; now, the character he’s been developing his whole life – Miss Chief Eagle Testickle – is about to take centre stage in an opera in Montreal. Elamin Abdelmahmoud will sit down with some of Monkman’s peers to talk about his singular impact on the arts – and beyond.

UNRESERVED

1 p.m. (1:30 NT) on CBC Radio and CBC Listen

(Sunday, September 28 at 2 p.m. (2:30 NT) on CBC Radio and CBC Listen)

94 calls – but who’s answering? Jolene Ashini is – she is the first lawyer to emerge from her community and is determined to change the system from the inside. And Senator Pate is giving voice to 12 Indigenous women who have been silenced by the system. In this episode we’re reminded of the 94 Calls to Action, just how far we are in addressing them, and highlight two people who are willing to do the work in spite of society’s slow progress.

ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl COME TOWARD THE FIRE

2 p.m. (2:30 NT) on CBC Radio and CBC Listen and 5 p.m. (5:30 NT) on CBC Music

Celebrating Indigenous talent, creativity and brilliance with live music performances by Tia Wood and Wyatt C. Lewis from the main stage of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia, recorded ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Hosted by Jarrett Martineau.

CBC NEWS SPECIAL – NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION

2 p.m. ET on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC News Network, CBC News streaming channels, cbcnews.ca, the CBC News app and the CBC News YouTube Channel

CBC News Chief Correspondent Adrienne Arsenault will be in Ottawa to host special live coverage of events to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, joined by University of Manitoba professor, columnist and award-winning Anishinaabe author Niigaan Sinclair. Remembering the Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, co-produced by APTN, CBC/Radio-Canada and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR), will be covered as part of this live news special.

REMEMBERING THE CHILDREN: NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION

3 p.m. ET on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC News Network, CBC News streaming channels, cbcnews.ca, the CBC News app and the CBC News YouTube Channel

APTN, CBC/Radio-Canada and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) are once again partnering to produce Remembering the Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the annual national commemorative gathering on Parliament Hill.

Hosted by Earl Wood and Melissa Mollen Dupuis, the multilingual commemorative event will share the powerful truths of residential school Survivors and pay moving tribute to the children who never made it home. There will be moving performances by First Nations, Inuit and Métis artists including the Eagle River Drum Group, DeeDee Austin, Burnstick, Julian Taylor and Susan Aglukark. Shown as part of the CBC NEWS SPECIAL, the 90-minute live event will be presented in English, French and Plains Cree.

NATIONAL DAY FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILATION SPECIAL

8 p.m. (8:30 NT) on CBC Radio and CBC Listen

Join host Falen Johnson to mark the fifth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This special program will feature the events of the day and focus on Indigenous content from across the country.

THE GOOD CANADIAN

8 p.m. (8:30 NT) on CBC TV and streaming on CBC Gem

The world knows the image of the good Canadian. But what if there was a dark secret behind a national identity? THE GOOD CANADIAN explores the idea of a True North strong and free. In this unflinching and eye-opening documentary, directors Leena Minifie and David Paperny move us through the corridors of systemic inequity, from the Indian Act to residential schools, to modern-day family separation. Fusing shocking footage with detailed interviews with experts, advocates, whistleblowers and politicians, THE GOOD CANADIAN challenges national myth-making, while offering Canadians the chance to forge a new identity from the truth.

SEE YOU IN COURT – “The girl whose life became a battleground over Indigenous child welfare”

Three-episode story available September 30 everywhere podcasts are available

New podcast SEE YOU IN COURT delves into the messy and memorable courtroom battles that shaped how Canadians live today, one case at a time. In this three-episode story available on September 30, Leticia is just an infant when she’s taken into foster care. But by the time she’s a year old, a legal battle over who should raise her is brewing, with her birth mother pushing to take her back to her First Nation and her foster parents saying she belongs with them. Host Falen Johnson sets the stage for journalist Dawna Dingwall and Leticia Racine to travel back to southwest Manitoba — where they both grew up — and their journey to try and piece together how Leticia ended up at the centre of precedent-setting court case, and the mark it made in her life.

All day on September 30, CBC Music will highlight Indigenous artists and composers, and CBC TV will air Indigenous-led documentaries including TLATSINI: JOURNEY OF THE TAKU KWAN (6:30 p.m., 7 NT) and THE ELDERS (11 p.m., 11:30 NT).

CBC Kids News presents RETURNING TO ULUKHAKTOK: A CBC KIDS NEWS DOCUMENTARY, available now on cbckidsnews.ca and YouTube. Meet six kids from a small community in the Arctic, who felt disconnected from their Inuvialuit identity — until they went on a journey to connect with their past. The students teamed up with CBC Kids News to document the trip they took to see their ancestors’ artwork and artifacts on display in museums across the country. They discovered a connection that runs deeper than they thought. You can also check out the ever-growing Indigenous Stories section on cbckidsnews.ca.

CBC Kids presents a new music video from multidisciplinary Indigenous Oji-Cree artist Anachnid. She stopped by Joojo and Gary the Unicorn’s apartment to perform her song “Braids.”

CBC’s ongoing coverage and recognition of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation includes:

THE NEXT CHAPTER WITH ANTONIO MICHAEL DOWNING

Saturday, September 27 at 3 p.m. (3:30 NT) and Monday, September 29 at 2 p.m. (2:30 NT, 5pm MT, 5pm PT) on CBC Radio and CBC Listen

THE NEXT CHAPTER will air an all-Indigenous episode featuring a conversation with Patty Krawec and book recommendations from Orange Shirt Day founder Phyllis Webstad.

BOOKENDS WITH MATTEA ROACH

Sunday, September 28 at 1 p.m. (1:30 NT, 3 PT) and Wednesday, October 1 at 1 p.m. (1:30 NT) on CBC Radio and CBC Listen

Mattea Roach will speak with Eliana Ramage, author of the novel To the Moon and Back, which is about a woman chasing her dreams of becoming the first Indigenous astronaut. Ramage is a citizen of Cherokee Nation and To the Moon and Back is a Reese’s Book Club Pick.

RECLAIMED presents SONGS OF OUR STORYTELLERS

Wednesday, October 1 at 6 p.m. (6:30 NT) and Saturday, October 4 at 5 p.m. (5:30 NT) on CBC Music

Thursday, October 2 at 11:05 p.m. (11:35 NT) and Saturday, October 4 at 9 p.m. (10 p.m. AT, 10:30 p.m. NT) on CBC Radio

There can be no Reconciliation without first telling the Truth — not just about what happened in the past but what’s still happening today. One of the clearest ways to get there is by sharing our stories. This week, RECLAIMED honours the spirit of truth that you find in the Songs of Our Storytellers.

CBC Gem’s TRUTH & RECONCILIATION COLLECTION is available now with more than 20 films, specials and documentaries honouring the history, heritage and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples. Joining the CBC Gem collection on Friday, Sept. 26 is HUDSON BAY(BIES), a film exploring an untold part of Canada’s past through the eyes of Inuk artist and filmmaker Elisapie Isaac. After facing a moral dilemma, Elisapie sets out to meet others who, like her, are “Hudson Baybies,” the children born of the mixed unions between Indigenous women and Hudson’s Bay Company employees working in trading posts and general stores across the North. Also launching on CBC Gem on Friday, Sept. 26 is NINAN AUASAT: WE, THE CHILDREN, a documentary following three groups of children from three different Indigenous nations: Atikamekw, Eeyou Cree and Innu. Shot over six years, audiences witness these young people navigate the milestones of childhood through to the threshold of adulthood, along with their day-to-day routines, aspirations and the challenges they face along the way.

CBC Kids showcases award-winning programs on CBC Gem, such as ANAANA’S TENT in both English and Inuktitut, TEEPEE TIME in English and Mi’kmaq, and MOLLY OF DENALI. For more content that celebrates Indigenous Culture, visit the CBC Kids Collection on CBC Gem. The CBC Kids YouTube page features an Indigenous language series which teaches kids animal words in Cree, Ojibwe / Anishinaabemowin and Inuktitut, as well as an ever-growing library of great Indigenous content for younger kids including dance, campfire stories, food and storytime videos.

CBC Books will feature digital content centred around the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, including a reading list curated by Patty Krawec, as a companion to her conversation on The Next Chapter.

Contributing Art Director Emily Kewageshig, an Anishinaabe artist raised in Saugeen First Nation #29, designed the CBC logo in 2021 to mark the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Her work captures the interconnection of life forms using culturally significant materials from the land.

Lyla, the modern Mediterranean-inspired restaurant in the heart of Toronto, is excited to debut its new fall menu crafted by Executive Chef Michael Medeiros. Launching this evening, the refreshed menu highlights seasonal ingredients, bold flavours, and refined simplicity, designed for sharing and perfect for autumn dining. Reservations are now available via OpenTable HERE.

The fall menu introduces a range of vibrant new dishes, from indulgent pastas like Rigatoni al Brasato di Manzo with braised Ontario beef short rib to the delicate Hamachi Crudo topped with rotating caviar and plum wine jelly. Seasonal highlights include the Autumn Salad with butternut squash and maple vinaigrette, and Tortelli al Tartufo finished with shaved winter truffles. Larger shared entrées such as the Half Duck with pomegranate glaze and spiced duck jus or the Canadian Lamb Loin with olive tapenade and golden raisins round out the new offerings.

Chef Medeiros, whose culinary journey began at 17 and has since taken him from MICHELIN-starred kitchens in Australia to Toronto’s vibrant dining scene, draws inspiration from his family roots and global training to create a menu that balances comfort and elegance. With a focus on seasonal, local high-quality ingredients and Mediterranean flavours, Lyla’s fall menu embodies the restaurant’s philosophy: elevated yet approachable, crafted from high-quality ingredients and designed for sharing.

Complementing the food, Lyla’s beverage program continues to feature a curated wine list showcasing coastal wines and a cocktail menu built on fresh, vibrant ingredients. The restaurant’s warm, old-world inspired interiors designed by HOK make for an inviting setting to enjoy the new seasonal menu, whether for a casual dinner, a celebration, or a private event.

Lyla’s fall menu is available now for dinner, lunch, and includes an updated weekend brunch menu. For those seeking a celebratory dining experience, the restaurant also offers a selection of group set menus, from the Lyla Table ($79 + tax per person) to the Lyla Signature Table ($99 + tax per person), showcasing the best of the fall menu in family-style formats.

For reservations, please visit the OpenTable link HERE.

Location: 60 Sudbury St, Toronto, ON M6J 3S7

Hours:

Brunch: Saturday & Sunday: 10:30am-3pm

Lunch (for private events only): Monday-Friday: 12pm-4pm

Dinner: Sunday-Thursday: 5pm-11pm, Friday & Saturday: 5pm-12am

tiff50 selection DUST BUNNY arrives in theatres December 5, 2025 via Cineplex Pictures.

Directed by: Bryan Fuller
Produced by: Bryan Fuller, Erica Lee, Basil Iwanyk
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, David Dastmalchian, Sigourney Weaver
Synopsis: In visionary creator Bryan Fuller’s (Hannibal, Pushing Daisies) fantastical and wickedly inventive feature directorial debut Dust Bunny, a 10-year-old girl joins forces with her hitman neighbor to confront each other’s monsters.

Ten-year-old Aurora has a mysterious neighbor (Mads Mikkelsen) who kills real-life monsters; he’s a hitman for hire. So, when Aurora needs help killing the monster that she believes ate her entire family, she procures his services. Suspecting that Aurora’s parents may have fallen victim assassins gunning for him, the neighbor guiltily takes the job. To protect her, he’ll need to battle an onslaught of assassins and accept that some monsters are real.

About Cineplex Pictures
Cineplex Pictures, a division of Cineplex, is a distributor of a wide range of films. Recent titles include The Long Walk, Ballerina, Flight Risk, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The Strangers: Chapter 1, The Queen of My Dreams, The Boy and the Heron, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, SAW X, and John Wick: Chapter 4.

It has finally happened. The Canadian Opera Company has invited Danie Friesen, Alexander Hajek and Claire Elise Harris, otherwise known as Opera Revue, to perform at their Free Concert Series.

October 14, 2025
Noon
(doors open at 11:30 AM admittance will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis)
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre, Four Seasons Centre
145 Queen St W, Toronto

“We are truly honoured to perform at the COC’s noon hour concerts. The chance to sing for aficionadoughs…we mean aficionados (see our pizza opera) is something Opera Revue has been aspiring to since our inception. We normally perform in casual settings like bars, nightclubs like The Rivoli (opera’s got range!) to raucous, hooting and hollering audiences, so to perform in the glorious acoustic that is the Four Seasons Centre is a treat for us. Are we intimidated by the prestige of Canada’s only opera house? Not a chance! You’d best believe we’re still gonna do what we do: bring the fun back to opera,” said Soprano Danie Friesen.

“Could events like Opera Revue’s be opera’s greatest hope for survival?”
-Joshua Chong, Toronto Star, Dec 2022

“Three musicians put the fun back into opera.”
-Dawn Martens, Opera Canada, Aug 2024

“The genius of Opera Revue’s project: to upend one’s expectations by throwing you off your little pedestal so that they can put you onto something else. This is their vaudevillian way of things.”
-Nirris Nagendrarajah, OperaWire, Nov. 2024

Opera Revue’s mission is to circumvent the stigmas and barriers that block many from hearing live opera music. Over five years, through accessible, fun, and affordable performances in Toronto bars including Granite Brewery, Castro’s Lounge, Drom Taberna, The Drake Hotel and The Emmet Ray, Opera Revue have built a generationally diverse community that includes opera lovers, opera performers, and the opera curious. They have also created unique shows for a number of larger live music venues, including a 2024 residency at the Redwood Theatre, and shows at The Dakota Tavern and Revival.

They were recently commissioned by Dr. Oetker to compose and create a one-act opera, Suprema: The Opera for Aficionadoughs, which was performed free for the public at TD Music Hall over three weekends in July to launch the company’s new Suprema line of pizzas.

Opera Revue have not gone unnoticed by the press. In addition to being the cover story for OPERA CANADA, they’ve been covered by CBC National, Global News, Toronto Star, CBC’s Day 6, CBC’s Fresh Air, Opera Wire, Ludwig van Toronto, BlogTO, and they sang Christmas carols on CTV Your Morning on December 24, 2024

ABOUT OPERA REVUE
Opera Revue began with the question “Why does opera get such a bad rap?”. And they came up with several answers: It’s expensive. You have to dress up. It’s snobby. You can’t drink, except during intermission. You can’t talk. It’s snobby. You can’t get up and move around. And it’s snobby.

So, that’s what they have set out to change. Opera Revue is a great way to introduce opera to people who have never seen it before, as well as a new way for opera lovers to enjoy it. By performing opera and art song in a casual bar setting, audiences can feel comfortable to talk, drink, and to share the experience with those around them. The goal is to take away the exclusive nature of opera and make it accessible for all.

Opera Revue was founded in 2017 by soprano Danie Friesen. Pianist Claire Elise Harris joined the company in 2018, and baritone Alexander Hajek rounded out the team in 2021. Through monthly opera performances, Opera Revue has built a generationally diverse community that mixes opera lovers, opera performers, and the opera curious, with new young audiences finding it fun rather than daunting. During the Covid-19 crisis, Opera Revue put out weekly comedic operatic parody videos online to connect with their community digitally, while drawing in new audiences.

The chilling trailer for the Hulu Original “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle” from 20th Century Studios’ a hauntingly modern twist on the classic film, is now available to download and share. The psychological thriller from director Michelle Garza Cervera, starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Maika Monroe, will premiere October 22, 2025 exclusively on Disney+.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars as Caitlin Morales, an upscale suburban mom who brings a new nanny, Polly Murphy (Maika Monroe), into her home, only to discover she is not the person she claims to be. “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle” also stars Raúl Castillo, Martin Starr, Mileiah Vega, Riki Lindhome, and Shannon Cochran, and is written by Micah Bloomberg based on a screenplay by Amanda Silver. The producers are Michael Schaefer, Mike LaRocca, and Ted Field, and the executive producers are Michael Napoliello, Maria Frisk, and Seth William Meier.

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