Living

In all the excitement of TIFF — celebrities! Parties! World premieres! Someone filming a topless girl at the corner of Queen and Peter! — it's easy to forget that many of the actual movies being screened are ones that deal with seriously heavy subject matter.

The first day of the Toronto International Film Festival, as expected, was total mania. No matter how many times one has participated in this beast, it seems one can never remember how it works.

What to watch — harrowing coverage from the battleground that is Syria or Dancing with the Stars? The former choice seems like the ethical pick, the latter makes you feel a little queasy.

Emotions and voices rise simultaneously. Now you’re shouting and he’s shutting down. It’s the same old argument. You want to spend the holiday with your parents and he...doesn’t.

Chatelaine's new columnist and Daily Show correspondent is overheating — could someone please press the fast-forward button to fall?