Imagine a near future where the only thing that matters is keeping your family alive, as hordes of the starving roam the land for scraps of food. TV and music video director R.T. Thorne’s impressive feature film debut starring Danielle Deadwyler and Michael Greyeyes follows the couple as they attempt to hold their remote farm from violent wayfarers in this… View Post
By Anne Brodie R.T. Thorne’s rural near future thriller 40 Acres is a masterful cinematic exploration of events in rural Canada – shot in Sudbury – during a violent civil war and a fungal pandemic that wiped out 98% of the animal biosphere. A family of homesteaders, Kataem O’Connor as Emanuel, Michael Greyeyes as Galen, Leenah Robinson as Raine, Jaeda… View Post
By Anne Brodie The superior drama His Father’s Son reinvents the way we see families in cinema; this is a whole new animal, shot in Toronto by Meelad Moaphi whose rich cinematic vision is a treat. We meet Amir (Alireza Shojaeia) a talented, aspiring chef who loses his job at a fine dining establishment when he talks back to the… View Post
By Anne Brodie Katie Uhlman’s charming sitcom Cows Come Home is a breath of fresh air! With a hint of manure! Fifteen-minute segments follow Toronto resident Tabby Acres (yes) played with energy by Lindsey Middleton) who was trying on her wedding dress when fiancé Tyson called to say he wanted out. Tabby flees to rural Fort Erie, her home, to… View Post
By Anne Brodie Miley Cyrus has always rattled the cage and in her first bio-music film Something Beautiful, the rattle is a soaring blast, a portrait of Miley the woman, artist, poet, creator, beauty and lover. Umpteen sweeping costume and attitude changes, forceful performances and delivery, sexualised to the max is basically an illustrated fantasy of her new 13 song… View Post
By Anne Brodie The National Film Board of Canada – the NFB – dips into its massive library of films about Canadians made by Canadians to celebrate June’s National indigenous History Month and Pride Month. Among its 460 Indigenous-made films, three new releases are streaming free now. Ossie Michelin’s Feather Fall documents the powerful moment in 2013 when Indigenous protesters… View Post