By Anne Brodie Under a Dark Sun concerns Alba Mazier (Ava Baya) a frantic French woman, hardened by life, escaping a lover under cover of night with her young son Leo (Max Harter); the abuser threatens them with violence as they screech away into the dark hills. He’d taken all her money so she and Leo are working against all… View Post
By Anne Brodie Directed by Edivan Guajajara, co-founder of Mídia Indígena, Brazil’s leading Indigenous-led journalism collective and environmental filmmakers Chelsea Greene and Rob Grobman, We Are Guardians, reminds us of the devastation that once threatened to ruin the global environment – the destruction of the “lungs of the earth” – the Amazon Rainforest. Illegal logging and mining has been a… View Post
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