By Anne Brodie A Difficult Year from writer-directors Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano takes a comedic tongue-in-cheek look at two middle-aged guys, Bruno (Pio Marmaï) and Albert (JonathanCohen) both in dire financial straits when we meet them. A Difficult Year is a comedy about poverty that …
Renowned Rock Guitarist to the Stars Stevie Salas Presents His Timely Documentary Boil Alert at TIFF23. Unmissable.
Stevie Salas, an American / Canadian Apache, world-renowned musician, and polymath, has a stunning resume as an award-winning guitarist for, among others, Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart, Justin Timberlake, George Clinton, Public Enemy, T.I. and Koshi Inaba. He joined writer-director James Burns to create …
Sudbury’s Having A Moment, Fantasy’s Ancient Roots, Searing Series From Scandinavia and Canadian Comics Brighten the Zombie Apocalypse. It’s Men’s Week!
By Anne Brodie What a joy to find Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Henry Czerny, Bruce McCulloch, and Scott Thompson on the big screen together! They form a winning ensemble in Zombie Town a spoof on the horror genre, suitable for all ages, based on R. L. Stine’s best-selling young adult novel series …
Fact-Based Docs and Features to Wow, a Gen X Treat and One for Gen Alpha, and What Not To Do with Power.
By Anne BrodieHelen Mirren is somewhere behind the ageing, puffy physicality of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in a time of great crisis, in Guy Nattiv's political fact-based thriller Golda. While the film isn't the finest of its genre, it does shine a spotlight on a woman in power in the 70s …
From Unbridled Joy to Love and Dementia, Nordic Noir, a Name From the Past and Stand Up to Cancer!
By Anne Brodie Jules will make your heart swell with joy. Ben Kingsley in an outstanding performance as Milton, a small-town, Pennsylvanian, whose quiet life suddenly upends itself in a deus ex machina kind of way. Sure, Milton's elderly and slow and sometimes forgets things, but he manages to …