By Anne Brodie Strike! The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) are marching the picket lines and production, for the most part, has shut down. Film, TV, and streaming are not producing new works. For the foreseeable, films and shows will …
Steady Your Nerves, Excercise Your Brain, Pray for a Miracle, Make an Action Movie, Cook and Live Life! An Inspiring Week.
By Anne Brodie It landed Tuesday and most of you have seen it. Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One is long. The opening two acts of more or less static, multi-face exposition, followed by long car chases in Rome and boat-and-bridge chases in Venice would have benefited from a fastidious …
Dr. Shirley Cheechoo and the 6th Annual Weengushk International Film Festival on Manitoulin Island
The 6th annual Weengushk International Film Festival (WIFF) July 14-16, 2023 on beautiful Manitoulin Island brings a wealth of film arts to this remote part of Northern Ontario. 57 Indigenous-made films from around the world will be shown alongside a star-studded lineup of Indigenous Canadian …
A Week for Indie Winners Covering Issues and Entertainments of the Moment.
By Anne Brodie Rising star, writer, director, and actor Devery Jacobs, a Mohawk from Kahnawa, tackles coming-of-age on multiple levels in This Place. Jacobs plays Kawenniióhstha setting out on a voyage of self-discovery that brings her to Toronto after a lifetime on the reservation. She grapples …
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Ellen Barkin is a Hoot. Check Out Our Interview in Which She Talks Slaying the Action Comedy The Out Laws.
Ellen Barkin is one of my favourite interview subjects, dating back a couple of decades. It was great to speak with her again about her new Netflix comedy feature The Out Laws. Barkin gives her all in this one, doing her own stunts, sustaining injuries and keeping going and finding a comedic …