Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham, Shalom Brune-Franklin as Estella. CR: Miya Mizuno/FX Charles Dickens's thirteenth novel Great Expectations, published in 1860, tells a tale that could be told throughout human history. It examines issues of class, patriarchy, the weaponization of emotion, and …
Just Days to the Landmark 30th Hot Docs Film Fest. Truth on Tap.
By Anne Brodie Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, or Hot Docs, the biggest doc fest in North America celebrates 30 years of life-based, non-fiction films. From a community affair now reaching across Canada, this year April 27th - May 7th, 214 films from 72 countries will be …
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Women Do It All, and So Does This 18th Century Polymath, a Man.
By Anne Brodie Twice Colonized opens this year's 30th annual Hot Docs Film Festival on April 27. Filmmaker Lin Alluna focused her lens for seven years on Inuit lawyer and sealskin clothes designer, Aaju Peter. She was indeed 'twice colonized". The first time Peter was taken alone as a child of …
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Think You’ve All the Espionage Thrillers? Citadel Sets a New Standard in Multi-National, Time Traveling Spy Capers. Meet David Weil, the Brains Behind The Game Changer.
Lesley Manville as Dahlia Archer Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Richard Madden, Stanley Tucci and Lesley Manville star in Prime Video's fierce new spy thriller Citadel, from creator David Weil. It is a fresh, vital entry with complex, unusual characters, time jumps, and thrills that take us behind the …
David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers Twist, an Iconic Chiller Reimagined.
David Cronenberg's iconic 1988 film Dead Ringers starred Jeremy Irons as twin gynecological surgeons who switch personalities at will while carrying out horrifically gory operations. Prime Video's new series Dead Ringers re-imagines the story with Rachel Weisz as the twins in a new universe that …
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