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By Anne Brodie Switzerland is a wealthy country, but it has failed to keep an unnamed mother and her three small children from falling into desperate poverty and increasing lawlessness. Ophélia Kolb leads the cast of The Courageous; she's three months behind on rent and faces an unkind future, …
Continue Reading about Is a Bad Mother a Bad Person? Plus POWs and Belly Laughs. A Mercurial Week :)
Ella Lily Hyland and Oliver Jackson-Cohen play Audrey, and her ex-husband Nevile Strange, a tennis legend. They’ve known each other since childhood and have been locked in a vicious game all their lives. Note the spelling of his first name, usually spelled Nevile and his fitting last name. You’ll …
By Anne Brodie Let’s look at two Canadian music artists that make us proud, even as I remind you about Canada Film Day on April 16th. Neil Young: Coastal in the intimate documentary on the singer songwriter touring post COVID-19, shot and directed by Young’s longtime partner Daryl Hannah, …
BY ANNE BRODIE Not to early to "flag" Canada Film Day on April 16th so you can plan your celebration of us, our culture, artistry, and elbows up pride. We will celebrate with a massive show of "our" content on all platforms, two thousand films in all - in one day. Talk about Oh, Canada! - and a …
By Anne Brodie Misericordia (“compassion or empathy”) is an unsettling, unobvious thriller, a quiet but gale force knockout that may leave viewers gasping. Alain Guiraudie’s adaptation of the novel Stranger By The Lake, the French, Spanish and Portuguese co-pro is extraordinary – clever, sneaky …
