By Anne Brodie Harry Melling is making plenty of appearances these days - how fortunate we are! The young English actor has an uncanny gift for revealing character; he's extraordinary in a classical way. He stars as Edgar Allen Poe, a cadet at West Point Academy in 1830 in the stunner The Pale …
Two Canadian Oscar Hopefuls, Spies, Emily’s in Paris, a Tiger’s Tale, Horses, the Wild West and … Baked Goods.
By Anne Brodie Sarah Polley's achingly poignant Women Talking is based on the book by ex-Mennonite Miriam Toews concerns the women of an ultra-conservative religious colony in rebellion against generational sexual and domestic abuses by their men. Polley's star-studded cast of Rooney Mara, …
Royal Fuss, Pinnochio Redux, Olivia Colman, Sex, Food!
By Anne Brodie Well, you have probably watched/binged all three episodes of Harry & Meghan available now on Netflix. The final three show up next Thursday. Liz Garbus certainly closes ranks with the formerly Royal scallywags and you have reached your own conclusions as to what version of …
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Eddie Redmayne on His Phenomenal Performance in The Good Nurse
Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne plays a difficult role in Netflix' fact-based film The Good Nurse. He is Charlie Cullen, a gentle, smiling, apparently empathetic new hire at Oakfield Hospital in New Jersey, following a string of jobs in hospitals across the US. He bonds with nurse Amy Loughren played by …
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Extraordinary Artists from Sarah Polley to Tilda Swinton, Korean Espionage, Robert Downey Senior and Junior – They Will Break Your Heart
By Anne Brodie TIFF Bell Lightbox celebrates Sarah Polley and Other Stories with a Cinemateque Spotlight programme Dec 3 - 17. All of Polley's films will be shown with three others, handpicked and introduced by Polley, including favourites Orlando (more on Tilda Swinton below) and Dog Day …