Peri Gilpin brings the charm and hustle to Old Guy a new six-part series on YouTube from Five Sisters Productions. Gilpin was submitted for an Outstanding Actress Emmy in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for her work as force-of-nature talent agent Winnie. The Sisters’ father Roger Burton …
Sarah Gadon – American Woman
By Anne Brodie You may remember being riveted by the events that unfolded in 1974 as 19-year-old heiress Patty Hearst, granddaughter of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped by terrorist left wing radicals the Symbionese Liberation Army. Kept in a cupboard in the group’s safe …
Anne Brodie Interviews Bryce Dallas Howard, Director of Dads
Bryce Dallas Howard is best known as Ron Howard's actress daughter; she's starred in prestige films over twenty years including the Jurassic Wolrd films, Rocketman, The Help, Spider-Man 3 and The Village. Now directing shorts and television she's releasing her first documentary feature Dads in time …
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Steve Gravestock’s Fascinating Labour of Love “A History of Icelandic Film”
By Anne Brodie There’s a history of strong showings of Icelandic films at the Toronto International Film Festival dating back to the early eighties. Programmer and film scholar Steve Gravestock has programmed Nordic film year-round and for the festival since 1999, introducing us to a wealth of …
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Jessica Matten Makes Television History in Tribal, APTN’s Stereotype-Busting Series
by Anne Brodie Jessica Matten is a Cree and Metis actor from Alberta best known for her work on Blackstone, Frontier, Burden of Truth and the influential short A Red Girl's Reasoning now being adapted as a feature film. Matten makes television history in the new series Tribal on APTN. She plays …