What if your mother was part of a mission to inhabit Mars who discover she’s pregnant and gives birth to you there? The young adult romdram The Space Between Us attempts to answer via Ethan, her child. He grows up in the high tech US space station on the vast inhospitable landscape of Mars, the …
James Quandt on Volcano: The Films of Anna Magnani | Interview by Anne Brodie
Film historian Barry Monush calls the late, great actress Anna Magnani "the volcanic earth mother of all Italian cinema." Others have described her breathlessly as “fierce, funny, and heartbreaking, Magnani remains one of the most electrifying presences ever to inhabit a movie screen.” "The …
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A Week of Canadian Icons, Doggos, Artists and Nudity! | Movie Reviews by Anne Brodie
German filmmaker Maran Ade’s awards darling Toni Erdmann is so appealing and quirky and funny that its nearly three hour length feels like *that*. Sandra Hüller plays a lonely business executive stalked by an irritating and yet somehow amusing man who changes his appearance with disguises and …
Where the Universe Sings: The Spiritual Journey of Lawren Harris | Interview by Anne Brodie
Nancy Lang Where the Universe Sings: The Spiritual Journey of Lawren Harris opens January 27 in Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax, Ottawa and Calgary – with other cities to follow. Here is Steve Martin talking about Lawren …
Kim Cattrall Heats Up Agatha Christie’s The Witness for the Prosecution | Interview by Anne Brodie
Acorn TV and BBC present a radical new adaptation of One of Christie’s Most Loved Mysteries on www.acorn.tv premiering Mon. Jan. 30 Kim Cattrall, fresh off raves for her HBO series Sensitive Skin, a series she championed for more than a decade, launches another of her projects. …