Manchester-by-the-Sea, one of the most admired films at TIFF is a quiet stunner, starring Casey Affleck in a career-defining performance that may well earn him a Best Actor nomination/win. He plays a janitor named guardian to his teenaged nephew (Lucas Hedges) when his brother (Kyle Chandler) dies. …
The Sounds of Christmas: A holiday show in a 40’s radio station
In a few short weeks, the delights of the winter season will be upon us: snow will fall, children will make snowmen, the holiday decorations will be up and you won’t be able to drive down a street without seeing the twinkle of white lights on a tree. But this year you can really get a glimpse of the …
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Magic, Revenge, Teen Angst, Life Imitating Art Imitating Life and an Artist | Reviews by Anne Brodie
Harry Potter penner J. K. Rowling has created a second franchise based on the adventures of writer and magic devotee Newt Scamander beginning in 1926 in New York. Eddie Redmayne is Newt in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (David Yates) the first of five films coming our way from now till …
The Power of Language, Love, the Need to Understand and Oscar. This Week at the Movies by Anne Brodie
At its heart, Arrival is a story about love, mortality and the power of a word. Montreal’s great filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s interspecies love story takes place in a universe where time, space and the limitations of the human mind are erased to reveal a fuller richer experience of being alive. Amy …
Water and Music by Alysha Brilla
Lately, with the increasing awareness and growing positive movements around water protection such as the Dakota Access Pipeline and The Grand River Enbridge case, I have been thinking a lot about my relationship with the river that did much to save my life. I want to share a bit of …