This is the one everyone’s talking about. TIFF fave Birth of a Nation is a sprawling historical epic about a little known slave uprising that took place over two days in which a small band of slaves killed 63 landowners in Virginia in 1831. Writer director and star Nate Parker, who made headlines …
Gabrielle Union Speaks Out about Birth of a Nation, Oppression and Healing | by Anne Brodie
Actress Gabrielle Union appears in Birth of a Nation without lines and only briefly, as a slave who has endured a sexual assault by white captors. Her appearance is powerful, not just in terms of the Nate Parker’s fact-based epic on the Nat Turner Rebellion in Virginia in 1831 when slaves rose up …
True, crazy and wildly entertaining films this week! | by Anne Brodie
Mark Wahlberg stars in the fact-based action adventure film Deepwater Horizon although it seems strange to a film about a devastating ecological disaster and deadly oil rig explosion “action adventure”. Hardly seems like an adventure a person would want to take. The full environmental effects of …
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This Weeks Movies – An International Feast! | Reviews by Anne Brodie
It’s Only the End of the World has just been named Canada’s official entry for the Best Foreign Language Academy Award! The latest film from Canada’s youngest auteur, Xavier Dolan also won two prizes at Cannes and its finally opening in theatres. Dolan’s emotionally rigorous study of a young man …
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TIFF 16 Awards | by Anne Brodie
Ten days of screenings, special public events, master classes, question and answer sessions, meet-and-greets, red carpets, parties, press conferences, junkets, the almighty barbeque and people watching have come to a close. One thing remains for #TIFF16 - the presentation of the awards! TIFF’s Piers …