By Anne Brodie The National Film Board of Canada – the NFB - dips into its massive library of films about Canadians made by Canadians to celebrate June's National indigenous History Month and Pride Month. Among its 460 Indigenous-made films, three new releases are streaming free now. Ossie …
Love a Mystery? You’re in the Right Place So Buckle Up, and the CBC Fêtes Canadian Artists.
By Anne Brodie The nine-episode British psychological police procedural DEPT. Q is a simmering look at law enforcement in Edinburgh, with traumatised DCI Carl Morck (Matthew Goode, emaciated, for the role) at the centre of the storm. He and other police officers were taken by surprise …
One Gentle Film and a Bunch of Heartcrushers!
By Anne Brodie Jane Austen Wrecked My Life follows Agathe (Camille Rutherford) a bookseller in Paris’ tony Shakespeare & Co. who wants to write a book, inspired by her lifelong love of the works of Jane Austen. And not just any book. She determines to write one that will connect her with …
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Architecture Doubles as Grand Opera, a Bunch of Modern Stressed Mums Find the Funny. Short and to the Point.
By Anne Brodie E.1027: Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea is a story of design excellence, theft and betrayal. Gray, an Irish born architect, potter and loner designed her masterpiece, a Modernist gem of a home in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, on the Cote D’Azur. It’s described as “a white …
Rust Released, Hazard Ahead, Eight Arms to Hold You, Romance a la Francaise and Secrets of the Sexiest Man in Winnipeg.
By Anne Brodie In 2021, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot to death on the set of Rust when Alec Baldwin fired his prop gun that was loaded with a live round. Protocol calls for guns on movie sets to be loaded with dummies - no live ammunition, just a big bang. But Baldwin's gun contained …