I'm torn by “Quentin Tarantino’s Ninth Film”, the beautifully realised Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood. Set in LA in 1969 and crammed with references to every cultural thing that existed then – TV ads, celebrity, TV westerns, spaghetti westerns, pop music, grocery branding, karate, macho men, ad …
Actor Graham Greene talks new film ‘Astronaut’
Actor Graham Greene is nothing short of an arts phenomenon. Having worked steadily in film, TV and spoken word since 1979 and in theatre longer, the Oscar nominated, Oneida-Canadian has played every ethnicity, in all kinds of genres and mediums, a familiar face around the world. In 2015, he was …
Continue Reading about Actor Graham Greene talks new film ‘Astronaut’
Simba Up Against One of Moviedom’s Great Villains, Awkwafina Amazes, Krazy Karate Kid, How Deregulation Creates Homelessness and a Brilliant Chinese Indie a la Fargo
Disney reimagines The Lion King using photo-realistic animation, a technology far beyond the original animated version while not quite using talking animals. It’s a powerful and often frightening experience for very young children telling the familiar story about a boy and his kingdom but as Disney …
Leonard Cohen Revealed, The First Female Team to Race Around the World Tell All, TCM Celebrates the Greatest Movie Year of All Time, a Danish High-Tech Thriller and Want to Be on Canadian Family Feud?
Nick Broomfield, a ballsy documentarian (Sarah Palin: You Betcha! Whitney: Can I Be Me, Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer) has a personal stake in his latest work Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love. His real-life role in the doc gives him insights into the main players we wouldn’t …
The Last Black Man in San Francisco: Joe Talbot and Jimmie Fails on Their Stunning First Film
Lifelong friends Joe Talbot (grandson of Hollywood actor Lyle Talbot) and Jimmie Fails tell Fails’ amazing true story in their first feature film which is also a visionary love letter to their city. Talbot directors, Fails stars and they co-wrote a moving story that touches on friendship, …