Dyan Cannon was an aspiring singer and actor when she married Cary Grant in 1965. She was bubbly, ambitious and bright, but once they married, he wanted her to be a traditional housewife and look after him. Their complex relationship, based on intense attraction is the basis for the new BritBox …
Spying on Citizens, Cary Grant Tribute, a Classic Reborn and Christmas Movies on a Jolly Roll!
By Anne Brodie Jialing Zhang's disturbing documentary detailing China's 20 years of smart tech surveillance of its citizens is the stuff of nightmares. Award-winning festival hit Total Trust reveals through secret footage the ways and means authorities pursue grudges against citizens who …
Music Writ Large, x 4, An Historic Love Shocker, Eddie Murphy VS an Elf as Christmas Closes in!
By Anne Brodie Maestro, Bradley Cooper's epic - he wrote, directed, stars in, produced, learned the fine art of conducting, played piano and probably much more - is an explosion of imaginaton. The flying, sweeping, microscopic, macroscopic, outre cinematography, the interplay of black and white …
You’ll Be Charmed and Moved by Billy Luther’s Navajo Coming-of-Age Story Frybread Face and Me.
So what happens when eleven-year-old Benny (Keir Tallman) is sent from his home in San Diego to spend the summer on a remote Arizona res with his grandmother who speaks no English? Well, the Fleetwood Mac-loving youngster doesn't expect much but turns out, he has the time of his life. Billy Luther's …
A Nordic “Romance”, Karen Kain, Shetland S8, Res Kids, Girls Gone Wild -1890 – Walk Across Namibia and Is It Cake?!
By Anne Brodie Aki Kaurismäki's Fallen Leaves reflects on life's quiet offside moments as two characters fallen on hard times find each other. A grocery cashier and a labourer working in Helsinki, Finland had bigger dreams for themselves, but living in squalor on tiny incomes has punctured those …