by Anne Brodie We celebrate International Women’s Day with Hillary a fascinating documentary on one of the most influential women of modern times, Hillary Clinton. Hulu’s docuseries by Nanette Burstein captures the then-presidential candidate in 2016 leading up to, during and after she won but lost the presidency. It feels like an action thriller, the international intrigue in Russian interference,… View Post
by Anne Brodie Jessica Matten is a Cree and Metis actor from Alberta best known for her work on Blackstone, Frontier, Burden of Truth and the influential short A Red Girl’s Reasoning now being adapted as a feature film. Matten makes television history in the new series Tribal on APTN. She plays Sam Woodburn, a newly appointed Tribal Police Chief… View Post
By Anne Brodie Disappearance at Clifton Hill based on a childhood experience of writer-director Albert Shin has a deliciously noir vibe, set in the height of Niagara Falls’ neon grotesquerie, the strip joints, diners, seedy motels with barely a glimpse of the natural wonder that made it famous. Abby played by British vet Tuppence Middleton comes home when her mother… View Post
By Anne Brodie Albert Chin’s enigmatic mystery Disappearance at Clifton Hill takes place when Niagara Falls was at its tacky peak as an exploitative tourist trap. It’s inspired by an incident Shin witnessed as a child and it reverberates through our minds long after the film ends. As director and co-writer, Shin’s eerie psychological thriller verges on horror; the other… View Post
François Girard’s Holocaust drama The Song of Names stars Clive Owen as the grown character played by Luke Doyle, Dovidl age 9-13 years of age and Jonah Hauer-King, age 17-23. He struggles as a Jew during WWII while bearing the scars of a difficult childhood. The Song of Names which led the Canadian Screen Awards film nominations with nine is… View Post
The Call of the Wild based on Jack London’s enduringly popular wilderness novel concerns Buck the dog, who enjoyed a life of privilege, a pampered pet sold as a working dog to Yukon gold miners plunges into the frozen north and wide-open spaces. New owners” a Canada Post employee (Omar Sy) and his wife (our own Cara Gee) face dangers… View Post