Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a sumptuously beautiful psychological study of love and transformation within a blossoming romance between an 18th-century French aristocrat (Adèle Haenel) and an artist (Noémie Merlant) commissioned to paint her wedding portrait. Marianne arrives at an isolated seaside manor on the eve of Héloïse’s wedding, ostensibly to be her companion. She’s preparing to… View Post
Agatha Raisin is finally back for Season 3, huzzah! Three mysteries begin Feb 10 exclusively on Acorn TV. Agatha Raisin & The Deadly Dance, Agatha Raisin & Love from Hell and Agatha Raisin: As The Pig Turns catches us up with the inimitable Raisin! Each wildly entertaining, feature-length episode stars Ashley Jensen and follows the adventures of a London PR… View Post
It’s the Battle of the Pop Docs as Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift release their versions of the truths of their lives. Swift’s Miss Americana is an eye-popping visual diary that addresses some crucial fan points but the star remains at arm’s length. The “raw and emotionally revealing look at one of the most iconic artists of our time during a transformational… View Post
Louise Archambault’s touching film And the Birds Rained Down, based on Jocelyne Saucier’s 2011 novel, was named to TIFF’s Top Ten Films list. It opens in theatres across Canada this week. It follows elderly hermits (Kenneth Walsh, Remy Girard and Gilbert Sicotte) who live off the land in a heavily forested area of Northern Quebec. Wildfires are burning and they’re in its… View Post
Guy Ritchie re-ups his signature London underworld action thriller with The Gentlemen a crime puzzle/heist gauntlet on steroids, chock full of co-dependent bromances, an easy to take crowd-pleaser. The usual. Charlie Hunnam, Hugh Grant, Colin Farrell, Henry Golding and Eddie Marson and alpha dogs, Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary) and American ex-pat drug lord Matthew McConaughey. His massively successful marijuana grow operation’s renowned… View Post
Robert Zemeckis’ fact-based UFO series Project Blue Book begins its second season on History this week, continuing the incredible story of the US Air Force’ investigation into UFOs following an alleged alien landing in Roswell New Mexico in 1947. It’s the Cold War and the military is on high alert, not just scanning the skies for foreign threats against the… View Post