By Anne Brodie It was an astounding turn of events, when in 1974 William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter Patty Hearst, a socialite and university student appeared armed with a rifle during a bank robbery apparently a willing part of the radical leftist terrorist group based on the …
Sarah Gadon – American Woman
By Anne Brodie You may remember being riveted by the events that unfolded in 1974 as 19-year-old heiress Patty Hearst, granddaughter of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped by terrorist left wing radicals the Symbionese Liberation Army. Kept in a cupboard in the group’s safe …
We Love Dads, Isolation Stories, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Indigenous Film. Good Week in Streaming!
We’ve been raving about Dads Bryce Dallas Howard’s first documentary, for a couple of weeks now and its finally available Apple TV+. Howard gathered her famous dad Ron, grandfather actor Rance, comedians Will Smith, Hasan Minjah, Kenan Thompson, Patton Oswald, Ken Jeong, the two …
Anne Brodie Interviews Bryce Dallas Howard, Director of Dads
Bryce Dallas Howard is best known as Ron Howard's actress daughter; she's starred in prestige films over twenty years including the Jurassic Wolrd films, Rocketman, The Help, Spider-Man 3 and The Village. Now directing shorts and television she's releasing her first documentary feature Dads in time …
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Spike Lee’s Vietnam Elegy, Judd Apatow, Pete Davidson and an Agatha Christie Revival
By Anne Brodie Spike Lee looks at the tragic history of African Americans in US wars in his stirring 2.5 hour Da 5 Bloods. Set within the story of four Vietnam veterans (Clarke Peters, Delroy Lindo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., and Norm Lewis) returning to ‘Nam to claim the remains of their comrade …