By Anne Brodie Michael Greyeyes is an imposing figure in film, television, and theatre. The Canadian actor, director, dancer, and founding artistic director of Signal Theatre is having a remarkable professional moment. Greyeyes appears in HBO’s I Know This Much is True and True Detective, …
Meet Innu Actors Sharon Fontaine-Ishpatao and Yami Gregoire Starring in Kuessipan
Kuessipan ("to you" in Innu) is a beautiful and heartbreaking story of childhood friends in Uashat May Mani-Utenam, Quebec, a remote Innu community. Myriam Verreault directs local first-timers/non-actors including Sharon Fontaine-Ishpatao and Yami Gregoire who play Mikuan and Shaniss. They’re …
Vikings’ Josefin Asplund Plays Twins in Sundance Now’s Thriller Series Sanctuary
By Anne Brodie Sanctuary, based on a book about twin brothers, swaps gender in a Swedish TV series adaptation. Estranged female twins Siri and Helena haven’t seen each other in years, but Siri convinces her double to come to a facility in the Italian Alps where she’s recovering from an …
Gaga To Party Chez Tu, Plus Thrilling, Soothing, Horrifying, Romantic and Unexpected Picks.
By Anne Brodie Isolation Mood: Intrigue. Here are my picks for you for the week, bound together by certain themes, mixed moods, growing claustrophobia and the weird, wild world of human nature. Let’s start with the Fargos. The original film: And the FX series currently shut down …
How Does an Australian Play American Women’s Liberation Heroine Gloria Steinem? Rose Byrne Nails It on FX on Hulu’s Mrs. America.
By Anne Brodie Australian Rose Byrne joined fellow Aussie Cate Blanchett to play leading American political icons of the seventies, respectively, women’s liberation leader and feminist Gloria Steinem and anti-women’s lib and anti-abortion provocateur Phyllis Schlafly in the excellent new series …