Wes Anderson’s enchanting Isle of Dogs is an extraordinary fable of love and fortitude that brims with artistic invention. Our relationship with dogs appears to be in our DNA – unless you’re a cat person – and Anderson’s imagination gives that connection visceral love and moral depth. He addresses …
REGARD International Short Film Festival 2018: Why Shorts Matter
Saguenay, Quebec’s outstanding international short film festival REGARD drew 400 filmmakers, critics and industry reps last week from the farthest corners of the world. China, Madagascar, Iran, Estonia, Canada, Switzerland, and more were represented and bound together by a common passion for the …
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Movie & TV Reviews: The Leisure Seeker, Foxtrot, Love, Cecil & more!
Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland play a close knit married couple heading off on a last minute vacation, without telling their meddling children. The board their trusty RV The Leisure Seeker and head off from New England to visit Ernest Hemingway’s home in Florida Keys, and fulfil; his lifelong …
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Love, Hope & Autism – A family’s journey with autism
by Shannon Wray (Love, Hope & Autism, March 18, 9pm, CBC Docs POV) When my son, Fraser, was three years old, a dark, mysterious stranger called autism stole the daydream map of his life I’d had in my heart and mind. I felt lost and devastated. Who would he be? What would our life be like? I …
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Oprah! And Wunderkind Deric McCabe, Fun Times in Mexico, Mina Shum’s Gem, and wait Till You See Mr. Bean Transformed!
Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay’s hotly anticipated film adaptation of the bestselling science fantasy novel for children A Wrinkle in Timeis a marvel. Not many films, let alone children’s films, dare to take on spirituality and philosophy, literature and mythology, and non-ironic travel to new …