With warmer weather upon us, triggers like pollen, ragweed, trees, and grass are making life uncomfortable for many Canadians – leaving sufferers with runny noses, itchy eyes, coughs, and difficulty breathing. It’s estimated that 18 per cent or more than six million Canadians are impacted by allergies — and that’s a huge number. In my practice, I see between five… View Post
By Anne Brodie So the kiddies are off to a week of winter camp leaving their suburban parents Emma (Emily Hampshire and Josh (screenwriter /co-star Jonas Chernick) alone for the first time in years. They’re really looking forward to, well, having a lot of sex, “We don’t have to close the doors! We can do it anywhere!” but when push… View Post
Charles Dickens’s thirteenth novel Great Expectations, published in 1860, tells a tale that could be told throughout human history. It examines issues of class, patriarchy, the weaponization of emotion, and manipulation. Young Pip leaves his humble and abusive rural home, to avoid becoming a blacksmith like generations of his family. He takes a position as companion to the reclusive Miss… View Post
By Anne Brodie Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, or Hot Docs, the biggest doc fest in North America celebrates 30 years of life-based, non-fiction films. From a community affair now reaching across Canada, this year April 27th – May 7th, 214 films from 72 countries will be presented in person, and as of May 5, 100 will stream nationwide… View Post
By Anne Brodie Twice Colonized opens this year’s 30th annual Hot Docs Film Festival on April 27. Filmmaker Lin Alluna focused her lens for seven years on Inuit lawyer and sealskin clothes designer, Aaju Peter. She was indeed ‘twice colonized”. The first time Peter was taken alone as a child of eight, from her Greenland home to Denmark, to be… View Post
Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Richard Madden, Stanley Tucci and Lesley Manville star in Prime Video’s fierce new spy thriller Citadel, from creator David Weil. It is a fresh, vital entry with complex, unusual characters, time jumps, and thrills that take us behind the scenes of global war. Throw in Bond-esque games between two forces Citadel, a force for good and restoring… View Post