Top left – John Stonehouse, Lord Lucan, Right – Matthew Macfadyen as Stonehouse, Below Left – Keeley Hawes and Macfadyen, married onscreen and off. Back in the 1970’s eccentric British MP John Stonehouse, Lord Lucan, faced his difficulties by staging his own death across an ocean from London, his job, his wife and children. He was the tiebreaker in the… View Post
By Anne Brodie Oliver Hermanus’ shimmering character study Living with its cinematic beauty and equally beautiful story – and score – will pierce the hardest heart. A reworking of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film, Ikiru, is set in London’s financial district. Herds of men in pin-striped suits and bowlers flood the tube and sidewalks streaming to their respective buildings. Bill Nighy… View Post
Andrea Constand is the only woman to win a criminal conviction against Bill Cosby. At one time he was television’s most recognised face thanks to his stand-up comedy and The Cosby Show. He was a charmer and boasted on a 60s TV talk show that he drugged women. In the early 2000s, he met and groomed Constand, a Canadian athlete,… View Post
By Anne Brodie Canadian athlete – and hero – Andrea Constand, a towering figure in the #MeToo movement related to the drug rapes of dozens of women by TV icon Bill Cosby, has come forward with her story. Karen Wookey’s heartbreaking documentary The Case Against Cosby lays out exactly what transpired when Constand was lured to Cosby’s mansion in Philadelphia… View Post
Emily Hampshire made an astounding move from the small-town comedy of the global sensation Schitt’s Creek to leading a dominantly male crew aboard an oil rig in Ireland’s treacherous North Sea. The Rig stars Hampshire as Rose who runs a traditionally male dominion; she faces up to discrimination and hostility when the rig is suddenly overtaken by a raging, mysterious… View Post
By Anne Brodie Kore-eda Hirokazu’s astounding drama Broker, starring Song Kang Ho’s delicate cinematic touch lands a devastatingly emotional punch. Baby brokers Sang-hyeon and Dong-soo (Dong-won Gang) sell orphans left in their Baby Box to childless couples wishing to avoid governmental involvement. So-young (Ji-eun Lee) a young prostitute leaves her baby but returns the next day to see how the… View Post