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By Anne Brodie Mary Harron's Daliland on Salvador Dali's later years in New York and Spain isn't a great movie - but it's great fun. It's 1974, a happening time in Manhattan's elite arts and social circles. Dali (Sr Ben Kingsley) and his tempestuous muse/wife Gala (Barbara Sukowa) are ensconced …
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So another summer up north at the cottage and you'd think the extended family would settle in for some r and r. But no, a succession war between sister and brother Justin and Maisy May that broke out last season takes on a new and terrifying element with an unexpected arrival. Similar to a plague of …
By Anne Brodie The Toronto Japanese Film Festival, one of our premiere film fests, drawing international films, fans and creators to town begins its 12th annual edition at Kobayashi Hall at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, June 8 to 22. The Centre offers top current and premiering …
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By Anne Brodie Writer-director Marie Clements' devastating Bones of Crows follows a Cree woman from childhood through her life and one hundred years of violent, hateful abuse of indigenous people in Canada. Set against historic government decisions that resulted in discrimination as policy in …
Menopause remains a health concern that numerous women in my medical practice feel uneasy discussing. This health issue continues to be surrounded by silence, stigmatization, and, unfortunately, normalization. The inherited belief that women are destined to endure the transitional phase or "change …
