By Anne Brodie Three Thousand Years of Longing, an ambitious fable based on Persian myths stars Tilda Swinton as Alithea, a prim, self-sufficient, and intellectual seeker, a narratologist who studies “all the stories in human history”. She heads to Istanbul to speak at a story conference when a strangely out-of-focus small man in robes attempts to grab her luggage and… View Post
By Anne Brodie The chemistry is dense between Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba, co-stars of George Miller’s romantic fantasy Three Thousand Years of Longing. Swinton is Alithea, a narrologist, a scholar of stories who has chosen a life of intellect over love and is suddenly confronted by a Djinn – a genie from a bottle- while in Istanbul. He asks… View Post
Partner Track, Netflix’ series foray into the workplace, a law firm where twenty-somethings battle it out for every square inch of clout reveals a lot about discrimination, inequality, and sexism – in 2022. We think we’ve come a long way but maybe not, as star Arden Cho tells What She Said’ Anne Brodie. Partner Track on Netflix August 26
By Anne Brodie According to the shocking documentary The Territory, Brazil turns a blind eye to the genocide of its previously uncontacted Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau People. The tribe has lived in the Amazon rainforest for millennia and numbered in the thousands, but today only 180 remain. Over the course of making this documentary, one was murdered by “landgrabbers” and “settlers” determined… View Post
Claes Bang and Anne-Marie Duff are in a bad place; they are a married couple whose small children witness him berating, humiliating, and physically abusing their mother. Her four Bad Sisters are on to him and plot his demise as we cheer them on – does that make us guilty? This complex and engaging comedy-drama series is heady stuff and… View Post
Sarah Greene, Sharon Horgan, and Eva Birthistle are Irish sisters Bibi, Eva, and Ursula. They’re alarmed by their brother-in-law JP who relentlessly abuses their beloved sister Grace; JP doesn’t even try to be subtle and sets out to destroy anyone who comes near her. The sisters make a secret pact, but do they have the guts to carry it out?… View Post