By Anne Brodie Beloved Apple TV+ phenom Ted Lasso returns for a third season, at long last! The multi-award-winning series for both earlier seasons continues the magic brewed from a winning cast and superior writing and plenty of goodwill. Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) the American, cornpone southerner, …
The Confessions of Frannie Langton: How a Singular Character Escapes the Shackles of Enslavement.
Sara Collin's award-winning novel The Confessions of Frannie Langton, the LGBTQ+ drama/mystery story of an enslaved woman taken from Bermuda to London in 1825 was envisioned as a Black Gothic romance in the Wuthering Heights style. The themes of slavery, patriarchy, feminism, and culture are front …
Twenty Years Revealing Global Truths: The Human Rights Watch Canada Film Festival Starts Today.
By Anne Brodie Toronto's Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema hosts the 20th annual Human Rights Watch Canada Film Festival in person in Toronto In Person March 8 - 12 and digitally across Canada March 13 - 19. All tickets are free. Its the revered annual celebration of the world's best documentary …
The Confessions of Frannie Langton, a Black Gothic Romance with a Twist. Meet Frannie and Her Creator.
Sara Collins' bestseller The Confessions of Frannie Langton, now a BritBox four-part series stars Karla-Simone Spence, follows the strange life of an enslaved West Indies woman Frannie, taken by her owner in 1825 to serve in the home of a wealthy family in London. The lady of the house, Madame …
You Like Movies? Then This Charmer is For You.
Filmmaker Chandler Levack looks to her early job as a Blockbuster clerk and to her hometown of Burlington as inspiration for her wonderfully witty and warm comedy I Like Movies. We follow Lawrence (Isaiah Lehtinen), a movie nut who prefers to watch films over just about everything else in life. He …
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