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Anne Lambe is one of the hottest stars around right now thanks to the Netflix global release of its CBC / ATPN co- production, North of North. Lambe is Siaja, an outspoken, free-thinking wife and mother whose life is a dumpster fire at the moment. Literally. Shot in Nunavut, Canada, Lambe was …
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By Anne Brodie Switzerland is a wealthy country, but it has failed to keep an unnamed mother and her three small children from falling into desperate poverty and increasing lawlessness. Ophélia Kolb leads the cast of The Courageous; she's three months behind on rent and faces an unkind future, …
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I consider myself a fairly principled person, primarily because of a very humbling, very embarrassing lie I was caught in during my late teens. I won’t bore you with the details, but let’s just say it left a mark. A permanent one. Thirty-eight years later, that moment still lives rent-free in my …
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Ella Lily Hyland and Oliver Jackson-Cohen play Audrey, and her ex-husband Nevile Strange, a tennis legend. They’ve known each other since childhood and have been locked in a vicious game all their lives. Note the spelling of his first name, usually spelled Nevile and his fitting last name. You’ll …
By Anne Brodie Let’s look at two Canadian music artists that make us proud, even as I remind you about Canada Film Day on April 16th. Neil Young: Coastal in the intimate documentary on the singer songwriter touring post COVID-19, shot and directed by Young’s longtime partner Daryl Hannah, …
