By Anne Brodie Sarah Polley's achingly poignant Women Talking, based on the book by ex-Mennonite Miriam Toews tells the fact-based story of women in an ultra-conservative religious colony in South America. They are victims of daily rapes, unwanted pregnancies, and physical and emotional abuse at …
Matthew Macfayden and Kevin R. McNally Star in Stonehouse, Reviving the Strange Case of the Infamous Lord Lucan.
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 …
Regaining Life, Messing Up, Shocking History and Delightful Nasty Women!
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 …
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Andrea Constand Won a Sexual Assault Criminal Case Against Bill Cosby. She Tells Us All
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 …
On Heroism and Our Ability to Change and Adapt, Thrills, Chills and Victories.
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 …