Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut The Lost Daughter based on the novel by Elena Ferrante presents us with a fascinating problem. The main character, Leda, played by Olivia Colman, is unsympathetic. Leda’s a British woman on vacation in Greece, alone. She shares the beach with a raucous family from Queens; they disturb her solitude shouting and swearing. A member of the… View Post
Gemma Whelan, a British comedienne, dancer and shapeshifter you’ll remember from Game of Thrones takes on a new identity as dour and capable London police Detective Sargeant Sarah Collins in BritBox’ new series The Tower. She’s investigating the mysterious deaths of a policeman and a young refugee who fell from a highrise roof together, a case with far-reaching implications. The… View Post
By Anne Brodie Writer-Director Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up is the most terrifying comedy you may ever see, especially as a grain of truth is within. It’ll stir up laughs, smirks and shock but at its heart, it is a profoundly sad and important story. Jennifer Lawrence is Kate, an astronomy grad student working in a skywatch facility under Leonardo… View Post
Riz Ahmed plays Malick, a father on the edge in Encounter. He’s just returned home to the American southwest after his tenth tour of duty in Afghanistan, and he’s on a secret mission. He feels like an outsider, unappreciated by the people he fought to defend even as he’s keenly aware of a deadly new virus and an imminent alien… View Post
Presented by RBC Tracey Klettl and her family have a long history of guiding. Her people are the Aseniwuche Winewak, which means “Rocky Mountain People” in the Cree language. A mixture of Cree, Beaver, Ojibwa and Mohawk; Tracey’s family lived in the valley of the mountains in which is now Jasper National Park. For years they lived off the land… View Post
By Anne Brodie Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino’s epic family saga Hand of God set in his hometown of Naples, Italy is a soaring, joyous, tragic and uniquely beautiful cinematic experience, in select theatres Dec. 3 and on Netflix Dec. 15. It opens with an extraordinary extended drone pan over the city of Naples, its surrounding cliffs and hills, in total… View Post