By Anne Brodie It’s wonderful the ways artists have interpreted Shakespeare’s Macbeth over the centuries. You won’t find a theatrical performance, film or reading that’s not utterly unique. The lines are unchanging but the ways they can be shaped and enhanced by movement, set design, cinematography, art and costume design are apparently rich ground. The way a passage is delivered,… View Post
The ridiculously popular Netflix series about Emily, an American girl who works at an elite publicity house in Paris, continues. Her ex-pat adventures only ramp up to greater heights this season, with more fab clothes, working life adventures and romance. Surrounded by her circle of American and French friends, Emily’s life in the City of Lights is a heady experience… View Post
By Anne Brodie Turns out, What She Said host Candace Sampson and I have big feels for Christmas movies, like just about everyone else. No matter what your faith, religion, lack of, whatever, Christmas movies put timestamps on the year and holiday. They’re appealingly familiar, generally filled with joy, colour, anticipation and sparkly things, they are easy to take, teachable,… View Post
By Anne Brodie The Lost Daughter is the story of women pushed to their limits, whose instincts are tested and found wanting and the damage done. Olivia Colman’s unsympathetic Leda is a British woman on a beach vacation in Greece. Her eyes and expression are fixed and unwelcoming. A man asks for her umbrella so his family from Queens can… View Post
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