By Anne Brodie In honour of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, The History Channel presents the documentary, True Story, from Eagle Vision, a comprehensive study of Indigenous history in Canada, culture, and life before and after colonialism. Kaniehtiio Horn narrates this ambitious …
Guy Maddin’s 1988 Classic Tales from the Gimli Hospital Is Restored and Ready for a New Generation
Winnipeg filmmaker, author, and professor Guy Maddin's audacious 1988 horror/erotic/comedy-drama Tales From the Gimli Hospital begins a new life with a 4K restoration, 34 years after its initial release. Maddin's signature silent and early film sound styles were set here in his first feature; Gimli …
Ana de Armas – the Spirit of Norma Jean Baker / Marilyn Monroe in Steamy Fictional Bio Blonde.
By Anne Brodie Netflix's highly anticipated Marilyn Monroe film Blonde, based on Joyce Carol Oates' fictional biography of Norma Jean Baker and Marilyn Monroe takes an alternate look at the superstar who died too young. Norma Jean's ascent from poverty and abuse to one of the most famous women in …
Tyler Perry’s TIFF Hit A Jazzman’s Blues, Stars Broadway’s Joshua Boone and Solea Pfieffer.
The sizzling chemistry between Joshua Boone and Solea Pfeiffer in Tyler Perry's A Jazzman's Blues is an oasis of love and hope in the 30s south. As Blacks are denied basic human rights, Bayou (Boone) and Leanne (Pfieffer) find love, pleasure, and comfort in their tortured secret romance. Leanne …
Marilyn and Sidney, Canada’s Oscar Entry Lead This Week’s Screen Pix.
By Anne Brodie The much anticipated Netflix film Blonde, based on Joyce Carol Oates' fictional take on Norma Jean Baker / Marilyn Monroe debuts Sept. 28. Oates' novel is shocking, lurid, and sex-obsessed, as is Andrew Dominik's nearly three-hour opus. It posits that Norma Jean was victimized from …
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