Tracey Deer won international acclaim with her fact-based film Beans, about an indigenous mother and her two young daughters caught up in the landmark 1990 Oka Crisis in Quebec as Mohawks protested the destruction of their sacred burial grounds for a golf course. Deer directs episodes of Amazon …
Peeling Back a Glass Onion, One’s Clothes, Societal Restrictions and Spielberg’s Past. Plus a Donkey.
By Anne Brodie To call Glass Onion fun is a spectacular understatement; it's a danged blast. It's bracing see-again fare to counter the serious and fraught awards entries. Two hours and twenty minutes whiz by at the speed of light and then when it ends, you don't want it to end. It's zingy, …
Good and Evil Duke it Out in Prime Video’s Amazon Canada Series Three Pines. Meet Star Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers.
The multi-talented Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers - actor writer and director - joins Alfred Molina and the cast of Amazon Canada's gripping anthology series Three Pines, based on author Louise Penny's Detective Gamache mystery novels. Set in Quebec's picturesque Eastern Townships in midwinter, …
What Has a Mouse To Do With Your Life Experience? Let’s Ask an Art Historian and Filmmaker. Get Ready to Smile.
Mickey Mouse stands alone as an enduring and powerful, evocative graphic image. There is no pop figure with his commercial, cultural or social impact. He conjures up different feelings for different folks but at its heart suggests, joy, laughter, fun, and pure entertainment, a reliable presence our …
It’s Not Comedy It’s Horror, the Weinstein Drama, Mickey Mouse, a Pact and … Loons?
By Anne Brodie The Menu follows Tyler and Margot (Nicholas Hoult and Anya Taylor-Joy) on a culinary adventure in a remote island restaurant with an excruciatingly high snob factor. The woman he was to bring dumped him, so she was replaced by Margot, who wasn't aware until the chef (Ralph Fiennes) …