By Anne Brodie Guillermo de Toro’s florid version of Mary Shelley’s classic horror story Frankenstein gets the full CGI, over the top treatment typical of the filmmaker. It could have benefitted from a slightly less in-yer-face with some degree of naturalism, more suggestion than showmanship. …
Anna Lambe’s on Fire in the Arctic Sitcom North of North
Anne Lambe is one of the hottest stars around right now thanks to the Netflix global release of its CBC / ATPN co- production, North of North. Lambe is Siaja, an outspoken, free-thinking wife and mother whose life is a dumpster fire at the moment. Literally. Shot in Nunavut, Canada, Lambe was …
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Bringing a Pulitzer Prize Winning Novel to Life, Rendevous with Madness Opener, Parisian Love Problems and Eating at the End of the World
By Anne Brodie People flew and sailed from around the world to eat at KOKS, a two-star Michelin restaurant on a craggy ocean outcropping at Ilimanaq, Greenland. From the airport, they sailed to Koks, The Most Remote Restaurant in the World, run by Chef Poul Andrias Ziska. The haute cuisine …
The Human Comedy/Drama Laid Bare in This Week’s Entertainment. “It’s gonna be a bumpy ride!” (Margo Channing)
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 …
Zooming with George Clooney on His Climate Crisis Drama The Midnight Sky
George Clooney Directs The Midnight Sky George Clooney’s new film The Midnight Sky, carries forward his activism on behalf of our planet Earth. Clooney stars as Arctic researcher Augustine, and he produced and directed the film. Augustine’s left alone in his northern station when colleagues rush …
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