By Anne Brodie Jack Kerouac, his landmark book On the Road and the Beat era came before me, and was not a topic of conversation. But his legacy roars back to life in Ebs Burnough’s impressive doc Kerouac’s Road: The Beat of a Nation, a well-made collage of reminiscences those who knew him and …
Love’s Expectations, Love Letters, Love Compromised & More
By Anne Brodie Can’t remember the last time a film made me feel queasy and then Oh, Hi! happened. Sophie Brooks’ unflinching look at love and cruelty stars Molly Gordon as fun loving but intense Iris. She’s dating Isaac (Logan Lerman) an easy-going charmer ; theyre spending their first …
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The Mitfords!!! Rob Ford, Family in Crisis and an Immigrant Story.
By Anne Brodie The superior drama His Father's Son reinvents the way we see families in cinema; this is a whole new animal, shot in Toronto by Meelad Moaphi whose rich cinematic vision is a treat. We meet Amir (Alireza Shojaeia) a talented, aspiring chef who loses his job at a fine dining …
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Love a Mystery? You’re in the Right Place So Buckle Up, and the CBC Fêtes Canadian Artists.
By Anne Brodie The nine-episode British psychological police procedural DEPT. Q is a simmering look at law enforcement in Edinburgh, with traumatised DCI Carl Morck (Matthew Goode, emaciated, for the role) at the centre of the storm. He and other police officers were taken by surprise …
Architecture Doubles as Grand Opera, a Bunch of Modern Stressed Mums Find the Funny. Short and to the Point.
By Anne Brodie E.1027: Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea is a story of design excellence, theft and betrayal. Gray, an Irish born architect, potter and loner designed her masterpiece, a Modernist gem of a home in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, on the Cote D’Azur. It’s described as “a white …