Courtesy of CBC News By Anne Brodie If Putin’s desire to conquer territories to force “all Russian speaking people to become one nation” sounds a little like Hitler’s lebensraum policies of swallowing up countries by force, its actually happening. Crimea is gone and Ukraine may be next. …
Tilda! Christmas Comes in Many Forms, True Tales, Oh Canada, Mystery, Love and Real Estate!
A family survived an earthly holocaust living in a salt mine - an extremely well appointed, art treasure trove museum of the best art – salt mine. They’ve been there twenty years and made a policy never to give food or shelter to beggars who come by, as has happened, because every time they offered …
Canada’s Oscar Entry in Theatres, Not Fade Away, Transition, Family, tr*mp Doc.
By Anne Brodie Universal Language, Canada’s 2025 Best International Academy Award entry, a TIFF hit, is a hoot! A brilliantly whimsical and highly original outrider taking us into a snowbound world of the surreal and bizarre. Director Matthew Rankin and writers Ila Firouzabadi, Pirouz Nemati and …
Anna Chancellor: I Don’t Act To Be Liked. I Don’t Act To Be Fancied. My Lady Jane’s Raunchy Mama Goes for Broke!
The wonderfully bawdy, purposely historically inaccurate, and utterly hilarious series My Lady Jane looks at a succession war in the Tudor English royal court of 1553. The magnificent Anna Chancellor is Lady Frances Grey, mother of Jane who, in this version is not executed at age 16 but goes on to …
A Candid Dialogue with Julia Malott on Trans Rights in the Heart of Canada’s Culture Wars
As I sit down to write this article, the weight of the topic at hand is not lost on me. Engaging in trans rights dialogue in Canada, especially as someone who is not trans, feels like navigating a minefield. Personally, I feel a responsibility to lend my voice to support a marginalized community …