By Anne Brodie Meet the 2024 Governor General artistic laureates in their natural habitats in a new series of seven short films. The National Film Board of Canada commissioned filmed profiles averaging 3 – 5 minutes and one at 23 to honour Canadian performing artists of excellence, via “portraits …
Not the Greatest Week at the Movies, Thank Goodness for Streamers and Film Fests!
By Anne Brodie Richard Gere stars in Longing, a romantic drama partly shot in Kitchener and Hamilton, with a peculiar bent. Adapted from writer-director Savi Gabizon’s own 2017 film, it’s a story of loss and hoped-for redemption. Gere is Daniel who meets his Canadian ex-Rachel (Suzanne Clément) …
Two Lyrical Boyhooods, Heroic Women Don’t Quit, Cowboyin’, Murderous Tudors, and Oscar Heavies Finally Land on TV!
By Anne Brodie Chicago native Minhal Baig’s lyrical drama We Grown Now follows two best friends living in the notorious Cabrini-Green projects at the height of its drugs and crime waves. Malik (Blake Cameron James) and Eric (Gian Knight Ramirez) are spontaneous fun-loving kids, who love to jump …
Seth Rogen is a Potter! And He’s Throwing A Pottery Series Our Way with a Schitt’s Creek Alumna.
Canada's own Seth Rogen and his wife enjoy the art of pottery. So who better to guest judge on the new reality series The Great Canadian Pottery Throwdown? He joins Schitt's Creek's warm and wonderful star turned host Jennifer Robertson and judges, expert potters Brendan Tang and Natalie Waddell. …
A New Canadian Police Procedural Touches Today’s Hot Button Issues Through a Star Rookie Cop’s Eyes.
Supinder Wraich and Enrico Colantoni in CBC's Allegiance Supinder Wraich is Sabrina Sohal, a top police academy achiever whose father, a federal Minister is arrested on treason charges on the day and at the place of her graduation ceremony. Suddenly under the media spotlight, she must keep her …