By Anne Brodie Due to some hiccups I’ve only now managed to see the magnificent Hamnet from Chloé Zhao who also made one of my most beloved films The Rider. This time she swoops down into 16th century Stratford-Upon-Avon, England and and into the lives of an impoverished family, an ambitious …
Stories of Women, Grifters, Heroes and Heroines, Love, Hope and Healing.
By Anne Brodie Another elegant, powerful, intelligent, and moving film from Ava DuVernay, whose inspired films are always a joy. Origin, the latest film DuVernay wrote and directed follows Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in a remarkable performance) whose …
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TIFF Gems, in Brief, What to Do When Your Family Falls Apart and It’s Your Fault? Two Provocative Netflix Series and a Sweet One plus Fargo 4 is Nigh.
By Anne Brodie The televised and socially distanced TIFF Tribute Awards this week were incredibly moving, alone and together. Winners thanked TIFF for their memories of the festival over the decades and their hopes of coming again, they thanked front line workers around the world and …