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 …
Revisiting a Cinematic Giant Writ Large, Love Hurts, Then There’s Hallmark Love, Home Love, Laverne Cox Love and an Atomic Shocker.
By Anne Brodie Thrilled to report that the impossible brilliance of Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite is back on the big(gest) screen. Six years after sweeping the Oscars and the globe, it returns as an IMAX exclusive today. Bong Joon-Ho’s nearly perfect, nerve-rattling comedy thriller Parasite is a shock …
This Week, a Brief Look at TIFF Offerings Before the Deluge!!!
By Anne Brodie Canadian author and filmmaker Durga Chew-Bose’s feature film debut, a remake of the 1958 film Bonjour Tristesse based on Françoise Sagan’s novel is extraordinarily seductive. Widower Raymond (Claes Bang) is spending a relaxed summer on the French coast with his daughter …
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A Week for the Books! Barbenheimer, Hollywood Shuts Down, Actors’, Writers’, Studios’ Toxic Moment.
By Anne Brodie Strike! The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) are marching the picket lines and production, for the most part, has shut down. Film, TV, and streaming are not producing new works. For the foreseeable, films and shows will …
From the Italian Alps to a Magnificent Garden to Beirut – Men Take Us Places This Week.
By Anne Brodie Dir. Felix Van Groeningen's adaptation of Paolo Cognetti's novel The Eight Mountains will rip your heart out. Told simply, with the Italian Alps a looming, breathtaking presence, follows a friendship between two men over forty years. Pietro lives in a Turin apartment block and …