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By Anne Brodie Scarborough from directors Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson and writer Catherine Hernandez is set in a low-income enclave in eastern Toronto. Its diverse population is well represented in three families whose children attend the same breakfast and literacy program run by a nurturing …
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By Anne Brodie Haley Bennett stars as Roxanne in Joe Wright’s CYRANO Joe Wright's adaptation of Edmond Rostand's 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac isn't to be dismissed. Its lyricism and Peter Dinklage's exceptional performance as Cyrano create wonder and a powerful sense of magic. Set in some …
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By Anne Brodie The Lost Daughter is the story of women pushed to their limits, whose instincts are tested and found wanting and the damage done. Olivia Colman's unsympathetic Leda is a British woman on a beach vacation in Greece. Her eyes and expression are fixed and unwelcoming. A man asks for …
By Anne Brodie - We have Toronto International Film Festival - TIFF to you! - capsule reviews to help make your viewing choices in person or on https://digital.tiff.net/ Danis Goulet's premieres her extraordinary drama Night Raiders at TIFF, a disturbing story paralleling the traumas of the …
By Anne Brodie Spike Lee does superb work in the four-part documentary series NYC EPICENTERS 9/11➔20211⁄2 on Crave / HBO. He gathers "witnesses" to speak their truths on events that shaped the city in the 21st century, the COVID-19 pandemic, the tragedy of 9/11 and continuing after-effects twenty …
