By Anne Brodie Five-time Oscar winning filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, The Godfather and more superb films cemented him as a great American filmmaker. But the shine was dulled in 2024 with the limited release of his fantasy epic Megalopolis set in modern-day New York standing in …
Sugarcane a Must See, Antoine Shines, Bro Crime, and Let’s Get Cuckoo
By Anne Brodie Just floored by Emily Kassie and Julian Brave NoiseCat’s searing documentary Sugarcane from Nat Geo/Disney. It comes with a strong warning as does this review. We follow NoiseCat, (of the Canim Lake Band Tsq'escenemc band in British Columbia, as he researches atrocities, victims …
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Serious Matters, Scandals Galore, Hilarity, Heartbreak, Earth Day, the Universe, Food – and More Canadian Films – The Screens Have It All!
By Anne Brodie - Charlotte a powerful animated Canadian film, with an impressive international cast presents the saga of German Jewish painter Charlotte Saloman. Charlotte's family was well off in Berlin in the years leading up to the German Nazification. Her gift for painting was clear early, her …
Women Under Pressure, Squirrel Superhero, Sins, Love and Hearties Take Note!
Mia Farrow, Ronan Farrow, Dylan Farrow and Woody Allen By Anne Brodie Let's open with a fact-based story of celebrity woe that's screaming from the headlines again. Woody Allen was one of the world's leading filmmakers and writers, he made a movie a year or so for decades, usually …
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