By Anne Brodie Here, Robert Zemeckis’ history of a place over its lifetime of millions of years, ice ages, extinctions, renewal, and modern times takes an unusual approach to storytelling. A home sprouts up in the last century where primordial ooze had been and where meteorites had crashed, and …
The Orkneys, Dust, Wardrobe, Making TV, Pubs, Seaside Murder, – et plus! All Good.
By Anne Brodie Saoirse Ronan is nothing short of masterful in Nora Fingscheidt’s The Outrun. The four-time Oscar nominee is Rona, who with her Master's degree in Biology has leaves London behind after ten years to help her father on their remote sheep farm in Papay, in the Scotland's North …
Something for Everyone This Pre- TIFF Week!
BY ANNE BRODIE Jackie Shane was a Black trans singer from the American South whose remarkable personal and musical legacy is revived in the NFB documentary Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story. She found refuge in Toronto’s Yonge Street club scene that she loved and that loved back; her …
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Faye, Impressive New Actor, Surreal Adventure and Celebrating Teen Films
By Anne Brodie Faye Dunaway’s singularity in the '60s and '70s as an actor and independent woman was important and we are reminded in the doc Faye. She was strong-willed, talented and made her demands clear, as the women's movement caught up to her. Dunaway’s power exploded asBonnie Parker in her …
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A Fun Week for Nostalgia, Taxicab Confessions, Phenom Lily Gladstone, Two Great Feature Debuts, Mystery and Pet Notes from Europe.
By Anne Brodie Agnieszka Holland‘s devastating Green Border lays bare the harsh, horrific realities of Europe’s refugee crisis faced by those escaping war and oppression in Africa and the Middle East. Since 2015, waves of people have undertaken journeys, mostly by foot to get to friendly …