By Anne Brodie The Martin Scorsese-produced doc Beatles ’64 is a wonderful holiday treat for music lovers and historians. Of course, he did it with a little help from his friends Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, the surviving members of the most influential rock band ever. John Lennon was …
Women in History Break the Glass Ceiling, Pop Stars Fight Back, and Be Careful What You Say Out Loud.
By Anne Brodie A radical feminist who changed the wine landscape for all time is celebrated in Thomas Napper’s Widow Clicquot. It’s 1840 in the fertile Champagne region of France. Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, played with authority by Haley Bennett is married to François (Tom Sturridge) …
Espionage Hacks, Schumer Shines, Caleb Landry-Jones Chills, Walken and Seymour and Bob’s Your Uncle
By Anne Brodie - OK folks I was not able to see Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once this week, and folks are raving about it. I'll get to it next week or my name's not Better Late Than Never. In theatres. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxN1T1uxQ2g&t=15s Gary Oldman …
Lucy and Desi, Prince Philip, Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Ralph Fiennes and … Well, Read On!
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 …