By Anne Brodie The exceptionally interesting and somewhat reassuring look at the state of the planet, society, and life itself focuses on the words of one of the most influential humanists of our time – Bill Gates. The five-part docuseries he produces and presents examines issues of concern to …
Two Lyrical Boyhooods, Heroic Women Don’t Quit, Cowboyin’, Murderous Tudors, and Oscar Heavies Finally Land on TV!
By Anne Brodie Chicago native Minhal Baig’s lyrical drama We Grown Now follows two best friends living in the notorious Cabrini-Green projects at the height of its drugs and crime waves. Malik (Blake Cameron James) and Eric (Gian Knight Ramirez) are spontaneous fun-loving kids, who love to jump …
In 2016, Filmmaker Dianne Whelan Had Enough So She Hit the Road – Alone. The Result – an Extraordinary Documentary.
Dianne Whelan left Newfoundland on a 40-year-old bike with her supplies strapped to her back to get away from it all. She biked, walked, canoed, and kayaked mostly alone across Canada, to its three oceans, with five cameras and a drone. She emerged, not 500 days but six years later, a new and …
J-Lo, Thrice, Juliette Binoche Twice, Daisy Ridley, Coco Chanel, Britain’s Oscars and Food, Glorious Food! French Food!
By Anne Brodie Jennifer Lopez releases her first album in ten years alongside a star-studded fantasy musical film This Is Me…Now: A Love Story reflecting her headling grabbing love life, now at 54. Dave Meyers' film in partnership with J-Lo is an ambitious, visually enticing "cinematic odyssey, …
Ambition’s Price, and Being Elsewhere.
By Anne Brodie Writer-director Kaouther Ben Hania's innovative style brings to vivid, unforgettable life Four Daughters, a quasi-documentary about a family of Tunisian women mourning the disappearance of the eldest two daughters who were "devoured by wolves". Ben Hania as the real mother Olfa …
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