By Anne Brodie Ok so we have all had bad neighbours. That uncomfortable truth drives Lauren Holly’s darkly funny Loathe Thy Neighbour, a sarcastic, absurd comedy shot in rural Hamilton, ON. Strangely two farms are tightly side by each, unusual, but there you have it. In one, the prickly, …
Kerouac and the Road, Alicia Silverstone’s Canadian Co-Pro, Girlfriends, and Spies!
By Anne Brodie Jack Kerouac, his landmark book On the Road and the Beat era came before me, and was not a topic of conversation. But his legacy roars back to life in Ebs Burnough’s impressive doc Kerouac’s Road: The Beat of a Nation, a well-made collage of reminiscences those who knew him and …
Naked Gun! Ed Sullivan! Servile Love and a Musical Genius!
By Anne Brodie The Naked Gun stars the oh so serious actor Liam Neeson as Det. Frank Drebin – a head scratcher- until we see how much fun the Irish brooder is having playing the role originated by Leslie Neilson back in 1988. Both actors smashed their dramatic images to smithereens in playing the …
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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 …