Radio Canada
By Anne Brodie Fargo is back, thank goodness. The series in its epic, deep firestorm of humanity's struggle to survive, created by Noah Hawley and now in its fifth season remains one of the finest series ever to appear on TV, up there with Twin Peaks. Set in small communities whether in the …
Continue Reading about Filmed Entertainment Ramps Up and How.
By Anne Brodie It landed Tuesday and most of you have seen it. Mission Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One is long. The opening two acts of more or less static, multi-face exposition, followed by long car chases in Rome and boat-and-bridge chases in Venice would have benefited from a fastidious …
By Anne Brodie Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is a witty and provocative portrait of an uptight former school teacher Nancy played with vulnerability by Emma Thompson who has never had an orgasm, experienced oral sex, or much pleasure at all in her 31-year marriage. She's a bundle of anxieties but …
By Anne Brodie Jonas Carpignano's A Chiara is a stunner. Swamy Rotolo is 15 - year old Chiara, the middle daughter in a close-knit loving (real-life) family living in Calabria, and they're celebrating her sister Giulia's (Grecia Rotolo) 18th birthday. Family and villagers pull out all the …
By Anne Brodie Can you believe it's 36 years later? Top Gun: Maverick finds Tom Cruise as Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell, older, wiser, and jobless, a washed-up star jet fighter test pilot. Out of the blue, he's called back to service, to the annoyance of Jon Hamm's Admiral Simpson, saved by "Ice" …
