By Anne Brodie A brilliantly subversive take on Bram Stoker’s horror vampire classic and crowd pleaser Dracula, Nosferatu will scare the bejaysus out of you. Master of eerie Robert Eggers has taken the tale to new heights of eroticism, despair and terror while exploring the reality of a …
Dangerous Deepfakes, Clive Owen, an Emotional Exorcism, Reel Asian Film Fest Preview and Remembrance Day.
By Anne Brodie Deepfakes alert! documentarians Sophie Compton and Reuben Hamlyn's chilling Another Body unveils the life-altering repercussions of abuse against women via faked porn videos. Two American college students who appear throughout as deep fakes with false names describe the hell …
Entertainment, Thy Name is Variety. This Week Offers Something for Every Mood, and Stars, Has-Beens and Personalities!
By Anne Brodie Writer-director Ruben Östlund is back in his favourite place – the hotel. Bedrooms, dining rooms, common thoroughfares with balustrades, and a vibe of impermanence and mild dread as he looks through keyholes at couples not quite in tune. They struggle with the politics of their …
Viola Davis Unbound, Witty Agatha Christie Extension and TIFF Takeaways.
By Anne Brodie Gina Prince-Bythewood's gobsmacking take on the historic warrior women of west Africa - the Dahomey Amazons - feels like a superhero epic but with living, breathing, relatable humans. The Woman King. The warriors are phenomenal - Viola Davis is power personified as Nanisca, …
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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 …