By Anne Brodie Not long now till TIFF 20, pandemic edition, the 45th Annual Toronto International Film Festival Sept.10-19. It will be vastly different but with the creative use of digital resources and socially distanced in theatre screenings, as well as digital, it will still feel like …
Sarah Gadon’s a Prisoner of War, Steve Carrell’s Politico Gets Schooled, True Murder Most Foul and Don’t Protest This Film Festival!
By Anne Brodie It was an astounding turn of events, when in 1974 William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter Patty Hearst, a socialite and university student appeared armed with a rifle during a bank robbery apparently a willing part of the radical leftist terrorist group based on the …
We Love Dads, Isolation Stories, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Indigenous Film. Good Week in Streaming!
We’ve been raving about Dads Bryce Dallas Howard’s first documentary, for a couple of weeks now and its finally available Apple TV+. Howard gathered her famous dad Ron, grandfather actor Rance, comedians Will Smith, Hasan Minjah, Kenan Thompson, Patton Oswald, Ken Jeong, the two …
Start Your Weekend with a Nerve-Jangling Surveillance Thriller, an Historical Sex Romp, and Wally Lamb’s Bestseller Adaptation and Adorable Dogs!
By Anne Brodie The Capture on Amazon Prime Video A British soldier played by Callum Turner comes home from war to fight the biggest fight of his life – against his own government. He’s imprisoned for the controversial kill of a Taliban fighter and released early. He and his barrister share a …
Michael Greyeyes Leads the Charge in Jeff Barnaby’s Zombie Apocalypse Thriller Blood Quantum.
By Anne Brodie Michael Greyeyes is an imposing figure in film, television, and theatre. The Canadian actor, director, dancer, and founding artistic director of Signal Theatre is having a remarkable professional moment. Greyeyes appears in HBO’s I Know This Much is True and True Detective, …