Twenty-five-year-old Australian actor Kodi Smit-McPhee McPhee's breathtaking performance of a sensitive young man suddenly uprooted to a cattle ranch on his mother's marriage is the kind of work one would expect from a far more experienced actor. In Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog, he navigates …
From the Sublime to the Ridiculous, This Week in Films is a Wild Ride.
By Anne Brodie As awards season heats up, we think of New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog on Netflix. Benedict Cumberbatch's sociopathic rancher Phil launches a campaign of terror against his brother's new bride (real-life couple Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst) and her son …
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Jane Campion Doc on the Making of The Power of the Dog Answers Questions.
By Anne Brodie - Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog, based on Thomas Savage's novel, dominates the awards season. To date, the film's won 184 awards and 262 nominations and is the top contender for Best Picture. Benedict Cumberbatch and director-screenwriter Jane Campion have amassed dozens and …
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TIFF Gems to Pocket, Michael Caine with Aubrey Plaza, and a Return to The Morning Show!
By Anne Brodie TIFF - Benediction, Terence Davies' biography of World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon, played by Jack Lowden as a young man and soldier and Peter Capaldi as the embittered old man weaves the story of his life in classically style, elegantly and philosophically. Beginning with …