By Anne Brodie A Difficult Year from writer-directors Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano takes a comedic tongue-in-cheek look at two middle-aged guys, Bruno (Pio Marmaï) and Albert (JonathanCohen) both in dire financial straits when we meet them. A Difficult Year is a comedy about poverty that …
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 …
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 …
Ya Gotta Have Friends, Royal Rebels, Plus Retribution, History, Trying So Hard, Then Calm.
They're Baaaaaack! By Anne Brodie In under a week, we will be reunited with Friends!! On TV, that is, on Crave, the long-awaited reunion special of the show that'll be there for you. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer get comfy …