By Anne Brodie Opening with an admiring tribute to Vera, who leaves us this week. Not only is the uber talented Brenda Blethyn ending the beloved series, the final season now on BritBox is only TWO episodes! Thank goodness all 14 seasons are available on the service. Vera, based on the character …
Music Writ Large, x 4, An Historic Love Shocker, Eddie Murphy VS an Elf as Christmas Closes in!
By Anne Brodie Maestro, Bradley Cooper's epic - he wrote, directed, stars in, produced, learned the fine art of conducting, played piano and probably much more - is an explosion of imaginaton. The flying, sweeping, microscopic, macroscopic, outre cinematography, the interplay of black and white …
In Which We’re Cautioned, Delighted, Engaged and Aghast!
By Anne Brodie Big news this week! The 20th-anniversary 4K restoration release of Ang Lee's masterpiece Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The quadruple Oscar-winning landmark film, a departure for Lee whose prior work included Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm, Ride with the Devil, and later …
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A Horror Free Alt Hallowe’en Lineup for Scaredy-Cats!
By Anne Brodie Trevor Mack's award-winning study of Tyler, a young indigenous boy, in Portraits From a Fire is an extraordinary work, both by Mack and actor William Lulua who carries the film on his young shoulders. He's in almost every frame and his easy self-assurance and acting range just jump …
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Protests, Wars, Espionage, Radicals, Magic, Conspiracy and Rihanna’s Lingerie Fashion Event. Yup.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 on Netflix By Anne Brodie Netflix takes us to a time not unlike our own in the excellent film, The Trial of the Chicago 7. Aaron Sorkin revisits the protest-turned-riot outside the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago when high profile yippies Tom Hayden, Abbie …