By Anne Brodie Agnieszka Holland‘s devastating Green Border lays bare the harsh, horrific realities of Europe’s refugee crisis faced by those escaping war and oppression in Africa and the Middle East. Since 2015, waves of people have undertaken journeys, mostly by foot to get to friendly …
Lots of Testosterone This Week, An Urgent Film Re-Released, America’s Only Saint, Guy Ritchie in Top Form, Eugene Levy, Oscar – Say No More!
By Anne Brodie Cineplex has re-released the documentary Navalny in select theatres across Canada. 2023's Academy Award's Best Documentary Feature reminds us of the brave decisions and actions of Russian activist Alexei Navalny, Putin's fiercest critic and leader of the opposition. Navalny died …
THis Week – Longing for the Past, Diving into the Future, Comedy, Tragedy, Chaos and Beauty.
Andrew Haigh's fantasy drama All Of Us Strangers packs an emotional punch strong enough to fell a person. It seems mundane enough at first. Andrew Scott is Adam, a writer working on a script in his high-rise London apartment; he looks out on the vast sky and bustling city below, but his thoughts are …
Brilliant Dark Dramas, How to Build a Spy, Family Woes, Tossed Salad, Scrambled Eggs and Frasier.
By Anne Brodie Martin Scorsese surpasses himself with the seismic, complex, malicious beauty of Killers of the Flower Moon, the true story of the Osage Indian Murders circa the 1910s to the 1930s. At least sixty and perhaps hundreds of full-blood Osage Indians were murdered or died prematurely by …