By Anne Brodie The first thing to notice about Wicked Part 1 is how expensive it looks. And its one of the most heavily promoted movie events in a long while, wall-to-wall TV interviews, ads, themes and digital banners, on pillows, hats, blankets, bags, tees, games etc... enough to turn any …
Kodi-Smit McPhee on His Stunning Oscar-Nominated Performance in The Power of the Dog.
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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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 …