BY ANNE BRODIE Not to early to "flag" Canada Film Day on April 16th so you can plan your celebration of us, our culture, artistry, and elbows up pride. We will celebrate with a massive show of "our" content on all platforms, two thousand films in all - in one day. Talk about Oh, Canada! - and a …
Looking at a Way of Life Gone, a Chilling Spy Thriller, Downunder Mystery, Downtown En Route, and Summer ReRuns Ahoy!
By Anne Brodie Sweetland is the second film in a couple of weeks about the devastation that fell on Newfoundland and Labrador’s cod fishers’ industry when corporate trawlers emptied the waters locals had survived upon for hundreds of years. It focuses on a small, tight island community offered …
Mary Walsh, People, Mary Walsh!
Anne Brodie I went into my interview with comedy icon Mary Walsh with great joy and a bad case of nerves. Knowing her strong characters including political goddess disturber Marge Delahunty, from decades of entertaining Canada and getting away with some real zingers, I was scared. But what did …
OK, Streaming is Intense in March But We Also Present Laughter and Fun – Look at These Two National Treasures!
Cathy Jones and Mary Walsh in CBC Gem's Broad Appeal ByAnne Brodie Gabriel Byrne's dark, romantic vibe is well used in Death of a Ladies’ Man, a Canada / Ireland copro inspired by Leonard Cohen and his songs. Byrne is Samuel O'Shea, a solitary, poetic, gloomy Gus whose good looks and sweet …
Happy Place is an Important Film Giving Voice to Women Healing from Trauma.
Helen Shaver Directs Clark Backo in Happy Place By Anne Brodie Happy Place based on Pamela Mala Sinha’s play about women in a care facility suffering from trauma. Each one attempted suicide. As dark as it sounds, and as realistic as director Helen Shaver envisioned the film, these are strong …
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