By Anne Brodie A ninety-year-old woman who lives alone in the woods on a 54 acre property knows what we’ve all been grappling with for years – how to live easily on the earth and work with it for our needs, our joys and our belonging. Mennonite Agatha Bock is the subject of the documentary …
The Human Comedy/Drama Laid Bare in This Week’s Entertainment. “It’s gonna be a bumpy ride!” (Margo Channing)
By Anne Brodie Sarah Polley's achingly poignant Women Talking, based on the book by ex-Mennonite Miriam Toews tells the fact-based story of women in an ultra-conservative religious colony in South America. They are victims of daily rapes, unwanted pregnancies, and physical and emotional abuse at …
Two Canadian Oscar Hopefuls, Spies, Emily’s in Paris, a Tiger’s Tale, Horses, the Wild West and … Baked Goods.
By Anne Brodie Sarah Polley's achingly poignant Women Talking is based on the book by ex-Mennonite Miriam Toews concerns the women of an ultra-conservative religious colony in rebellion against generational sexual and domestic abuses by their men. Polley's star-studded cast of Rooney Mara, …
Allison Pill and Sarah Gadon Navigate a Heartbreaking Road in All My Puny Sorrows.
Sarah Gadon and Allison PIll in Michael McGowan's All My Puny Sorrows Michael McGowan's excellent film adaptation of Miriam Toews' best-seller My Puny Sorrows explores the relationship between sisters Yoli and Elf; one's dealing with divorce, a rebellious daughter, and her sister's obsession, a …
An Extraordinarily Emotional Week in Filmed Entertainment.
Nicolas Cage in the film, PIG from Elevation Pictures, NEON By Anne Brodie Sarah Polley begins shooting her latest script Women Talking in Toronto And what a cast she's assembled! The mighty, mighty Frances McDormand, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Rooney Mara, Ben Wishaw and our own Sheila …
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