By Anne Brodie Let’s celebrate June Squibb! Hardworking, tiny, mighty, she has an uncanny acting gift - a mix of power and subtlety She’s enlivened more than 1oo films, including Nebraska for which she received an Oscar nomination, About Schmidt, The Humans and Thelma. First timer Scarlett …
Francis Ford Coppola, TIFF Faves Hit Theatres, a Beloved Freaky Outing, and a True Life Dating App Kerfuffle!
By Anne Brodie Five-time Oscar winning filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, The Godfather and more superb films cemented him as a great American filmmaker. But the shine was dulled in 2024 with the limited release of his fantasy epic Megalopolis set in modern-day New York standing in …
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by Anne Brodie I Swear, the true story John Davidson is wrenchingly hard to watch, but it’s so easy to empathise with him and his struggles. The Edinburgh native suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, a condition that causes him to shout, swear and say things automatically – he has no control over …
People Forced to Live in Close Quarters, and People Forced to Be Family! Relatable! and Animals During War.
By Anne Brodie Ok so we have all had bad neighbours. That uncomfortable truth drives Lauren Holly’s darkly funny Loathe Thy Neighbour, a sarcastic, absurd comedy shot in rural Hamilton, ON. Strangely two farms are tightly side by each, unusual, but there you have it. In one, the prickly, …
Young Love, Dancing, Romancing and Hostage Taking!
By Anne Brodie Netflix’s pulse pounder mini series Hostage is such dark fun. It concerns the relationship between two female national leaders, left leaning British Prime Minister Abigail Dalton (Suranne Jones) and conservative French President Vivienne Toussaint (Julie Delpy) they are at odds …
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