By Anne Brodie Edgar Berger's harrowing adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's classic anti-war war novel All Quiet on the Western Front is a history lesson and morality tale, and difficult to watch. It's told from the point of view of teenage German boys who just signed up to fight the French …
Entertainment, Thy Name is Variety. This Week Offers Something for Every Mood, and Stars, Has-Beens and Personalities!
By Anne Brodie Writer-director Ruben Östlund is back in his favourite place – the hotel. Bedrooms, dining rooms, common thoroughfares with balustrades, and a vibe of impermanence and mild dread as he looks through keyholes at couples not quite in tune. They struggle with the politics of their …
Ana de Armas – the Spirit of Norma Jean Baker / Marilyn Monroe in Steamy Fictional Bio Blonde.
By Anne Brodie Netflix's highly anticipated Marilyn Monroe film Blonde, based on Joyce Carol Oates' fictional biography of Norma Jean Baker and Marilyn Monroe takes an alternate look at the superstar who died too young. Norma Jean's ascent from poverty and abuse to one of the most famous women in …
A Stunning Peter Jackson-less LOTR, Romeo & Juliet, Rom-Coms, Murder, Simone Signoret and There’s Cake, Too.
By Anne Brodie Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is reported to be the most expensive production ever made at $1B. Every penny is on the screen. Perhaps the longest end credit list in existence and for good reason. It's stunning; it took a lot of work and a lot of artists. And despite …
The Spell of Exotica, or, a Good Djinn is Hard to Find, Workplace Blues, Godard, Momoa and Hitch!
By Anne Brodie Three Thousand Years of Longing, an ambitious fable based on Persian myths stars Tilda Swinton as Alithea, a prim, self-sufficient, and intellectual seeker, a narratologist who studies "all the stories in human history". She heads to Istanbul to speak at a story conference when a …