By Anne Brodie The National Film Board of Canada – the NFB - dips into its massive library of films about Canadians made by Canadians to celebrate June's National indigenous History Month and Pride Month. Among its 460 Indigenous-made films, three new releases are streaming free now. Ossie …
Anna Lambe’s on Fire in the Arctic Sitcom North of North
Anne Lambe is one of the hottest stars around right now thanks to the Netflix global release of its CBC / ATPN co- production, North of North. Lambe is Siaja, an outspoken, free-thinking wife and mother whose life is a dumpster fire at the moment. Literally. Shot in Nunavut, Canada, Lambe was …
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A Strong Week Onscreen – Families, Disco, Detectives, Chills to Chilly, High Drama, Sitcom Gold, the Works!
By Anne Brodie Opening with an admiring tribute to Vera, who leaves us this week. Not only is the uber talented Brenda Blethyn ending the beloved series, the final season now on BritBox is only TWO episodes! Thank goodness all 14 seasons are available on the service. Vera, based on the character …
THis Week – Longing for the Past, Diving into the Future, Comedy, Tragedy, Chaos and Beauty.
Andrew Haigh's fantasy drama All Of Us Strangers packs an emotional punch strong enough to fell a person. It seems mundane enough at first. Andrew Scott is Adam, a writer working on a script in his high-rise London apartment; he looks out on the vast sky and bustling city below, but his thoughts are …
Immigrant and LGBTQ2 Stories, Rock Hudson’s Not So Secret Secret, How to Dress to Save the Planet … and Idris Elba!
By Anne Brodie Lina Rodriguez' meditative, determinedly slow-paced TIFF entry, the immigration story So Much Tenderness follows a Colombian environmental lawyer Aurora (Noëlle Schönwald) under death threats who flees to Canada. She witnessed the murder of her husband, also an activist, and …