Happy Earth Day to those who celebrate. The significance of this day is becoming clearer as the years go by. We are now in a climate emergency, and there is nowhere on earth that is not being severely impacted by this escalating event. As I scrolled through pictures from my travels this morning, I …
Adventures in Kayaks, Canoes, on Horses, Bikes, and Trains, Online and in Theatres!
By Anne Brodie Dianne Whelan's riveting documentary 500 Days in the Wild follows her journey, by foot, canoe, and riding a 40-year-old Wizard bike across 4,634 kilometers of this land and our three oceans. She started in Newfoundland with a phone, GPS, a lighter, a big bag of necessities, and a …
The Holy Grail, Nyad, Influencers, Inside North Korea, Satirising PEI, Gothic Alberta and Coming of Age in Ontario.
By Anne Brodie Tough family drama on the remote farmlands of Alberta, as a farming community struggles to earn a living and keep trouble at bay. Farms that withstood generations of hardscrabble life and an ongoing litany of back-breaking labour face all new threats, in this case, succession. It's …
Elle-Maija Tailfeathers, The Late Great Tom Wolfe, Super Models, Carolyn Taylor’s Golden Dream, and Important Mark-Your-Calendar Dates!
By Anne Brodie Write director Darlene Naponse's Stellar gets under the skin in record time. It takes place inside a dilapidated bar in Sudbury near the nickel and copper mines formed by a meteorite hitting Earth 1.8 billion years ago. "Aadizookaan" from the sky it came. Mother Earth willfully …
Saturday UPDATE as TIFF Continues!
A radical feminist story is revealed in Widow Clicquot which took place in the early 1880s in the fertile Champagne region of France. Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, played with authority by Haley Bennett is married to François (Tom Sturridge) who owns a failing Champagne vineyard and suddenly dies …