By Anne Brodie Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is a witty and provocative portrait of an uptight former school teacher Nancy played with vulnerability by Emma Thompson who has never had an orgasm, experienced oral sex, or much pleasure at all in her 31-year marriage. She's a bundle of anxieties but …
Journeys, Awakening, Loss, Love, Celebration and Toronto the Cute!
By Anne Brodie Wildhood is a poignant, bittersweet awakening story of Link, a Mi'kmaw teenager who escapes severe abuse at home and hits the road with his little brother Travis. Writer/director/producer Bretten Hannam's Two-Spirit odyssey filmed in English and Mi'kmaw starring Phillip …
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Aphton Corbin’s Semi-Autobiographical Short Twenty Something is a Little Bit of Magic.
Afton Corbin's "Twenty Something" SparkShorts on Disney+ Gia is celebrating her 21st birthday at a club; she doesn't feel quite up to being an adult yet, though. So, she stacks away her earlier selves, the baby, the ten-year-old and the sixteen-year-old under her trench coat and goes for it. She …
Italy Comes to Vivid Life, Odd Couples, Cake, Kids and Juneteenth.
By Anne Brodie Missing travel? Can't get away fast enough? You're almost there enjoying the glorious sights, sounds and flavours of the Italian coastline in Pixar Disney+' Luca. Besides pasta and gelato you can almost taste, Italian pop songs and that trademark Italian lust for life are all over …
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Deanna Marsigliese Creates the Characters of Pixar/Disney+’ Joyous Luca.
Former Toronto animation professor Deanna Marsigliese has served as Character Art Director at Pixar Animation Studios since 2012 and has contributed to some of its best-loved animated films like Inside Out, Toy Story 4, Soul, The Good Dinosaur, Finding Dory, Incredibles 2, Onward and on June 18th on …
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