By Anne Brodie Directed by Edivan Guajajara, co-founder of Mídia Indígena, Brazil’s leading Indigenous-led journalism collective and environmental filmmakers Chelsea Greene and Rob Grobman, We Are Guardians, reminds us of the devastation that once threatened to ruin the global environment - the …
Love a Mystery? You’re in the Right Place So Buckle Up, and the CBC Fêtes Canadian Artists.
By Anne Brodie The nine-episode British psychological police procedural DEPT. Q is a simmering look at law enforcement in Edinburgh, with traumatised DCI Carl Morck (Matthew Goode, emaciated, for the role) at the centre of the storm. He and other police officers were taken by surprise …
Rust Released, Hazard Ahead, Eight Arms to Hold You, Romance a la Francaise and Secrets of the Sexiest Man in Winnipeg.
By Anne Brodie In 2021, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot to death on the set of Rust when Alec Baldwin fired his prop gun that was loaded with a live round. Protocol calls for guns on movie sets to be loaded with dummies - no live ammunition, just a big bang. But Baldwin's gun contained …
We’ve Got It All! Love, Food, Sex, Style, and Elordi! and Canadian Politics :)
By Anne Brodie Australian actor Jacob Elordi’s current heartthrob status will bring folks in to see Daniel Minahan’s On Swift Horses in theatres April 25. And boy, do we get to see a lot of him. He’s Julius, brother of Lee (Will Poulter), who is married to Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones); they live in …
Is a Bad Mother a Bad Person? Plus POWs and Belly Laughs. A Mercurial Week :)
By Anne Brodie Switzerland is a wealthy country, but it has failed to keep an unnamed mother and her three small children from falling into desperate poverty and increasing lawlessness. Ophélia Kolb leads the cast of The Courageous; she's three months behind on rent and faces an unkind future, …
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