Tracey Deer won international acclaim with her fact-based film Beans, about an indigenous mother and her two young daughters caught up in the landmark 1990 Oka Crisis in Quebec as Mohawks protested the destruction of their sacred burial grounds for a golf course. Deer directs episodes of Amazon …
It’s Not Comedy It’s Horror, the Weinstein Drama, Mickey Mouse, a Pact and … Loons?
By Anne Brodie The Menu follows Tyler and Margot (Nicholas Hoult and Anya Taylor-Joy) on a culinary adventure in a remote island restaurant with an excruciatingly high snob factor. The woman he was to bring dumped him, so she was replaced by Margot, who wasn't aware until the chef (Ralph Fiennes) …
Sugar, a True Crime Canadian Cautionary Tale With Rising Stars Jasmine Sky Sarin and Anthony Timpano.
What happens when two young influencers accept an invitation to an all-expenses-paid luxury cruise to promote themselves? When they're young, broke, and naive, anything - good or bad. That's the tough lesson learned by Jasmine Sky Sarin's character, Melanie and Anthony Timpano as Sean. What happened …
Wakandan and British Royals, Emily Blunt’s Trip West, Indigenous Gems, and Never a Better Time to Mind Your Manners
By Anne Brodie Ryan Coogler's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever takes us back to the strong and proud country, an idyllic place where science and knowledge are valued as much as ancient traditions. An ideal government is in place, with Ramonda (Angela Bassett) as Queen, following the death of King …
Buffy Saint-Marie, Two Oscar Shoo-Ins, RomCom with Past Masters of the Genre et plus.
By Anne Brodie Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On directed by Madison Thomas celebrates a seminal figure in Canadian, American, and indigenous culture, her music, activism, and philanthropy, and her warm positive spirit. While performing in Toronto and Manhattan's folk scene in the 60s, she sang and …