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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Canada Strong, the Value of Pets, Surrealism, Agatha Christie Lastest, Final Vows and So Much More!
By Anne Brodie Let’s look at two Canadian music artists that make us proud, even as I remind you about Canada Film Day on April 16th. Neil Young: Coastal in the intimate documentary on the singer songwriter touring post COVID-19, shot and directed by Young’s longtime partner Daryl Hannah, …
From Heaven to Hell, Palm Springs, Argentina, Hollywood, Scarborough, and a Toronto Library.
By Anne Brodie Misericordia (“compassion or empathy”) is an unsettling, unobvious thriller, a quiet but gale force knockout that may leave viewers gasping. Alain Guiraudie’s adaptation of the novel Stranger By The Lake, the French, Spanish and Portuguese co-pro is extraordinary – clever, sneaky …