By Anne Brodie The Martin Scorsese-produced doc Beatles ’64 is a wonderful holiday treat for music lovers and historians. Of course, he did it with a little help from his friends Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, the surviving members of the most influential rock band ever. John Lennon was …
William Shatner’s 93rd Birthday Doc, Bollywood vs Toronto, Physics vs Fiction, Dick Wolf Docs, Is Life on Earth Doomed? See Below:
By Anne Brodie Willam Shatner says he's always been alone, all his life, that women were distractions but not part of the full picture. He says he's had no real friends but doesn't want to be alone. Shatner's part of a large family from four marriages with generations of descendants but still. …
Women and Immigration, Freezing One’s Assets, Canada’s Newest Female Cop, a Pill to Cure Heartache … et plus!
By Anne Brodie The Canadian Reads 2015 book Ru, the dramatic true story of Kim Thúy whose family fled Vietnam for Canada, endured a nerve-shattering journey and adjustment to a strange culture has been adapted for the big screen. They were the so-called "boat people" fleeing a murderous regime. …
Tracey Deer Directs Episodes of Three Pines That Reflect a Disturbing Canadian Reality.
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 …
Keilani Rose Keeps the Boys in Order in Crave’s Shockingly Good New Comedy Series Shoresy.
Keilani Rose (Lheidli Tenneh (The People Where the Two Rivers Flow Together), and Kānaka Mamao (Native Hawaiian diaspora) descent, with Chinese immigrant and Irish settler ancestry) stars in Shoresy, a Letterkenny adjacent and hysterically funny new series from Jared Keeso. Shoresy joins a senior …