By Anne Brodie Dir. Felix Van Groeningen's adaptation of Paolo Cognetti's novel The Eight Mountains will rip your heart out. Told simply, with the Italian Alps a looming, breathtaking presence, follows a friendship between two men over forty years. Pietro lives in a Turin apartment block and …
Raining? Try Some Eye Candy, Sex, Romance, History Rejigged, Action Women, Tricky Dickey’s Clown Car and Hot Docs ’30.
By Anne Brodie So the kiddies are off to a week of winter camp leaving their suburban parents Emma (Emily Hampshire and Josh (screenwriter /co-star Jonas Chernick) alone for the first time in years. They're really looking forward to, well, having a lot of sex, "We don't have to close the doors! …
Girl Power Galore, Chiara, Alicia Vikander, Action Hero Danielle C. Ryan, Brenda Blethyn, Lucille Ball, Shine On!
By Anne Brodie Jonas Carpignano's A Chiara is a stunner. Swamy Rotolo is 15 - year old Chiara, the middle daughter in a close-knit loving (real-life) family living in Calabria, and they're celebrating her sister Giulia's (Grecia Rotolo) 18th birthday. Family and villagers pull out all the …
Serious Matters, Scandals Galore, Hilarity, Heartbreak, Earth Day, the Universe, Food – and More Canadian Films – The Screens Have It All!
By Anne Brodie - Charlotte a powerful animated Canadian film, with an impressive international cast presents the saga of German Jewish painter Charlotte Saloman. Charlotte's family was well off in Berlin in the years leading up to the German Nazification. Her gift for painting was clear early, her …