By Anne Brodie Ok so we have all had bad neighbours. That uncomfortable truth drives Lauren Holly’s darkly funny Loathe Thy Neighbour, a sarcastic, absurd comedy shot in rural Hamilton, ON. Strangely two farms are tightly side by each, unusual, but there you have it. In one, the prickly, …
Kerouac and the Road, Alicia Silverstone’s Canadian Co-Pro, Girlfriends, and Spies!
By Anne Brodie Jack Kerouac, his landmark book On the Road and the Beat era came before me, and was not a topic of conversation. But his legacy roars back to life in Ebs Burnough’s impressive doc Kerouac’s Road: The Beat of a Nation, a well-made collage of reminiscences those who knew him and …
Revisiting a Cinematic Giant Writ Large, Love Hurts, Then There’s Hallmark Love, Home Love, Laverne Cox Love and an Atomic Shocker.
By Anne Brodie Thrilled to report that the impossible brilliance of Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite is back on the big(gest) screen. Six years after sweeping the Oscars and the globe, it returns as an IMAX exclusive today. Bong Joon-Ho’s nearly perfect, nerve-rattling comedy thriller Parasite is a shock …
CBC’s Original Documentary Putin’s Journey Adds Fuel to the Fear Fire; Donald Trump’s Territorial Roadmap. What She Said Has the Entire Doc for You to Watch.
Courtesy of CBC News By Anne Brodie If Putin’s desire to conquer territories to force “all Russian speaking people to become one nation” sounds a little like Hitler’s lebensraum policies of swallowing up countries by force, its actually happening. Crimea is gone and Ukraine may be next. …
Lots of Testosterone This Week, An Urgent Film Re-Released, America’s Only Saint, Guy Ritchie in Top Form, Eugene Levy, Oscar – Say No More!
By Anne Brodie Cineplex has re-released the documentary Navalny in select theatres across Canada. 2023's Academy Award's Best Documentary Feature reminds us of the brave decisions and actions of Russian activist Alexei Navalny, Putin's fiercest critic and leader of the opposition. Navalny died …