Some stories are hard to forget. The Elizabeth Bain case is one of them. On June 19, 1990, the 22-year-old University of Toronto student vanished from Scarborough. Three days later, her car was found, its seats stained with blood. Her body has never been found. And thirty-six years later, nobody has …
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 …
This Week, a Brief Look at TIFF Offerings Before the Deluge!!!
By Anne Brodie Canadian author and filmmaker Durga Chew-Bose’s feature film debut, a remake of the 1958 film Bonjour Tristesse based on Françoise Sagan’s novel is extraordinarily seductive. Widower Raymond (Claes Bang) is spending a relaxed summer on the French coast with his daughter …
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Something for Everyone This Pre- TIFF Week!
BY ANNE BRODIE Jackie Shane was a Black trans singer from the American South whose remarkable personal and musical legacy is revived in the NFB documentary Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story. She found refuge in Toronto’s Yonge Street club scene that she loved and that loved back; her …
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Women Running the Gauntlet With Flair, Fun and a Few Ungentlemenly Men!
By Anne Brodie The all-star cast of The Fabulous Four, Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Megan Mullally, and Sheryl Lee Ralph is a hoot. It isn’t a film critics’ film, aimed squarely at the older female demographic with an easy, funny script and the energy and familiarity of the four stars. …
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