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 …
From one Extreme to Another This Week is Mad! In a Good Way.
By Anne Brodie Don’t Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight is a sad reminder of the evils of colonialism and how racists are created. Lexi Venter is seven-year-old Bobo, the white Rhodesian child of a solider and a homemaker (Embeth Davidtz who also wrote, directed and produced the film with Trevor Noah) …
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How About Something French and Twisted? Here You Go!
By Anne Brodie Under a Dark Sun concerns Alba Mazier (Ava Baya) a frantic French woman, hardened by life, escaping a lover under cover of night with her young son Leo (Max Harter); the abuser threatens them with violence as they screech away into the dark hills. He’d taken all her money so she …
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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 …
Christmas Offerings Land, Some with A Thud, and Others Beautifully.
By Anne Brodie Jonathan Glazer's kick in the head Zone of Interest starring Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller is the mindboggling story of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss, his wife Hedwig, and their children who live peaceful, pretty, sunfilled lives in their ultra-modern home and its glorious …
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