Michael McGowan's sensitive adaptation of Miriam Toews' novel All My Puny Sorrows starring Allison Pill, Sarah Gadon, and Mare Winningham follows a tight-knit family struggling with the suicide of their father/husband (Donal Logue), years after the fact. It changed the landscape of who this …
Will Smith, Serena and Venus, Janet Jackson Reckoning, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Dean Martin and the Hygge Spirit!
By Anne Brodie If there was ever an inspirational, thrilling and smart film about a family of exceptional achievement, it is King Richard from director Reinaldo Marcus Green. Richard Williams (beautifully played by Will Smith), the patriarch of five daughters including the world's greatest tennis …
Jennifer Hudson, Udo Keir, John David Washington, John Boyega, Zazie Beetz and Kit Harington, a Dog and More.
Udo Kier in Swan Song By Anne Brodie Jennifer Hudson stars as Aretha Franklin in Respect, the highly anticipated musical biography, the life story of the legendary R&B singer. An outstanding cast of film and Broadway stars – Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Audra McDonald, Skye Dakota …
Film and Streaming Gems; Global Treats This Week.
By Anne Brodie Lupin The emotionally charged story of love and sacrifice, Our Friend concerns grace, doing unto others as you'd have them do unto you. Dakota Johnson, a wife and mother of two diagnosed with terminal cancer and her husband (Casey Affleck) are overwhelmed by grief and domestic …
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Our TIFF Organisational Tipsheet, Breonna Taylor, Mulan Streams and We’ll Wrap with The Golden Girls!
By Anne Brodie Not long now till TIFF 20, pandemic edition, the 45th Annual Toronto International Film Festival Sept.10-19. It will be vastly different but with the creative use of digital resources and socially distanced in theatre screenings, as well as digital, it will still feel like …