By Anne Brodie Dave Franco does himself proud with The Rental, a horror film he wrote and directs starring Alison Brie, Dan Stevens, Sheila Vand and Jeremy Allen White. Franco’s original take on the old couples-trapped-in-a remote-house trope is startling, authentic and psychologically …
Sarah Gadon’s a Prisoner of War, Steve Carrell’s Politico Gets Schooled, True Murder Most Foul and Don’t Protest This Film Festival!
By Anne Brodie It was an astounding turn of events, when in 1974 William Randolph Hearst’s granddaughter Patty Hearst, a socialite and university student appeared armed with a rifle during a bank robbery apparently a willing part of the radical leftist terrorist group based on the …
Celebrate United Nations’ Environmental Day, Dear …, Race Your Pulse and Get Down with Elizabeth Moss.
By Anne Brodie Toronto activist Hannah Alper is seventeen years old, and she’s a world-renowned global activist. Let that sink in. At nine, she launched her blog Call Me Hannah and since that time has given a Ted Talk, spoken at 37 WE events and is the hopeful heart and face of Canada’s youth …
Gaga To Party Chez Tu, Plus Thrilling, Soothing, Horrifying, Romantic and Unexpected Picks.
By Anne Brodie Isolation Mood: Intrigue. Here are my picks for you for the week, bound together by certain themes, mixed moods, growing claustrophobia and the weird, wild world of human nature. Let’s start with the Fargos. The original film: And the FX series currently shut down …
Great Genre-Spanning Picks to Help Us Get Through This!
By Anne Brodie The 70’s Golden Age of Film Let's get into the Wayback Machine to sample iconoclastic films of the decade that changed everything. Politics, society, and art were evolving at a rapid rate and young pioneering filmmakers enjoyed support from an awakening, wealthy Hollywood …
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