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 …
A Sister’s Promise, the Future, Lost Boys & Fairies and Fishing on Wild Ontario. Streaming Joy.
By Anne Brodie Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative journalist and host of the acclaimed podcasts Stolen and Missing & Murdered Connie Walker guest hosts a heartbreaking edition of CBC’s The Fifth Estate tonight. Walker follows a thirty-year-old case gone cold, the murder of Sonya …
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 …
A Strong Week Onscreen – Families, Disco, Detectives, Chills to Chilly, High Drama, Sitcom Gold, the Works!
By Anne Brodie Opening with an admiring tribute to Vera, who leaves us this week. Not only is the uber talented Brenda Blethyn ending the beloved series, the final season now on BritBox is only TWO episodes! Thank goodness all 14 seasons are available on the service. Vera, based on the character …
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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