Cush Jumbo is June, a brilliant rising Detective Inspector in a London Constabulary targeted by her white male superiors who stop at nothing to undercut her work. Believing they're inspired by racism and misogyny she digs down and finds evidence of a serious ethical breach of their office a decade …
Memory’s Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard on the Challenges and Joys of Working on a Micro Indie Film.
The week after Jessica Chastain won the 2022 Best Performance by an Actress Academy Award, she and Peter Sarsgaard began work on Michel Franco's micro-budget character study Memory. It was barebones, shot in a downmarket part of Manhattan, with no dressing rooms. Jessica did her own hair, makeup, …
Empowerment and Insight: Tackling Stalking, Sobriety, and Women’s Health on What She Said
Today is Blue Monday and it's important to remember that this concept, coined in 2004 as part of a marketing campaign, doesn't actually dictate our mental health. While shorter days and less sunlight can affect our mood, Blue Monday is largely a construct designed to encourage consumerism. So, let's …
Canada’s DJ Demers the First Person with Hearing Loss to Create, Write and Star in a CBC Sitcom. And One More Time is Wonderful.
Photo courtesy CBC DJ Demers' warm and hilarious take on the sitcom is refreshing. His humour is forthright, situational and humane, a rarity today. It's just nice, like Canadians. His debut series One More Time takes place in a second-hand sporting goods store, with a colourful cast of …
Newfoundland’s Pride and Joy, Mark Critch, Returns with the Third Season of His Beloved Comedy Series Son Of A Critch
Malcolm McDowell and Mark Critch in "Son of a Critch" :) photo CBC Benjamin Even Ainsworth in Son of a Critch photo CBC The Critch family played by Mark Critch, Claire Rankin, Colton Gobbo and Benjamin Even Ainsworth is back to bring its trademark Newfoundland humour and attitudes, with …