By Anne Brodie Maestro, Bradley Cooper's epic - he wrote, directed, stars in, produced, learned the fine art of conducting, played piano and probably much more - is an explosion of imaginaton. The flying, sweeping, microscopic, macroscopic, outre cinematography, the interplay of black and white …
You’ll Be Charmed and Moved by Billy Luther’s Navajo Coming-of-Age Story Frybread Face and Me.
So what happens when eleven-year-old Benny (Keir Tallman) is sent from his home in San Diego to spend the summer on a remote Arizona res with his grandmother who speaks no English? Well, the Fleetwood Mac-loving youngster doesn't expect much but turns out, he has the time of his life. Billy Luther's …
A Nordic “Romance”, Karen Kain, Shetland S8, Res Kids, Girls Gone Wild -1890 – Walk Across Namibia and Is It Cake?!
By Anne Brodie Aki Kaurismäki's Fallen Leaves reflects on life's quiet offside moments as two characters fallen on hard times find each other. A grocery cashier and a labourer working in Helsinki, Finland had bigger dreams for themselves, but living in squalor on tiny incomes has punctured those …
The Holdovers is Capturing Hearts with its Christmas Spirit. Here’s Why.
Alexander Payne's bittersweet and hilarious Christmas movie The Holdovers has captured movie fans' hearts this season. The 70's " period piece", emotional without being sentimental, concerns the goings-on at Barton Academy, a New England boarding school during Christmas break. A few student …
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Documentary Swan Song on Canada’s Beloved National Treasure Karen Kain
Karen Kain, our iconic and globally admired ballet star, recently left the National Ballet of Canada, her home of fifty years, capping thirty as principal dancer and almost twenty as Artistic Director. Chelsea McMullen's emotional and uplifting documentary series Swan Song follows Kain's triumphant …
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