British breakout star Olivia Cooke impresses in Little Fish as Emma, an English woman living in an American city with her partner played by Jack O’Connell. They are sorely tested when a memory loss pandemic strikes and spins wildly out of control. It’s a raw and powerful story on every level. What She Said’ Anne Brodie spoke with Cooke from… View Post
Michael Caton is the quiet and embittered brother of Sam Neill in Rams; they share a sheep farm but haven’t spoken in forty years. The relationship is sorely tested when a sheep virus sweeps their valley forcing them to re-examine their lives. What She Said’ Anne Brodie spoke with Caton from his home in Eastern Australia about this engaging comedy-drama.
Animation directors Yibing Jiang and Jason Keane have created a nine-minute wordless marvel called Windup, now available on YouTube. It’s about a little girl in rural China who is bedridden with illness. Her father tries to keep her spirits buoyed, and with a wind-up toy, they create a beautiful tune. What She Said’ Anne Brodie spoke with Jiang and Keane.
By Anne Brodie HBO‘s remarkable anthology Black Art: in the Absence of Light from documentarian Sam Pollard reveals a vivid history of the strong African-American art culture, and the new talents springing up all over the US. The late artist, scholar and curator David Driskell’s 1976 Exhibit, Two Centuries of Black American Art, lit a movement as inspiration and hope in art,… View Post
Sarah Chalke and Katherine Heigl play best friends Kate and Tully, together since childhood, through thick and thin, as they navigate school, uni then jobs in the same newsroom. They’re chalk and cheese at first glance but joined at the hip for decades, through tumult, pain and joy. Chalke plays adult Kate and Roan Curtis is Kate as an adolscent… View Post