By Anne Brodie Alert! The highly anticipated Michelle Obama documentary Becoming debuts on Netflix next Wednesday May 6th! Here’s a sneak preview. Never thought I’d see the day that the Scotty Bowers story of the 1940’s Hollywood gas station to the stars would be adapted for mainstream viewing, but that day has arrived. Netflix goes there with Ryan Murphy’s… View Post
By Anne Brodie Montreal filmmaker Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum was made on the Mi’gmaq reserve in Listuguj, Nova Scotia in 2016. There was no glimmer of a concept that a pandemic might be in place as his film about a zombie pandemic was due in theatres. But Covid19 showed up. His dystopian pandemic thriller starring Michael Greyeyes, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, and… View Post
By Anne Brodie Threads – Mick Jackson’s excellent account of a fictional nuclear attack on Sheffield, England, and long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization. Contagion –Steven Soderbergh’s star-studded pandemic drama. Outbreak – Dustin Hoffman and Renee Russo battle a deadly virus carried from Africa to America by a monkey. Amerika – A television miniseries on the aftermath of… View Post
By Anne Brodie Michael Greyeyes is an imposing figure in film, television, and theatre. The Canadian actor, director, dancer, and founding artistic director of Signal Theatre is having a remarkable professional moment. Greyeyes appears in HBO’s I Know This Much is True and True Detective, Apple TV+’s Home Before Dark and as of April 28th on VOD, Jeff Barnaby’s highly… View Post
Kuessipan (“to you” in Innu) is a beautiful and heartbreaking story of childhood friends in Uashat May Mani-Utenam, Quebec, a remote Innu community. Myriam Verreault directs local first-timers/non-actors including Sharon Fontaine-Ishpatao and Yami Gregoire who play Mikuan and Shaniss. They’re weathering the storms of impending adulthood, their dreams for the future and pondering leaving or staying. Their divergent dreams bring friction… View Post
By Anne Brodie Sanctuary, based on a book about twin brothers, swaps gender in a Swedish TV series adaptation. Estranged female twins Siri and Helena haven’t seen each other in years, but Siri convinces her double to come to a facility in the Italian Alps where she’s recovering from an accident. Helen goes reluctantly and under pressure, agrees to swap… View Post