By Anne Brodie A startling documentary out of Norway may reveal more than its subject ever imagined. Czech artist Barbora Kysilkova’s weird emotional journey with addict and criminal Karl-Bertil Nordland is at the heart of this spellbinder. Fortuitous archives, incredible access and footage shot over years describe their fraught relationship in Benjamin Ree’s The Painter and the Thief. Two of… View Post
The gripping British series Unforgotten reinvents the cold case police procedural. Now in its third series on BritBox, it follows four men with a shared secret that could link them to the murder of a sixteen-year-old girl almost 20 years earlier. Her body is discovered under a highway media and they go into high alert. Nicola Walker plays the lead… View Post
By Anne Brodie The Capture on Amazon Prime Video A British soldier played by Callum Turner comes home from war to fight the biggest fight of his life – against his own government. He’s imprisoned for the controversial kill of a Taliban fighter and released early. He and his barrister share a celebratory kiss when his case is struck down and she tells… View Post
By Anne Brodie Acorn TV’s intriguing, darkly comic crime series, Dead Still, set in 1880s Ireland during the era of “post-mortem photography” is one strange trip. Michael Smiley, known for his work in A Field in England, Kill List, Come to Daddy and Luther plays “memorial photographer” Brock Blennerhasset, a renowned artist on the cutting edge of this new 19th-century… View Post
By Anne Brodie Cara Gee, a veteran Canadian theatre actress with a growing body of work in film and TV (Empire of Dirt, The Expanse, Harrison Ford’s Call of the Wild) often plays hardcore roles. It’s different in her latest film. Gee and Kristian Bruun play star crossed lovers Phoebe and Damon in Shane Belcourt’s bittersweet romantic comedy Red Rover…. View Post
By Anne Brodie Bill Farmer, the voice of Disney’s beloved Goofy and Pluto is going to the dogs in a new series now on Disney+. Bill Farmer’s It’s a Dog’s Life takes him to far off places looking for interesting partnerships between dogs, their non-dog best friends, and humans. At the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Farmer meets Remus, a… View Post