Writer-director Pawel Pawlowski’s black and white romantic drama Cold War just nominated for Best Foreign Language, Direction and Cinematography Oscars benefits from excellent performances from Joanna Kulig and Tomasz Kot but Pawlowski’s anxiety around time is its core. It’s the early fifties in the Polish countryside when Zula and Wictor meet and feel intense connection. They come together, split apart, and reunite… View Post
Oshawa’s new mayor once struggled with addiction and homelessness; now, he’s changing the way his city handles those issues. BY KATE WHEELER, Originally posted on LocalLove.ca If there’s anyone who understands the adage that whatever doesn’t kill us makes us stronger, it’s Oshawa’s new mayor, Dan Carter. Just days before his December 5 swearing-in ceremony, Carter—and his city—were blindsided by… View Post
Stan & Ollie starring Steve Coogan and John Reilly as the durable Hollywood comedy team of Laurel and Hardy expands its berth this week. This beautifully acted two hander about the final chapter of the professional lives, on tour in northern England, is gentle and poignant as it becomes clear that they won’t work together again, not due to personality clashes… View Post
With every New Year comes new goals for self-improvement: lose weight, exercise more, create a better work-life balance, whatever it may be. Unfortunately, 80% of New Year’s resolutions fail by the second week of February, according to U.S. News. Clearly, we’re doing something wrong! Thankfully, the realm of psychology has some helpful tips for how to stick to our goals,… View Post
If you’d like to be blasted out of your post-holiday complacency, then run don’t walk to see a radically transformed Nicole Kidman in the action thriller Destroyer. Stalking gangsters with heavy weaponry and attitude, she’s a disturbed, driven cop out to right a wrong dating back to a traumatic event. The look in her dead eyes tells the story, and every drop… View Post
Are you an over-packer? Are phrases like “emergency outfit”, “extra jeans just in case” and “after dinner shoes” apart of your travel vocabulary? Checked baggage fees may make you rethink your packing technique. Lifestyle expert Lena Almeida has tips for travelling with carry on luggage only: 1. Edit your wardrobe. Here are two things I want you to remind yourself of… View Post