By Anne Brodie Write director Darlene Naponse’s Stellar gets under the skin in record time. It takes place inside a dilapidated bar in Sudbury near the nickel and copper mines formed by a meteorite hitting Earth 1.8 billion years ago. “Aadizookaan” from the sky it came. Mother Earth willfully split the ground beneath the lake. Serpents swam again in this… View Post
Marie Clements takes her acclaimed film Bones of Crows to series to expand on the story of an Indigenous woman’s struggles following a childhood of heartbreak and abuse. She was forcibly and legally removed from her childhood home and placed in an abusive residential school. We follow Aline, played by Grace Dove, over her lifetime and find that even as… View Post
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Braeden Clarke star as He and She, in Darlene Naponse’ Stellar; strangers drinking and talking in a bar in Sudbury, in a place not their own. Various odd characters come in and out, and the bartender played by Rossif Sutherland serves up the drinks. Conversations are far-reaching, odd, and disturbing. Looking out the bar’s front window they… View Post
I’ve got an extra little skip in my step today, ignited by a renewed sense of hope. It’s odd that this feeling should arise on a day that saw protests across Canada aiming to “protect our children from indoctrination and sexualization,” but here we are. I am hopeful because Canadians didn’t just rise above the noise, they crushed it. The… View Post
Fall’s arrival, with its crisp air, rustling leaves, and vibrant tapestry, is nature’s gentle reminder of life’s ever-evolving nature. As the world around us undergoes its seasonal transformation, it’s a poignant time to reflect on the myriad changes and transitions that shape our lives. This week on “What She Said,” our stories delve into these very transitions, emphasizing that while… View Post
A radical feminist story is revealed in Widow Clicquot which took place in the early 1880s in the fertile Champagne region of France. Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, played with authority by Haley Bennett is married to François (Tom Sturridge) who owns a failing Champagne vineyard and suddenly dies leaving her a widow at 27 with a young daughter. She’s immediately beset… View Post