By Anne Brodie So the kiddies are off to a week of winter camp leaving their suburban parents Emma (Emily Hampshire and Josh (screenwriter /co-star Jonas Chernick) alone for the first time in years. They're really looking forward to, well, having a lot of sex, "We don't have to close the doors! …
A Haunting Rendition of the Dickens Classic Great Expectations Stars Olivia Colman and Fionn Whitehead. Meet the Cast.
Olivia Colman as Miss Havisham, Shalom Brune-Franklin as Estella. CR: Miya Mizuno/FX Charles Dickens's thirteenth novel Great Expectations, published in 1860, tells a tale that could be told throughout human history. It examines issues of class, patriarchy, the weaponization of emotion, and …
Just Days to the Landmark 30th Hot Docs Film Fest. Truth on Tap.
By Anne Brodie Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, or Hot Docs, the biggest doc fest in North America celebrates 30 years of life-based, non-fiction films. From a community affair now reaching across Canada, this year April 27th - May 7th, 214 films from 72 countries will be …
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Women Do It All, and So Does This 18th Century Polymath, a Man.
By Anne Brodie Twice Colonized opens this year's 30th annual Hot Docs Film Festival on April 27. Filmmaker Lin Alluna focused her lens for seven years on Inuit lawyer and sealskin clothes designer, Aaju Peter. She was indeed 'twice colonized". The first time Peter was taken alone as a child of …
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Think You’ve All the Espionage Thrillers? Citadel Sets a New Standard in Multi-National, Time Traveling Spy Capers. Meet David Weil, the Brains Behind The Game Changer.
Lesley Manville as Dahlia Archer Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Richard Madden, Stanley Tucci and Lesley Manville star in Prime Video's fierce new spy thriller Citadel, from creator David Weil. It is a fresh, vital entry with complex, unusual characters, time jumps, and thrills that take us behind the …