By Anne Brodie – Charlotte a powerful animated Canadian film, with an impressive international cast presents the saga of German Jewish painter Charlotte Saloman. Charlotte’s family was well off in Berlin in the years leading up to the German Nazification. Her gift for painting was clear early, her style, modern, edgy, and highly personal. Among her first works, a girl… View Post
Professor Brian Cox CBE is a Professor of Particle Physics at The University of Manchester, England, The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science and a Fellow of the Royal Society, a TV presenter and former rock star in British bands D:Ream and Dare! The cosmos guru’s BBC Canada series Universe illustrates that endless space up there, how it was born,… View Post
Brian Cox, rock keyboardist and Professor of Particle Physics at The University of Manchester, The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science, and a Fellow of the Royal Society in Britain, may well blow your mind. Cox’ BBC television series Wonders of the Solar System, Forces of Nature, Stargazing Live, The Planet, and his latest Universe, teach the origins, development, and… View Post
In 1951 British commoner Margaret Sweeney wed Captain Ian Campbell, the 11th Duke of Argyll and jumped way up the social ladder to become the Duchess of Argyll. Their 1963 divorce launched a maelstrom of media and public scrutiny. The Duchess was painted as an adultress fairly or unfairly linked to dozens of men. The Duke’s controlling ways, violent outbursts… View Post
Michael McGowan’s sensitive adaptation of Miriam Toews’ novel All My Puny Sorrows starring Allison Pill, Sarah Gadon, and Mare Winningham follows a tight-knit family struggling with the suicide of their father/husband (Donal Logue), years after the fact. It changed the landscape of who this Mennonite family is as a unit and as individuals. Gadon’s Elf, a renowned classical pianist toys… View Post
Michael McGowan’s excellent film adaptation of Miriam Toews’ best-seller My Puny Sorrows explores the relationship between sisters Yoli and Elf; one’s dealing with divorce, a rebellious daughter, and her sister’s obsession, a renowned classical pianist contemplating the end of life. Alison Pill and Sarah Gadon are the bright centres of this chamber piece exploring family history, imagined legacy, and the… View Post