By Anne Brodie – Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers is a complex character study and mystery, wrapped in the filmmaker’s signature humanism with Penélope Cruz as Janis and Milena Smit as Ana. Almodóvar lowers the visual and emotional temperature this time, out of respect for the dark history permeating the story, the mass murder of locals by Fascists under dictator Francisco… View Post
CBC Gem launches Best in Miniature, hosted by the CBC’s secret weapon Aba Amuquandoh. She’s a bona fide phenom – sings like a dream, dishes out the laughs on This Hour has 22 Minutes and soothes frantic miniaturists’ souls as they compete in the rookie show with big ambitions. What She Said’ Anne Brodie Spoke with Amuquandoh and yes, Aba… View Post
By Anne Brodie Colin Mochrie is a very naughty boy – he’s one one ten all-Canadian comics – Caroline Rhea, Debra DiGiovanni, Dave Foley, Jon Lajoie, Tom Green, Mae Martin, Brandon Ash-Mohammed and Andrew Phung – in an excruciating comedic exercise, to break down the other comics by going nuclear funny. Mochrie is merciless. All this while locked six hours… View Post
Suspicion stars Uma Thurman as a powerful New York businesswoman whose son is kidnapped from a Manhattan hotel. Within hours, British intelligence and the FBI join forces to hunt for five British strangers who happened to stay at the same hotel that night. They are under suspicion and running for their lives in AppleTV+’s new series. What She Said’ Anne… View Post
By Anne Brodie Black History Month kicks off with a plethora of essential documentary series tracing the Black experience in North America from the first shipload of enslaved Africans arrived in New England in 1619 to today. The Smithsonian Channel premieres One Thousand Years of Slavery – The Untold Story, a four-part docuseries narrated and produced by Courtney B. Vance… View Post
By Kadie Ward, Commissioner and CAO, Ontario Pay Equity Commission Women’s Worth is a three-part series with What She Said to discuss women, work, compensation and women’s worth. With a mission to close the gender wage gap in Ontario, the Pay Equity Office works to make the world a more equitable place for women to work, live and thrive. The… View Post