By Anne Brodie Jesus Christ founded the Roman Catholic Church during his earthly ministry around 30 AD. The Church has remained the most powerful in the world since then and in some ways the most secretive. We peer inside its innermost workings in Edward Berger’s transfixing thriller Conclave, adour, dimly lit, festering with ambition, passion and villainy, and millennia of rite,… View Post
One of the things I love most about hosting What She Said is the incredible opportunity I get to witness, and share with you, how women continually reimagine and reinvent the world. Today’s guests come from vastly different fields, each with unique backgrounds, yet they all share one key trait: the courage to see things differently. Whether it’s disrupting the… View Post
By Anne Brodie Guy Maddin’s back with a bang – and he’s in classic form, only funnier with Rumours (spelled properly) a witty, bizarre tale of seven world leaders, the G7, trapped one night on a mysterious wooded and watery island with no way out. A Canadian film, with international stars like Cate Blanchett, funded in part by Maddin’s home… View Post
It’s Thanksgiving in Canada, and as always, I’m feeling grateful for many things—one of them being that we celebrate this holiday in October. How do Americans handle the pressure of Thanksgiving just four weeks before Christmas? No, thank you! I love this time of year when the air is crisp, the trees are ablaze with colour, and the festive stress… View Post
Are DEI programs going away? The truth is, they’ve been around for much longer and will continue to have a lasting impact far beyond what many realize. Take Catalyst, for example—they’ve been helping companies worldwide advance fairness and DEI initiatives for 62 years. Surprised? I was too. To read the headlines one might think DEI only emerged a few years… View Post
By Anne Brodie The Last of the Sea Women on AppleTV+ is a deeply inspiring doc about a group of elderly South Korean ocean warriors, real-life mermaids, known as “haenyeo” divers. These grandmother warriors share a deep love and respect for the ocean whose chosen job is to harvest food from the ocean. It starts at age 17 when they… View Post