Tracey Deer’s heartbreaking, fact-based film follows Beans, a young girl living on a reservation near Oka, Quebec, who has just been accepted into a prestigious school in Montreal. Her dream is interrupted when First Nations protesters battle developers who intend to destroy sacred native grounds for a golf course, in a violently divided event seen around the world. Beans’ innocence… View Post
Mississauga’s own Maitreyi Ramakrishnan stars in Netflix’ series Never Have I Ever, from Mindy Kaling, now in its second season. The show’s a bright light in the vast desert of young adult offerings and concerns the life and times of Indian American Devi Vishwakumar as she navigates the landmines of high school. She’s not dark, insecure or floating aimlessly; knows… View Post
By Anne Brodie Sarah Polley begins shooting her latest script Women Talking in Toronto And what a cast she’s assembled! The mighty, mighty Frances McDormand, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Rooney Mara, Ben Wishaw and our own Sheila McCarthy. Here’s the official logline – “A group of women in an isolated Mennonite religious colony in Bolivia as they struggle to reconcile… View Post
Presented by RBC Alicia Simms is the Founder and CEO of Truro Buzz Media and Promotions, Rolling Sea Tattooery and Secret Nova Scotia Tours. Originally from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, Alicia moved to Truro, Nova Scotia in 2014 and fell in love with her local community. An award-winning tattooer of 13.5 years, Alicia opened her first business, Rolling Sea Tattooery. In… View Post
By Anne Brodie The Norwegian black and white Gunda, an Academy Award® Shortlisted documentary is a beautiful, joyous, difficult and emotional experience. Produced by animal rights activist Joaquin Phoenix and directed by Viktor Kossakovsky, it’s the story of a pig and her nineteen newborns, cattle who love to clown around and a one-legged chicken. Not a word is spoken in… View Post
By Anne Brodie Steven Soderberg’s noir period gang comedy No Sudden Move on Crave owes a huge debt to Noah Hawley’s Fargo Season 4. Set amidst Black and Italian gangsters in the fifties, it’s shot similarly with similar funky period music given a cool update, wardrobe, lighting and also refers to Kansas City although it’s set in the Motor City…. View Post