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Francis Ford Coppola, TIFF Faves Hit Theatres, a Beloved Freaky Outing, and a True Life Dating App Kerfuffle!
Five-time Oscar winning filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, The Godfather and more superb films cemented him as a great...

Anne Brodie
Sep 19, 20255 min read


A Little TIFF, a Saint, an Emotional Thriller, a Cult and Then Back to Downton for the Last Time … (?)
TIFF offers its final two chances to see fest fave, Chloe Zhao’s critically acclaimed film Hamnet today and tomorrow. Paul Mescal is...

Anne Brodie
Sep 11, 20255 min read


Darlene Naponse’ #TIFF50 Entry “AKI” – Film Was Made For This.
Darlene Naponse’ brilliant, wordless documentary AKI “earth, land, or ground in relation to the Anishnaabe homeland” was filmed in her...

Anne Brodie
Sep 8, 20252 min read


Darlene Naponse’ Natural Wonder #AKI at #TIFF50
Filmmaker Darlene Naponse’ arresting documentary AKI – “earth, land, or ground in relation to the Anishnaabe homeland” – was filmed on...

Anne Brodie
Sep 8, 20254 min read


TIFF50 Tidbits
I Swear , the true story John Davidson is wrenchingly hard to watch, but it’s so easy to empathise with him and his struggles. The...

Anne Brodie
Sep 5, 20252 min read


Politics Then and Now – Yikes, A Crowded Romance and Mystery Chills.
Riefenstahl by Andres Veiel raises the spectre of the Third Reich and its ignominy, focussing on its première filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl,...

Anne Brodie
Sep 5, 20255 min read


#TIFF50 … more
… dreams indeed … Dust to Dreams Babystar Morgenkreis I Saw the Face of God in the Jet Wash 09/05/82 Franz My Father’s Shadow Nadja In...

Anne Brodie
Sep 5, 20251 min read


TIFF 2025 – Celebrating Fifty Years – is Here!!!
Netflix ‘ Mae Martin miniseries Wayward casts an intriguingly odd and threatening spell in a remote forest where locals navigate...

Anne Brodie
Sep 5, 20252 min read


People Forced to Live in Close Quarters, and People Forced to Be Family! Relatable! and Animals During War.
Ok so we have all had bad neighbours. That uncomfortable truth drives Lauren Holly’s darkly funny Loathe Thy Neighbour , a sarcastic,...

Anne Brodie
Aug 29, 20254 min read


Young Love, Dancing, Romancing and Hostage Taking!
Netflix’s pulse pounder mini series Hostage is such dark fun. It concerns the relationship between two female national leaders, left...

Anne Brodie
Aug 22, 20252 min read


Kerouac and the Road, Alicia Silverstone’s Canadian Co-Pro, Girlfriends, and Spies!
Jack Kerouac, his landmark book On the Road and the Beat era came before me, and was not a topic of conversation. But his legacy roars...

Anne Brodie
Aug 8, 20254 min read


Love’s Expectations, Love Letters, Love Compromised & More
Can’t remember the last time a film made me feel queasy and then Oh, Hi! happened. Sophie Brooks’ unflinching look at love and cruelty...

Anne Brodie
Jul 25, 20256 min read


From one Extreme to Another This Week is Mad! In a Good Way.
Don’t Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight is a sad reminder of the evils of colonialism and how racists are created. Lexi Venter is...

Anne Brodie
Jul 18, 20255 min read


It Women in Charge! Protecting the Amazon, Being Dangerous, Vigilantes, Fresh Starts and Burning Down the House.
Directed by Edivan Guajajara, co-founder of Mídia Indígena, Brazil’s leading Indigenous-led journalism collective and environmental...

Anne Brodie
Jul 11, 20256 min read


40 Acres – R.T. Thorne’s Moody Apocalypse: Our Interview
Imagine a near future where the only thing that matters is keeping your family alive, as hordes of the starving roam the land for scraps...

Anne Brodie
Jul 4, 20251 min read


The Mitfords!!! Rob Ford, Family in Crisis and an Immigrant Story.
The superior drama His Father’s Son reinvents the way we see families in cinema; this is a whole new animal, shot in Toronto by Meelad...

Anne Brodie
Jun 20, 20254 min read


Cows, Cads, Curs and Crime Busters! Oh Yeah!
Katie Uhlman’s charming sitcom Cows Come Home is a breath of fresh air! With a hint of manure! Fifteen-minute segments follow Toronto...

Anne Brodie
Jun 13, 20254 min read


Love a Mystery? You’re in the Right Place So Buckle Up, and the CBC Fêtes Canadian Artists.
The nine-episode British psychological police procedural DEPT. Q is a simmering look at law enforcement in Edinburgh, with traumatised...

Anne Brodie
May 30, 20254 min read


One Gentle Film and a Bunch of Heartcrushers!
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life follows Agathe (Camille Rutherford) a bookseller in Paris’ tony Shakespeare & Co. who wants to write a book,...

Anne Brodie
May 23, 20258 min read


Architecture Doubles as Grand Opera, a Bunch of Modern Stressed Mums Find the Funny. Short and to the Point.
E.1027: Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea is a story of design excellence, theft and betrayal. Gray, an Irish born architect, potter...

Anne Brodie
May 16, 20254 min read
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