Month: October 2015
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Youth
Youth is the new film from Italian filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino; in keeping with his themes from The Great Beauty, he explores the aging, tortured artist. An artist reflecting on the agonizing challenges of making art, assessing one’s legacy, and the heavy burden of time, isn’t exactly uncharted territory. From Fellini to Truffaut, many heralded filmmakers…
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Supergirl – Friend or Foe to Feminism
Did the new Supergirl show set the women’s movement back? Did it inch it forward? A little from column A, a little from column B? “Scared but good scared like that moment before you kiss someone for the first time,” that’s how Kara Zor-El described remembering how to fly. Welcome to the world of Supergirl,…
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Steve Jobs
If you see one of the 800 Steve Jobs movies this year, see this one! Danny Boyle and Aaron Sorkin make a good Jobs biopic. When I tweeted that I had just seen Steve Jobs, the new film from director Danny Boyle and writer Aaron Sorkin, a woman tweeted me back expressing some Steve Jobs…
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Brando’s Top Three Wes Craven Movies
Halloween is fast approaching! Brando looks at some of his favourite Wes Craven films, to celebrate the life and career of the iconic horror director. Horror director Wes Craven delivered some fantastic scares over the course of his legendary career as a film maker. His style of keeping the films grounded and never taking them…
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Dope
While we’re admitting we’re not really in a smart position to speak to the state of African American film, Dope seemed to suffer from overhype. While I stand behind this movie in terms of pushing more original content than what you’ll get on an average weekend at the multiplex, I have to say that director…
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American Mary
American Mary is a recent horror film directed by the infamous Soska Twins, exploring the gory world of underground surgery in unique and funny ways. What do you get when you combine a down on her luck med student, a crooked strip club owner, nipple piercings, and Betty Boop? You get a little horror film…
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Interview: Hawksley Workman
Hawksley Workman is at The Broadway Theatre on Tuesday, October 20th. We sit down with him to chat about his life, music, and his career. Hawksley Workman is one prolific dude — he’s pumped out 15 albums in as many years, and toured like a man who doesn’t know the meaning of sleep. Like anyone…
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Rest in Peace, Wes Funk
Saskatchewan lost a booster of the writing arts scene and a lovable local character with the passing of Wes Funk. Robert Barry Francos remembers Wes. When I heard about Saskatoon writer Wes Funk passing suddenly in his sleep at the age of 46, it came as a deep shock to me, the local writing community,…
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Attack on Titan
The movie is never as good as the manga, at least if the film version of Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan is a good indication. ‘The movie is never as good as the book.’ This is an expression we have all heard and have probably even used from time to time. When it comes to…