Reading Time: 4 minutes O’Hara made more than 50 films including the perennial Christmas favourite Miracle on 34th Street
Tag: Movies
Toxic masculinity or a beautiful release of frustration?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The new movie Nobody represents a fantasy people approaching middle-aged might have. A sudden jolt back to relevance and strength
Digging deep into John Wayne’s western films to find gems
Reading Time: 4 minutes He made scads of westerns, ranging from mediocre to excellent. Count Red River, Rio Bravo, True Grit and The Shootist among his best
Father Brown is G.K. Chesterton’s most durable creation
Reading Time: 4 minutes He was an early and vocal critic of Nazism. He was also an unapologetic opponent of eugenics and derisive towards the concept of racial purity
Three political dramas worth watching
Reading Time: 4 minutes Think of them as a form of therapy, a way of easing back to everyday life while still experiencing the atmospherics of the political arena
Lorne Cardinal wins August Schellenberg Award
Reading Time: 4 minutes Best known for his role as the Sgt. Davis Quinton on Corner Gas, he has more than 100 film, television and stage credits on his resume
Olivia de Havilland was more than an actress
Reading Time: 4 minutes She played two off-screen roles that took courage and independence. She was, to put it simply, a woman of genuine substance.
Double Indemnity still a great movie 76 years later
Reading Time: 3 minutes Corruption is rife and there’s no safe space for the naïve or the credulous. The noir world isn’t a beautiful place
Filmmaker chronicles Boushie family quest for legal reform
Reading Time: 4 minutes Award-winning documentary follows family’s tireless efforts to turn grief into advocacy for change
Finding new value – and a great back story – in an old film
Reading Time: 3 minutes D-Day the Sixth of June was based on an award-winning novel by Canadian journalist Lionel Shapiro