Still hopeful after all these years
In her book Still Hopeful, Maude Barlow asks what can be done to “inspire young people to see that the life of an activist is a good life?"
Reviews
Top Gun soars; Emergency kicks racism through teen comedy and Memoria spins a cool mystery
Also: the joys of community bookstores and Anthony Hopkins in one of his lesser works
Your Downton Abbey friends are back; a Parisian couple struggles with old age and a visionary offers wise words to live by
Also: a cryptic view of Men, an Indigenous fight for land, and mild fun x2 from Disney
Movies: Colin Firth in wartime, a French student and the abortion law and Cinderella's most alternate version ever
Also: a nifty modern western and contrasting documentaries: Navalny and Doug & the Slugs
Disney x2: Its latest Marvel movie and its loudest critic, plus more true stories
Also a charmer from France, an immigrant success from Nova Scotia and a mass shooting from Australia
Movies with celebrated origins: a popular franchise, a star classical conductor and a Canadian novel
Also: a vacation puzzle in Mexico and modern young love in Paris
Johnny Depp exposes a pollution cover-up, Jim Carrey battles Sonic and life lessons from a Cow
Also: A Canadian gem, a British period piece with nudity, and the space dreams of Elon Musk
MOVIES: filming in a COVID Bubble, finding the meta-verse in Everything and getting nostalgic in Apollo 10 ½
Also a movie that bombed, a dour comic book, a boy's Broadway dreams and the race to the vaccine
Adventure and fun in The Lost City and a political rant at Ahed's Knee
Also environmental crisis , LGBTQ and jazz in 3 Canadian films
MOVIES: Cheaper by the Dozen, The Outfit, Deep Water and more
Including a robot contest, a by-gone dining experience, still-here racism and abuse exposed
Coda, Turning Red and The Adam Project
Also play for the kids by a wolf and a lion, some far-out-time travel and a two-spirit Indigenous trip
The Batman, best ever? Scarborough, a masterpiece? Let's see
Also, the short films nominated for Oscars and the real life of a jockey.
Movies: Explaining today’s China, a possible ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ and what’s next for this Spider-Man
Also: An athlete with daddy issues, a gypsy's curse and beware the gig economy.
Movies: Two Academy Award history-makers, some other contenders, and many extras
Including Steven Soderbergh's new one, Liam Neeson still in action, and two women finding their way.
This week at the movies– one of the most deeply felt personal stories you'll ever see
Also: People versus hedge funds, some eerie Canadian sci-fi, and a punk singer who should be better known.