Author Archives: Nancy Dix

Wednesday, May 14th, 2024 | Sponsored by The Norwood Theatre In the not-too-distance future, we have solved all the world’s problems, mitigated climate change, eradicated poverty and achieved true trans-species equality. There’s just one catch… humans are only allowed to … Continue reading →

Wednesday, May 7th, 2025 | Sponsored by Muskoka Lawn Bowling Club Superboys of Malegaon is a film based on the life of Nasir Shaikh, an amateur filmmaker from the town of Malegaon. The residents of the town look to Bollywood … Continue reading →

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025 | Sponsored by Hospice Muskoka In the winter of 1970, a cantankerous, small town plumber from rural New Brunswick, must drive his beat-up work truck to Toronto to get his estranged, gay brother out of jail … Continue reading →

Wednesday, April 9th, 2025 | Sponsored by Chestnut Realty, Baysville One afternoon in 1971, Rubens Paiva, a former congressman and outspoken critic of Brazil’s newly instituted military dictatorship, was taken from his home in Rio de Janeiro by government officials, … Continue reading →

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025 | Sponsored by Robertson Financial Mathyas trades his life as an advertising executive in Montreal for a shepherd’s life in Provence. However, the harsh reality of pastoral life forces him to question his romantic vision of … Continue reading →

Wednesday, March 12th, 2025 | Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Bracebridge Andy Goodrich’s (Michael Keaton) life is upended when his wife and mother of their nine-year-old twins enters a 90-day rehab program, leaving him on his own with their … Continue reading →

Wednesday, February 26th, 2025 | Sponsored by Muskoka Naturopathic Family Practice The world seems to be coming to an end, teeming with the vestiges of a human presence. Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by … Continue reading →

Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 | Sponsored by Claudette Wheeler A father-daughter road trip set in 1990s Poland, TREASURE follows Ruth (Lena Dunham), an American music journalist, and her father, Edek (Stephen Fry), a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey … Continue reading →

Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025 | Sponsored by Muskoka Audiology Small Things Like These takes place over Christmas in 1985, when devoted father and coal merchant Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) discovers startling secrets kept by the convent in his town, along … Continue reading →

Wednesday, January 8th, 2025 | Sponsored by Dr. Stuart Robson Inspired by a real-life experience of director Josh Margolin’s own grandmother, THELMA shines the spotlight on a 93 year old as an unlikely action hero. In the first leading film … Continue reading →