Author Archives: Nancy Dix

Mary Shelley

MARY SHELLEY tells the story of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (Elle Fanning) and her fiery, tempestuous relationship with renowned romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (Douglas Booth.) The pair are two outsiders constrained by polite society but bound together by a natural … Continue reading

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Finding Your Feet

                 What a way to end the Spinning Reels season! When ‘Lady’ Sandra Abbott (Imelda Staunton) discovers that her husband of forty years is having an affair with her best friend, she seeks … Continue reading

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Meditation Park

In her latest feature, Mina Shum directs an all-star cast including Cheng Pei Pei, Sandra Oh, Tzi Ma, and Don McKellar. Set in Vancouver, Meditation Park tells the story of a devoted wife and mother (Pei Pei) who is forced … Continue reading

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The Party

Join us on Monday, April 23rd, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Norwood Theatre The Party   In Sally Potter’s new dark comedy THE PARTY, Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas) is hosting an intimate gathering of friends in her London home to … Continue reading

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The Leisure Seeker

The Leisure Seeker The film stars Academy Award-winner (R) Helen Mirren and two-time Golden Globe-winner (R) Donald Sutherland as a runaway couple going on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old RV they call The Leisure Seeker, travelling from Boston … Continue reading

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C’est la vie!

Max (Jean-Pierre Bacri) is a battle-weary veteran of the wedding-planning racket. His latest — and last — gig is a hell of a fête, involving stuffy period costumes for the caterers, a vain, hyper-sensitive singer who thinks he’s a Gallic … Continue reading

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Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool Unorthodox and sincere, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool is the kind of showbiz love story seldom depicted onscreen.  ~TIFF 2017 Based on Peter Turner’s memoir, the film follows the playful but passionate relationship between Turner … Continue reading

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Tulipani

Tulipani: Love, Honour, and a Bicycle A wonderfully woolly tale of rediscovering one’s roots — and rectifying a decades-old wrongdoing, to boot — Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle has more fantastic twists than its title has nouns. It is 1980, and … Continue reading

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Call Me By Your Name

In Northern Italy in 1983, seventeen year-old Elio begins a relationship with visiting Oliver, his father’s research assistant, with whom he bonds over his emerging sexuality, their Jewish heritage, and the beguiling Italian landscape.     -IMBd Call Me by Your … Continue reading

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