Category Archives: Movies

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

This Ain’t Your Disney Princess! Featuring an internationally acclaimed Canadian-written story, produced by an international star (Angelina Jolie), on Monday, January 22nd Spinning Reels presents The Breadwinner. The Breadwinner tells the remarkable story of Parvana, a young girl who is forced … Continue reading →

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 →

The world’s first fully oil-painted animated feature film, Loving Vincent brings the art of Vincent van Gogh to life to recount the life story of this most mysterious, mythical, and tragic of great painters. Shot first as a live-action film, acted … Continue reading →

What would YOU have done? We know him as the face of Britain during the Second World War, but what was he REALLY like?  Churchill is a portrait of the man rather than the myth- even if he was one of the most recognizable … Continue reading →

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story Starlet. Screen Siren. Genius? Known for her iconic look, wild-child antics, and scandalous private life, Hedy Lamarr was revered as “the most beautiful woman in the world” in 1940s tabloids. Yet, few know her true … Continue reading →

Is the unexamined life worth living??  Jim Broadbent stars as Tony, a man quite comfortable in his present existence, who receives a nudge from the past which causes him to search not only in his memories, but also the value … Continue reading →