AvatarThe Globe and MailAvatarAvatar1 hour agoThe Beautiful Game reminds us that ‘Every player has a story’verified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - Aparita Bhandari• The Beautiful Game• Directed by: Thea Sharrock• Written by: Frank Cottrell Boyce• Starring: Bill Nighy, Micheal Ward, Susan Wokoma, Callum Scott Howells.• Classification: G; 124 mins• Opens: March 29 The only thing perhaps surprising about The Beautiful Game is that it’s based on an actual annual sporting …
AvatarThe Globe and MailAvatarAvatar2 hours agoClub Zero is an unsettling eating-disorder thriller with no clear end gameverified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - Johanna SchnellerClub Zero Directed by Jessica Hausner Written by Jessica Hausner and Géraldine Bajard Starring Mia Wasikowska, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Amanda Lawrence Opens March 29 in theatres Queasy. That’s how Club Zero, the eating-disorder thriller from director/co-writer Jessica Hausner, makes you feel as you watch …
AvatarThe Globe and MailAvatarAvatar7 hours agoThese nine thrillers have enough twists and turns to keep you guessingverified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - Margaret CannonThe Hunter, Tana French (Penguin, 480 pages) French is rapidly rising to the top of the finest crime writers and this new book, a sequel to The Searcher is one of the best of the decade. It takes us back to the hamlet of Ardnakelty, Ireland, where retired Chicago cop Cal Hooper lives in what he …
AvatarThe Globe and MailAvatarAvatar8 hours agoRamy Youssef brings More Feelings to Crave and Steve Martin documentary airs on Apple TV+: What to watch this weekendverified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - J. Kelly NestruckDo you feel like you’re drowning … but you haven’t even left your couch? Welcome to the Great Content Overload Era. To help you navigate the choppy digital waves, here are The Globe’s best bets for weekend streaming. Open this photo in gallery: Saving the Animals of Ukraine (CBC Gem) With everything …
AvatarThe Globe and MailAvatarAvatar10 hours agoOur Enemies Will Vanish captures Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a blow-by-blow accountverified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - David MoscropOpen this photo in gallery: Title: Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine’s War of Independence• Author: Yaroslav Trofimov• Genre: Non-fiction• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group• Pages: 400 Two years into Russia’s war with Ukraine, the “special military operation” that Vladimir Putin …
AvatarThe Globe and MailAvatarAvatar22 hours agoBreaking down classical, one string at a timeverified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - Jonathan DekelOpen this photo in gallery: About a decade ago, the musician Hrishikesh Hirway had a vision. Inspired by the work of the English composer Benjamin Britten – and, more recently, its interpolation by the filmmaker Wes Anderson in the end credits of his 2012 film, Moonrise Kingdom – Hirway toyed with …
AvatarThe Globe and MailAvatarAvatar23 hours agoHow Hamlet nurtured a bromance between ballet icon Guillaume Côté and filmmaker Robert Lepageverified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - Rebecca RitzelOpen this photo in gallery: Guillaume Côté had gotten a haircut, and Robert Lepage noticed. “Something’s different about you, Guillaume,” Lepage said during a recent Zoom with his collaborator. Côté, who has arguably been the face of Canadian ballet for two decades, was in Toronto on a rehearsal …
AvatarThe Globe and MailAvatarAvatar1 day agoNicole Winstanley named president and publisher of Simon & Schuster Canadaverified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - Josh O’KaneSimon & Schuster has hired away Penguin Canada publisher Nicole Winstanley to run its Canadian operations after months of staff upheaval that saw president Kevin Hanson leave last month. Winstanley will begin the job of president and publisher in mid-April. She first joined Penguin Canada in 2006, …
AvatarThe Globe and MailAvatarAvatar1 day agoComedian Mae Martin hopes CBC documentary dispels ‘hysteria’ over gender fluidityverified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - Alex Nino GheciuOpen this photo in gallery: Non-binary Toronto comedian and actor Mae Martin says their new documentary about gender fluidity feels especially relevant as transgender rights “are really under attack” in Canada and the United States. Martin hosts “Fluid: Life Beyond the Binary,” airing Thursday as …
AvatarThe Globe and MailAvatarAvatar1 day agoDonald Sutherland writes of a long life in film in upcoming memoir, Made Up, But Still Trueverified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - The Associated PressOpen this photo in gallery: Donald Sutherland has a memoir coming out in November reflecting on his life of nearly 90 years and his 60-year career as one of Hollywood’s top actors in films like “M.A.S.H.,” “Klute,” “Ordinary People” and " The Hunger Games " saga. Crown announced Wednesday that …
AvatarThe Globe and MailAvatarAvatar2 days agoFrom Rachel McAdams to Des McAnuff: A Canadian guide to the spring shows on Broadwayverified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - J. Kelly NestruckOpen this photo in gallery: There aren’t any Canadian shows on Broadway this spring, per se. But there are an awful lot of Canadians playing key roles in productions opening in New York’s commercial theatre district before the April 25 cut-off date for eligibility at this year’s Tony Awards. Water …
AvatarThe Globe and MailAvatarAvatar2 days agoCanadian authors Emma Donoghue, Suzette Mayr among nominees for Dublin Literary Awardverified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - Arty SarkisianOpen this photo in gallery: Two Canadian authors are among the six writers shortlisted for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award, the world’s most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction. Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue was nominated for her historical fiction novel, Haven (HarperCollins), …