• TO ROME WITH LOVE

    Unlike fellow American filmmaker Roman Polanski, Woody Allen’s ‘exile’ in Europe is self imposed and no doubt encouraged by the fact that the Europeans worship them far more as celebrated auteurs than in their own country.  Unlike Polanski who goes out of his way to pretend that his movies are filmed in the US, Allen’s…

  • JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME

    All Sharon wants for her birthday from her slacker unemployed 30 year-old son Jeff who lives in her basement, is that he gets off the couch and catches the bus to the hardware store to get some wood glue to fix a broken shutter.  Jeff, a big lump of a man, is more than happy…

  • TAKE THIS WALTZ

    Even when you observe the relationships in this movie close up they are not what they appear to be on the surface.  Margot a 28-year-old freelance travel writer lives in a colorful cluttered house in the Little Portugal area in Toronto with Lou her husband of 5 years.  They are very affectionate and loving towards…

  • Carol Channing : Larger Than Life

    Carol Channing : Larger Than Life

      This enchanting new profile of the great Broadway star that has just turned 91 years and is still performing, is an affectionate and admiring look at her long career.  It’s heavy on the sentiment but apart from her last brief and happy marriage to her childhood sweetheart (who sadly died shortly after filming) is scantily passes over her…