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Entertainment Give parents some extra grace today. They’ve been through the emotional wringer thanks to a cartoon television show for children. Why ‘The Sign,’ an episode of a kids cartoon about a dog family, has adults in tears Natalie Stechyson · CBC News · Posted: Apr 15, 2024 11:35 AM EDT |Continue Reading

Entertainment The Sympathizer, adapted from the book of the same name, tells the story of a double agent working during the Vietnam War. Its co-creator, Canadian Don McKellar, says it was a rewarding but challenging exercise in throwing away preconceived notions. Hurdles associated with adapting the complex novel became advantages,Continue Reading

Entertainment The documentary What Jennifer Did explores the life of Jennifer Pan and the complicated series of events that led to hitmen killing her mother and severely wounding her father in Markham, Ont., in a case that was granted a new trial on one of the charges last year. WhatContinue Reading

The highly anticipated film Civil War lands in theatres this week. Acclaimed filmmaker Alex Garland (28 Days Later, Ex Machina, Annihilation, Men) wrote and directed the film, set in the imagined near future during a fictional civil war in the United States of America.  The film stars big-name talent including Kirsten Dunst,Continue Reading

Entertainment Eleanor Coppola, a writer and director who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of Apocalypse Now, and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died. She was 87. Coppola wrote screenplays and directed films, including behind-the-scenes Apocalypse Now documentaryContinue Reading

Entertainment Robert MacNeil, the Canadian-born journalist who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour in the 1970s and co-anchored the show with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, died on Friday. He was 93. Born in Montreal, raised in Halifax, MacNeil worked at CBC throughout the 1950sThe Associated Press ·Continue Reading

Entertainment Jarring, visceral and all too plausible, Alex Garland’s Civil War is a must-seeThough the setting of Civil War is described as “near-future America,” CBC’s Eli Glasner says the reporter-led road movie feels like it could be tomorrow. He calls director Alex Garland’s movie urgent and visceral — a filmContinue Reading

Entertainment David Cronenberg and Guy Maddin are among the high-profile Canadians returning to this year’s Cannes Film Festival.  Iconic director is one of several Canadians involved in this year’s festival Kevin Maimann · CBC News · Posted: Apr 11, 2024 5:05 PM EDT | Last Updated: April 12 Canadian film director DavidContinue Reading

Entertainment Will the new Bridget Jones movie finally shed the weight obsession?It’s been over 20 years since Bridget Jones insisted she was fat on the silver screen. Now, there’s a fourth movie in the works with Renée Zellweger back in the title role. But as excitement builds around Bridget Jones: MadContinue Reading