Movie Reviews and Previews Maudie is a delight And it’s worth lining around the block for. In Maudie, Ethan Hawke and Sally Hawkins unexpectedly fall in love and fit together like a "pair of old socks." It's wonderful to watch. Since its world premiere at Telluride and big debut at TIFF, this biopic By Joanna • Apr 17, 2017 11:04 am
Maple Leaf Alessia Cara: Breakthrough to Pop Album Alessia Cara went from winning the Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year in 2016 to walking away with a trophy for Pop Album of the Year in 2017. Last year, Lainey wrote about her seemingly unflappable on-stage confidence, and last night, it was back in full force. There& By Joanna • Apr 03, 2017 10:16 am
Maple Leaf Sarah McLachlan: Hall of Famer Sarah McLachlan was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the Juno Awards last night, and beyond her two performances, touching speech and philanthropic message, she looked phenomenal in two different looks at the ceremony. Fit, funky, joyous, 49, and killing it in a jumpsuit. Look at her By Joanna • Apr 03, 2017 09:45 am
Maple Leaf Exclusive: Look out for Ethan Hawke & Sally Hawkins in Maudie According to Ethan Hawke, working with Sally Hawkins in Maudie - a film about Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis, who had juvenile rheumatoid arthritis - was a "match made in cinema heaven." Maudie is set in Nova Scotia and shot in Newfoundland and it meant so much that By Joanna • Mar 29, 2017 10:12 am
TV Updates Tatiana Maslany goes 3 for 3 And barefoot, as she makes history at the Canadian Screen Awards, winning three different CSAs, one for Best Actress – Film for The Other Half, acting in Orphan Black (her fourth statue in a row for the role), and another for producing the show. Orphan Black was named Best TV Drama. By Joanna • Mar 13, 2017 11:31 am
Equality Issues Sarah nominates: Joanna on Natalie Portman Joanna is our resident Natalie Portman fan/defender/explainer. Sarah nominates her post from last August about Natalie Portman’s experience as a director and the “language that women use to disguise their assertiveness”. Last night, Natalie told Charlie Rose that before she started directing A Tale of Love and By Joanna • Mar 08, 2017 04:25 pm
Oscars 2017 Best Vanity Fair Party Girl: Reese Witherspoon Reese Witherspoon did not really have a film in the Oscar or awards season conversation this year. Sure, she was hustling for Sing! (which was a lot of fun), but she was not an Academy presenter on Sunday night, nor did she have a film to represent. None of these By Joanna • Feb 27, 2017 04:09 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews #VengefulBitches The first trailer for Sofia Coppola’s remake of The Beguiled dropped yesterday and her two muses, Kirsten Dunst (Marie Antoinette, The Virgin Suicides) and Elle Fanning, shared snippets of it on their Instagram pages along with the caption “vengeful bitches.” VENGEFUL BITCHES ‼️ @beguiledmovie A video posted by Elle Fanning By Joanna • Feb 09, 2017 10:36 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Sorry Casey, Denzel Washington is here to play Denzel Washington received the Modern Master award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival (SBIFF) last night, to honour his career, and of course, give a further awards push for Fences. By all accounts, he was very generous on the red carpet, and as affable as ever. A coworker who was By Joanna • Feb 03, 2017 11:14 am
TV Updates Bidding farewell to awards season Amy Adams (almost) Amy Adams (likely) made her last stateside awards season appearance as a Best Actress nominee for Arrival at the SAG Awards on Sunday night. She did not receive an Oscar nomination for Arrival last week, but still has the BAFTAs on her nominee calendar. She wore a black Brandon Maxwell By Joanna • Jan 30, 2017 09:24 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Three Natalie Portmans = One Ashton Kutcher, and a Best Actress Update Natalie Portman covers the newest issue of Marie Claire UK. Inside, she talks about legalizing pot, her sense of humour, and, of course, Jackie. But she also reveals that as of 2010, Ashton Kutcher was worth roughly three times as much as she was in the eyes of Hollywood: “Ashton By Joanna • Jan 11, 2017 11:30 am
Award Season Campaigning Reese Witherspoon for Natalie Portman Emma Stone may have Jennifer Lawrence and Eddie Redmayne showing up to support her work in La La Land, but Reese Witherspoon was photographed a private screening of Jackie alongside Natalie Portman Wednesday night. @reesewitherspoon and Natalie Portman at a private screening of #JackieFilm ✨ A photo posted by JackieFilm (@jackiefilm) By Joanna • Jan 06, 2017 10:17 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Emma Stone takes a sick day And misses the first campaign stop of the year. Emma Stone has strep throat, and could not attend the Palm Springs International Film Festival to receive her Vanguard Award - which she shares with Ryan Gosling - last night. It's her first sick day of awards season, as By Joanna • Jan 03, 2017 11:21 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jessica Chastain is Miss Sloane Miss Sloane has one of the best trailers of the year, and it also features one of the most interesting performances of 2016. Jessica Chastain’s portrayal of the film’s title character singlehandedly elevates Miss Sloane from a Confirmation-esque TV movie about a woman with a cause, to a By Joanna • Dec 09, 2016 03:33 pm
Maple Leaf Jessica Chastain in Toronto Jessica Chastain loves to work, and she’s amazing at her job. She constantly brings her A-game on-screen, but she also knows how to be a top tier celebrity, which Lainey and I saw firsthand last night at the Miss Sloane premiere in Toronto. Check out this tweet: Amazing experience By Joanna • Dec 06, 2016 11:22 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Nicole Kidman, Hollywood’s den mother Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban walked the red carpet together at the premiere of Lion at the MoMA in New York last night. They were coy, playful and affectionate, and gave photographers several options of loved up photos to use and service to the press in service of Lion. In By Joanna • Nov 17, 2016 11:49 am
