Mark Ellis was nervous coming aboard another show about police officers. Not least because police procedurals have become an even more crowded media sub-genre since he co-created Flashpoint in 2008. But Ellis was more worried about making such a show when concerns around community and police relationships have reached a fever pitch. “So what do you do … Read more
Director Ava DuVernay speaks with the CBC’s Eli Glasner about what compelled her to create her latest and perhaps most challenging film, Origin. (Evan Mitsui/CBC) When you sit down to interview Ava DuVernay, you quickly realize how she rose to the top of her profession in 12 short years. Before DuVernay became an Oscar-nominated director … Read more
Although Danielle Brooks has become most known for her role as Taystee, on the television show “Orange Is the New Black,” she is a creation of the stage. Our generation’s yen for Black-theatre revivalism is rooted in her gift for externalized performance: she is the kind of actor who interprets the monologue as she delivers … Read more
In an expected turn of events, roughly 200 people in three different regions of the Greater Toronto Area regions in Canada were evacuated after a couple of masked men sprayed an unknown substance into theatres. According to several media reports, the police informed that during the incident, Hindi movies were playing in the cinema halls. … Read more
