The movies have a summer after all with Russell Crowe, Jamie Foxx, and a singer’s tour of the real Africa
And there's more: A picture of inequality, a Canadian crime caper, and a notorious Cronenberg film is revived.
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New movies to welcome back Mick Jagger, reimagine a children’s classic and deliver big summer action
Plus five others looking at PTSD, real murder stories, women’s problems and a father-son drama.
Streaming a less-Primal Nicolas Cage, contemporary Arab Blues and Beyonce’s thoughts in Black is King
The movies really need Tenet, Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi thriller, it seems. It was to be this summer’s blockbuster and playing by now.
Black tech network pairs company execs with up-and-coming talent
A network focused on advancing the careers of Black technology workers is connecting promising young professionals to mentors at major Canadian companies.
Streaming or in cinema: A civil rights icon, a battle lost, and a photographer’s provocations
If you're comfortable sitting in a movie theatre or just want to stay on your couch, here are some viewing options for you.
Hamilton as he was on Broadway, Mel Gibson back in a hurricane, and a semi-Canadian take on the Patty Hearst story
Some theatres are back in business, but if you're still streaming your movies, here are some new titles for you ... starting with a giant.
Now streaming: Irresistible’s political spoof, Hammer’s errant son, and the real Vancouver in Bella Ciao!
Movie theatres are coming out of the COVID-19 shutdown, but if you're not comfortable taking a seat, there's plenty to watch online.
Indigenous-led conservation, natural law and a different future
“Our stories are true,” Tyson Atleo's great-grandmother used to tell his father growing up. Tyson Atleo's father taught his son the same words. Throughout his life, Atleo came to understand what those words, "our stories are true" meant.
For streaming: Mr. Jones recalls a genocide, Buffaloed follows the money, and DOXA documents everything
It looks like the streaming era is going to be with us for some time. Lucky there are still a lot of new movies coming available.
Breaking the cycle of racism in Ontario's schools
Critics have a long list of suggestions for Education Minister Stephen Lecce and the school boards charged with turning government policy into practice.
Indigenous-led conservation signals path forward for Canada's first marine protected area network
The Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area Reserve, also a Haida Heritage Site, is a prominent example of Indigenous-led, co-operatively managed marine protected areas (MPAs) in Canada, write Ross Jameson, an ocean conservation manager with the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society and Stephanie Hewson, staff lawyer at West Coast Environmental Law.
We desperately need to be talking about food sovereignty
Dawn Morrison has dedicated a large part of her life to educating around the unsustainability of the global food industry, which moved from local place-based foods and traditional harvesting, hunting and fishing after the industrial revolution. She says COVID19 should be a massive wake up call for people to stop placing profit over people, and to return to ways that nurture food sovereignty.
Chambar Restaurant's Karri Green-Schuermans on the future of eating out
Are restaurants still necessary and will they survive amidst the real and reasonable fears of the spread of coronavirus.
Movies to stream: Comedy (Military Wives and The Lovebirds) and history (how Jean Chretien kept us out of Iraq)
As the pandemic drags on and movie theatres remained locked down, there are still plenty of things out there to keep viewers amused.