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to many canadians the emphasis on patriotism all that flag waving i love living in the lower hudson valley filled with history probably because there s basically no social safety net here you have to be super self reliant and resourceful there s no counting on the government for much of anything which is very tough on anyone with poor language skills and education poor health no family support of any kind i m in awe of people able to surmount these but i can t stand or fathom people s slavish worship of money status and consumption the staggering income inequality shrugged off by magas sneering work harder move stop whining when so few people can now even afford the basics of life housing food gas health insurance a president who revels in vengeance and greed and grift and corruption shoveling 2 billion into his pockets in his second term alone the chest beaters who insist the u s is the best country in the world most of whom have never left it and easily ignore its many domestic challenges i don t love being called a resident alien canadians call them landed immigrants nor being naturalized if i choose to become a citizen as if somehow not being one is an un natural condition i m in despair about this nation s current politics grift theft corruption division racism with an utterly useless congress senate and supreme court i now look at canadian and french real estate daily i cannot bear the casual cruelty of trump and the gop i find it truly nauseating and wonder how or if the country will ever find its way back to sane r government that at least tries to serve its people not just pander endlessly to white billionaires while pardoning criminals i often wonder how many immigrants like me those who left safe sane countries by choice have now chosen to return to them where family and friends may still await we visit toronto at least once a year and i am always glad and grateful to feel welcomed there i ve found deep friendship here extremely elusive the focus always on work and family instead here are 16 very powerful smart essays about this year s celebration i feel lucky to have access to two countries that have for a long time been so deeply entwined how are you feeling this fourth about it all 25 favorite films 1965 2026 on june 26 2026 by broadsideblog in culture entertainment film movies 14 comments dustin hoffman and robert redford in all the president s men by caitlin kelly i confess i m addicted to watching movies and have been since my childhood when my late father a film director used to go to the cinema with me arriving halfway through half the time i was lucky enough to be on set when he was making one of them and a few american friends have actually seen the one he made for disney king of the grizzlies i m fascinated by the incredible array of talent in every film team from the foley artists they add sounds later grips and gaffers and animal wranglers and dialect coaches and endless lists of those working on special effects then there s a great soundtrack and cinematography and acting interesting to see so many of these on my list were made between 2000 and 2018 and much matt damon and george clooney here are some of my favorites i don t watch horror or westerns or much animation i m embarrassed to not be including foreign films here feel free to recommend journalism all the president s men 1979 i ve seen it dozens of times and we all know how it ends but it never fails to grip me very few films show the relentless dogged work it really takes to do investigative reporting all that door knocking and fat piles of documents and scared sources and intense pressure from your editor to prove there actually is a story there my one critique is how much of a boys club it portrays when without the steel spine of its gutsy female publisher kay graham none of it would have seen print great cast led by dustin hoffman and robert redford and martin balsam and jason robards the quiet bits of music are eerie and perfect spotlight 2015 this won best picture oscar in 2015 like atpm i never tire of rewatching it for many of the same reasons i especially appreciate how it also shows the tremendous emotional toll this work digging into priests abuse of boston children took on the three reporters and their editors all of whom were raised catholic it shows how delicately reporters must behave when trying to interview traumatized survivors it shows the relentless pressure from the powers that be to shut all that reporting work down it shows how much great reporting relies on the bravery of sources to speak out and on the record i also love seeing my friend jason berry s book in the film and his name in the credits we shared the same journalism fellowship in paris the cast includes michael keaton john slattery liev schreiber as the unflappable editor marty baron billy crudup rachel mcadams and mark ruffalo and stanley tucci as dogged lawyer mitchell garabedian watch every final credit for the ultimate shocker a very long list showing how globally prevalent this abuse is she said 2022 like the others this focuses on sexual abuse by harvey weinstein for years one of the most unassailably powerful producers in hollywood i love that it features the nyt where my husband worked for 31 years and for whom i ve done more than 100 stories it shows the international reach he had and how terrified women survivors were to come forward the devil wears prada 2006 anyone who s worked at a nyt major magazine or newspaper knows what grueling pressure you may face a million girls would kill for that job andy sachs is told repeatedly as she works as assistant to miranda priestley the demanding editor in chief of runway magazine her stupid boyfriend mocks her ambition hate him and she has to use every possible ounce of savvy and wits to get all those insane demands met within hours and she does you can hate miranda but she sure teaches andy what it takes feel good films the station agent 2003 not surprisingly the same writer who later wrote spotlight tom mccarthy finn works in a small town store selling toy trains and his boss dies leaving him a small abandoned train station in rural new jersey he moves in deep in grief deeply wary of any new human contact but slowly he s pulled into a lovely and welcoming small community the cheery food vendor who sets up outside the station the local librarian a friendly schoolchild a lonely painter the cast is every major actor we all know now bobby cannavale patricia clarkson peter dinklage of game of thrones fame michele williams i love this quiet little film so much good will hunting 1997 written by matt damon and ben affleck who won best screenplay for it the story of a badly abused working class young man from south boston with astounding memory and mathematical skills working as a janitor at mit in fact several scenes filmed at my alma mater u of toronto he falls in love with skylar a harvard medical student as he sees therapist sean robin williams court ordered after he got into one more street fight the growing relationships between he and skylar and he and sean are powerful as is his need to finally separate from the easy comfort of his lifelong buddies and enter a wider and more challenging world funny moving well worth a watch it won best supporting actor for robin willams billy elliott 2000 from the opening moments a total charmer set in 1980s britain during a brutal coal strike in durham it pits an idealistic young boy billy against the macho expectations of his father and brother both miners ballet ballet they spit it out as bally billy is supposed to be taking boxing lessons but is more intrigued by the girls ballet class in the same gym he s still mourning the recent loss of his late mother his teacher quickly sees how much potential he has and urges him to audition for the royal ballet school the music is great his dancing wonderful 2 000 boys auditioned for the role and his struggle to leave home and friends behind is relatable for anyone who s done it almost famous 2000 i think i know every line by heart now the true story of cameron crowe who in his teens was writing about pop music for rolling stone what a dream skipping months of dreary 1970s high school at home in san diego he follows one band stillwater all over the country a life of groupies roadies plenty of drugs good and terrible managers and a deep dive into how weird it all is behind the scenes kate hudson is adorable as groupie penny lane and tk as cc who falls madly in love with her as he should the music alone is fantastic and look for the glimpse of rolling stone editor jann wenner sitting in the back of a cab ocean s 8 2018 if you ve ever seen oceans 11 12 and 13 you ll catch the many references to them in this all woman version starring helena bonham carter cate blanchett sandra bullock sarah paulson rihanna awkafina and more it s a total romp and the met gala scene includes a raft of real celebrities from katie holmes to vogue eic anna wintour it s a crazy jewel heist during the met gala planned to the nth degree spies and corporate government malfeasance tinker tailor soldier spy 2011 i ve watched this so many times and never tire of it the music the cinematography hoyte hoytema the amazing cast gary oldman toby jones ciaran hinds colin firth benedict cumberbatch it s set in1970s london so the color palette is all browns and greens and sort of muted many scenes framed by a window or a fence of course a few grisly moments but nothing out of place sadly the good shepherd 2006 part of this was filmed on the main street of our town in suburban new york so i have a special fondness for it it tells the story of the founding of the cia centered on one family stars include matt damon eddie redmayne robert deniro angelina jolie billy crudup and michael gambon one scene is very difficult but overall i think well worth it syriana 2005 if you like george clooney i think this one is is very overlooked it came out in 2005 but is so prescient clooney plays an out of favor cia agent sent back into the field of the mideast and its tangled politics matt damon also stars michael clayton 2007 whew just a great great film clooney stars with the late tom wilkinson and the stunning tilda swinton as the nastiest corporate attorney you never hope to meet shot in new york city and westchester county its blend of cyncism and legal scutwork is a great story about major corporate malfeasance erin brockovich 2000 julia roberts in one of her best roles the real life feisty activist legal assistant who helped make history by winning an enormous settlement for homeowners poisoned sickened and dying by a california oil and gas company wrecking the water beneath their homes three days of the condor 1975 robert redford max von sydow and faye dunaway star in this thriller about a cia plot that kills all of his workmates shot in dc and nyc the ending is perfect showing a then charming trust in the power of the press to reveal all of it comedy bridesmaids 2011 it still holds up annie depressed by the failure of her milwaukee bakery also fails miserably at being a maid of honor for her best friend a funny and touching film about love loyalty forgiveness and second chances kristen wiig is terrific as is maya rudolph and the fabulous rose byrne the heat 2013 very few films still make me laugh out loud and this one does a buddy film with sandra bullock a tight laced fbi agent sent to boston to work with foul mouthed local detective played by melissa mccarthy to track a drug gang that s pulled mccarthy s little brother into their clutches the bar scene with both is delightful madness love stories the english patient 1997 for some reason some people hate this film i adore it it stars ralph fiennes and kristin scott thomas colin firth and juliette binoche who won the oscar for best supporting actress and willem dafoe all eventually sheltering in an abandoned italian monastery during wwii and all entwined in some powerful ways fiennes plays a real person the hungarian count laszlo almasy with swoon worthy intensity scott thomas soon pulled into a passionate affair with him the music is exquisite and damn it i cry every time at one scene it also won oscars for best picture and best director dr zhivago 1965 i was young when i saw it and ohhhhh what an impression it left omar sharif as zhivago the idealistic doctor swept into the mayhem of the russian revolution julie christie as the young and vulnerable girl once stuck in poverty rescued by the predatory komarovsky rod steiger and the stunning geraldine chaplin as zhivago s cousin and wife tonya it is absolutely gorgeous scenery costumes music and heartbreaking the first time i ever saw klaus kinski and learned the word lickspittle when harry met sally 1989 the best the way we completely overlook a pal and then science fiction 2001 1968 it still holds up eerie moving mysterious mind bending stanley kubrick at his obsessional best i m sorry dave i can t do that says the devious computer hal a play on ibm made for 10 million a staggering sum then earned 148 5 it provoked wildly divergent reviews but those of us who love it really love it project hail mary 2026 astonishing for a happy few months there was a phm fanbase on x twitter analyzing every moment savoring all of it seeing it up to 15 times a quiet middle school science teacher wakes up in deep space and has to remember who he is and why he s there oh yeah to save earth the film s use of choral music is so moving and so unusual visually stunning a must see close encounters 1977 that five tone ditty that mashed potato mountain the encounter between an alien spaceship and regular folks still mesmerizes richard dreyfuss stars the martian 2015 so fun matt damon as an astronaut mistakenly left on mars by his crew having to science the shit out of it to survive until they can return to rescue him stars include jessica chastain kristen wiig kate mara jefff daniels chiwetel ejiofor great music and makes me really want to visit wadi rum whose desolate red landscape in jordan stood in as mars alien 1979 still terrifying decades later the basic effects of flashing lights dripping water rattling chains and ripley do you know and love any of these what others are some of your favorites define wealthy on june 19 2026 by broadsideblog in behavior culture domestic life life money 8 comments being able to visit london for 6 days alone at this lovely hotel so grateful by caitlin kelly well there it is the world s first trillionaire elon musk millions cheer and and thrill singing and praising his name sorry not me never me i find him an odious racist creep whose doge cuts have killed millions most conveniently to his tech bro worshipers far away and invisible in africa or elsewhere and yet more and more americans are paying higher costs for gas and food and tuition and rent and health insurance necessities not the latest tech toy or a boat or a shiny new car or designer 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