It Feeds: But It Doesn’t Pander as Chad Archibald’s Indie Horror Finds Its Bite
ReviewJim SlotekIt Feeds, Chad Archibald, Ashley Greene, Ellie O’Brien, Juno Rinaldi, Shayelin Martin, Scott Baker, Shawn Ashmore, Canadian film, Horror, National Canadian Film Day
Coastal: Neil Young's Solo Escape-From-Lockdown Tour Doc is a Revealing Family Affair
ReviewJim SlotekRock tour documentaries, Rock legends venturing out post-pandemic, Neil Young, Coastal, Director Daryl Hannah, Solo acoustic tours, Pump organ, Lionel trains, Life in a tour bus, Jerry Don Borden
Resident Orca: Doc on Whale in Captivity Both a Blow and a Balm to the Soul
Drop: Textbook Texting Thriller Drops Logic for Thrills
Warfare: A Film That Will Shell-Shock its Audience
ReviewJim SlotekRealistic war films, Iraq War, Warfare, Director Alex Garland, Veterans who become filmmakers, Ray Mendoza, Joseph Quinn, Will Poulter, Kit Connor, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
Sacramento: Very Few Sharp Turns on The Way to This Movie’s Destination
By Chris Knight
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Your Friends & Neighbors: Jon Hamm's Financier-Turned-Thief is his Post-Mad Men Best
We Were Dangerous: Youth and Hope Triumph in Kiwi Reform School Drama
ReviewJim SlotekWe Were Dangerous, New Zealand, Coming-of-age stories, Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, Maddie Dai, 1950s, Rima Te Wiata, Erana James, Nathalie Morris, Manaia Hall, Women's lives, TIFF Next Wave Selects
Fog of War: Lazy, Hazy WWII Mystery Makes Little Use of John Cusack and Mira Sorvino
The Spoils: Restitution of Nazi-Looted Art Stalled By Greed, Lack Of Will
ReviewJim SlotekThe Spoils, Jamie Kastner, documentary, Canadian, Canadian documentary, Philip Dombowsky, Willi Korte, Clarence Epstein, Nazis, Paintings, Fine Art, Theft
Queen of the Ring: Wrestling Biopic As Hokey and Fun as the Sport Itself
ReviewJim SlotekMildred Burke, Wrestling, Sports movie, Queen of the Ring, Ash Avildsen, Jeff Leen, Adaptation, Tyler Posey, Francesca Eastwood, Josh Lucas, Emily Bett Richards, Walton Goggins, Women's lives
The Ballad of Wallis Island: A Perfectly Aged Tale
By Chris Knight
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The Friend: Best-In-Show Performances Distinguish Quiet Drama
ReviewJim SlotekThe Friend, TIFF 24, David Siegel, Scott McGehee, Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Sarah Pidgeon, Carla Gugino, Drama, Friendship, Animals, Dog, Great Dane, Bing the Great Dane
The Luckiest Man in America: 80s Game Show Swindle Propels Hairy Fact-Based Drama
ReviewJim SlotekThe Luckiest Man in America, TIFF 24, Samir Oliveros, Paul Walter Hauser, Walton Goggins, David Strathairn, Maisie Williams, fact-based drama, Drama, 1980s
The Studio: Seth Rogen’s Smart Satire of The Movie Biz, On TV
ReviewJim SlotekThe Studio, AppleTV+, Series, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Alex Gregory, Catherine O’Hara, Chase Sui Wonders, Kathryn Hahn, Bryan Cranston, Satire, Hollywood satire, Comedy
Friday Review Roundup: Village Keeper and A Working Man Offer a Whole Lot of Meh
By Original-Cin Staff
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ReviewJim SlotekVillage Keeper, TIFF 24, A Working Man, Jason Statham, Drama, Action films, Michael Peña, Karen Chapman, Olunike Adeliyi, Maxine Simpson, March openings
The Penguin Lessons: Waddle You Watch This Weekend?
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekHumans bonding with penguins, The Penguin Lessons, Films based on true stories, Steve Coogan, Jonathan Pryce, Novel by Tom Michell, Director Peter Cattaneo, The Full Monty, Films about poetry, My Penguin Friend, Toronto international Film Festival
Darkest Miriam: Still Waters Run Deep in this Tale of a Toronto Librarian
Misericordia: A Quirky Mix of Sex Farce and Darkness
ReviewJim SlotekFrench films, Repressed desires, Unwelcome prodigal sons, Misericordia, Writer/director Alain Guiraudie, Stranger By The Lake, Félix Kysyl, Catherine Frot, Jean-Baptiste Durand, David Ayala, Jacques Develay
A Mother Apart: Existential Quest of a Rejected Jamaican Child Turned Adult Artist
