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The United States vs. Billie Holiday: A magnetic performance in a mess of a biopic

The United States vs. Billie Holiday: A magnetic performance in a mess of a biopic

By Liam Lacey

Original-Cin Q&A: Golden Globe winner Andra Day talks about drinking, smoking and 'earning' Billie Holiday's voice

Original-Cin Q&A: Golden Globe winner Andra Day talks about drinking, smoking and 'earning' Billie Holiday's voice

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 2, 2021Billie Holiday, Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Golden Globe winner, Awards season movies, Lee Daniels, Strange Fruit, Diana Ross in Lady Sings the Blues, Audra McDonald in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & GrillComment

Original-Cin interview: Pain and Glory's Antonio Banderas talks heart attack, and playing a 'self-fiction' of his friend Almodovar

Original-Cin interview: Pain and Glory's Antonio Banderas talks heart attack, and playing a 'self-fiction' of his friend Almodovar

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 24, 2019Antonio Banderas, Pedro Almodóvar, Pain and Glory, Toronto International Film Festival, Banderas heart attack, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, Evita, The Mask of Zorro, Spy Kids, Melanie Griffith, Awards season movies, Filmmakers quasi-autobiographiesComment

Judy: Renee Zellweger's incandescent Garland reduces the rest of the cast to mere bystanders

By Jim Slotek

Ben is Back: Hedges directs son Hedges in a decidedly off-kilter family Xmas story

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekDecember 14, 2018Ben is Back, Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Kathryn Newton, Courtney B. Vance, Peter Hedges, About A Boy, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Pieces of April, Manchester By The Sea, Boy Erased, Awards season movies, Dysfunctional family movies, Christmas moviesComment

Green Book: Not a deep dive into racism, but a funny, heartwarming relationship forged in a car

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekNovember 14, 2018Green Book, Jim Crow, Peter Farrelly, Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, TIFF People's Choice Award, Tony Lip, Don Shirley, The Copa, Racism, Oscar Best Picture favourites, Awards season movies, Linda CardelliniComment

Guest column: Mark Breslin, Thom Ernst, The Critics Are Wrong!

By Mark Breslin and Thom Ernst

ViewsJim SlotekFebruary 8, 2018Mark Breslin, Thom Ernst, Movie criticism, Contrarianism, Awards season movies

Original-Cin Q&A: Christian Bale learns Cheyenne and life lessons on Hostiles

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 9, 2018Awards season movies, Native-American portrayals, Christian Bale, Wes Studi, Cheyenne, Scott Cooper, Westerns

The Post: Spielberg's political flashback is Trump-comfort for Nixon survivors

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 4, 2018Awards season movies, journalism, Vietnam War, Pentagon Papers, Donald Trump, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg

I, Tonya: A trailer-park Rashomon with stellar performances and bitter laughs

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekDecember 22, 2017Tonya Harding, Nancy Kerrigan, Awards season movies, Figure skating, Dark comedies

Q&A/review Call Me By Your Name: How Armie Hammer got used to being naked

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekDecember 13, 2017Same sex romance, Northern Italy, James Merchant, Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Awards season movies

Toronto film critics give best picture thumbs up to The Florida Project

By Jim Slotek

ViewsJim SlotekDecember 10, 2017Awards season movies, Toronto Film Critics Association, Toronto International Film Festival, The Florida Project, Lady Bird, Get Out

Lady Bird: Coming-of-Age Tale Takes Wing with Ace Performances, Authentic Script

By Kim Hughes

ReviewNovember 8, 2017Comedy-drama, Coming of age, Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Greta Gerwig, Awards season movies

The Florida Project: Soulful kid-stuff on the poor side of Mouse-ville

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 13, 2017Awards season movies, Independent films, Working class drama, Children

Stronger: Heroism ain't what it's cracked up to be

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 21, 2017Terrorism, Boston Marathon, Awards season movies

Aronofsky delivers one 'mother!' of a laborious agitated shock-fest

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 15, 2017Awards season movies, Darren Aronofsky, horror

Original-Cin TIFF Picks, Thursday, Sept. 14

By Liam Lacey, Kim Hughes and Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 14, 2017TIFF, Awards season movies, film festivals, independent films

Original-Cin TIFF Picks, Wednesday, Sept. 13

By Jim Slotek, Karen Gordon, Liam Lacey and Kim Hughes

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 13, 2017TIFF, Awards season movies