Oh, Canada: Richard Gere Stars as A Filmmaker On His Deathbed, Re-Editing His Past
ReviewJim SlotekOh, Canada, Paul Schrader, Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Jacob Elordi, Michael Imperioli, Russell Banks, Adaptation, Cannes, TIFF 24, Drama, End of life issues
Sugarcane: Devastating Doc about Canadian Residential Schools Should be Required Viewing
ReviewJim SlotekSugarcane, documentary, Canada, Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Charlene Belleau, Rick Gilbert, Chief Willie Sellars, Ed Archie Noisecat, Indigenous themed films, Residential Schools
TIFF ’24: We’ve Noticed Themes… Many Interesting, Intersecting Themes
PreviewJim SlotekTIFF 24, 40 Acres, Can I Get a Witness, Flow, The Exiles, Souleymane’s Story, Anywhere Anytime, To a Land Unknown, Under the Volcano, Beloved Tropic, The Shrouds, Oh, Canada, They Will Be Dust, Dead Talents Society, Andrea Bocelli: Because I Believe, Elton John: Never Too Late, The Road: Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, The Mother and the Bear, Universal Language, Rumours, Sunshine, The Swedish Torpedo
Sugarcane: Devastating Doc about Canadian Residential Schools Should be Required Viewing
ReviewJim SlotekSugarcane, documentary, Canada, Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Charlene Belleau, Rick Gilbert, Chief Willie Sellars, Ed Archie Noisecat, Indigenous themed films, Residential Schools
Cold Road: Terrific Far North Thriller Updates (and Honours) Spielberg’s Duel
By Chris Knight
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Original-Cin Q&A: How Director Laetitia Colombani’s Novel The Braid Returned Her to the Screen
ReviewJim SlotekThe Braid, Laetitia Colombani, Kim Raver, Fotinì Peluso, Mia Maelzer, adaptation, Women's lives, Women in film, Drama, India, Italy, Canada
Voices Across the Water: Canoe-Building Doc Surprisingly Absorbing, And Free to Watch
ReviewJim SlotekNational Film Board of Canada, Voices Across the Water, Fritz Mueller, Teresa Earle, Available Light Film Festival, Yukon, Alaska, Documentary, Canoe building, Canada, Canadian
BlackBerry: Canada's We-Invented-the-Smartphone Tale Has Corporate America Flavour
By Chris Knight
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Original-Cin Q&A: BlackBerry Stars Talk Tech and the Curse of Perfection
By Bonnie Laufer
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Beans: Coming-of-Age Tale Inspired by Oka Crisis Tells Compelling Story Despite Some Bumps
ReviewJim SlotekBeans, Tracey Deer, TIFF, Kiawentiio, Woon-A-Tai, D'Pharaoh, Rainbow Dickerson, Violah Beauvais, indigenous films, Canada, Drama, Indigenous films and filmmakers, Coming of age
Finding Sally: Riveting Doc Traces Family’s Search for a Lost Aunt… And the Truth
By Linda Barnard
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Isabelle: Cliché-Strewn Horror a Lesson in How Not to Make a Genre Film
The imagineNative Festival: Global Indigenous Culture Commands the Spotlight
