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Original-Cin Q&A: DJ-Turned-Director D.W. Waterson Talks Backspot and Hard-Core Cheerleading

Original-Cin Q&A: DJ-Turned-Director D.W. Waterson Talks Backspot and Hard-Core Cheerleading

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMay 27, 2024Movies about competitive cheerleading, Backspot, Canadian films, Toronto International Film Festival, DJs turned director, D.W. Waterson, Elliot Page, Devery Jacobs, Evan Rachel Wood, Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Into the Forest, Producer Alona MetzerComment

Peace by Chocolate: A Sweet, Light Confection About a Real-Life Refugee Success Story

Peace by Chocolate: A Sweet, Light Confection About a Real-Life Refugee Success Story

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekMay 5, 2022Films about Syrian refugees, Canadian films, Peace by Chocolate, Jonathan Keijser, Ayham Abou Ammar, Hatem AliComment

Defining Moments: Check the Dictionary Under 'Cringe'

Defining Moments: Check the Dictionary Under 'Cringe'

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 6, 2021Burt Reynolds' last movie, Mental illness comedy, Defining Moments, Stephen Wallis, Polly Shannon, Eric Peterson, Tanya Blanchard, Canadian filmsComment

Between Waves: Tragic Romance, Big Theoretical Ideas and Some Problems Keeping It Real

Between Waves: Tragic Romance, Big Theoretical Ideas and Some Problems Keeping It Real

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 28, 2021Canadian films, Parallel-universe romance, Between Waves, Virginia Abramovich, São Miguel, Fiona Graham, Luke Robinson, Edwige Jean-Pierre, Stacey Bernstein Comments

Black Conflux: Ace Thriller Interlaces Coming-of-Age Story with Delusional Man Saga

Black Conflux: Ace Thriller Interlaces Coming-of-Age Story with Delusional Man Saga

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 1, 2021Black Conflux, Nicole Dorsey, Ella Ballentine, Ryan McDonald, Coming of age, Canadian films, NewfoundlandComment

Drifting Snow: Well named strangers-on-a-road-trip drama explores relationships and life in wintry Prince Edward County

Drifting Snow: Well named strangers-on-a-road-trip drama explores relationships and life in wintry Prince Edward County

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekMay 12, 2021Canadian films, Prince Edward County, Relationship dramas, Drifting Snow, Ryan Noth, Sonja Smits, Jonas Bonnetta, Colin Mochrie, Atom Egoyan’s The Sweet Hereafter, Canadian, Canadian winter as a backdrop, Tess GirardComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Kristian Bruun talks Mars in Red Rover and dishes the upcoming Orphan Black charity reunion on HOMECON

Original-Cin Q&A: Kristian Bruun talks Mars in Red Rover and dishes the upcoming Orphan Black charity reunion on HOMECON

By Bonnie Laufer

Original-Cin Q&A: Amy Jo Johnson on the dark comedy Tammy's Always Dying, turning Canuck and finding a perfect suicide bridge with Google Maps

Original-Cin Q&A: Amy Jo Johnson on the dark comedy Tammy's Always Dying, turning Canuck and finding a perfect suicide bridge with Google Maps

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekApril 28, 2020Tammy's Always Dying, Amy Jo Johnson, Canadian films, Dark comedies, Joanne Sarazen, Felicity Huffman, Anastasia Phillips, Canadian Film Centre, Clark Johnson, Zach BraffComment

The week's wrap-up: Recently-released must-sees and must-misses

By Jim Slotek

Level 16: Smartly Scripted Dystopian Tale Like A Black Mirror/Handmaid's Tale Mashup

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekMarch 12, 2019Level 16, Suspiria, Dystopian stories, Danishka Esterhazy, Subjugation of women, Katie Douglas, Celina Martin, Sara Canning, Black Mirror, Handmaid's Tale, Canadian films Comment

PODCAST! Ep. 4 - Maybe "Nobody" IS the best person to host the Oscars

PodcastJim SlotekDecember 15, 2018Movie podcasts, Oscars, Golden Globes, Canadian movies, Oscar host search, Kevin Hart, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Toronto Film Critics Association, Canadian films, Clint Eastwood, Roma, Jim Slotek, Liam Lacey, Karen Gordon, Bonnie LauferComment

Original-Cin TIFF Picks: Friday, September 7

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

Original-Cin TIFF Picks: Thursday, September 6

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

PreviewSeptember 6, 2018TIFF 2018, Mouthpiece, Canadian films, Patricia Rozema, Denys Arcand, September 6, Anthropocene Epoch, Watermark, Manufactured Landscapes, Amy Nostbakken, Norah Sadava, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky, Extinction, Climate change

Original-Cin video Q&A: Toronto and pizza talk from the stars and director of Little Italy

By Bonnie Läufer

InterviewJim SlotekAugust 23, 2018Emma Roberts, Andrea Martin, Danny Aiello, Hayden Christensen, Toronto, Canadian films, Comedy, Rom-com, Romeo and Juliet

Little Italy: Dreadful, Awful Really Bad Rom-Com Benefits None (Except Maybe Pusateri’s)

By Kim Hughes

ReviewAugust 23, 2018Emma Roberts, Andrea Martin, Danny Aiello, Hayden Christensen, Toronto, Canadian films, Comedy, Rom-com, Romeo and Juliet

TIFF 2018: An eco-legacy fulfilled, an aboriginal lacrosse tale and new films from Dolan and Arcand

By Liam Lacey

ViewsJim SlotekAugust 2, 2018TIFF 2018, Rob Stewart, Sharkwater Extinction, Xavier Dolan, Denys Arcand, Canadian films, Aboriginal films, Patricia Rozema, Don McKellar, Ron Mann, Jennifer Baichwal, Ed Burtynsky, Anthropocene

North Mountain: An indigenous Brokeback distracted by its generic thriller plot

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekJune 28, 2018Canadian films, Indigenous films, Wilderness thrillers, Gay relationships

A Swingers Weekend: Biting Comedy Tackles Marriage, Sex and Beyond

By Kim Hughes

ReviewApril 26, 2018Comedy, Canadian films, Sex

Juggernaut: Cain/Abel crime thriller more of a slow burn than a wrecking ball

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekMarch 7, 2018Canadian films, Crime thriller, Small town crime, Cain and Able, Stephen McHattie, Jack Kesy, David Cubitt

Dim the Fluorescents: And You Thought Your Office Had Heavy Drama…

By Liam Lacey

ReviewDecember 10, 2017Canadian films, Dramedy, Claire Armstrong, Naomi Skwarna, Slamdance Festival, Indie films