Sacramento: Very Few Sharp Turns on The Way to This Movie’s Destination
By Chris Knight
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Original-Cin Q&A: Emily Bett Rickards on Nailing the Queen of the Ring
By Bonnie Laufer
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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
Original-Cin Q&A: Steve Coogan and Peter Cattaneo on Lessons Learned from Penguins
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekThe Penguins Lessons, Peter Cattaneo, Steve Coogan, Jonathan Pryce, TIFF 24, Adaptation, Based on a true story, British, Argentina, Animals, Movies about animals, Drama
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 Alto Knights: Robert De Niro Plays Antagonists in a Mafia Film That Lacks Spark
By Karen Gordon
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Can I Get a Witness?: 50 Is The New Life Expectancy
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekCan I Get a Witness?, TIFF 24, Ann Marie Fleming, Sandra Oh, Joel Oulette, Keira Jang, Canadian, sci-fi, Drama, Dystopian stories
Boiling Point: An English Kitchen Drama with Social Bite
ReviewJim SlotekBoiling Point, BBC, TV series, Kitchen, Philip Barantini, Mounia Akl, Vinette Robinson, Stephen Graham, Hannah Walters, Ray Panthaki, Super Channel, British, Drama
Last Breath: Deeper Dive into Character Would Have Made Drama Stronger
Original-Cin Q&A: Armand Star Renate Reinsve on the Importance of Laughter in Drama
By Bonnie Laufer
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Bring Them Down: B-a-a-a-d Times in Rural Ireland
ReviewJim SlotekBring Them Down, TIFF 24, Drama, Movies set in Ireland, Christopher Andrews, Christopher Abbott, Barry Keoghan, Paul Ready, Nora-Jane Noone, Violent, Family drama
Look At Me: A Portrait of The Artist as An Insecure Man
By Chris Knight
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I’m Still Here: Fernanda Torres Shines as a Mother Fighting for Her Family
ReviewJim SlotekI’m Still Here, TIFF 24, Brazilian, Walter Salles, Marcelo Rubens Paiva, Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Adaptation, Drama, Oscar nominee
Nightbitch: Snarling at Motherhood with Amy Adams
ReviewJim SlotekNightbitch, Adaptation, Marielle Heller, Rachel Yoder, TIFF 24, Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Jessica Harper, Motherhood, Drama, Fantasy
The Room Next Door: Swinton and Moore in Almodóvar’s Exploration of Death by Design
The End: A Post-Apocalyptic Drama Wrapped in A Musical
By Chris Knight
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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
The Return: Fiennes and Binoche Reunite in an Ancient Tale with Modern Resonance
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Return, Uberto Pasolini, Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Charlie Plummer, TIFF 24, Greek mythology, Odysseus, Drama, Historical film, Ancient times, Ancient Greece
The Girl With The Needle: Post-WWI Drama Lays Bare The Precarious Lives of Women
ReviewJim SlotekThe Girl with The Needle, TIFF 24, Magnus von Horn, Line Langebek Knudsen, Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri, Joachim Fjelstrup, Danish, Drama, WWI, Black and white, Women's issues, Women in peril, Women's lives
