Leave the World Behind: This is the Way the World Ends, With Mystery Guests and Unanswered Questions
By Chris Knight
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Strange Way of Life/The Human Voice: The Short and the Short of Almodovar's Mojo
By Karen Gordon
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - We'd Tell You Why This Sequel is Even Better, But They Might Kill Us
ReviewJim SlotekGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Knives Out sequel, Rian Johnson, Murder on an island resort, Daniel Craig, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Edward Norton, Ethan Hawke, Hugh Grant
The Black Phone: Creepy Child-Abduction Thriller Disturbs as Only Child-Abduction Thrillers Can
The Northman: Robert Eggers and his Marquee Cast Go for Full-On Viking Glory
By Karen Gordon
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Zeros and Ones: Ethan Hawke Dual-Role Thriller Promises Big, Delivers Small
The Films We Most Want to See at TIFF 2021
By Original-Cin Staff
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Jim SlotekTIFF 2021, The Humans, Dune, Last Night in Soho, Dear Evan Hansen, The Guilty, Memoria, Titane, Night Raiders, The Power of the Dog, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Zalava, A Hero, The Worst Person in the World, The Forgiven, Becoming Cousteau, Attica, Belfast, Kenneth Branagh, Jessica Chastain, Ralph Fiennes, Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Joachim Trier, Antoine Fuqua, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Anya Taylor-Joy, Edgar Wright, Denis Villeneuve, Timothée Chalamet, Oscar Isaac, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ethan Hawke, Tilda Swinton, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, beanie feldstein, Richard Jenkins
Tesla: A biopic with no spark to speak of, and one of the least dynamic performances of Ethan Hawke's career
ReviewJim SlotekNicola Tesla, Michael Almereyda, Tesla biopic, Ethan Hawke, Tears for Fears’ Everybody Wants to Rule The World, Eve Hewson, J.P. Morgan, Donnie Keshawarz, David Bowie, The Prestige, Thomas Edison, Kyle MacLachlan, Jim Gaffigan, George Westinghouse, Marconi, Sarah Bernhardt, Rebecca Dayan, Deliberate anachronisms
The Truth: Director Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Nod to French Cinema Propels Ace Family Drama
ReviewThe Truth, Kore-eda Hirokazu, Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Clementine Grenier, Manon Clavel, French cinema, Family drama, Film within a film, TIFF 2018
What to Watch (and What to Skip) in Theatres This Weekend
ReviewJim SlotekFilm releases this week, Far. The Story of a Journey Around the World, Amazing Grace, Aretha Franklin, Sidney Pollack, Mary Magdalene, Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Best of Enemies, Sam Rockwell, Taraji P. Henson, Hellboy, Steve Bannon, Mia and the White Lion, Missing Link, Stockholm, Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, Master Z: Ip Man Legacy, Yuen Woo-ping
Stockholm: Ethan Hawke Comic Thriller Is a (Ahem) Slog Day Afternoon
ReviewChristopher Heyerdahl, Shanti Roney, Thorbjørn Harr, Bea Santos, Mark Elov, Robert Budreau, Ethan Hawke, Noomi Rapace, fact-based drama, Canadian, Born to Be Blue, Dog Day Afternoon, Derivitive
What To See (And What to Skip) In the Theatres This Weekend
ReviewJim SlotekSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Lego Movie, Mary Queen of Scots, Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Blaze, Blaze Foley, Ethan Hawke, Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, The Mule, Clint Eastwood, The Straight Story, Nebraska, "Old man" road movies, Ben is Back, Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Peter Hedges, Mortal Engines, Peter Jackson, Christian Rivers, Super-Grid, Leo Fafard, Marshall Williams, post-apocalypse
Blaze: A soft, touching movie about a not-so-soft forgotten country outlaw
ReviewJim SlotekBlaze Foley, Ethan Hawke, Country outlaws, Mike Judge, Tales from the Tour Bus, Townes Van Zandt, Merle Haggard, Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, Charlie Sexton, Josh Hamilton, Kris Kristofferson, Sam Rockwell, Steve Zahn, Richard Linklater
Ingmar Bergman… 21st Century Superhero? Arguing for a New Crusader
PreviewIngmar Bergman, Retrospective, TIFF, TIFF 2018, Liv Ullman, Ethan Hawke, Olivier Assayas, David Cronenberg, Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal, Through a Glass Darkly, Persona, Scenes from a Marriage, Cries and Whispers, Fanny and Alexander, Palme D'Or, Swedish films
Juliet, Naked: The Brit rom-com vibe is familiar, the performances stellar
By Karen Gordon
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First Reformed: Ethan Hawke Soars in Masterful Drama about Trampled Faith
