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Rosie: Gripping Irish Drama Explores Homelessness From a Mother’s Perspective

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJanuary 30, 2020Sarah Greene, Moe Dunford, TIFF 2018, Paddy Breathnach, Roddy Doyle, Irish, drama, HomelessnessComment

Leave No Trace: Homeless dad-and-daughter tale, an affecting breaking-point metaphor

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 9, 2018Debra Granik, Winter's Bone, PTSD, Ben Foster, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Homelessness, Father daughter dramas

Lean On Pete: Meandering, harrowing and not just another horse opera

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekApril 11, 2018Horses, Horse racing, Homelessness, Poverty, Steve Buscemi, Chloe Sevigny, Charlie Plummer, Steve Zahn

Original-Cin Q&A: Director Andrew Haigh and the gritty boy-and-his-horse film Lean On Pete

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekApril 9, 2018Horse racing, Coming-of-age stories, Charlie Plummer, Steve Buscemi, Chloe Sevigny, American frontier, Red state, Homelessness, Andrew Haigh