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The Instigators: Damon and Affleck Are Imperfect… but Entertaining

The Instigators: Damon and Affleck Are Imperfect… but Entertaining

By Liz Braun

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 5, 2024The Instigators, Doug Liman, Casey Affleck, Chuck MacLean, Matt Damon, Hong Chau, AppleTV +Comment

Kinds of Kindness: Yorgos Lanthimos Offers Three Kinds, All Weirdly Undercooked

Kinds of Kindness: Yorgos Lanthimos Offers Three Kinds, All Weirdly Undercooked

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekJune 24, 2024Yorgos Lanthimos, Provocative critical hits, Poor Things, Kinds of Kindness, Anthology features, Jesse Plemons, Margaret Qualley, Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Writer Efthimis Filippou, Mamoudou Athie, Hong ChauComment

Showing Up: Funny, Contemplative Indie Has Heart to Spare, Plus Michelle Williams

Showing Up: Funny, Contemplative Indie Has Heart to Spare, Plus Michelle Williams

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekApril 12, 2023Showing Up, Kelly Reichardt, Jonathon Raymond, Michelle Williams, Hong Chau, Maryann Plunkett, John Magaro, Judd Hirsch, IndieComment

The Whale: Size Matters, But Tragedy Trumps All in Brendan Fraser's Depiction of a Private Hell

The Whale: Size Matters, But Tragedy Trumps All in Brendan Fraser's Depiction of a Private Hell

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekDecember 19, 2022Body shaming, Fat suits, The Whale, Darren Aronofsky, Brendan Fraser, Samuel D. Hunter, Shallow Hal, Sathya Sridharan, Hong Chau, Ty SimpkinsComment

Alexander Payne's Downsizing: Big ideas, little payoff

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekDecember 23, 2017Alexander Payne, Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Hong Chau, Science fiction, Global warming