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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

Shoe's on the other foot when rich white people are profiled in Black Cop

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekMay 31, 2018Racial profiling, Police shootings of blacks, Halifax, PTSD, Cory Bowles, Trailer Park Boys, Toronto International Film Festival

Original-Cin Q&A: Trailer Park Boys actor talks about his powerful reverse-racial-profile drama Black Cop

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekMay 29, 2018Racial profiling, Police shootings of blacks, Halifax, PTSD, Cory Bowles, Trailer Park Boys, Toronto International Film Festival

Original-Cin Q&A/review: Journey's End's shell-shock rings true in the PTSD era

By Liam Lacey

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 29, 2018World War I, R.C. Sherriff, Trench warfare, PTSD, Shell shock, Paul Bettany, Saul Dibb, Prince Andrew, First World War Centenary

Thank You For Your Service: American Sniper writer misses in directorial debut

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 26, 2017PTSD, Miles Teller, Iraq, Jason Hall, Amy Schumer, Haley Bennett, American Sniper