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All of Us Strangers: The Past is Present in a Brilliant Allegorical Tale of Belatedly Faced Grief

All of Us Strangers: The Past is Present in a Brilliant Allegorical Tale of Belatedly Faced Grief

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekDecember 20, 2023All of Us Strangers, Movies about grief, Movies where the past and present meet, riter/director Andrew HaighW, Strangers by novelist Taichi Yamada, Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell, Claire FoyComment

Foe: Faux Portrait of a Post-Apocalyptic Marriage

Foe: Faux Portrait of a Post-Apocalyptic Marriage

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 11, 2023Post apocalyptic stories, Climate change, Foe, Humans leaving Earth to survive, Artificial intelligence, Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, Aaron Pierre, Garth Davis, Iain ReidComment

Carmen: Dance, Spectacle and a Thin Thread of a Plot

Carmen: Dance, Spectacle and a Thin Thread of a Plot

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekMay 3, 2023Carmen, Contemporary telling of 19th Century opera and novella, Benjamin Millepied, Melissa Barrera, Paul Mescal, Rossy de Palma, Jörg Widmer, Violent danceComment

Aftersun: Sparkling Debut Ponders Father-Daughter Love and the Essence of Memory

Aftersun: Sparkling Debut Ponders Father-Daughter Love and the Essence of Memory

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 26, 2022Aftersun, Charlotte Wells, Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, TIFF 2022, Family drama, Drama, Father and daughters, ScottishComment

God’s Creatures: Emily Watson Anchors Sublime Story about Small-town Secrets and Lives

God’s Creatures: Emily Watson Anchors Sublime Story about Small-town Secrets and Lives

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 29, 2022God Creatures, Saela Davis, Shane Crowley, Anne Rose Holmer, Emily Watson, Paul Mescal, Aisling Franciosi, Irish, Small town Irish lives, DramaComment