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Oh, Canada: Richard Gere Stars as A Filmmaker On His Deathbed, Re-Editing His Past

Oh, Canada: Richard Gere Stars as A Filmmaker On His Deathbed, Re-Editing His Past

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekDecember 12, 2024Oh, Canada, Paul Schrader, Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Jacob Elordi, Michael Imperioli, Russell Banks, Adaptation, Cannes, TIFF 24, Drama, End of life issuesComment

Master Gardener: Paul Schrader's Race Drama-Slash-Love Story Fails to Blossom

Master Gardener: Paul Schrader's Race Drama-Slash-Love Story Fails to Blossom

By Liz Braun

ReviewJim SlotekMay 15, 2023Master Gardener, Paul Schrader, Sigourney Weaver, Joel Edgerton, Quintessa Swindell, Race issues, Race and privilege, May-December, White supremacistsComment

Original-Cin Year In Review: 2021’s Best and Worst Movies

By Original-Cin Staff

Review, Preview, ViewsJim SlotekDecember 29, 2021Pig, Nicolas Cage, The Card Counter, Oscar Isaac, Above Suspicion, Emelia Clarke, I'm Your Man, TIFF 2021, Hot Docs 2021., Nope, Jordan Peele, The Lost Daughter, Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Flee, The Power of the Dog, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Jane Campion, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Avatar 2, Dune, Denis Villeneuve, Halloween Kills, Agnes, The Black Phone, Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson, The Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier, Maria Chapdelaine, The Northman, Robert Eggers, Encanto, The Sparks Brothers, Edgar Wright, Olivia Wilde, Judas and the Black Messiah, Drive My Car, Black Conflux, Killers of the Flower Moon, Belfast, The Tragedy of Macbeth, tick tick BOOM!, Coda, Paul Schrader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Frances McDormand, Denzel Washington Comment

The Card Counter: Oscar Isaac simmers as a card shark with a past in this festival film that bypassed TIFF

The Card Counter: Oscar Isaac simmers as a card shark with a past in this festival film that bypassed TIFF

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 6, 2021Paul Schrader, The Card Counter, Films about professional card playing, Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Willem Dafoe, Abu GhraibComment

PODCAST! EP. 8: Bonnie's adventures at the Critics Choice Awards and Green Book's backlash to the backlash to the backlash

By Jim Slotek, Bonnie Laufer, Liam Lacey and Kim Hughes

PodcastJim SlotekJanuary 16, 2019Critics Choice Awards, Movie podcasts, Paul Schrader, Bo Burnham, Elsie Fisher, Green Book, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Glass, M. Night Shyamalan, Split, mental illness, Problematic, Awards seasonComment

First Reformed: Ethan Hawke Soars in Masterful Drama about Trampled Faith

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJune 1, 2018Ethan Hawke, Paul Schrader, Amanda Seyfried, TIFF 2017, drama