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Shayda: An Homage to The Resilience of Women

Shayda: An Homage to The Resilience of Women

By Liz Braun

ReviewJim SlotekMarch 21, 2024Shayda, Sundance films, TIFF 23, Noora Niasari, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Selina Zahednia, Leah Purcell, Osamah Sami, DramaComment

Love Lies Bleeding: Female Bodybuilding Thriller Twisted in Startling Ways

Love Lies Bleeding: Female Bodybuilding Thriller Twisted in Startling Ways

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekMarch 10, 2024Love Lies Bleeding, Sundance films, Rose Glass, Kristen Stewart, Dave Franco, Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov, Katy O'BrianComment

His House: South Sudanese refugees find the supernatural awaits them in their U.K. home, in directorial horror debut

His House: South Sudanese refugees find the supernatural awaits them in their U.K. home, in directorial horror debut

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 29, 2020His House, Haunted house stories, South Sudanese refugees, Remi Weekes, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Wunmi Mosaku, Felicity Evans, Toby Venables, Sundance filmsComment

The Painter and the Thief: Unsettling Norwegian doc considers art for art's sake, and the possible damage done

The Painter and the Thief: Unsettling Norwegian doc considers art for art's sake, and the possible damage done

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekMay 21, 2020The Painter and the Thief, Benjamin Ree, The responsibility of the artist, Barbora Kysilkova, Norwegian movies, Sundance filmsComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Lauren Greenfield Spies our Superficial Souls in Doc Generation Wealth

By Kim Hughes

InterviewJuly 26, 2018Lauren Greenfield, The Queen of Versailles, Documentary, Sundance films

Eighth Grade: A YouTube-age girl's touching voyage through pre-high-school hell

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 18, 2018Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade, YouTube, Bo Burnham, Internet, Social Media, Sundance films