Original-Cin interview: Director Nicole Dorsey on Two Intense Character Studies Within One Film
InterviewJim SlotekBlack Conflux, TIFF 2019, Nicole Dorsey, Coming of age stories, Delusional Man Stories, Ella Ballentine, Ryan McDonald, Luke Bilyk, Olivia Scriven, Sofia Banzhaf, Canadian film, Newfoundland
Deragh Campbell Soars As a Woman on the Edge in Kazik Radwanski’s Anne at 13,000 ft.
By Linda Barnard
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Review, PreviewJim SlotekAnne at 13000 ft., Deragh Campbell, Kazik Radwanski, Lawrene Denkers, Matt Johnson, TIFF 2019, Canadian movies, Drama, Woman on the edge, Skydiving, Dorothea Pass
Falling: Viggo Mortensen’s Triple-Threat Family Drama Just Too Raw to Handle
By Karen Gordon
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Review, PreviewJim SlotekDrama, Falling, TIFF 2019, Viggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Laura Linney, David Cronenberg, Toronto, Movies about dementia, Directorial debut
One Night In Miami: Four Black '60s Legends Bare Souls In Regina King's Stagey, Passionate Directorial Debut
Review, PreviewJim SlotekOne Night in Miami, Regina King, Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, Jim Brown, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Leslie Odom Jr, TIFF 2019, Drama, Black stories
Rocks: Lovely, Affecting Drama Captures Silliness and Sorrow of Teen at a Crossroads
Review, PreviewJim SlotekRocks, TIFF 2019, Sarah Gavron, Bukky Bakray, D’angelou Osei Kissiedu, Kosar Ali, Teenage story, Coming of age, London
Collective: Searing Doc Chronicles Corruption Exposed by Tragedy and the Journos Who Followed It
Review, PreviewJim SlotekCollective, TIFF 2019, Alexander Nanau, Documentary, Romanian movies, cinema verité, journalism, Fire, tragedy
The Climb: Comedic Story of Mad, Enduring Friendship Buoyed by Reality
Review, PreviewJim SlotekThe Climb, Buddy comedy, Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin, Gayle Rankin, George Wendt, Comedy, Dramedy, TIFF 2019, Toxic Masculinity
I Am Woman: Helen Reddy Biopic Captures the Big Picture, Misses the Crucial Minutiae
Original-Cin Q&A: Tilda Cobham-Hervey on Embodying Feminist Icon Helen Reddy in New Biopic
By Bonnie Laufer
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Preview, InterviewTilda Cobham-Hervey, TIFF 2019, Biopic, I Am Woman, Jeff Ward, Unjoo Moon, Danielle Macdonald, Female director, 1970s, Lillian Roxon
The Personal History of David Copperfield: Armando Iannucci sets aside savage cynicism, for warm mockery that amounts to homage
Review, PreviewJim SlotekThe Personal History of David Copperfield, TIFF 2019, Armando Iannucci, Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi, Dickens, Literary adaptation, Whimsical, Comedy, Dramedy, Rosalind Eleazar, Benedict Wong
The Burnt Orange Heresy: Mick Jagger and Donald Sutherland Propel Lofty Crime Drama
ReviewThe Burnt Orange Heresy, Giuseppe Capotondi, TIFF 2019, Mick Jagger, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Debicki, Claes Bang, Crime drama, Charles Willeford, Art fraud, Scott B. Smith
Military Wives: Formulaic Dramedy from Full Monty Director Pleasant but Dull
This Is Not A Movie: Doc on Robert Fisk Examines The Fraught Business of Reporting on War
Tammy’s Always Dying: Hamilton-Shot Dramedy Explores Filial Love in a Time of Crisis
ReviewTammy's Always Dying, Amy Jo Johnson, Felicity Huffman, Anastasia Phillips, Clark Johnson, TIFF 2019, Hamilton, Canadian movies, Toronto, Dramedy, Black comedy
Bacurau: Oddball Brazilian Western Gorefest Spins Heads, Supports Local Theatres
Review, PreviewBacurau, Kleber Mendonca Filho, Juliano Dornelles, TIFF 2019, Cannes, Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Barbara Colen, Brazilian, Western, Sci-fi, Portuguese
Greed: Patchy Satire Mines Rocky Turf Between Fast Fashion and Vast Wealth
Your Weekend Preview: What To See (And What To Skip) In The Theatres This Weekend
By Original-Cin Staff
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Review, PreviewThe Jesus Rolls, Seberg, The Invisible Man, Disappearance at Clifton Hill, Beanpole, Elizabeth Moss, John Turturro, Bobby Cannavale, Susan Sarandon, Audrey Tautou, Jon Hamm, Kristen Stewart, Roundup, The Big Lebowski, TIFF 2019
Beanpole: Intense and Affecting Russian Drama Sees War from Women’s Side
Seberg: Ultra-Glossy Biopic Tells Intense Story Superficially
ReviewSeberg, Jean Seberg, TIFF 2019, Kristen Stewart, Vince Vaughn, Jack O'Connell, Zazie Beetz, Anthony Mackie, Benedict Andrews, Biopic, Drama, French New Wave
The Traitor: Italian Master’s Fact-Based Mafia Drama Visually Rich but Narratively Middling
ReviewThe Traitor, TIFF 2019, Marco Bellochio, Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Candido, Fausto Russo Alesi, Nicola Cali, fact based drama, italian movies, Mafia, Revenge
