Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché: A From-the-Heart Bio of the Godmother of Afropunk and Riot Grrrl
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Aline: The Bizarre Celine Tribute Film that Flummoxed Cannes Hits English Canada
Therapy Dogs: A Brash Teen Anti-Yearbook Drama, Shot Undercover In Mississauga
The 355: We Liked This All-Star Women-Kick-Butt Thriller A Lot Better When It Was Called Widows
Come Clean: A Sincere But Too-Narrow Look At Addiction
The King’s Daughter: Louis XIV’s Daughter Mind-Melds with A Mermaid
A Hero: Savvy Iranian Film Demonstrates the Universality of 'No Good Deed Goes Unpunished'
Marionette: A Troubled Shrink and A Creepy Child In Wood-Paneled Scottish Thriller
Zeros and Ones: Ethan Hawke Dual-Role Thriller Promises Big, Delivers Small
The Jump: The Tale of a Lithuanian Boat Jumper is Cold War History Told Firsthand
See For Me: Okay, It's Only Mid-January, But Here's the Year's Best Thriller
Brotherhood, Canadian Movies and the Streaming Audience that Loves Them
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Tiny Budgets, Big Ideas: Two Micro-Features Dive Into The Anxious Vortex Of The Times
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Original-Cin Year In Review: 2021’s Best and Worst Movies
By Original-Cin Staff
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The Lost Daughter: Olivia Colman Excels in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Examination of Motherhood and Memory
By Linda Barnard
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The Tragedy of Macbeth: Joel Coen and Denzel Deliver a Powerful 'Scottish Play' for the Present Day
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Licorice Pizza: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Valentine to 70s-Era California is Exhilarating
By Karen Gordon
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The Matrix Resurrections: In A Word, Ridiculous. But Yeah, the Effects are Kinda Cool
Margrete: Queen of the North - Denmark's Historical Monarch is One Tough Mother