The Teachers' Lounge: Mean Modern Society Plays Out In Microcosm in German Oscar Contender
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekGerman International Oscar Contenders, The Teachers’ Lounge, Director Ilker Çatak, Schoolroom drama, Microcosms of modern society, Leonie Benesch, Eva Löbau, Leo Stettnisch, Anne-Kathrin Gummich, Johannes Duncker, Movies about suspicion and guilt
The Settlers: A Stylish Chilean Neo-Western On A Brutal Theme
ReviewJim SlotekThe Settlers, Chile, Chilean films, Felipe Gálvez, Antonia Girardi, Mark Stanley, Benjamin Westfall, Luis Machin, Adriana Stuven, Sam Spruell, Oscar contender
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer - A Light Life's Journey, from Psychodrama Auteur to Philosopher Poet
ReviewJim SlotekWerner Herzog, Documentary Werner Herzog: Radical Dreame, New German Cinema, Rainer Werner Fassbender, Wim Wenders, Volker Schlöndorff, Pop-culture German philosopher, Thomas von Steinaecker, Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams
I.S.S.: In Space, No One Can Hear You Scheme
By Chris Knight
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Memory: Memorable Performances Distinguish Michel Franco's Poignant Drama
Origin: Ava DuVernay Invites Deep Thought with a Profoundly Moving Film
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekOrigin, adaptation, Ava DuVernay, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Niecy Nash-Betts, Audra MacDonald, Nick Offerman, Blair Underwood, Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, racism, Films about racism
Original-Cin Q&A: How Director Laetitia Colombani’s Novel The Braid Returned Her to the Screen
ReviewJim SlotekThe Braid, Laetitia Colombani, Kim Raver, Fotinì Peluso, Mia Maelzer, adaptation, Women's lives, Women in film, Drama, India, Italy, Canada
Death and Other Details: Mandy Patinkin as 'The World's Greatest Detective' is Light, Twisty Fun
By Karen Gordon
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The Beekeeper: Jason Statham Actioner Politically Iffy But Relentlessly Entertaining
Some Other Woman: Confusing Film Maybe Needed Some Other Writer
The Book of Clarence: Miraculously Straddles the Line Between Send-Up and Sacrilege
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekSpoofs of religion, The Book of Clarence, Fake Messiahs, LaKeith Stanfield, RJ Cyler, Mary Magdalene, Mother Mary, Alfre Woodard, Anna Diop, James McAvoy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jeymes Samuel
Freud’s Last Session: Narnia versus the Id, Ego and Superego - No One Wins
Mean Girls: Surprise! Musical Remake of Classic Teen Comedy Fails to Best the Original
ReviewJim SlotekMean Girls, Musical, Adaptation, Samantha Jayne, Arturo Perez Jr, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Jon Hamm, Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, Jaquel Spivey, Auliʻi Cravalho, Avantika, Bebe Wood
Criminal Record: Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo Go Toe-To-Toe in Brit Crime Drama
ReviewJim SlotekCriminal Record, Streaming, Paul Rutman, Shaun James Grant, Jim Loach, Cush Jumbo, Peter Capaldi, Apple TV+, Cop drama, British, crime drama
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters - As the Season Finale Looms, It's Time For Some Big Love
ReviewJim SlotekMonarch: Legacy of Monsters, Apple TV+, M.U.T.Os (Massive Unknown Terrestrial Organisms), Godzilla, Wyatt Russell, Kurt Russell, Fathers and sons playing the same character, Mari Yamamoto, Anders Holm, Ren Watabe, Japanese Kaiju
Night Swim: Something Wicked This Way Swims… and Quickly Sinks
ReviewJim SlotekNight Swim, Thriller, Bryce McGuire, Jason Blum, James Wan, Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amélie Hoeferie, Gavin Warren, Ben Sinclair, Nancy Lenehan
Seven Winters in Tehran: Chilling Doc Exposes Horrors of Life for Women in Iran
Year In Review: 2023’s Best, Worst, and Weirdest Movies
By Original-Cin Staff
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ReviewJim SlotekYear in review, 2023, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, Quiz Lady, The Holdovers, Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, Retrograde, Shortcomings, You Hurt My Feelings, Afire, No One Will Save You, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Chuck Chuck Baby, Shame on Dry Land, Cocaine Bear, La Chimera, Dream Scenario, John Wick: Chapter 4, Who’s Yer Father?, The Royal Hotel, Haunted Mansion, Elemental, The Teacher's Lounge, Beau is Afraid, Flora and Son, The Exorcist: Believer, Memory, The Zone of Interest, The Eternal Memory, Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, Anatomy of a Fall, Perfect Days, Showing Up, Bottoms, Going In, The Delinquents, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, The Marvels, Guardians of the Galaxy
The Color Purple: Good, but Not Better Than the Book
ReviewJim SlotekThe Color Purple, Blitz Bazawule, Marcus Gardley, Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, Alan Grier, Colman Domingo, Adaptation, Based on a Broadway musical, African-American actors
Ferrari: A Disturbing Crash-For-The-Ages Aside, Michael Mann's Biopic Tells a Solid Story of a Driven Man
By Chris Knight
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