Jeanne du Barry: Meh Period Piece Finds French-Speaking Johnny Depp Amid Much Finery
ReviewJim SlotekPeriod piece films, French films, Cannes, Jeanne du Barry, Maïwenn, Johnny Depp, Melvil Poupaud, Benjamin Lavernhe, Royalty, Stories about kings, Costume drama
Thank You, Good Night: The Bon Jovi Story Paints the Superstar with an Earthbound Face
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekDocumentary, Music documentary, Thank you, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story, Gotham Chopra, Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, Tico Torres, Richie Sambora, Alec John Such, Disney+, Streaming
Challengers: All’s Fair In 15-Love and War
By Chris Knight
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Boy Kills World: A Fun and Twisted Coming-of-Rage Story
ReviewJim SlotekBoy Kills World, TIFF '23, Moritz Mohr, Bill Skarsgård, Famke Janssen, Nicolas Crovetti, Cameron Crovetti, Quinn Copeland, Yayan Ruhian, sci-fi, Dystopian stories
Occupied City: Steve McQueen’s Original Take of Amsterdam Under the Nazis
I Don’t Know Who You Are: An Anxious, Empathetic Medical Odyssey
ReviewJim SlotekSexual assault aftermath, I Don’t Know Who You Are, Writer/filmmaker M.H.Murray, The Bicycle Thieves, Vittorio De Sica, Movies set in Toronto, Mark Clennon, Nat Patricia Manuel, Unreliable friends, Cinematographer Dmitry Lopatin
Dead Boy Detectives: Spinoff (sort of) of Gaiman's Sandman Intros a New Supernatural Scooby Gang
ReviewJim SlotekNeil Gaiman, Comics turned into TV series, Dead Boy Detectives, DC Comics of Magic, The Sandman universe, Kirby Jean Baptiste, Teen ghost detectives, George Rexstrew, Jayden Revri, Netflix
The Inventor: Stephen Fry Voices da Vinci in a Kid-Film About the Power of Questions
ReviewJim SlotekChildren's films about historical figures, Leonardo da Vinci, The Inventor, Stephen Fry, Cardinal De Medici, Pope Leo X, Matt Berry, Writer/co-director Jim Capobianco, Ratatouille, Rankin/Bass Christmas specials
Wings Over Water: Gorgeous Nature Doc is Perfect Family Fare for Earth Day
Sasquatch Sunset: Absurdist, Sad, Gross - That's the Way They Became the Bigfoot Bunch
By Karen Gordon
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Abigail: Dracula’s Daughter Makeover is Bloody Good Fun
ReviewJim SlotekChild vampire movies, Abigail, Universal Classic Monsters, Dracula's Daughter remake, Alisha Weir, Radio Silence horror collective, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, Melissa Barrera, Kathryn Newton, Dan Stevens, Kevin Durand
Irena’s Vow: A Glimpse of Heroic Holocaust History Even as History Repeats Itself
ReviewJim SlotekIrena’s Vow, TIFF 23, WWII, Nazis, Nazi era Poland, Louise Archambault, Dan Gordon, Sophie Nélisse, Dougray Scott, Maciej Nawrocki
Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World: Seriously Funny, Timely Romanian Journey into Night
ReviewJim SlotekRomanian films, Do No Expect Too Much From the End of the World, Radu Jude, Social comedy and comment, Uber driver, Movies interacting with other movies, Black and white filming, Ilinca Manolache, Uwe Boll, 1981 film Angela Moves On, Lucian Bratu, Nina Hoss, Films about exploitative film production
The Beast: Brainy French Sci-Fi Romance Juggles Themes - Part Period Piece, Part Future Shock
By Karen Gordon
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Before I Change My Mind: A Non-Binary 80s High School Musical
ReviewJim SlotekCanadian feature debut, Canadian drama, Before I Change My Mind, Trevor Anderson, Fish Griwkowsky, Vaughn Murrae, Dominic Lippa, Lacey Oake, Matthew Rankin, Kirstin Johnston, Shannon Blanchet, coming of age, 1980s, Non-binary, Teenagers, Comedy
Food, Inc. 2: You Are What You Eat (Gulp) in This Must-See Sequel
ReviewJim SlotekFood, Inc. 2, Documentary, Food films, Robert Kenner, Melissa Robledo, Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Senator Jon Tester, Senator Cory Booker, Animals, Animal agriculture, Agricultute, Farming
Our Living World: A Peek at a Magnificent Planet Humans Don’t Really Deserve
Sting: Space Spiders Give Australian B-Movies an Upgrade
ReviewJim SlotekSting, Horror, Spiders, Spiders from space, Australian, Kiah Roache-Turner, Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Noni Hazelhurst, Penelope Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Jermaine Fowler, Danny Kim, Silvia Colloca, New York setting, Sci fi
All You Need is Death: An Untraditional Horror Film About Traditional Music
With Love and a Major Organ: A Gently Dystopian Dramedy with Abundant Heart
By Chris Knight
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