MaXXXine: Horrormeister Ti West and Muse Mia Goth Hit a Hollywood High With Trilogy's End
ReviewJim SlotekIndie horror films, Director Ti West, MaXXXine, Horror trilogy, Mia Goth, Serial killer The Night Stalker, Seamy side of Hollywood, Elizabeth Debicki, Michelle Monaghan, Giancarlo Esposito, Kevin Bacon
KILL: The Name Says It All, As Bollywood Goes Full Die-Hard-On-a-Train
Valley of Exile: When Coping with War is 'Women's Work'
Last Summer: Charged French Familial Drama Raises Fraught Questions, Dodges Answers
Despicable Me 4: Fun Family Franchise Continues (but with Extra Subversion)
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekDespicable Me 4, Franchise, Animation, Kid's Movies, Chris Renaud, Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Joey King, Will Ferrell, Minions, Gru
A Man of Reason: Manslaughter A'Plenty, Reason Not So Much
Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1: Costner’s Western Slow but Satisfying
ReviewJim SlotekHorizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1, western, Historical drama, Kevin Costner, Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone, Will Patton, Owen Crow Shoe, Series, American history
Freydís and Gudrid: An Original Viking Opera Hits High Notes in Drama and Romance
ReviewJim Slotek"Viking opera", Freydís and Gudrid, Eric the Red, Bryan Glenn Davis, Micaëla Oeste, Bray Wilkins, Raymon Geis, Kirsten Chambers, Films in black-and-white, Director, composer and screenwriter Jeffrey Leiser
A Quiet Place: Day One: A Quiet Audience is Still the Best Litmus Test for This Horror Franchise
Green Border: Agnieszka Holland’s Refugee Tale Targets Poland's Cruel 'Exclusion Zone'
ReviewJim SlotekMovies about refugee crisis in Europe, Green Border, Agnieszka Holland, Belarusian-orchestrated migrant crisis, Polish "exclusion zone", Dalia Naous, Al Rashi Mohamad, Jalal Altawil, Behi Djanati Atai, Maja Ostaszewska, Jury prize at the 2023 Venice Film Festival
Daddio: Smart Two-Hander Showcases Great Performances and Universal Truths
Kinds of Kindness: Yorgos Lanthimos Offers Three Kinds, All Weirdly Undercooked
ReviewJim SlotekYorgos Lanthimos, Provocative critical hits, Poor Things, Kinds of Kindness, Anthology features, Jesse Plemons, Margaret Qualley, Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Writer Efthimis Filippou, Mamoudou Athie, Hong Chau
Brats: Did We Ruin The Brat Pack's Lives by Liking Them Too Much? Hmmm....
ReviewJim SlotekThe Brat Pack, Documentary Brats, Director Andrew McCarthy, Journalist David Blum, St. Elmo’s Fire, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Emilio Estevez, Jon Cryer, Molly Ringwald, The effect of youthful fame
The Boy in The Woods: A True Story of Survival During WWII
The Bikeriders: Biker Film is Born to Be Wild, But Doomed to Be Mild
The Great Salish Heist: Comedy with a Message of Indigenous Artifact Repatriation
ReviewJim SlotekThe Great Salish Heist, Darrell Dennis, Leslie D. Bland, Harold Joe, Ashley Callingbull, Graham Greene, Tricia Helfer, Oakville Festivals of Film & Art, National Indigenous Peoples Day, Craig Lauzon, indigenous films, Canadian cinema, Heist films, Caper comedies
Thelma: A Charming Geriatric Mission Impossible Caper
ReviewJim SlotekThelma, Josh Margolin, first feature, June Squibb, Parker Posey, Fred Hechinger, Clark Gregg, Malcolm McDowell, Richard Roundtree, Drama, Comedy, Films about the elderly
Inside Out 2: Pixar's Lovely Look at the Emotional Rollercoaster that Is Puberty
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekInside Out 2, Pixar films, Animation, Kelsey Mann, Kensington Tallman, Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke, Phyllis Smith, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Adèle Exarchopolis, Limimar, Yvette Nicole Brown, Ayo Edebiri, Tony Hale, Sequel, Children
Tuesday: Fantastical Meaning-of-Life Drama Beats the Odds to Deliver Hope
ReviewJim SlotekTuesday, Daina Oniunas-Pusić, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lola Petticrew, Arinzé Kene, Leah Harvey, Meaning of life, Death, Drama, UK setting, Mother-daughter
Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara Offers Uneven Telling of Amazing True Tale
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekKidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara, Marco Bellocchio, TIFF 23, Enea Sala, Leonardo Maltese, Paolo Pierobon, fact-based drama, Italian, 18th century, Catholic church
