Die Alone: A Love Story to Literally Rip Your Heart Out
Sugarcane: Devastating Doc about Canadian Residential Schools Should be Required Viewing
ReviewJim SlotekSugarcane, documentary, Canada, Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Charlene Belleau, Rick Gilbert, Chief Willie Sellars, Ed Archie Noisecat, Indigenous themed films, Residential Schools
Megalopolis: What’s The Big Idea? Francis Ford Coppola Has Many, And They All Live Here
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekMegalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola, Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, TIFF 24, Drama, Sci fi, Cannes, Futuristic
Lee: Kate Winslet Shines In A Film About War Seen Through A Woman’s Eyes
ReviewJim SlotekLee, Biopic, TIFF 23, Ellen Kuras, Kate Winslet, Noémie Merlant, Andy Samberg, Josh O’Connor, Andrea Riseborough, Marion Cotillard, Alexander Skarsgård, World War II, Drama, Women's stories
Nobody Wants This: Kristen Bell And Adam Brody Bring Big Chemistry to An L.A. Love Story
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekNobody Wants This, Netflix, rom-com, Erin Foster, Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, Timothy Simons, Tovah Feldshuh, Justine Lupe, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Series
Mountains: A Wiser, Kinder View of Haitian Immigrants
ReviewJim SlotekMountains, TIFF 23, Monica Sorelle, Chris Renois, Sheila Anozier, Atibon Nazaire, Immigrant experience, Haitian stories, Haitian experience, Drama
Will & Harper: A Comedian in a Car with his Confidante Tests Middle America's Humanity
A Different Man: Finding the Face that Defines You, Society Be Damned
An Unfinished Journey: The Forgotten Women of Afghanistan, and the Ones Who Fled to Fight On
Wolfs: Pitt and Clooney Rekindle Chemistry as Competing 'Fixers' in an Unchallenging Action Comedy
By Karen Gordon
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My Old Ass: Texting-Across-Time Sets Up a Funny and Tender First-Love Story
The Invisibles: Imaginative Film Asks, Is It Better to Be Not Seen Than Hurt?
Agatha All Along: WandaVision's Surprise Witch-Villain is Powerless to Save Her Own Series
The Substance: Do I Look Fat in This Movie? Demi Moore Kicks Ass in Body Horror Extravaganza
ReviewJim SlotekThe Substance, Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, TIFF 24, Midnight Madness movies, Body horror, Thriller, Aging issues, Aging, Toxic Beauty, Coralie Fargeat, Comedy
Transformers One: A Return to Their Animated Roots, With More 'Reveals' Than Meets the Eye
TIFF '24: Offering Our Likes and Dislikes at the 49th Festival... and Some Free Advice
By Original-Cin Staff
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ReviewJim SlotekTIFF 24, Anora, Megalopolis, The Brutalist, Rumours, The Deb, Universal Language, The Substance, Seeds, Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, Matt and Mara, Saturday Night, You Are Not Alone, Will & Harper, Bonjour Tristesse, Millers in Marriage, Russians at War, Emilia Pérez, The Last Showgirl, The Life of Chuck, The Last Republican
The Deb: TIFF '24's Muted Closing Gala was a Mean Girl-ish Musical That Should Be Heard
ReviewJim SlotekToronto International Film Festival, TIFF '24, Teen movie musicals, Australian movie musicals, Actors turned director, Rebel Wilson, The Deb, Charlotte MacInnes, Natalie Abbott, Naomi Sequeira
TIFF ’24: What to See at This Year’s Fest, Sept. 13
By Original-Cin Staff
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Review, PreviewJim SlotekTIFF 24, Dead Talents Society, Midnight Madness, Happyend, Centrepiece, TIFF Next Wave Selects, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Special Presentations, Pedro Páramo, Platform, Seven Days, The Quiet Ones, Discovery, The Substance, They Will Be Dust, Emilia Pérez, The Shadow Strays, The Penguins Lessons, The Last Republican, On Swift Horses, Russians at War, Else, Do I Know You From Somewhere?, The Gesuidouz
Speak No Evil: A Rousingly Entertaining Thriller, and That's Disappointing
The Critic: Ian McKellen Shines Dishing Out Murderous Opinions in an Imperfect Film
