Monster: Hirokazu Kore-eda Paints a Japanese Schoolboy's Troubled Life From Every Angle
By Karen Gordon
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Original-Cin Q&A: Reginald Hudlin - 30 Years Post Boomerang - Reuniting With Eddie Murphy on Candy Cane Lane
By Bonnie Laufer
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Leave the World Behind: This is the Way the World Ends, With Mystery Guests and Unanswered Questions
By Chris Knight
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Saltburn: A Cold, Hard Sleep-Over with a Rich, Dysfunctional Family
By Karen Gordon
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Original-Cin Q&A: Ted Lasso's Hannah Waddingham on Her Apple TV+ Special & Treading the Boards with her Co-Stars
By Bonnie Laufer
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Dream Scenario: The Many Metaphors of Nicolas Cage's Presence in Your Head
Fallen Leaves: Kaurismäki’s Latest Dry Comedy is 'Chaplin-esque,' But Not The Way You Might Think
ReviewJim SlotekFinnish films, Cannes Palme d’Dor nominees, Aki Kaurismäki, Kaurismäki’s proletarian trilogy, Fallen Leaves, Unsmiling lovers, Jussi Vatanen, Alma Pöyst, Martti Suosalo, Nuppu Koivu, Jim Jarmusch, Charlie Chaplin
Thanksgiving: Eli Roth Carves Up a Glib, Gory Horror Comeback
ReviewJim SlotekThanksgiving, horror, Slasher, Eli Roth, Patrick Dempsey, Milo Manheim, Nell Verlaque, Jaylen Thomas Brooks, Tomaso Sanelli, Gina Gershon
Next Goal Wins: Fact-Based Taika Waititi Sports Comedy Fails to Score
By Chris Knight
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Original-Cin Q&A: Director Nick Broomfield on Capturing History Through Rock Docs
The Stones and Brian Jones: Spotlighting a Musical Genius with a Dark Side
ReviewJim SlotekThe Rolling Stones, Brian Jones, The Stones and Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Eric Burdon, Marianne Faithfull, Documentary, Music documentary, Nick Broomfield
Water Docs Film Festival: Free Public Fest Posthumously Honours Sharkwater's Rob Stewart
PreviewJim SlotekShark activist Rob Stewart, Sharkwater, Sharkwater: Extinction, Revolution, Water Docs Film Festival Water Warrior Award, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), Inundation District, House of Adaptation, Bring The Salmon Home, Mariana dam disaster
Napoleon: A Complex Man in a Grand Production
ReviewJim SlotekNapoleon, Sir Ridley Scott, Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Rupert Everett, Tahar Rahim, Ian McNeice, Paul Rhys, Matthew Needham, Historical biopics, Drama
May December: Tabloid Fodder Becomes Moral Gray Zone in Todd Haynes’ Smart Film
ReviewJim SlotekMay December, Todd Haynes, Sami Burch, Alex Mechanik, Charles Melton, Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, Tabloid, Based on a true story, Drama
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Loses Female Protagonist (and Its Appeal)
ReviewJim SlotekThe Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Suzanne Collins, Francis Lawrence, Viola Davis, Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Franchise, Post-apocalyptic thrillers, young adult novels, young adult
Shorts Not Pants Film Fest: Bits and Bites of the Best in Abbreviated Storytelling
Review, PreviewJim SlotekShort film showcases, Shorts Not Pants Film Festival, Ice Merchants, Oscar short film nominee, A History of the World According to Getty Images, Iranian short film The Sprayer, Municipal Relaxation Module, Egyptian film I Promise You Paradise, Knight of Fortune (Ridder Lykke), Nakwaxda’xw elder, Ritchie Hemphill and Ryan Haché, Yanni, Making Babies (Faire un enfant)
Designer $hit: Could Poo Cure What Ails You?
By Karen Gordon
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Original-Cin Q&A: Director of the Doc Cynara Talks Rush-to-Judgment in the Trial of a Dead Teen's Mom
For All Mankind: Imaginative What If? Series Scores Again in Season 4
By Chris Knight
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Testament: Denys Arcand's 'Médius' (Middle Finger) to All Sides of the PC Phenomenon
By Chris Knight
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