Suze: Sweet Drama Soars on Filial Love Found in an Unlikely Place
ReviewJim SlotekSuze, Dane Clark, Linsey Stewart, Michaela Watkins, Charlie Gillespie, Sara Waisglass, Rainbow Sun Francks, Aaron Ashmore, Canadian, Comedy, Drama
The Madones: Scrappy Canadian Film an Homage To Poets And Misfits
ReviewJim SlotekThe Madones, Barrie Dunn, Lucy Decoutere, Tara Doyle, T. Thomason, Lenore Zann, Canadian, Drama, Comedy, Black and white, Mental health issues, Music
Ru: Immigration Drama a Love Letter to Canada
ReviewJim SlotekRu, adaptation, TIFF 23, Charles-Olivier Michaud, Jacques Davidts, Chloe Djandji, Chantal Thuy, Immigrant experience, Drama, Canadian
Humanist Vampire Seeks Consenting Suicidal Person: Bloodless in the Best Way
By Chris Knight
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This Place: A Space for Love, Between Hybrid Identities
So Much Tenderness: Powerful Immigrant Story Showcases Director’s Cinematic Gift
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekSo Much Tenderness, Lina Rodriquez, TIFF 2022, Noëlle Shöenwald, Natalia Aranguren, Francisco Zaldua, Canadian, Immigrant experience, Movies set in Toronto, Drama
Voices Across the Water: Canoe-Building Doc Surprisingly Absorbing, And Free to Watch
ReviewJim SlotekNational Film Board of Canada, Voices Across the Water, Fritz Mueller, Teresa Earle, Available Light Film Festival, Yukon, Alaska, Documentary, Canoe building, Canada, Canadian
Insanity: Doc about Mental Illness Chronicles a Stark Societal Fail
Until Branches Bend: Preachy and Peachy All at Once
ReviewJim SlotekUntil Branches Bend, TIFF 2022, Sophie Jarvis, Grace Glowicki, Alexandra Roberts, Quelemia Sparrow, Lochlyn Munro, Antoine DesRochers, Canadian, Drama, Directorial debut
The Colour of Ink: Blots, Scribbles, and Ink-Stained Happiness
Original-Cin Q&A: You Can Live Forever Filmmakers Locate the Humanity in Misunderstood Religion
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekAnwen O'Driscoll, Liane Balaban, Antoine Yared, June Laporte, You Can Live Forever, Sarah Watts, Mark Slutsky, Canadian, Drama, Gay, Jehovah's Witness
Original-Cin Q&A: Pam Anderson Doc Director on His Subject’s (Not So Surprising) Brilliance
By Bonnie Laufer
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Original-Cin Q&A: Actor Patrick J. Adams on Secrets and Lies in The Swearing Jar
By Bonnie Laufer
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Vandits: Wacky Canuck Heist Film Vulgar, Lowbrow… and Awesome
ReviewJim SlotekVandits, Comedy, Canadian, Canadian comedy, Stu Stone, Tony Nappo, Victoria Turko, Francesco Antonio, Jesse Camacho, Jann Arden, Megan Best, Rob Wells, Enrico Colantoni, Hollywood Suite
Crimes of the Future: Cronenberg’s Cannes-Fêted Latest Predictably Divisive
ReviewJim SlotekCrimes of the Future, Cannes Film Festival, David Cronenberg, Viggo Mortensen, Don McKellar, Nadia Litz, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman, Tanaya Beatty, Léa Seydoux, Thriller, Canadian
Maria Chapdelaine: Latest Adaptation of Classic Quebec Novel a Visual Marvel
By Karen Gordon
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Drifting Snow: Well named strangers-on-a-road-trip drama explores relationships and life in wintry Prince Edward County
ReviewJim SlotekCanadian films, Prince Edward County, Relationship dramas, Drifting Snow, Ryan Noth, Sonja Smits, Jonas Bonnetta, Colin Mochrie, Atom Egoyan’s The Sweet Hereafter, Canadian, Canadian winter as a backdrop, Tess Girard
Enhanced: Familiar Mutants Among Us… But Duller Than Ever
Funny Boy: Canuck Oscar Contender Charts Gay Coming-of-Age Story, Sri Lankan-Style
Review, PreviewJim SlotekAva Duvernay, Deepa Mehta, CBC, Oscar contender, Funnt Boy, Gay themes, Canadian, Sri Lankan, Shyam Selvadurai, adaptation, Alice Munro, Civil War, Sri Lankan civil war
Watson: Doc of Sea Shepherd Founder and Eco-Warrior Drowning in Deference
Review, PreviewJim SlotekPaul Watson, Lesley Chilcott, Watson, Docuementary, Environmental issues, Activism, Oceans, Climate change, Canadian, Greenpeace, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
