Stax: Soulsville U.S.A.: The Soundtrack Studio of a Race-Based Social Shift Gets Its Close-Up Doc Series
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekStax Records, HBO's Stax: Soulville U.S.A., Civil Rights movement, Memphis, Tennessee, Otis Redding, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Carla and Rufus Thomas, Sam & Dave, Jim Stewart, Estelle Axton, Director Jamila Wignot, Crave TV
The Strangers: Chapter One - Same One Note Premise, Too Thin Even For Renny Harlin to Stretch
Limbo: Spare Aussie Noir Captures a History of Racial Inequity
ReviewJim SlotekLimbo, Ivan Sen, Simon Baker, Rob Collins, Natasha Wanganeen, TIFF 23, Australian, Indigenous themed films, Aboriginal films, Black and white, Drama
Sweetland: Thoughtful Tale of a Newfoundland Hamlet So Dead Even the Ghosts Abandon It
By Chris Knight
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IF: John Krasinski's Heartwarming Take on the Comfort of Childhood Imagination
Original-Cin Q&A: You Can't Run Forever's J.K. Simmons on Going Psycho With His Wife, Daughter and Son
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekJ.K. Simmons, Film stars working with multiple family members, You Can’t Run Forever, Filmmaker Michelle Schumacher, Olivia Simmons, Joe Simmons, I'm Not Here, Sebastian Stan, Jason Reitman’s SNL 1975, Milton Berle
Back To Black: The Coles Notes Version of Amy Winehouse's Life
ReviewJim SlotekBack To Black, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Matt Greenhaigh, Marisa Abela, Lesley Manville, Eddie Marsan, Biopic, Amy Winehouse, Drama, British
New Life: A Lot Like an Old Life, But Still Worth Living
ReviewJim SlotekNew Life, John Rosman, Hayley Erin, Sonya Walger, Tony Amendola, Blaine Palmer, Betty Moyer, first feature, Thriller, Horror, Apocalyptic themes
The Burning Season: Not All Flames are Instantly Visible
Doctor Who: Rebooted Time-Travel Series Gets Fresh, Fun Update
By Chris Knight
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Evil Does Not Exist: A Potent Japanese Eco-Fable from the Director of Drive My Car
ReviewJim SlotekEvil Does Not Exist, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Hitoshi Omika, Ryô Nishikawa, Ryûji Kosaka, Ayaka Shibutani, TIFF 2023, Japanese films, Environmental messages, Environmental issues, Drama
Bodkin: Will Forte is a Podcaster Investigating a Cold Case in Rural Ireland in new Netflix Series
By Karen Gordon
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We Grown Now: A Powerful Evocation of Childhood… and Recent History
ReviewJim SlotekWe Grown Now, Minhal Baig, Blake Cameron James, Gian Knight Ramirez, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jurnee Smollett, TIFF 2023, Black lived experience, Drama, American
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes: Still Monkeying Around En Route to Planetary Apehood
ReviewJim SlotekKingdom of the Planet of the Apes, La Planète des singes by Pierre Boule, Owen Teague, Motion capture performance, Director Wes Ball, Kevin Durand, Apes with human technology, William H. Macy, Peter Macon, Freya Allan
The Coffee Table: Most Terrifying Film This Year. Just Imagine If it Had a Villain…
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire - The Sith Have Stories Too (And May the Fourth Be With You)
The Fall Guy: Hilarious and Thrilling Double-Genre Spoof - Just Add Popcorn
Mayworks Festival: Someone’s Still Doing the Dirty Work
PreviewJim SlotekMayworks, Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts, Richelieu, Pier-Phillipe Chevigny, Marc-André Grondin, Ariane Castellanos, Marwan Barghouthi, Sophia Scott, Georgia Scott, Tomorrow’s Freedom
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
