Toronto Japanese Film Festival: Samurai, Thrills, Tofu and A Social Mirror
PreviewJim SlotekTsugaru Lacquer Girl, Toronto Japanese Film Festival, Don't Lose Your Head!, The Boy and The Heron – Special Edition, The Boy and the Heron Special Edition, The Klutzy Witch, Life Is Climbing, Mr. Jimmy, Landscapes of Home, Revolver Lily, Don’t Call It Mystery, Matched, All the Long Nights, Great Absence, Kanasando, Stay Mum, Mom, Mom Is That You?, Takano Tofu, Egoist, The Dancing Okami, (Ab)Normal Desire, MIssing
The Acolyte: The Prequel-est Prequel Series is Star Wars Without the Baggage
Original-Cin Q&A: Director Pablo Berger, on Why the Oscar-nom Robot Dreams is Like Lasagna
By Bonnie Laufer
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In a Violent Nature: Honours Its Titular Promise… and Ruins Yoga for Everyone
ReviewJim SlotekIn a Violent Nature, Horror, Slasher, slasher flick, Chris Nash, Ry Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic, Cameron Love, Sundance, Yoga
Eric: Bizarro Drama Takes a Deep Dive into Darkest 80s-Era New York
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekEric, Nteflix, Abi Morgan, Lucy Forbes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Gaby Hoffman, Ivan Howe, McKinely Belcher III, 1980s, New York, Drama
Gasoline Rainbow: 'Docu-fiction' Gen-Z Road Trip Clings to a Kinder, Gentler American Vibe
ReviewJim SlotekImprovised fiction, Gen Z road trips, Gasoline Rainbow, Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross, Tony Aburto, Micah Bunch, Nichole Dukes, Characters "finding themselves", Kinder gentler America, MUBI streaming service
Backspot: Ace Drama Spotlights Perils and Athleticism of Cheerleading
By Chris Knight
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Handling the Undead: Norwegian Zombie Film is Light on Zombies but Big On Grief
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekHandling the Undead, Thea Hvistendahl, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bjørn Sundquist, Bahar Pars, lga Damai, Bente Børsum, Norwegian movies, Zombies, Drama, Movies about grief, The Undead, the unexplained, Supernatural thriller
Plastic People: Hot Docs Cinema to Bid Au Revoir With An Alarming Look at Our Bodies' Plastic Bits
Ezra: Great Cast Keeps Family Drama Out of the Maudlin Zone
ReviewJim SlotekEzra, Family drama, TIFF 23, Tony Goldwyn, Tony Spiridakis, Bobby Cannavale, William A. Fitzgerald, Rose Byrne, Vera Farmiga, Whoopi Goldberg, Rainn Wilson, Kids on the spectrum, Autism
Original-Cin Q&A: DJ-Turned-Director D.W. Waterson Talks Backspot and Hard-Core Cheerleading
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekMovies about competitive cheerleading, Backspot, Canadian films, Toronto International Film Festival, DJs turned director, D.W. Waterson, Elliot Page, Devery Jacobs, Evan Rachel Wood, Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Into the Forest, Producer Alona Metzer
Spark: Drama Puts Clever, Winning Time-Loop Twist on Rom-Com Formula
ReviewJim SlotekSpark, Nicholas Giuricich, Theo Germaine, Danell Leyva, Vico Oritz, Inside Out, Inside Out Film Festival, Gay themes, Drama, Time loops, World Premiere
Man Ray Return to Reason: Everything Old is New Again
Raphael: A Portrait Sheds Essential Light on One of History’s Greatest Artists
Hit Man: Richard Linklater’s Easygoing Modern Noir Ponders Identity
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekHit Man, Richard Linklater, TIFF 23, Glenn Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Rette, Sanjay Rao, Drama, Comedy, fact-based drama
Inside Out Film and Video Festival: The Past is Present
PreviewJim SlotekInside Out, 2SLGBTQ+, Toronto Festival, My Old Ass, Megan Park, Maisy Stella, Aubrey Plaza, Brian J. Smith, A House Is Not a Disco, All Shall Be Well, Ray Yeung, Patra Au Ga-man, Maggie Li Lin-Lin, Rookie, Dalton’s Dream, Kim Longinotto, Franky Murray Brown, Susie Yankou, Sisters, Sarah Khasrovi, Conor McNally, nanekawâsis, Uncommonly Normal, Colette Johnson-Vosberg, David Secter, Winter Kept Us Warm
Bending Light: Two Astronomers, One Eclipse, and Zero Room for Error Vetting Einstein’s Theory
Original-Cin Interview: 'Recovering Actor' Jonathan Frakes on Directing Star Trek: Discovery
InterviewJim SlotekActors turned director, Jonathan Frakes, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Discovery, Episode 509, “Lagrange Point”, Sonequa Martin-Green, Eve Harlow, The Breen, Callum Keith Rennie
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga - Epic Action and Still Very Mad, Minus the Max
'I Saw the TV Glow,' So You Don't Have To (But You Still Might Want To)
