The Wait: Plenty of Atmosphere, Not Enough Story
ReviewJim SlotekThe Wait, Spanish Films, Horror, F. Javier Gutierrez, Ruth Diaz, Pedro Casablanc, Victor Clavijo, Drama, Thriller, Morality tale, Fable
Frankie Freako: A Film That Could Work… If It Were 1986
ReviewJim SlotekFrankie Freako, Comedy, Horror, Canadian comedy, Stephen Kostanski, Conor Sweeney, Adam Brooks, Kristy Wordsworth, Matthew Kennedy, Rich Evans, Meredith Sweeney, 1980s
Matt and Mara: Not Quite a Romance, But Two People Who Disrupt Each Other's World
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekDirector Kazik Radwanski, Conflicted relationships, How Heavy This Hammer, Anne at 13, 000 ft., Matt and Mara, Films set in Toronto, Deragh Campbell, Matt Johnson, Mournir Al Shami
Saturday Night: The Chaos of SNL's Opening Night is a Non-Stop Roller-Coaster of Anxiety
ReviewJim SlotekSaturday Night Live, Saturday Night movie, Director/co-writer Jason Reitman, 1975, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Young actors playing comedy legends, Lamorne Morris, Ella Hunt, Cory Michael Smith, Gabriel LaBelle, J.K. Simmons, Milton Berle
Original-Cin Q&A: Slow Horses' Jack Lowden on Producing The Outrun and Casting His Wife Saoirse Ronan
By Bonnie Läufer
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Original-Cin Chat: Saturday Night director Jason Reitman on SNL's Generational Reach
InterviewJim SlotekSaturday Night Live, Saturday Night movie, Director/co-writer Jason Reitman, 1975, Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, John Belushi, Young actors playing comedy legends, Lamorne Morris, Ella Hunt, Cory Michael Smith, Gabriel LaBelle, J.K. Simmons, Milton Berle
Original-Cin Chat: The Invisibles' Bruce Greenwood Ponders 'Surfing' Through Life
The Wild Robot: Marooned Automaton Seeks Meaning in an Animated Film that's All Heart
ReviewJim SlotekAnimated films, Robot protagonists, Talking animals, AIs as surrogate mothers, The Wild Robot, Directed by Chris Sanders, Lupita Nyong’o, Mark Hamill, Ving Rhames, Catherine O’Hara
Seeking Mavis Beacon: Image is Everything in Uneven Documentary
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
