What We Do in the Shadows' Final Season: Slacker Vamps Do the Bare-Toothed Minimum
ReviewJim SlotekSeries' final seasons, What We Do in the Shadows, Slacker vampires in Staten Island, Kayvan Novak, Natasia Demetriou, Matt Berry, Mark Proksch, Harvey Guillén, Michael Patrick O’Brien, Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement
Star Trek: Lower Decks – Growing Up a Little in its Final Season
Review, PreviewJim SlotekAnimated Star Trek series, Star Trek: Lower Decks final season, Spoofing the Trek franchise, Young Starfleet officers grow up, Show creator Mike McMahan, Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, Eugene Cordero
Goodrich: Mr. Mom Now Mr. Grandma-To-Be in Well-Meaning Dramedy
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekGoodrich, Dramedy, Hallie Meyers-Shyer, Single dad, Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Carmen Ejogo, Mila Kunis, Los Angeles, Family drama
We Live in Time: Come for the Predictable Romantic Dramedy, Stay for the Chemistry
By Karen Gordon
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Join Or Die: Doc Argues Community Engagement Key to Preserving Health and Democracy
ReviewJim SlotekJoin or Die, Docuementary, Social Capital, Rebecca Davis, Pete Davis, Bob Putnam, Hillary Clinton, Pete Buttigieg, Vivek Murthy, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Glenn Loury
Original-Cin Q&A: Hallie Meyers-Shyer on Drawing from Her Filmmaker Dad's Life for Goodrich
By Bonnie Laufer
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Monkey on a Stick: A Tacky Tale of Murder, Abuse… and Chanting
Rumours: No Need to Protest this Bizarre G7 Horror-Comedy
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekWinnipeg’s Guy Maddin, Winnipeg Film Group, Rumours, Co-directors Galen and Evan Johnson, The G7, Roy Dupuis, Alicia Vikander, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Denis Ménochet, Charles Dance
Smile 2: Iffy Sequel Turns Those Freaky Smiles into Frowns
Original-Cin Q&A: Rumours' Guy Maddin and Co-Directors Laugh Off Accusations of Comedy
Girl Haunts Boy: Good Ideas Lurk Under All the Fluff
ReviewJim SlotekGirl Haunts Boy, YA, YA entertainment and themes, Emily Ting, Andrea Navedo, Phoebe Holden, Michael Cimino, Peyton List, Girl power, Haunting, Ghosts
Compulsus: Vengeance, Thy Name Is Woman
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekCompulsus, Tara Thorne, Lesley Smith, Kathleen Dorian, Directorial debut, Vengeance, Female Vengeance, Thriller, Drama, Lesbian
Original-Cin Q&A: Heather Graham on the Trials of Directing and Landing a Bankable Star
By Bonnie Laufer
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The Apprentice: The Miseducation of Donald J. Trump
Woman of the Hour: The War Between Men and Women Propels Ace True-Crime Drama
Don’t F**k with Ghosts: Low-Budget Comedy F**ks with Faux Phantoms for Fun… and Fright
ReviewJim SlotekDon’t F**ck with Ghosts, Comedy, Horror, Horror-comedy, Canadian, Stuart Stone, Adam Rodness, Josh Cruddas, Ken Sky, Tony Nappo, Ray Strachan
Happy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field Is Exactly as Advertised
ReviewJim SlotekHappy Clothes: A Film About Patricia Field, Documentary, Fashion, Fashion icons, Michael Selditch, Patricia Field, Darren Star, Kim Cattrall, Lily Collins, Sarah Jessica Parker, The Devil Wears Prada, Sex and the City, Ugly Betty, Emily in Paris
Joker: Folie à Deux - A Mad Musical, Court Procedurial, Fantasy-Filled Vision that is DEFINITELY not Canon
The Outrun: Orkney Landscape Underscores the Power of Setting, Fellowship in Addiction Recovery Tale
ReviewJim SlotekThe Outrun, Adaptation, Alcoholism, Scotland, Nora Fingscheidt, Amy Liptrot, Saoirse Ronan, Stephen Dillane, Saskia Reeves, Memoir
Blink: Visually Gorgeous, Heartfelt Doc Illustrates What Counts Most in the World
