Bam Bam: In the Sister Nancy Story, an Artist Finally Gets Her Due
ReviewJim SlotekBam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story, Docuementary, Music documentary, Dancehall, Reggae, Alison Duke, Michie Mee, Renee Neufville, Pete Rock, Janelle Monae, Jamaica
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: What Would Peter Parker Do… in the MCU?
ReviewJim SlotekSpider-Man new animated series, Your Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man, Spider-Man in the MCU, Steve Ditko and Stan Lee stylings, Peter Parker, Marvel Cinematic Universe crossovers, Hudson Thames, Colman Domingo, Hugh Dancy, Charlie Cox
Original-Cin Q&A: Director of Liza Minnelli Documentary Discusses Her Many Mentors
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekLiza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story, Documentary, Liza Minnelli, Director Bruce David Klein, Halston, Fred Ebb, Judy Garland, Vincente Minnelli, Peter Allen, Michael Feinstein, Liza at the Palace, Cabaret, The Sterile Cuckoo
Liza A Truly Terrifically Absolutely True Story: Behind the Sequins, Sweat, and Jazz Hands
ReviewJim SlotekLiza: A Truly Terrifically Absolutely True Story, Docuementary, Liza Minnelli, Mia Farrow, Michael Feinstein, Darren Criss, Ben Vereen, Halston, 1970s, Hot Docs
Flight Risk: A Bumpy Ride that Barely Gets Off the Runway
Star Trek: Section 31 - This May Not Be the Trek You’re Looking For
ReviewJim SlotekStar Trek: Section 31, Star Trek: Discovery spin-off, Michelle Yeoh, Emperor Philippa Georgiou, Director Olatunde Osunsanmi Humberly González, Kacey Rohl, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Captain Rachel Garrett, Yesterday’s Enterprise, Omari Hardwick, Sven Ruygrok, Sam Richardson
Nightbitch: Snarling at Motherhood with Amy Adams
ReviewJim SlotekNightbitch, Adaptation, Marielle Heller, Rachel Yoder, TIFF 24, Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Jessica Harper, Motherhood, Drama, Fantasy
Curl Power: These Young Athletes Have the Stones
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekCurl Power, TIFF 24, Josephine Anderson, Brooklyn Aleksic, Hannah Smeed, Savannah Miley, Amy Wheatcroft, Ashley Dezura, Sports films, coming of age, Teenagers, Women in film, Canadian
Hard Truths: A Tough-Watch Family Affair with the Difficult, the Damaged and the Resilient
ReviewJim SlotekMike Leigh movies, Dysfunctional families, Chronically difficult people, Hard Truths, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, Cinematographer Dick Pope, Tuwaine Barrett, Sophia Brown, Resilience versus Negativity
Original-Cin Chat: Two More Canadians Boldly Go in Star Trek: Section 31
InterviewJim SlotekStar Trek: Section 31, Star Trek: Discovery spin-off, Canadian in Star Trek casts, Humberly González, Kacey Rohl, Persis Khambatta, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Captain Rachel Garrett, Yesterday’s Enterprise, Michelle Yeoh, Emperor Philippa Georgiou, Director Olatunde Osunsanmi
Original-Cin Q&A: Hard Truths' Mike Leigh on Why Casting is Separating Sheep from Goats
By Bonnie Laufer
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Presence: Steven Soderbergh's Intense Family Drama Enough to Spook the Dead
ReviewJim SlotekPresence, Steven Soderberg, TIFF 24, Lucy Lui, Chris Sullivan, Eddie Maday, West Mullholland, Callina Liang, Ghost story, Dysfunctional families
September 5: Docudrama Smartly Captures Complexities of Munich Massacre Coverage
By Karen Gordon
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Wolf Man: Leigh Whannell's Werewolf Tale More Yawn than Howl
Original-Cin Q&A: September 5 Director on the Sports Media Who Covered the Munich Massacre
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekSeptember 5, Docudrama about sports media caught in terrorism, Munich Massacre, 1972 Summer Olympics, Director TIm Fehlberg, Peter Sarsgaard, Ben Chaplin, Roone Arledge, Media in the '70s, John Magaro, Geoffrey Mason
The Last Showgirl: Pamela Anderson Shines in an Underwhelming Take on Dated Vegas
Original-Cin Q&A: The Last Showgirl's Pamela Anderson, No More 'Cartoon Characters,' Yes to Soup
By Bonnie Laufer
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Nickel Boys: Harrowing Real Life Reform School Drama Breaks Visual Rules
ReviewJim SlotekRace-based reform school movie, Nickel Boys, Director/co-writer RaMell Ross, Artistic approaches to mainstream film, Colson Whitehead’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, Films told in p.o.v.., 1947’s Lady in the Lake, Cinematographer Jomo Fray, Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera - If At First You Don’t Succeed, Wait Seven Years and Try Again
By Chris Knight
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Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird - A Rock-Doc of Brotherly Love, Shot from Inside
ReviewJim SlotekRock documentaries, Nicolas Jack Davies’ Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Hardcore band At the Drive-In, Art rock ensemble The Mars Volta, Latino rockers, Maintaining friendships in a band, Church of Scientology, Chrissie Carnell-Bixler, Danny Masterson
