Grand Theft Hamlet: A Fascinating Mashup of 17th-Century Theatre, 21st-Century Gaming, and Pandemic Lockdown
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekGrand Theft Hamlet, Sam Crane, Pinny Grylls, Mark Oosterveen, MUBI, Shakespeare, Video game, Animation, British, Documentary
Parthenope: Naples' Most Beguiling Woman Exists But for Males to Gaze Upon
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekThe male gaze, Italian movies, Paolo Sorrentino, Parthenope, Celeste Dalla Porta, Paralyzingly beautiful female characters, Daniele Rienzo, Peppe Lanzetta, Silvio Orlando, John Cheever, Gary Oldman
The Monkey: Sets the Bar as the Horror to Beat in 2025
Eat The Night: Sex, Drugs and a Video Game
ReviewJim SlotekEat The Night, coming of age, French films, Cannes, Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel, Lila Gueneau, Erwan Kepoa Falé, Théo Cholbi, Teens, video game movies
The White Lotus, S3: Thailand Hosts Another Addictive Round of Sunlit Seven Deadly Sins
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe White Lotus, Season 3, Writer/director Mike White, Scandal and transgressive behaviour, Thailand, Parker Posey, Jason Isaacs, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Walton Goggins, Christian Friedel, Lurid sunlit mini-series
Captain America: Brave New World - Not Really Brave, Not Really New, But It'll Do
7 Beats Per Minute: Doc About Freediving Champ Plunges Viewers into Deep Thought
Invincible Season 3: As Close to a Meaty, Modern Comic Book Experience As It Gets
ReviewJim SlotekComic books faithfully turned into series, Invincible Season 3, Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series, Super-powered extraterrestrial, Steven Yeun, Teenage superhero, J.K. Simmons, Fred Tatasciore, Mark Hamill, Seth Rogen, Walton Goggins
Atomic Reaction: New Doc Explores Canada’s Role in The Manhattan Project
Heart Eyes: This Rom-Com/Slasher Mash-Up is a Surprise Crowd Pleaser
Bring Them Down: B-a-a-a-d Times in Rural Ireland
ReviewJim SlotekBring Them Down, TIFF 24, Drama, Movies set in Ireland, Christopher Andrews, Christopher Abbott, Barry Keoghan, Paul Ready, Nora-Jane Noone, Violent, Family drama
Love Hurts: Hate the Act, Love the Actor
By Chris Knight
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Universal Language: A Farsi-cal What-If Fever Dream of Winnipeg and this Country
ReviewJim SlotekAlternate Canadian reality, Matthew Rankin’s Universal Language, Farsi as an official Canadian language, Canada’s submission for an Oscar, Cinematographer Isabelle Stachtchenko, Films set in Winnipeg, Writers Pirouz Nemati and Ila Firouzabadi, Pirouz Nemati, Louis Riel, Rojina Esmaeili, Saba Vahedyousefi
Look At Me: A Portrait of The Artist as An Insecure Man
By Chris Knight
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Dark Match: Pro Wrestling Goes From Fake to Fatal in Genre-Mashing Horror Film
ReviewJim SlotekWrestling/horror mashup, Dark Match, Director, Lowell Dean, WolfCop, Fake violence turns real, Ayisha Issa, Sara Canning, Steven Ogg, Michael Eklund, Mo Adan, Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn
Blue Rodeo Lost Together: Doc Spotlights How Friendships Fuelled the Can-Rock Icons
ReviewJim SlotekBlue Rodeo: Lost Together, Docuementary, Canadian film, Dale Heslip, Jim Cuddy, Greg Keelor, Rena Polley, Denise Donlon, Erica Ehm, Michael Hollett, Bob Wiseman, Colin Cripps, Glenn Milchem, Bazil Donovan
Paying For It: Sook-Yin Lee and Chester Brown's Saga of a Cooled-But-Still-Cool Relationship
By Karen Gordon
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I’m Still Here: Fernanda Torres Shines as a Mother Fighting for Her Family
ReviewJim SlotekI’m Still Here, TIFF 24, Brazilian, Walter Salles, Marcelo Rubens Paiva, Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Adaptation, Drama, Oscar nominee
Companion: A Crafty, Twisty Whodunit... Or Should That Be Whatdunit?
By Chris Knight
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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
