The Planet's Best Friend, David Attenborough is 100 - Celebrate with Two of His Latest
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekFamous centenarian, David Attenborough at 100, A Gorilla Story: Told By David Attenborough, Dian Fossey, Virunga Mountains of Rwanda, Directors James Reed and Callum Webster, Ocean with David Attenborough, Directors Colin Butfield, Toby Nowlan, Keith Scholey, Netflix, Disney+
Sk+te’kmujue’katik (At The Place of Ghosts): Indigenous Vision Quest + Scary Forest = Hauntingly Good
ReviewJim SlotekMi’kmaq legends, Supernatural thriller, Movies set in the woods, Sk+te'kmujue'katik (At The Place of Ghosts), Director Bretten Hannam, Blake Alec Miranda, Forrest Goodluck, Two-spiritedness, Glen Gould, Skyler Cope, Atuen MacIsaac
The Bearded Girl: The Cards She Was Dealt Were Her Suit
By Chris Knight
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Omaha: John Magaro Puts on a False Happy-Face for the Kids in this Reality-Based Drama
By Karen Gordon
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The Sheep Detectives: A Shears Out Mystery That's Far Better Than it Needs to Be
Original-Cin Q&A: John Magaro on Omaha, Darkness and Learning From Directors - Even Bad Ones
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekDrama about struggling father, Omaha, John Magaro, Director Cole Webley, Screenwriter Robert Machoian, Dark road trip, Molly Wright, Wyatt Solis, September 5, Lessons from great directors
Original-Cin Chat: Stars of At the Place of Ghosts on Native Visions, History and Horror
InterviewJim SlotekMi’kmaq legends, Supernatural thriller, Movies set in the woods, Sk+te'kmujue'katik (At The Place of Ghosts), Director Bretten Hannam, Blake Alec Miranda, Forrest Goodluck, Two-spiritedness, Glen Gould, Jeff Barnaby, Blood Quantum
The Devil Wears Prada 2: Same Characters and Style Sense, But a Mishmash Stitching Job
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Devil Wears Prada 2, Lauren Weisberger novel, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Anna Wintour, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Milano Fashion Week, Lake Como, Tibor Feldman, Justin Theroux, Death of print media theme, B.J. Novak
Hokum: The First Psilocybin-Fueled Horror Film… I Think
ReviewJim SlotekNew wave of horror directors, Damian McCarthy, Oddity, Hokum, Fictional authors, Films set in rural Ireland, Adam Scott, Will O'Connell, Florence Ordesh, Peter Coonan, David Wilmot
Deep Water: Downed Plane Meets Uppity Sharks in Old-School Disaster Movie
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim Slotek'70s style disaster movies, Shark attack movies, Airline crash films, Deep Water, Bait, Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, Score composer Fernando Velázquez, Angus Sampson, Director Renny Harlin
Widow's Bay: Comedy-Horror About a Cursed Wannabe Tourist Town is Tense and Fun
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekComedy-horror, Apple TV, Widow's Bay, Creator Katie Dippold, Hiro Murai, Supernatural events in seaside town, Matthew Rhys, Stephen Root, Kingston Rumi Southwick, Tourism dreams, Kevin Carroll, Kate O’Flynn, Dale Dickey, Jeff Hiller
Mother Mary: David Lowery Takes on Metaphysics, Women, Stardom and the Supernatural
By Karen Gordon
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Fuze: Twisty, Fast-moving Heist Film Delivers Mad Skills and Real Thrills
ReviewJim SlotekFuze, TIFF '25, David Mackenzie, Theo James, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sam Worthington, Heist movies, Heist films, British, Action
I Swear: Fascinating Subject Gets the Heartfelt Treatment
ReviewJim SlotekI Swear, TIFF '25, Biopic, Kirk Jones, Robert Aramayo, Shirley Henderson, Maxine Peake, British, BAFTA, Tourettes
Original-Cin @ Hot Docs: Maya Annik Bedward on Black Zombie and Demonizing Vodou
Hot Docs 2026: Documentary Festival Offers 115 Reasons to Cheer, Pt. 2
By Original-Cin Staff
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PreviewJim SlotekHot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Hot Docs 2026, Birds of War, Black Zombie, Concrete Turns to Sand, Ceremony, The Delivery Line: Midwives on the Frontlines, Ghost in the Machine, INDIVISUM: Legacies Adrift, Love Apptually, Let Our Mountains Live, Myspace, This Above All: The Theatrical Life of Antoni Cimolino, Replica, The Tower That Built a City, 0004NGEL, Virtual Girlfriends, It's Dorothy, Better Go Mad in the Wild
Original-Cin Q&A: Kenny Loggins Doc Director Dori Berinstein on Profiling an Icon
By Bonnie Laufer
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Michael: The Movie Moonwalks Nicely, But Steps Carefully Around, Um, Other Stuff
ReviewJim SlotekPop star biopics, Michael Jackson, Director Antoine Fuqua, Airbrushing scandals in biopics, Colman Domingo, Juliano Valdi, Barry Gordy, Larenz Tate, Miles Teller, Don King, Mike Myers, Walter Yetnikoff
Original-Cin Q&A: Hot Docs Programmer/Filmmaker Aisha Jamal on Stolen Afghan Art
InterviewJim SlotekMuseums and stolen art, Cultural losses under the Taliban, Afghanistan, Programmer filmmaker Aisha Jamal, Documentary The Theft, National Museum of Kabul, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, TVO Docs, London Afghani plane hijacking, The effect of war on cultural history
Hot Docs 2026: Documentary Festival Offers 115 Reasons to Cheer, Pt. 1
By Original-Cin Staff
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PreviewJim SlotekHot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Hot Docs 2026, Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions, A Wolf in the Suburbs, The 49th Year, Gimme Truth, Constant Battles, Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart, Nekai Walks, Maintenance Artist, On My Own Terms, #WhileBlack, Tla’amin Namesake, Kindergarten, Oh Whale, The Sandbox, A War on Women
