Marty Supreme: Chalamet Shines as a Driven, Abrasive Ping Pong Prodigy in '50s New York
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekTable tennis movie, Marty Supreme, Director co/writer Josh Safdie, Timothée Chalamet, New York's competitive table tennis scene, Tyler Okonma, aka Tyler the Creator, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin O'Leary, Koto Kawaguchi, Films with pathologically competitive protagonists, Penn Jillette, Abel Ferrara, Tears For Fears, Real-life table tennis prodigy Marty Reisman
Anaconda: I Like Big Snakes and I Cannot Lie
ReviewJim SlotekMovies that reference other movies, Anaconda, Sir Mix-A-Lot’s “Baby Got Back”, Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, J-Lo and Ice Cube references, Director Tom Gormican, Ione Skye
No Other Choice: Park Chan-wook's Social Satire of Downsizing is Darkly Antic and On-Point
ReviewJim SlotekSouth Korean filmmakers, Park Chan-wook, Vengeance Trilogy, No Other Choice, Social satire about downsizing, Don McKellar, Donald Westlake novel The Ax, Costa-Gavras, Squid Game’s Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Woo Seung Kim, So Yul Choi, Park Hee-soon
Original-Cin Q&A: Elizabeth Taylor Documentarians Discuss their “Rebel Superstar"
By Bonnie Laufer
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The Voice of Hind Rabab: A Harrowing Listen, An Essential Watch
ReviewJim SlotekThe Voice of Hind Rajab, Docudrama, Venice Film Festival, Venice Silver Lion Award, Kaouther Ben Hania, Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, Saja Kilani, War in Gaza
Song Sung Blue: Hugh Jackman is Surreally Neil in Note-Perfect Schmaltzy Christmas Release
ReviewJim SlotekStories about musical tribute acts, Song Sung Blue, Neil Diamond “interpreters", Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson, Mike and Claire Sardina, Lightning and Thunder, Michael Imperioli, Soolaimón versus Sweet Caroline, Eddie Vedder, Movies released on Christmas Day, Director Carl Brewer
Clairtone: Remembering the Canadian 60s Stereo Console with Big Shiny Balls
Is This Thing On?: Will Arnett Plays Serious in Standup Comedy (and Divorce)
ReviewJim SlotekMovies about standup comedy, Will Arnett, Is This Thing On?, Director co-writer Bradley Cooper, New York's Comedy Cellar, Laura Dern, Liz Furiati, British comic John Bishop, Andra Day, Dave Attell, Scott Icenogle, Sean Hayes
Breakdown 1975: Doc Suggests We’ll Survive Our Current Moment (and Our Movies Might Improve)
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekBreakdown 1975, Netflix films, Documentaries, Morgan Neville, Jodie Foster, Martin Scorsese, Ellen Burstyn, Patton Oswalt, John Brolin, Seth Rogen, Films from 1975, Classic American cinema
Code 3: Rainn Wilson stars in a Dramatic 9/11 Call for the Health Care System
Original-Cin Chat: Will Arnett on Developing Stand-Up Muscles in Is This Thing On?
Original-Cin Q&A: Aimee Carrero on the Rigors of Playing a Paramedic in New Film Code 3
By Bonnie Laufer
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Avatar: Fire and Ash - Cameron's Space-Colonizing Epic Takes an 'Enemy of My Enemy' Turn
ReviewJim SlotekAvatar, Metaphor for European colonization, Avatar: Fire and Ash, James Cameron, War between the Na'vi, Ash People, Oona Chaplin, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Britain Dalton, Jack Champion, Stephen Lang
Fallout S2: Getting the Hang of The Game
ReviewJim SlotekFallout, Fallout Season Two, Season Two, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Graham Wagner, Ella Purnell, Walton Goggins, Prime Video, Frances Turner, Moisés Arias, Kyle MacLachlan, based on a video game, Science fiction
Cover Up: The Atrocities Seymour Hersh Has Seen and Exposed
ReviewJim SlotekDocumentarian as "storyteller", Laura Poitras, Cover-Up, Investigative journalists, Seymour Hersh, The My Lai massacre, Abu Ghraib prison, Woodward and Bernstein, Watergate, The Dark Side of Camelot, Sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, Chemical weapons in Syrian civil war
Dust Bunny: Mads Mikkelsen Makes Assassin-as-Father-Figure Work in Eccentric Drama
Ella McCay: A Feisty Young Woman in a Feel-Good Movie Stuck in Faux Nostalgia
ReviewJim SlotekElla McCay, Politically themed comedy, Emma Mackey, James L. Brooks, Albert Brooks, Jamie Lee Curtis, Julie Kavner, Movies set during the Obama administration, Jack Lowden, Woody Harrelson
Resurrection: Director Bi Gan’s Latest a Fantastical Trip for (and About) the Senses
ReviewJim SlotekResurrection, Bi Gan, Science fiction, Fantastical, Shu Qi, Jackson Yee, Chen Yongzhong, Mark Chao, Cannes, Chinese, Chinese science fiction, Drama
One More Shot: It’s Like a Hot Tub Tequila Groundhog Time Machine Friends Episode
ReviewJim SlotekTime travel comedies, Friends-like pals, Australian films, One More Shot, Emily Browning, Sucker Punch, Ashley Zukerman, Anna McGahan, Contessa Treffone, Director Nicholas Clifford
Original-Cin Chat: James L. Brooks, Jamie Lee Curtis and Albert Brooks talk Ella McCay
InterviewJim SlotekElla McCay, Politically themed comedy, Emma Mackey, James L. Brooks, Albert Brooks, Jamie Lee Curtis, Julie Kavner, Movies set during the Obama administration, Jack Lowden, Rebecca Hall
