Original-Cin Q&A: Actor Aaron Abrams on the Perils of Toxic Parents in the Film Best Boy
By Bonnie Laufer
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Pressure: That Time During WWII When Weathermen Were the Heroes
ReviewJim SlotekPressure, WWII, Drama, Anthony Maras, David Haig, Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser, Damian Lewis, Chris Messina, Kerry Condon, D-Day, War film, Historical drama
Tuner: Love Hurts, But Sound Hurts Even More in this Powerful, Personal Thriller
Muscle Beach: An Indie Film Set in the Faded Bodybuilding Mecca
ReviewJim SlotekMuscle Beach, Indie, Drama, Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman, Ike Catcher, bodybuilding, California, Farley Jackson, Kirk Baltz, Lindsey Normington
Twenty-Four Films Later, My First Cannes Festival Ends on an Emotional High
By Carol J. Bream
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Spider-Noir: Nic Cage Revels in the Role of Your Friendly Neighbourhood Sam Spade Spidey
ReviewJim SlotekMarvel, Prime Video, Tales taken from the Spider-Verse, Spider-Noir, Nicolas Cage, Li Jun Li, Jack Huston, Abraham Popoola, Writer/show-runner Oren Uziel, Stories from the '30s, Colour and black-and-white streaming options
Original-Cin Q&A: Spider-Noir's Dark Characters Talk Nic Cage, B&W vs Colour and '30s Lingo, See?
InterviewJim SlotekMarvel, Prime Video, Tales taken from the Spider-Verse, Spider-Noir, Nicolas Cage, Li Jun Li, Jack Huston, Abraham Popoola, Writer/show-runner Oren Uziel, Stories from the '30s, Colour and black-and-white streaming options
The Boroughs: Fun Netflix Miniseries Pits Retirees Against a Mysterious Monster
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekHorror/comedy/thriller series, The Boroughs, Stories set in seniors communities, The Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things, Mysterious monster, Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Denis O'Hare, Clarke Peters, Alfre Woodard, Ed Begley Jr., Bill Pullman
Inside Out Festival ’26: A Polyamory Drama That Isn’t by the Numbers
Interview, PreviewJim SlotekInside Out, Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, Andreas Vatiliotou, Glen Wood, I Come Home, Stop! That! Train!, RuPaul, Adam Shankman, Pangina Heals, A Deeper Love: The Story of Miss Peppermint, Heals, Give Me the Ball!, Billie Jean King, Hunky Jesus, Gugu’s World, Iván & Hadoum, Antidiva: The Confessions of Carole Pope
Passenger: Like Nomadland with Slasher Deaths and a Surplus of Jump-Scares
I Love Boosters: Boots Riley Dramedy a Mix of Kooky and Conceptual but Maybe a Tad Too Much
By Chris Knight
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Original-Cin at Cannes: Eight Films That Confirm Audiences Win Some, Lose Some
By Carol J. Bream
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ReviewJim SlotekCannes 2026, Cannes International Film Festival, The Beloved, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Victoria Luengo, Javier Bardem, Paper Tiger, Miles Teller, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, James Gray, Sheep in the Box, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Another Day, Jeanne Herry, Fjord, Cristian Mungiu, The Meltdown, Manuela Martelli, Moulin, Laszlo Nemes, Nicolas Winding Refn, Her Private Hell
The Last Anniversary: A Demon-possessed, Apocalyptic Big Chill on a Budget
ReviewJim SlotekCanadian films, Horror, Apocalypse films, The Last Anniversary, Young adult reunion themes, Jesse McQueen, Kenneth Northfield, Jenna Vittoria, Directed by Brett and Jason Butler, Demonic ghosts, Revenge
The Mandalorian and Grogu: May the Schmaltz Be With You, and in IMAX No Less
Original-Cin at Cannes: Ten Films Seen Amid Well-Organized Madness
By Carol J. Bream
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ReviewJim SlotekCannes Film Festival 2026, Le Palais des Festivals, Guillermo del Toro, The Electric Kiss, Pio Marmaï, Nagi Notes, Kôji Fukada, A Woman’s Life, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet, Fatherland, Sandra Hüller, Parallel Tales, Asghar Farhadi, Isabelle Huppert, Tangles, Sarah Leavitt’s graphic novel, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Jane Schoenbrun, John Lennon: The Last Interview, Steven Soderbergh
Obsession: A Horror Film You Just Have To (No, Really Must) See
Original-Cin at Cannes: Travolta Flabbergasted by Surprise Honourary Palme d'Or
By Carol J. Bream
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Original-Cin Chat: Starfleet to North Bay, Cecilia Lee is Ready for Action
Silent Friend: Beautifully Shot Time-Travelling Drama Connects Eras and Imaginations
Cold War 1994: Stellar Trilogy of Hong Kong Pre-Handover Power Struggle Evolves
ReviewJim SlotekCold War 1994, Trilogy of Hong Kong Pre-Handover Power Struggle, Director Longman Leung Lok-Man, Hong Kong as de facto character, Chow Yun Fat, Aaron Kwok, Daniel Wu, Tse Kwan-Ho, Terrance Lau, Aidan Gillen
