Brunello The Gracious Visionary: We Don’t Just Talk about Him, We Laud Him!
By Chris Knight
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A Sad and Beautiful World: A Rom-Com Struggles to Survive in Lebanon
ReviewJim SlotekA Sad and Beautiful World, Lebanon, Cyril Aris, Bane Fakih, Mounia Akl, Hasan Akil, Julia Kassar, Nadyn Chalhoub, Tino Karam, Camille Salameh, Arabic, Drama, Romcom
Original-Cin Q&A: Star Trek Strange New Worlds’ Anson Mount on Captaining an Icon
By Bonnie Laufer
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 4, Ep. 1: Setting Course For Kirk's Enterprise
ReviewJim SlotekStar Trek: Strange New Worlds, Closing the circle on the USS Enterprise, Season 4 debut, Paul Wesley as James T. Kirk, Martin Quinn, Carol Kane, Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Vulcan emotions, Akiva Goldsman, Penultimate season
Lars Shrike Walks the Night: When Are Characters People?
ReviewJim SlotekLars Shrike Walks the Night, Sci fi, Drama, Gary Walkow, Kelsey Grammer, Christine Lin, Bobby Furst, Katie Schwartz, Laurie Drayton, David Clennon
The Odyssey: Nolan Turns Homer's Epic into a Bracing, Powerful Thinking Man's Adventure
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekAncient Greek epic, Homer's The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan, The Trojan War, Matt Damon as Odysseus, Benny Safdie, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Samantha Morton, Charlize Theron, Robert Pattinson, Elliot Page, Lupita Nyong’o
Ride or Die: Gal-Pal Action Series is Narrative Comfort Food
ReviewJim SlotekGal-pal action series, Older skewing Thelma and Louise, Ride or Die, Hannah Waddingham, Octavia Spencer, Bill Nighy, Sylvia Hoeks, Cathy Tyson, Savannah Steyn, Calam Lynch, Created by Tessa Coates
Steal Away: A Simmering, Sexually Charged What-If Story About a Refugee-Purging Society
ReviewJim SlotekNear-future social drama, Refugee purge-based society, Clement Virgo’s Steal Away, Mallori Johnson, Angourie Rice, Lauren Lee Smith, White "Allies" in race turmoil, Director Clement Virgo, Writer Tamara Berger, Hilde Van Mieghem
X-Men ’97 – Season 2: Apocalypse Now! (And Then!)
ReviewJim SlotekX-Men ’97 – Season 2, '90s, X-Men incarnation, Lenore Zann, Super-villain Apocalypse, Ross Marquand, Jennifer Hale, Sunspot, White Queen, Cal Dodd, Alison Sealy-Smith, George Buza, Chris Potter
Wisteria: Flowering Plants… and The Exigencies of Canadian Filmmaking
Rose of Nevada: When Art House Meets Time Travel
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekRose of Nevada, TIFF '25, Mark Jenkin, George MacKay, Callum Turner, British, Art house movies, Time travel films, Mystery, Drama
Evil Dead Burn: Evil’s Easy, Family’s Hard
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass: We’re Off to Sleep with the Wizard!
By Chris Knight
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The Floaters: Sorry, But This Ain’t the Jewish Meatballs
ReviewJim SlotekThe Floaters, Comedy, coming of age, Rachel Israel, Jackie Tohn, Sarah Podemski, Aya Cash, Judah Lewis, Nina Bloomgarden, Jake Ryan, Seth Green, Jacob Moskovitz, Steve Guttenberg, Jonathan Silverman, Jewish themes
Original Cin Q&A: Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass Lynchpins on Hamming with Jon Hamm
By Bonnie Laufer
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Racewalkers: Big-Hearted Comedy About Athletes Who 'Look Like They Need to Take a Dump in a Hurry'
ReviewJim SlotekCanadian comedies, Sports comedies, Strange Olympic sports, Racewalkers, Kevin Claydon, Phil Moniz, Robbie Amell, Italia Ricci, Greg Bryk, Sundance Jury Grand Prize, Blue Mountain Film Festival Audience Award
The Isolate Thief: A Teen Survivor of a Civil War-era Fort Finds No Honour Among Thieves
ReviewJim SlotekCivil War era stories, The Isolate Thief, A lone girl "mans" a fort, Director John Suits, Mackenzie Foy, Sean Bean, Joe Pantoliano, Post-Civil War plunderers, Odeya Rush, Jack Kesy
Antidiva The Carole Pope Confessions: Doc on Queer Canuck Icon Brings the Props
Jim SlotekAntidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions, Michelle Mama, Carole Pope, k.d. lang, Peaches, Rufus Wainwright, Jann Arden, Sebastian Bach, Documentary, Music documentary, Hot Docs '26
Peter Asher Everywhere Man: Doc on Pop Culture Maven is Part Memoir, Part Tribute, All Charming
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekPeter Asher: Everywhere Man, Music documentary, Documentary, Don Geller, Dayna Goldfine, Pattie Boyd, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Steve Martin, Paul McCartney
Romeria: A Sun-Drenched Spanish Family Reunion Hides Dark Secrets and Shame
ReviewJim SlotekSpanish Films, Cannes International Film Festival, Romeria, Written and directed by Carla Simón, Sun-drenched seaside stories, Orphaned young woman seeks truth about her parents, Llúcia Garcia, Mitch Martin, AIDS era, Family secrets, Alberto Gracia, Autobiographically inspired films
