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
Megalopolis: What’s The Big Idea? Francis Ford Coppola Has Many, And They All Live Here
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekMegalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola, Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, TIFF 24, Drama, Sci fi, Cannes, Futuristic
Ferrari: A Disturbing Crash-For-The-Ages Aside, Michael Mann's Biopic Tells a Solid Story of a Driven Man
By Chris Knight
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White Noise: Clunky if Heartfelt Adaptation Trips on Narrative Hurdles
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekDrama, adaptation, Don DeLillo, White Noise, Noah Baumbach, Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Netflix, Don Cheadle, 1980s
House of Gucci: Starry True-Crime Drama Works Better in Theory Than on Screen
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekHouse of Gucci, Drama, True crime, Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Ridley Scott, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto, Adaptation
The Last Duel: Ridley Scott's Medieval Tale of Elusive Truth Turns History into Riveting Filmmaking
Annette: Adam Driver Shines in Leo Carax’s Arthouse Musical, But Can’t Warm an Emotionally Detached Film
By Karen Gordon
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Original-Cin Q&A: We talk to Joonas Suotamo, the Finnish basketball player now known as Chewbacca
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Joonas Suotamo, Chewbacca, Peter Mayhew, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Final instalment of the Star Wars saga, J.J. Abrams, Chris Terrio
Your Weekend Film Round-Up: What To See (And What To Skip) In The Theatres
By Original-Cin Staff
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Review, Preview, PodcastWeekly Roundup, There Are No Fakes, Late Night, Watergate, Shaft, Men in Black: International, The Dead Don't Die, Jim Jarmusch, Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, Jamie Kastner, Liam Neeson, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Rowntree, Gwyneth Paltrow, Mouthpiece, Patricia Rozema, Canadian, documentary, remake, Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Chloe Sevigny, Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Danny Glover
The Dead Don't Die: Jim Jarmusch's hilarious zombie/eco satire slips in a dry lament between killer laughs
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Dead Don't Die, Jim Jarmusch, Adam Driver, Bill Murray, Chloe Sevigny, Zombie movies, Zombie spoofs, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits, RZA, Wu Tang Clan, Tilda Swinton, Selena Gomez, Caleb Landry Jones, Only Lovers Left Alive, Environmental messages
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote: Terry Gilliam’s Latest a Tall Tale That Stumbles… And Face Plants
ReviewThe Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Terry Gilliam, Fantasy, Years in the Making, Cannes, Stellan Skarsgård, Olga Kurylenko, Jordi Mollà, Sancho Panza, Spain, Films set in Spain
Spike Lee's reality-based BlacKkKlansman: campy, preachy and entertaining
ReviewJim SlotekSpike Lee, Ku Klux Klan, Cannes Grand Prix, John David Washington, Ron Stallworth, David Duke, Stokely Carmichael, Angela Davis, Adam Driver, Paul Walter Hauser, The Black Klansman, Richard Gilden
