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Last Take Rust and The Story of Halyna: Cult of Celebrity Complicates Tragic Film-Set Shooting

Last Take Rust and The Story of Halyna: Cult of Celebrity Complicates Tragic Film-Set Shooting

By Liz Braun

ReviewJim SlotekJune 25, 2025Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna, Documentary, Rachel Mason, Halyna Hutchins, Disney+, Lane Luper, Josh Hopkins, Frances Fisher, Dave Halls, Alec Baldwin, Guns, Gun violenceComment

Rust: Decent Western Distinguished, Ironically, By Magnificent Cinematography

Rust: Decent Western Distinguished, Ironically, By Magnificent Cinematography

By Liz Braun

ReviewJim SlotekMay 8, 2025Rust, Western, Joel Souza, Halyna Hutchins, Alec Baldwin, Josh Hopkins, Patrick Scott McDermott, Frances Fisher, Travis Fimmel, Drama, ControversyComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Rust Co-Stars Discuss the Notorious Film and the Positives that Prevail

Original-Cin Q&A: Rust Co-Stars Discuss the Notorious Film and the Positives that Prevail

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMay 5, 2025Rust, Joel Souza, Alec Baldwin, Patrick Scott McDermott, Josh Hopkins, Halyna Hutchins, Western, Drama, ControversialComment

Supercell: Low-Budget Twister Film Has its Moments - None of Which Belong to Anne Heche or Alec Baldwin

Supercell: Low-Budget Twister Film Has its Moments - None of Which Belong to Anne Heche or Alec Baldwin

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekMarch 15, 2023Storm-chaser movies, Supercell, Anne Heche, Alec Baldwin, Herbert James Winterstern, Twister, Daniel DiemerComment

Your weekend preview: What to see (and what to skip) in the theatres this weekend

Motherless Brookyn: Edward Norton's film-noir writing/directing/starring turn is a worthy 'Chinatown East'

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 29, 2019Motherless Brooklyn, Film noir, Chinatown, Edward Norton, Jonathan Lethem, Robert Moses, Alec Baldwin, James Rouse, Tourette Syndrome, Bruce Willis, Thom Yorke, Wynton Marsalis, Gugu Mbatha-RawComment

Original-Cin interview: Motherless Brooklyn's Edward Norton on directing himself, rewriting a best-seller and systemic racism

Original-Cin interview: Motherless Brooklyn's Edward Norton on directing himself, rewriting a best-seller and systemic racism

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 28, 2019Motherless Brooklyn, Edward Norton, Tourettes, Jonathan Lethem, Bruce Willis, Robert Moses, Actor-directors, Jane Jacobs, Hortense Gabel, Alec Baldwin, Donald Trump, James Rouse, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Wynton Marsalis, Thom YorkeComment

Before You Know It: Indie Dramedy Aims for Kooky/Clever Sweet Spot, Skids Left

By Liam Lacey

ReviewSeptember 19, 2019Before You Know It, Judith Light, Alec Baldwin, Mandy Patinkin, Hanna Pearl Utt, Jen Tullock, Sundance, Indie, Oona YaffeComment

Motherless Brooklyn: Edward Norton's film-noir writing, directing and starring turn is a worthy 'Chinatown East'

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 9, 2019Motherless Brooklyn, Film noir, Chinatown, Edward Norton, Jonathan Lethem, Robert Moses, Alec Baldwin, James Rouse, Tourette Syndrome, Bruce Willis, Thom Yorke, Wynton Marsalis, Gugu Mbatha-RawComment

Framing John DeLorean: An oddly successful meta doc about why they should make a movie about John DeLorean

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekJune 4, 2019Framing John DeLorean, John DeLorean, General Motors, Back to the Future, Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, War on Drugs, Sheena M. Joyce, Don Argott, Alec Baldwin, Morena Baccarin, Josh Charles, Jason Jones, GTO, FBI sting, CocaineComment

Inside Out: LGBTQ Fest Yields Marquee Premieres, Stars, and Some Very Good Films

By Jim Slotek, Liam Lacey and Kim Hughes

The Public: Important Social Issue Fails to Sway in Middling Drama

By Kim Hughes

ReviewApril 23, 2019The Public, Drama, TIFF 2018, Emilio Estevez, Jenna Malone, Jacob Vargas, Alec Baldwin, Michael Kenneth Williams, Gabrielle Union, Christian Slater, Taylor SchillingComment

Hot Docs 2019: Things get real again, with Ai Weiwei, Gordon Lightfoot and 232 more

By Liam Lacey