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Crimes of the Future: Cronenberg’s Cannes-Fêted Latest Predictably Divisive

Crimes of the Future: Cronenberg’s Cannes-Fêted Latest Predictably Divisive

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekMay 30, 2022Crimes of the Future, Cannes Film Festival, David Cronenberg, Viggo Mortensen, Don McKellar, Nadia Litz, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman, Tanaya Beatty, Léa Seydoux, Thriller, CanadianComment

Annette: Adam Driver Shines in Leo Carax’s Arthouse Musical, But Can’t Warm an Emotionally Detached Film

Annette: Adam Driver Shines in Leo Carax’s Arthouse Musical, But Can’t Warm an Emotionally Detached Film

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 5, 2021Leos Carax, Annette, Sparks, Adam Driver, Musicals featuring non-singers, Cannes Film Festival, Simon HelbergComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Palestinian director Elia Suleiman talks about his absurdist approach to inflammatory reality

Original-Cin Q&A: Palestinian director Elia Suleiman talks about his absurdist approach to inflammatory reality

By Liam Lacey

Review, InterviewJim SlotekJune 11, 2020Elia Suleiman, It Must Be Heaven, Palestinian filmmaker, Absurdist social comment, Guy Sprung, Gael Garcia Bernal, Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Movies released online during pandemic, Yasmine Hamdan, Keystone Cops, Buster Keaton, Jacques TatiComment

Corpus Christi: Oscar-nominated tale of a fake cleric who finds grace is the definition of 'face value'

By Liam Lacey

Portrait of a Lady on Fire: More a smoulder, but a rich picture of two women's relationship in pre-Revolution France.

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 11, 2020Claire Mathon, Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait De La Jeune Fille En Feu, Cannes Film Festival, Period same-sex romance, Queer Palm, Alliance of Women Film Journalists, César Awards, Céline Sciamma, Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Valeria Golino, Pre-Revolutionary France, French filmsComment

PODCAST! Ep. 25: Talking Cannes, Tarantino, Booksmart (see it) and why Godzilla is King

By Jim Slotek, Karen Gordon, Liam Lacey

PodcastJim SlotekMay 24, 2019Movie podcasts, Original-Cin, Cannes, Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Olivia Wilde, Booksmart, Kenneth Branagh, All is True, Godzilla, Shin GodzillaComment

PODCAST! Ep. 24: Liam's Cannes memories, John Wick's balletic killing spree and some words about Tim Conway

PodcastJim SlotekMay 16, 2019Cannes Film Festival, Jeremy Piven, John Wick, Keanu Reeves, Tim Conway, Aniara, Aniara], Anjelica Huston, Asia Kate Dylan, Movie podcasts, Jim Slotek, Liam Lacey, Kim Hughes, Karen Gordon, Thom Ernst, Bonnie LauferComment