Original-Cin Q&A: Private Eyes Stars Jason Priestley, Cindy Sampson on Heading West for Series Reboot
InterviewJim SlotekJason Priestley, Cindy Sampson, Private Eyes, Private Eyes West Coast, Canadian production, Series, Global, Stack, Shawn Piller, Victoria, B.C., Canada, Drama
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York: It’ll Steal Your Heart If You Let It
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Only Living Pickpocket in New York, Noah Segan, TIFF '26, John Turturro, Tatiana Maslany, Steve Buscemi, Giancarlo Esposito, Victoria Moroles, Drama, New York
Fatherland: Cannes Winner About Post-WWII Germany an Eerie Mirror of Today
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekFatherland, Drama, WWII, Germany, Pawel Pawlikowski, Sandra Hüller, Hanns Zischler, August Diehl, Based on a true story, Black and white
Original-Cin Q&A: Tatiana Maslany on Pickpockets, Performance and the John Turturro Experience
By Bonnie Laufer
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Once Upon a Time in the Middle East: An Uncommonly Balanced War Movie
ReviewJim SlotekOnce Upon a Time in the Middle East, Chinese, War film, Drama, Muye Wen, Teng Shen, Qiming Jiang, Omar Sharif, Sherif Sabby, Aarif Lee, Oscar nominee
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother: It’s About… a Dad!
By Chris Knight
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Winter of the Crow: Unexpected Action Star Leslie Manville in Moody Polish Cold War Thriller
Verity: Shiny Movie Stars Can’t Elevate Dull Material
ReviewJim SlotekVerity, Drama, Thriller, Potboiler, Nick Antosca, Colleen Hoover, Michael Showalter, Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, Josh Hartnett, Erotic thriller
Heart of the Beast: Pitt and Pooch Battle Alaskan Wilderness in Thrilling Survival Story
ReviewJim SlotekHeart of the Beast, David Ayer, Cameron Alexander, Brad Pitt, Uber, Anna Lambe, J.K. Simmons, Drama, Alaska, Man and his dog
By Any Means: Mark Wahlberg, The Mob and U.S. Civil Rights Action… Go Figure
ReviewJim SlotekBy Any Means, Elegance Bratton, Sascha Penn, Mark Wahlberg, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, David Strathairn, Nicole Beharie, US Civil Rights Movement, Drama, Crime drama, mobsters, fact-based drama
The Sun Never Sets: Love Story Threads the Needle to Land Someplace Real
By Chris Knight
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The Salt Path: Deeply Flawed Drama Paved with Good Intentions
The Rivals of Amziah King: The Beauty of Life is Found in Its Balance
ReviewJim SlotekThe Rivals of Amziah King, Andrew Patterson, Matthew McConaughey, Angelina LookingGlass, Kurt Russell, Drama, Beekeeping, Crime drama, Southern U.S., Bluegrass music
Sheep in the Box: Master Director Hirokazu Kore-eda Asks, ‘What is Family?’
Spider-Man Brand New Day: The Stakes Are Low, Just The Way We Like It
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekSpider-Man, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Destin Daniel Cretton, Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jon Bernthal, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Superheroes, Franchise, Action, Drama
The Outer Threat: Poor Treatment of a Rich Premise
ReviewJim SlotekThe Outer Threat, William Woods, Sci fi, Constance Wu, Mark O’Brien, Callista Crowe, Isaac Smelcer-Zhang, William Fichtner, Murray Furrow, Oscar Hsu, Drama
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
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
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
Couture: French-Speaking Angelina Jolie Anchors an Otherwise Thin Drama
ReviewJim SlotekCouture, TIFF '25, Alice Winocour, Angelina Jolie, Louis Garrel, Ella Rumpf, Garance Marillier, Vincent Lindon, Anyier Anei, Drama, Fashion, Shot in Paris, Paris, Women's stories
