A Big Bold Beautiful Journey: Journey? Check. Big, Bold, Beautiful? Not So Much
By Chris Knight
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Caught Stealing: Come For the ’90s New York Nostalgia, Stay For the Cat
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekCaught Stealing, 1990s, 1990s New York, New York City, Darren Aronofsky, Austin Butler, Regina King, Tonic the Cat, Zoe Kravitz, Crime, Drama, Liev Schreiber, Carole Kane, Griffin Dunne
Highest 2 Lowest: Spike Lee Reunion with NYC and Denzel Washington Yields Mixed Results
By Karen Gordon
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Shook: A Writer in the City Faces a Family Crisis and Host of Choices
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekShook, TIFF 23, Canadian, Toronto, Amar Wala, Saamer Usmani, Bernard White, Pamela Sinha, Amy Forsyth, Drama
An Honest Life: Swedish Thriller Meets a Coming-of-Age Drama
By Karen Gordon
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Eddington: The Perils, Stalemates, and Traumas of the Pandemic, Unpacked
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekEddington, Cannes, COVID-19, Pandemic, Ari Aster, Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Micheal Ward, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Drama
To a Land Unknown: A Taut Refugee Anti-Thriller Set in the Mean Streets of Athens
ReviewJim SlotekMahmoud Bakri, Aram Sabbah, To a Land Unknown, Mahdi Fleifel, Immigrant experience, Immigration, Palestinian filmmaker, Films about Palestinians, Greece, Drama
Sorry, Baby: Terrific Sad-Funny Debut About Trauma Heralds Major Incoming Talent
ReviewJim SlotekSorry, Baby, Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges, Kelly McCormack, Louis Cancelmi, Feature debut, Drama, Comedy
The Phoenician Scheme: Wes Anderson Does Wes Anderson With Andersonian Results
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Phoenician Scheme, Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Cera, Comedy, Drama, Dramedy
The Better Sister: Sibling Rivals, A Grisly Stabbing and Too Many Suspects
ReviewJim SlotekThe Better Sister, Prime Video, Jessica Biel, Elizabeth Banks, Corey Stoll, Maxwell Acee Donovan, Kim Dickens, Bobby Naderi, Michael Harney, Lorraine Toussaint, Matthew Modine, Domestic Noir, Drama, Series, Streaming series
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life: Good Intentions Yield Noble if Middling Rom-Com
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekJane Austen Wrecked My Life, TIFF 24, Laura Piani, Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly, Charlie Anson, Rom-com, British, French, Drama
Rust: Decent Western Distinguished, Ironically, By Magnificent Cinematography
ReviewJim SlotekRust, Western, Joel Souza, Halyna Hutchins, Alec Baldwin, Josh Hopkins, Patrick Scott McDermott, Frances Fisher, Travis Fimmel, Drama, Controversy
Caught By the Tides: Jia Zhang-Ke’s New Film Mines Previous Footage to Inhabit the Past
Original-Cin Q&A: Rust Co-Stars Discuss the Notorious Film and the Positives that Prevail
By Bonnie Laufer
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On Swift Horses: Queer Love Between a Man and Woman in the Not-So-Fabulous 1950s
ReviewJim SlotekOn Swift Horses, Adaptation, TIFF 24, Daniel Minahan, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva, Sasha Calle, Drama, 1950s, Queer, Queer subjects
The Courageous: Parenting, Poverty and a Memorable Mother
ReviewJim SlotekThe Courageous, TIFF 24, Jasmin Gordon, Single mom in jeopardy, Ophelia Kolb, Jasmine Kalisz Saurer, Paul Besnier, French film, Drama, Women's lives
The Wedding Banquet: Rom-Com Remake Retains Some Rom, Loses the Com
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Wedding Banquet, Andrew Ahn, James Schamus, Remake, Seattle, Gay Film, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Bowen Yang, Han Gi-Chan, Joan Chen, Youn Yuh-Jung, Drama, rom-com
Sacramento: Very Few Sharp Turns on The Way to This Movie’s Destination
By Chris Knight
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Original-Cin Q&A: Emily Bett Rickards on Nailing the Queen of the Ring
By Bonnie Laufer
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The Friend: Best-In-Show Performances Distinguish Quiet Drama
ReviewJim SlotekThe Friend, TIFF 24, David Siegel, Scott McGehee, Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Sarah Pidgeon, Carla Gugino, Drama, Friendship, Animals, Dog, Great Dane, Bing the Great Dane
