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Hard Truths: A Tough-Watch Family Affair with the Difficult, the Damaged and the Resilient

Hard Truths: A Tough-Watch Family Affair with the Difficult, the Damaged and the Resilient

By Liz Braun

ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 22, 2025Mike Leigh movies, Dysfunctional families, Chronically difficult people, Hard Truths, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, Cinematographer Dick Pope, Tuwaine Barrett, Sophia Brown, Resilience versus NegativityComment

Presence: Steven Soderbergh's Intense Family Drama Enough to Spook the Dead

Presence: Steven Soderbergh's Intense Family Drama Enough to Spook the Dead

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 21, 2025Presence, Steven Soderberg, TIFF 24, Lucy Lui, Chris Sullivan, Eddie Maday, West Mullholland, Callina Liang, Ghost story, Dysfunctional familiesComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Alan Cumming on the Canuck Trauma-Drama Drive Back Home

Original-Cin Q&A: Alan Cumming on the Canuck Trauma-Drama Drive Back Home

By Bonnie Laufer

Jim SlotekDecember 2, 2024U.K. actors in Canadian movies, Alan Cumming, Drive Back Home, Director Mike Clowater, Charlie Creed-Miles, Road trip movies, Dysfunctional families, The Traitors, Reality TVComment