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Mary Oliver Saved by the Beauty of the World: Brilliant Poet Receives Lyrical Salute

Mary Oliver Saved by the Beauty of the World: Brilliant Poet Receives Lyrical Salute

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 24, 2026Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World, Documentary, Mary Oliver, Poet, American poet, John Waters, Sasha Waters, Stephen Colbert, Oprah Winfrey, Maria Shriver, Steve BuscemiComment

Sidney: Oprah-Approved Sidney Poitier Doc as Lovely as the Man it Depicts

Sidney: Oprah-Approved Sidney Poitier Doc as Lovely as the Man it Depicts

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 23, 2022Sidney Poitier, Sidney, Docuementary, TIFF 2022, Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington, Morgan FreemanComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Emmy winner R.J. Cutler talks about the heart-touching doc series Dear... on AppleTV+

Original-Cin Q&A: Emmy winner R.J. Cutler talks about the heart-touching doc series Dear... on AppleTV+

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJune 4, 2020Dear...., AppleTV+, R.J. Cutler, Jane Goodall, Spike Lee, Big Bird, Stevie Wonder, Misty Copeland, Oprah Winfrey, Yara Shahidi, Bruce Springsteen's The Rising, Celebrity fan letters that change lives, The War Room, D. A. Pennebaker, Dont Look Back, Chris HegedusComment

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Is Tender, Insightful Doc… But Not Quite Satisfying

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJuly 4, 2019Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, documentary, Toni Morrison, Oprah Winfrey, Angela Davis, Black experienceComment

'You're All Wrong!': Mark Breslin & Thom Ernst revisit recent films and reaction

By Mark Breslin and Thom Ernst

ViewsJim SlotekApril 9, 2018Contrarianism, The 15:17 To Paris, Black Panther, A Wrinkle In Time, Game Night, Yuk Yuk's comedy clubs, Mark Breslin, TVO's Saturday Night At The Movies, Thom Ernst, Oprah Winfrey