Sweet Angel Baby: Canadian Drama a Heartbreaker About Women, Sexuality, and Identity
ReviewJim SlotekSweet Angel Baby, Melanie Oates, Michaela Kurimsky, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Peter Mooney, TIFF 24, Canadian drama, Canadian, Women in film, Sexuality
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
Sharp Corner: Drama Raises More Questions Than It Answers
Caught By the Tides: Jia Zhang-Ke’s New Film Mines Previous Footage to Inhabit the Past
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
Original-Cin Q&A: David Cronenberg on Grief, Conspiracies, and Piercing the Veil of Death and Dying
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 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
The Luckiest Man in America: 80s Game Show Swindle Propels Hairy Fact-Based Drama
ReviewJim SlotekThe Luckiest Man in America, TIFF 24, Samir Oliveros, Paul Walter Hauser, Walton Goggins, David Strathairn, Maisie Williams, fact-based drama, Drama, 1980s
Original-Cin Q&A: Steve Coogan and Peter Cattaneo on Lessons Learned from Penguins
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekThe Penguins Lessons, Peter Cattaneo, Steve Coogan, Jonathan Pryce, TIFF 24, Adaptation, Based on a true story, British, Argentina, Animals, Movies about animals, Drama
Friday Review Roundup: Village Keeper and A Working Man Offer a Whole Lot of Meh
By Original-Cin Staff
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ReviewJim SlotekVillage Keeper, TIFF 24, A Working Man, Jason Statham, Drama, Action films, Michael Peña, Karen Chapman, Olunike Adeliyi, Maxine Simpson, March openings
Can I Get a Witness?: 50 Is The New Life Expectancy
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekCan I Get a Witness?, TIFF 24, Ann Marie Fleming, Sandra Oh, Joel Oulette, Keira Jang, Canadian, sci-fi, Drama, Dystopian stories
Original-Cin Q&A: Egoyan and Seyfried on their Latest Collaboration, Seven Veils
By Bonnie Laufer
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Bring Them Down: B-a-a-a-d Times in Rural Ireland
ReviewJim SlotekBring Them Down, TIFF 24, Drama, Movies set in Ireland, Christopher Andrews, Christopher Abbott, Barry Keoghan, Paul Ready, Nora-Jane Noone, Violent, Family drama
I’m Still Here: Fernanda Torres Shines as a Mother Fighting for Her Family
ReviewJim SlotekI’m Still Here, TIFF 24, Brazilian, Walter Salles, Marcelo Rubens Paiva, Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Adaptation, Drama, Oscar nominee
Nightbitch: Snarling at Motherhood with Amy Adams
ReviewJim SlotekNightbitch, Adaptation, Marielle Heller, Rachel Yoder, TIFF 24, Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Jessica Harper, Motherhood, Drama, Fantasy
Curl Power: These Young Athletes Have the Stones
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekCurl Power, TIFF 24, Josephine Anderson, Brooklyn Aleksic, Hannah Smeed, Savannah Miley, Amy Wheatcroft, Ashley Dezura, Sports films, coming of age, Teenagers, Women in film, Canadian
Presence: Steven Soderbergh's Intense Family Drama Enough to Spook the Dead
ReviewJim SlotekPresence, Steven Soderberg, TIFF 24, Lucy Lui, Chris Sullivan, Eddie Maday, West Mullholland, Callina Liang, Ghost story, Dysfunctional families
September 5: Docudrama Smartly Captures Complexities of Munich Massacre Coverage
By Karen Gordon
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The Last Showgirl: Pamela Anderson Shines in an Underwhelming Take on Dated Vegas
