Posts tagged Toronto International Film Festival
Frankenstein: Guillermo del Toro Finally Gives the 'Monster' His Say
ReviewJim SlotekFrankenstein, Victor Frankenstein as the real monster, Guillermo del Toro, Mary Shelley’s original novel, Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Jacob Elordi as the creature, Toronto International Film Festival, Netflix
Palimpsest: What's in a Name? Maybe the Difference Between Affluence and Poverty
Original-Cin Chat: Chris and Jennifer Candy on their dad John, Mortality and Memories
Jim SlotekPosthumous tribute movies, John Candy: I Like Me, Toronto International Film Festival, Chris and Jennifer Candy, Director Colin Hanks, Producer Ryan Reynolds, Second City, SCTV, John Hughes, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Martin, Catherine O’Hara, Mel Brooks, Macaulay Culkin
TIFF @ 50: Our Best, Worst, Funniest, Most Poignant… (Pick an Adjective) Memories
By Original-Cin Staff
Read More
ViewsJim SlotekTIFF ’25, Toronto International Film Festival, 50th Anniversary, Melanie, Quest for Fire, Hostel, Moonlight, Snowden, Manchester By the Sea, Suburbicon, Jessica Chastain, Patrick Stewart, Pierre Trudeau, Joel Schumacher, On the Waterfront, Richard Harris, Marlon Brando, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ang Lee, Reviewers, Critics, Memories, Movies
Superboys of Malegaon: A crowdpleaser about DIY cinema, Desi style
ReviewJim SlotekBollywood cinema spoof, Superboys of Malegaon, DIY Indian cinema, Toronto International Film Festival, Viral Deși films, Wedding photographer Nasir Sheikh, Adarsh Gourav, Shashank Arora, Vineet Kumar Singh, Personal and local filmmaking
Original-Cin Q&A: The Last Showgirl's Pamela Anderson, No More 'Cartoon Characters,' Yes to Soup
By Bonnie Laufer
Read More
Babygirl: Discretion is the Better Part of Adultery
We Live in Time: Come for the Predictable Romantic Dramedy, Stay for the Chemistry
By Karen Gordon
Read More
The Deb: TIFF '24's Muted Closing Gala was a Mean Girl-ish Musical That Should Be Heard
ReviewJim SlotekToronto International Film Festival, TIFF '24, Teen movie musicals, Australian movie musicals, Actors turned director, Rebel Wilson, The Deb, Charlotte MacInnes, Natalie Abbott, Naomi Sequeira
The Dead Don't Hurt: Black Hats and Grey Morals in Viggo Mortensen's Western Revenge Tale
Original-Cin Chat: The Dead Don't Hurt's Viggo Mortensen on Why the Old West is All in the Details
KILL: The Name Says It All, As Bollywood Goes Full Die-Hard-On-a-Train
Original-Cin Q&A: DJ-Turned-Director D.W. Waterson Talks Backspot and Hard-Core Cheerleading
By Bonnie Laufer
Read More
InterviewJim SlotekMovies about competitive cheerleading, Backspot, Canadian films, Toronto International Film Festival, DJs turned director, D.W. Waterson, Elliot Page, Devery Jacobs, Evan Rachel Wood, Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Into the Forest, Producer Alona Metzer
Original-Cin Q&A: Fingernails director Christos Nikou on Love Apps and Annie Murphy's Dance Moves
By Bonnie Laufer
Read More
InterviewJim SlotekTechno dating, Fingernails, Sci-fi romantic drama, Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, Jeremy Allen White, Annie Murphy, Toronto International Film Festival, Christos Nikou, Apple TV+
Dumb Money: When the Little Guys Beat Wall Street for a Hot Minute
ReviewJim SlotekDumb Money, GameStop "short squeeze", Movies based on real life stock scandal, Toronto International Film Festival, Paul Dano, America Ferrera, Shailene Woodley, Seth Rogen, Nick Offerman, Craig Gillespie
TIFF Short Cuts: But What I REALLY Want to Do is Direct a Feature
Preview, InterviewJim SlotekToronto International Film Festival, Short Cuts programme, Short film as a stepping stone to features, Redlights, Eva Thomas, Starlight Tours inflicted on Indigenous people, Kaniehtiio Horn, Ellyn Jade, Jennifer Podemsk
Original-Cin Q&A: Actor Matthias Schweighöfer on the Syrian women refugee athletes who inspired The Swimmers
By Bonnie Laufer
Read More
Original-Cin Interview: Buffy Sainte-Marie Comes to TIFF Where She Belongs
Original-Cin Interview: Rik Emmett on being the 'Yoko' in the Triumph TIFF film
10 minutes of Dune: An intriguing glimpse of Denis Villeneuve’s 'unfilmable' film
