Carole Pope, Judas Priest, and Oscar Bait: Hot Docs Festival Unveils Eclectic 33rd Edition
PreviewJim SlotekHot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 33rd annual, Kenny Loggins: Conviction of the Heart, AntiDiva: The Carole Pope Confessions, The Tower That Built a City, Love Apptually, A War on Women, TCB – The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing, To Hold A Mountain, The Ballad of Judas Priest, American Doctor, Black Zombie, Sentient, When a Witness Recants, Steal This Story, Please!, Code of Misconduct, The Last Days of April, Nekai Walks, Ceremony, Gimme Truth, Ghost in the Machine, Virtual Girlfriends, This Above All: The Theatrical Life of Antoni Cimolino
Oscar Shorts in Theatres Now: Each Program Has at Least One Gem
By Chris Knight
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PreviewJim SlotekOscar nominated short films in theatres, Animation, live-action, and documentary, A Friend of Dorothy, Jane Austen’s Period Drama, Emma Thompson, The Devil Is Busy, Armed Only with a Camera, Perfectly a Strangeness, The Girl Who Cried Pearls, The Three Sisters, Retirement Plan, Domhnall Gleeson
Films We Can’t Wait to See in 2026 (and Some Random Observations)
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PreviewJim Slotek2026, Mike Leigh, Wild Horse Nine, Martin McDonagh, Fjord, Cristian Mungiu, What Happens at Night, Martin Scorsese, Send Help, Sam Raimi, Wuthering Heights, Emerald Fennell, Kristoffer Borgli, The Drama, The Devil Wears Prada 2, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, Avengers: Doomsday, Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg, Project Hail Mary, Coyote vs. ACME, Sinners, Magellan, Lav Diaz, Silent Friend, Ildikó Enyedi, Kokuho, Lee Sang-il Lee, The Bride!, Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Social Reckoning, Aaron Sorkin, Hamnet, Michael, Antoine Fuqua, Nv Zu, Stephen Chow, Shaolin Women's Soccer, Werwulf, Robert Eggers, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Nia DaCosta, Christopher Nolan, The Odyssey
The Guelph Film Festival: The One You Shouldn’t Miss (But Probably Have)
Windsor International Film Fest: Sometimes an Oscar Predictor, Sometimes Just a Good Time
By Chris Knight
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Preview, ReviewJim SlotekFilm festivals as award season bellwethers, Windsor International Film Festival, Anora, Tuner, Danish doc Take the Money and Run, ark Chan-wook's No Other Choice, Two Women, The Cost of Heaven, Montreal, My Beautiful, Mr. Goalie
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Fest: Planet-Wide Asian Tales, and Even One From Space
Review, PreviewJim SlotekToronto Reel Asian Film Festival, Feature films about Asian diaspora, Space Cadet, Montreal-based DJ Kid Koala, Toronto-born writer-director Timothy Yeung, Finch & Midland, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, Victor C.H. Fan, Montréal, ma belle, Joan Chen, Director Xiaodan He, Akashi, Director Mayumi Yoshida
Original-Cin Talk: Alan Zweig on Suicide and His Film Love, Harold, at Rendezvous With Madness
Interview, PreviewJim SlotekSuicide stigma, Effects of suicide on loved ones, Documentarian Alan Zweig, Love, Harold, Rendezvous with Madness film festival, #skoden, Damien Eagle Bear, The Secret of Me, Shuffle
Have You Heard Judi Singh? A Gifted Black Punjabi Singer Returns to the Spotlight
PreviewJim SlotekHave You Heard Judi Singh?, Canadian, Baljit Sangra, Viva Mantra Films, South Asian stories, Lenny Breau, Western Canada, International Film Festival of South Asia, ReelWorld Fil, Festival, Documentary
Films We Can’t Wait to See at TIFF ‘25
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PreviewJim SlotekHamnet, TIFF '25, Frankenstein, No Other Choice, Nuremberg, Roofman, Tuner, Karmadonna, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Critic's Pick, It Was Just an Accident, Sentimental Value, The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue, Ballad of a Small Player, Eleanor the Great, Glenrothan, Left-Handed Girl, Retreat
Toronto Japanese Film Festival: A Sushi Platter for All Tastes and Ages
PreviewJim SlotekToronto Japanese Film Festival, Hakkenden: Fiction and Reality, Cells at Work!, She Taught Me Serendipity, Give It All, Let’s Go Karaoke!, Nintama Rantaro Invincible Master of the Dokutake Ninja, Teki Cometh, Petals and Memories, 90 Years Old — So What?, Aimitagai, Living in Two Worlds, River Returns, Sunset Sunrise, The Lens of Tamio Wakayama, Ravens, The Vow from Hiroshima, Muromachi Outsiders, Bushido, Seppuku: The Son Goes Down, Cloud, Angry Squad: Civil Servants and Seven Swindlers, La Grande Maison Paris, Last Mile
The Blue Mountain Film Festival: Nope, No Slopes, But Movies For All
PreviewJim SlotekRegional film festivals, Blue Mountain Film + Media Festival, Summer tourism at winter ski destinations, Patti Kendall, Salsa at Blue, Agora: Path of Light, Producer Daniel Bekerman, Programmer Jason Gorber, Canadian premiere of Racewalkers, Carson Lund’s Eephus, Black Dog, Ojibway-dubbed Star Wars, Middletown
Inside Out Film and Video Festival Turns 35 with Tales of Transformation
Preview, ReviewJim SlotekInside Out Film and Video Festival, 35th anniversary edition of Inside Out, Opening Gala Outerlands, Closing Gala The Best Friend (O Melchior Amigo), Zackery Drucker’s documentary, Enigma., Rohan Kanawade’s Cactus Pears (Sabafr Bonda), Sweet Angel Baby, Really Happy Someday, J Stevens, Noam Gonick’s Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance, Two Women (Deux Femmes)
Hot Docs 2025: Back With a Vengeance and a Slate of Great Films, Pt. 2
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Review, PreviewJim SlotekHot Docs 2025, Docuementary, documentaries, World Premiere, Agatha’s Almanac, Betrayal, Citizen Minutes, Ghosts of the Sea, Mama Goals, The Nest, Night Watches Us, River of Grass, The Track, #skoden, An American Pastoral, Spreadsheet Champions
Hot Docs 2025: Back With a Vengeance and a Slate of Great Films, Pt. 1
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Review, PreviewJim SlotekHot Docs 2025, Documentary, Documentaries, Premieres, World Premiere, Ai Weiwei’s Turandot, Always, Casas Muertas, How Deep Is Your Love, The Last Ambassador, Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, Mother of Chooks, Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance, Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man, Saints and Warriors, Shamed, Circusboy, Paul, Marriage Cops, Climate Therapy
National Canadian Film Day: Navigating the Big Day in Canadian Film Online
PreviewJim SlotekNational Canadian Film Day, Festival, Canadian movies, Reel Canada, C.R.A.Z.Y, Crime Wave, Ginger Snaps, My American Cousin, White Room, Waydowntown, The Man Who Skied Down Everest, Rude
Hot Docs Documentary Festival Back and Ready to Rumble
Canadian Film Fest: Elbows Up Goes to the Movies
PreviewJim SlotekCanadian Film Fest, Scotiabank Theatre, Crocodile Eyes, Darkest Miriam, Please After You, His Father’s Son, The Players, Skeet, Vampire Zombies — From Space!, To The Moon, Homegrown, Independent, Ingrid Veninger, The Legacy of Cloud Falls, Canadian, Conceiving Clara
Blood in the Snow Film Fest: DIY Dread From Canada's Creepshow Up-and-Comers
Review, PreviewJim SlotekCanadian horror filmmakers, DIY filmmaking, Blood in the Snow Film Festival, Kelly Michael Stewart, Larry Kent’s, She Who Must Burn, James Villeneuve, Pins and Needles, Vivieno Caldinelli’s Scared Shitless, Steven Ogg, Isabel Bader Theatre
Four Fantastic Fall Festivals for Discerning Film Fans
PreviewJim SlotekArchitecture and Design Film Festival, Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Lines, Rendezvous with Madness, WaaPaKe, A Man Imagined, Drive Back Home, Cinéfranco, Babel et Adams, Les Filles D’Olfa, Omar la Fraise, The Mother and The Bear, Can I Get A Witness?, Reel Asian Film Festival, 1995, Le Bleu de Caftan, Toronto Film Festivals
Star Trek: Lower Decks – Growing Up a Little in its Final Season
Review, PreviewJim SlotekAnimated Star Trek series, Star Trek: Lower Decks final season, Spoofing the Trek franchise, Young Starfleet officers grow up, Show creator Mike McMahan, Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, Eugene Cordero
