The Thursday Murder Club: Murder She Re-Wrote, With a Larger, Bigger Name Cast
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekSenior detectives, The Thursday Murder Club, Netflix movies, Chris Columbus, Richard Osman’s best-selling book, Dame Helen Mirren, Jonathan Pryce, Pierce Brosnan, Sir Ben Kingsley, David Tennant, Richard E. Grant
Caught Stealing: Come For the ’90s New York Nostalgia, Stay For the Cat
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekCaught Stealing, 1990s, 1990s New York, New York City, Darren Aronofsky, Austin Butler, Regina King, Tonic the Cat, Zoe Kravitz, Crime, Drama, Liev Schreiber, Carole Kane, Griffin Dunne
Splitsville: Screwball Comedy About 'Open' Relationships That Crack Wide Open
By Karen Gordon
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The Roses: Black Comedy Treads the Line Between Love and Hate… Funny Because Its True
ReviewJim SlotekThe Roses, Remake, War of the Roses, Divorce, Black comedy, Jay Roach, Tony McNamara, Adaptation, Warren Adler, Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Samberg, Allison Janney, Kate McKinnon
The Toxic Avenger: Your Next Toxic Relationship is Here
ReviewJim SlotekThe Toxic Avenger, Remake, Horror, Macon Blair, Jacob Tremblay, Elijah Wood, Kevin Bacon, Peter Dinklage, Troma Entertainment, Gory
Lurker: Who Stalks the Stalkers? This Psychological Thriller Does
By Chris Knight
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Loathe Thy Neighbor: I Didn’t Loathe It. But Love It? Sorry, No
By Chris Knight
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Sweet Summer Pow Wow: Teens in Love, Amid Dance, Drums and Parental Interference
ReviewJim SlotekIndigenous romance, Teen love stories, Sweet Summer Pow Wow, Tatyana Rose Baptiste, Joshua Odjick, Life on the Pow Wow circuit, Graham Greene, Tanis Parenteau, Joel Montgrand, Director Darrell Dennis, Writer Katya Gardner
Honey Don't!: Margaret Qualley is a Delight, But the Film is Completely Forgettable … Whatever It Is
ReviewJim SlotekDirector Ethan Coen, Writer Tricia Cooke, Trilogy of lesbian noir, Honey Don’t!, Drive Away Dolls, Margaret Qualley, Female private detective, Chris Evans, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley: Doc About Singular Musician Cements his Legacy
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekIt’s Never Over Jeff Buckley, Docuementary, Jeff Buckley, Amy Berg, Mary Guibert, Rebecca Moore, Joan Wasser, Parker Kindred, Michael Tighe, Aimee Mann, Ben Harper, The personal lives of musicians
Nobody 2: Nobody Does it Better
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
Highest 2 Lowest: Spike Lee Reunion with NYC and Denzel Washington Yields Mixed Results
By Karen Gordon
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East of Wall: Mixing Documentary and Drama in America’s “New West”
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekEast of Wall, Kate Beecroft, Tabatha Zimiga, Scoot McNairy, Porshia Zimiga, Documentary, Fiction, Fiction/documentary hybrids, American, Mother-daughter
The Glassworker: A Pakistani Animator’s Homage to Hayao Miyazaki by Way of Karachi
ReviewJim SlotekThe Glassworker, Animation, Pakistani films, Usman Riaz, Art Malik, Sacha Dhawan, Teresa Gallagher, Tony Jayawardena, Anti-war, Anti-war movies
Boys Go to Jupiter: A Bizarre Animation About the Gig Economy and its Gen-Z Servants
Shook: A Writer in the City Faces a Family Crisis and Host of Choices
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekShook, TIFF 23, Canadian, Toronto, Amar Wala, Saamer Usmani, Bernard White, Pamela Sinha, Amy Forsyth, Drama
Alien: Earth - On This Planet, Everyone Can Hear You Scream
ReviewJim SlotekAlien franchise, Xenomorphs, FX/Disney+ series Alien: Earth, Future corporate era on Earth, Cyborgs, Introduction of aliens to Earth for "study", Timothy Olyphant, Samuel Blenkin, Sydney Chandler, Executive producer Ridley Scott
My Mother’s Wedding: Comedy and Drama Divorced in Kristin Scott Thomas Directorial Debut
ReviewJim SlotekMy Mother’s Wedding, TIFF 23, Kristin Scott Thomas, Scarlett Johansson, Sindhu Vee, Frida Pinto, Emily Beecham, Sienna Miller, rom-com, Family drama, British, Women's issues
Weapons: Don’t Be Scared. It Isn’t That Kind of Horror Movie
ReviewJim SlotekWeapons, Horror, Zach Cregger, Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Amy Madigan, Cary Christopher, Austin Abrams, Benedict Wong
