Queen at Sea: Sexual Consent, Dementia and Bureaucratic Fiat Clash in Drama of Youth vs Age
ReviewJim SlotekFilm about dementia, Moral questions about sexual consent, Queen at Sea, Director Lance Hammer, Tom Courtenay, Anna Calder-Marshall, Juliette Binoche, Florence Hunt, Cinematographer Adolpho Veloso, Movies based on actual court cases
Wild Horse Nine: McDonagh’s Latest a Portrait of Male Friendship, Dark and Funny
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekWild Horse Nine, TIFF '26, Martin McDonagh, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Sam Rockwell, Drama, Comedy, Black comedy, 1970s, Male relationships
The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony: A Hopeful Trajectory for Determined Pakistani Girls
ReviewJim SlotekThe Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony, Habiba Nosheen, Documentary, Malala Yousafzai, Anna Maria Tremonti, Pakistan, Pakistani films, Women's issues, Women's stories, Canadian
Original-Cin Chat: VisionQuest Showrunner Terry Matalas on his Vision of Vision
ReviewJim SlotekMarvel Cinematic Universe, Disney+, VisionQuest, Showrunner Terry Matalas, Star Trek: Picard S3, Sequel to WandaVision, Paul Bettany, James Spader, Emily Hampshire, Todd Stashwick.
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York: It’ll Steal Your Heart If You Let It
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Only Living Pickpocket in New York, Noah Segan, TIFF '26, John Turturro, Tatiana Maslany, Steve Buscemi, Giancarlo Esposito, Victoria Moroles, Drama, New York
Fatherland: Cannes Winner About Post-WWII Germany an Eerie Mirror of Today
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekFatherland, Drama, WWII, Germany, Pawel Pawlikowski, Sandra Hüller, Hanns Zischler, August Diehl, Based on a true story, Black and white
Kung Fu Soccer: Stephen Chow's 25th Anniversary Sequel is Missing its Hong Kong Spark
ReviewJim SlotekShaolin Soccer, Sequel Kung Fu Soccer, Women's international football, Movies set in China, Stephen Chow, Xiaofei Zhang, Dilraba Dilmurat, Carina Lau, Mo Lei Tau comedy style, Jimmy O. Yang, MC Jin
Wicker: Olivia Colman and Alex Skarsgärd Get Twiggy With It in Medieval Feminist Comedy
La Bola Negra: Sprawling Epic from the Spanish Civil War Onward a Demanding Must-See
ReviewJim SlotekGenerational epics, La Bola Negra., Spanish Civil War, LGBT themes, Filmmaking duo, Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, Milo Quifes, Cannes and TIFF favourites, Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau, Carlos González, Penélope Cruz
A Talent For Murder: A Fictionalized Patricia Highsmith Plays Mind-Games with a Young Publisher
Klara and the Sun: Taika Waititi's Whimsical Robot Movie Loses the Plot
By Karen Gordon
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Possible Love: A Cross-Class Friendship Implodes in Lee Chang-dong's masterpiece
ReviewJim SlotekTIFF International hits, Possible Love, South Korean director Lee Chang-dong, Burning, Poetry, A film about couples from different social classes, Jeon Do-yeon, Jung Seol, Sul Kyung-gu, Cho Yeo-jeong, Zo In-sung, Thou Shalt Not Covet
Clayface: A DC Comics Cult Villain Takes Shape in 'Body Horror' Cinematic Debut
Jim Queen: Raunchy French Animated Film Seeks a Queer Antidote to Heterosis
ReviewJim SlotekCannes "Midnight Section" films, Raunchy French animated film, Jim Queen, Co-directors Marco Nguyen and Nicolas Athané, Curing a disease that turns gays straight, Alex Ramirès, Jérémy Gillet, Elisabeth Wiener, Shirley Souagnon, François Sagat, Harald Marlot
Once Upon a Time in Harlem: The Harlem Renaissance Reunion Party is a Rare Doc Affair
ReviewJim SlotekOnce Upon a Time in Harlem, 1972 reunion of Harlem Renaissance figures, Documentarian William Greaves, Director David Greaves, Eubie Blake, Leigh Miller, Duke Ellington, Paul Robeson, Zora Neal Hurston, Langston Hughes
Following Harry: Belafonte, Fighting the Good (non-violent) Fight to the End
ReviewJim SlotekHarry Belafonte, Following Harry, Superstar calypso singer, Life of social activism, Director Susanne Rostock, We Are the World, Martin Luther King, Chuck D, Jamie Foxx, Rosario Dawson, Angela Davis
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Fjord: Cannes Prize-Winner of Parents-Under-Small-Village-Suspicion is a Filmic Rorschach Test
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekCannes Palme d'Or winners, Fjord, Writer/director Cristian Mungiu, Ambiguous presentation of religious animus, Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, Evangelicals' abrasive relationship with Norwegian neighbours, Vanessa Ceban, Jonathan Ciprian Breazu, Henrikke Lund-Olsen, Lisa Carlehed, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald - Judd Apatow Takes a Scroll Through the Career of an Unleashed Comic Id
ReviewJim SlotekBiographies of late comics, Documentaries of late comics, Norm Macdonald, Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald, Director Judd Apatow, Comics pulling interviewers' legs, CBC's Neil Macdonald, Bob Saget, David Letterman, O.J. Simpson, Saturday Night Live alumni, NBC VP Don Ohlmeyer
Atonement: A Film About War, Where the Bullet Moves Both Ways
ReviewJim SlotekFilm about the aftermath of the Iraq War, Atonement, Family suffering casualties, Guilt stricken veterans, Director Reed van Dyk, Dexter Filkins, Boyd Holbrook, Hiam Abbass, Kenneth Branagh, François Truffaut, Gratiela Brancusi
