Your Weekend Preview: What To See (And What To Skip) In The Theatres
David Crosby: Remember My Name - A folk-rock lion in winter unflinchingly faces himself and his past
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekDavid Crosby, David Crosby: Remember My Name., Rock documentaries, The Byrds, Crosby, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, A.J. Eaton, Cameron Crowe, Joni Mitchell, Laurel Canyon rock scene, The Grateful Dead
Honeyland: Doc about a bee-keeping Macedonian peasant achieves real-life fable status
ReviewJim SlotekHoneyland, Hatidze Muratova, Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov, Traditional European beekeeping, Macedonia, Skopje, Hussein Sam, documentary, Fejmi Daut, Samir Ljuma, Ecological allegory
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw - The Rock lightens the overlong, same-old heavy-handed formula
ReviewJim SlotekFast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw., Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Jason Statham, Fast & Furious franchise, David Leitch, Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde, Idiocracy, Idris Elba, MI6, Vanessa Kirby, Samoa, Chase scenes, Action movies, Fight scenes
Tel Aviv on Fire: Savvy Satire Skews Middle East Politics… and Soap Operas
Free Trip to Egypt: A light-hearted experiment in curing contempt with familiarity
ReviewJim SlotekFree Trip to Egypt, documentaries, Islamophobia, Tarek Mounib, MAGA, Religious fundamentalism, Prankish documentaries, Egypt, Ahmed Hassan, Salma Salem, Mohamed Ragab
Your weekend preview: What to see (and what to skip) in the theatres
ReviewJim SlotekQuentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Connie Stevens, Steve McQueen, Bruce Lee, Margot Robbie, Laurie Lynd, Killing Patient Zero, Gaetan Dugas, Astronaut, Richard Dreyfuss, Graham Greene, Colm Feore, Art Hindle, Creepy Cats Trailer, Toronto International Film Festival, Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
Killing Patient Zero: An unjustly accused 'villain' of the AIDS epidemic is finally vindicated
ReviewJim SlotekKilling Patient Zero, Laurie Lynd, '80s AIDS epidemic, Patient Zero theory, Gaetan Dugas, Centres for Disease Control, Randy Shilts, Ronald Reagan, Rock Hudson, And The Band Played On
Astronaut: Too slow for lift-off, but a touching character piece about the undying dream to soar
ReviewJim SlotekAstronaut, Space tourism, Richard Dreyfuss, Shelagh McLeod, Graham Greene, Canadian movies, Lyriq Bent, Colm Feore, Art Hindle, Colin Mochrie, Mimi Kuzyk, Seniors relationships
Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood: Tarantino's audacious pop-cultural gift basket has a warm core
ReviewJim SlotekQuentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Manson Murders, '60s Hollywood, Margot Robbie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Kurt Russell, Julia Butters, Damian Lewis, Steve McQueen, Margaret Qualley, Pop culture references, '60s soundtracks
Your Weekend Preview: What To See (And What To Skip) In The Theatres This Week
By Original-Cin Staff
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The Farewell: Tender Drama Spotlights the Quirks (And Perks) of Families
By Karen Gordon
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The Art of Self-Defense: Strange Dramedy Connects Dots between Bros and Blows
ReviewThe Art of Self-Defense, Riley Stearns, Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, Imogen Poots, Toxic Masculinity, Comedy, Drama, Dramedy, Cult Film
The Lion King: Latest Disney CGI Makeover of Classic Title Lacks Emotional Heft
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewThe Lion King, Disney, Jon Favreau, Beyonce, John Oliver, Donald Glover, James Earl Jones, Seth Rogen, Realist Disney remakes, Live-action, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Billy Eichner, The Jungle Book
Push: Timely Doc Probes Why Housing Across the Globe Is So Damn Expensive
ReviewPush, documentary, Hot Docs 2019, Leilani Farha, Fredrik Gertten, Saskia Sassen, Joseph Stiglitz, Robert Saviano, Housing, Issue
Melody Makers: Should've Been There Captures Rock’s Glory Years… Like an Old, Rambling Uncle
ReviewMelody Makers Should've Been There, Barrie Wentzell, Music documentaries, Eric Burdon, David Bowie, Yes, 1960s, 1970s, Melody Maker, NME, Rolling Stone, print publications
Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love Explores Golden Moment between Poet and His Muse
Maiden: Thrilling Doc on All-Female Yachting Feat an Eerie Look Back at Sexism Run Amok
Your weekend preview: What to see (and what to skip) in the theatres this week
ReviewJim SlotekFilm weekend roundups, Midsommar, Spider-Man: Far From Home, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Samuel L. Jackson, Zendaya, Hereditary, Toni Collette, Florence Pugh, Ari Aster, Jimmie Fails, Joe Talbot, Toni Morrison, Beloved, Mad magazine, Maiden
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Is Tender, Insightful Doc… But Not Quite Satisfying
