The Laundromat: Steven Soderbergh’s Panama Papers Tale Mines Sadly Familiar Terrain

By Liam Lacey

ReviewOctober 2, 2019The Laundromat., TIFF 2019, Steven Soderbergh, Scott Z Burns, Meryl Streep, Antonio Banderas, Gary Oldman, David Schwimmer, James Cromwell, Jeffrey Wright, Matthias SchoenaertsComment

Joker: Joaquin Phoenix Descends Believably into Madness in Gotham's Dark Heart

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 2, 2019Joker, Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Frances Conroy, Zazie Beetz, TIFF 2019, Todd Phillips, Venice Film Festival, Gotham, BatmanComment

Roger Waters Us + Them: Doc is Equal Parts Concert Film, Anti-Establishment Rally

By Liam Lacey

Review, PreviewOctober 1, 2019Roger Waters Us + Them, Documentary, Concert Film, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Sean Evans, Is This The Life We Really Want?, Jon Carin, Joey Waronker, Dark Side of the MoonComment

Sometimes Always Never: British Dramedy Aims to Please, Occasionally Succeeds

By Liam Lacey

ReviewOctober 1, 2019Sometimes Always Never, Bill Nighy, Jenny Agutter, Carl Hunter, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Sam Riley, Alice Lowe, Tim McInnerny, Louis Healy, British, Dra, DramedyComment

Where’s My Roy Cohn?: Doc on Infamous Political Fixer Echoes in Time of Trump

By Thom Ernst

ReviewOctober 1, 2019Where’s My Ray Cohn?, documentaries, Matt Tyrnauer, Donald Trump, Tom Snyder, Gore Vidal, Mike Wallace, Larry King, American politics, Scotty and the Secret History of HollywoodComment

Your Weekend Preview: What To See (And What To Skip) In The Theatres This Week

By Original-Cin Staff

Review, PreviewSeptember 27, 2019Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, Weekly Roundup, Monos, Judy, Abominable, TIFF 2019Comment

Judy: Renee Zellweger's incandescent Garland reduces the rest of the cast to mere bystanders

By Jim Slotek

Monos: Audiences feel the heat as child soldiers go 'Lord of the Flies' in a Latin American jungle

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 25, 2019Monos, Lord of the Flies, Child soldiers, Alejandro Landes, Julianne Nicholson, Wilson Salazar, Julian Giraldo, Moises Arias, Karen Quintero, Sofia Buenaventura, FARC, Jasper Wolf, Latin American guerrillasComment

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of my Voice - A terrific, touching doc about a singer for all seasons

By Jim Slotek

Your Weekend Preview: What To See (And What To Skip) In The Theatres This Week

By Original-Cin Staff

Review, PreviewSeptember 20, 2019TIFF 2019, Honey Bee, Before You Know It, Ad Astra, Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band, Zeroville, Downton Abbey, Weekly RoundupComment

Zeroville: Stop me if you've heard this before, but Hollywood is a twisted place under the glamour

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 20, 2019Zeroville, James Franco, Once Up A Time in Hollywood, The Disaster Artist, Underbelly of Hollywood movies, A Place in the Sun, Will Ferrell, Jacki Weaver, Megan Fox, Seth Rogen, Movies directed by and starring actors, Steve Erickson, Nathaniel West, Day of the Locust, What Makes Sammy Run?Comment

Honey Bee: Teen Sex Worker Drama Both Timely and Kind of Timed-Out

By Liam Lacey

ReviewSeptember 19, 2019Honey Bee, Drama, Canadian movies, Canadian actors, Rama Rau, Martha Plimpton, Julia Sarah Stone, Steven Love, Teenage friendship filmsComment

Before You Know It: Indie Dramedy Aims for Kooky/Clever Sweet Spot, Skids Left

By Liam Lacey

ReviewSeptember 19, 2019Before You Know It, Judith Light, Alec Baldwin, Mandy Patinkin, Hanna Pearl Utt, Jen Tullock, Sundance, Indie, Oona YaffeComment

Ad Astra: Ponderous, preposterous, but damn, Brad Pitt is giving good performances lately

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 19, 2019Ad Astra, James Gray, Brad Pitt, Space adventure, Father and son issues, Liv Tyler, Neptune, Tommy Lee Jones, Ethan Gross, Terrenc Malick, Knight of Cups, Apocalypse Now, The Lost City of Z, Max RichterComment

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band Brings Legendary Group into Focus

By Liam Lacey

ReviewSeptember 18, 2019Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band, TIFF 2019, documentaries, Daniel Roher, The Last Waltz, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Ronnie Hawkins, Martin ScorseseComment

Downton Abbey, the movie: A stand-alone story for newbies, but a fan-friendly return to the English country manor

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 17, 2019Downton Abbey movie, Michelle Dockery, King George V, Queen Mary, Robert James-Collier, Jim Carter, Maggie Smith, Lesley Nicol, Period TV series, Early 20th Cenury England, Julian Fellowes, Michael EnglerComment

That’s A Wrap! A Highly Subjective List of the Best, Worst, and Weirdest of TIFF 2019

By Jim Slotek, Kim Hughes, Liam Lacey, Karen Gordon, and Bonnie Laufer

Original-Cin TIFF 2019 Picks: Sunday, September 15

By Jim Slotek, Liam Lacey, Kim Hughes and Karen Gordon

Review, PreviewSeptember 15, 2019TIFF 2019, Special Presentations, Midnight Madness, Contemporary World Cinema, Ema, Incitement, Deerskin, The Vigil, Lucy in the Sky, The Other Lamb, Jojo RabbitComment

Original-Cin TIFF 2019 Picks: Saturday, September 14

By Jim Slotek, Liam Lacey, Kim Hughes and Karen Gordon

Review, PreviewSeptember 13, 2019TIFF 2019, While at War, Special Presentations, Platform, Contemporary World Cinema, Atlantics, Martin Eden, Platform Prize, Sound of MetalComment

Freaks: Genre-Bending Sci-Fi Thriller Greater than the Sum of Its Parts

By Thom Ernst

ReviewSeptember 12, 2019Freaks, TIFF 2018, Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein, Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Lexy Kolker, Thriller, Mystery, Sci-fi, Horror, Psychological thrillerComment

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