Brotherhood: Legendary Kawartha tragedy stands as an unsteady metaphor for a lost generation of boys post WWI
ReviewJim SlotekBrotherhood, Richard Bell, The Great War, World War I, Spanish Flu pandemic, Brendan Fehr, Brendan Fletcher, Coming of age stories, Teen tragedies, Masculinity, Canoeing
Your Weekend Preview: What To See (And What To Skip) In The Theatres
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Varda by Agnès: The late, legendary filmmaker's lively manifesto shows the substance behind the feminist 'meme'
ReviewJim SlotekAgnès Varda, Varda by Agnès, Honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes, Faces, Places, Oldest filmmaker ever nominated for an Oscar, French New Wave, La Pointe Courte, Cleo de 5 a 7, Le Bonheur, Vagabond (Sans Toit Ni Loi), Sandrine Bonnaire, One Hundred and One Nights, Robert De Niro, Catherine Deneuve, The Gleaners, Cartier Foundation in Paris, The Beaches of Agnes, Career retrospectives
Assholes: A Theory - Light sociological doc runs into problems defining its orifice
ReviewJim SlotekAssholes: A Theory, John Walker, Aaron James, Asshole Theory of Donald Trump, Sherry Lee Benson-Podolchuk, Cornell law professor, Robert Hockett, Silvio Berlusconi, Aimee Morrison, John Cleese, Geoffrey Nunberg, Norman Mailer, The Naked and the Dead, No-Asshole work policies, Documentaries
Dark Waters: Todd Haynes Drama Strips the Teflon Off Dupont's Record of Toxic Sludge
The Two Popes: Great Performances Buoy So-So Drama about Catholicism’s Top Guns
Knives Out: Clever Whodunnit Elevates (and Subverts) Mansion Murder Mystery Genre
ReviewKnives Out, TIFF 2019, Rian Johnson, Daniel Craig, Toni Collette, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Lakeith Stanfield, Michael Shannon, Christopher Plummer, Mystery, murder mystery, Whodunnit
Queen & Slim: Vigilante Road Movie Too Illogical to Drive Home its Point
ReviewQueen & Slim, Melina Matsoukas, Lena Waithe, James Frey, Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith, Chloë Sevigny, Sturgill Simpson, Drama, Black experience, Road movie
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Frozen 2: Doesn't break any new ice, but squeezes a decent adventure out of its familiar characters
ReviewJim SlotekFrozen, Frozen 2, Let It Go, Into the Unknown, Arendelle, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Indigenous Scandinavian people, Idina Menzel, Sámi people, Disney Princesses, Elsa and Anna
Marriage Story: All-around showcase of great acting, takes no sides in its tender treatment of a break-up
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ReviewJim SlotekMarriage Story, Noah Baumbach, Marriage breakup story, Runner up TIFF People's Choice, Scarlett Johansson, Azhy Robertson, Julie Hagerty, Merritt Wever, The Squid and the Whale, While We’re Young, Frances Ha, awards season movies, Netflix
Waves: Messy, Overwrought Family Drama Demands Emotion but Arouses Antipathy
ReviewWaves, TIFF 2019, Trey Edward Shults, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Sterling K. Brown, Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell, Alexa Demie, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Family drama, African-American actors, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Atlantics: Cannes Favourite a Composite of Magical Realism and Romance... like Romeo & Juliet if Juliet Lived
ReviewJim SlotekAtlantics, Mati Diop, Cannes, Dakar, Doomed romance, Claire Mathon, Fatima Al Qadiri., Mame Bineta Sane, Nicole Sougou, Mariama Gassama, Babacar Sylla, Amadou Mbow, Refugee stories
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying!
ReviewJim SlotekFred Rogers, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, Won't You Be My Neighbor, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Tom Junod, Esquire magazine, Marielle Heller, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Chris Cooper, Matthew Rhys, Susan Kelechi Watson, Redemptive movies, The Americans
21 Bridges: Keep things moving and keep shooting - and did we mention the NYPD is corrupt from the top down?
ReviewJim Slotek21 Bridges, Chadwick Boseman, Brian Kirk, Matthew Michael Carnahan, Police action films, Police corruption plots, Taylor Kitsch, Stephan James, Liam Neeson, Sienna Miller, J.K. Simmons, Serpico
Charlie’s Angels: Silly Reboot Fails to Capture Pizzazz of its Many Precursors
The Good Liar: Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren - together at last - slum it in a cheesy fraud thriller
ReviewJim SlotekThe Good Liar, Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, Con-artist films, Nicholas Searle, Bill Condon, Gods and Monsters, Dreamgirls, Russell Tovey, Melodramas, Jim Carter
Ford v Ferrari: Boys and their toys offer an experiential jolt in this battle of car giants at Le Mans
ReviewJim SlotekFord v Ferrari, James Mangold, Henry Ford II, Enzo Ferrari, Matt Damon, Rush, Senna, Christian Bale, Le Mans, Racing movies, Ken Miles, Carroll Shelby, Leo Beebe, Josh Lucas
Doctor Sleep: Prosaic callback to The Shining might have worked better without all that baggage
ReviewJim SlotekDoctor Sleep, The Shining sequel, Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick, Mike Flanagan, Overlook Hotel, Jack Nicholson, Ewan McGregor, Carl Lumbly, Scatman Crothers, Alex Essoe, Shelly Duvall, Rebecca Ferguson), Kyliegh Curran
The Irishman: DeNiro, Pacino and Pesci's best work in years is best seen in the theatre
ReviewJim SlotekMartin Scorsese, The Irishman, Robert De Niro, Frank Sheeran, Jimmy Hoffa, Joe Pesci, Al Pacino, Goodfellas, Casino, Netflix films, Rodrigo Prieto, Charles Brandt, Steven Zaillian, Russell Bufalino, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Kathrine Narducci, Bobby Cannavale, Harvey Keitel, Aleksa Palladino, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Ray Romano, Jesse Plemons, Dascha Polanco
