Your holiday preview: What to see (and what to skip) in the theatres
ReviewJim SlotekWeek's movies in review, tar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Joonas Suotamo, Chewbacca, Cats, Bombshell, Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow, Malcolm McDowell, Margot Robbie, Connie Britton, Kate McKinnon, A Hidden Life, Terrence Malick, Franz Jägerstätter, 63 Up, Michael Apted, Werner Herzog, Nomad: In The Foosteps of Bruce Chatwin, The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao
The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao: Brazil's Oscar nom is a feminist lament about sisters separated by patriarchy
ReviewJim SlotekThe Invisible Life of Eurydice Gusmao, Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes, Brazil's Oscar nominee, Karim Aïnouz, Martha Batalha, Patriarchy, Carol Duarte, 1950s Rio de Janeiro, Nikolas Antunes, Gregório Duvivier, António Fonseca, Flávia Gusmão, Bárbara Santos, Fernanda Montenegro, Walter Salles, Central Station, Hélène Louvart, Happy as Lazzaro, Murilo Hauser, Inés Bortagaray
Cats: To Be Honest, The Stage Musical Was Kitty Litter Too
ReviewJim SlotekCats, Creepy Cats Trailer, Adaptation, Tom Hooper, Dame Judi Dench, Taylor Swift, James Corden, Idris Elba, Musical, Theatre
A Hidden Life: Terrence Malick ponders the essence of taking a moral stand, then and now
ReviewJim SlotekTerrence Malick, A Hidden Life, Franz Jägerstätter, Nazi resistance, Passive resistance, August Diehl, St. Therese of Avila, Jörg Widmer, Valerie Pachner, Joan of Arc, Thomas Becket, Days of Heaven, The Tree of Life, Heather Heyer, Neo-Nazism, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Soren Kierkegaard
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin - Herzog retraces a friend's global journey and (naturally) stares into the human soul
ReviewJim SlotekWerner Herzog, Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin, Bruce Chatwin, In Patagonia, Aboriginal songlines, Gop-Cairn burial mound, Tierra del Fuego, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Hunter gatherers, Cobra Verde, Klaus Kinski, Scream of Stone
63 Up: Ace Doc Series Following Kids through Adulthood (and Beyond) Is Genuine Reality TV
Bombshell: Stylish Fact-Based Drama on Fall of Fox Honcho Seems Muted Post #MeToo
ReviewBombshell, #MeToo, Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, Allison Janney, John Lithgow, Connie Britton, Kate McKinnon, Malcolm McDowell, fact based drama, Jay Roach
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - The saga wraps with a breathlessly busy script and a mandate to play it safe
ReviewJim SlotekStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker., Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, John Williams, Bill Murray, Chris Terrio, J.J. Abrams, The Force Awakens, Rian Johnson, The Last Jedi, Dan Mindel, Rick Carter, Kevin Jenkins, The Wizard of Oz
The week's wrap-up: Recently-released must-sees and must-misses
ReviewJim SlotekMovie week in review roundups, Michael Bay, The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Violet Nelson, Canadian films, Indigenous themed films, Bruce Sweeney, Kingsway, Gabrielle Rose, Camille Sullivan, Jeff Gladstone, She Never Died, Olunike Adeliyi, Audrey Cummings, Brotherhood, Richard Bell, Richard Jewell, Clint Eastwood’, Paul Walter Hauser, In Fabric, Peter Strickland, Jumanji: The Next Level, Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Awkwafina, 6 Underground
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open: One of the year's best Can-films, a road movie measured in hope not miles
Jumanji: The Next Level - Lame Third Installment Can’t Outpace its Superior Predecessors
ReviewJumanji: The Next Level, Sequel, Jake Kazdan, Dwayne Johnson, Awkwafina, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Action movies, Asian Americans, Reboot
6 Underground: Stupid, Violent Michael Bay Actioner Is… Stupid and Violent. Surprise!
Kingsway: Mother-and-daughter become infidelity snoop-sisters in this antic Canadian domestic farce
ReviewJim SlotekMother and daughter comedies, Mom, Kingsway, Canadian comedies, Bruce Sweeney, Excited, Gabrielle Rose, Camille Sullivan, (Jeff Gladstone, Colleen Rennison, Live Bait, Marriage infidelity, Kevin McNulty, Paul Skrudland
Richard Jewell: Clint's powerful tale of real-life rush-to-judgment takes a second to shoot itself in the foot
ReviewJim SlotekClint Eastwood, Richard Jewell, 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Atlanta Olympics bombing, Paul Walter Hauser, Kathy Bates, Rush-to-judgment, Wrongfully accused, Trial by media, Kathy Scruggs, Olivia Wilde, Jon Hamm, Trading sex for news tips, Sam Rockwell
She Never Died: Canadian genre wiz Audrey Cummings delivers a finger-fuelled fallen angel, flaky sidekicks and stylish horror
ReviewJim SlotekShe Never Died, Audrey Cummings, Berkshire County, Darken, He Never Died, Henry Rollings, Henry Rollins, Jason Krawczyk, Oluniké Adeliyi, Peter MacNeill, Noah Dalton Danby, Michelle Nolden, Kiana Madeira, Supernatural action movies, Genre films, Sequels, Fallen angels
In Fabric : Cuckoo Horror About Murderous Garment Upgolds Director Strickland’s Pedigree
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
