Flannery: The Storied Life of the Writer from Georgia - O'Connor lives on in a personal doc, rumours of her 'cancellation' notwithstanding
ReviewJim SlotekFlannery: The Storied Life of the Writer from Georgia, Flannery O’Connor, Classic writers who've been cancelled, The New Yorker, ow Racist Was Flannery O’Connor?, Loyola College Maryland, Thea Bowman, Mark Bosco, PBS American Masters, Elizabeth Coffman, Tommy Lee Jones, Conan O’Brien, Alice Walker, Hilton Als\, Brad Gooch, Robert Giroux, Sally Fitzgerald, Erik Langkjaer, Good Country People, John Huston, Wise Blood
Fatima: Story about a famous test of childhood sainthood is also a test of patience
By Linda Barnard
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ReviewJim SlotekFatima, Sainthood of Portuguese children, Sighting of the Virgin Mary, Harvey Keitel, Sonia Braga, The Miracle of Our Lady of Fátima, Stephanie Gil, Alejandra Howard, Jorge Lamelas, Joana Ribeiro, Marco Pontecorvo, Pa-ra-da, Game of Thrones, Lúcia Moniz
The Prey: Human hunting season has been extended for no good reason in Cambodia
ReviewJim SlotekThe Prey, Jimmy Henderson, The Most Dangerous Game, Richard Connell, The Hunger Games, Surviving the Game, Humans hunting humans, Cambodia, Gu Shangwei, Vithaya Pansringarm, The Furies, The Hunt, Dy Sonita
Pariah Dog: Haunting and even poetic portrait of the street dogs of Kolkata is a must for animal lovers
All Joking Aside: Yet another sad drama about comedy that really does leave the jokes aside
ReviewJim SlotekDramas about comedians, Sad clown tropes, All Joking Aside, Canadian movies, Punchline, Sally Field, Tom Hanks, Shannon Kohli, James Pickering, Raylene Harewood, Brian Markinson, Mark Breslin, Yuk Yuk's comedy clubs, Graeme Thompso, Andrew “Dice” Clay
Original-Cin/Hollywood Suite Cross-Promo: Kim Hughes on Love Deliberately (Savagely) Broken
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Views, Preview, ReviewOriginal-Cin, Hollywood Suite, Kim Hughes, Cross-promo, Take This Waltz, Unfaithful, Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee, Sarah Polley, Adrian Lyne, Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Olivier Martinez, Sarah Silverman
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run Upholds Inherent Lunacy of Beloved Series
Review, PreviewSpongeBob SquarePants, Sponge on the Run, Tim Hill, Keanu Reeves, Akwafina, Animated film, adaptation, Kid's Movies, Comedy, Canada only, Tom Kenny, Stephen Hillenburg, tribute
Valley of the Gods: Lush Film from Polish Director Majewski Earns Amazement, Not Admiration.
Unhinged: Russell Crowe Road-Rage Drama Brings the Horror if Not the Plausibility
Review, PreviewUnhinged, Derrick Borte, Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorious, Road rage, Road Warrior, Gabriel Bateman, thriller, suspense, horror, Carl Ellsworth
Things I Do for Money: Kooky Canuck Family Crime Drama Saved by Blissful Music
Preview, ReviewThings I Do for Money, Warren Sonoda, Gary Nolan, Theodor Aoki, Maximillian Aoki, Colette Zacca, Canadian film, Independent films, Hamilton Ontario, Family drama, crime drama, Cello, Brothers
The Personal History of David Copperfield: Armando Iannucci sets aside savage cynicism, for warm mockery that amounts to homage
Review, PreviewJim SlotekThe Personal History of David Copperfield, TIFF 2019, Armando Iannucci, Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi, Dickens, Literary adaptation, Whimsical, Comedy, Dramedy, Rosalind Eleazar, Benedict Wong
Black Water: Abyss Shows That Even Killer Alligators Can Be… Kind of Meh
Review, PreviewBlack Water: Abyss, Andrew Traucki, Killer alligators, Horror movies, Jessica McNamee, Luke Mitchell, Australian, Black Water, The Meg
Ash: Middling Fact-Based Drama Set Amid Wildfire Seeks Compassion, Earns Fatigue
Peninsula: Sequel to the South Korean zombie hit Train to Busan gives you more of everything, except originality
The Secret Garden: Dreamlike and luminous take on the classic children's tale is a visual feast
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Dixie Egerickx, Colin Firth, Misselthwaite Manor, Julie Walters, Amir Wilson, Jack Thorne, Marc Munden, Children's stories with dark undertones
The Burnt Orange Heresy: Mick Jagger and Donald Sutherland Propel Lofty Crime Drama
ReviewThe Burnt Orange Heresy, Giuseppe Capotondi, TIFF 2019, Mick Jagger, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Debicki, Claes Bang, Crime drama, Charles Willeford, Art fraud, Scott B. Smith
Spinster and I Used to Go Here: Smart Female Dramedies Boost the Rom-Com Game
ReviewSpinster, I Used to Go Here, Kris Rey, Gillian Jacobs, Chelsea Peretti, Fe, female relationships, rom-com, Andrea Dorfman, Jemaine Clement, Comedy, Nadia Tonen
Red Penguins: The absurdist little-known story of how the Russian mob not-so-warmly greeted NHL investors
ReviewJim SlotekRussian hockey, Pre-Putin Russia, Red Penguins, Gabe Polsky, Red Army, Michael J. Fox, Mario Lemieux, Howard Baldwin, Viktor Tikhonov, Alexander Osadchy, Russian mob
The Great Green Wall: A drive-by tour of bio-resistance to the Sahara, with African music stars a'plenty
ReviewJim SlotekThe Great Green Wall, African desertification, Sahara, Environmental issues, Documentaries, Boko Haram, Music for humanitarian causes, Inna Modja, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Biz Stone, Songhoy Blues, Betty G, Ethiopia
Working Man: Poignant, Low-Key Drama the Proverbial Diamond in the Rough
