Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You: Turns out The Boss is better, or at least cheaper, seen than heard
ReviewJim SlotekBruce Springsteen, ruce Springsteen’s Letter to You, Springsteen's 20th album, documentaries about album recordings, Thom Zimny, The E Street Band, George Theis, Springsteen’s late sixties’ band, The Castiles, Danny Federici, Clarence Clemons, Max Weinberg, Roy Bittan, Nils Lofgren, Steven Van Zandt, Jake Clemons, Patti Scialfa, Apple TV +
Rebuilding Paradise: Ron Howard revisits a California town incinerated by wildfires
ReviewJim SlotekRebuilding Paradise, Ron Howard, Backdraft, 2018 California forest fires, Incineration of towns, Hans Zimmer, Matt Gates, School superintendent Michelle John, Erin Brockovich, Pacific Gas and Energy culpability
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life - Neurology's late pop-culture hero turns out to be great and charming company
ReviewJim SlotekOliver Wolf Sacks, Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks: His Own Life, Documentarian Ric Burns, Ken Burns, Jonathan Miller, Paul Theroux, Temple Grandin, PBS’s American Masters, Bill Hayes, Tom Shakespeare
Bullets of Justice: Lurid, Crass, Vulgar Horror Lowers the Bar on Bar-Lowering
Over the Moon: Charming Animation Puts Science-Loving Girl in the Spotlight (and on the Moon!)
Review, PreviewJim SlotekOver the Moon, Animated film, Sandra Oh, Ken Jeong, Cathy Ang, Glen Keane, Asian Americans, Kid flicks, Kid's Movies
Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm - Borat gets (slightly) 'woke,' in what amounts to Baron Cohen's comedic 'Trump bomb'
Memories of Murder: Parasite Director’s 2nd Feature Offers Insight Into His Craft… and is Awesome
By Linda Barnard
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Review, PreviewJim SlotekBoon Joon-ho, Parasite, Memories of Murder, South Korean filmmakers, Sung-bo Shim, Kwang-rim Kim, Crime thriller, crime drama, Memories of Murder.
Toronto Jewish Film Festival: Gone Digital, Yes, But Still Exploring the Human Experience
By Linda Barnard
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Rebecca: New Take on Classic Daphne du Maurier Tale Haunted by Hitchcock Original
Review, PreviewJim SlotekDaphne Du Maurier, Gothic Romance, Thriller, Armie Hammer, Lily James, Kirstin Scott Thomas, Ben Wheatley, Rebecca, Netflix movies, Ann Dowd, Alfred Hitchcock, Remake
Making Monsters: Jumbled Horror Raids the Oeuvre for Bits and Pieces, Frankenstein-Style
I Am Greta: Up Close, Extremely Personal Doc on Teen Follows Global Crusade for Future
By Karen Gordon
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Soul-Baring Doc on Judy Rebick Kicks Off Virtual Rendezvous with Madness Festival
Body & Bones: Smitten Young Woman Making Bad Man Choices Remains Ripe Dramatic Terrain
Review, PreviewJim SlotekBody & Bones, Newfoundland, Melanie Oates, Kelly Van der Burg, Joel Thomas Hynes, Lawrence Barry, Jo Burg, Drama, Canadian
The Secrets We Keep: Post-War Thriller Entertaining Enough… If You Don’t Look Too Closely
Review, PreviewJim SlotekThe Secrets We Keep, Thriller, Nazis, Yuval Adler, Noomi Rapace, Chris Messina, Amy Seimetz, Joel Kinnaman, Hitchcockian, Drama, WWII
Totally Under Control: Trump’s Bungling of COVID-19 Pandemic Laid Bare in Timely Doc
When the Storm Fades: Curious Quasi-Documentary Highlights the Fallout from Deeds Gone Awry
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw: Odd indie Canadian witch movie has plenty of dark atmosphere
ReviewJim SlotekWitchcraft movies, Canadian movies, The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw, Thomas Robert Lee, Jessica Reynolds, Isolated religious communities, Robert Eggers, The Witch, Catherine Walker, Sean McGinley, Jared Abrahamson, Don McKellar, The Craft., Nick Thomas
The War with Grandpa: Shaky Kids-Versus-Codgers Comedy Too Blunt to Punt
Review, PreviewJim SlotekThe War with Grandpa, Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Rob Riggle, Tim Hill, Oakes Fegley, Cheech Marin, Christopher Walken, Jane Seymour, Comedy, Family film, Holiday, Mad Dog and Glory
Percy: Simply told, reality-based Canuck drama gives the Davids of the world the Goliath-fighter they want
The Cleansing Hour: The Devil finds an online audience, with mixed emojis as a result
