All Quiet on the Western Front: War, More Hellish Than Ever
Catherine Called Birdy: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Circa 14th Century (with a Female-Centric View)
ReviewJim SlotekTIFF 2022, Catherine Called Birdy, Lena Dunham, Bella Ramsey, Andrew Scott, Russell Brand, Michael Woolfitt, Paul Kaye, Jamie Demetriou, Comedy, Period films
Triangle of Sadness: Ruben Östlund’s Divisive Palme d’Or Winner A Note-Perfect Satire
By Karen Gordon
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Blind Ambition: Underdog African Sommelier Story Adds Geniality to the Wine-Film Genre
ReviewJim SlotekDocumentary, Wine, Wine connoisseurs, Blind Ambition, Robert Coe, Warwick Ross, Hot Docs, Drama, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Amsterdam: Director David O. Russell’s Anticipated Return as Sloppy as It Is Starry
ReviewJim SlotekAmsterdam, David O. Russell, Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Chris Rock, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Anya Taylor-Joy, Zoe Saldana, Taylor Swift, Rami Malek, Beth Grant, Robert De Niro, Timmy Olyphant, Period piece, Drama, Madcap
Two Witches: Witches Without a Cause
God’s Creatures: Emily Watson Anchors Sublime Story about Small-town Secrets and Lives
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekGod Creatures, Saela Davis, Shane Crowley, Anne Rose Holmer, Emily Watson, Paul Mescal, Aisling Franciosi, Irish, Small town Irish lives, Drama
What We Leave Behind: An Intimate Cross-Border Family Documentary
Smile: When An Upside-Down Frown is the Devil's Playground
Bros: 'Gay Rom-Com' Brings the Funny and the Romance, and More
Dead for a Dollar: Walter Hill’s Old-Fashioned, New-Fangled Western
ReviewJim SlotekDead for a Dollar, Walter Hill, Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan, Warren Burke, Benjamin Bratt, Luis Chavez, Hamish Linklater, Western, Drama, Period piece
The Justice of Bunny King: A Troubled Character Takes Flight on a Soaring Performance
By Karen Gordon
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Pinocchio: Wooden You Know, the 'Live-Action' Remake Would Be Less Real Than the Cartoon?
Sidney: Oprah-Approved Sidney Poitier Doc as Lovely as the Man it Depicts
Lou: Rather Like People, Predictable Stories are Sometimes Hard to Take
Carmen: The New Priest is a She, and She Has a Guardian Pigeon
Eternal Spring: Canada’s Oscar Nom is a Moving But Flawed Animated Documentary
Blonde: Much-Hyped Marilyn Monroe ‘Reimagining’ Stylish but Tawdry
ReviewJim SlotekBlonde, Marilyn Monroe, Andrew Dominik, Netflix, Biopic, Bobby Cannavale, Adrien Brody, Ana de Armas, Joyce Carol Oates, Adaptation
Bandit: A Bloated Tale of Canada’s Flying Bank Robber
Don't Worry Darling: Gossip Aside, this Stepford Wives Offspring Stands Shakily On Its Own Merits
