Kiss of the Spider Woman: Pucker Up For This Fun Musical Remake
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekBooks that become movies then movie musicals, Kiss of the Spider Woman, 1976 novel by Manuel Puig, Best actor Oscar for William Hurt, Diego Luna, Jennifer Lopez, Tonatiuh, Movies within movies, Kander and Ebb, Director Bill Condon
Good Fortune: Stacked Cast Elevates Ambling and Indebted Story
Roofman: When Truth Is Stranger, and Perhaps Less Chipper, Than Fiction
Your Host: Wheel of Misfortune and No Whammies!
Bone Lake: Carnage Results from an Airbnb Double-Booked with an Oversexed Couple
ReviewJim SlotekMismatched couples with secret menace, Bone Lake, Director Mercedes Bryce Morgan, Writer Joshua Friedlander, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Marco Pigossi, Maddie Hasson, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita, Lakeside horror
V/H/S Halloween: A Dead Video Format Turns Deadly
ReviewJim SlotekV/H/S found-footage horror anthology, V/H/S Halloween, Short horror films by genre filmmakers, Bryan M. Ferguson, Anna Zlokovic, Coochie, Coochie Coo, Paco Plaza, Casper Kelly, Alex Ross Perry, Micheline Pitt-Norman, R.H. Norman, Shudder streaming service
Killing Faith: Abandon Expectation, This Western Doesn’t Care About Shooting Straight
The Partisan: Morgane Polanski is Lost in a Botched Story of a Resistance Heroine
London Calling: Josh Duhamel is a 'Hit-Dad' in a Solid Action-Comedy
By Chris Knight
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Orwell: 2+2=5 - An Experiential Doc About How 1984 Became 2025
ReviewJim SlotekGeorge Orwell, Orwell's thoughts on repressive society, Orwell: 2+2=5, Director Raoul Peck, Damian Lewis, 1984, Animal Farm, Burma, The British Raj, Lies that become truth
The Smashing Machine: Dwayne Johnson's Next Move on the Matt is Actual Acting
Anemone: Daniel Day-Lewis Returns to Acting in Son’s Beautiful, Beguiling Directorial Debut
ReviewJim SlotekAnemone, Ronan Day-Lewis, Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley, The Troubles, Ireland's 'Troubles', Drama, Directorial debut, Feature directorial debut
Good Boy: Good Horror. When Your Dog Barks at ‘Nothing,’ Believe It!
ReviewJim SlotekMovies with canine heroes, Dogs that 'see' things, Haunted houses, Good Boy, Indy the dog, Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, Director Ben Leonberg, Larry Fessenden, Stuart Rudin
Bau: Artist at War - The True-ish Story of Schindler’s List’s Wedding Couple
Peak Everything: It’s The End of the World (and the Fest) As We Know It
By Chris Knight
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Eleanor The Great: How We Grieve and the Stories We Tell Propels Gentle Indie Dramedy
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekTIFF '25, Eleanor The Great, Scarlett Johansson, June Squibb, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Will Price, Jessica Hecht, Erin Kellyman, Drama, Comedy
Marvel Zombies: Where's the Hunger?
ReviewJim SlotekMarvel Animated Series, Marvel series based on comic plots, Marvel Zombies, Writer Zeb Wells, Superheroes turned zombie, Iman Vellani, Dominique Thorne, Hailee Steinfeld, Elizabeth Olsen, Director Bryan Andrews
One Battle After Another: Paul T. Anderson's Least Cryptic Film is a Violent, Tense Carnival Ride
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekWriter-director Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another, Tense action, thriller, drama, comedy, Movies about politically motivated violence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, Chase Infiniti, Benicio Del Toro, Cinematographer Michael Bauman, Regina Hall, Music by Jonny Greenwood
Primitive War: Viet Dinos prove Even Better at Defeating Americans than the Viet Cong
American Sweatshop: Losing Minds While Overseeing Social Media Horrors
