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Since 2017: Career film critics continuing the conversation

The Trip to SPAIN: Duelling Brandos, Caine (again) and a glum dessert

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 3, 2017British comedy, Travel, Food

Bigelow's Detroit a micro horror movie amid a mass race riot

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 3, 2017Racial themes, 20th Century, Reality-based movies

Brigsby Bear: A cynic's nightmare, an optimist's dream

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 2, 2017fantasy, Sundance, indie, quirky comedy

Shin Godzilla: A 60-year-old monster franchise evolves into political satire

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 1, 2017Godzilla, Monsters, Political satire, Japanese films

Al Gore: 'The world is saying, we'll show you, Donald Trump!'

By Bonnie Läufer Krebs

InterviewJim SlotekJuly 31, 2017documentaries, Environmental issues, Global warming, politics

Lou Gossett Jr.: A jokester and a gentleman

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekJuly 28, 2017African-American Oscar winners, kid-flicks, racism

Atomic Blonde: Charlize gets her kicks in MI6

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 27, 2017Espionage, Action, Cold War

Sex, death and a dangerous Victorian mouseburger in Lady Macbeth

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 26, 2017Period films, Victorian, Classical erotica

UNSPOOLED: With Mark Breslin and Thom Ernst

ViewsJim SlotekJuly 26, 2017Comedy, film commentary, summer blockbusters

TIFF: Honey, they shrunk the festival!

By Liam Lacey

ViewsJim SlotekJuly 25, 2017TIFF, Awards season, Foreign films

Girls Trip: Gross-Out Guffaws In the name of Everlasting Sisterhood

Girls Trip: Gross-Out Guffaws In the name of Everlasting Sisterhood

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJuly 21, 2017comedy, bad behaviour, gross-out

The Black Prince: Majestic Costumes But Pacing, Acting Fit For Serfs

The Black Prince: Majestic Costumes But Pacing, Acting Fit For Serfs

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJuly 21, 2017Period films, Victorian England, Colonial India

DUNKIRK: Christopher Nolan's Clockwork War Binge

DUNKIRK: Christopher Nolan's Clockwork War Binge

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJuly 21, 2017World War II, action-adventure, Military history

a ghost story: contemplative film exploring death both affecting and beautiful

a ghost story: contemplative film exploring death both affecting and beautiful

By Karen Gordon

Review, InterviewJuly 20, 2017suspense, Supernatural, Mortality

Valerian and the city of a thousand planets: beaucoup de grésille, pas de steak

Valerian and the city of a thousand planets: beaucoup de grésille, pas de steak

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJuly 20, 2017Science fiction, space opera, French film

DAVID LOWERY INTERVIEW: Director mines grief and comedy with edgy indie A GHOST STORY

DAVID LOWERY INTERVIEW: Director mines grief and comedy with edgy indie A GHOST STORY

By Liam Lacey

InterviewJuly 20, 2017David Lowery, A Ghost Story, Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara

Ape-ocalypse Now!: War For The Planet Of The Apes goes full Kurtz

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 12, 2017Science fiction, Blockbusters, Planet Of The Apes, post-apocalypse

The Little Hours: Forsooth a harmless jape, less than the sum of its cast

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 11, 2017Comedy, Medieval, Funny or Die, History

13 Minutes: Nazis still evil, torture still horrible

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 7, 2017World War II, Drama, Hitler assassination plots

That bizarre Rosedale home : Integral Man contemplates life, art and architecture

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 6, 2017documentary, architecture, mathematics, classical music