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Since 2017: Career film critics continuing the conversation

Ai Wei Wei's Human Flow: An artist's vision, an activist's plea

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 19, 2017Ai Weiwei, refugees, dissidents, documentaries, Muhammad Faris

Only The Brave: Fact-Based Fire Drama Fans Humanity at the Heart of its Heroes

By Kim Hughes

ReviewOctober 19, 2017fact based drama, heroes, Josh Brolin, Jennifer Connelly, Jeff Bridges

Original-Cin interview: Michael Fassbender learns to ski on The Snowman

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 17, 2017Crime, Author Jo Nesbo, Norway, Michael Fassbender, Murder mystery

The Florida Project: Soulful kid-stuff on the poor side of Mouse-ville

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 13, 2017Awards season movies, Independent films, Working class drama, Children

Double shot: All roads lead to Psycho; Hoffman, Sandler and Stiller hit Netflix in Baumbach telefilm

By Jim Slotek and Kim Hughes

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 12, 2017documentaries, Hitchcock, Psycho, Shower scene, Horror, Family drama, Noah Baumbach, Ben Stiller, Netflix

The Foreigner: Jackie Chan as Irish 'Rambo' is great, the rest not so much

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 12, 2017Political intrigue, Action, The Irish Troubles, The IRA, Jackie Chan

Mark Felt: Liam Neeson Brings Controlled Dignity to Watergate Player Deep Throat

By Kim Hughes

InterviewOctober 11, 2017drama, docudramas, Liam Neeson, Watergate, Trump

Da kink in our heroine: Professor Marston & The Wonder Women

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 11, 2017Wonder Woman, S&M bondage, Alternative lifestyles, psychology

Goodbye Christopher Robin: Trauma, magic, curdled fame and Tigger too

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 10, 2017Period piece films, Winnie-the-Pooh, A.A. Milne, Biopics, Fame

A series of amuse-bouches launches the 20th Cinéfranco festival

By Jim Slotek

ViewsJim SlotekOctober 6, 2017French cinema, film festivals, Toronto films, Quebec films

Rebel In The Rye: Literary legend without a script

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 5, 2017Biopics, J.D. Salinger, Catcher In The Rye, Kevin Spacey

Blade Runner 2049: Daring Sequel Beats the Odds and Boosts the Legacy

By Kim Hughes

ReviewOctober 5, 2017Sci-fi, Franchise, Ryan Goslign, Harrison Ford

Lucky: Harry Dean Stanton’s Swansong a Touching Career Snapshot

By Liam Lacey

ReviewOctober 5, 2017drama, Harry Dean Stanton, Ensemble cast

The Mountain Between Us: Star Power Fizzles on Fetching Slopes

By Liam Lacey

ReviewOctober 4, 2017Drama, disaster movie, British stars

Victoria and Abdul: Allah saves the Queen

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekOctober 1, 2017Period piece films, Victoria England, The Raj, Dame Judi Dench, Stephen Frears

When the audience flatlines too

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 29, 2017horror, remakes, blumhouse

American Made: High-Flying Tom Cruise Nails it as Drug-Running Government Op

By Kim Hughes

ReviewSeptember 29, 2017action-adventure, Tom Cruise, Drugs, Reality-based movies

The Midwife: We can never have enough Catherine Deneuve

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 28, 2017French cinema, Women's relationships, Catherine Deneuve

'Donkumentary' Do Donkeys Act turns out to be redonkulously good

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 27, 2017Animal rights, documentaries, existentialism, Willem Dafoe

No sneak peaks of films like Flatliners usually means the worst, literally

By Jim Slotek

ViewsJim SlotekSeptember 26, 2017Movie release schedules, Horror, Bad movies, Funny Or Die, Idiocracy