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Since 2017: Career film critics continuing the conversation

Spettacolo: Inventive Doc Follows Italian Town That Casts Itself In a Play

By Liam Lacey

ReviewFebruary 9, 2018documentaries, italy, Hot Docs

A Fantastic Woman: Aptly Named Chilean Drama Propelled by Art Imitating Life

By Liam Lacey

ReviewFebruary 8, 2018Foreign language films, Foreign language Oscar, Sebastián Lelio, Daniela Vega, transgender issues, Chile

Guest column: Mark Breslin, Thom Ernst, The Critics Are Wrong!

By Mark Breslin and Thom Ernst

ViewsJim SlotekFebruary 8, 2018Mark Breslin, Thom Ernst, Movie criticism, Contrarianism, Awards season movies

Entanglement a small, smart comedy about almost-suicide and almost-siblings

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 6, 2018Canadian film, Thomas Middleditch, Silicon Valley, Suicide, Romantic comedy, Existentialism, Mental health issues

Somewhat dark fun, hop springs eternal in Peter Rabbit

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 5, 2018Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter, Sam Neill, James Corden, Will Gluck, Domhnail Gleeson, Children's films, CGI

Original-Cin Q&A: Chilean Oscar nom, LGBT-themed A Fantastic Woman

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekFebruary 5, 2018Foreign-language Oscar, Chilean films, LGBT rights, transgender issues

Winchester movie (You’re Letting Me Down…)

By Liam Lacey

ReviewFebruary 2, 2018Horror, Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Bad movies, Suspence

Back to The Future: Still Reminding Us of The Power of Love

By Karen Gordon

Views, ReviewFebruary 1, 2018Flashback Film Fest, '80s movies, Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Retrospective

'Holy hand grenades!' How the Flashback Film Festival's Holy Grail found its groove

By Jim Slotek

Views, InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 31, 2018Flashback Film Fest, '70s movies, '80s movies, '90s movies, Monty Python, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Monty Python's Flying Circus

Original-Cin Q&A: Was Helter Skelter a hoax? Manson doc director says yes

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 28, 2018documentary, Charles Manson, Helter Skelter, Vincent Bugliosi

TIFF retrospective: From hippie filmmaker to revered 'underrated genius,' Philippe Garrel's dramas reflect life

By Liam Lacey

Views, ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 26, 2018French auteurs, Philippe Garrel, Nico, Velvet Underground, TIFF, Retrospectives

The Insult: Lebanon’s Complex History Fires Film’s Ambitions… With Mixed Results

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJanuary 25, 2018TIFF 2017, Lebanon, Oscars 2018, Foreign language films, Foreign-language Oscar

Maze Runner: The Death Cure - So are we done killing teenagers now?

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 25, 2018Young adult novels, post-apocalypse, The Maze Runner, Hunger Games, Divergent, Will Poulter

Original-Cin Q&A: Annette Bening and Jamie Bell on why Film Stars (Really and Truly) Don’t Die in Liverpool

By Kim Hughes

InterviewJanuary 24, 2018TIFF 2017, Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, fact based drama, Julie Walters

'Hillbilly gothic' Hollow In The Land: a decalcified Winter's Bone

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 23, 2018Hillbilly gothic, Winter's Bone, Glee, Dianne Agron, working-class crime drama, Scooter Corkle, Jared Abrahamson

2018 Oscar Noms: Many Are Culled, Few Are Chosen, Some Wuz Robbed

By Liam Lacey, Kim Hughes, Karen Gordon, Jim Slotek and Bonnie Laufer

ViewsJim SlotekJanuary 23, 2018Oscars, Oscars 2018, The Shape of Water, The Florida Project, critics picks, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell

Original-Cin Q&A Birdland: Peter Lynch on quitting docs and going noir

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 22, 2018Peter Lynch, Noir, Documentaries, Stephen McHattie, Ornithology, Atom Egoyan, Paul Quarrington, Bruce McDonald, Directors Guild of Canada

12 Strong: When Superheroes Go to War (Things Blow Up!)

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJanuary 18, 2018War, Action, American, Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, 9/11, Afghanistan, Jerry Bruckheimer

In The Fade & Forever My Girl: Love Stories With Very Different Outcomes

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJanuary 18, 2018Drama, Romantic comedy, Oscars, TIFF 2017, love story