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Since 2017: Career film critics continuing the conversation

TIFF 2018: An eco-legacy fulfilled, an aboriginal lacrosse tale and new films from Dolan and Arcand

By Liam Lacey

ViewsJim SlotekAugust 2, 2018TIFF 2018, Rob Stewart, Sharkwater Extinction, Xavier Dolan, Denys Arcand, Canadian films, Aboriginal films, Patricia Rozema, Don McKellar, Ron Mann, Jennifer Baichwal, Ed Burtynsky, Anthropocene

Original-Cin Q&A: Jim Cummings, the voice of Winnie the Pooh (and Tigger too!)

Jim Cummings (Christopher Robin)

InterviewJim SlotekJuly 30, 2018Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin, A.A. Milne, Jim Cummings, Paul Winchell, Tigger, Disney, Ewan McGregor, Revisiting childhood, Hundred Acre Wood, Marc Forster

Blindspotting: Ambitious Dramedy A Smart (if Messy) Look at Race and Class

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJuly 26, 2018Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal..., Oakland, first feature, Comedy-drama, Hamilton

Shock and Awe: Iraq War Newspaper Drama Meanders and Fizzles

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJuly 26, 2018Rob Reiner, Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Newspapers, 9/11, Drama, War

Original-Cin Q&A: Lauren Greenfield Spies our Superficial Souls in Doc Generation Wealth

By Kim Hughes

InterviewJuly 26, 2018Lauren Greenfield, The Queen of Versailles, Documentary, Sundance films

Mission: Impossible - Fallout: An action-film greatest-hits of death-defying, always-escapable predicaments

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 25, 2018Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Christopher McQuarrie, Actors doing stunts, Action films

Original-Cin Q&A: Simon Pegg on Cruise's action-jones, 'It's easy to dismiss it as insane'

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJuly 24, 2018Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Christopher McQuarrie, Actors doing stunts, Action films

TIFF announcements 2018: Ryan Gosling walks on the moon!

By Jim Slotek

ViewsJim SlotekJuly 24, 2018Toronto International Film Festival, Film festivals, Cannes, Foreign films, Oscar winning films, Damian Chazelle, Barry Jenkins, Patricia Rozema, Beautiful Boy, Life Itself

Streaming Site MUBI Screens Best (and Bleakest) of Emerging Canuck Cinema

By Liam Lacey

Views, ReviewJuly 21, 2018MUBI, streaming service, Canadian film, Werewolf, Mass for Shut-ins, How Heavy This Hammer, The Stairs, Still Night, Still Light, Maison du bonheur

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: Same Old but with ABBA Songs So What’s Not to Love?

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJuly 20, 2018sequel, musical, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin FIrth, Amanda Seyfried, Stellan Skarsgård, ABBA

The Equalizer 2: Lame Sequel Ramps Ups the Action, Dumbs Down the Premise

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJuly 20, 2018Denzel Washington, Antoine Fuqua, sequel, action-adventure, Melissa Leo, remake

Hot Docs Weekend Roundup: Nazi Film Trove Revealed, Chinese Hero Shortchanged

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJuly 18, 2018Hot Docs, Nazi, Chinese dissidents, Udo Kier

Eighth Grade: A YouTube-age girl's touching voyage through pre-high-school hell

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 18, 2018Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade, YouTube, Bo Burnham, Internet, Social Media, Sundance films

Under the Tree: Icelanders behaving badly makes for dark, deranged social satire

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 18, 2018Icelandic films, Social satire, Cruelty to animals, suicide, Divorce, Sex videos, Domestic violence

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot: Much tragically told but not explained about provocative cartoonist Callahan

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 18, 2018Cartoonist, John Callahan, Quadriplegia, Gus Van Sant, Joaquin Phoenix, Jack Black, Jonah Hill, Offending material

Sorry to Bother You: Wickedly Clever Comedy Hits Contemporary Targets

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJuly 13, 2018Lakeith Stanfield, Danny Glover, satire, comedy, Boots Riley, Get Out, Armie Hammer

Whitney: Family-Sanctioned Doc Tells Familiar Tale of Success and Excess

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJuly 13, 2018Documentary, Kevin Macdonald, Whitney Houston, Music

Three Identical Strangers: A compelling tale of nature, nurture and unscrupulous science

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 12, 2018Documentary, Triplets, Nature versus nurture, Tim Wardle, Jewish issues, Media sensations

Hey, I CAN smell what The Rock is cooking!: A hot mess called Skyscraper

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 12, 2018Dwayne Johnson, Action films, Die Hard, The Towering Inferno, Giant office towers, Neve Campbell, Hong Kong, Summer blockbusters