Rendezvous with Madness Launches With Lovely, Elegiac Song and the Sorrow
Preview, ReviewNFB, Rendezvous With Madness, Gene MacLellan, Catherine MacLellan, Ron Hynes, Robbie Robertson, Anne Murray, Canadian film, Documentary
Bad Times at the El Royale: Measured Pace, Extreme Weirdness Yield Truly Original Film
ReviewBad Times at the El Royale, Jon Hamm, Jeff Bridges, Dakota Johnson, Lewis Pullman, Drew Goddard, Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Pulp Fiction, The Cabin in the Woods, The Martian, Cailee Spaeny, Chris Hemsworth
Bigger: A great Schwarzenegger portrayal can't save this Joe Weider biopic
ReviewJim SlotekBigger, Joe Weider, Ben Weider, Tyler Hoechlin, Aneurin Barnard, Dunkirk, Mr. Universe, Mr. Olmpica, Arnold Schwarzenegger, bodybuilding, Calum Von Moger, George Gallo, Midnight Run, Colton Haynes, Jack Lalanne, Kevin Durand, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Julianne Hough, Betty Weider
Knuckleball: Home Alone meets The Shining in an isolated Alberta farmhouse
ReviewJim SlotekKnuckleball, Michael Ironside, Home Alone, The Shining, Luca Villacis, Munro Chambers, Michael Peterson, Children in peril, Lloyd the Conqueror, Jason Voorhees, Kathleen Munroe, Krista Bridges
The Old Man & The Gun: A warmly subversive, gentle, modern Western, with Redford as The Sunset Kid
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Old Man & the Gun, Robert Redford retirement, American anti-heroes, Modern Westerns, Bank robbers, Forrest Tucker, David Grann, The New Yorker, San Quentin, Sissy Spacek, Casey Affleck, David Lowery, A Ghost Story
Your Weekend Film Round-Up: What To See (and Skip) in Theatres…
By Original-Cin Staff
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Review, Interview, ViewsA Star is Born, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliot, The Sisters Brothers, TIFF 2018, TIFF 2017, John C Reilly, Jake Gyllenhaal, Joaquin Phoenix, Patrick DeWitt, Venom, Tp, Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed, Let the Corpses Tan, Elina Löwensohn, Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani
Let the Corpses Tan: Ecstatic Visuals Power Hallucinogenic Crime Drama
ReviewDrama, Thriller, TIFF 2017, Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani, The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears, Amer, Elina Löwensohn, Michelangelo Marchese, Hal Hartley, Michael Almereyda, Ennio Morricone
Venom: Turning a classic Marvel villain into my-best-friend-inside-me
ReviewJim SlotekVenom, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man, Tom Hardy, Stan Lee, Hulk, Riz Ahmed, Michelle Williams, Elon Musk, Martin Shkrelli, PG-13, Deadpool, Ruben Fleischer, Zombieland, Ralph Steadman, Car chases, Easter Egg
Original-Cin Q&A: The Sisters Brothers' author Patrick deWitt on pressure, attention and mental casting
By Bonnie Laufer
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Original-Cin Exclusive: A Star is Born After-Party at TIFF
By Bonnie Laufer
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The Sisters Brothers: French director, Canadian novel, American West, and perfect cast equals great character comedy
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Sisters Brothers, Jacques Audiard, Deephan, Palme D'Or, Patrick deWitt, Governor General's Award, Man Booker prize, Giller prize, Rust and Bone, Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, Rutger Hauer, Riz Ahmed, Jake Gyllenhaal, American Westerns, Canadian novels, French directors English-language films
A Star is Born and a skeptic is won over (if not 100% gaga)
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekA Star Is Born, Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott, Actors turned director, Dorothy Parker, George Cukor, Moss Hart, Judy Garland, James Mason, Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, John Gregory Dunne, Joan Didion, Artistic integrity, La Vie En Rose, The music industry, Curse of celebrity
Night School: Lame Comedy Wastes Bankable Leads, Audience Good Will
ReviewNight School, Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip, Comedy, Malcolm D. Lee, Taran Killam, SNL, Megalyn Echikunwoke, High School
Minding the Gap: Ace Documentary Follows Highs and Lows of Skate Kids
My Generation: Michael Caine Serves as Tour Guide to Swinging 60s London
ReviewMichael Caine, Documentary, London, Swinging 60s, Twiggy, David Batty, Paul McCartney, Marianne Faithfull, Mary Quant, Tonite Let’s All Make Love in London, Vidal Sassoon, David Bailey, The Beatles, Pete Townshend, Terence Donovan
Lizzie: Feminist Spin on Classic Murder Tale Answers Some Questions, Raises Others
Hold the Dark: Snowy mountains, frozen lakes, killer wolf-spirits and Lynchian ambiguity
ReviewJim SlotekLynchian, Hold the Dark, Jeremy Saulnier, Green Room, William Giraldi, Wolves, Jeffrey Wright, Westworldd, Aboriginal spirit lore, Keelut, Riley Keough, Tattoo Cardinal, Alexander Skarsgård, James Badge Dale, Netflix
Bad Reputation: Doc Shows How Joan Jett Crashed Male Rock ‘n’ Roll Party
ReviewThe Runaways, The Blackhearts, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Documentary, Hot Docs, L7, Hole, Music documentaries, Sex Pistols, Bikini Kill, Floria Sigismondi, Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Cherie Currie, Iggy Pop, Miley Cyrus
Keira Knightley brings spark to a rule-breaking literary icon in the snappy historical drama Colette
ReviewJim SlotekColette, Gigi, Henry Gauthier-Villars, Svengali, Keira Knightley, Dominic West, Belle Epoque, Historical LGBT figures, Wash Westmoreland, Folies Bergère
Original-Cin Q&A: w/Anthropocene's 'Three Horsemen (Horse-humans?) of the Apocalypse'
InterviewJim SlotekJennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky, Anthropocene Epoch, Holocene, Manufactured Landscapes, Watermark, Great Barrier Reef, Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada, Norilsk Russia, Anthropocene Working Group, Pure Earth, Dandora Landfill Kenya, Alicia Vikander
