Your weekend preview: What to see (and what to skip) in the theatres this week
Jim SlotekMartin Scorsese, The Irishman, Al Pacino, Jimmy Hoffa, Joe Pesci, Russell Bufalino, Robert De Niro, Frank Sheeran, Doctor Sleep, The Shining, Ewan McGregor, Roland Emmerich, Midway, Woody Harrelson, Dennis Quaid, Jake Weber, Aaron Eckhart, Frankie, Ira Sachs, Isabelle Huppert, Marisa Tomei, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Atwood: A Word After A Word After A Word Is Power
Doctor Sleep: Prosaic callback to The Shining might have worked better without all that baggage
ReviewJim SlotekDoctor Sleep, The Shining sequel, Stephen King, Stanley Kubrick, Mike Flanagan, Overlook Hotel, Jack Nicholson, Ewan McGregor, Carl Lumbly, Scatman Crothers, Alex Essoe, Shelly Duvall, Rebecca Ferguson), Kyliegh Curran
The Irishman: DeNiro, Pacino and Pesci's best work in years is best seen in the theatre
ReviewJim SlotekMartin Scorsese, The Irishman, Robert De Niro, Frank Sheeran, Jimmy Hoffa, Joe Pesci, Al Pacino, Goodfellas, Casino, Netflix films, Rodrigo Prieto, Charles Brandt, Steven Zaillian, Russell Bufalino, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Kathrine Narducci, Bobby Cannavale, Harvey Keitel, Aleksa Palladino, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Ray Romano, Jesse Plemons, Dascha Polanco
Frankie: Stilted Drama As Dysfunctional as the Family at Its Centre
ReviewFrankie, Ira Sachs, TIFF 2019, Isabelle Huppert, Marissa Tomei, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Drama, Family drama, European
Margaret Atwood: A Word After A Word After A Word is Power - a wide dive, but not a deep one, into the author's life
ReviewJim SlotekMargaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale, Man Booker prize, Alias Grace, The Testaments, Margaret Atwood: A Word After A Word After A Word Is Power, Peter Raymont, Nancy Lang, Graeme Gibson, Mary Harron, Sarah Polley, Order of the Companions of Honour, Biographical documentaries, PEN International, #MeToo, Stephen Galloway, Hana Gartner
Midway: Minus monsters and aliens, Roland Emmerich puts the boom in naval battle
ReviewJim SlotekMidway, Roland Emmerich, Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, Pearl Harbor, Doolittle Raid on Toky, War films, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Admiral Chester Nimitz, Woody Harrelson, Rear Admiral Raymond Spruance, Jake Weber, William “Bull” Halsey, Dennis Quaid, Aaron Echhart, Lt. Comm. Jimmy Doolittle, Admiral Yamamoto, Etsushi Toyokawa, Edwin Layton, Patrick Wilson, Dick Best, Ed Skrein, Wade McClusky, Luke Evans
Original-Cin Q&A: Roland Emmerich talks Sony balking at making Midway, and chimes in on Marvel movies (not cinema)
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekIndependence Day, Roland Emmerich, The Day After Tomorrow, Godzilla, Midway, Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans, Aaron Eckhart, Nick Jonas, A Bridge Too Far, The Patriot, Wes Tooke, Sony, Anonymous, Stonewall, Moonfall, Jonny Beauchamp, Rhys Ifans, Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Marvel, Martin Scorsese, The Russo Brothers
Synonyms: Nadav Lapid's Berlin-winning slap at Israeli machismo and the French superiority complex is outrageous in the best way
Your weekend preview: What to see (and what to skip) in the theatres this weekend
ReviewJim SlotekWeek's movies in review, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Cameron, Linda Hamilton, Terminator: Dark Fate, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Tim Miller, Deadpool, Natalia Reyes, Motherless Brooklyn, Jonathan Lethem, Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Bruc Willis, Alec Baldwin, Cynthia Erriovo, Cynthia Erivo, Harriet Tubman, Feras Fayyad, The Cave, Syrian Civil War, Synonyms, Israeli movies, Tom Mercier, News from Home: The Films of Chantal Akerman, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai de Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Chantal Akerman Retrospective Explores Slow Cinema from Feminist View
Preview, Review, ViewsChantal Akerman, TIFF, Retrospective, TIFF retrospectives, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai de Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, European cinema, Slow cinema, New From Home, News From Home: The Films of Chantal Ackerman, Cannes
The Cave: Masterful Doc Exposes the Horrors and Heroes of Syria’s Civil War
Harriet: Historical Biopic on Slave-Turned-Abolitionist Hits the Right Notes
By Karen Gordon
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Terminator: Dark Fate - The franchise calls a 'mulligan' and reclaims some of its original spirit
ReviewJim SlotekTerminator: Dark Fate, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Cameron, Linda Hamilton, Terminator Genisys, Deadpool, Tim Miller, Reboot sequels, Terminator T-800, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, Mackenzie Davis
Motherless Brookyn: Edward Norton's film-noir writing/directing/starring turn is a worthy 'Chinatown East'
ReviewJim SlotekMotherless Brooklyn, Film noir, Chinatown, Edward Norton, Jonathan Lethem, Robert Moses, Alec Baldwin, James Rouse, Tourette Syndrome, Bruce Willis, Thom Yorke, Wynton Marsalis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Original-Cin interview: Motherless Brooklyn's Edward Norton on directing himself, rewriting a best-seller and systemic racism
InterviewJim SlotekMotherless Brooklyn, Edward Norton, Tourettes, Jonathan Lethem, Bruce Willis, Robert Moses, Actor-directors, Jane Jacobs, Hortense Gabel, Alec Baldwin, Donald Trump, James Rouse, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Wynton Marsalis, Thom Yorke
Your Weekend Roundup: What to See (And Skip) In The Theatres
By Original-Cin Staff
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Review, PreviewThe Lighthouse, TIFF 2019, Pain and Glory, Pedro Almodóvar, Robert Eggers, Black and Blue, Jojo Rabbit, Taika Waititi, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Naomie Harris, Antonio Banderas, Roundup, imagineNATIVE
Black and Blue: Good Cop/Bad Cop Drama Mines Headlines for Thematic Thrust
ImagineNATIVE Festival celebrates 20 years of Indigenous works with free Friday
PreviewJim Slotek20th annual ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, Kathleen Hepburn, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Blood Quantum, Jeff Barnaby, Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger, Alanis Obomsawin, Asia Youngman, Violet Nelson
Original-Cin interview: Pain and Glory's Antonio Banderas talks heart attack, and playing a 'self-fiction' of his friend Almodovar
InterviewJim SlotekAntonio Banderas, Pedro Almodóvar, Pain and Glory, Toronto International Film Festival, Banderas heart attack, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, Evita, The Mask of Zorro, Spy Kids, Melanie Griffith, Awards season movies, Filmmakers quasi-autobiographies
The Lighthouse: A hell of a film, claustrophobic, audacious, ambiguous and completely bonkers
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Lighthouse, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, The Witch, Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Hallucinatory narratives, Claustrophobia, Films about the sea, Masculinity, Award season films, Films about solitude and madness
