Original-Cin Q&A: First-time actor, Mississauga's Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, talks about starring in new Mindy Kaling series
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekNever Have I Ever, Mindy Kaling, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, The Mindy Project, The Office, Teen comedy series, Netflix, Lang Fisher, Immigrant experience, First-gen children of immigrants
24 Davids: Quirky and thought-provoking NFB doc seeks people named Dave, whom you may not know, but should
By Linda Barnard
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Extraction: Aussie mercenary Chris Hemsworth also plays one in an empty, bombastic Netflix action film
ReviewJim SlotekExtraction, Chris Hemsworth, Sam Hargrave, Joe Russo, Graphic novel based adventures, Netflix movies, Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Pankaj Tripathi, Priyanshu Painyuli, Golshifteh Farahani, David Harbour, Stranger Things, Netflix
Planet of the Humans: Michael Moore Cohort Charts Enviro-Disaster with Mixed Results
They Call Us Warriors: True tale of Venezuela's 2016 Women's Under-17 football is an underdog story with geopolitics
9/11 Kids: Hot Docs film on CBC follows the adult lives of a Grade 2 class who were symbols of terrorist trauma
By Linda Barnard
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The Willoughbys: Child neglect and parent-killing schemes provides oddly fun fodder for bored, quarantined kids
ReviewJim SlotekThe Willoughbys, Lois Lowry, The Giver, Dark children's comedies, Roald Dahl, Lemony Snicket’s Daniel Handler, Vancouver's BRON animation, Ricky Gervais, Martin Short, Jane Krakowski, Kris Pearn, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Will Forte, Alessia Cara, Seán Cullen, Maya Rudolph, Rob Lodermeier, Mark Stanleigh
National Canadian Film Day: This year, the movies are coming to a home-theatre near you
Preview, ReviewJim SlotekNational Canadian Film Day, Elevation Pictures, eOne, LevelFILM, Mile End, Mongrel Media, Pacific Northwest Pictures, Theatrical movie events being streamed, COVID-19 effect on movies, The Song of Names, The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, And the Birds Rained Down, The Grizzlies, Anthropocene, RUN THIS TOWN
Restored Classic Western The Grey Fox Gallops to the Aid of Indie Theatres Nationwide
Review, Preview, InterviewThe Grey Fox, National Canadian Film Day, Philip Borsos, Richards Farnsworth, Ron Mann, Canadian movies, Westerns, COVID-19 effect on movies, Jackie Burrows, Films We Like, Independent cinema
Your weekend-less guide: What to watch that's NOT in the theatres
ReviewJim SlotekCOVID-19 effect on movies, Hot Docs, Barry Avrich, Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art, CBC Gem, Kim Kardashian-West: The Justice Project, Saigon Metalhood: Vietnam’s Heaviest Story, Ken Jennings, Jeopardy!, The Game Show Network, Mrs. America, Cate Blachett, Rose Byrne, Tracey Ullman, Phyllis Schlaffly, Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Streamed movie roundups
Mrs. America: Striking Biopic on Key Feminist Chapter Says Goodbye to an ERA
ReviewMrs. America, Dahvi Waller, Cate Blanchett, Sarah Paulson, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tracey Ullman, FX, iTunes movies, Women's issues, Women's right, Gloria Steinem, Drama, Historical drama, Biopic, Mad Men, John Slattery
Doc your world!: Some cool, eclectic non-fiction to be streamed from farther-flung corners
Preview, ReviewJim SlotekStreaming movies during COVID-19, The American Nurse, Carolyn Jones, Kim Kardashian-West: The Justice Project, www.hayu.com, U.S. incarceration rates, Shakedown, Los Angeles black lesbian strip bar, The Whitney Museum, Pornhub, Ronnie-Ron, Caniba, Criterion Channel, Issei Sagawa, Renée Hartevelt, Cannibal murder, Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Saigon Metalhood: Vietnam’s Heaviest Story, Vimeo, Spinal Tap, Trung Thanh, Trung Loki, Hysterical Buffalo
Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art - a grade A dissection of one of America's biggest art scams
ReviewJim SlotekHot Docs International Film Festival, Canadian Broadcast Corporation, Barry Avrich, Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art, Art fraud, Documentaries, Events postponed due to caronavirus, Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World, M. Knoedler & Co, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Louvre, Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Maria Konnikova, The Confidence Game, Domenico di Sole, Sotheby's
The 2020 Hot Docs Film Festival: Carrying on, in theory
PreviewJim SlotekHot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival., Events postponed due to caronavirus, Documentaries, CBC, MADE YOU LOOK: A True Story About Fake Art, Barry Avrich, Elizabeth St. Philip, 9/11 KIDS, Liz Marshall, Meat the Future, They Call Me Dr. Miami, Jean-Simon Chartier, Lord Tim Bell, Influence, The Walrus and the Whistleblower, Hong Kong Moments, Bing Zhou, Larry Flynt for President
Original-Cin Q&A: Jeopardy! G.O.A.T. Ken Jennings talks his new game show and his trivia Achilles Heel (hockey)
By Bonnie Laufer
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Your week-endless preview: What to watch that’s NOT in the theatres
ReviewJim SlotekStreamed movie roundups, Original-Cin, National Film Board, First Stripes, Jean-François Caissy, Mitch Azaria, Tripping The Rideau Canal, TVOntario, Alan Yang, Tigertail, Master of None, Asian American experience, What Love Looks Like?, Romantic comedies, Alex Magaña, Love Wedding Repeat, Sam Claflin, Olivia Munn, Quibi, Streaming services, Jeffrey Katzenberg
What Love Looks Like: Light 'n' breezy L.A.-Based Episodic Romance Buoyed by Strong Performances
Love Wedding Repeat: Silly Romcom Checks the Predictable Boxes But Falls Flat
Tigertail: Surprisingly Heavy Drama about Midlife Minefields from Comedy Creator
Original-Cin Q&A: Comedy creator Alan Yang does drama and the Asian-American experience with Netflix feature directorial debut Tigertail
By Bonnie Laufer
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