The 11th Green: Oddball Time-Travelling Drama Captures Paranoid Political Moment
Who Farted?: Doc by prankster Nerenberg is a colourless, odourless 'gas,' with a whiff of serious overtones
ReviewJim SlotekAlbert Nerenberg, Prankish documentaries, Morgan Spurlock, Michael Moore, Who Farted?, World Fart Championships in Northern Finland, Nik Sheehan, FLicKeR, Whoopee Cushion, Le Pétomane, Mr. Methane, Simon Cowell, Harrison Ford, Greenhouse gases from flatulence, Methane released from permafrost, Fart jokes
Hammer: Canuck Crime Drama Buoyed By Understatement and Solid Acting
Original-Cin Q&A: Rachel McAdams watched 'every Bjork interview' for the comedy Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekEurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Netflix movies, Will Ferrell, Icelandic characters, Rachel McAdams, David Dobkin, Wedding Crashers, Pierce Brosnan, Demi Lovato, Dan Stevens, Downton Abbey, Spoof of Scandivavian pop stars, Bjork, Jaja Ding Dong
Irresistible: Jon Stewart directs a political comedy with less bite than we expected, but some thoughts to chew on
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekJon Stewart, The Daily Show, Talk show host turned filmmaker, Irresistible, Super PACs, Bellwether U.S. elections, Steve Carell, Chris Cooper, Brent Sexton, Mackenzie Davis, Rose Byrne, Jon Ossoff, Veep, Rosewater, Trevor Potter, Dark money in elections
Exit Plan: Hallucinogenic, Slow-Burn Thriller Offers Chills and a Cerebral Buzz
Original-Cin/Hollywood Suite Critic's Picks: Guest programmer Liam Lacey dissects the divorce classic Shoot the Moon
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ViewsJim SlotekClassic movies about divorce, Hollywood Suite '80s channel, Original-Cin, Shoot the Moon, Alan Parker, Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, Bo Goldman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Anouk Aimee, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Karen Allen, Dana Hill, National Lampoon’s European Vacation, Peter Weller
Original-Cin Q&A: The makers of Boys State - in which politically opposed teens show adults how to govern - tout their Sundance winning doc
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekBoys State, Student politicians, Mock government exercises, American Legion, Sundance Grand Jury Prize, Hot Docs 2020, Film festivals streaming during COVID-19, Free streaming event for Hot Docs members, Jesse Moss, Amanda McBaine, Bill Clinton as a boy shaking JFK's hand, Political opposites compromising
Mr. Jones: With an uneven plot and a profound and powerful silent act, Agnieszka Holland wades into Ukraine's Holodomor
ReviewJim SlotekAgnieszka Holland, Ukrainian Holodomor, Mr. Jones, Gareth Jones, Josef Stalin, Collectivization deaths, Man-made famine, James Norton, Europa Europa, Walter Duranty, Compromised media, Peter Sarsgaard, Vanessa Kirby
Original-Cin Q&A: Agnieszka Holland talks about her 'Ukrainian Holocaust' movie Mr. Jones and the lesson of stifling press
By Bonnie Laufer
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The Rest of Us: A dead man's two families grudgingly cohabit in a sweet spirited film that plays like a pilot
ReviewJim SlotekExtended families learning to live together, The Rest of Us, Aisling Chin-Yee, Half siblings, Alanna Francis, Heather Graham, Sophie Nélisse, Jodi Balfour, Abigail Pniowsky, Big Little Lies
Original-Cin Review/Interview: Stealing School director Li Dong talks 'Asian Fs,' school's exaggerated importance and absurd tribunals
Review, InterviewJim SlotekStealing School, Li Dong, Academic tribunals, plagiarism accusations, Celine Tsai, racism, Jonathan Keltz, Over importance of academia, Michelle Monteith, Matthew Edison, Mpho Koah, Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz
You Don’t Nomi: Doc of Kitsch Classic Showgirls Shows What Legacies Look Like
Think Like a Dog: Overly busy kidflick is a bit of a bow-wow, but you will say, 'Awww'
ReviewJim SlotekTalking dog movies, Think Like a Dog, Apple TV+’, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Doctor Dolittle, Gabriel Bateman, Chinese box office, Josh Duhamel, Megan Fox, Kunal Nayyar, The Big Bang Theory, Neo Hooo, Gil Junger, Todd Stashwick
Original-Cin/Hollywood Suite Cross-Promo: Liam Lacey Programs Disturbing Relationships Into The 'Decades' Channels
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Review, Preview, ViewsJim SlotekCactus Flower, The End of the Affair, Death in Venice, Fatal Attraction, War of the Roses, Hollywood Suite, Shoot The Moon, Single White Female, The Crying Game, You Can Count on Me, Blue Valentine, Gone Girl, Drama, Comedy, Neil Jordan, Glenn Close, Michael Douglas, Michelle Williams, Ryan Gosling, Goldie Hawn, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Original-Cin Q&A: Teen scream-queen Lulu Wilson on the bloody revenge movie Becky, Star Trek: Picard and feminism
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekLulu Wilson, Becky, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Annabelle: Creation, The Haunting of Hill House, Teenage scream-queen, Kevin Jame, Star Trek PIcard, Gloria Steinem, Female empowered horror films
Da 5 Bloods: Spike Lee squeezes a mini-series worth of contrivances to get us from Vietnam to Black Lives Matter
ReviewJim SlotekSpike Lee, Da 5 Bloods, Vietnam War, Black Lives Matter, Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Angela Davis, Kevin Willmott, Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Delroy Lindo, Clarke Peters, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Norm Lewis, Chadwick Boseman, Jonathan Majors, Johnny Nguyen, Mélanie Thierry, Jean Reno, Newton Thomas Sigel, Terence Blanchard, The Chambers Brothers, Marvin Gaye
Original-Cin Q&A: Palestinian director Elia Suleiman talks about his absurdist approach to inflammatory reality
Review, InterviewJim SlotekElia Suleiman, It Must Be Heaven, Palestinian filmmaker, Absurdist social comment, Guy Sprung, Gael Garcia Bernal, Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Movies released online during pandemic, Yasmine Hamdan, Keystone Cops, Buster Keaton, Jacques Tati
Original-Cin Q&A: Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer talks about the importance of being Irish and having Colin Farrell as his onscreen avatar
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekArtemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer, Children's book series turned movie, Kenneth Branagh, Ferdia Shaw, Nonso Anozie, Tamara Smart, Judi Dench, Josh Gad, Colin Farrell, Schitt's Creek
The King of Staten Island: Judd Apatow and Pete Davidson squeeze tenderhearted comedy out of dark reality
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekJudd Apatow, Pete Davidson, The King of Staten Island, Saturday Night Live alumni, Dave Sirus, Marisa Tomei, 9/11, Bel Powley, Maude Apatow, Bill Burr, Steve Buscemi
