Black Water: Abyss Shows That Even Killer Alligators Can Be… Kind of Meh
Review, PreviewBlack Water: Abyss, Andrew Traucki, Killer alligators, Horror movies, Jessica McNamee, Luke Mitchell, Australian, Black Water, The Meg
Original-Cin Q&A: The Secret Garden's Dixie Egerickx on the joy of shooting in a real garden and acting with kids instead of adults
By Bonnie Laufer
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Ash: Middling Fact-Based Drama Set Amid Wildfire Seeks Compassion, Earns Fatigue
Peninsula: Sequel to the South Korean zombie hit Train to Busan gives you more of everything, except originality
The Secret Garden: Dreamlike and luminous take on the classic children's tale is a visual feast
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Dixie Egerickx, Colin Firth, Misselthwaite Manor, Julie Walters, Amir Wilson, Jack Thorne, Marc Munden, Children's stories with dark undertones
The Burnt Orange Heresy: Mick Jagger and Donald Sutherland Propel Lofty Crime Drama
ReviewThe Burnt Orange Heresy, Giuseppe Capotondi, TIFF 2019, Mick Jagger, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Debicki, Claes Bang, Crime drama, Charles Willeford, Art fraud, Scott B. Smith
Spinster and I Used to Go Here: Smart Female Dramedies Boost the Rom-Com Game
ReviewSpinster, I Used to Go Here, Kris Rey, Gillian Jacobs, Chelsea Peretti, Fe, female relationships, rom-com, Andrea Dorfman, Jemaine Clement, Comedy, Nadia Tonen
Original-Cin Q&A: Micheál Richardson talks about filming with his dad Liam Neeson, in a movie that evokes his mom's death
By Bonnie Laufer
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Red Penguins: The absurdist little-known story of how the Russian mob not-so-warmly greeted NHL investors
ReviewJim SlotekRussian hockey, Pre-Putin Russia, Red Penguins, Gabe Polsky, Red Army, Michael J. Fox, Mario Lemieux, Howard Baldwin, Viktor Tikhonov, Alexander Osadchy, Russian mob
The Great Green Wall: A drive-by tour of bio-resistance to the Sahara, with African music stars a'plenty
ReviewJim SlotekThe Great Green Wall, African desertification, Sahara, Environmental issues, Documentaries, Boko Haram, Music for humanitarian causes, Inna Modja, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Biz Stone, Songhoy Blues, Betty G, Ethiopia
Original-Cin Q&A: Director Kris Rey takes Community's Gillian Jacobs back to school in I Used To Go Here
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekI Used to Go Here, Back to college comedies, Kris Rey, Gillian Jacobs, Southern Illinois University, Unexpected, Jemaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords, The Lonely Island, Andy Sandberg, Jorma Taccone, Ad-libbed lines, Movies about finding self-confidence
Working Man: Poignant, Low-Key Drama the Proverbial Diamond in the Rough
Random Acts of Violence: Jay Baruchel’s Long-Lead Slasher/Horror Flick Doesn’t Quite Kill
ReviewJay Baruchel, Random Acts of Violence, Jordana Brewster, Jesse Williams, slasher flick, horror, comic book, Canadian film, Jesse Chabot, Goon
Original-Cin Q&A: Umbrella Academy’s Ellen Page and Steve Blackman on Superpowers, Family and Fact as Fiction
By Bonnie Laufer
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Preview, InterviewThe Umbrella Academy, Netflix series, superheroes, Ellen, Steve Blackman, American Civil Rights, John Lewis, Greensboro sit-ins, Historical action thriller
Original-Cin Q&A: Writer/director/co-star Jay Baruchel on his passion project Random Acts of Violence and the sad, scary decrepitude of rural towns
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekRandom Acts of Violence, Jay Baruchel, Horror movies, Copycat killers, Movies based on comic books, Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Jordana Brewster, Niamh Wilson, Jesse Chabot, Scary rural shooting locations, Goon: Last of the Enforcers
Original-Cin Q&A: Lou Gossett Jr. on The Cuban, working with Canadians and lessons from a 117-year-old great-grandmother
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekLouis Gossett Jr., The Cuban, Movies about Cuban music, Movies about dementia, Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Sand and Fog, Lauren Holly, Giacomo Gianniotti, Sergio Navarretta, The Book of Negroes, The James Mink Story, Roots, An Officer and Gentleman
Original-Cin Q&A: Jim Gaffigan on playing Rob Ford, performing drive-in stand-up and his two-part concert special on Prime
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekJim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist, Amazon Prime Video, Improvised material, Mayor, Rob Ford, CBS Sunday Morning, Drive-in standup comedy, Amazon Prime, Barcelona, Spain, Kitchener, Ontario, Target Number One, Josh Hartnett
Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful - a snapshot of maybe-misogynist, provocative fashion photography
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekHelmut Newton, Documentary, Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful, Vogue magazine, Anna Wintour, Provocative fashion photography, Gero von Boehm, Alice Springs, Leni Riefenshtal, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Grace Jones, Nadja Auerman, Charlotte Rampling, Claudia Schiffer, Hanna Schygulla, Isabella Rossellini, Susan Sontag, Misogyny in fashion
Original-Cin Q&A: War journo Bob Woodruff and son Mack find the 'amazing' sides of trouble spots in Disney+'s Rogue Trip
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekWar correspondents, Bob Woodruff, Mack Woodruff, Rogue Trip, National Geographic, Disney+, War reporters wounded in action, The bright side of world trouble spots, Skull caves in Papua New Guinea, South American palm tree larvae, Father and son TV series
Lavazza Drive-In Film Festival: World cinema al fresco is just four wheels away
PreviewJim SlotekFilm festivals reacting to COVID-19, Drive-in theatre events, Lavazza Drive-in Film Festival, Ontario Place, The Cuban, Sergio Navarretta, Louis Gossett Jr., Ana Golja, Hilario Durán, Sheep Without A Shepherd, T34, Fisherman’s Friends, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo, I Hate Summer
