Original-Cin Q&A: Aaron Eckhart talks up the thriller Wander with Tommy Lee Jones - but what he'd really like to do is host a podcast
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekAaron Eckhart, murder mystery, April Mullen, Wander, Tommy Lee Jones, Ron Howard, The Missing, Harvey Dent, Celebrity podcasts, Keeping in character, Jack Nicholson
The Legend of Baron To’a: Fun Kiwi Dramedy-Slash-Throwdown Offers Blood-Free Charms
Review, PreviewJim SlotekThe Legend of Baron To’a, Dramedy, Comedy, Wrestling, Kiel McNaughton, indigenous films, imagineNATIVE, Uli Latukefu, Nathaniel Lees, John Tui
Billie: Doc on Jazz Great Billie Holiday Elevated by Newly Unearthed Audio Archive
Original-Cin Q&A: Amanda Seyfried talks about David Fincher's many takes in Mank, and the lost talent of Hearst's mistress Marion Davies
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekMank, David Fincher, Netflix, Citizen Kane, Greatest movie of all time, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Gary Oldman, Orson Welles, Tom Burke, Amanda Seyfried, Marion Davies, William Randolph Hearst, Award season movies
Funny Boy: Canuck Oscar Contender Charts Gay Coming-of-Age Story, Sri Lankan-Style
Review, PreviewJim SlotekAva Duvernay, Deepa Mehta, CBC, Oscar contender, Funnt Boy, Gay themes, Canadian, Sri Lankan, Shyam Selvadurai, adaptation, Alice Munro, Civil War, Sri Lankan civil war
Rocks: Lovely, Affecting Drama Captures Silliness and Sorrow of Teen at a Crossroads
Review, PreviewJim SlotekRocks, TIFF 2019, Sarah Gavron, Bukky Bakray, D’angelou Osei Kissiedu, Kosar Ali, Teenage story, Coming of age, London
Black Bear: Aubrey Plaza plays with our heads in the woods, and uses her deadpan to best effect in intriguingly weird film
ReviewJim SlotekBlack Bear, Aubrey Plaza, Surreality, Lawrence Michael Levine, Ambiguity in film plots, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, Movies set in the woods, Movies about movies, Robert Leitzell
Stardust: Imagined David Bowie Adventure Lacks Imagination and Adventure
Happiest Season: Heart-lukewarming LGBTQ themed Christmas movie is the cinematic equivalent of gifted socks
ReviewJim SlotekLGBTQ themed Christmas Movies, Happiest Season, Writer/director Clea DuVall, The Christmas House, 12 Dates of Christmas, A New York Christmas Wedding, Kristen Stewart, Dan Levy, Mackenzie Davis, Mary Steenburgen, Victor Garber, Alison Brie, Mary Holland, Aubrey Plaza
Fear of Dancing: Intriguing doc about why some (like Stephen Fry) are chronically unable to get down with their bad selves
The COVID Cruise: How a repeat plague ship, The Diamond Princess, became the ultimate COVID super spreader
ReviewJim SlotekCOVID-19, Disease outbreaks on cruise ships, The Diamond Princess, Yokohama, Captain Gennaro Arma, Mike Downie and David Wells, Gay Courter, Spencer Fehrenbacher, Ya Tsan, SeaDream 1
Original-Cin Q&A: Shawn Mendes doc director Grant Singer talks 109-show shoot, voice crises and T.O. homecoming
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekConcert tour documentaries, Shawn Mendes, Shawn Mendes: In Wonder, Grant Singer, The Weeknd, Taylor Swift, Canadian pop sensations, Camila Cabello, Netflix, Pickering
Tales of the Uncanny: Doc on Horror Anthologies Necessarily Captures Genre’s Best and Worst
Review, PreviewJim SlotekTales of the Uncanny, David Gregory, Horror, Horror anthology, The Uncanny, Creepshow, The Theatre Bizarre, Stephen King, Roger Corman
Original-Cin Q&A: ZAPPA director Alex Winter on why the doc is more about the man than the music
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekFrank Zappa documentary, Alex Winter, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Downloaded, The Panama Papers, Showbiz Kids, Gail Zappa, Bill and Ted: Face The Music, Editor Mike Nichols, Senate hearings on record labeling, Ahmet Zappa, Diana Serra Cary, Cameron Boyce
Sweet Parents: Dour tale of young New Yorkers seeking old money to launch their careers could have worked as farce
ReviewJim SlotekSweet Parents, Sugar daddies, Lifestyles of young and ambitious New Yorkers, Leah Rudick, David Bly, Chris Roberti, Jacob Mondry, Casey Biggs, Barbara Weetman, Restauranteurs in movies
Running Wild: The Cats of Cornwall Doc Compassionately Highlights Plight of Cat Homelessness
Review, PreviewJim SlotekRunning Wild: The Cats of Cornwall, Mellissa Alepins, TVOntario, TVO documentary, Cat homelessness, Community cats, Cat rescue, Volunteers, Animal welfare, Social issues
Amadeus: The Director’s Cut Revisits Milos Forman’s Mozart Extravaganza. That’s All
Review, Preview, ViewsJim SlotekAmadeus, Mozart, Biopic, Milos Forman, F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Director's Cut, Oscar winner, Drama, Twyla Tharp
Vanguard: Weak Storytelling and Wonky CGI Diminish Jackie Chan Actioner
Collective: Searing Doc Chronicles Corruption Exposed by Tragedy and the Journos Who Followed It
Review, PreviewJim SlotekCollective, TIFF 2019, Alexander Nanau, Documentary, Romanian movies, cinema verité, journalism, Fire, tragedy
Sound of Metal: A deeply affecting portrait of a drummer whose life is upturned with the loss of his hearing
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekSound of Metal, TIFF 2018, Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Darius Marder, Q&A, Deafness, Deaf culture, Drama, Derek Cianfrance
