Toronto Japanese Film Fest: James Heron's Hollywood Nippon adventure goes cross-Canada (virtually)
Interview, PreviewJim SlotekToronto Japanese Film Festival, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, James Heron, Yukio Mishima, Kendo, TJFF Grand Prize winner A Garden of the Camellias, Under the Open Sky, A Family, Yakuza-themed films, Mitsuhito Fujii, Miwa Nishikawa, (Isao Hashizume, Go Ayano, Mono no aware, Masayuki Suô, Tamiyo Kusakari, Shall We Dance?, Lady Maiko, Odagiri Joe, Takumi Saitoh
Undine: Christian Petzold’s Latest a Berlin Mermaid Tale Against the Current
ReviewJim SlotekUndine, Christian Petzold, Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, The Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Andersen, Mermaids, Germany, Berlin, Berlin Film Festival, Fairytale
Spiral: Latest Installment in the SAW Horror Franchise at Once Faithful and Novel
ReviewJim SlotekSpiral, Saw, Darren Lynn Bousman, Franchise, Horror, Torture, Chris Rock, Samuel L. Jackson, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, Cop drama, Jigsaw, Serial killers, Tobin Bell
Toronto Jewish Film Festival: A Thematic Sense of Place Propels Latest (and Online) Installment
Review, PreviewJim SlotekToronto Jewish film festival, TJFF2021, Shelter, Ron Chapman, Online Festival, Summer of '85, Lune, Kiss Me Kosher, The Specials
Moby Doc: Novel Filmic Memoir of EDM Star and Vegan Activist Holds Nothing Back
The Real Thing: Japan’s Cannes Contender Follows the Needy Woman of Man’s Dreams
Cruella: Darkly fun fashion fable about a Disney-villain-in-training, with no dogs harmed - yet
ReviewJim SlotekMovie villains' back stories, Cruella de Vil, Cruella, 101 Dalmatians, Emma Stone, Emily Beecham, Tipper Seifert-Cleveland, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, Emma Thompson, he Devil Wears Prada, Jenny Beavan, Craig Gillespie, Movies set in the fashion world
Inside Out Festival 2021: Virtually exploring intimacy in a time of separation
Preview, ReviewJim SlotekInside Out Film Festival, Themes of intimacy during lockdown, 2SLGBTQ+ themes, Language Lessons, Natalie Morales, Mark Duplass, Sexplanation, Alex Liu, Fanny: The Right to Rock, Bloodthirsty, Israeli drama Two, Mama Gloria, Ma Belle, My Beauty, Being Thunder, Sherenté Harris, Summertime, Carlos López Estrada, A Distant Place, Park Kunyoung, Dawn, Her Dad and the Tractor
Wrath Of Man: Jason Statham's Killer Rent-A-Cop Delivers Deadly Force… and Worse Dialogue
ReviewJim SlotekWrath of Man, Guy Ritchie, Jason Statham, English remake, Action\, Revenge thriler, Andy Garcia, Josh Hartnett, Scott Eastwood, Heist films
Hoovie: When you've seen a new movie and you want to talk to someone about it
Preview, InterviewJim SlotekHoovie, Online discussion clubs for films, Book clubs, Social experiences online, Pre-release film previews, Fiona Rayher, B.C.’s Summerhill Winery, Undine, Paula Beer, Perfumes, Tove, Listen, 499, Wife of a Spy
Bloodthirsty: Writing and recording pop music is a beastly business
ReviewJim SlotekWerewolf movies, Canadian horror movies, Films set in the music industry, Bloodthirsty, Amelia Moses, Lauren Beatty, Michael Ironside, Eccentric superproducers, Phil Spector, Ginger Snaps, Katharine King So, Greg Bryk, Judith Buchan, Wendy Hill-Tout, Lowell
The Retreat: Gory Revenge Horror Skirts Uncomfortably Close to Easy Exploitation
ReviewJim SlotekThe Retreat, Horror movies, Pat Mills, LGBTQ, Tommie-Amber Pirie, Sarah Allen, Rossif Sutherland, Celina Sinden, Lesbian, Gay, Torture
Drunk Bus: A Wintry Comedy Stuck In Some Uncomfortable Stereotypes
Strike A Pose: Doc Follows Dancers from Madonna’s Blond Ambition Tour After the Lights Dimmed
Review, PreviewJim SlotekStrike a Pose, Docuementary, Hot Docs, Ester Gould, Reijer Zwaan, Madonna, Music documentaries, 1990s, Jean Paul Gauthier, Truth or Dare
Riders of Justice: Revenge movie with a soul gets Mads and gets even
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Oxygen: Director Alexandre Aja’s Latest Offers Shallow Suspenseful Breaths
Those Who Wish Me Dead: Smokin’ Action, Wobbly Plot, With Angelina As Child-Saving Firefighter
In the Earth: Art-house virus thriller plunges into its own variant of Heart of Darkness
ReviewJim SlotekPandemic movies, Psychopaths in the woods, In the Earth, Ben Wheatley, Kill List, A Field in England, Heart of Darkness, J G Ballard’s High-Rise, Joel Fry, Hayley Squires, Ellora Torchia, Reece Shearsmith
Together Together: Ed Helms and Patti Harrison mesh in a bittersweet dance between a wannabe single dad and a surrogate mom
ReviewJim SlotekSurrogacy, Older man younger woman relationships, Together Together, Nikole Beckwith, Ed Helms, Patti Harrison, Friends, Tig Notaro, Julio Torres, Sufe Bradshaw, The Hangover, Cedar Rapids
The Get Together: A Post-College Reunion in Austin Stirs Memories… of Similar Movies
Review, PreviewJim SlotekThe Get Together, Will Bakke, Michael B. Allen, Courtney Parchman, Luxy Banner, Johanna Braddy, Jacom Artist, Chad Werner, Alejandro Rose-Garcia, Coming of age stories, Comedy, Austin Texas, Dazed and Confused, American Graffiti
