Original-Cin interview: Director Nicole Dorsey on Two Intense Character Studies Within One Film
InterviewJim SlotekBlack Conflux, TIFF 2019, Nicole Dorsey, Coming of age stories, Delusional Man Stories, Ella Ballentine, Ryan McDonald, Luke Bilyk, Olivia Scriven, Sofia Banzhaf, Canadian film, Newfoundland
Peter Rabbit 2: The bunny's on the run, delivering more action but less charm
The Tomorrow War: Chris Pratt fights a future where IQs have sustained heavy casualties
Summer of Soul: Not-to-be-missed musical moment is not to be dismissed as 'The Black Woodstock'
Zola: Madcap Female Road-Trip Movie Explores Social Media with a Side of Race Relations
ReviewJim SlotekZola, Janicza Bravo, Riley Keough, Taylour Paige, Nicholas Braun, Colman Domingo, Sex Work, Social Media, Female director, female relationships, Twitter, Road Trip, Jeremy O. Harris
Original-Cin Q&A: Director Leigh Janiak brings R.L. Stine's Fear Street books to life on Netflix
By Bonnie Laufer
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The ICFF/Lavazza Film Festival: Three weeks of movies under the stars in cars
The Ice Road: Wintery Actioner Pits Man Against Manitoba… With Predictable Results
ReviewJim SlotekThe Ice Road, Liam Neeson, Laurence Fishburne, Amber Midthunder, Marcus Thomas, Jonathan Hensleigh, Manitoba, Filmed in Canada, Actioner, Thriller, Truckers
Sun Children: A 'lost boy' digs for treasure under the mean streets of Tehran in an Iranian spin on Dickens
Gaia: A Weird Enviro-Horror Fantasy Too Smart For Its Own Goddess
Entangled: Lobstermen & Conservationists Do the Right Whale Thing
ReviewJim SlotekEntangled, Docuementary, Andy Laub, David Abel, Right whales, Lobster fisherman, Environmental issues, Environmental messages, Climate change, Oceans 11
Wolfgang: Genial Doc on Wolfgang Puck Charts the Birth of the Celebrity Chef
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekWolfgang, Wolfgang Puck, Celebrity chefs, David Gelb, Mike Ovitz, California, Cuisuine, documentary, Food, Food films, Alice Waters
The Winter Lake: Cool Irish rural thriller is a strong starter that stops short of its premise's promise
Truman and Tennessee: Documentary Captures Prickly Literary Giants In Soft Glow of Nostalgia
ReviewJim SlotekTruman Capote’s In Cold Blood, Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Lisa Immordino Vreeland, documentary, Hot Docs, David Frost, Dick Cavett
Censor: Sharp Thriller Heralds Bold Talents of Emerging Director Prano Bailey-Bond
Fatherhood: Kevin Hart Struggles with Grief, Baby… and Collapsible Strollers
ReviewJim SlotekFatherhood, Paul Weitz, Kevin Hart, Alfre Woodard, Memoir adaptation, Single dad, Melody Hurd, Dramedy, Netflix, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Lil Rel Howery, Paul Reiser, Family drama
Les Nôtres: In Quebec Feature, A Community Rallies to Hide a Shameful Secret
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard: Smirks, Mayhem, and Salma Hayek’s Chest in Bloody Buddy Comedy
Original-Cin Q&A: Star Trek Discovery's Shazad Latif talks up the all-computer-screen ISIS thriller Profile
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekProfile, ISIS recruitment online, Timur Bekmambetov, Valene Kane, Unfriended, Searching, Screenlife, Shazad Latif, Anna Érelle’s novel In the Skin of a Jihadist, Star Trek:Discovery
Akilla's Escape: Charles Officer's solid generational crime film offers a night of violent redemption for a career criminal
ReviewJim SlotekToronto-set crime stories, Noir, Criminal redemption, Akilla’s Escape, Charles Officer, Nurse.Fighter.Boy, Saul Williams, Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja, Theresa Tova, Colm Feore, Thamela Mpumlwana, Ronnie Rowe, Olunike Adeliyi
