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Double Walker: The Rape-Revenge Genre Takes a Ghostly Turn
Double Walker: The Rape-Revenge Genre Takes a Ghostly Turn

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekNovember 11, 2021Rape revenge stories, Promising Young Woman, Colin West’s Double Walker, Sylvie Mix, Murderous ghost story, Maika Carter, Darryl A Wright, Jacob RiceComment
They Say Nothing Stays the Same: Meditative Character Study Both Elusive and Affecting
They Say Nothing Stays the Same: Meditative Character Study Both Elusive and Affecting

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekNovember 11, 2021They Say Nothing Stays the Same, Japanese movies, Drama, Joe Odagiri, Akira Emoto, Ririka Kawanshima, Nijiro Murakami, Character studyComment
Portraits From a Fire: A Teen Rez Film Auteur Finds His Focus in a Sweet, Subtle, Imaginative Tale
Portraits From a Fire: A Teen Rez Film Auteur Finds His Focus in a Sweet, Subtle, Imaginative Tale

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekNovember 8, 2021Teens with moviemaking dreams, Life on reserves, Portraits From a Fire, Trevor Mack, William Lulua, Sammy Stump Comment
Reel Asian Festival turns 25: Best title! Best time travel story! And much, much more!
Reel Asian Festival turns 25: Best title! Best time travel story! And much, much more!

By Liam Lacey

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Review, PreviewJim SlotekNovember 7, 2021The Reel Asian Film International Film Festival, Films by Asians and Asian diaspora, Beyond The Infinite Two Minutes, Inbetween Girl, I Was a Simple Man, Christopher Makoto Yog, Documentary on overachieving Asian student cultureComment
Finch: Tom Hanks, a dog and some robots in a post-apocalyptic road movie with heart
Finch: Tom Hanks, a dog and some robots in a post-apocalyptic road movie with heart

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekNovember 5, 2021Tom Hanks movies, post-apocalypse, Movies with robot characters, Finch, Caleb Landry Jones, Miguel Sapochnik Comments
Spencer: Christmas at the In-Laws is a 'Royal' Pain in this Dark Immersive Princess Di Fable
Spencer: Christmas at the In-Laws is a 'Royal' Pain in this Dark Immersive Princess Di Fable

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekNovember 3, 2021Films about Princess Diana, Spencer, Pablo Larraín, Jackie, Jacqueline Kennedy, Peter Morgan, The Crown, Kristen Stewart, Anne Boleyn, Sally HawkinsComment
Eternals: Marvel's New Wannabe-Avengers Franchise is Too Busy to Be Fun
Eternals: Marvel's New Wannabe-Avengers Franchise is Too Busy to Be Fun

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekNovember 3, 2021Marvel Cinematic Universe, Eternals, Chloé Zhao, Angelina Jolie, Kumail Nanjiani, Salma Hayek, Kit Harington, Indie filmmakers gone Marvel Comments
Mondo Hollywoodland: ‘Shrooming in the Dream Factory
Mondo Hollywoodland: ‘Shrooming in the Dream Factory

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekNovember 3, 2021Mondo Hollywoodland, Janek Ambros, Chris Bim, Marcus Hart, Comedy, Shot of iPhone, Mondo, Genre films, comedyComment
Original-Cin Q&A: Pablo Larrain Talks About His 'Upside Down Fairy Tale' Diana movie Spencer
Original-Cin Q&A: Pablo Larrain Talks About His 'Upside Down Fairy Tale' Diana movie Spencer

By Bonnie Laufer

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InterviewJim SlotekNovember 2, 2021Pablo Larraín, Spencer, Jackie, Experiential movies about tragic iconic women, Princess Diana, Kristen Stewart, The Royal FamilyComment
Gaza mon amour: Sweet Tale About Late-Life Romance Leverages Rarely Seen Setting
Gaza mon amour: Sweet Tale About Late-Life Romance Leverages Rarely Seen Setting

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekNovember 2, 2021Gaza mon amour, Arab Nasser, Tarzan Nasser, Hiam Abbass, Salim Daw, Middle East, rom-comComment
29th Rendezvous with Madness Revisits Todd Haynes’ Safe, a '90s Drama Capturing the Anxiety of the Moment
29th Rendezvous with Madness Revisits Todd Haynes’ Safe, a '90s Drama Capturing the Anxiety of the Moment

By Liam Lacey

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Review, PreviewJim SlotekOctober 29, 2021Film festivals, Mental health issues, Rendezvous with Madness film and arts festival, Todd Haynes’ masterpiece, Safe, Julianne Moore, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers’s Kimmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy, Anny, Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché, The Last ShelterComment
Snakehead: Sympathy for a Human Trafficker. So, There’s That…
Snakehead: Sympathy for a Human Trafficker. So, There’s That…

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekOctober 28, 2021Snakehead, Evan Jackson Leong, Shuya Chang, Jade Wu, Sung Kang, Richie Eng, Immigrant experience, Drama, New York, TIFF 2021Comment
Antlers: Gory, Creepy Horror Conjures Scares Both Literal and Figurative
Antlers: Gory, Creepy Horror Conjures Scares Both Literal and Figurative

By Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekOctober 28, 2021Horror, Guillermo del Toro, Antlers, Scott Cooper, Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Graeme Greene, Jeremy T. Thomas, Sawyer Jones, Scott HazeComment
A Mouthful of Air: Starry Saga about Depression Lovely to Observe But Lacking Topical Heft
A Mouthful of Air: Starry Saga about Depression Lovely to Observe But Lacking Topical Heft

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekOctober 28, 2021A Mouthful of Air, Drama, Themes of depression, Paul Giamatti, Amy Irving, Finn Whitlock, Amanda Seyfried, Amy Koppelman, adaptationComment
Roh: What Happens in the Malaysian Jungle Stays in the Malaysian Jungle
Roh: What Happens in the Malaysian Jungle Stays in the Malaysian Jungle

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekOctober 28, 2021International Oscar nominees, Malaysian movies, Roh, Horror films set in the woods, Emir Ezwan, Paganism, Farah Ahmad, NamronComment
Original-Cin Q&A: Zombie Heistmeister Zack Snyder and Scream-King Matthias Schweighöfer Talk Up Army of Thieves
Original-Cin Q&A: Zombie Heistmeister Zack Snyder and Scream-King Matthias Schweighöfer Talk Up Army of Thieves

By Bonnie Laufer

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InterviewJim SlotekOctober 28, 2021Army of the Dead, Army of Thieves, Zombie heist comedy, Zack Snyder, Matthias Schweighöfer, Ruby O. FeeComment
Last Night in Soho: Things Are Great When You're Downtown - Afterwards, Not So Much
Last Night in Soho: Things Are Great When You're Downtown - Afterwards, Not So Much

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekOctober 27, 2021Time hopping movies, Swinging '60s London, Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Last Night in Soho, Edgar Wright, Diana Rigg, ghost storiesComment
Snakehead - Original-Cin Q&A: How the Asian Community Stepped Up for a Movie About Real-life Gangster Sister Ping
Snakehead - Original-Cin Q&A: How the Asian Community Stepped Up for a Movie About Real-life Gangster Sister Ping

By Bonnie Laufer

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InterviewJim SlotekOctober 26, 2021Movies about female Asian gang leaders, Snakehead, Evan Jackson Leong, Sister Ping, Jade Wu, Shuya Chang Comment
The Capote Tapes: Truman Capote Doc Titillating and Weirdly Trying in Equal Measure
The Capote Tapes: Truman Capote Doc Titillating and Weirdly Trying in Equal Measure

By Kim Hughes

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ReviewJim SlotekOctober 25, 2021The Capote Tapes, documentary, TIFF, Ebs Burnough, Kate Harrington, Sally Quinn, Dick Cavett, Colm Tóibín, Jay McInerney, 20th CenturyComment
Wife of a Spy: Japan’s Brutal History Viewed Through a Hitchcockian Lens
Wife of a Spy: Japan’s Brutal History Viewed Through a Hitchcockian Lens

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekOctober 22, 2021Japanese, Thriller, Hitchcockian, Wife of a Spy, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Ryôta Bandô, Yû Aoi, Issey Takahashi, Period piece Comment
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