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Islands: A Filipino-Canadian Film About Taking Care
Islands: A Filipino-Canadian Film About Taking Care

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 13, 2022Islands, Martin Edralin, Rogelio Balagtasi, Sheila Lotuaco, Pablo S.J. Quiogue, Filipino Canadian, Canadian drama, Reel Asian Comment
Marlene: The Muddled Melodrama of The Woman Behind Steven Truscott
Marlene: The Muddled Melodrama of The Woman Behind Steven Truscott

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 13, 2022Drama, Canadian movies, Steven Truscott, fact based drama, Marlene, Wendy Hill-Tout, Kristin Booth, Greg Bryk, Julia Sarah Stone Comments
Original-Cin Q&A: All My Puny Sorrows' Director and Stars on the Miriam Toews Experience
Original-Cin Q&A: All My Puny Sorrows' Director and Stars on the Miriam Toews Experience

By Bonnie Laufer

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InterviewJim SlotekApril 13, 2022Miriam Toews, All My Puny Sorrows, Michael McGowan, The right to die, Alison Pill), Sarah Gadon, Mare WinninghamComment
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - Fewer Beasts, More Nazi Metaphor, Less Charm
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - Fewer Beasts, More Nazi Metaphor, Less Charm

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 13, 2022Wizarding movies, Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Grindelwald, Eddie Redmayne, Dan Fogler, Mads Mikkelsen, Johnny Depp, Jude LawComment
All My Puny Sorrows: 'To Be or Not to Be' Remains the Question in Ambitious Adaptation of Toews Novel
All My Puny Sorrows: 'To Be or Not to Be' Remains the Question in Ambitious Adaptation of Toews Novel

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 12, 2022Miriam Toews, All My Puny Sorrows, Michael McGowan, The right to die, Alison Pill), Sarah Gadon, Mare Winningham, Donal LogueComment
Spiritwalker: South Korean Body-Swapping Martial Arts Fantasy is Ambitiously Ambiguous
Spiritwalker: South Korean Body-Swapping Martial Arts Fantasy is Ambitiously Ambiguous

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 11, 2022South Korean films, Martial arts, Body swapping themes, Spiritwalker, Yoon Jae-geun, Yoon Kyesang, Lim Ji-yeonComment
Mothering Sunday: A Writer’s Life Filtered through the Female Gaze
Mothering Sunday: A Writer’s Life Filtered through the Female Gaze

By Jennie Punter

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 8, 2022Mothering Sunday, Eva Husson, Graham Swift, British period film, 1920s, writer’s life, female gaze, sensuality, Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Olivia ColmanComment
Everything Went Fine: A French Family Grapples With Assisted Suicide in a Film That Avoids Melodrama
Everything Went Fine: A French Family Grapples With Assisted Suicide in a Film That Avoids Melodrama

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 8, 2022Cannes films, Everything Went Fine (Tout s’est bien passé), François Ozon, Assisted suicide, Sophie Marceau, André Dussollie, Emmanuèle Bernheim, Géraldine Pailhas, Charlotte RamplingComment
Ambulance: Wheels On the Ground, Michael Bay Does What He Does A Bit Better
Ambulance: Wheels On the Ground, Michael Bay Does What He Does A Bit Better

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 7, 2022Ambulance, Michael Bay, Speed, Car chase movies, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jake Gyllenhaal, Eiza González, Garret DillahuntComment
Cow: The New Milk Cow Blues
Cow: The New Milk Cow Blues

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 7, 2022Cow, Documentary, Andrea Arnold, Animal rights, Animal welfare, Cruelty to animalsComment
Sundown: Uncertainty Exalts Director Michel Franco’s Singular Mexican-Set Drama
Sundown: Uncertainty Exalts Director Michel Franco’s Singular Mexican-Set Drama

By Kim Hughes

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 6, 2022TIFF 2021, Sundown, Michel Franco, Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Iazua Larios, Mexican film, DramaComment
As They Made Us: Twee Family Drama Boasts Strong Cast, So-So Story
As They Made Us: Twee Family Drama Boasts Strong Cast, So-So Story

By Kim Hughes

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 5, 2022As They Made Us, Mayim Bialik, Dianna Agron, Candice Bergen, Dustin Hoffman, Simon Helberg, Justin Chu Cary, Family drama, Drama, End of life issues, Neko CaseComment
Minamata: Johnny Depp Goes Deep in Film About the Japanese Town That Gave Its Name to a Disease
Minamata: Johnny Depp Goes Deep in Film About the Japanese Town That Gave Its Name to a Disease

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 4, 2022Minamata, Disease caused  by mercury poisoning, Johnny Depp, W. Eugene Smith, Life Magazine, Andrew Levitas, Minami, Bill Nighy Comment
Slow Horses: Gary Oldman is Pungently Good in Darkly Funny Spy Series
Slow Horses: Gary Oldman is Pungently Good in Darkly Funny Spy Series

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 1, 2022British spy series, Slow Horses, Mick Herron, MI5, Kristin Scott Thomas, Graham YostComment
The Last Tourist: Grim Doc Exposes the Massive Downsides of Easy Global Travel
The Last Tourist: Grim Doc Exposes the Massive Downsides of Easy Global Travel

By Kim Hughes

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ReviewJim SlotekMarch 31, 2022Documentary, Environmental messages, Environmental horror, The Last Tourist, Tyson Sadler, Jane Goodall, Bruce Poon Tip, G Adventures, Travel, Tourism, Travel & Tourism, Animals, Cruelty to animals Comments
Morbius: Not Quite a Horror movie, Just Another Super-Hero Movie
Morbius: Not Quite a Horror movie, Just Another Super-Hero Movie

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekMarch 31, 2022Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man nemeses, Morbius, Vampire themes, Jared Leto, Matt Smith Comments
Ahed’s Knee: An Israeli Filmmaker Loses It In The Desert
Ahed’s Knee: An Israeli Filmmaker Loses It In The Desert

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekMarch 31, 2022Israeli films, TIFF 2021, Ahed’s Knee, Nadav Lapid, Avshalom Pollak, Nur Fibak, Palestinian occupation, Ahed Tamimi, DramaComment
You Won’t Be Alone: Folklore-Based Arthouse Horror a Parable for Modern Times
You Won’t Be Alone: Folklore-Based Arthouse Horror a Parable for Modern Times

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekMarch 30, 2022Horror, Folklore, Arthouse, You Won’t Be Alone, Goran Stolevski, Noomi Rapace, Anamaria Marcina, Sara KlimoskaComment
Everything Everywhere All at Once: Michelle Yeoh Hops the Multiverse in a Joyously Insane Ode to Life, Consequences
Everything Everywhere All at Once: Michelle Yeoh Hops the Multiverse in a Joyously Insane Ode to Life, Consequences

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekMarch 29, 2022Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Daniels, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis, James Hong, Jenny Slate, Sci-fi, Martian Arts, Action, Adventure, Action-adventure, FantasyComment
Learn To Swim: Jazz Romance Finds Abstract Truth Between the Notes
Learn To Swim: Jazz Romance Finds Abstract Truth Between the Notes

By Jennie Punter

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ReviewJim SlotekMarch 25, 2022Learn to Swim, Movies about jazz, Movies set in Toronto, TIFF Canada’s Top Ten list, Thomas Antony Olajide, Emma Ferreira Comments
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