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Hot Docs '22: Batata Director on Life at a Lebanese Potato Farm/Refugee Camp through Syria and ISIS
Hot Docs '22: Batata Director on Life at a Lebanese Potato Farm/Refugee Camp through Syria and ISIS

By Jim Slotek

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InterviewJim SlotekApril 26, 2022Hot Docs, Films about Syrian refugees, Batata, Noura Kevorkian, Raqqa, documentaries, Docs shot over 10 years or more, Syrian-Lebanon relationshipComment
A Taste of Hunger: Film about Restauranteurs Fraying Over Elusive Michelin Star Could Use More Salt
A Taste of Hunger: Film about Restauranteurs Fraying Over Elusive Michelin Star Could Use More Salt

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 26, 2022Danish films, Films about restaurateurs, Michelin-star mania, A Taste of Hunger, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Katrine Greis-Rosenthall, Christoffer BoeComment
Hot Docs '22: Our Picks for the World’s Biggest & Best Documentary Film Festival
Hot Docs '22: Our Picks for the World’s Biggest & Best Documentary Film Festival

By Original-Cin Staff

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Review, PreviewJim SlotekApril 25, 2022Hot Docs, Hot Docs 2022, Batata, Category: Woman, The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks, Attica, SAM NOW, Relative, We Feed People, Million Dolla Pigeons, Make People Better, Framing Agnes, The Killing of a Journalist, Into the Weeds, Still Working 9 to 5, How Saba Kept SingingComment
Original-Cin Q&A: Jennifer Baichwal’s Latest Eco-Expose Launches Hot Docs '22 Festival
Original-Cin Q&A: Jennifer Baichwal’s Latest Eco-Expose Launches Hot Docs '22 Festival

By Bonnie Laufer

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Jim SlotekApril 25, 2022Comment
Navalny: Portrait of an Enemy of Tyranny, and the Unraveling of a Political Poisoning
Navalny: Portrait of an Enemy of Tyranny, and the Unraveling of a Political Poisoning

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 22, 2022Navalny, Documentary, Alexei Navalry, Bellingcat, CNN, Hot Docs 2022, thrillerComment
The Automat: A Warm Memory of a Dining Concept that Defined a Century of American Culture
The Automat: A Warm Memory of a Dining Concept that Defined a Century of American Culture

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 22, 2022Americana, The invention of fast food, The Automat, Mel Brooks, Lisa Hurwitz, Carl Reiner, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Colin Powell Comment
Hit The Road: An Iranian Family Road Trip Movie With A Deft Touch
Hit The Road: An Iranian Family Road Trip Movie With A Deft Touch

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 21, 2022Hit The Road, Iranian film, Panah Panahi, Hasan Majuni, Pantea Panahiha, Amin Simiar, Rayan Sarlak, Abbas Kiarostami, Road trip, Drama, FamilyComment
The Northman: Robert Eggers and his Marquee Cast Go for Full-On Viking Glory
The Northman: Robert Eggers and his Marquee Cast Go for Full-On Viking Glory

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 21, 2022Viking movies, Robert Eggers, The Northman, Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Willem Dafoe, Ethan HawkeComment
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent: The Nicolas Cage Experience Goes Meta
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent: The Nicolas Cage Experience Goes Meta

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 20, 2022Nicolas Cage, Sean Penn, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Meta movies, Actors playing themselves, Jean-Claude Van Damme, JCVD, Pedro Pascal, Tiffany Haddish, Ike Barinholtz, Tom GormicanComment
National Canadian Film Day: Grade-Eh Cinema from Sun-Up to Sundown on Wednesday
National Canadian Film Day: Grade-Eh Cinema from Sun-Up to Sundown on Wednesday

By Jim Slotek

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PreviewJim SlotekApril 18, 2022National Canadian Film Day, The F Word, The Stone Angel., Michael Dowse, Indian Horse, Falls Around Her, Tantoo Cardinal, C.R.A.Z.Y., Jean-Marc Vallée, David CronenbergComment
Paris, 13th District: The Complexity of 'Uncomplicated' Sex, Buoyed by Formidable Scripting
Paris, 13th District: The Complexity of 'Uncomplicated' Sex, Buoyed by Formidable Scripting

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekApril 14, 2022Paris, 13th District., Movies about casual sex, Jacques Audiard, Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba, Noémie Merlant, Movies based on graphic novels, Adrian Tomine, Céline Sciamma, Léa MysiusComment
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
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