The Summer I Turned Pretty: Teen Soap with An Asian Touch
ReviewJim SlotekThe Summer I Turned Pretty, Prime Video, Jenny Han, Lola Tung, Jackie Chung, Rachel Blanchard, Christopher Briney, Gavin Casalegno, Sean Kaufman, Tom Everett Scott, Colin Ferguson, Minnie Mills, Alfredo Narciso, Teen dramas, Soap Opera, Asian Americans
Lightyear: Toy Story Spinoff Further Proof of the Genius of Pixar, and Delightful to Boot
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekPixar, Animation, Lightyear, Angus MacLane, Chris Evans, Uzo Aduba, Keke Palmer, Taika Waititi, James Brolin, Children's movies, Spinoff, Origin story
Brian and Charles: Winking Welsh Comedy a Winner for All
The Phantom of the Open: Mark Rylance Elevates a Real-Life Duffer's Impossible Dream
Female Eye Film Festival At 20: Making Women's History
PreviewJim SlotekThe Female Eye Film Festival, Toronto in the movies, Valerie Buhagiar, Carmen, Katie Boland, We're All in This Together, Leslie Ann Coles, Women's issues, Women in film, Lizzie Thynne, Independent Miss Craigie
Jurassic World Dominion: Scientific Claptrap Trumps Action in Convoluted Latest Installment
ReviewJim SlotekJurassic World Dominion, Colin Trevorrow, Chris Pratt, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, Bryce Dallas Howard, Isabella Sermon, Sci-fi, Sequel, Dinosaurs
Irma Vep Encore: Olivier Assayas Circles Back to Dig Deeper
ReviewJim SlotekHBO, Remake, Irma Vep, Olivier Assayas, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Macaigne, Jeanne Balibar, Devon Ross, Carrie Brownstein, Paris
Hustle: Adam Sandler Dramedy a Winning Homage to Basketball, Family, and Philly
By Karen Gordon
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The Toronto Jewish Film Festival: After 75 Years, A Rhapsody Reborn
Review, PreviewJim Slotek30th Toronto Jewish Film Festival, The Rhapsody, Leo Spellman, Famous Holocaust survivors, Paul Hoffert, Lighthouse, Stephen Fry, Rock Camp, The Movie, Rose, Aurélie Saada, Tromperie, Philip Roth, Let It Be Morning., Eran Kolirin
A Chiara: Gripping Third in Trilogy Surveys the Mafia from the Eyes of a Teen
By Karen Gordon
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Watcher: Thriller Traverses Territory Covered by Master Filmmakers, For Better or Worse
ReviewJim SlotekThriller, Watcher, Chloe Okuno, Karl Glusman, Maika Monroe, Burn Gorman, Gabriela But, Madelina Anea, Hitchcockian, Polanski
Foxhole: Bullets, Debates and Endless Recurrence in this Trio of War Tales
Jazz Fest A New Orleans Story: A Concert and a Commercial
ReviewJim SlotekDocumentary, Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story, Frank Marshall, Ryan Suffern, New Orleans, Music, Jimmy Buffett, Bruce Springsteen, Katy Perry, Pitbull, Al Green, Herbie Hancock, Aaron Neville, Irma Thomas
Q&A/Review The Righteous: Republic of Doyle's Mark O'Brien's stark, gothic supernatural directorial debut
Freakscene The Story of Dinosaur Jr.: Reverential Rock Doc Strictly for Fans
ReviewJim SlotekDocumentary, Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr., Philipp Reichenheim, Music documentaries, J Mascis, Murph, Lou Barlow, Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Alt-rock, 90s, Henry Rollins, Frank Black, Bob Mould, My Bloody Valentine, Kevin Shields
Crimes of the Future: Cronenberg’s Cannes-Fêted Latest Predictably Divisive
ReviewJim SlotekCrimes of the Future, Cannes Film Festival, David Cronenberg, Viggo Mortensen, Don McKellar, Nadia Litz, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman, Tanaya Beatty, Léa Seydoux, Thriller, Canadian
Blue Mountain Film Festival: Familiar Hands Guide the Wheel of Fledgling Fest
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi - The Return of the Original Jedi Gives Fans What They Want
Original-Cin Q&A: Dakota's Tim Rozon talks dogs, bears, wolves, Schitt's Creek and Wynnona Earp
By Bonnie Laufer
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Top Gun: Maverick - Big Dumb Fun Designed to Make IMAX Great Again
