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Carmen: The New Priest is a She, and She Has a Guardian Pigeon
Carmen: The New Priest is a She, and She Has a Guardian Pigeon

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 22, 2022Valerie Buhagiar’s Carmen, Romance set on Malta, Natascha McElhone, Henry Zammit Cordina, Women posing as priests, Steven LoveComment
Eternal Spring: Canada’s Oscar Nom is a Moving But Flawed Animated Documentary
Eternal Spring: Canada’s Oscar Nom is a Moving But Flawed Animated Documentary

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 22, 2022Chinese persecution of Falun Gong, Eternal Spring, Canadian animated documentary, Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Jason Loftus, Daxiong, Li Hongzhi, Falun Gong hijacking of Chinese TVComment
Blonde: Much-Hyped Marilyn Monroe ‘Reimagining’ Stylish but Tawdry
Blonde: Much-Hyped Marilyn Monroe ‘Reimagining’ Stylish but Tawdry

By Kim Hughes

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 22, 2022Blonde, Marilyn Monroe, Andrew Dominik, Netflix, Biopic, Bobby Cannavale, Adrien Brody, Ana de Armas, Joyce Carol Oates, AdaptationComment
Bandit: A Bloated Tale of Canada’s Flying Bank Robber
Bandit: A Bloated Tale of Canada’s Flying Bank Robber

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 21, 2022Movies about real-life Canadian criminals, The Flying Bandit, Gilbert Galvan Jr., Bandit, Allan Ungar, Josh Duhamel, Mel Gibson, Elisha Cuthbert Comments
Don't Worry Darling: Gossip Aside, this Stepford Wives Offspring Stands Shakily On Its Own Merits
Don't Worry Darling: Gossip Aside, this Stepford Wives Offspring Stands Shakily On Its Own Merits

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 21, 2022Movies with offscreen controversy, Don’t Worry Darling, Olivia Wilde, Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Movies where reality is an illusion, The '50s Comment
True Things: Ruth Wilson as A Woman Undone, Half-Willingly
True Things: Ruth Wilson as A Woman Undone, Half-Willingly

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 20, 2022True Things, Ruth Wilson, Tom Burke, British, Drama, female gazeComment
Original-Cin Q&A: Feature first-timer Sanaa Lathan on her hip-hop TIFF debut On the Come Up
Original-Cin Q&A: Feature first-timer Sanaa Lathan on her hip-hop TIFF debut On the Come Up

By Bonnie Laufer

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InterviewJim SlotekSeptember 20, 2022Movies from Young Adult novels, On the Come Up, Hip-hop movies, Sanaa Lathan, Jamila C. Gray, Films that played TIFF 22Comment
That’s a Wrap! What We Loved and Loathed at TIFF ‘22
That’s a Wrap! What We Loved and Loathed at TIFF ‘22

By Original-Cin Staff

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 17, 2022Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, To Kill a Tiger, The Wonder, Sebastián Lelio, Sarah Polley, Rian Johnson, Walk Up, Hong Sangsoo, Triangle of Sadness, Theatre of Thought, Sick, The Banshees of Isherin, The Fabelmans, The Son, TIFF 2022, No Bears, The Eternal Daughter, Empire of Light Comment
TIFF ’22: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Round 8
TIFF ’22: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Round 8

By Original-Cin Staff

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PreviewJim SlotekSeptember 16, 2022TIFF 2022, Special Presentations, TIFF Docs, Driving Madelaine, The Colour of Ink, Brother, Clement Virgo, Capsule reviews, Walk Up, The Gravity, Platform, V/H/S/99, Midnight Madness, Empire of Light, No BearsComment
See How They Run: Meta-Treatment of Agatha Christie's Oeuvre is Fact-Based Fun
See How They Run: Meta-Treatment of Agatha Christie's Oeuvre is Fact-Based Fun

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 15, 2022Agatha Christie comic homage, See How They Run, Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, The Mousetrap, Adrien Brody, David Oyelowo, Tom George, Mark Chappell, Tom StoppardComment
Pearl: Ti West's Post-Modern Slasher Trilogy Reaches Its Bloody Mid-Point
Pearl: Ti West's Post-Modern Slasher Trilogy Reaches Its Bloody Mid-Point

By Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 15, 2022Ti West horror trilogy, Pearl, X, MaXXXine, Mia Goth, Matthew Sunderland, Tandi Wright, David Corenswet, TIFF Midnight Madness moviesComment
The Woman King: 'African Amazons' Tale Treads Lightly on History and Hard on Action
The Woman King: 'African Amazons' Tale Treads Lightly on History and Hard on Action

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 15, 2022African history, "African Amazons", The Woman King, Kingdom of Dahomey, Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Gina Prince-Bythewood, John BoyegaComment
TIFF ’22: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Round 7
TIFF ’22: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Round 7

By Original-Cin Staff

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PreviewJim SlotekSeptember 15, 2022TIFF 2022, Capsule reviews, Autobiography, Contemporary World Cinema, So Much Tenderness, Bones of Crows, Women Talking, Sarah Polley, Sick, Midnight Madness, The Banshees of Inisherin, Special Presentations, Saint Omer, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Rian JohnsonComment
TIFF ’22: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Round 6
TIFF ’22: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Round 6

By Original-Cin Staff

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PreviewJim SlotekSeptember 14, 2022TIFF 22, Capsule reviews, Miúcha, The Voice of Bossa Nova, EO, Broker, Triangle of Sadness, Special Presentations, TIFF Docs, Contemporary World Cinema, One Fine Morning, All Quiet on the Western Front, Black Ice, Gala Presentations, The WonderComment
TIFF ’22: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Round 5
TIFF ’22: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Round 5

By Original-Cin Staff

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PreviewJim SlotekSeptember 13, 2022TIFF 22, Capsule reviews, Moonage Daydream, The Umbrella Men, David Bowie, Contemporary World Cinema, Discovery, Special Presentations, All The Beauty and the Bloodshed, Decision to Leave, TIFF Docs, Riceboy Sleeps, Nanny, CHARCOAL, Platform, Theatre of Thought, Werner HerzogComment
A History of Shame in Canada's Game: We Interview the Principals Behind TIFF's Black Ice
A History of Shame in Canada's Game: We Interview the Principals Behind TIFF's Black Ice

By Jim Slotek

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InterviewJim SlotekSeptember 12, 2022Black Ice, Racism in hockey, Hubert Davis, Coloured Hockey League, Herb Carnegie, Saroya Tinker, Vinay Virmani, P.K Subban, Akim Aliu, Wayne SimmondsComment
TIFF ’22: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Round 4
TIFF ’22: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Round 4

By Original-Cin Staff

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PreviewJim SlotekSeptember 12, 2022TIFF 22, Capsule reviews, 752 Is Not a Number, The Swearing Jar, Victim, We Are Still Here, Something You Said Last Night, A Jazzman's Blues, Living, Contemporary World Cinema, Discovery, My Policeman, The Eternal Daughter, Special PresentationsComment
TIFF ’22: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Round 3
TIFF ’22: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Round 3

By Original-Cin Staff

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PreviewJim SlotekSeptember 11, 2022TIFF 22, Capsule reviews, Daughter of Rage, Until Branches Bend, Discovery, Contemporary World Cinema, Muru, R.M.N., Maya and the Wave, TIFF Docs, AshkalComment
TIFF ’22: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Round 2
TIFF ’22: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Round 2

By Original-Cin Staff

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PreviewJim SlotekSeptember 10, 2022TIFF 22, Capsule reviews, Rosie, The Grab, Sisu, Midnight Madness, TIFF DocsComment
TIFF ’22: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Round 1
TIFF ’22: What To See at This Year’s Fest, Round 1

By Original-Cin Staff

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PreviewJim SlotekSeptember 9, 2022TIFF 2022, Capsule reviews, On the Come UpComment
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