All Jacked Up and Full of Worms: Grungy Geek Fantasy Promises a 'High' It Can't Deliver
Causeway: Damaged-People-Find-Each-Other Drama Unrolls Slowly with Rich Performances
Cinefranco at 25: French cinema for the rest of us
Review, PreviewJim SlotekCinefranco Film Festiva, Toronto film festivals, En Roue Libre (Freestyle), Mes Tres Cher Enfants (Price of Parenting), L’homme parfait (The Perfect Man), La Pièce rapportée (The Unsophisticated Lady), Claude Lelouch documentary, Maigret, Gérard Depardieu
The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile - A Straight-Ahead Celebration of Country's 'Outlaw' Women
Armageddon Time: James Gray's Tale of a Mixed-Race Friendship, a Child's Eye View of a Complex World
By Karen Gordon
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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story - Daniel Radcliffe Brings Us Greetings from 'Planet Al'
Original-Cin Q&A: Henry Cavill on Enola Holmes 2, and His Return to the Cape as Superman
By Bonnie Laufer
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Wendell & Wild: Weird, Sure… But Not All That Wild
ReviewJim SlotekWendell & Wild, TIFF 2022, Henry Selick, Jordan Peele, Kegan-Michael Key, Lyric Ross, Netflix, Angela Bassett, Ving Rhames, Animation
Prey for the Devil: Who Knew There Was a Glass Ceiling for Women Exorcists?
Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues: A Fresh Look at Satchmo from His Home Tapes
Call Jane: Who Ya Gonna Call When You’re Pregnant in Pre-Roe v Wade America?
The Banshees of Inisherin: Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson Shine in a 'Civil War' Over a Broken Friendship
By Karen Gordon
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Rendezvous With Madness: Festival Marks Its 30th In the Year of Collective Mental Crisis
PreviewJim SlotekRendezvous With Madness, How to Save A Dead Friend, My Emptiness and I, Two Dogs, Bigger than Trauma, Love Bound: When Your Child Becomes Mentally Ill, Rain in 2020, Delphine’s Prayers, My Two Voices, I Didn’t See You There, Eat Your Catfish, Tim and Gemmel, When We Reach Out: Who Will Respond?, Film Festival, Mental health issues, documentary, Drama, Anniversary
Original-Cin Q&A: Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues Director Sacha Jenkins on the 'World's Most Famous' Jazzman
By Bonnie Laufer
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Decision to Leave: Park Chan-wook's Tale of Murder and Obsession Evokes a Coolly Noir Mood
Aftersun: Sparkling Debut Ponders Father-Daughter Love and the Essence of Memory
By Karen Gordon
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Tales of the Jedi: Bite-Sized Back Stories Satisfy More Than You’d Expect
ReviewJim SlotekStar Wars, Tales of the Jedi, Dave Filoni, Ashley Eckstein, Liam Neeson, Ian McDiarmid, Clancy Brown, Phil Lamarr, James Arnold Taylor, Disney, Animation, prequels
Original-Cin Q&A: Wendell & Wild’s James Hong on Animation and the Enduring Genius of Seinfeld
By Bonnie Laufer
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Original-Cin Q&A: Decision to Leave's Park Chan-wook on Noir, Hitchcock and Femmes Fatale
InterviewJim SlotekPark Chan-wook, Vengeance Trilogy, Decision to Leave, Park Hae-il, Wei Tang, Noir, Hitchcock, Mikio Naruse, Obsession, Femme fatales
Star Trek: Prodigy - Kate Mulgrew Gets Animated Talking About Her YA Trek Series
