Goodnight Oppy: The 'Little Mars Rover that Could' Doc is Robotic Hagiography
The Fabelmans: Less a Spielberg Auto-Biopic Than a Warm Love Letter to His Mismatched Parents
By Karen Gordon
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - We'd Tell You Why This Sequel is Even Better, But They Might Kill Us
ReviewJim SlotekGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Knives Out sequel, Rian Johnson, Murder on an island resort, Daniel Craig, Kate Hudson, Dave Bautista, Edward Norton, Ethan Hawke, Hugh Grant
Blood in the Snow Film Fest: 'Grade-Eh Horror' on the Big and Small Screens
PreviewJim SlotekBlood in the Snow Film Fest, BITS, Kelly Michael Stewart, In-person and virtual hybrid film festivals, Super Channel, Isabel Bader theatre, Influencer, L’Inhumain, Polaris, Curse of Aurore, Follow Her, The Devil Comes at Night
Original-Cin Q&A: Actor Matthias Schweighöfer on the Syrian women refugee athletes who inspired The Swimmers
By Bonnie Laufer
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Sugar: When Eye Candy Meets Nose Candy
Original-Cin Interview - Star Trek: TNG Scene-Stealer Billy Campbell Talks the Trek Return of 'Okona'
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths: Iñárritu Film About a Re-Examined Life Walks Lightly Toward the Light
By Karen Gordon
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Stay the Night: A Witty and Charming Rom-Com that Wears Toronto-Love on its Sleeve
Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams - A Low-Key Portrait of Passionate Footwear Prodigy Ferragamo
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekLegendary shoe designers, Salvatore Ferragamo, Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams, Luca Guadagnino, Call Me by Your Name, Hollywood shoe designer, Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, Rudolph Valentino, Manolo Blahnik, Christian Louboutin
Shorts Not Pants Film Festival: Ingrid Veninger on the Beauty of Brevity and Filming with Family
Fleishman Is In Trouble: Disney+ Mini-Series Flips the Script on the Male Story
She Said: How #MeToo Was Born, and Weinstein Bagged, Amid the Tedium of Reporting
ReviewJim Slotek#MeToo, She Said, Harvey Weinstein, Maria Schrader, New York Times, Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rose McGowan, Ashley Judd
Mickey: The Story of a Mouse - Dizzying Disney History Ride Needs More Walt... Among Other Things
The Wonder: Faith Without Food in 19th Century Post-Famine Ireland
ReviewJim SlotekFlorence Pugh, Don’t Worry, Darling, The Wonder, "Miracle" fasts, Sebastián Lelio, Emma Donoghue, Alice Birch, Lady Macbeth, Sarah Jacobs, Toby Jones, Ciarán Hinds, Tom Burke, Irish famine
Original-Cin Q&A: My Father's Dragon's Jacob Tremblay on voicing animated films as his voice changes
By Bonnie Laufer
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The Menu: Terrific Horror Comedy Deserves Better Than Food Puns (Burp!)
ReviewJim SlotekHorror-comedy, Foodie film, The Menu, Mark Mylod, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes, Nicholas Hoult, Judith Light, John Leguizamo, Paul Adelstein, The Exterminating Angel, Luis Buñuel
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Spectacularly Competent Franchise Reinvention, Minus Black Panther
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio: Darker than Disney, a Fairy Tale Wrapped in Real-World Fascism
ReviewJim SlotekNon-Disney versions of Pinocchio, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi’s 1881 novel, Ewan McGregor, Jim Henson Company, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Christoph Waltz, Ron Perlman, Ciao, Papa
Rosie: Life on the Street Can Be Really Neat Through the Eyes of a Precocious Child
