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Original-Cin Q&A: Alice, Darling Star Anna Kendrick on Learning to Trust Her Gut
Original-Cin Q&A: Alice, Darling Star Anna Kendrick on Learning to Trust Her Gut

By Bonnie Laufer

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InterviewJim SlotekFebruary 1, 2023TIFF 2022, Alice Darling, Anna Kendrick, Mary Nighy, Drama, Toronto, Movies set in Toronto, Domestic violenceComment
Close: A 'Boys Life' Take on the Fragility of Friendship Rings Heartbreakingly True
Close: A 'Boys Life' Take on the Fragility of Friendship Rings Heartbreakingly True

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 31, 2023Coming of age movies, Boys' friendships, Close, Lukas Dhont, Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne, Schoolyard crueltyComment
Original-Cin Q&A: Pam Anderson Doc Director on His Subject’s (Not So Surprising) Brilliance
Original-Cin Q&A: Pam Anderson Doc Director on His Subject’s (Not So Surprising) Brilliance

By Bonnie Laufer

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 29, 2023Pamela A Love Story, Pamela Anderson, Ryan White, Documentary, Canadian, 90s, 90s era, Netflix filmsComment
Malcom is Missing: Riveting Doc Follows a Canadian Who Unravels Her Father's Murder in Mexico
Malcom is Missing: Riveting Doc Follows a Canadian Who Unravels Her Father's Murder in Mexico

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 27, 2023Canadians killed in Mexico, Malcom is Missing, Malcom Madsen, Brooke Mullins, Puerto Vallarta, Robert and Jari Osborne Comment
Infinity Pool: Brandon Cronenberg's sci-fi resort-thriller pushes the limits of graphic violence and sex
Infinity Pool: Brandon Cronenberg's sci-fi resort-thriller pushes the limits of graphic violence and sex

By Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 26, 2023Brandon Cronenberg, Infinity Pool, Thrillers set on resorts, Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman, Thomas Kretschmann, Tourists imperilled by resentful localsComment
When You Finish Saving the World: Jesse Eisenberg’s Directorial Debut Lands a Bullseye
When You Finish Saving the World: Jesse Eisenberg’s Directorial Debut Lands a Bullseye

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 25, 2023When You Finish Saving the World, Jesse Eisenberg, Julianne Moore, Finn Wolfhard, Alisha Boe, Eleonore Hendricks, Billy Bryk, Jay O. Sanders, Directorial debut, Family, coming of age Comment
Shotgun Wedding: J.Lo and Josh's Lame Adventure
Shotgun Wedding: J.Lo and Josh's Lame Adventure

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 25, 2023Romantic comedies, Shotgun Wedding, Die Hard at a destination wedding, Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel, Cheech Marin, Lenny Kravitz, Sonia Braga, Jennifer CoolidgeComment
Oscars vs Razzies: The Thin Line Between Best and Worst Just Got Blurry
Oscars vs Razzies: The Thin Line Between Best and Worst Just Got Blurry

By Jim Slotek

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ViewsJim SlotekJanuary 24, 2023Oscar nominations, The Razzies, Elvis, Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Sarah Polley, Domee Shi, The Banshees of Inisherin, Pinocchio, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Ana de Armas, BlondeComment
Original-Cin Q&A: Veep's Matt Walsh on Unplugging with Eva Longoria, and his Veep Podcast
Original-Cin Q&A: Veep's Matt Walsh on Unplugging with Eva Longoria, and his Veep Podcast

By Bonnie Laufer

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InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 20, 2023Movies about going off the grid, Unplugging, Matt Walsh, Veep, Eva Longoria, Brad Morris, Lea Thompson, Nicole ByerComment
Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb - A Word-based Friendship for the Ages
Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb - A Word-based Friendship for the Ages

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 20, 2023Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb, The Power Broker, Lizzie Gottlieb, Writers and editors, Joseph Heller, Lyndon JohnsonComment
Missing: Clever Script Leverages Social Media Apps, Spyware to Unfurl its Mystery
Missing: Clever Script Leverages Social Media Apps, Spyware to Unfurl its Mystery

By Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 19, 2023Thriller, Out of control technology, technology, Missing, Nicholas D. Johnson, Will Merrick, Storm Reid, Nia Long, Ken Leung, Tim GriffinComment
The Son: Complex Father-Son Drama a Mixed Bag That Tries Hard but Stalls
The Son: Complex Father-Son Drama a Mixed Bag That Tries Hard but Stalls

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 19, 2023The Son, Florian Zeller, Hugh Jackman, Vanessa Kirby, Laura Dern, Zen McGrath, Family drama, adaptationComment
Living: Bill Nighy's Quiet Tour de Force About a Career Office Drone's Last-Chance Epiphany
Living: Bill Nighy's Quiet Tour de Force About a Career Office Drone's Last-Chance Epiphany

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 18, 2023Bill Nighy, Oliver Hermanus, Living, Akira Kurosawa, Kazuo Ishiguro, Stories about about life epiphanies, Alex Sharp, Aimee Lou WoodComment
Make Me Famous: New York's Post-Punk Art Scene, Wrapped Around An Almost-Famous Artist
Make Me Famous: New York's Post-Punk Art Scene, Wrapped Around An Almost-Famous Artist

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 16, 2023New York's East Village, Post-punk art scene, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Make Me Famous, Brian Vincent, Edward Brezinski, Mark Kostabi, Eric Bogosian, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Hambleton, Marcus Leatherdale Comments
Saint Omer: A Writer Witnesses a Mother Unhinged and a Society on Trial
Saint Omer: A Writer Witnesses a Mother Unhinged and a Society on Trial

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 16, 2023France's Oscar nominee, Saint Omer, Alice Diop, Dramas based on real murder trials, Medea, Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Fabienne Kabou, Valérie Dréville, Aurélia PetitComment
Backlash: Misogyny in The Digital Age… Ugly, But Not News
Backlash: Misogyny in The Digital Age… Ugly, But Not News

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 12, 2023Docuementary, Social media, Women's issues, Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age, Clermont-Dion, Guylaine Maroist, Laurence Gratton, Donna Zuckerberg, Hot Docs Ted Rogers CinemaComment
The Tomorrow Job: A Time-Travel Film That’s Best Kept in the Past
The Tomorrow Job: A Time-Travel Film That’s Best Kept in the Past

By John Kirk

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 12, 2023Time travel films, Paradoxes, The Tomorrow Job, Bruce Wemple, Grant Schumacher, Caitlin Duffy, Andrew Gombas Comment
Door Mouse: Noir tale of a comic-creator/stripper/investigator is fast but may be literally too graphic
Door Mouse: Noir tale of a comic-creator/stripper/investigator is fast but may be literally too graphic

By Jim Slotek

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 12, 2023Neo-noir films, Movies about comic book creators, Door Mouse, Avan Jogia, Hayley Law, Famke Janssen, Donal LogueComment
The Super 8 Years: A Home Movie “We-Moir” From A Nobel Laureate
The Super 8 Years: A Home Movie “We-Moir” From A Nobel Laureate

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 11, 2023The Super 8 Years, Annie Ernaux, David Erneaux-Briot, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, documentary, French, Home moviesComment
Plane: Patchwork-Quilt Thriller Nods to Many (Many) Films that Came Before
Plane: Patchwork-Quilt Thriller Nods to Many (Many) Films that Came Before

By Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 11, 2023Plane, Jean-François Richet, Gerard Butler, Paul Ben-Victor, Yoson An, Claro de los Reyes, Mike Colter, Action, thriller, DerivitiveComment
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