Original Cin
Reviews Interviews Previews About Archive Contact Subscribe
ReviewsInterviewsPreviewsAboutArchiveContactSubscribe
Original Cin
Since 2017: Career film critics continuing the conversation
Sort By Category
  • Interview
  • Podcast
  • Preview
  • Promotion
  • Review
  • Views
Original-Cin Q&A: Nyad Directors & Trainer Recall the Epic Cuba/Florida Swim and Card Games With Actors Bening and Foster
Original-Cin Q&A: Nyad Directors & Trainer Recall the Epic Cuba/Florida Swim and Card Games With Actors Bening and Foster

By Bonnie Laufer

Read More
InterviewJim SlotekOctober 18, 2023Nyad movie, Long distance swimmer Diana Nyad, Swimming from Cuba to Florida, Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Bonnie Stoll, Free Solo directors E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy ChinComment
The Persian Version: Nifty Bits Boost Cross-Cultural Mother-Daughter Conflict
The Persian Version: Nifty Bits Boost Cross-Cultural Mother-Daughter Conflict

By Kim Hughes

Read More
ReviewJim SlotekOctober 18, 2023Maryam Keshavarz, Niousha Noor, Layla Mohammadi, Mother-daughter, Cross Cultural, Comedy, Drama, LQBT, Sundance, The Persian VersionComment
Killers of the Flower Moon: Scorsese at His Best Documents America at its Worst

By Karen Gordon

Read More
ReviewJim SlotekOctober 17, 2023Killers of The Flower Moon, Adaptation, David Grann, Eric Roth, Marin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tantoo Cardinal, Lily Gladstone, American, Based on a true story, Jesse Plemons, Brendan Fraser, John Lithgow Comments
John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams: It Wouldn’t Be Halloween Without Him
John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams: It Wouldn’t Be Halloween Without Him

By John Kirk

Read More
ReviewJim SlotekOctober 16, 2023John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams, John Carpenter., Horror, Halloween, Drama, Based on a true story, fact based dramaComment
Humanist Vampire Seeks Consenting Suicidal Person: Bloodless in the Best Way
Humanist Vampire Seeks Consenting Suicidal Person: Bloodless in the Best Way

By Chris Knight

Read More
ReviewJim SlotekOctober 13, 2023Humanist Vampire Seeks Consenting Suicidal Person, TIFF 23, Ariane Louis-Seize, Félix-Antoine Bénard, Sara Montpetit, Canadian, Quebec films, French language, Vampire-comedyComment
Original-Cin Interview: Relax, I’m From the Future’s Director on Opportune Casting
Original-Cin Interview: Relax, I’m From the Future’s Director on Opportune Casting

By Chris Knight

Read More
InterviewJim SlotekOctober 12, 2023Rhys Darby, Luke Higginson, Relax, I’m From the Future, Sci fi, Time travel films, Canadian filmComment
Lessons In Chemistry: Brie Larson Stars in Feminist Cooking Show Fable
Lessons In Chemistry: Brie Larson Stars in Feminist Cooking Show Fable

By Liam Lacey

Read More
ReviewJim SlotekOctober 11, 2023Lessons in Chemistry, Apple TV +, Lee Eisenberg, Bonnie Garmus, Brie Larson, Lewis Pullman, Aja Naomi King, Alice Halsey, Adaptation, Period pieceComment
Foe: Faux Portrait of a Post-Apocalyptic Marriage
Foe: Faux Portrait of a Post-Apocalyptic Marriage

By Jim Slotek

Read More
ReviewJim SlotekOctober 11, 2023Post apocalyptic stories, Climate change, Foe, Humans leaving Earth to survive, Artificial intelligence, Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, Aaron Pierre, Garth Davis, Iain ReidComment
October: A Month of Festivals to Improve the World - Planet in Focus, ImagineNATIVE, Rendezvous With Madness
October: A Month of Festivals to Improve the World - Planet in Focus, ImagineNATIVE, Rendezvous With Madness

By Liam Lacey

Read More
PreviewJim SlotekOctober 10, 2023Social issue themed film festivals, Planet in Focus, imagineNative, Rendezvous with Madness, Atilla, s-yéwyáw/Awaken, How to Blow Up a PipelineComment
Original-Cin Q&A: Strange Planet's Nathan W. Pyle on 'Jitter Liquid,' 'Star Damage' and Whether ETs  Wear Socks
Original-Cin Q&A: Strange Planet's Nathan W. Pyle on 'Jitter Liquid,' 'Star Damage' and Whether ETs Wear Socks

By Bonnie Laufer

Read More
InterviewJim SlotekOctober 6, 2023Webcomics, Strange Planet, The, The world through alien eyes, Nathan W. Pyle, Apple+, Tunde Adebimpe, Demi Adejuyigbe, Danny PudiComment
She Came To Me: An Ostentatiously Odd Sort-Of Comedy
She Came To Me: An Ostentatiously Odd Sort-Of Comedy

By Liam Lacey

Read More
ReviewJim SlotekOctober 6, 2023Quirky relationship comedies, She Came to Me, Rebecca Miller, Personal Velocity, Peter Dinklage, Anne Hathaway, Marisa Tomei, Artistic characters with creative blockComment
Strange Way of Life/The Human Voice: The Short and the Short of Almodovar's Mojo
Strange Way of Life/The Human Voice: The Short and the Short of Almodovar's Mojo

By Karen Gordon

Read More
ReviewJim SlotekOctober 5, 2023Pedro Almodovar, Director's first short films in English, Strange Way of Life, The Human Voice, Gay-themed Western, Ethan Hawke, Pedro Pascal, Tilda SwintonComment
Joan Baez: I Am A Noise: Her Private, Public and Secret Life Dovetail in New Doc
Joan Baez: I Am A Noise: Her Private, Public and Secret Life Dovetail in New Doc

By Liam Lacey

Read More
ReviewJim SlotekOctober 5, 2023Joan Baez, Music documentaries, Politically active musicians, Joan Baez: I Am A Noise, Karen O'Connor, Miri Navasky and Maeve O'Boyle, Mimi Fariña, Bob Dylan, David Harris, Repressed memories of abuse Comments
The Exorcist Believer: Hell Hath No Fury Like an Exorcist Scorned
The Exorcist Believer: Hell Hath No Fury Like an Exorcist Scorned

By Thom Ernst

Read More
ReviewJim SlotekOctober 5, 2023The Exorcist: Believer, Horror, Reboots of classic films, Reboot, David Gordon Green, Lidya Jewett, Leslie Odom Jr., Olivia O’Neill, Ellen BurstynComment
Relax, I’m from the Future: Time Is a Blob, not a Line!
Relax, I’m from the Future: Time Is a Blob, not a Line!

By John Kirk

Read More
ReviewJim SlotekOctober 4, 2023Relax, I’m from the Future, Luke Higginson, Rhys Darby, Gabrielle Graham, Janine Theriault, Julian Richings, Time travel films, Canadian comedy, sci-fiComment
Original-Cin Q&A: The Royal Hotel's Kitty Green on The Outback and Women Living Dangerously
Original-Cin Q&A: The Royal Hotel's Kitty Green on The Outback and Women Living Dangerously

By Bonnie Laufer

Read More
InterviewJim SlotekOctober 3, 2023Julia Garner, The Assistant, The Royal Hotel, Australian Outback, Women in dangerously remote situations, Jessica Henwick, Kitty Green, Hugo WeavingComment
The Royal Hotel: Outback Setting Adds Dread to Gender Dynamics Thriller
The Royal Hotel: Outback Setting Adds Dread to Gender Dynamics Thriller

By Liz Braun

Read More
ReviewJim SlotekOctober 3, 2023The Royal Hotel, TIFF 23, Kitty Green, Julia Garner, Jessica Henwick, Hugo Weaving, Ursula Yovich, Australian, Toxic MasculinityComment
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: A Screen-By-Screen Rundown
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: A Screen-By-Screen Rundown

By Jim Slotek

Read More
PreviewJim SlotekSeptember 29, 2023National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Parliament Hill event, First Nations, Inuit and Métis artists, Residential Schools, imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Indigenous themed short films, Shorts Not Pants Film Festival, Telling Our Story, Kaniehtiio Horn, History Channel's True StoryComment
On Fire: Cheesy Action Film Capitalizing on Tragedy is Hard to Warm Up To
On Fire: Cheesy Action Film Capitalizing on Tragedy is Hard to Warm Up To

By Chris Knight

Read More
ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 29, 2023On Fire, Nick Lyon, Peter Facinelli, Fiona Dourif, Asher Angel, Lance Henriksen, Thriller, Inspired by true events, Pandemic, ActionerComment
Fair Play: When the New Boss is Your Secret Workplace Lover, Things Get Sticky Fast
Fair Play: When the New Boss is Your Secret Workplace Lover, Things Get Sticky Fast

By Karen Gordon

Read More
ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 28, 2023Fair Play, TIFF 23, Chloe Domont, Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, Eddie Marsan, Rich Sommer, NetflixComment
Newer Older

Subscribe

To receive an email when new reviews/interviews are added to Original-Cin, please provide your email address in the form below.

Your address will never be shared with any other party.

Thank you!
info@original-cin.ca
Hours

REVIEWS INTERVIEWS

About Contact