IF: John Krasinski's Heartwarming Take on the Comfort of Childhood Imagination
Original-Cin Q&A: You Can't Run Forever's J.K. Simmons on Going Psycho With His Wife, Daughter and Son
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekJ.K. Simmons, Film stars working with multiple family members, You Can’t Run Forever, Filmmaker Michelle Schumacher, Olivia Simmons, Joe Simmons, I'm Not Here, Sebastian Stan, Jason Reitman’s SNL 1975, Milton Berle
Back To Black: The Coles Notes Version of Amy Winehouse's Life
ReviewJim SlotekBack To Black, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Matt Greenhaigh, Marisa Abela, Lesley Manville, Eddie Marsan, Biopic, Amy Winehouse, Drama, British
New Life: A Lot Like an Old Life, But Still Worth Living
ReviewJim SlotekNew Life, John Rosman, Hayley Erin, Sonya Walger, Tony Amendola, Blaine Palmer, Betty Moyer, first feature, Thriller, Horror, Apocalyptic themes
The Burning Season: Not All Flames are Instantly Visible
Doctor Who: Rebooted Time-Travel Series Gets Fresh, Fun Update
By Chris Knight
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Evil Does Not Exist: A Potent Japanese Eco-Fable from the Director of Drive My Car
ReviewJim SlotekEvil Does Not Exist, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Hitoshi Omika, Ryô Nishikawa, Ryûji Kosaka, Ayaka Shibutani, TIFF 2023, Japanese films, Environmental messages, Environmental issues, Drama
Bodkin: Will Forte is a Podcaster Investigating a Cold Case in Rural Ireland in new Netflix Series
By Karen Gordon
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We Grown Now: A Powerful Evocation of Childhood… and Recent History
ReviewJim SlotekWe Grown Now, Minhal Baig, Blake Cameron James, Gian Knight Ramirez, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jurnee Smollett, TIFF 2023, Black lived experience, Drama, American
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes: Still Monkeying Around En Route to Planetary Apehood
ReviewJim SlotekKingdom of the Planet of the Apes, La Planète des singes by Pierre Boule, Owen Teague, Motion capture performance, Director Wes Ball, Kevin Durand, Apes with human technology, William H. Macy, Peter Macon, Freya Allan
The Coffee Table: Most Terrifying Film This Year. Just Imagine If it Had a Villain…
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire - The Sith Have Stories Too (And May the Fourth Be With You)
The Fall Guy: Hilarious and Thrilling Double-Genre Spoof - Just Add Popcorn
Mayworks Festival: Someone’s Still Doing the Dirty Work
PreviewJim SlotekMayworks, Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts, Richelieu, Pier-Phillipe Chevigny, Marc-André Grondin, Ariane Castellanos, Marwan Barghouthi, Sophia Scott, Georgia Scott, Tomorrow’s Freedom
Jeanne du Barry: Meh Period Piece Finds French-Speaking Johnny Depp Amid Much Finery
ReviewJim SlotekPeriod piece films, French films, Cannes, Jeanne du Barry, Maïwenn, Johnny Depp, Melvil Poupaud, Benjamin Lavernhe, Royalty, Stories about kings, Costume drama
Thank You, Good Night: The Bon Jovi Story Paints the Superstar with an Earthbound Face
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekDocumentary, Music documentary, Thank you, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story, Gotham Chopra, Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, Tico Torres, Richie Sambora, Alec John Such, Disney+, Streaming
Hot Docs Interview: The Day Iceland Stood Still's Producer and Director on a Game-Changing Women's Strike
Hot Docs Interview: Top Toronto Chef Revisits His Indian Street Kid Past in Born Hungry
InterviewJim SlotekAdopted Indian street kids, Hot Docs 24, Sash Simpson, Born Hungry, Upscale Toronto restaurants, Barry Avrich, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Foster parents, Sandra and Lloyd Simpson, North 44’s Mark McEwan, Lion, Shipra Khanna
Challengers: All’s Fair In 15-Love and War
By Chris Knight
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Boy Kills World: A Fun and Twisted Coming-of-Rage Story
ReviewJim SlotekBoy Kills World, TIFF '23, Moritz Mohr, Bill Skarsgård, Famke Janssen, Nicolas Crovetti, Cameron Crovetti, Quinn Copeland, Yayan Ruhian, sci-fi, Dystopian stories
