A Real Pain: Jesse Eisenberg Drills Lightly Through the Psyche of Two Close Cousins
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekActors turned writer-director, Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain, Kieran Culkin, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, The Holocaust's effect on later generations, Sundance Film Festival, Waldo Salt Screenwriting award, The Revisionist, When You Finish Saving the World
Blitz: Steve McQueen’s Epic Drama Reveals Human Stories Beneath the Rubble
Bird: Andrea Arnold’s Latest Dip into Hardscrabble Lives Blends Grit and, Oddly, Magic
ReviewJim SlotekEnglish director, Andrea Arnold, Films about working class women's lives, Bird, A young girl's squalid life, Magical realism, Nykiya Adams, Barry Keoghan, Jason Buda, Franz Rogowski, Oddball guardian angel
The Sweet Hereafter: Lauded Canadian Drama Stands the Test of Time
ReviewJim SlotekThe Sweet Hereafter, Atom Egoyan, Russell Banks, Canadian film, Adaptation, TIFF 24, Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Tom McCamus, Bruce Greenwood, Reissue, 4K remastering of Canadian classics, Arsinee Khanjian, David Hemblen, Alberta Watson, Maury Chaykin, Drama, Based on a true story
Music by John Williams: Eminent Film Composer Steps in Front of the Lens at Last
ReviewJim SlotekMusic by John Williams, Laurent Bouzereau, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, J.J. Abrams, Branford Marsalis, Disney+, Itzhak Perlman, documentary, Star Wars, Jaws, John Williams, Raiders of the Lost Ark
Levels: Imagining The World Is a Simulation. So What?
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekLevels, Canadian drama, Sci fi, Thriller, Futuristic, Adam Stern, Cara Gee, Aaron Abrams, David Hewlett, Peter Mooney
Juror #2: Justice Is on Trial in Director Clint Eastwood’s Intelligent Latest
ReviewJim SlotekJuror #2, DRama, Clint Eastwood, Jonathan A. Abrams, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris Messina, Courtroom drama
Hanky Panky: Absurdist Story About Vulgar, Heroic Handkerchief Is Nothing to Sneeze At
ReviewJim SlotekHanky Panky, independent films, Comedy thriller, Comedy, Thriller, Nick Roth, Lindsay Haun, Seth Green, Ashley Holliday Tavares, Jacob DeMonte-Finn, Streaming
Absolution: Old Boxer Out but Not Down in Absolution
ReviewJim SlotekAbsolution, Hans Petter Moland, Liam Neeson, Ron Perlman, Yolonda Ross, Frankie Shaw, Action, Crime thriller, Underworld, Boxer
Here: Forrest Gump Reteam Suggests Time Flies Like an Arrow, Fruit Flies Like a Banana
ReviewJim SlotekHere, Robert Zemeckis, Eric Roth, Richard McGuire, Tom Hanks, Paul Bethany, Robin Wright, Reteam, Forrest Gump, Dramedy, Generational
Windsor International Film Festival: Proving That Smaller Can Be Better
By Chris Knight
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Jim SlotekShepherds, (Lucy Grizzly Sophie, Hunting Daze, Windsor International Film Festival, Universal Language, The Last French Canadian, My Dad’s Tapes, Who Do I Belong To, Lucy Grizzly Sophie, Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, On Earth as in Heaven, Paying For It, Really Happy Someday, Sharp Corner, Russians at War, WIFF
Dahomey: In Mati Diop’s Dreamy Documentary, a Statue Speaks
Chasing Chasing Amy: Doc Explores How Kevin Smith’s Film Inspired LGBTQ+ Youth
Emilia Pérez: The Best-Ever Musical Thriller About a Transgender Cartel Boss and the Sisterhood of Crime
ReviewJim SlotekEmilia Pérez, Musical, Thriller, Cannes, TIFF 24, Jacques Audiard, Zoë Saldaña, Karla Sofia Gascón, Édgar Ramirez, Adriana Paz, Selena Gomez, Spanish language, Mexico
Passage: Video Game Gets Ancillary Treatment with Web Series
ReviewJim SlotekPassage, Adaptation, video game movies, Karl Janisse, Liv Rian, Dan Ginnane, Tristan McKinnon, Aslan Jordan Knox, Kristina Lao, Unknown 9: The Awakening
Venom The Last Dance: No One (Truly, No One) Will Be Shouting for An Encore
By Chris Knight
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Anora: A Stripper, A Rich Kid… and How America Looks Right Now
ReviewJim SlotekAnora, TIFF 24, Sean Baker, Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Karren Karagulian, Sex workers, Sex Work, Russians, Palme d’Or at Cannes, Comedy, Drama
Road Diary: New Bruce Springsteen Doc Illustrates Why They Call Him “The Boss”
Seeds: First Nations Morality Tale Will Grow on You
By Chris Knight
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Four Fantastic Fall Festivals for Discerning Film Fans
PreviewJim SlotekArchitecture and Design Film Festival, Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Lines, Rendezvous with Madness, WaaPaKe, A Man Imagined, Drive Back Home, Cinéfranco, Babel et Adams, Les Filles D’Olfa, Omar la Fraise, The Mother and The Bear, Can I Get A Witness?, Reel Asian Film Festival, 1995, Le Bleu de Caftan, Toronto Film Festivals
