Say Nothing: A True Crime Mystery Set Against the Nightmare of The Troubles
ReviewJim SlotekSay Nothing, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, Patrick Radden Keefe, The Troubles, Northern Ireland, adaptation, Joshua Zetumer, Lola Petticrew, Maxine Peake, Disney+, Hazel Doupe, Anthony Boyle, Josh Finan, Michael Colgan
Original-Cin Q&A: Eddie Redmayne on Bringing 'The Day of the Jackal' to TV
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekClassic movie thrillers turned TV series, The Day of the Jackal, Frederick Forsyth, Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch, Showcase and Stack TV, Masters of disguise, Writer Ronan Bennett, Movement coach Alexandra Reynolds, Military advisor Paul Bidiss
Starring Jerry as Himself: Docudrama Spotlights Elder Abuse of a Grimly Common Sort
ReviewJim SlotekStarring Jerry as Himself, Drama, Documentary, Docudrama, Law Chen, Jerry Hsu, Kathy Hsu, Joshua Hsu, Jesse Hsu, Jonathan Hsu, Elder abuse, Scams, Fraud
Heretic: A Film Where Hugh Grant Does Everything He Does Best
By Chris Knight
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Small Things Like These: Drama About Morality, Responsibility Soars On Cillian Murphy
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekSmall Things Like These, Tim Mielants, Enda Walsh, Adaptation, Irish films, Cillian Murphy, Emily Watson, Zara Devlin, Eileen Walsh, Drama, Catholic church
Original-Cin Q&A: Hugh Grant’s Heretic Directors Talk About… Hugh Grant
By Chris Knight
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Meanwhile on Earth: Dramatizing a Low-key Mystery Alien Invasion
By Chris Knight
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The Piano Lesson: Denzel's Entire Family Also Rises
ReviewJim SlotekNext generation film families, Denzel Washington’s children, The Piano Lesson, Director Malcolm Washington, John David Washington, Plays by August Wilson, Pauletta Pearson Washington, Post-slavery Black stories, Ray Fisher, Danielle Deadwyler, Samuel L. Jackson, Erykah Badu
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
