Kraven the Hunter: Not the Villain We Expected, Hoped For… or Even Needed
ReviewJim SlotekKraven the Hunter, J.C. Chandor, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Russell Crowe, Marvel superhero films, Comics, Adaptation, Spider-Man, Spider-Man nemeses
Lord of the Rings War of the Rohirrim: The Real Heroes Always Rode Horses
ReviewJim SlotekLord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Anime, Kenji Kamiyama, Peter Jackson, JRR Tolkien, Gaia Wise, Brian Cox, Miranda Otto, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Shaun Dooley, Luke Pasqualino, Fantasy, Anima, Sc-fi
Porcelain War: The Transformative Power of Art… and Bullets
Werewolves: There Wolves! And There! Oh, and Another Over There!
By Chris Knight
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The G: Gripping Social Thriller Says You're Never Too Old to Fight Back
The Return: Fiennes and Binoche Reunite in an Ancient Tale with Modern Resonance
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekThe Return, Uberto Pasolini, Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Charlie Plummer, TIFF 24, Greek mythology, Odysseus, Drama, Historical film, Ancient times, Ancient Greece
Your Tomorrow: A Reminder of The Fragility of Forever
By Chris Knight
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The Girl With The Needle: Post-WWI Drama Lays Bare The Precarious Lives of Women
ReviewJim SlotekThe Girl with The Needle, TIFF 24, Magnus von Horn, Line Langebek Knudsen, Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri, Joachim Fjelstrup, Danish, Drama, WWI, Black and white, Women's issues, Women in peril, Women's lives
Y2K: Sorry To Party Poop Like It’s 1999, But Y2K Ain’t Lit
By Chris Knight
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La Cocina: Whirlwind Resto Drama with Exploited Illegals in a Times Square Hell's Kitchen
Drive Back Home: Goin’ Down the Road in Reverse Meets Green Book
ReviewJim SlotekDrive Back Home, Michael Clowater, Alan Cumming, Charlie Creed-Miles, Claire Coulter, Guy Sprung, Canadian director, Canadian, Drama, Comedy, 1970s, Hayden Desser, Themes of homosexuality
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew - For Kids, But Take a Break From Adulting and It May Be For You
Original-Cin Q&A: Alan Cumming on the Canuck Trauma-Drama Drive Back Home
By Bonnie Laufer
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Ernest Cole Lost and Found: Remembering a Forgotten Photographer of Apartheid
Beatles '64: A Scorsese-Produced Snapshot of Two Weeks That Shook the Culture
By Karen Gordon
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The Heirloom: When Adopting a Dog Leads to Messes of Many Kinds
ReviewJim SlotekThe Heirloom, Ben Petrie, Grace Glowicki, Cheers, Toronto filmmaker, Toronto story, Canadian film, Drama, Comedy, Films with dogs, Relationship dramas
All The Lost Ones: Yet Another Canadian Post-Apocalyptic Drama? Excellent!
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekAll the Lost Ones, Mackenzie Donaldson, Jasmine Mathews, Vinessa Antoine, Douglas Smith, Canadian, post-apocalypse, Environmental issues, Environmental horror, War, Drama, Sci fi
Nutcrackers: A Surprisingly Conventional Christmas Comedy, Given Who Made It
Maria: Lavish Biopic on Opera Star Boosts Angelina Jolie… ‘La Callas’ Not So Much
ReviewJim SlotekMaria, Biopic, Pablo Larraín, Angelina Jolie, Valeria Golino, Alba Rohrwacher, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Haluk Bilginer, Pierfrancesco Favino, Caspar Phillipson, Mubi, Opera, Maria Callas, Aristotle Onassis
Blood in the Snow Film Fest: DIY Dread From Canada's Creepshow Up-and-Comers
Review, PreviewJim SlotekCanadian horror filmmakers, DIY filmmaking, Blood in the Snow Film Festival, Kelly Michael Stewart, Larry Kent’s, She Who Must Burn, James Villeneuve, Pins and Needles, Vivieno Caldinelli’s Scared Shitless, Steven Ogg, Isabel Bader Theatre
