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Look At Me: A Portrait of The Artist as An Insecure Man
Look At Me: A Portrait of The Artist as An Insecure Man

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 6, 2025Look at Me, Taylor Olson, Stephanie MacDonald, Adaptation, Canadian, Addiction movies, DramaComment
Dark Match: Pro Wrestling Goes From Fake to Fatal in Genre-Mashing Horror Film
Dark Match: Pro Wrestling Goes From Fake to Fatal in Genre-Mashing Horror Film

Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 5, 2025Wrestling/horror mashup, Dark Match, Director, Lowell Dean, WolfCop, Fake violence turns real, Ayisha Issa, Sara Canning, Steven Ogg, Michael Eklund, Mo Adan, Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till DawnComment
Blue Rodeo Lost Together: Doc Spotlights How Friendships Fuelled the Can-Rock Icons
Blue Rodeo Lost Together: Doc Spotlights How Friendships Fuelled the Can-Rock Icons

By Kim Hughes

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 31, 2025Blue Rodeo: Lost Together, Docuementary, Canadian film, Dale Heslip, Jim Cuddy, Greg Keelor, Rena Polley, Denise Donlon, Erica Ehm, Michael Hollett, Bob Wiseman, Colin Cripps, Glenn Milchem, Bazil DonovanComment
Paying For It: Sook-Yin Lee and Chester Brown's Saga of a Cooled-But-Still-Cool Relationship
Paying For It: Sook-Yin Lee and Chester Brown's Saga of a Cooled-But-Still-Cool Relationship

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 30, 2025Reverse rom-com, Movies based on real-life relationships, Sook-Yin Lee, Graphic novelist Chester Brown, Paying For It, Emily Lê, Dan Beirne, Movies set in TorontoComment
I’m Still Here: Fernanda Torres Shines as a Mother Fighting for Her Family
I’m Still Here: Fernanda Torres Shines as a Mother Fighting for Her Family

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 29, 2025I’m Still Here, TIFF 24, Brazilian, Walter Salles, Marcelo Rubens Paiva, Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Adaptation, Drama, Oscar nominee Comment
Companion: A Crafty, Twisty Whodunit... Or Should That Be Whatdunit?
Companion: A Crafty, Twisty Whodunit... Or Should That Be Whatdunit?

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 29, 2025Companion, Drew Hancock, Jack Quaid, Sophie Thatcher, Thriller, Sci-fi, Horror, January opening, AIComment
Bam Bam: In the Sister Nancy Story, an Artist Finally Gets Her Due
Bam Bam: In the Sister Nancy Story, an Artist Finally Gets Her Due

By Liz Braun

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 29, 2025Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story, Docuementary, Music documentary, Dancehall, Reggae, Alison Duke, Michie Mee, Renee Neufville, Pete Rock, Janelle Monae, JamaicaComment
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: What Would Peter Parker Do… in the MCU?
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: What Would Peter Parker Do… in the MCU?

John Kirk

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 29, 2025Spider-Man new animated series, Your Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man, Spider-Man in the MCU, Steve Ditko and Stan Lee stylings, Peter Parker, Marvel Cinematic Universe crossovers, Hudson Thames, Colman Domingo, Hugh Dancy, Charlie CoxComment
Original-Cin Q&A: Director of Liza Minnelli Documentary Discusses Her Many Mentors
Original-Cin Q&A: Director of Liza Minnelli Documentary Discusses Her Many Mentors

By Bonnie Laufer

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InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 29, 2025Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story, Documentary, Liza Minnelli, Director Bruce David Klein, Halston, Fred Ebb, Judy Garland, Vincente Minnelli, Peter Allen, Michael Feinstein, Liza at the Palace, Cabaret, The Sterile CuckooComment
Liza A Truly Terrifically Absolutely True Story: Behind the Sequins, Sweat, and Jazz Hands
Liza A Truly Terrifically Absolutely True Story: Behind the Sequins, Sweat, and Jazz Hands

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 28, 2025Liza: A Truly Terrifically Absolutely True Story, Docuementary, Liza Minnelli, Mia Farrow, Michael Feinstein, Darren Criss, Ben Vereen, Halston, 1970s, Hot DocsComment
Flight Risk: A Bumpy Ride that Barely Gets Off the Runway
Flight Risk: A Bumpy Ride that Barely Gets Off the Runway

By Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 23, 2025Flight Risk, Mel Gibson, Thriller, Aviation thriller, Michelle Dockery, Mark Wahlberg, Topher Grace, January openingComment
Star Trek: Section 31 - This May Not Be the Trek You’re Looking For
Star Trek: Section 31 - This May Not Be the Trek You’re Looking For

By John Kirk

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 23, 2025Star Trek: Section 31, Star Trek: Discovery spin-off, Michelle Yeoh, Emperor Philippa Georgiou, Director Olatunde Osunsanmi Humberly González, Kacey Rohl, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Captain Rachel Garrett, Yesterday’s Enterprise, Omari Hardwick, Sven Ruygrok, Sam RichardsonComment
Nightbitch: Snarling at Motherhood with Amy Adams
Nightbitch: Snarling at Motherhood with Amy Adams

By Liam Lacey

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 22, 2025Nightbitch, Adaptation, Marielle Heller, Rachel Yoder, TIFF 24, Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Jessica Harper, Motherhood, Drama, FantasyComment
Curl Power: These Young Athletes Have the Stones
Curl Power: These Young Athletes Have the Stones

By Chris Knight

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 22, 2025Curl Power, TIFF 24, Josephine Anderson, Brooklyn Aleksic, Hannah Smeed, Savannah Miley, Amy Wheatcroft, Ashley Dezura, Sports films, coming of age, Teenagers, Women in film, CanadianComment
Hard Truths: A Tough-Watch Family Affair with the Difficult, the Damaged and the Resilient
Hard Truths: A Tough-Watch Family Affair with the Difficult, the Damaged and the Resilient

By Liz Braun

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 22, 2025Mike Leigh movies, Dysfunctional families, Chronically difficult people, Hard Truths, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, Cinematographer Dick Pope, Tuwaine Barrett, Sophia Brown, Resilience versus NegativityComment
Original-Cin Chat: Two More Canadians Boldly Go in Star Trek: Section 31
Original-Cin Chat: Two More Canadians Boldly Go in Star Trek: Section 31

By John Kirk

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InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 22, 2025Star Trek: Section 31, Star Trek: Discovery spin-off, Canadian in Star Trek casts, Humberly González, Kacey Rohl, Persis Khambatta, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Captain Rachel Garrett, Yesterday’s Enterprise, Michelle Yeoh, Emperor Philippa Georgiou, Director Olatunde OsunsanmiComment
Original-Cin Q&A: Hard Truths' Mike Leigh on Why Casting is Separating Sheep from Goats
Original-Cin Q&A: Hard Truths' Mike Leigh on Why Casting is Separating Sheep from Goats

By Bonnie Laufer

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InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 22, 2025Director Mike Leigh, Hard Truths, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Oscar-nominated director and actress, Toronto Film Critics Association, Defining a character actor, The process of casting, Rehearsing on location, Separating sheep from goats in castingComment
Presence: Steven Soderbergh's Intense Family Drama Enough to Spook the Dead
Presence: Steven Soderbergh's Intense Family Drama Enough to Spook the Dead

By Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 21, 2025Presence, Steven Soderberg, TIFF 24, Lucy Lui, Chris Sullivan, Eddie Maday, West Mullholland, Callina Liang, Ghost story, Dysfunctional familiesComment
September 5: Docudrama Smartly Captures Complexities of Munich Massacre Coverage
September 5: Docudrama Smartly Captures Complexities of Munich Massacre Coverage

By Karen Gordon

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 16, 2025September 5, Munich Massacre, Tim Fehlbaum, John Magaro, Peter Sarsgaard, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch, TIFF 24, Based on a true storyComment
Wolf Man: Leigh Whannell's Werewolf Tale More Yawn than Howl
Wolf Man: Leigh Whannell's Werewolf Tale More Yawn than Howl

By Thom Ernst

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ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 16, 2025Wolf Man, Werewolf, Horror, Thriller, Leigh Whannell, Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth, FolkloreComment
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