Atomic Reaction: New Doc Explores Canada’s Role in The Manhattan Project
Heart Eyes: This Rom-Com/Slasher Mash-Up is a Surprise Crowd Pleaser
Bring Them Down: B-a-a-a-d Times in Rural Ireland
ReviewJim SlotekBring Them Down, TIFF 24, Drama, Movies set in Ireland, Christopher Andrews, Christopher Abbott, Barry Keoghan, Paul Ready, Nora-Jane Noone, Violent, Family drama
Love Hurts: Hate the Act, Love the Actor
By Chris Knight
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Universal Language: A Farsi-cal What-If Fever Dream of Winnipeg and this Country
ReviewJim SlotekAlternate Canadian reality, Matthew Rankin’s Universal Language, Farsi as an official Canadian language, Canada’s submission for an Oscar, Cinematographer Isabelle Stachtchenko, Films set in Winnipeg, Writers Pirouz Nemati and Ila Firouzabadi, Pirouz Nemati, Louis Riel, Rojina Esmaeili, Saba Vahedyousefi
Look At Me: A Portrait of The Artist as An Insecure Man
By Chris Knight
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Dark Match: Pro Wrestling Goes From Fake to Fatal in Genre-Mashing Horror Film
ReviewJim SlotekWrestling/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 Dawn
Blue Rodeo Lost Together: Doc Spotlights How Friendships Fuelled the Can-Rock Icons
ReviewJim SlotekBlue 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 Donovan
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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I’m Still Here: Fernanda Torres Shines as a Mother Fighting for Her Family
ReviewJim SlotekI’m Still Here, TIFF 24, Brazilian, Walter Salles, Marcelo Rubens Paiva, Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Adaptation, Drama, Oscar nominee
Companion: A Crafty, Twisty Whodunit... Or Should That Be Whatdunit?
By Chris Knight
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Bam Bam: In the Sister Nancy Story, an Artist Finally Gets Her Due
ReviewJim SlotekBam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story, Docuementary, Music documentary, Dancehall, Reggae, Alison Duke, Michie Mee, Renee Neufville, Pete Rock, Janelle Monae, Jamaica
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: What Would Peter Parker Do… in the MCU?
ReviewJim SlotekSpider-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 Cox
Original-Cin Q&A: Director of Liza Minnelli Documentary Discusses Her Many Mentors
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekLiza: 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 Cuckoo
Liza A Truly Terrifically Absolutely True Story: Behind the Sequins, Sweat, and Jazz Hands
ReviewJim SlotekLiza: A Truly Terrifically Absolutely True Story, Docuementary, Liza Minnelli, Mia Farrow, Michael Feinstein, Darren Criss, Ben Vereen, Halston, 1970s, Hot Docs
Flight Risk: A Bumpy Ride that Barely Gets Off the Runway
Star Trek: Section 31 - This May Not Be the Trek You’re Looking For
ReviewJim SlotekStar 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 Richardson
Nightbitch: Snarling at Motherhood with Amy Adams
ReviewJim SlotekNightbitch, Adaptation, Marielle Heller, Rachel Yoder, TIFF 24, Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Jessica Harper, Motherhood, Drama, Fantasy
Curl Power: These Young Athletes Have the Stones
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekCurl Power, TIFF 24, Josephine Anderson, Brooklyn Aleksic, Hannah Smeed, Savannah Miley, Amy Wheatcroft, Ashley Dezura, Sports films, coming of age, Teenagers, Women in film, Canadian
Hard Truths: A Tough-Watch Family Affair with the Difficult, the Damaged and the Resilient
ReviewJim SlotekMike Leigh movies, Dysfunctional families, Chronically difficult people, Hard Truths, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, Cinematographer Dick Pope, Tuwaine Barrett, Sophia Brown, Resilience versus Negativity
