Highest 2 Lowest: Spike Lee Reunion with NYC and Denzel Washington Yields Mixed Results
By Karen Gordon
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East of Wall: Mixing Documentary and Drama in America’s “New West”
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekEast of Wall, Kate Beecroft, Tabatha Zimiga, Scoot McNairy, Porshia Zimiga, Documentary, Fiction, Fiction/documentary hybrids, American, Mother-daughter
The Glassworker: A Pakistani Animator’s Homage to Hayao Miyazaki by Way of Karachi
ReviewJim SlotekThe Glassworker, Animation, Pakistani films, Usman Riaz, Art Malik, Sacha Dhawan, Teresa Gallagher, Tony Jayawardena, Anti-war, Anti-war movies
Boys Go to Jupiter: A Bizarre Animation About the Gig Economy and its Gen-Z Servants
Shook: A Writer in the City Faces a Family Crisis and Host of Choices
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekShook, TIFF 23, Canadian, Toronto, Amar Wala, Saamer Usmani, Bernard White, Pamela Sinha, Amy Forsyth, Drama
Alien: Earth - On This Planet, Everyone Can Hear You Scream
ReviewJim SlotekAlien franchise, Xenomorphs, FX/Disney+ series Alien: Earth, Future corporate era on Earth, Cyborgs, Introduction of aliens to Earth for "study", Timothy Olyphant, Samuel Blenkin, Sydney Chandler, Executive producer Ridley Scott
My Mother’s Wedding: Comedy and Drama Divorced in Kristin Scott Thomas Directorial Debut
ReviewJim SlotekMy Mother’s Wedding, TIFF 23, Kristin Scott Thomas, Scarlett Johansson, Sindhu Vee, Frida Pinto, Emily Beecham, Sienna Miller, rom-com, Family drama, British, Women's issues
Weapons: Don’t Be Scared. It Isn’t That Kind of Horror Movie
ReviewJim SlotekWeapons, Horror, Zach Cregger, Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Amy Madigan, Cary Christopher, Austin Abrams, Benedict Wong
Souleymane’s Story: An African Food Delivery Worker in Paris Makes Us Care
ReviewJim SlotekAfrican refugees delivering food in Paris, Souleymane’s Story, Director Boris Lojkine, First-time actor Abou Sangare, Best Actor Cannes Un Certain Regard, Emmanuel Yovanie, Alpha Oumar Sow, Nina Meurisse, Writer Delphine Agut, French Office for the Protection of Regugees and Stateless Persons
Original-Cin Q&A: Director/writer/co-star Kristin Scott Thomas on My Mother's Wedding
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekActors turned writer-director, Kristin Scott Thomas, My Mother's Wedding, Movies based on childhood trauma, John Micklethwait, Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller, Emily Beecham, The Horse Whisperer, The Other Boleyn Girl
Original-Cin Chat: Cillian O’Sullivan on Star Trek SNW's '60s Callback Character Roger Korby
Freakier Friday: Written by a Kid Who Switched Bodies with our Film Critic
ReviewJim SlotekFreakier Friday, Comedy, Sequel, Disney, Nisha Ganatra, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Manny Jacinto, Vanessa Bayer, Sophia Hammons, Julia Butters
King of the Hill: Season 14 - Time Sure Flies, I Tell You What
ReviewJim SlotekClassic series rebooted to the present, King of the Hill: Season 14., Mike Judge, Hank Hill, Arlen, Texas, Adult formerly-child characters, Pamela Adlon, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlong, Stephen Root, White actors voicing Asian characters, Johnny Hardwick, Toby Huss, Writing around the deaths of onscreen talent
Original-Cin Chat: Romy Weltman of SyFy's Revival on Literally Bringing Someone to Life
Eyes of Wakanda: A Too Brief Animated History of Wakanda Through the Ages
ReviewJim SlotekThe Eyes of Wakanda, Animated history of a fictional nation, Black Panther, Hatut Zaraze, Vibranium, Ryan Coogler, Medieval China, Iron Fist, Director Todd Harris, Winnie Harlow, Cress Williams, Lynn Whitfield
An Honest Life: Swedish Thriller Meets a Coming-of-Age Drama
By Karen Gordon
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The Naked Gun: Funnier Than the Original? Surely We Can't Be Serious!
By Chris Knight
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Together: Spouses Have to Stick Together in This Ace Body-Horror
By Chris Knight
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Happy Gilmore 2: Dumb Fun Redux, Drives For Show, Putts for Doh!
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekAdam Sandler comedies, Happy Gilmore 2, Movies made under Sandler's Netflix deal, Bad Bunny, Shooter McGavin, Christopher McDonald, Cameo filled movies, Professional golfers making movie appearances, John Daly, Jack Nicklaus, Huge guest appearance lists
The Home: Bad Storytelling is the Only True Horror Here
