Lurker: Who Stalks the Stalkers? This Psychological Thriller Does
By Chris Knight
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Original-Cin Chat: Toxic Avenger's Jacob Tremblay on Comic-Con and On-Set Dance Moves
Loathe Thy Neighbor: I Didn’t Loathe It. But Love It? Sorry, No
By Chris Knight
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Sweet Summer Pow Wow: Teens in Love, Amid Dance, Drums and Parental Interference
ReviewJim SlotekIndigenous romance, Teen love stories, Sweet Summer Pow Wow, Tatyana Rose Baptiste, Joshua Odjick, Life on the Pow Wow circuit, Graham Greene, Tanis Parenteau, Joel Montgrand, Director Darrell Dennis, Writer Katya Gardner
Honey Don't!: Margaret Qualley is a Delight, But the Film is Completely Forgettable … Whatever It Is
ReviewJim SlotekDirector Ethan Coen, Writer Tricia Cooke, Trilogy of lesbian noir, Honey Don’t!, Drive Away Dolls, Margaret Qualley, Female private detective, Chris Evans, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley: Doc About Singular Musician Cements his Legacy
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekIt’s Never Over Jeff Buckley, Docuementary, Jeff Buckley, Amy Berg, Mary Guibert, Rebecca Moore, Joan Wasser, Parker Kindred, Michael Tighe, Aimee Mann, Ben Harper, The personal lives of musicians
Nobody 2: Nobody Does it Better
Sweet Angel Baby: Canadian Drama a Heartbreaker About Women, Sexuality, and Identity
ReviewJim SlotekSweet Angel Baby, Melanie Oates, Michaela Kurimsky, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, Peter Mooney, TIFF 24, Canadian drama, Canadian, Women in film, Sexuality
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
