The Smashing Machine: Dwayne Johnson's Next Move on the Matt is Actual Acting
Anemone: Daniel Day-Lewis Returns to Acting in Son’s Beautiful, Beguiling Directorial Debut
ReviewJim SlotekAnemone, Ronan Day-Lewis, Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley, The Troubles, Ireland's 'Troubles', Drama, Directorial debut, Feature directorial debut
Good Boy: Good Horror. When Your Dog Barks at ‘Nothing,’ Believe It!
ReviewJim SlotekMovies with canine heroes, Dogs that 'see' things, Haunted houses, Good Boy, Indy the dog, Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, Director Ben Leonberg, Larry Fessenden, Stuart Rudin
Original-Cin Q&A: Director and Star of Bau: Artist at War on Schindler's Famous Rescuee
By Bonnie Laufer
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Bau: Artist at War - The True-ish Story of Schindler’s List’s Wedding Couple
Peak Everything: It’s The End of the World (and the Fest) As We Know It
By Chris Knight
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Eleanor The Great: How We Grieve and the Stories We Tell Propels Gentle Indie Dramedy
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekTIFF '25, Eleanor The Great, Scarlett Johansson, June Squibb, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Will Price, Jessica Hecht, Erin Kellyman, Drama, Comedy
Original-Cin Q&A: Scarlett Johansson on Wrangling Grief (and Actors) in Eleanor the Great
InterviewJim SlotekEleanor the Great, TIFF '25, Scarlett Johansson, June Squibb, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Erin Kellyman, Films about grief, Drama, Comedy, Dramedy
Marvel Zombies: Where's the Hunger?
ReviewJim SlotekMarvel Animated Series, Marvel series based on comic plots, Marvel Zombies, Writer Zeb Wells, Superheroes turned zombie, Iman Vellani, Dominique Thorne, Hailee Steinfeld, Elizabeth Olsen, Director Bryan Andrews
One Battle After Another: Paul T. Anderson's Least Cryptic Film is a Violent, Tense Carnival Ride
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekWriter-director Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another, Tense action, thriller, drama, comedy, Movies about politically motivated violence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, Chase Infiniti, Benicio Del Toro, Cinematographer Michael Bauman, Regina Hall, Music by Jonny Greenwood
Primitive War: Viet Dinos prove Even Better at Defeating Americans than the Viet Cong
Andrea Bocelli Because I Believe: And by Golly, You Will, Too
American Sweatshop: Losing Minds While Overseeing Social Media Horrors
Black Rabbit: A New York Resto is the Focus of Family Turmoil and Crime in New Netflix Series
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekSeries set in restaurants, Brothers touched by crime, Black Rabbit, Netflix series, Jude Law and Jason Bateman, Creators Zach Baylin and Kate Susman, Amaka Okafor, Robin de Jesus, Cleopatra Coleman, Troy Kotsur
Compulsion: A Crime Drama That's All Smoulder, But No Spark
ReviewJim SlotekTrue-crime dramas, Compulsion, Director/writer Neil Marshall, Films shot in Malta, Cinematographer Ali Asad, Charlotte Kirk, Anna-Maria Sieklucka, Zach McGowan, Giulia Gorietti, Harvey Dean, Giallo films
The History of Sound: A Queer Stealth-Folk Saga with Two of Today’s Most Intriguing Actors
ReviewJim SlotekSame-sex period-piece romance, The History of Sound, Paul Mescal, Josh O'Connor, Early 20th Century musicology, Director Oliver Hermanus, Living, Chris Cooper, Writer Ben Shattuck, Molly Price, Raphael Sbarge
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey: Journey? Check. Big, Bold, Beautiful? Not So Much
By Chris Knight
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Him: So, You Thought Football Was a Blood Sport Before?
ReviewJim SlotekProfessional football horror film, Him, Producer Jordan Peele, Director Justin Tipping, GOAT, Tyriq Withers, Marlon Wayans, Superstar handing off to rookie, Supernatural, Jim Jefferies, The price of fame, Trippy horror
Scared Shitless: Tasteful Toilet Humour-Horror Waits for the Shit to Hit the Fans
ReviewJim SlotekToilet humour, Horror comedy, Scared Shitless, Writer Brandon Cohen, Director Vivieno Caldinelli, Monsters in the toilet bowl, Julian Richings, Mark McKinney, Steven Ogg, Daniel Doheny, Chelsea Clark, Marcia Bennett
That’s A Wrap! The Highs and Lows of TIFF ’25 (with a P.S. to Organizers)
By Original-Cin Staff
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Review, ViewsJim SlotekBad Apples, No Other Choice, Frankenstein, Glenrothan, Dust Bunny, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, TIFF '25, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, Canceled: The Paula Deen Story, Sirât, Tuner, Easy’s Waltz, Adulthood, The Wizard of the Kremlin, Eternal Return, Hamnet, Gala Presentations, Special Presentations, Midnight Madness, Discovery, Centrepiece, TIFF Docs, Platform
