Dracula: Luc Besson Gives us a Deeper, Tragic Vamp in Need of Redemption
All That’s Left of You: A Palestinian Epic on The Roots of Rage and Obligation of Compassion
ReviewJim SlotekAll That’s Left of You, Palestinian filmmaker, Palestinian occupation, Israel, Cherien Dabis, Saleh Bakri, Adam Bakri, Maria Zreik, Mohammad Bakri, Muhammad Abed Elrahman
Back to the Past: Hong Kong Time-Traveling Sci-Fi is an Epic Reboot of a 2001 TV Hit
ReviewJim SlotekReboots of long-ago TV hits, Hong Kong movies, Chinese time-traveling sci-fi, Back to the Past, A Step into the Past, Louis Koo, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, Raymond Lam, Michael Miu, Directors Yuen Fai Ng and Jack Lai
The Testament of Ann Lee: A Visionary Religious Musical, For Better and Worse
ReviewJim SlotekThe Testament of Ann Lee, TIFF '25, Mona Fastvold, Brady Corbet, Amanda Seyfried, Christopher Abbott, Matthew Beard, Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Period piece, Musical, Drama
Shelter: Jason Statham Plays an Avuncular Assassin, Because of Course He Does
By Chris Knight
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Send Help: Sam Raimi Doesn’t Hate Romance, He Just Knows Where It Hurts
ReviewJim SlotekSam Raimi, Dark comedy, Romantic comedies that aren't, Send Help, Movies about being marooned, Rachel McAdams, Dylan O'Brien, Dennis Haysbert, Xavier Samuel, Chris Pang, Edyll Ismail
Wonder Man: Marvel Series Has a Slow Not-So-Superhero Sidekick Style
A Private Life: French Comic Thriller is a Veritable 'Only Murders in L’Arrondissement
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By Chris Knight
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Mercy: Chris Pratt Fronts a High-Tech Thriller with Low-Tech Results
ReviewJim SlotekAI law enforcement, High tech sci-fi, Mercy, Director Timur Bekmambetov, Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Kali Reis, Kylie Rogers, Chris Sullivan, Proving innocence in 90 minutes
The Well: Dipping Back in For One More Dystopian Drama
By Chris Knight
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Honey Bunch: Dark, Moody, Medical-Themed Thriller Bedevilled by Details
ReviewJim SlotekHoney Bunch, Dark, Moody, Medical Themed Thriller, Canadian gothic thriller, Directors Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli, Cinematographer Adam Crosby, Ben Petrie, Grace Glowicki, Kate Dickie, Julian Richings, Jason Isaacs, India Brown
H is for Hawk: Adaptation of Grief Memoir Lovely If Earthbound
ReviewJim SlotekH is for Hawk, Drama, Adaptation, Helen Macdonald, Philippa Lowthorpe, Emma Donoghue, Claire Foy, Brendan Gleeson, Lindsay Duncan, Josh Dylan, Denise Gough, Falconry
Sheepdog: A Dramatic Reminder that War is Hell
Dead Man’s Wire: Gus Van Sant Serves Up a Taut Slice of '70s Drama
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekContemporary films set in the '70s, Movies based on hostage taking, Dead Man’s Wire, Director Gus Van Sant, Hostage taker Tony Kiritsis, Bill Skarsgård, Dacre Montgomery, Colman Domingo, Al Pacino, Scriptwriter Austin Kolodney
The Chronology of Water: Kristen Stewart's Directorial Debut Should Be in Awards Race, But Isn't
By Karen Gordon
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Yunan: A Tempest and Hanna Schygulla Give a Sad Man Reasons to Live
Sound of Falling: Giving Voice to the Ghosts of Young Womanhood
ReviewJim SlotekSound of Falling, Mascha Schilinski, Hanna Heckt, Filip Schnak, Lea Drinda, Martin Rother, Lena Urzendowsky, Laeni Geisseler, Zöe Baer, German, Cannes Jury Prize, Drama
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple - Ralph Fiennes Goes Bananas in the latest 'Rage' Movie
ReviewJim SlotekSequels to 28 Days Later, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Ralph Fiennes goes gonzo, Writer Alex Garland, Producer Danny Boyle, Director Nia DaCosta, Alfie Williams, Jack O'Connell, Old Nick, Chi Lewis-Parry, Fast "zombies"
Primate: Evolution Takes a Step Back. Violence Leaps Ahead
The Choral: A Too-Gentle Nod to the Transformative Power of Art
ReviewJim SlotekThe Choral, TIFF '25, Alan Bennett, Nicholas Hytner, British film, Ralph Fiennes, Roger Allam, Taylor Uttley, Amara Okereke, Mark Addy, WWI, Drama
