Original-Cin Q&A: Sentimental Value’s Starry Cast Discusses their Acclaimed Drama
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekSentimental Value, Cannes, TIFF '25, Elle Fanning, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier, Drama, Family drama
Die My Love: Turns Out Postpartum Depression Is Really Not That Entertaining
ReviewJim SlotekDie My Love, Lynne Ramsay, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Nolte, LaKeith Stanfield, Drama, Themes of depression, Postpartum depression, Cannes
Eddington: The Perils, Stalemates, and Traumas of the Pandemic, Unpacked
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekEddington, Cannes, COVID-19, Pandemic, Ari Aster, Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Micheal Ward, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Drama
Caught By the Tides: Jia Zhang-Ke’s New Film Mines Previous Footage to Inhabit the Past
Eat The Night: Sex, Drugs and a Video Game
ReviewJim SlotekEat The Night, coming of age, French films, Cannes, Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel, Lila Gueneau, Erwan Kepoa Falé, Théo Cholbi, Teens, video game movies
Oh, Canada: Richard Gere Stars as A Filmmaker On His Deathbed, Re-Editing His Past
ReviewJim SlotekOh, Canada, Paul Schrader, Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Jacob Elordi, Michael Imperioli, Russell Banks, Adaptation, Cannes, TIFF 24, Drama, End of life issues
Emilia Pérez: The Best-Ever Musical Thriller About a Transgender Cartel Boss and the Sisterhood of Crime
ReviewJim SlotekEmilia Pérez, Musical, Thriller, Cannes, TIFF 24, Jacques Audiard, Zoë Saldaña, Karla Sofia Gascón, Édgar Ramirez, Adriana Paz, Selena Gomez, Spanish language, Mexico
Megalopolis: What’s The Big Idea? Francis Ford Coppola Has Many, And They All Live Here
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekMegalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola, Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, TIFF 24, Drama, Sci fi, Cannes, Futuristic
Only the River Flows: Challenges of Pre-Digital Age 1990s Power Crafty Police Procedural
By Chris Knight
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Jeanne du Barry: Meh Period Piece Finds French-Speaking Johnny Depp Amid Much Finery
ReviewJim SlotekPeriod piece films, French films, Cannes, Jeanne du Barry, Maïwenn, Johnny Depp, Melvil Poupaud, Benjamin Lavernhe, Royalty, Stories about kings, Costume drama
Club Zero: Inky Black Satire More Disturbing Than Amusing
How to Have Sex: Perfunctory Title Belies Wallop of Message in New Drama
ReviewJim SlotekUn Certain Regard, Cannes, How to Have Sex, Molly Manning Walker, Lara Peake, Enva Lewis, Mia McKenna-Bruce, British, Issues of consent, TIFF 23, First feature, Coming-of-age stories
Memoria: A Thai Master’s Latest Featuring Tilda Swinton and A Big Bang
ReviewJim SlotekMemoria, Thailand, Colombia, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Tilda Swinton, Art house movies, TIFF, Cannes, Sci-fi, Jeanne Balibar, Agnes Brekke
Vortex: Into The Dark Again With Gaspar Noé, This Time With Empathy
ReviewJim SlotekVortex, Films about dementia, Cannes, Gaspar Noé, Françoise Lebrun, Dario Argento, Alex Lutz, Kylian Dheret, Drama, Set in Paris
Flag Day: Con In The Family Features Sean Penn and His Daughter In Cathartic Drama
The Real Thing: Japan’s Cannes Contender Follows the Needy Woman of Man’s Dreams
Bacurau: Oddball Brazilian Western Gorefest Spins Heads, Supports Local Theatres
Review, PreviewBacurau, Kleber Mendonca Filho, Juliano Dornelles, TIFF 2019, Cannes, Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Barbara Colen, Brazilian, Western, Sci-fi, Portuguese
Atlantics: Cannes Favourite a Composite of Magical Realism and Romance... like Romeo & Juliet if Juliet Lived
ReviewJim SlotekAtlantics, Mati Diop, Cannes, Dakar, Doomed romance, Claire Mathon, Fatima Al Qadiri., Mame Bineta Sane, Nicole Sougou, Mariama Gassama, Babacar Sylla, Amadou Mbow, Refugee stories
Chantal Akerman Retrospective Explores Slow Cinema from Feminist View
Preview, Review, ViewsChantal Akerman, TIFF, Retrospective, TIFF retrospectives, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai de Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, European cinema, Slow cinema, New From Home, News From Home: The Films of Chantal Ackerman, Cannes
Dogman: Dark Italian Drama Raised by Great Performance, Uncanny Setting
