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Fantasy Life: A Sort-of Romance About Nothing, Nothing But Eccentrics That Is — Original Cin
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (441+ words) With a vibe somewhere in the vicinity of a middling Seinfeld episode, Fantasy Life is the story of two disparate neurotic New Yorkers, an aging actress and a law school drop-out. Directed by and starring Matthew Shear " a long-time favourite…...
Silver Screamers: Horror Gig Takes Seniors From Care Home to Scare Home — Original Cin
3+ hour, 56+ min ago (534+ words) A sweet and uplifting documentary twist on the horror genre, Silver Screamers is, as they say in Yiddish, a "mitzvah" on the part of director Sean Cisterna, and a gift that keeps on giving. Frankly, enlisting nursing home residents and…...
Palestine ’36: An Epic about the Revolt that Preceded the War — Original Cin
10+ hour ago (874+ words) If you have the impression that there are suddenly more films about Palestinians, you are right. In January of last year, the International Documentary Association reported on the challenge of getting pro-Palestinian or anti-Israeli films into theatres, including the Oscar-winning…...
Carole Pope, Judas Priest, and Oscar Bait: Hot Docs Festival Unveils Eclectic 33rd Edition — Original Cin
1+ week, 1+ day ago (729+ words) Here's filmmaker Michelle Mama summing up why Hot Docs is her favourite film festival of them all: "All killer, no filler." Mama spoke at a press conference Tuesday (March 24) announcing the 33rd annual Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, which returns…...
Tough Old Broads: When Three History-Making "First" Ladies Are Separate But Equally Impressive — Original Cin
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (277+ words) It becomes clear fairly quickly that the documentary Tough Old Broads, Stacey Tenenbaum's profile of three pioneering women "first" ladies, if you will " could easily have been three movies. It's partly because these tough women each deserve their own spotlight,…...
A Magnificent Life: Animated Take on French Film Giant Marcel Pagnol Loses Something in Translation — Original Cin
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (805+ words) French writer-director Sylvain Chomet takes a unique and romantic approach to the life of the great French writer-director Marcel Pagnol in'A Magnificent Life.' Chomet, who has helmed Oscar nominated animated films'The Triplets of Belleville'and The'illusionist'explores the legendary Pagnol's life'and work…...
Two Prosecutors: A Whistleblower Takes on Stalin’s State Machine — Original Cin
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (645+ words) Berlin-based Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa specializes in shining a light on Russian tyranny past and present in both documentaries (Maidan, The Invasion) and fictional films (My Joy, In the Fog). His latest Two Prosecutors is set in 1937 during Stalin's "great…...
Original Cin Q&A: Holy Days Director Nat Boltt and Nuns-on-the-Road Jacki Weaver and Miriam Margolyes — Original Cin
1+ week, 1+ day ago (2002+ words) After years of acting in hits like District 9 and Riverdale, Nat Boltt steps behind the camera for her first feature film, Holy Days, about three nuns and a young boy on a road-trip mission in New Zealand.. "It's an ambitious…...
Daredevil: Born Again, Season 2 - The Best Superhero Story on TV Returns — Original Cin
1+ week, 2+ day ago (569+ words) Season Two of Daredevil: Born Again is the pinnacle of superhero storytelling on either the big or small screen. There. Review over. Go watch it. I'm oversimplifying things, but properly telling a superhero's story is an immensely complicated process often…...
The Canadian Film Fest at 20: Organ Transplants, Bearded Women, and One Trauma After Another! — Original Cin
1+ week, 2+ day ago (445+ words) Eyeballs Up!" is the motto for the 20th annual Canadian Film Festival, this year happening at Toronto's Scotiabank Theatre March 24 through 29. It's a clever wordplay on the patriotic elbows up" slogan. Problematically, it immediately evokes the image from Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork…...