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TIFF 9
TIFF Review: ‘Oculus’ Is Scary Storytelling Gone Terribly Flat
Mirrors have often been the subjects of horror films; there has always been something eerie about our own reflection and interpretation of ourselves. Mike Flanagan’s Oculus tries to take this idea of perception and makes for a game of tricks and illusions that...
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TIFF Review: ‘Visitors’ Is Beautiful But Empty
Adriana Floridia reviews VISITORS from the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Daily TIFF Dispatch: A 911 Phone Call, A Grumpy Press Corps, and Hot Weather
As TIFF reached its official tipping point, things have taken a weird turn...much of it due to the press gathered to cover the films presented.
As you might have already heard by now, an online critic (Alex Billington of FirstShowing.net) was in a press &am...
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TIFF Review: Binoche and Owen Form a Great Onscreen Bond in ‘Words and Pictures’
Anna Tatarska reviews 'Words and Pictures' from the Toronto International Film Festival.
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‘Man of Tai Chi’ Is A Flawed and Occasionally Spry B-Movie From Keanu Reeves
Ty Landis reviews 'Man of Tai Chi,' the directorial debut of Keanu Reeves.
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Daily TIFF Dispatch: McConaughey Goes Gaunt, Spike Jonze Talks to Reichardt
Ryan McNeil provides his daily dispatch from the Toronto International Film Festival.
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TIFF Review: Epic and Intimate: ‘12 Years Slave’ Establishes McQueen As An Auteur
Cotton plantation, sultry afternoon after a hard day's work. Male slave is sitting on a porch of a wooden hut, hunched, nibbling at a modest meal, served on a metal plate. The camera stops at the surface of the dish: one next to another lays a scrap of fried b...
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Daily TIFF Dispatch: Mark Cousins, ‘Boogie Nights’ Live Read, and ’12 Years A Slave’ Hype
By day two of the Toronto International Film Festival, one can almost smell the champagne in the air.
It's right around now that everybody coming into town for the festival has arrived and started making the rounds. So if the timing of TIFF isn't enough to ...
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TIFF Capsule Reviews: ‘Bastards’, ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’, and ‘La Última Película’
Reviews of Claire Denis' Bastards, Jim Jarmusch's Only Lovers Left Alive and La Última Película.
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