comedy
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TIFF 2014: Hill of Freedom
Hong Sang-soo has made yet another film (his 16th one, to be exact), and for those aware of...
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TIFF 2014: Hungry Hearts
The opening scene of Saverio Costanzo’s first English language film Hungry Hearts defines the meaning of situational irony....
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TIFF 2014: 1001 Grams
Prominent Norwegian filmmaker Bent Hamer returns to the festival in the Masters program with his latest film 1001...
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TIFF 2014: Wild Tales
Wild Tales consists of six twisted short stories, all written by writer/director Damian Szifron. Most anthology films tend...
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Bird People (TIFF Review)
Bird People begins with a montage of people coming and going on subway trains throughout Paris. It’s a...
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TIFF 2014: Force Majeure
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TIFF 2014: La Sapienza
Eugene Green’s films are an acquired taste, to say the least. The French-American director’s style tends to highlight...
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God Help the Girl
It’s a scary thing for a first-time director to take on a musical in his first at-bat, but Stuart...
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Our Favorite Short Films Playing At TIFF 2014
It’s that time of year again. The Toronto International Film Festival is ready to start, and we’re ready...
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Kelly & Cal
Juliette Lewis is an actress who seems to get relegated to supporting roles. It makes sense though. There...
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Life of Crime
A particularly muted Elmore Leonard adaptation, Daniel Schechter‘s Life of Crime has real value in its cast and their skillful performances,...
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The One I Love
Let me first start out by saying that this review contains some spoilers found in The One I...
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Frank
No matter the mixed criticism of Frank, one thing the film makes obvious is more bands should be using theremins. That’s...
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Mysterious Jigsaw Puzzles Inspired Steve Mims’ New Indie, ‘Arlo and Julie’
Playing at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival tomorrow night at the California Theater in Berkeley, Austin-based filmmaker Steve Mims’ Arlo...
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Guardians of the Galaxy
Most people–hell, most comic book readers–have little to no knowledge of the Guardians of the Galaxy, a team...