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'Clara' Is An Ambitious Hunt for the Meaning of Life Directed by Akash Sherman Published Dec 03, 2018If you're type who gets choked up every time you read Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" essay and enjoy listening to Neil Degrasse Tyson's "we ar...
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Jonah Hill's 'Mid90s' Is Sketchy But Still Lands Directed by Jonah Hill Published Oct 25, 2018Was Kids actually a good movie? At the time, the Gen X edgelords loved it, and apparently their younger siblings felt the same way, as the L...
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TIFF Review: 'That Time of Year' Explores Drama at Danish Christmas Directed by Paprika Steen Published Sep 14, 2018A Danish christmas movie that is anything but jolly, That Time of Year does an impeccable job of capturing simmering family tensions during...
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TIFF Review: 'Teen Spirit' Smells Like a Marketing Campaign Directed by Max Minghella Published Sep 14, 2018On the Isle of Wight, the timid young Violet loves to escape her dull surroundings through song. When she's faced with the prospect of a rea...
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TIFF Review: 'In Fabric' Weaves Elaborate Threads and Ropes Directed by Peter Strickland Published Sep 14, 2018There's a scene in Peter Strickland's fourth film, In Fabric, where a ghoulish old man watches lustfully as the witch-like employees of his...
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TIFF Review: 'Her Smell' Stinks Directed by Alex Ross Perry Published Sep 13, 2018As a general rule, movies about punk-adjacent culture simply can't be done. (A recent exception was Jeremy Saulnier's Green Room, but that m...
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TIFF Review: 'A Million Little Pieces' Is Comfort Food for Low Expectations Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson Published Sep 13, 2018There's a fascinating movie to be made about James Frey's A Million Little Pieces — the larger-than-life memoir that was proven to be false,...
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TIFF Review: 'The Fall of the American Empire' Rants About Capitalism, But Not Profoundly Directed by Denys Arcand Published Sep 12, 2018Quebec filmmaker Denys Arcand's latest, The Fall of the American Empire, is a watchable but unprofound money heist ruminating on capitalism...
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TIFF Review: 'Beautiful Boy' Awkwardly Combines Two Addiction Memoirs Directed by Felix Van Groeningen Published Sep 12, 2018When the story of David and Nic Sheff unfolded over a decade ago, it shaped the public understanding of drug addiction by shedding equal amo...
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'The Children Act' Review: Emma Thompson Shines in Ian McEwan Adaptation Directed by Richard Eyre Published Sep 12, 2018The world did not need another adaption of an Ian McEwan novel (Atonement, On Chesil Beach), nor another sentimental movie about upper class...
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TIFF Review: 'Endzeit (Ever After)' Has an Interesting Eco-Friendly Take on Zombies Directed by Carolina Hellsgård Published Sep 12, 2018Despite some problems with pacing and clunky storytelling, Endzeit is a visually lush, philosophical zombie film with a unique aesthetic. Ra...