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[TIFF Review] Bang Bang Baby

Harkening back to the era of its setting, Bang Bang Baby embraces the over-the-top aesthetic of 1963 entertainment with small town girl Stepphy (Jane Levy) drea...

[TIFF Review] The Little Death

It’s been a while since the U.S. has produced a good sex comedy for and about adults. The last film exploring this territory, Sex Tape, is one I wish I had forg...

[TIFF Review] Songs From the North

“Dictatorships are banal” might be the main thesis of Songs from the North, a curious essay film from Soon-Mi Yoo (who contributed a segment to Far From Afghani...

[TIFF Review] Force Majeure

Near the very beginning of Ruben Östlund's Force Majeure, we come to understand the impetus for a family’s vacation when the wife, Ebba (Lisa Loven Kongsli), ex...

[TIFF Review] Confession

When someone says that they will do their best, the expression is meant as a kind of assurance. No matter what, it seems to say, you can rest easy knowing that ...

[TIFF Review] While We’re Young

Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young is wise, funny, fiercely intelligent and always involving. It’s not just the director’s most complete film — it’s also his bes...

[TIFF Review] Tusk

The quintessential midnight experience, Kevin Smith’s next outing as he transitions from slacker comedy to dark horror is, like most of his films, for the fans....

[TIFF Review] Scarlet Innocence

Can a movie have too much scope, too many twists, or too much sex? These seem to be the questions which drove the creation of Scarlet Innocence, and to all of t...

[TIFF Review] The Cobbler

Adults need fairy tales too and Thomas McCarthy--with cowriter Paul Sado--deliver one in The Cobbler. They don't try to pretend it's something more, either, as ...

[TIFF Review] The Duke of Burgundy

Sometimes one just needs to cleanse their palette or expand their mind by checking out a film even the director says is all about the experience. So when Peter ...