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[TIFF Review] Habibi

A love letter stuck in limbo—forever undelivered, returned to sender, and lost in transit—the union between Layla and Qays can never be cemented. Caught in ...

[TIFF Review] Whores’ Glory

Concluding a trilogy that goes places even Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs could never go (not on a basic cable anyway), Michael Glawogger’s Whores' Glory is lucid,...

[TIFF Review] A Monster in Paris

After a decade in the Hollywood system directing the likes of The Road to El Dorado and Shark Tale, Bibo Bergeron decided to return home to his native Franc...

[TIFF Review] Oslo, August 31st

Memory and nostalgia—these are the things Joachim Trier sought when creating his dark, hopeful and depressing love letter to his hometown. Rather than use t...

[TIFF Review] Friends with Kids

This has been the year of romantic comedies doing their best to overcome the genre and crossover to succeed with men and women alike. An unintentional reuni...

[TIFF Review] The Descendants

Delivering his most emotionally-mature film yet, Alexander Payne examines the importance of family with The Descendants. It is a welcome return for the film...

[TIFF Review] Le Havre

According to André Wilms—the star of Le Havre—during his hilarious stream of consciousness Q&A at a screening for the Toronto International Film Festiva...

[TIFF Review] Death of a Superhero

Cancer is one of life’s great fears, a grand equalizer that takes without discretion. Children are lost while their parents watch, talents with the ability ...

[TIFF Review] God Bless America

In the age of American Idol, My Super Sweet Sixteen and the Jersey Shore, Natural Born Killers, Oliver Stone’s 1994 film looks quaint. Fred (Joel Murray), t...

[TIFF Review] The Odds

The Toronto International Film Festival media blurb for Simon Davidson’s debut feature, The Odds, likens it to a combination of Rounders and Brick. While th...