TIFF

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  Jonah Hill's 'Mid90s' Is Sketchy But Still Lands

  Directed by Jonah Hill

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2018

  Was 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...

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  TIFF Review: 'Teen Spirit' Smells Like a Marketing Campaign

  Directed by Max Minghella

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2018

  On 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 re...

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  TIFF Review: 'That Time of Year' Explores Drama at Danish Christmas

  Directed by Paprika Steen

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2018

  A 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: 'A Million Little Pieces' Is Comfort Food for Low Expectations

  Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson

  PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2018

  There'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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  CUFF Review: 'Her Smell' Stinks

  Directed by Alex Ross Perry

  PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2018

  As a general rule, movies about punk-adjacent culture simply can't be done. (A recent exception was Jeremy Saulnier's Green Room, but that...

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  TIFF Review: 'The Fireflies Are Gone' Is a Nuanced Coming-of-Age Tale In Small-Town Quebec

  Directed by Sébastien Pilote

  PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2018

  When Léo (Karelle Tremblay), a quirky outsider with killer style and all the teenage angst in the world, skips out on dinner with her famil...

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  TIFF Review: 'Endzeit (Ever After)' Has an Interesting Eco-Friendly Take on Zombies

  Directed by Carolina Hellsgård

  PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2018

  Despite some problems with pacing and clunky storytelling, Endzeit is a visually lush, philosophical zombie film with a unique aesthetic. R...

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  'The Children Act' Review: Emma Thompson Shines in Ian McEwan Adaptation

  Directed by Richard Eyre

  PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2018

  The world did not need another adaption of an Ian McEwan novel (Atonement, On Chesil Beach), nor another sentimental movie about upper clas...