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  TIFF Review: 'Beautiful Boy' Awkwardly Combines Two Addiction Memoirs

  Directed by Felix Van Groeningen

  PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2018

  When the story of David and Nic Sheff unfolded over a decade ago, it shaped the public understanding of drug addiction by shedding equal am...

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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, 2018

  Quebec 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: 'Colette' Features a Great Keira Knightley Performance

  Directed by Wash Westmoreland

  PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2018

  English-speaking audiences likely won't be familiar with turn-of-the-20th-century French novelist Colette, but her story will resonate all...

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  TIFF Review: 'The Sisters Brothers' Is a Slow Western Slog

  Directed by Jacques Audiard

  PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2018

  Geographically, The Sisters Brothers covers a lot of ground. It's the year 1851, and Eli Sisters (John C. Reilly) and his wildcard brother...

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  TIFF Review: 'Saf' Offers a Brave, Universal Look at Gentrification

  Directed by Ali Vatansever

  PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2018

  Saf takes one couple's story and uses it to explore the dynamics of modern-day Turkey, where gentrification is changing the urban landscape...

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  TIFF Review: 'Un Ange' Gets Seduced by Its Own Cinematography

  Directed by Koen Mortier

  PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2018

  The first scene of Angel (Un Ange) is Fae (Fatou N'Diaye), a Senegalese sex worker in the motel room from which she works. The camera circl...

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  TIFF Review: 'Retrospekt' Muddles Its Domestic Abuse Narrative

  Directed by Esther Rots

  PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2018

  Nonlinear narrative dramas have tricky goals to achieve. Aside from making sure all the puzzle pieces fit, it's also critical that the audi...

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  TIFF Review: 'Greta' Is Ridiculous, Stupid and Fun

  Directed by Neil Jordan

  PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2018

  Billed by TIFF as a "psychological thriller," the Greta viewing experience lacked any modicum of tension or suspense. Instead, the latest f...