Articles by Ben Harrison

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  Love in the Time of Civil War

  Rodrigue Jean

  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2014

  This year's festival has seen a trifecta of masterworks from Quebec directors in Xavier Dolan's Mommy, Stéphane Lafleur's Tu dors Nicole an...

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  Men, Women & Children

  Jason Reitman

  PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2014

  Jason Reitman's Men, Women & Children is a return to the director's ensemble-based dramedies, after detours with the more narrowly-focused...

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  Heartbeat

  Andrea Dorfman

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2014

  Andrea Dorfman's Heartbeat is a big step forward for the Halifax filmmaker, building on the strengths of her 2010 short How To Be Alone, wh...

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  Laggies

  Lynn Shelton

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2014

  Laggies continues director Lynn Shelton's progression towards broader mainstream comedy, abandoning much of the improvisation and nuanced c...

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  Elephant Song

  Charles Binamé

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2014

  Charles Binamé's Elephant Song has accumulated a lot of buzz going into this year's TIFF thanks to a much-hyped performance by Xavier Dolan...

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  The Connection

  Cédric Jimenez

  PUBLISHED Sep 5, 2014

  Cédric Jimenez's The Connection is an ode to the frenetic thrillers and police procedurals of the 1970s, tackling the same crime syndicate...