TIFF Retrospective

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  The Powerpuff Girls Movie

  Craig McCracken

  PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2013

  Structurally, The Powerpuff Girls Movie takes the route of a traditional superhero origin story, establishing a moral divide between good a...

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  Megamind

  Tom McGrath

  PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2013

  Existential woe is, indirectly, the theme of Tom McGrath's easily digested, mostly inoffensive comedy about duality. The titular Megamind...

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  The Trip

  Michael Winterbottom

  PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2013

  "All you can do is something someone's done before but do it better or do it differently." So says Rob Brydon near the beginning of this co...

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  Dick Tracy

  Warren Beatty

  PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2013

  At the time of its release, Dick Tracy was a huge summer blockbuster complete with fast-food tie-ins and insipid PR stories on Entertainmen...

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  The Adventures of Tintin

  Steven Spielberg

  PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2013

  One of the most famous comic series in the history of the medium (particularly in Europe), The Adventures of Tintin was an ideal match for...

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  Superman II

  Richard Lester

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2013

  Despite a reported seventy-five percent of the film having been shot by Richard Donner simultaneous with the first Superman, Richard Lester...

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  The Family Game

  Yoshimitsu Morita

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2013

  Well before awkward comedy gained widespread favour in western entertainment, Yoshimitsu Morita made waves in the Japanese cinema scene of...

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  Early Summer

  Yasujirô Ozu

  PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2013

  With a careful, calculated pace and oft-motionless cinematography, more concerned with depth and framing than movement, Yosujiro Ozu's trea...