TIFF

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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...

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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...