Articles by Ben Harrison

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  The Hunting Ground

  Kirby Dick

  PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2015

  Kirby Dick's The Hunting Ground returns to the topic he covered in 2013's Oscar-nominated The Invisible War: sexual assault and how institu...

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  Elephant Song

  Charles Binamé

  PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2015

  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 Last Five Years

  Richard LaGravenese

  PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2015

  The Last Five Years feels like the movie Anna Kendrick's been building to for a while now, and it's is a big step in the right direction fo...

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  Fifty Shades of Grey

  Sam Taylor-Johnson

  PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2015

  It's difficult to talk about Fifty Shades of Grey because there are a lot ways to talk about it. From its source material's deeply confused...

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  A Most Violent Year

  J. C. Chandor

  PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2015

  J.C. Chandor really wants to make the "Great American Film." It's been clear since his 2011 debut, Margin Call, which tackled the 2008 coll...

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  Leviathan

  Andrey Zvyagintsev

  PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2015

  Winner of the Best Screenplay prize at last year's Cannes and nominated for Best Foreign Language film at this year's Academy Awards, Andre...

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  American Sniper

  Clint Eastwood

  PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2015

  Now 84, Clint Eastwood seems hell-bent on making films at a rapid pace, releasing two alone in 2014. His first effort, last summer's musica...

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  Cathedrals of Culture

  Wim Wenders, Michael Madsen, Robert Redford, Michael Glawogger, Margreth Olin and Karim Ainouz

  PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2014

  At its best, Cathedrals of Culture is a thrilling theatrical experience. Feeling less like a film and more like a miniseries, it bounces fr...