Articles by Kevin Harper

Enter the Void

Gaspar Noé

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2009

Those familiar with Gaspar Noé's previous feature, 2002's Irréversible, have reason to be wary of Enter the Void, his latest...

Adventureland

Greg Mottola

PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2009

Set in the summer of 1987, Adventureland reflects the character-building experiences one finds when working demeaning service jobs for mini...

A Prophet

Jacques Audiard

PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2009

Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes this year, A Prophet arrives at the 2009 TIFF with built-in buzz, which is almost sustained to the end....

Tales From the Golden Age

Ioana Uricaru, Hanno Höffer, Razvan Arculescu, Constantin Popescu and Cristian Mungiu

PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2009

Five different directors (including Cristian Mungiu, director of the 2007 sleeper 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days) tackle five different true...

Cold Souls

Sophie Barthes

PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2009

Cold Souls opens promisingly enough, with a Charlie Kaufman-esque version of Paul Giamatti (played by Paul Giamatti) hamming up the charact...

Picture is Up!

PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2009

With any serious film festival there comes a degree of self-reflection. After watching roughly 12 hours of films featured at the Worldwide...

Slap ‘N' Tickle

PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2009

What seemed like a disaster from the outset — a series of shorts based around sexuality, coupled with the groan-worthy program title...

What You See is Not What You Get

PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2009

Centred upon notions of duplicity and illusion, What You See is Not What You Get is nonetheless a safe bet, as far as satisfying filmmaking...