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Woody Allen’s Cassandra’s Dreams may be one of his best recent works.

Reeling in what TIFF had to offer

September 18, 2007
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Across the Universe is a musical romance based on songs by the Beatles.

Lighting up the silver screens at TIFF

September 14, 2007
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

A final look back from our finest film critic

April 5, 2007
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Carrie-Anne Moss and Billy Connolly in Fido.

Highlights from KingCan

March 16, 2007
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Kove combines line drawings with more experimental morphing techniques.

Poet presents mature fable

March 9, 2007
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Whitaker's role earned him an Oscar nomination.

A world of betrayal, torture and murder

January 30, 2007
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A faint hope for a deserving movie to win

January 23, 2007
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Cuarón coaxes Clive Owen beyond his sarcastic swagger.

Children is a head rush

January 12, 2007
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Jane Lynch and Fred Willard have been part of the ensemble casts for many of Guest’s films.

Mockumentary king explores new style

November 17, 2006
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Gondry brings his visual sensibility from music videos—including Radiohead’s “Knives Out”—to the big screen.

Film weaves between dreams and reality

November 3, 2006
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Scorsese departs from overblown style

October 17, 2006
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Clattenburg has worked with the boys from the Trailer Park since high school.

Trailer Park meets the big screen

October 3, 2006
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Hodgepodge of styles in new Hess film

June 27, 2006
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The young artist Jerome (Max Minghella) with his untalented classmates.

Art School gets ing grade

May 30, 2006
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April Fool’s means great comedies

March 31, 2006
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Film fest offers wide assortment

March 17, 2006
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Funnyman Kenny Hotz is a total narcissist—just ask him.

Kenny Hotz is a bad person

February 17, 2006
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George Carlin offers his interpretation of The Aristocrats.

Film not for the thin-skinned

February 3, 2006
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Hypnotist Incredible Boris as he appeared on Kenny vs. Spenny.

Kenny vs. Spenny worth every penny

January 17, 2006
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Truman Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Jack Dunphy (Bruce Greenwood) take a stroll in Capote.

Capote captures essence of author

January 13, 2006
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Billy Bob Thornton and John Cusack star in Harold Ramis’ new film The Ice Harvest.

Ramis undershoots in Harvest

December 1, 2005
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David Cronenberg’s surreal Videodrome is just as disturbing today as it was when it was released in ’83.

Horror from around the world

October 28, 2005
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Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen star in David Cronenberg’s drama A History of Violence.

Cronenberg’s twisted study of Violence

October 6, 2005
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Victor Van Dort (Johnny Depp) lights up the room in Bride.

Bride suffers from uneven script

September 30, 2005
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Bill Murray’s character may be down

Bill Murray depressingly hilarious in tragically comic Broken Flowers

September 20, 2005
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Emily (Jennifer Carpenter) takes a stroll in The Exorcism of Emily Rose.

Emily less horror, more drama

September 16, 2005
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Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz heat up the screen as husband and wife in Gardener.

Constant Gardener blooms onscreen

September 9, 2005
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British people and zombies

A killer zombie flick

September 28, 2004
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One of the many sumptuous images in Hero.

The Reel Review

September 24, 2004
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