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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Werner Herzog’s “Into the Abyss”

> Welcome to SHOWBUZZDAILY’s coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival, where the reviews will be as plentiful as we can cram into a week. TIFF started things off on a less-than-festive note with Werner Herzog&#...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Silver Linings Playbook”

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK: Don’t Get Sold Out – A Rom-Com With Dance Moves All Its Own Anyone who doubts that Jennifer Lawrence is a real-thing, big-time movie star should get thee hence to a theater showing ...

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Rampart”

> Oren Moverman’s first film as a director, The Messenger, was a beautifully contained, emotionally detailed story about soldiers assigned to deliver tragic news to the families of the deceased. In his new film RAMP...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Sessions”

Oscar buzz has been trailing THE SESSIONS (which was then called The Surrogate) since it was unveiled at Sundance in January, and with good reason. For Academy members, it doesn’t get much better than a warm “base...

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Toronto Film Festival Recap

> Here are capsule summaries of all this year’s SHOWBUZZDAILY Toronto Film Festival reviews, arranged more or less in order of preference. Click on each title for the full review, and the complete list of all the re...

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Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Inspection” & “Emily”

THE INSPECTION (A24 – November 14): Back in 1983, Robert Altman directed the film version of David Rabe’s play Streamers, about a Vietnam-era boot camp that turned even more violent and vicious with the cat...

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Gus Van Sant’s “Restless”

> Gus Van Sant has been making movies for 25 years, but Restless–apart from its technical polish–feels like the work of a Sundance newcomer. And one who’s been reading too much Salinger, while meanwhile wearin...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Company You Keep”

As soon as Robert Redford had enough clout to start generating his own movies, he began starring in and often producing some of the best politically-themed films of the 1970s, including The Candidate, Three Days of the Condor�...

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Your Sister’s Sister”

> Lynn Shelton’s Humpday in 2009 was one of the most engaging pictures to come out of the mumblecore movement (“mumblecore,” for the uninitiated = ultra-low-budget, small scale film with dialogue mostly improv...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Great Expectations”

At this point in movie history, it’s beside the point to ask why we even need a new film version of GREAT EXPECTATIONS when David Lean’s 1946 masterpiece still exists. (And for those who want a different slant on ...

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THE BIJOU REVIEW “The Descendants”

> THE DESCENDANTS: Worth A Ticket – Flawed But Heartfelt It’s taken an unaccountable 7 years for Alexander Payne to follow up Sideways, the biggest hit of his career, with THE DESCENDANTS, which w...

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Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Holdovers,” “Pain Hustlers” & “Woman Of the Hour”

These haven’t been glory days for the Toronto Film Festival. The WGA/SAG strikes dampened the vibe, of course–of the 27 films I saw at TIFF, only 4 screenings featured appearances from the cast. Beyond th...

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Midnight Madness – “The Raid”

> TIFF’s Midnight Madness program is exactly what you think it is: 10 flat-out, unapologetic genre movies that premiere each night at midnight in front of a raucous crowd at the 1200-seat Ryerson Theatre. In a...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Thanks For Sharing”

Stuart Blumberg’s first film as a director (his screenwriting credits include The Kids Are All Right), THANKS FOR SHARING, never quite manages to solve its own central problem: how to make a sensitive and funny (and not...

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Madonna’s “W.E.”

> One of the enduring questions of Madonna’s illustrious quarter-century career is how someone so brilliant in managing every other facet of her persona has consistently made such terrible decisions when it comes to movie...

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Werner Herzog’s “Into the Abyss”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Silver Linings Playbook”

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Rampart”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Sessions”

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Toronto Film Festival Recap

Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Inspection” & “Emily”

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Gus Van Sant’s “Restless”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Company You Keep”

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Your Sister’s Sister”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Great Expectations”

THE BIJOU REVIEW “The Descendants”

Toronto Film Festival Reviews: “The Holdovers,” “Pain Hustlers” & “Woman Of the Hour”

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Midnight Madness – “The Raid”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Thanks For Sharing”

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Madonna’s “W.E.”

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