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Category Archives: Film
TIFF FILM REVIEW: Pierre Thorreton’s ‘L’amour fou’
By Ray Bennett TORONTO – When the late couturier Yves Saint Laurent’s longtime companion and business partner Pierre Bergé decided to sell their vast and unique collection of artwork, it was called the auction of the century. Pierre Thorreton’s painstaking … Continue reading
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Tagged Come Aguiar, Pierre Bergé, Pierre Thorreton, Toronto International Film Festival, Yves Saint Laaurent
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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Michael Winterbottom’s ‘The Trip’
By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Michael Winterbottom’s listless foody travelogue “The Trip” is made up of highlights from a six-part BBC-TV series that has yet to air but if these are the best bits then no one will mind waiting. … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Michael Nyman, Michael Winterbottom, Rob Bryden, Steve Coogan, The Guardian, Toronto International Film Festival
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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Richard Ayoade’s ‘Submarine’
By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Joe Dunthorne’s delightfully idiosyncratic 2008 novel “Submarine,” in which a smart and eccentrically gifted 15-year-old muses about school, girls, movies, parents and life in general, is the kind of book that almost never is made … Continue reading
TIFF FILM FESTIVAL: Justin Lerner’s ‘Girlfriend’
By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Justin Lerner’s “Girlfriend” claims to be the first U.S. feature film to star a person with Down syndrome, namely Evan Sneider who plays a young man with a major crush on a single mom he’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Plummer, Evan Snider, Jackson Rathbone, Justin Lerner, Shannon Woodward, Toronto International Film Festival
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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Rowan Joffe’s ‘Brighton Rock’
By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Rowan Joffe’s film of Graham Greene’s 1938 novel “Brighton Rock” takes a gothic approach to the story of a young thug obsessed with hell with little of the writer’s subtlety and too much reliance on … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrea Riseborough, Andy Serkis, Graham Greene, Helen Mirren, John Hurt, Phil Davis, Richard Attenborough, Rowan Joffe, Sam Riley, Toronto International Film Festival
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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Hilary Swank in ‘Conviction’
By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Tony Goldwyn’s “Conviction” is a soundly constructed tale of an individual fighting against a travesty of justice with Hilary Swank as a high school dropout who devotes her life to becoming a lawyer in order … Continue reading
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Tagged Hilary Swank, Juliette Lewis, Melissa Leo, Minnie Driver, Sam Rockwell, Tony Goldwyn
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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Mickey Rourke in ‘Passion Play’
By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Screenwriter Mitch Glazer’s first directorial effort, “Passion Play” starring Mickey Rourke and Megan Fox is a sentimental noir fable aimed at movie buffs with a soft spot for tough guys with tender hearts. Rourke in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Murray, Billy Swan, Megan Fox, Mickey Rourke, Mitch Glazer, Rhys Ifans, Toronto International Film Festival
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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Clive Owen in ‘Trust’
By Ray Bennett TORONTO – The title of David Schwimmer’s understated drama “Trust” derives from children and parents who have too much of it when dealing with the potential perils of internet chat rooms. Clive Owen provides a wrenching study … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Keener, Chris Henry Coffey, Clive Owen, David Schwimmer, Liana Liberato, Toronto International Film Festival
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TIFF FILM REVIEW: Jeanne Labrune’s ‘Special Treatment’
By Ray Bennett TORONTO – Parisian sophistication is hard work in Jeanne Labrune’s ineffectual “Special Treatment,” which attempts to explore the similarities between prostitution and psychoanalysis. Isabelle Huppert plays a 40-ish uptown hooker bored with her chosen career path who … Continue reading
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Tagged Bouli Lanners, Isabelle Huppert, Jeanne Labrune, Toronto International Film Festival
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TIFF FILM REVIEW: ‘Made in Dagenham’
By Ray Bennett TORONTO – The real-life tale of a group of female machinists who took on the Ford Motor Company in England and earned equal pay for women gets a rousing and entertaining telling in Nigel Cole’s crowd-pleasing “Made … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrea Riseborough, Bob Hoskins, Daniel Mays, David Arnold, Geraldine James, Jaime Winston, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Cole, Rosamund Pike, Sally Hawkins, Toronto International Film Festival
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