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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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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Albert Nobbs”

> Rodrigo Garcia’s film ALBERT NOBBS (he shares auteurship with Glenn Close, who served as screenwriter with John Banville and Gabriella Prekop and as a producer as well as star) caters to what used to be called the James...

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Shame”

> Although Fox Searchlight didn’t actually acquire Steve McQueen’s film Shame until last Saturday, in a sense the marketing campaign for the film began when the producers made it clear that the film would not be edi...

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UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Silver Linings Playbook” & “Seven Psychopaths” Take the Prizes

It’s a very good weekend to be a Weinstein. First Weinstein Company’s The Master set new per-theatre records for a live-action movie release without a stage show, and now the tidings from Toronto are lined ...

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Butter”

> Jim Field Smith’s comedy BUTTER, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, ambitiously makes a play for both the heartwarming indie Little Miss Sunshine audience and the satire-minded Election crowd. That may ...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Wish I Was Here”

Zach Braff’s WISH I WAS HERE, his first film as a writer-director since Garden State 10 years ago, mixes genuine, deeply-felt emotion with the kind of contrivances that would grate even on a second-rate sitcom. (...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY LA FILM FEST REVIEW: “Ruby Sparks”

RUBY SPARKS: Worth A Ticket – A Narrative Feat Woody Allen is one of the most influential figures in modern independent film, but his ghost is usually evident in the many romantic comedy-dramas we get each...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “At Any Price”

With the notable exception of Friday Night Lights, Hollywood has rarely even attempted a serious depiction of life in the American heartland in recent years. More often, the center of the country is a setting for stories of ...

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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 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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SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “The Last Word” & “Thoroughbred”

THE LAST WORD (Bleecker Street): Shirley MacLaine does the irascible codger thing. She’s smart enough not to overplay the very familiar hand she’s been dealt by screenwriter Stuart Ross Fink and director ...

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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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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Passion”

It’s unfortunately not saying very much to note that PASSION is the best eeffort Brian DePalma has managed to turn in lately. DePalma’s Redacted was one of the worst films by a major American director in recent...

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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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THE BIJOU REVIEW: “50/50”

> 50/50: Worth A Ticket – A Genuinely Feel-Good Cancer Comedy With The Big C renewed for its third season on Showtime, the concept of a comedy getting laughs from the experiences of a cancer patient is no long...

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

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Albert Nobbs”

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Shame”

UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Silver Linings Playbook” & “Seven Psychopaths” Take the Prizes

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Butter”

SHOWBUZZDAILY SUNDANCE REVIEW: “Wish I Was Here”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY LA FILM FEST REVIEW: “Ruby Sparks”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “At Any Price”

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Madonna’s “W.E.”

THE BIJOU REVIEW “The Descendants”

SHOWBUZZDAILY Sundance Film Festival Reviews: “The Last Word” & “Thoroughbred”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Company You Keep”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Passion”

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

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “50/50”

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