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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: First Titles Announced

>SHOWBUZZDAILY will be at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, and today TIFF announced the first group of movies being screened (there are plenty more to come over the next few weeks). Here’s the f...

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Hick”

> Derick Martini’s HICK is like a Sundance movie that took the wrong indie-film exit and wound up in Toronto. For whatever reason, Toronto’s film festival tends to find itself with fewer stories of young peopl...

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SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Writers”

WRITERS is considered an “independent” movie because it was made without big-studio financing and because its stars (Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Kristen Bell) are familiar faces, but not at the level th...

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Whit Stillman’s “Damsels In Distress”

> Whit Stillman has one of the most distinctive voices in American film, and his 13-year absence from the screen barely shows in his new comedy DAMSELS IN DISTRESS; it feels as though, had it been made immediately after The Las...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Hyde Park on Hudson”

To address the very specific elephant in HYDE PARK ON HUDSON‘s room: it’s no King’s Speech. It’s hard to avoid the comparison, because the two movies have a clear overlap, Hyde Park being t...

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Yet More Titles

> See also: THE BIJOU @ TIFF: FIRST TITLES ANNOUNCEDTHE BIJOU @ TIFF: FESTIVAL TITLES, ROUND TWOTHE BIJOU @ TIFF: O CANADIAN TITLES! The Toronto International Film Festival prides itself on being one of the mo...

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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Cloud Atlas”

It isn’t often that one needs to invoke Intolerance to describe a current film, but CLOUD ATLAS demands it. Like D.W. Griffith’s epic, it intercuts between stories taking place across hundreds of years o...

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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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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: “Peace, Love & Misunderstanding”

> I wasn’t aware that the Toronto Film Festival showed TV pilots until I caught a screening of PEACE, LOVE & MISUNDERSTANDING. As a pilot, Peace certainly has its appeal, with a strong cast that includes Jane Fo...

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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Judgment Day

> At 7AM today (East Coast time), the Toronto International Film Festival opened its boxoffice for single ticket sales, package orders having been filled a couple of days ago. As usual, the result was chaos: if you ...

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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: “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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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 @ 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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THE BIJOU @ TIFF: First Titles Announced

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Hick”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Writers”

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Whit Stillman’s “Damsels In Distress”

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Hyde Park on Hudson”

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Yet More Titles

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Cloud Atlas”

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Shame”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “The Sessions”

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Peace, Love & Misunderstanding”

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: Judgment Day

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Silver Linings Playbook”

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Albert Nobbs”

SHOWBUZZDAILY @ TORONTO: “Great Expectations”

THE BIJOU @ TIFF: “Butter”

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