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Toronto Film Festival Wrap-up

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

The Toronto Film Festival ended over the weekend. In covering it I saw some 24 films in all, including a few Oscar hopefuls that actually delivered.

Toronto Social Diary

Erica Abeel | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment


Erica Abeel

Unlike some colleagues who disdain parties, with their trans fatty nibbles, I actively seek them out -- provided the party starts before 11pm when I'd rather be flossing.

Toronto Film Fest Day 2: Two Hits, A Fun Miss and Then Malaise

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Reviewed: the new Coen brothers movie, George Clooney, fuzzy Ukrainian subtitles and a pack of arty Vikings.

The Week in Dodgy Cinema: Welcoming the Icky Orphan; Bumping the Ugly (Truth)

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 08.23.2009 | Entertainment


Gregory Weinkauf

Orphan is actually a pretty good little B-movie thriller and most of its uncomfortable fun lies in Esther doing and saying increasingly psychotic things.