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I’m back with a follow-up to the mega-famous report on the first half of 2017’s TIFF Midnight Madness program, in which I was remarkably optimistic about the state of the program, lavishing praise on “Revenge,” “Bodied”...

“I want to dance with Harry DeanDrive through Texas in a black limousineI want a piece of heaven ‘fore I die.”- Debbie Harry, “I Want That Man”He had a face like a medieval wood cut—angular, cheeks...

If you’re even slightly familiar with the work of Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo, then chances are you can guess the various plot elements in “The Day After,” his third feature of 2017. There’s infidelity, drinking, long...

I saw Bille August’s “55 Steps” and Jon Avnet’s “Three Christs” the same morning and details of the two films are swimming and blending together in my head, and not only because they’re both based on...

The most talked-about documentary of the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival came to the annual event courtesy of one of the form’s current best filmmakers, Brett Morgen. Always surprising and always deeply considered, Morgen’s documentaries defy...

Thumbnails is a roundup of brief excerpts to introduce you to articles from other websites that we found interesting and exciting. We provide links to the original sources for you to read in their entirety.—Chaz Ebert1.”Roxane...

“Brad’s Status” might be the most Ben Stillerish movie Ben Stiller has ever made, and that’s actually a good thing. The actor and director has made much of his career out of playing comically miserable men:...

Several days ago I overheard some folks on an elevator describing their experiences rushing tickets at TIFF. Your best bet with rush is to stand in the much shorter lines for the lesser-known or more experimental...

It’s tempting to criticize George Clooney’s “Suburbicon” as two films that never quite coalesce into one complete whole, which is partially true. But that might give the impression that either film works on their own, which...

Let’s get a few things out of the way with regards to Louis C.K.’s new feature “I Love You, Daddy”: Photographed by longtime collaborator Paul Koestner on black-and-white film, “I Love You, Daddy” is a formal...