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People Mountain People Sea

★★★½☆

Despite what other trailers may tell you, here is the feel-bad movie of the year.

Playing: Sept. 15, Sept. 16, Sept 17

Monsters Club

★★★½☆

A terrorist's taste of terror is not a terrible thing to tell.

Playing: Sept. 10, Sept. 11, Sept. 18

You’re Next

★★★★½

Clever, violent, and funny, this film is what Midnight Madness is all about.

Playing: Sept. 16

50/50

★☆☆☆☆

Cancer and comedy as a recipe for schmaltz. What are the odds?

Playing: Sept. 12, Sept. 13

Trespass

★☆☆☆☆

It's a movie. It's called Trespass.

Playing: Sept. 14, Sept. 15

ALPS

★★★★★

It's like Dogtooth. But better.

Playing: Sept. 14, Sept. 15

TIFF 2011 Habibi

★★☆☆☆

Despite an overall beauty, this love poem adaptation misses the mark.

Playing: Sep. 14, Sep. 15, Sep. 17

Death of a Superhero

★½☆☆☆

Death becomes no one in this conventional cancer film.

Playing: Sept. 10, Sept. 11, Sept. 17

Twixt

★★★★★

Francis Ford Coppola's latest is an expressionistic mini-masterpiece of grotesque. With 3D!

Playing: Sept. 11, Sept. 12, Sept. 18

Goon

★★★★½

A funny, ballsy, and bloody Canadian hockey movie. About time.

Playing: Sept. 10, Sept. 13

Avalon

★★★★½

A wrenching, darkly funny debut feature.

Playing: Sept. 11, Sept. 13, Sept. 17

Paul Williams: Still Alive

★★★★☆

With a little help from filmmaker Stephen Kessler, Paul Williams makes it over that rainbow.

Playing: Sept. 11, Sept. 14, Sept. 18

Faust

★★★★½

Alexander Sokurov, you devil you.

Playing: Sept. 11, Sept. 13, Sept. 16

Leave It On The Floor

★★★☆☆

Sheldon Larry's musical isn't as interesting as the documentary that inspired it, but at times it can still be a ball.

Playing: Sept. 14, Sept. 15, Sept. 18

Wuthering Heights

★★☆☆☆

More like withering tripe.

Playing: Sept. 9, Sept. 10, Sept. 16

Shame

★★★½☆

Steve McQueen plays the shame game in his second film.

Playing: Sep. 11, Sep. 13

The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best

★☆☆☆☆

Hey kids! You like independent rock and roll music? You like T-shirts with faded corporate logos on them? Well then you'll love... aw, no you won't.

Playing: Sept. 9, Sept. 11, Sept. 16

Cuchera

★★★½☆

If you like seeing catatonic rape victims get drugs crammed inside of them, this is your Citizen Kane, sicko.

Playing: Sept. 11, Sept. 13, Sept. 18

Sarah Palin – You Betcha!

★★★☆☆

Back to Palin basics? You betcha!

Playing: Sept. 11, Sept. 12, Sept. 18

The Hunter

★★☆☆☆

Willem Dafoe plays a heartless poacher with a heart of gold. Wait, what?

Playing: Sept. 9, Sept. 10

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Reviews listed alphabetically:

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (★★★★☆) Back to the Square (★★★½☆) Beauty Is Embarrassing (★★★☆☆) Beware of Mr. Baker (★★★☆☆) Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (★★★½☆) Brooklyn Castle (★★★★½) China Heavyweight (★★★★★) Detropia (★★★★☆) Dreams of a Life (★★★★☆) El Huaso (★★★★☆) Fists of Pride (★★★☆☆) Francophrenia (Or: Don’t Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is) (★★½☆☆) G-Dog (★★★☆☆) Garden in the Sea (★★★☆☆) GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (★★★★☆) Herman’s House (★☆☆☆☆) Indie Game: The Movie (★★★★☆) Inocente (★★★½☆) Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet (★★★½☆) Jeff (★★½☆☆)

Reviews by star rating:

China Heavyweight (★★★★★) Brooklyn Castle (★★★★½) The Final Member (★★★★½) The World Before Her (★★★★☆) Smoke Traders (★★★★☆) Ping Pong (★★★★☆) Oma & Bella (★★★★☆) The Queen of Versailles (★★★★☆) Who Cares? (★★★★☆) Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (★★★★☆) The Betrayal (★★★★☆) Private Universe (★★★★☆) Detropia (★★★★☆) Indie Game: The Movie (★★★★☆) El Huaso (★★★★☆) One Day After Peace (★★★★☆) Dreams of a Life (★★★★☆) GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (★★★★☆) Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (★★★½☆) Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet (★★★½☆)

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