Posts Filed Under: TIFF 2014
The biopic of the British code-breaker persecuted for his sexuality took home the coveted Grolsch People’s Choice Award.
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Angelo Muredda
Some tips on what to see to make the most of the last of the festival.
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Angelo Muredda
In which Benedict Cumberbatch tries out various expressions, Ethan Hawke wears black, and Robert Pattinson drinks no blood at all.
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Christopher Bird • Photos by Giordano Ciampini and Kayla Rocca
We talk to celebrity-signature wranglers and get some "no's" and "piss off's"—and also a few tips.
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John Semley • Photo by Giordano Ciampini
Nothing shatters the illusion that TIFF is about art like seeing people with TIFF lanyards eating at Hooters.
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John Semley
Torontonians apparently want Jon Stewart to run for mayor, and Jennifer Aniston to look at revealing 20-year-old photos of herself.
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Christopher Bird
The missed opportunity that was Festival Street, and why Torontonians should embrace TIFF without all the grumbling.
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John Semley • Photo by Giordano Ciampini
Simon Pegg signs a doll version of himself and Elizabeth Banks wears what appear to be drapes to close out the first weekend of TIFF.
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Christopher Bird • Photos by Giordano Ciampini and Kayla Rocca
In which Denzel Washington talks loftily about acting and is insufferable.
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John Semley • Photo by Kayla Rocca
Chris O'Dowd, Adam Sandler, Kevin Smith—these and other celebrities too lazy to dress properly.
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Christopher Bird • Photos by Giordano Ciampini and Kayla Rocca
A friendly reminder to film critics who take themselves too seriously.
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John Semley • Photo by Kayla Rocca
We're fast approaching peak Bill Murray.
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John Semley • Photo by Kayla Rocca
The fest’s home for the avant-garde features a mind-bending Viggo Mortensen Western, a playful riff on Shakespeare, and more.
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Angelo Muredda
The fest's nonfiction programming spans subjects as diverse as the Indonesian killings of the mid-1960s, Soviet hockey, and a Chinese pop idol contest.
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Angelo Muredda
In which Robert John Downey, Jr. proves for the 18-billionth time that he is a lovable scamp.
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Christopher Bird
The best and worst of the fest's opening night—featuring bike valets, Bill Murray Day, and a soppy Robert Downey, Jr. drama.
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John Semley • Photo by Kayla Rocca
Twitter user @tofilmcritic spoofs chain-smoking, self-persecuting professional movie-watchers.
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John Semley
Midnight Madness scares up some yakuza, a sexually transmitted ghost, an unhinged film editor, and Kevin Smith.
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Angelo Muredda
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