TIFF 2014

‘Foxcatcher’ Movie Review – a dark spin on the American dream laced with engrossing uses of sound and performance

‘Pasolini’ Movie Review – is overambitious but nonetheless compelling

‘Still Alice’ Movie Review – values performances above all else

‘Tusk’s” Movie Review – production more interesting than the final product

Jon Stewart’s ‘Rosewater’ Movie Review – is a cogent, entertaining commentary on an isolated hell and the power of information

‘Bird People’ Movie Review – is an unconvincing take on personal liberty

‘Two Days, One Night’ Movie Review – another humanizing powerhouse from the Dardennes

‘Manglehorn’ Movie Review – is David Gordon Green’s most daring film to date

Adam Driver dominates Noah Baumbach’s ‘While We’re Young’ and Saverio Costanzo’s ‘Hungry Hearts’

‘3 Coeurs’ Movie Review – is not a credible romance

‘Luna’ Movie Review – is a dark and surreal exploration of grief

‘Spring’ Movie Review – is a flawed but vibrant romantic-horror film

‘Heaven Knows What’ Movie Review – is an authentic and devastating portrait of addiction

‘Shrew’s Nest’ and ‘Spring’ tackle the complex nature of femininity and love, in their own twisted ways

‘Tu dors Nicole’ Movie Review – a surreal portrait of millenial ennui

‘Maps to the Stars’ Movie Review – never quite comes together

‘Clouds of Sils Maria’ Movie Review – a muddled misfire from Olivier Assayas

‘Force Majeure’ Movie Review – is a searing and knotty satire of masculinity