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TIFF Review ’09: ‘The Bad Lieutenant’

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Reviews so far on Werner Herzog's "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans" have been mixed.The trailer looked like a ludicrous parody of a B-Movie, the poster, a straight-faced direct-to-DVD cover and various...
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TIFF ’09: Day Three

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It's the same running-ragged story with little chances to write. One can only hope to survive and stay in the game.Day 3 began with Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "Micmacs," picking up exactly where the magical, whimsica...
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TIFF ’09 Review: ‘The Informant!’

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There's a moment late in the third act of Steven Soderbergh's whirlygig whistleblower farce "The Informant!" (the exclamation point is key) that makes you totally reassess the whole movie. It's not a twist, per...
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TIFF ’09: Day Two

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A bit more sleep and a shower (finally) makes it all go down somewhateasier, but the on-the-run food and increasing carpal tunnel syndrome issues don't help. Also, obey the cardinal rule: avoid other festival-g...