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Love and marriage: At the Toronto Film Festival, Jonathan Demme returns to form and Peter Sollett explores mix-tape romance; By Stephanie Zacharek September 6, 2008

A lovable pervert at your window: Weekend roundup: The noble peeping Tom hero of "Mister Foe," Truffaut's delectable Parisian noir "Shoot the Piano Player" and more; Andrew O'HehirSeptember 6, 2008 1 letter
Toronto Film Festival: The Venice Film Festival takes risks while Toronto promises gems like Claire Denis' "35 rhums," an intimate movie about the pleasures of home -- and knowing when to leave it; By Stephanie ZacharekSeptember 5, 2008 5 letters
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A Jewish family's hidden shame: Claude Miller's wrenching "A Secret" distills the French nation's Nazi-era guilt into one family's incredible-but-true wartime story; Andrew O'HehirSeptember 5, 2008 4 letters
Indie film's new, globalized realism: Do low-budget American films like "The Pool" (made in Hindi) and "August Evening" (made in Spanish) signal a new wave of cultural exploration, or just hipster tourism?; Andrew O'HehirSeptember 4, 2008
News roundup: Coens, Coco, John and Che: The Coens' "Burn After Reading" sets critics ablaze; Chanel and Lennon, together at last? Plus, Soderbergh's Guevara opus finds a home (maybe); Andrew O'HehirSeptember 2, 2008 7 letters
I married a Nazi -- the comedy: Czech master Jirí Menzel's black comedy about a lovable innocent turned Nazi collaborator is a work of nettlesome genius. Will anybody notice?; Andrew O'HehirAugust 29, 2008 1 letter
The ultimate Japanese Shakespeare spaghetti western!: Takashi Miike's "Sukiyaki Western Django" offers a spectacular mashup of Kurosawa, Sergio Leone, Tarantino and the Bard -- and it's weirder than that sounds; Andrew O'HehirAugust 28, 2008 7 letters
Traitor: Too much narrative trickery takes away from the real talent in this post-9/11 thriller, Don Cheadle and Saïd Taghmaoui; By Stephanie ZacharekAugust 27, 2008 4 letters
Before Bergman and "The Crucible: Carl Dreyer's erotic witch-hunt drama "Day of Wrath," made in Nazi-occupied Denmark, resurfaces with shattering clarity after a digital restoration; Andrew O'HehirAugust 26, 2008 10 letters
Blockbuster blackface: "Tropic Thunder" inspired protest from disability activists. But why is no one complaining that Robert Downey Jr. is playing a black man?; By James HannahamAugust 25, 2008 59 letters
The House Bunny: Anna Faris shines as an ex-Playboy bunny who discovers she can no longer get by on cuteness alone; By Stephanie ZacharekAugust 22, 2008 15 letters
The man who rocks sexy Jesus: A superstar in Britain, comedian Steve Coogan hopes to ramp up his mojo with the high-school-drama farce "Hamlet 2"; Andrew O'HehirAugust 22, 2008 4 letters
Hamlet 2: To laugh or not to laugh at the worst Shakespearean high school musical ever -- that is the question; By Stephanie ZacharekAugust 22, 2008 12 letters
Death Race: Spectacular crashes, thunderous explosions, heads split open like watermelons -- and one killer body; By Stephanie ZacharekAugust 22, 2008 20 letters
One devastating home movie: As the floodwaters rose in New Orleans, "street hustler" Kim Roberts turned on her camera -- and captured a story more thrilling than any Hollywood blockbuster; Andrew O'HehirAugust 21, 2008 57 letters
Portrait of the artist as a fallen angel: Indie hero Azazel Jacobs talks about casting his own parents -- and their eccentric, amazing New York apartment -- in his entrancing breakthrough film "Momma's Man"; Andrew O'HehirAugust 20, 2008 9 letters
The Rocker: Is this comedy about a heavy-metal wannabe a Gen X rock 'n' roll fantasy?; By James HannahamAugust 20, 2008 27 letters
A French master's farewell to love: Eric Rohmer's pastoral Renaissance fantasy, "The Romance of Astrea and Celadon," couldn't be a weirder, or lovelier, way to say goodbye; Andrew O'HehirAugust 15, 2008 2 letters
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: George Lucas fills in the "Star Wars" blanks with an animated tale that may make more sense than his live-action films; By Stephanie ZacharekAugust 15, 2008 36 letters
Scarlett and Penélope do Barcelona: But can a sapphic love scene between Scarlett Johansson and Penélope Cruz make the legendary director seem relevant again?; Andrew O'HehirAugust 15, 2008 18 letters
An actress cut in two: French sex symbol Ludivine Sagnier on passion, perversion and her new film "A Girl Cut in Two." (Please, don't call it a porn movie); Andrew O'HehirAugust 14, 2008 6 letters
See Tarantino's next movie right now (sort of): Eager to catch the ultraviolent WWII shootout "Inglorious Bastards," loaded with blaxploitation beefcake and naked chicks? Come on over!; Andrew O'HehirAugust 13, 2008 12 letters
Tropic Thunder: Robert Downey Jr. gives the most enjoyable performance of the year in this near-genius satire of Hollywood excess and vanity; By Stephanie ZacharekAugust 13, 2008 69 letters
Do you suffer from blockbuster fatigue?: As the summer movie season drags on, it's time to ask whether there's a limit to how much hype we can take; By Stephanie ZacharekAugust 12, 2008 53 letters
Is torture an Olympic event?: After 33 years of abuse and imprisonment, one Tibetan monk says no to the Beijing Olympics -- and to the Dalai Lama's accommodation with tyranny; Andrew O'HehirAugust 11, 2008 10 letters

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