Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Critics Poll Winner 'Anomalisa' Is Charlie Kaufman's Most Mundane Movie, and His Strangest

From a statistical perspective, the Toronto International Film Festival is defined more by the movies you don't see than the ones you do. Given that a modestly grueling schedule allows you to see between 10 and 15 percent of TIFF's 300-plus film lineup — this year I saw 28 movies; once, when I stayed for the duration, I made 50 — when critics lament that it wasn't a good year, what they're saying, at least in part, is that they made bad choices. At any moment you're watching a movie, there are dozens of others screening around Toronto, and chances are that at least one of them is pretty good. In those circumstances, it's of special note when critics choose to see a movie at TIFF twice,...

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