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When Good Neighbors Hop the Fence

In dramatic Contrast to the usual vapid monotony that permeates most Canadian  films, Good Neighbors is a toxic thriller with unbearable intensity about an odd group of tenants in a small Montreal apartment house in the dead of a Quebec winter. Shades of Roman Polanski’s The Tenant and Alfred  Hitchcock’s I Confess come to mind Read More

Twist Is-They Turn Tricks

Catching up with all of the new movies may not be worth the effort. From last year’s Toronto Film Festival, Twist is not a documentary about lap dancing. It’s a contemporary retelling of, wouldn’t you know, the Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist , told from the Artful Dodger’s point of view. Instead of the band Read More