TIFF 2014: Trends and tales from Toronto What we learned at TIFF 2014, from the best under-the-radar films to the biggest festival blunders
’Iron Man 3’: A frustrating alloy of smart dialogue and dumb actionBrian D. Johnson on what to see this weekend
Sherlock Holmes reopens the caseThe sleuth of baker street returns with the first authorized novel post-Conan Doyle
Opening Weekend: Due Date, Megamind, Fair GameRobert Downey Jr. plays it straight, and gives stoner boy Zach Galifianakis a master class in acting
David Cronenberg on Freud, Keira and pressing the fleshHe calls Keira Knightley ’brilliant,’ Robert Downey Jr. ’glib’—and turned down ’The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’
Opening Weekend: Iron Man 2, Banksy, Babies and Please GiveRobert Downey Jr.’s rehab is complete—he’s a comic genius shackled to 12-step action movie
Don’t stop the presses!Opening weekend: ’State of Play’ revives the retro romance of the crusading newspaper reporter
Writer discovers homeless virtuoso‘The Soloist’ tells the story of a man who can’t even watch the film that will make him a star
The Method in Robert Downey Jr.’s madnessThe Iron Man of acting delivers the world’s first DVD commentary in verbal blackface.