TIFF2011

Taking the joy out of sex in ‘Shame’

For all its sexual audacity, ‘Shame’ is strangely puritanical — a carnal guilt trip

Flashback to TIFF2011: My top 5 moments

I rode my bike a lot, ate a ton of free food, and became best friends with Angelina Jolie

An Arab Spring of talent triumphs at TIFF Awards

A rousing tale of Lebanese women’s lib takes the People’s Choice award, while a Quebec drama about an Algerian refugee teacher wins Best Canadian Feature

Dinner with Jason Reitman and the Duplass brothers

Why Jason Reitman didn’t give his film to TIFF. And how a new wave of indie filmmakers have learned to stay indie while playing ball with the big studios.

Whipping it up at the Butter soirée

‘Hollywood people are so strange’

Juliette lewis liked my purse!

Novice on the red carpet: Juliette Lewis liked my purse!

At TIFF2011, Jessica Allen learned the ins and outs of celebrity hunting. Now she’s back …

Back in the USSR . . . on LSD

A wild satire about mad ad men rebranding Russia apparently has a fan in Vladimir Putin

Dirty jokes abound at amFAR Cinema Against AIDS gala

Kathy Griffin would drop F-bombs whenever the crowd stopped laughing at her dirty jokes

How Juliette Binoche faked her orgasm

“I just used my skills and body to recreate something. It’s like a Goya painting. Or sculpting.”

Shooting stars at TIFF

You only have one minute to take a photograph during shoots

Getting too close to Neil Young

‘Neil Young Journeys’ is perversely raw and lazy