TIFF2011

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Taking the joy out of sex in ’Shame’

For all its sexual audacity, ’Shame’ is strangely puritanical — a carnal guilt trip
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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
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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
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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.
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Whipping it up at the Butter soirée

’Hollywood people are so strange’
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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 ...
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Back in the USSR . . . on LSD

A wild satire about mad ad men rebranding Russia apparently has a fan in Vladimir Putin
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Dirty jokes abound at amFAR Cinema Against AIDS gala

Kathy Griffin would drop F-bombs whenever the crowd stopped laughing at her dirty jokes
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How Juliette Binoche faked her orgasm

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