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Review: The Front Runner | Ash is Purest White – VIFF 2018

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ILT’s final reviews for VIFF 2018 focus on Jason Reitman’s political drama The Front Runner starring Hugh Jackman and J.K. Simmons, and legendary Chinese director Jia Zhangke’s gangster melodrama Ash is Purest White, starring Zhao Tao and Liao Fan.Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilm
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RZA: Live from The 36th Chamber of Shaolin – VIFF 2018

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Wu-Tang Clan co-founder, producer extraordinaire, composer, and director RZA live scores the Shaw Brothers kung-fu classic The 36th Chamber of Shaolin. Need I say more? Yes, yes more needs to be said…Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilm
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Review: Shadow – VIFF 2018

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Legendary Chinese director Zhang Yimou is known for his richly crafted period pieces, and Shadow is no different; a beautifully shot historical drama complete with Zhang’s trademark action sequences.Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilm
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Review: The Sisters Brothers | The Old Man & the Gun – VIFF 2018

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ILT’s VIFF 2018 continues with a look at two of the wittiest flicks at this year’s festival:

Jacques Audiard’s The Sisters Brothers (Joaquin Phoenix; John C. Reilly; Jake Gyllenhaal; Riz Ahmed)…

…and David Lowery’s The Old Man & the Gun (Robert Redford; Sissy Spacek; Casey Affleck)Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilm
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Review: Boy Erased – VIFF 2018

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Writer-director (and co-star) Joel Edgerton’s emotionally challenging deep dive into the murky world of gay conversion therapy is one of the best, and most important films of the year.

Arguably the highlight of VIFF 2018, Boy Erased also stars Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe.Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilm
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Review: The Hummingbird Project – VIFF 2018

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ILT’s opening VIFF review looks at Kim Nguyen’s The Hummingbird Project, an unoffical dramatisation of Michael Lewis’ Flash Boys with the most interesting drama unfortunately omitted…Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilm
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What to watch at VIFF 2018…

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With the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) set to get underway this week, ILT brings you coverage of the festival’s best, worst, and weirdest releases.

First up, a rundown on what you should catch from September 27 to October 12…Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilm
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Review: Lucky (VIFF 2017)

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ILT’s final review of this year’s VIFF covers the beautiful frail display of cult hero Harry Dean Stanton, as John Carroll Lynch’s Lucky…Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilm
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Review: Borg vs. McEnroe (VIFF 2017)

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Next up at VIFF 2017, Janus Metz Pedersen’s Borg vs. McEnroe; an examination of the behind-the-scenes drama leading up to the 1980 Wimbledon final…Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilm
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Review: Have a Nice Day and Angkor Awakens (VIFF 2017)

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Continuing the East Asian theme at this year’s VIFF is Liu Jian’s bluntly satirical examination of modern China, Have a Nice Day, and Robert H. Lieberman’s brutally frank documentary, Angkor Awakens: A Portrait of Cambodia…Follow ILT on twitter @iltfilm
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