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Just in time for Halloween, Criterion has remastered what’s long been culturally considered one of the most notable pieces of horror film making in...

Midnight Madness programmer Colin Geddes might have just topped himself as 2012 edition already looks to be a legendary year with 9 world preems,...

"Not only is the trilogy of a decidedly anti-collectivist mindset, each film offers a rich and rewarding stand-alone cinematic experience. Related only by the slimmest of narrative threads - a thread that actually seems quite jarring once it's finally revealed - Blue,White and Red employ different cinematographers, different actors and take place in a variety of European cities. While each film presents a variation in visual aesthetics, the mournful tones of composer Zbigniew Preisner give the pieces a vital kinship, and provide critical psychological linkage."

It'll be a TIFF does Sundance this year in the Spotlight Program as the majority of the films programmed in the section (which staffers state, "regardless of where these films have played throughout the world, the Spotlight program is a tribute to the cinema we love") are films that moved from Cannes to TIFF en route to Sundance or had their world premieres at TIFF and are moving into Park City.

Agora truly is a technical achievement. But the story itself, with two seemingly disparate narratives that seem to fight for screen time but ultimately tie in together, is somehow lacking; the film suffers because of its dual personality.