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Geoff Pevere is an author, movie critic and broadcaster who has been covering the Toronto International Film Festival for more than 30 years.

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March 7, 2014

Masaharu Fukuyama in Like Father, Like Son.

Masaharu Fukuyama in Like Father, Like Son.

Like Father, Like Son: Two boys, four parents and a difficult quandary

March 6, 2014

Accattone was directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Accattone was directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Pier Paolo Pasolini: a master of controversy and conflict

Geoff Pevere

February 28, 2014

Golden picks: Our critics place their bets on who will (and should) bring home a statuette

February 28, 2014

Best actor nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor, second right, in 12 Years a Slave.

Best actor nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor, second right, in 12 Years a Slave.

Why 12 Years a Slave will win Best Picture

February 28, 2014

Diogo Morgado in Son of God

Diogo Morgado in Son of God

This Son of God plays it too safe

February 27, 2014

This film image released by Paramount Pictures shows Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in a scene from "The Wolf of Wall Street."

This film image released by Paramount Pictures shows Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in a scene from "The Wolf of Wall Street."

Has Oscar lost its sheen? Our Globe expert panel weighs in

February 27, 2014

Cameron Diaz, left, and Penélope Cruz star with Michael Fassbender in Ridley Scott’s The Counsellor, about a lawyer who finds gets involved in drug trafficking.

Cameron Diaz, left, and Penélope Cruz star with Michael Fassbender in Ridley Scott’s The Counsellor, about a lawyer who finds gets involved in drug trafficking.

In the movies, there's no shame in mining old territory

Geoff Pevere

February 24, 2014

Harold Ramis was a guy capable of directing, writing and performing with equal astringent skill.

Harold Ramis was a guy capable of directing, writing and performing with equal astringent skill.

Harold Ramis, a multipurpose comic force, dead at 69

February 20, 2014

Emily Browning and Kit Harington in Pompeii.

Emily Browning and Kit Harington in Pompeii.

Swords and sandals and CGI: Why Hollywood loves the ancient world

Geoff Pevere

February 14, 2014

Shirley Temple’s innocence embodied a state of ideal national being.

Shirley Temple’s innocence embodied a state of ideal national being.

When Shirley Temple’s star dimmed

Geoff Pevere

February 14, 2014

Joan (Reginal Hall) gets frisky with Bernie (Kevin Hart) in About Last Night.

Joan (Reginal Hall) gets frisky with Bernie (Kevin Hart) in About Last Night.

About Last Night: Raw remake beefs up the female side of the story

February 13, 2014

Jonathan Winters, left, and Phil Silvers in It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

Jonathan Winters, left, and Phil Silvers in It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

It’s still a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: why the cult film endures 50 years later

Geoff Pevere

February 13, 2014

A scene from the drama Four of Hearts.

A scene from the drama Four of Hearts.

Toronto Black Film Festival includes Mandela tribute and much more

February 6, 2014

Gore Vidal visits Toronto as part of the Luminato Festival, June 5, 2007.

Gore Vidal visits Toronto as part of the Luminato Festival, June 5, 2007.

Gore Vidal doc remembers the last great public intellectual

February 6, 2014

ARCTIC DEFENDERS (2013).

ARCTIC DEFENDERS (2013).

Whitehorse film festival tells northern stories

February 2, 2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman, right, with Burt Reynolds, Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, and John C. Reilly in Boogie Nights (1997), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Philip Seymour Hoffman, right, with Burt Reynolds, Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, and John C. Reilly in Boogie Nights (1997), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Philip Seymour Hoffman: a unique and prickly talent

Geoff Pevere

January 31, 2014

Director Atom Egoyan and Colin Firth during production of Devil's Knot.

Director Atom Egoyan and Colin Firth during production of Devil's Knot.

How Colin Firth finds the familiar in a story half a world away

January 31, 2014

Toni Servillo in The Great Beauty.

Toni Servillo in The Great Beauty.

The Great Beauty: A ravishing portrait of listless luxuriance

January 24, 2014

Thomas Haden Church in a scene from Whitewash.

Thomas Haden Church in a scene from Whitewash.

Whitewash: Quebec-set drama is a small but sparking gem on ice

January 23, 2014

James Caan in Thief (1981)

James Caan in Thief (1981)

Cinema loves a bad boy: three films about men who went too far

Geoff Pevere