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...Toronto International Film Festival had a sad intermission last year. The Sept. 11 attacks divided the 10-day event in two: a happy gathering of the cinema spirits, followed by a mournful, distracted coda. This year Toronto was back to being North America's largest, nicest movie convention. Between parties, one film reminded us of what we've learned in a year. Others offered pickings from the banquet of world cinema. --By Richard Corliss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toronto, A Year Later | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...Yonge street, not far from theaters exhibiting the cinematic goodies of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), is a sex shop whose four-story sign proclaims it "The Largest & Nicest Love Boutique in America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Star Is Reborn | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...Tell people in Hollywood that you're interviewing Tom Cruise, and you'll get two responses. One is, 'He's the nicest guy in the world.' The other is, 'Is he gay?' Interviewing him last week, the first thing I learned is that he likes to know whom he's dealing with. I was riding in the passenger seat of his Porsche, when he suddenly said, 'You speak Russian, don't you? Someone told me that.' The information was correct. Maybe it was a message (I'm watching; don't try any funny business), or maybe he's just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reporters' Notebook | 6/24/2002 | See Source »

Road to Perdition, which opens next month, isn't your typical Tom Hanks movie. The Nicest Guy in Hollywood plays a taciturn hit man in Depression-era Chicago--not the kind of movie you'd expect to see in the summer. No clones. No superheroes. And the car chases never exceed 45 m.p.h. It will be released on July 12, right between Men in Black II (July 3) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (July 26). Walter Parkes, co-head of the DreamWorks film division, concedes that "it's an unusual time to release an R-rated adult picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Forget the Superheroes | 6/17/2002 | See Source »

...forthrightly misogynist. But he never seems more condescending to women than when he's ostensibly loving them, as with Leoni. That may be why some of his best jokes idealize masturbation. In Annie Hall he called it "sex with someone you love." He has another good line here: "The nicest thing about masturbation is after. The cuddling time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Deconstructing Woody | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

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