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...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...
...That phrase could define the festival. Now in its 27th year, TIFF has succeeded by its size, which is less boutique than warehouse (this year's 10-day event showed an indigestible 455 hours of films), and by its persistent good humor. Even the occasional eccentrics?like the tough guy at a screening of Kim Tae Gyun's Volcano High who was moved to shout, "Korean movies rule!"?show more cheer than menace. There are no tiffs at TIFF. "Nice" is a compliment Torontonians don't care for, but until they start mistreating the film professionals who come here from...
...Last year's TIFF was not so festive. The terrorists of Sept. 11 severed the 10-day convention in half: five days of illuminating fun, five days of mourning from which the movies provided only fitful distraction. This year Toronto returned to its root functions as film showplace and star magnet (there's Dustin! there's Denzel!). But on Sept. 11, 2002, the programmers presented two films that explicitly confronted the attacks and their aftermath: Jim Simpson's The Guys, a conventionally heart-rending meeting of a journalist and a New York City fire captain, and the much more ambitious...
...among teammates. During a drill to practice throw-ins, Christie Pearce sails a ball over Milbrett's head. "I need a bigger partner," yells the 5-ft., 6-in. Pearce of her 5-ft., 2-in. teammate. In another drill, Milbrett's plan to outwit the defense collapses. "Sure, Tiff, they'll never figure that one out," yells a teammate...
...with their physical skills and their intuition. They can think a few moves ahead of other players. A few minutes on the field with Milbrett and it's clear that she has that gift. At one moment she makes a completely unexpected turn away from teammates, away from help ("Tiff, I'm open!"). Yet with everyone heading in the direction where the ball ought to be played, her against-the-grain turn tilts the whole game to her advantage. Later, when she seems trapped in a corner, she flicks the ball through the legs of her opposing teammate...