What did you miss by skipping the September fests? This batch of movies, some worth catching
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower: A Teen Angel’s Dreamy Angst
Emma Watson of the Harry Potter franchise comes to America to comfort a lonely high-school freshman in Stephen Chbosky’s film of his young-adult best-seller
The Master’s Joaquin Phoenix on Animal Inspirations, Curb Your Enthusiasm and the Pleasures of Discomfort
“I guarantee if you saw some of the rushes you would think I was the worst thing in the world”
Hyde Park on Hudson: FDR and the Stammering King
Despite a game impersonation of Roosevelt by Bill Murray, this intimate bio-pic chokes on its own tattle and smarminess
Silver Linings Playbook: Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence Go Dancing on the Edge
David O. Russell’s modest indie romcom offers nothing original but the chance to spend a couple hours in the hating-then-loving company of two engaging stars
The Wachowskis’ Cloud Atlas at Toronto: Unique and Earthbound
The new film from the ‘Matrix’ team bustles through six stories spanning hundreds of years, but its achievements rarely match its vaulting ambition
Anna Karenina: Keira Knightley Takes Center Stage in Bold Adaptation
Tolstoy’s classic becomes film within theater thanks to Tom Stoppard’s script and Joe Wright’s direction
Argo at Toronto: An Oscar for Ben Affleck?
This true-life adventure, about a CIA escape plan to free U.S. hostages from the Iranian Islamists, has all the Academy elements. It’s just not a very good movie
Werner Herzog Dives Into the Abyss of the American Death Penalty System
Nine years ago, two young men from Conroe, Texas, wanted a joyride in a red Camaro; and because they shot and killed three people while stealing it, Jason Burkett got life in prison, and Michael Perry got death. By Jul. 1, 2010, …