Toronto's NOW Magazine has always been a valued resource for getting an early opinion on TIFF films. The new issue contains numerous capsule reviews including these highly praised docs:

INFERNO (aka L'ENFER DE HENRI GEORGE-CLOUZOT) (dirs. Serge Bromberg & Ruxandra Medrea) - Critic Paul Ennis writes that the film proves Clouzot "was pushing the boundaries of psychological narrative. The cumulative effect of the repetition of the found footage is mesmerizing."

IRENE (dir. Alain Cavalier) - Ennis writes: "Using the most minimal means, Cavalier looks back at himself at half his present age, recounting his vivid present-day thoughts, questions and memories and calmly reading words once written in passion. It adds up to a moving, universal account of love and loss."

THE ART OF THE STEAL (dir. Don Argott) - Critic Norman Wilner writes, "the legal finagling required to subvert Barnes's wishes is brought fully to light in Argott's muckraking documentary, which reframes the complicated history as an engrossing, infuriating investigation, powered by righteous outrage."

REEL INJUN (dir. Neil Diamond) (pictured) - Critic Andrew Dowler writes, "with much humour and insight, [Diamond] delivers excellent footage from 1920s movies onward, some fascinating oddities like the camp for wannabe Indians and good interviews..."