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It\u2019s always a tad irritating when a supposedly \u201cnational\u201d newspaper puts off reviewing a film until it opens in Toronto. The latest example: Today\u2019s National Post<\/i> devotes the entire first page of the arts section to a graphic<\/a> which, in turn, points the reader to an inside page featuring a 1.5-star review<\/a> of Raoul Ruiz\u2019s Klimt<\/a><\/i>, which stars John Malkovich as the famous Austrian painter<\/a>. Barry Hertz begins by noting that there are two different versions of the film, and then he says his review will be based on \u201cthe cut that Canadian audiences will see\u201d. Note the future tense. The thing is, I saw this film in Vancouver when it came to the VanCity Theatre back in April<\/a> \u2014 and while I didn\u2019t care for it myself, it was apparently a big enough hit that the theatre brought it back in July<\/a>. That would be in the past. And I believe Vancouver is still part of Canada. So while the arrival of this film in Toronto is being treated like major national news, we here in this corner of the country can only shrug our shoulders and say, \u201cBeen there, done that \u2014 twice<\/i>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"