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Author: Ryan McNeil

matineecast, podcasts

Episode 111 – ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE

Talkin’ ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE with Nikhat Zahra. She and Ryan also flip the record over to play the other side.

Posted on May 12, 2014January 28, 2015
dvd doubleback

IN YOUR EYES

There’s nothing like going back to the early stuff to show you how much a writer has grown.

Posted on May 11, 2014May 16, 2014
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched Apr 19 – May 9)

No time for love Doctor Jones…Three weeks’ worth of watching coming up.

Posted on May 10, 2014May 14, 2014
links, news

Everybody’s Talkin’ 5 – 9 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

Tomorrow ends a very busy six weeks for me. Happily, Mamo, Withrow, Catherine and Catherine are there to get me through. And others – plenty of others.

Posted on May 9, 2014May 14, 2014
reviews

ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE

Living for entire centuries isn’t just flirting with despair and isolation. It’s a goddamned invitation.

Posted on May 8, 2014May 13, 2014
visuals

Freeze Frame: DAYS OF HEAVEN

You can’t stop what’s coming.

Posted on May 7, 2014June 30, 2015
trailers

If I Were a Boy: BOYHOOD Trailer

A look ahead to one of the most audacious art films in recent memory.

Posted on May 6, 2014May 11, 2014
reviews

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2

Sometimes the human part of a superhuman story is just far more interesting.

Posted on May 5, 2014March 11, 2015
festivals, hot docs, reactions

THE SHEIK plays Hot Docs 2014

He will humble you…now that he’s done being humbled himself.

Posted on May 4, 2014May 9, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

ART AND CRAFT plays Hot Docs 2014

Who’s the real master: The painter of the forger?

Posted on May 3, 2014May 7, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

HAPPY VALLEY plays Hot Docs 2014

When a legacy is tarnished, there are a lot of hands that get dirty.

Posted on May 2, 2014May 7, 2014
festivals, hot docs, reactions

IN COUNTRY plays Hot Docs 2014

War is Hell. If you’d like to play in Hell, that can be arranged.

Posted on May 1, 2014May 4, 2014

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