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Author: Ryan McNeil

festivals, hot docs, reactions

THE BOXING GIRLS OF KABUL plays Hot Docs

In Afghanistan, a new class of young women are stepping on to a place of former bloodshed and fighting for their freedom. Literally.

Posted on April 30, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

ABOUT FACE: THE SUPERMODELS, THEN AND NOW plays Hot Docs

Fashion has always been about the women, the men were besides the fact. Get ready to listen to some of the most iconic women of them all.

Posted on April 29, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, matineecast, podcasts

Life in Technicolor 2012 pt 1

Talkin’ BEAUTY IS EMBARASSING with Wayne White and Neil Berkeley as podcast coverage of Hot Docs 2012 begins.

Posted on April 29, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

INOCENTE plays Hot Docs

If only we could see the world the way this talented artist sees it, things might be a lot better for all of us.

Posted on April 28, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

McCULLIN plays Hot Docs

To find true beauty in such human ugliness is a rare gift.

Posted on April 28, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

PLANET OF SNAIL plays Hot Docs

Sometimes you see a couple so perfect for one another, you can’t help but feel moved…and perhaps a bit jealous.

Posted on April 27, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

BEWARE OF MR. BAKER plays Hot Docs

The saying goes that the bark is worse than the bite. Where Ginger Baker is concerned, I wouldn’t dare test the theory.

Posted on April 27, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, reactions

BEAUTY IS EMBARRASSING plays Hot Docs

Thy say that Wayne White has touched people in ways they don’t even know. Get ready for Wayne to touch you.

Posted on April 26, 2012December 24, 2012
festivals, hot docs, trailers

Awake My Soul – BIG EASY EXPRESS Trailer

Get on board – it’s time for nonfiction to rock Toronto – and The Matinee.

Posted on April 25, 2012December 24, 2012
blind spot series

Blindsided by MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON

What would Capra think of what the role of government has become?

Posted on April 24, 2012June 30, 2015
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 57

Talkin’ THE CABIN IN THE WOODS with guest Jess Rogers. She and Ryan also read some listener feedback on documentaries and rattle off a list of their top five moments of a bait and switch.

Posted on April 23, 2012July 3, 2013
conversations

The Way I Am – The Kid Asks Me about All Things Matinee

The lens gets turned on me for once, as The Kid in The Front Row gets curious about all things Matinee.

Posted on April 22, 2012April 26, 2012

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