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Author: Ryan McNeil

festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

SYBIL plays TIFF 2019

Some films are over the top, some play it straight. But when a film tries to do both, things get messy.

Posted on September 14, 2019September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

HALA plays TIFF 2019

A tender quest for the truth, and a balance between clashing cultures.

Posted on September 11, 2019September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

SAINT MAUD plays TIFF 2019

Horror has a way of using cinema like a blade. Sometimes the cuts are hard, fast, and violent. The viewer is left a bloody and … Read More ›

Posted on September 9, 2019September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD plays TIFF 2019

A long time ago, a man went on television and taught us all that we had value in this world, and that if we chose … Read More ›

Posted on September 9, 2019September 11, 2020
matineecast, podcasts

Wicked Little Town: TIFF 2019 pt. ii

Andrew Robinson joins me for pie a la mode as TIFF 2019 coverage continues.

Posted on September 9, 2019September 9, 2019
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

LOVE ME TENDER plays TIFF 2019

On the anxieties of remaining inside, and the strange adventures that await outside.

Posted on September 8, 2019September 11, 2020
matineecast, podcasts, TIFF, Toronto

Wicked Little Town: TIFF 2019 pt. i

Bob Turnbull joins me for tea as TIFF 2019 coverage begins.

Posted on September 8, 2019September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

HOW TO BUILD A GIRL plays TIFF 2019

A film made this critic’s heart burst with joy. Send flowers…and records.

Posted on September 7, 2019September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

TAMMY’S ALWAYS DYING plays TIFF 2019

As the lights came up at the TIFF ’19 premiere screening of TAMMY’S ALWAYS DYING, screenwriter Joanne Sarazen expressed her desire to portray a family … Read More ›

Posted on September 6, 2019September 11, 2020
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 230 – READY OR NOT

Talkin’ Gillett & Bettinelli-Olpin new film with Corey Pierce

Posted on August 30, 2019August 29, 2019
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 229 – THE KITCHEN

Talkin’ Andrea Berloff’s new film with Jess Rogers

Posted on August 14, 2019August 13, 2019
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 228 – THE FAREWELL

Talkin’ Lulu Wang’s new film with Courtney Small

Posted on July 29, 2019July 29, 2019

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