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Author: Ryan McNeil

festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF begin again, can a song save your life, john carney, lindsay ragone, TIFF 2013

Wicked Little Town – TIFF 2013 pt. iv

September 16, 2013

Talkin’ CAN A SONG SAVE YOUR LIFE? with Lindsay as TIFF 2013 coverage concludes.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF Amy Hubermann, Andrew Bennett, Andrew Scott, Brian Gleeson, comedy, Hugh O'Conor, irish, Michael Legge, Peter McDonald, the stag, TIFF 2013

THE STAG plays TIFF 2013

September 15, 2013

TIFF presents a comedy Hollywood writers wish they were clever enough to come up with.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF animation, foreign, hayao miyazaki, japanese, Studio Ghibli, the wind rises, TIFF 2013

THE WIND RISES plays TIFF 2013

September 15, 2013

“When the wind rises, you would have to attempt to live.”

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Ryan McNeil
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CAN A SONG SAVE YOUR LIFE? plays TIFF 2013

September 14, 2013

Rock & Roll is my religion, and today TIFF took me to church.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF Atsuro Watabe, foreign, japanese, Mao Daichi, Matsuo Suzuki, Nao Ohmori, R100, Shinobu Terajima, TIFF 2013

R100 plays TIFF 2013

September 14, 2013

As The Bondage Club takes control of one man, Midnight Madness takes control of its audience.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF hayao miyazaki, jake cole, the wind rises, TIFF 2013

Wicked Little Town – TIFF 2013 pt. iii

September 14, 2013

Talkin’ THE WIND RISES with Jake Cole as TIFF 2013 coverage continues.

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Ryan McNeil
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WE ARE THE BEST! (Vi är Bäst!) plays TIFF 2013

September 13, 2013

Bad nights cause’n teenage blues
Get down ladies you’ve got nothing to lose…

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Ryan McNeil
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