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Author: Ryan McNeil

festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town: TIFF 2018 pt. iv

Lindsay Ragone joins me on the couch as TIFF 2018 coverage concludes.

Posted on September 16, 2018October 25, 2018
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY plays TIFF 2018

Trust yourself and your opponent, and keep getting up off that mat.

Posted on September 16, 2018October 25, 2018
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG plays TIFF 2018

Director Dominga Sotomayor shows us a few old photos of ourselves – back when we were more passionate, and burned so much brighter.

Posted on September 15, 2018October 10, 2018
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

THE WEEKEND plays TIFF 2018

Stella Meghie takes us away for a few days to talk about the ups and downs of modern romance.

Posted on September 14, 2018September 12, 2020
festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town: TIFF 2018 pt. iii

Hillary Butler joins me at Thoroughbred as TIFF 2018 coverage continues.

Posted on September 14, 2018October 10, 2018
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

THE WIND plays TIFF 2018

A neo-western about why men need to listen more to the women around them, and just how haunted the land we inhabit truly is.

Posted on September 13, 2018September 16, 2018
festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town: TIFF 2018 pt. ii

Danita Steinberg and Erica Gagne join me at The Rivoli as TIFF 2018 coverage continues.

Posted on September 12, 2018September 16, 2018
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

PHOENIX plays TIFF 2018

A tragic Swedish poem on addiction, honesty, coping, and clarity.

Posted on September 10, 2018September 15, 2018
festivals, TIFF

Little Things: EXIT plays TIFF 2018

With her short film at TIFF 2018, Claire Edmondson advises adults to play more.

Posted on September 10, 2018September 14, 2018
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

TWIN FLOWER plays TIFF 2018

At a time when so many in the world are running, along comes a film to grant them a moment of grace.

Posted on September 9, 2018October 16, 2018
festivals, reactions, TIFF

Little Things: F**K YOU plays TIFF 2018

With her short film at TIFF 2018, Anette Sidor asks us what we should be doing with “that”?

Posted on September 9, 2018September 21, 2018
festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town: TIFF 2018 pt. i

Raquel Stecher joins me at The Fox as TIFF 2018 coverage begins.

Posted on September 8, 2018September 14, 2018

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