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Author: Ryan McNeil

reviews 4 stars, antonio banderas, blanca suarez, elena anaya, foreign, marisa paredes, pedro almodovar, spanish, the skin i live in

THE SKIN I LIVE IN

November 6, 2011

Almodovar Gets Truly Twisted In One of The Year’s Best Films. Fair Warning: This Review Will be Spoiler-Heavy!

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the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched 10/29 – 11/4)

November 5, 2011

Screenings of Two Favourites Make for A Great Week at The Movies

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Pick Up The Pieces

November 5, 2011

Today, I Feel Like This…

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Everybody’s Talkin’ 11 – 4 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

November 4, 2011

MaMo Causes a Shitstorm, Tristesse Spreads the Gospel According to Pina, and Corey Doesn’t Want to Be Labeled.

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Ryan McNeil
i get around malcolm macdowell, stanley kubrick, tiff lightbox

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE @ TIFF Bell Lightbox

November 3, 2011

Spending a Tuesday Night Berated by The Droogs and The Ludivico Technique.

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trailers carey mulligan, drama, michael fassbender, steve mcqueen

Dirty Day (SHAME Trailer)

November 2, 2011

Fassbender Plays a Chap Who Just Can’t Get Enough…So Much So That He Earns His Film an NC-17 Rating.

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New Divide (Reflecting on Changing Tastes)

November 1, 2011

I’m Writing About a Different Sort of Film, You Might Not Be Reading, and All of That Is Okay (I Think).

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