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Author: Ryan McNeil

festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

HITCHCOCK /TRUFFAUT plays TIFF 2015

A love letter to a pair of cinematic giants who both lived for – and through – cinema.

Posted on September 20, 2015September 27, 2015
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

GIRLS LOST plays TIFF 2015

Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they’re girls
Who do girls like they’re boys

Posted on September 20, 2015September 25, 2015
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

LOVE plays TIFF 2015

There’s sex and there’s love. What we find in-between is both ugly and beautiful.

Posted on September 20, 2015September 25, 2015
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

NORTHERN SOUL plays TIFF 2015

Just go to the dance hall and visit your very obscure, not to be identified by name friends.

Posted on September 20, 2015September 21, 2015
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

THE MARTIAN plays TIFF 2015

That rare moment where you don’t have to check your brain at the door to enjoy a blockbuster.

Posted on September 20, 2015September 20, 2015
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

VICTORIA plays TIFF 2015

It’s rare that I can say this about a complete film, but “Hey man, nice shot!”

Posted on September 19, 2015September 20, 2015
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

SEMANA SANTA plays TIFF 2015

In a family dynamic, subtle gestures can have profound meaning.

Posted on September 19, 2015September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

RAMS plays TIFF 2015

Pride. Tragedy. Sheep. Icelandic-style.

Posted on September 19, 2015September 20, 2015
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

INTO THE FOREST plays TIFF 2015

When the grid goes down, we are all going to be SO screwed.

Posted on September 18, 2015September 20, 2015
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

CEMETERY OF SPLENDOUR plays TIFF 2015

There’s a feeling we all experience as we slip in and out of sleep, one that’s both calming and frightening. This film is about that feeling.

Posted on September 18, 2015September 20, 2015
festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town – TIFF 2015 pt. iii

Courtney Small joins me in the Lightbox lobby as TIFF 2015 coverage continues.

Posted on September 18, 2015September 20, 2015
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

FIVE NIGHTS IN MAINE plays TIFF 2015

A first time director explores the stillness and tension that comes part and parcel with grief.

Posted on September 17, 2015September 19, 2015

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