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Author: Ryan McNeil

the decade so far

So Far, So Good: BEFORE MIDNIGHT

Maybe you don’t need to see a story every day over twelve years. Maybe checking in every nine will be just as powerful.

Posted on May 7, 2015May 13, 2015
trailers

When I Kissed The Teacher: THE IRRATIONAL MAN Trailer

Which Woody Will We Watch?

Posted on May 6, 2015May 11, 2015
trailers

Fought to Fight It: SOUTHPAW Trailer

I’m rather happy that there are films like this to give me a break from all the cinematic cheeseburgers I’ll be eating this summer.

Posted on May 5, 2015May 11, 2015
reviews

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

A song that should be sung with the most intricate of harmonics is curiously only using three chords.

Posted on May 4, 2015April 30, 2019
festivals, hot docs, reactions

OUT TO WIN plays Hot Docs 2015

Sometimes a moment in history is so transcendent, it must be documented immediately.

Posted on May 3, 2015May 7, 2015
festivals, hot docs, reactions

GAYBY BABY plays Hot Docs 2015

Argue amongst youselves what is and isn’t moral. The bigger question is whether we can go to watch wrestling on Sunday night.

Posted on May 3, 2015May 7, 2015
festivals, hot docs, reactions

WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE? plays Hot Docs 2015

Every now and then, for better and for worse, the most talented among us must wonder how they got to where they are.

Posted on May 2, 2015May 7, 2015
festivals, hot docs, reactions

LIVE FROM NEW YORK plays Hot Docs 2015

Some things change, some stay the same. SNL has managed to do both through the years.

Posted on May 2, 2015May 4, 2015
festivals, hot docs, reactions

LOVE BETWEEN THE COVERS

Fiction is hope, and sometimes hope springs for those who want to create fiction of their own.

Posted on April 30, 2015May 3, 2015
festivals, hot docs, reactions

BEST OF ENEMIES plays Hot Docs 2015

“Argument is sugar and all of us are flies”

Posted on April 30, 2015May 2, 2015
festivals, hot docs, reactions

FRAME BY FRAME plays HOT DOCS 2015

When one looks at the world with empathy, one can capture some truly resonant images.

Posted on April 29, 2015May 1, 2015
festivals, hot docs, reactions

THE NIGHTMARE plays Hot Docs 2015

Did your parents ever tell you that the boogeyman wasn’t real? Guess what – they lied.

Posted on April 28, 2015May 1, 2015

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