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Author: Ryan McNeil

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Everybody’s Talkin’ 9 – 19 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

As the embers from TIFF finally cool, I listen to Andrew & Co discuss Glazier, Vanessa write about all things classic Hollywood, and Huls cut to the core of philosophic pigeons.

Posted on September 19, 2014September 24, 2014
trailers

Disorder: A MOST VIOLENT YEAR Trailer

The rest of 2014 is starting to take shape…

Posted on September 18, 2014September 24, 2014
guest spots, podcasts

Elsewhere: Taking a Turn in The Hot Seat on Cheeseburger Chats

I take my talents to The Burger Shack to talk about…well…me!

Posted on September 17, 2014September 1, 2018
listy goodness, TIFF

All Good Things Come to an End (Reflections on TIFF 2014)

Close the notebook. Put the lenscap on the camera. Pay the tab at the pub. It’s time to call it a year for another TIFF

Posted on September 16, 2014September 22, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS plays TIFF 2014

Being undead is about more than just capes and coffins.

Posted on September 15, 2014September 20, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

HAEMOO plays TIFF 2014

We don’t all have it in us to be morally compromised.

Posted on September 15, 2014September 19, 2014
festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town – TIFF 2014 pt. iv

Talkin’ WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS with Lindsay as TIFF 2014 coverage concludes.

Posted on September 14, 2014September 18, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE EDITOR plays TIFF 2014

In the words of Spinal Tap: “There’s a fine line between clever and stupid”

Posted on September 14, 2014September 18, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE plays TIFF 2014

So.
Very.
Swedish.

Now let me explain…

Posted on September 14, 2014September 20, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

TOP FIVE plays TIFF 2014

Chris Rock has been responsible for some of the most cutting and edgy comedy of this century. At TIFF, he takes his game to a whole other level.

Posted on September 14, 2014September 15, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE COBBLER plays TIFF 2014

Once upon a time, there was a boy from New York named Adam, who occasionally had thoughts of making good movies.

Posted on September 13, 2014September 15, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

OVER YOUR DEAD BODY plays TIFF 2014

A new Mikke film wants to cut into the very nature of betrayal, but this time it feels like his knife is a little blunt.

Posted on September 13, 2014September 15, 2014

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