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festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF TIFF 2015

THE WAIT plays TIFF 2015

September 16, 2015

In the face of death, what would one do for a small sliver of solace?

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Ryan McNeil
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Wicked Little Town – TIFF 2015 pt. ii

September 15, 2015

Hillary, Max, Sam and Calum join me for drinks as TIFF 2015 coverage continue.

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Ryan McNeil
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Wicked Little Town – TIFF 2015 pt. i

September 14, 2015

Jess Rogers joins me for dinner as TIFF 2015 coverage begins.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF benicio del toro, daniel kaluuya, denis villeneuve, emily blunt, jon bernthal, josh brolin, sicario, TIFF 2015, victor garber

SICARIO plays TIFF 2015

September 13, 2015

Get ready for a tense and vicious walk through the land of wolves.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF claudine vinasithamby, dheepan, foreign film, french, jacques audiard, jesuthasan antonythasan, kalieaswari srinivasan, sri lankan, TIFF 2015

DHEEPAN plays TIFF 2015

September 12, 2015

The creator of RUST AND BONE wants us to ask ourselves just how fragile “a good man” really is?

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF chris cooper, demolition, heather lind, jake gyllenhaal, jean-marc vallee, judah lewis, naomi watts, polly draper, TIFF 2015

DEMOLITION plays TIFF 2015

September 11, 2015

Choose the music to destroy to…and then destroy the music

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF alia shawkat, anton yelchin, green room, imogen poots, mark webber, patrick stewart, TIFF 2015

GREEN ROOM plays TIFF 2015

September 11, 2015

A festival kickoff that is violent, ugly and abrasive…but in the most beautiful ways.

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Ryan McNeil
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