Skip to content
The Matinee

The Matinee

Cinematic Passion & Perspective

The Matinee

  • writing
    • reviews
    • reactions
    • dvd doubleback
    • watchin’ & writin’
    • the decade so far
    • Review Index
  • podcasts
    • matineecast
    • winchester chronicles
    • guest spots
  • festivals
    • TIFF
    • hot docs
    • nxne
    • Toronto After Dark
    • toronto silent film festival
  • Ongoing Features
    • blind spot series
    • thoughts & opinions
    • the watchlist
    • links
    • falling for the first time
    • my back pages
    • essays
    • conversations
    • discussion
    • award talk
  • Contact Me
  • About Me

reactions

festivals, hot docs, reactions billie mintz, documentary, hot docs, hot docs 2015, jesus town usa, julian t pinder

JESUS TOWN, USA plays Hot Docs 2015

April 24, 2015

Blessed are the Buddhists, for they will make for splendid nonfiction viewing.

Read More
Ryan McNeil
festivals, hot docs, reactions david shapiro, documentary, hot docs, hot docs 2015, missing people

MISSING PEOPLE plays Hot Docs 2015

April 23, 2015

A portrait of one woman; Who she once was, who she thinks she is, and what she might never be again.

Read More
Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF comedy, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Jackie van Beek, Jemaine Clement, Jonathan Brugh, new zealand, Rhys Darby, Stuart Rutherford, Taika Waititi, TIFF 2014, what we do in the shadows

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS plays TIFF 2014

September 15, 2014

Being undead is about more than just capes and coffins.

Read More
Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF bong joon-ho, foreign film, haemoo, HAN Ye-ri, Park Yoochun, TIFF 2014, Yoon-seok KIM, Yu-chun PARK

HAEMOO plays TIFF 2014

September 15, 2014

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

Read More
Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF Adam Brooks, canadian, comedy, Conor Sweeney, horror, Laurence R. Harvey, Matthew Kennedy, Paz de le Huerta, Samantha Hill, the editor, TIFF 2014, Udo Kier

THE EDITOR plays TIFF 2014

September 14, 2014

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

Read More
Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF a pigeon sat on a branch reflecting on existence, foreign film, roy andersson, swedish, TIFF 2014

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

September 14, 2014

So.
Very.
Swedish.

Now let me explain…

Read More
Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF ben vereen, chris rock, gabrielle union, j.b. smoove, kevin hart, rosario dawson, sherri shepherd, TIFF 2014, top five, tracy morgan

TOP FIVE plays TIFF 2014

September 14, 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.

Read More
Ryan McNeil
  • « Previous Page
  • Next Page »
  • Letterboxd
  • Bluesky
  • Instagram
  • Spotify

Subscribe to the Matineecast

  • Spotify
  • Apple
  • Google

Straight Up

Enter your email address to receive new posts by email.

© 2026 The Matinee | Designed by: Theme Freesia | Powered by: WordPress