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festivals, reactions, TIFF Alison Wonderland, music, REZZ, rock docs, Sherelle, stacey lee, tiff, underplayed

UNDERPLAYED plays TIFF 2020

September 16, 2020

Breaking barriers, one mix at a time.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF Anna Maguire, canadian, dusty mancinelli, Jesse LaVercombe, madeleine sims-fewer, obi abili, tiff, tiff 2020, violation, women in film

VIOLATION plays TIFF 2020

September 15, 2020

A midnight madness selection examines the human capacity for cruelty.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF chloe zhao, david strathairn, frances mcdormand, nomadland, tiff, tiff 2020, women in film

NOMADLAND plays TIFF 2020

September 14, 2020

Frances and Chloe drive across America giving us a stunning view out the windshield.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF aisling chin-yee, billy tipton, chase joynt, documentary, LGBTQ, no ordinary man, tiff 2020, women in film

NO ORDINARY MAN plays TIFF 2020

September 13, 2020

Meditations on a trans iconic who isn’t near as iconic as he should be.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF barack obama, dawn porter, directors of colour, documentary, pete souza, photography, politics, tiff, women in film

THE WAY I SEE IT plays TIFF 2020

September 12, 2020

They say one picture says one thousand words. Here’s several thousand on The 44th President

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF aldis hodge, directors of colour, eli goree, kingsley ben-adir, leslie odom jr., one night in miami, regina king, tiff, tiff 2020, women in film, women of colour

ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI plays TIFF 2020

September 11, 2020

Regina King’s feature directorial debut dazzles with four legendary men on one legendary night

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF Farhan Akhtar, indian, international film, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Rohit Suresh Saraf, Shonali Bose, tiff 2019, women in film, Zaira Wasim

THE SKY IS PINK plays TIFF 2019

September 15, 2019

TIFF 2019 wrapped for me with joy and tears, as I was taught a valuable lesson about love, life, and loss.

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Ryan McNeil
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