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The Contenders: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

February 7, 2019

This is the real life. That was the fantasy.

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Ryan McNeil
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The Contenders: THE FAVOURITE

February 5, 2019

That time Yorgos turned up and served the story.

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Ryan McNeil
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The Contenders: THE WIFE

February 4, 2019

A frontrunner for Best Actress does so very much with so little.

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Ryan McNeil
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DESTROYER plays TIFF 2018

September 16, 2018

Karyn Kusama returns with the next great Los Angeles cop story.

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Ryan McNeil
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FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY plays TIFF 2018

September 16, 2018

Trust yourself and your opponent, and keep getting up off that mat.

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Ryan McNeil
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TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG plays TIFF 2018

September 15, 2018

Director Dominga Sotomayor shows us a few old photos of ourselves – back when we were more passionate, and burned so much brighter.

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Ryan McNeil
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THE WEEKEND plays TIFF 2018

September 14, 2018

Stella Meghie takes us away for a few days to talk about the ups and downs of modern romance.

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Ryan McNeil
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