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festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF blossom chukwujekwu, foreign film, gabriel afolayan, ken erics, nigerian, okafor's law, omoni oboli, tiff, tiff 2016

OKAFOR’S LAW plays TIFF 2016

September 18, 2016

If boys will be boys, what does it take to grow into a man?

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF claudia sainte-luce, foreign film, jimmy jean-louis, mexican, the empty box, tiff, tiff 2016

THE EMPTY BOX plays TIFF 2016

September 18, 2016

No matter how much we think we are ready for the end, we so seldom are.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF april mullen, below her mouth, canadian, erika linder, LGBTQ, natalie krill, tiff, tiff 2016

BELOW HER MOUTH plays TIFF 2016

September 17, 2016

April Mullen presents a pretty picture about love, sex, and the blank spaces in-between.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF directors of colour, erica ash, francois arnaud, gloria reuben, jean of the jonses, mamoudou athie, sherri shepherd, taylour paige, tiff, tiff 2016, women in film, women of colour

JEAN OF THE JONSES plays TIFF 2016

September 16, 2016

Welcome to Jones’ family dinner. Grab a plate, and get comfy…shit’s about to get real.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF ana lily amirpour, diego luna, giovanni ribisi, jason momoa, jim carrey, keanu reeves, suki waterhouse, the bad batch, tiff, tiff 2016, yolanda ross

THE BAD BATCH plays TIFF 2016

September 14, 2016

The woman behind A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT dares you to wander into the desert and take another bite.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF tiff 2016, women in film

AMERICAN HONEY plays Tiff 2016

September 13, 2016

“Steady as a preacher, free as a weed…” can both be exploited for American need.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF buster's mal heart, dj qualls, kate lyn sheil, rami malik, sarah adina smith, tiff, tiff 2016

BUSTER’S MAL HEART plays TIFF 2016

September 12, 2016

When paying one’s dues turns into overtaxation, how long until one is completely bankrupt?

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Ryan McNeil
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