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THE GREAT BEAUTY (LA GRANDE BALLEZZA) plays TIFF 2013

September 12, 2013

The team behind IL DIVO deliver a splendid look at life, love, passion, and regret.

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Ryan McNeil
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THE UNKNOWN KNOWN plays TIFF 2013

September 11, 2013

When ideas fall like snowflakes, and the snowflakes turn into a blizzard, the first thing to go is visibility.

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Ryan McNeil
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THE DOUBLE plays TIFF 2013

September 11, 2013

Dostoyevsky, Ayoade, Wasikowska, Eisenberg, and Eisenberg. What’s not to like?

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Ryan McNeil
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THE WONDERS plays TIFF 2013

September 10, 2013

We take a trip to Wonderland, and find ourselves face-to-face with Harry Lime.

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Ryan McNeil
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Wicked Little Town – TIFF 2013 pt. i

September 10, 2013

Talkin’ NIGHT MOVES with Douglas Robinson as TIFF 2013 coverage begins

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Ryan McNeil
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Spike Jonze in Conversation at TIFF 2013

September 9, 2013

On writing, directing, and the curious case of “feminine photography”

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Ryan McNeil
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DALLAS BUYERS CLUB plays TIFF 2013

September 8, 2013

Awlright, awright, awright…McConaughey’s run of good work continues, perhaps to his best piece of work yet.

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Ryan McNeil
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