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Wicked Little Town: The Matineecast @ TIFF Part iv

September 20, 2010

One Last TIFF Conversation – This Time Talking SUBMARINE with The MaMo Boys.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, TIFF, Toronto barbara hershey, darren aronofsky, mila kunis, natalie portman, reactions, sebastian stan, TIFF 2010, vincent cassel, winona ryder

TIFF Review: BLACK SWAN

September 19, 2010

One of TIFF’s Hottest Tickets Delivers on Its Hype.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, TIFF, Toronto andrea riseborough, andrew garfield, carey mulligan, domhnall gleeson, drama, kiera knightley, mark romanek, reactions, sally hawkins, TIFF 2010

TIFF Review: NEVER LET ME GO

September 19, 2010

A Wonderful Film I Made the Mistake of Reading First.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF, Toronto anh hung tran, drama, foreign, japanese, reactions, rinko kikuchi, TIFF 2010

TIFF Review: NORWEGIAN WOOD

September 18, 2010

It Took an Entire Week, but TIFF 2010 Has Finally Let Me Down.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF, Toronto docs, gemma arterton, history, japanese, reactions, TIFF 2010

TIFF Review: ANPO

September 18, 2010

Confession: ANPO wasn’t exactly what I thought I was signing on for, but that’s not a bad thing. The doc was actually quite illuminating on a subject that I knew precious little about…and contained enough stunning artwork to send me home happy. ANPO is the Mutual Cooperation and Security Treaty that was signed between Japan…

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, TIFF, Toronto reactions, sci-fi, TIFF 2010

TIFF Review: MONSTERS

September 18, 2010

This Was Sold to Me as “The Mexican DISTRICT 9”. It’s Not: It’s Better.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF, Toronto animated, foreign, music, reactions, spain, TIFF 2010

TIFF Review: CHICO AND RITA

September 17, 2010

As I Said Before, Long Live 2-D Animation!

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Ryan McNeil
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