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BOUCHRA plays TIFF 2025

September 7, 2025

When films become the therapy we didn’t do.

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Ryan McNeil
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Episode 334 – THE WILD ROBOT

October 21, 2024

Talkin’ Chris Sanders’ new film with Corey Atad

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Ryan McNeil
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Episode 281 – TURNING RED

March 28, 2022

Talkin’ Domee Shi’s new film with Ruby Dhillon

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Ryan McNeil
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COCO

November 27, 2017

It’s amazing how much love connects the head and the heart.

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Ryan McNeil
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Blindsided by WATERSHIP DOWN

May 30, 2017

Is it wrong that I could really go for a bowl of stew right now?

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Ryan McNeil
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Monochrome: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

March 16, 2017

If we strip the colour from a fairy tale, is it possible that it might become even more dream-like?

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Ryan McNeil
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KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS

August 25, 2016

There is no future, there is no past…

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Ryan McNeil
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