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Brian Gleeson

reviews 4 stars, Brian Gleeson, daniel day-lewis, drama, leslie manville, paul thomas anderson, phantom thread, review, vicky krieps

PHANTOM THREAD

January 7, 2018

Being the object of affection can sometimes be less about affection and more about objects.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3 stars, Brian Gleeson, darren aronofsky, domhnall gleeson, drama, ed harris, javier bardem, jennifer lawrence, kristen wiig, michelle pfeiffer, mother!, reviews

MOTHER!

October 5, 2017

Abrasive, presumptuous, abhorrent, and incorrigible…but so are the times we now live in

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF Amy Hubermann, Andrew Bennett, Andrew Scott, Brian Gleeson, comedy, Hugh O'Conor, irish, Michael Legge, Peter McDonald, the stag, TIFF 2013

THE STAG plays TIFF 2013

September 15, 2013

TIFF presents a comedy Hollywood writers wish they were clever enough to come up with.

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Ryan McNeil
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