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The Contenders: ROMA

February 23, 2019

The Best Picture of the eight films nominated for Best Picture is clear.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF antar machado, chilean, demian hernández, dominga sotomayor, foreign film, magdalena tótoro, tiff, TIFF 2018, too late to die young

TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG plays TIFF 2018

September 15, 2018

Director Dominga Sotomayor shows us a few old photos of ourselves – back when we were more passionate, and burned so much brighter.

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Ryan McNeil
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PHOENIX plays TIFF 2018

September 10, 2018

A tragic Swedish poem on addiction, honesty, coping, and clarity.

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Ryan McNeil
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TWIN FLOWER plays TIFF 2018

September 9, 2018

At a time when so many in the world are running, along comes a film to grant them a moment of grace.

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Ryan McNeil
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Little Things: F**K YOU plays TIFF 2018

September 9, 2018

With her short film at TIFF 2018, Anette Sidor asks us what we should be doing with “that”?

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF dennis musyoka, directors of colour, foreign film, jimmi gathu, kenyan, nini wacera, rafiki, samantha mugatsia, sheila munyiva, tiff, TIFF 2018, wanuri kahiu, women in film, women of colour

RAFIKI plays TIFF 2018

September 7, 2018

Love can be hopeful, and in some parts of the world hope remains a dangerous idea.

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Ryan McNeil
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Blindsided by THE DEKALOG

December 26, 2017

Kieślowski’s masterpiece sparks reflections on morality, malice, mercy, and moving forward.

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Ryan McNeil
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