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foreign film

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Blindsided by L’ATALANTE

October 3, 2017

We can make all the plans we want, but ultimately we are in the hands of forces bigger than us

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF foreign film, french, gilles lellouche, maría valverde, melanie laurent, plonger, tiff 2017, women in film

PLONGER plays TIFF 2017

September 17, 2017

Director Mélanie Laurent reminds us that the ones who stay put, sometimes claim they’ve run away.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF antonio aakeel, arjun gupta, bornila chatterjee, foreign film, indian, jayant kripalani, karan pandit, naseeruddin shah, neeraj kabi, savita rani, sayani gupta, suraj sharma, the hungry, tiff, tiff 2017, tisca chopra, women in film

THE HUNGRY plays TIFF 2017

September 16, 2017

“Titus” throws a lavish Indian wedding, and Bornila Chatterjee captures every bloody moment.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF foreign film, french, gael garcia bernal, if you saw his heart, joan chemla, marine vacth, nahuel pérez, si tu voyais son coeur, tiff, tiff 2017, women in film

IF YOU SAW HIS HEART plays TIFF 2017

September 13, 2017

A confessional, amorous, and honest cinematic letter from a promising new director.

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Ryan McNeil
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Blindsided by SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE

December 27, 2016

“People told us and told us; marriage is hard work…”

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Ryan McNeil
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Blindsided by LATE SPRING

December 1, 2016

Ozu looks at a traditional life, and potentially condemns it as an option.

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Ryan McNeil
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OKAFOR’S LAW plays TIFF 2016

September 18, 2016

If boys will be boys, what does it take to grow into a man?

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Ryan McNeil
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