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foreign film

festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF claudia sainte-luce, foreign film, jimmy jean-louis, mexican, the empty box, tiff, tiff 2016

THE EMPTY BOX plays TIFF 2016

September 18, 2016

No matter how much we think we are ready for the end, we so seldom are.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF edith scob, foreign film, french, isabelle huppert, mia hansen-løve, roman kolinka, things to come, tiff, tiff 2016

THINGS TO COME plays TIFF 2016

September 9, 2016

Study the ways of the world all you want; the world will still do to you whatever it damned well pleases.

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Ryan McNeil
blind spot series 2016 blind spot series, andrei tarkovsky, blindspot, donatas banionis, foreign film, jüri järvet, natalya bonarchuck, russian, science fiction, solaris

Blindsided by SOLARIS

July 26, 2016

Making assumptions, questioning pure science, and getting assists from remakes. All in one month’s work for a Blindspot entry.

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Ryan McNeil
blind spot series 2016 blind spot series, blindspot, foreign film, gabriele ferzetti, italian, lea massari, michaelangelo antonioni, monica vitti

Blindsided by L’AVVENTURA

June 28, 2016

The sensuality and forgiveness of film, as only Antonioni could provide.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2.5 stars, danny boon, foreign film, french, julie delpy, karin viard, lolo, vincent lacoste, women in film

LOLO

June 12, 2016

Relationship approval from our parents is nothing compared to relationship approval from our children.

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Ryan McNeil
blind spot series 2015 blindspot, blindspot, charles boyer, criterion, danielle darrieux, foreign film, french, max ophüls, the earrings of madame de..., vittorio de sica

Blindsided by THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE…

November 24, 2015

When a beautifully captured film depicts people acting terribly selfish.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF aomi muyock, foreign film, french, gaspar noé, karl glusman, klara kristin, love, TIFF 2015

LOVE plays TIFF 2015

September 20, 2015

There’s sex and there’s love. What we find in-between is both ugly and beautiful.

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Ryan McNeil
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