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SPIRIT OF ECSTASY plays TIFF 2023

September 11, 2023

Chasing our dreams can be intimidating, but we mustn’t be afraid to be afraid.

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Ryan McNeil
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SAINT OMER plays TIFF 2022

September 17, 2022

Sometimes a film will look you in the eye and ask you to search your soul.

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Ryan McNeil
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TITANE plays TIFF 2021

September 17, 2021

What do you get when you cross a Whitesnake video, Claire Denis, Anthony Burgess, and Barbara Streisand?

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF french, international film, lou de laâge, melanie laurent, tiff, womenin film

THE MAD WOMEN’S BALL plays TIFF 2021

September 14, 2021

Who is sane and who is sound is often only determined by who signs the papers and holds the keys.

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Ryan McNeil
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PETITE MAMAN plays TIFF 2021

September 10, 2021

TIFF 2021 gets off to a stunning start with a tender masterpiece on death, family, friendship, and grief.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF arnaud valois, french, international film, Seize printemps, spring blossom, suzanne lindon, tiff, tiff 2020, women in film

SPRING BLOSSOM plays TIFF 2020

September 19, 2020

A new french director tells a familiar story from a different point of view.

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Ryan McNeil
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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
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