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Reaction: BATTLE IN SEATTLE

September 9, 2007

Starting my Film Festival with PERSEPOLIS, THE ORPHANAGE, and CONTROL was something similar to seeing a baseball game where the three lead off batters hit home runs. It was with great expectations then, that I walked into my first show at The Ryerson – Stuart Townsend’s BATTLE IN SEATTLE (* * *). The film is…

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Ryan McNeil
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Reaction: CONTROL

September 9, 2007

Saturday morning began with a big film for me. When I’m not blogging and running around film festivals, I’m a photographer. When I was first getting into photography, Anton Corbijn was one of the artists I was inspired by. So it was with great anticipation today that I went to see CONTROL (* * *…

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Ryan McNeil
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Reaction: THE ORPHANAGE

September 8, 2007

In all my TIFF excitement, I almost forgot to give a plug. My little brother is a contributor to the TIFF Midnight Madness blog. He’s had some pretty cool moments already – take a look at his stuff over here. So tonight it was time for some Spanish eeriness by way of THE ORPHANAGE (*…

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Ryan McNeil
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Reaction: PERSEPOLIS

September 7, 2007

When I found out I’d be able to leave work early, I damned broke into a full out sprint out the door. Went home, fixed up a fajita dinner for me and the missus, changed clothes and was back out the door in no time flat. My fiancee is hellbent on documenting much of this…

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Ryan McNeil
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