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festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF belén funes, chilean, international film, los tortuga, spanish, the exiles, tiff, tiff 2024, women in film

THE EXILES plays TIFF 2024

September 15, 2024

For affection.
For acceptance.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF bárbara lennie, carlos vermut, foreign films, josé sacristán, lucía pollán, luis bermejo, magical girl, spanish, TIFF 2014

MAGICAL GIRL plays TIFF 2014

September 11, 2014

Some truths are absolute.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF carolina bang, esteban roel, foreign, hugo silva, juanfer andrés, luis tosar, macarena gómez, musarañas, nadia de santiago, Shrew's Nest, silvia alonso, spanish, TIFF 2014

SHREW’S NEST (MUSARAÑOS) plays TIFF 2014

September 5, 2014

My TIFF adventure begins with a grisly bedtime story from a country that is fast becoming the best at telling grisly bedtime stories.

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Ryan McNeil
reactions antonio banderas, antonio de la torre, carlos areces, cecilia roth, hugo silva, i'm so excited, javier cámara, lola dueñas, paz vega, pedro almodovar, penelope cruz, raúl arévalo, spanish

I’M SO EXCITED

August 4, 2013

When should a film be judged on its merits, and when should a film be judged as an entry on the filmmaker’s resume?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, angela molina, blancanieves, daniel giménez cacho, foreign, macarena garcía, pablo berger, silent, sofía oria, spanish

BLANCANIEVES

June 5, 2013

There are no mirrors or huntsmen to be found in this latest adaptation of a familiar tale, and it very well may be the fairest of them all.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, hot docs, reactions alvaro colom, documentary, hot docs 2013, i will be murdered, justin webster, rodrigo rosenberg, spanish

I WILL BE MURDERED plays Hot Docs 2013

April 28, 2013

An accusation is not evidence. But when an accusation is made in highly dramatic fashion, it can easy to treat it as such.

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Ryan McNeil
trailers antonio banderas, carlos areces, comedy, foreign, javier cámara, paz vega, pedro almodovar, penelope cruz, raúl arévalo, spanish

Danger Zone – I’M SO EXCITED Trailer

January 9, 2013

2013 isn’t just going to be about Katniss, Clark Kent, and Gatsby. It’s also the year of new Almodovar.

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Ryan McNeil
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