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swedish

festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF camilla strøm henriksen, foreign film, maria bonnevie, peter sjöquist, phoenix, sverrir gudnason, swedish, tiff, TIFF 2018, women in film, ylva thedin bjørkaas

PHOENIX plays TIFF 2018

September 10, 2018

A tragic Swedish poem on addiction, honesty, coping, and clarity.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF anette sidor, foreign film, fuck you, martin schaub, omeya lundqvist-simbizi, short films, swedish, tiff, TIFF 2018

Little Things: F**K YOU plays TIFF 2018

September 9, 2018

With her short film at TIFF 2018, Anette Sidor asks us what we should be doing with “that”?

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Ryan McNeil
blind spot series 2016 blindspot series, blindspot, erland josephson, foreign film, ingmar bergman, liv ullmann, scenes from a marriage, swedish

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
blind spot series ingmar bergman, max von sydow, swedish, the seventh seal

Blindsided by THE SEVENTH SEAL

December 29, 2015

As the year comes to a close, Ingmar Bergman has us reflecting on death.

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF alexandra-therese keining, foreign films, Girls Lost, louise nyvall, pojkarna, swedish, TIFF 2015, tuva jagell, vilgot ostwald vesterlund

GIRLS LOST plays TIFF 2015

September 20, 2015

Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they’re girls
Who do girls like they’re boys

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Ryan McNeil
festivals, reactions, TIFF a pigeon sat on a branch reflecting on existence, foreign film, roy andersson, swedish, TIFF 2014

A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE plays TIFF 2014

September 14, 2014

So.
Very.
Swedish.

Now let me explain…

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Ryan McNeil
blind spot series 1966, 2013 blindspot, andy hart, bibi andersson, classicblanca, dan heaton, fandango groovers, ingmar bergman, liv ulmann, persona, public transportation snob, SDG, sean kelly, silver emulsion, sk on movies, surrender to the void, swedish, u and me films, will kouf

Blindsided by PERSONA

October 29, 2013

Look at film long enough, eventually it looks back.

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Ryan McNeil
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