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WEREWOLF plays TIFF 2016

September 10, 2016

When a film rubs you the wrong way, is it because you don’t like it? Or because you don’t like how it makes you feel?

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Ryan McNeil
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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
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The Blueprint: A Unique TIFF for The Matinee

August 19, 2016

Now and then, you have to change things up…even when it comes to the things you enjoy the most.

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Ryan McNeil
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Down from Above: THE WIND RISES Trailer

September 3, 2013

One last offering from a master of animation.

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Ryan McNeil
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City of Night – Free Movies at TIFF, Harbourfront, and Dundas Square

May 24, 2012

Summer movies in Toronto now come with 100% more summer.

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Ryan McNeil
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