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women in film

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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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TORA’S HUSBAND plays TIFF 2022

September 16, 2022

It’s already time to retrace our steps, and understand how we survived.

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Ryan McNeil
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WOMEN TALKING plays TIFF 2022

September 14, 2022

Sarah Polley returns with a story that started before we were born, in the hopes that the next generations story will be different.

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Ryan McNeil
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NANNY plays TIFF 2022

September 13, 2022

Who understands the true nature of horror better than black women?

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Ryan McNeil
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LOVE AND MATHEMATICS plays TIFF 2022

September 12, 2022

Claudia Sainte-Luce channels David Byrne and listens as her characters as “My God, how did I get here?”

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Ryan McNeil
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Episode 281 – TURNING RED

March 28, 2022

Talkin’ Domee Shi’s new film with Ruby Dhillon

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Ryan McNeil
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Episode 272 – ETERNALS

November 8, 2021

Talkin’ Chloé Zhao’s new film with Britany A. Murphy

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Ryan McNeil
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