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Author: Ryan McNeil

festivals, reactions, TIFF

THREE HEARTS (3 Coeurs) plays TIFF 2014

So, you’ve fallen in love with two sisters…

Posted on September 13, 2014September 15, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

WILD plays TIFF 2014

When one person adapts another person’s memoir, they’re able to sort through everything and show both sides of the story; the inspiring and the idiotic.

Posted on September 13, 2014September 11, 2020
festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town – TIFF 2014 pt. iii

Talkin’ THE COBBLER with Andy Buckle & Sam McCosh as TIFF 2014 coverage continues.

Posted on September 12, 2014September 11, 2020
festivals, reactions, TIFF

WHILE WE’RE YOUNG plays TIFF 2014

Every generation draws from the generations that flank them, and every generation can be surprisingly selfish.

Posted on September 12, 2014September 14, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

RED ARMY plays TIFF 2014

One team dominated a sport for almost twenty years; they did no arrive at that dominant position easily.

Posted on September 11, 2014September 14, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

MAGICAL GIRL plays TIFF 2014

Some truths are absolute.

Posted on September 11, 2014September 13, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

IT FOLLOWS plays TIFF 2014

When they tell you to practice safe sex, you don’t expect that this is what you’re trying to stay safe from.

Posted on September 10, 2014September 13, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY plays TIFF 2014

Everything in life has its inane details; even that which seems more taboo.

Posted on September 10, 2014September 13, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

ROSEWATER plays TIFF 2014

Stop me if you’ve heard this one, but a journalist walks into an Iranian prison…

Posted on September 10, 2014September 13, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

THE LAST FIVE YEARS plays TIFF 2014

A story that tells itself two ways at once, must likewise be considered from two different perspectives as once.

Posted on September 9, 2014September 11, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN plays TIFF 2014

Jason Reitman wants to talk about how the internet has changed love and sex. But is it too early for that conversation…and do we even have time to have it?

Posted on September 9, 2014September 11, 2020
reactions, TIFF

BIG GAME plays TIFF 2014

It’s not enough to act fun, sometimes you actually have to be fun.

Posted on September 8, 2014September 11, 2014

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