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HALLOWEEN

The world is an even scarier place than it was forty years ago. Fortunately, true heroes don’t scare very easily.

Posted on October 26, 2018September 22, 2019
reviews

JULIET, NAKED

On fandom, fixation, and fondness.

Posted on October 25, 2018September 22, 2019
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 208 – FIRST MAN

Talkin’ Damien Chazelle’s new film with Andrew James

Posted on October 22, 2018September 21, 2019
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 207 – A STAR IS BORN

Talkin’ Bradley Cooper’s new film with Lisa Ferreira

Posted on October 8, 2018September 21, 2019
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

DESTROYER plays TIFF 2018

Karyn Kusama returns with the next great Los Angeles cop story.

Posted on September 16, 2018November 15, 2018
festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town: TIFF 2018 pt. iv

Lindsay Ragone joins me on the couch as TIFF 2018 coverage concludes.

Posted on September 16, 2018October 25, 2018
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY plays TIFF 2018

Trust yourself and your opponent, and keep getting up off that mat.

Posted on September 16, 2018October 25, 2018
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

TOO LATE TO DIE YOUNG plays TIFF 2018

Director Dominga Sotomayor shows us a few old photos of ourselves – back when we were more passionate, and burned so much brighter.

Posted on September 15, 2018October 10, 2018
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

THE WEEKEND plays TIFF 2018

Stella Meghie takes us away for a few days to talk about the ups and downs of modern romance.

Posted on September 14, 2018September 12, 2020
festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town: TIFF 2018 pt. iii

Hillary Butler joins me at Thoroughbred as TIFF 2018 coverage continues.

Posted on September 14, 2018October 10, 2018
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

THE WIND plays TIFF 2018

A neo-western about why men need to listen more to the women around them, and just how haunted the land we inhabit truly is.

Posted on September 13, 2018September 16, 2018
festivals, matineecast, podcasts, TIFF

Wicked Little Town: TIFF 2018 pt. ii

Danita Steinberg and Erica Gagne join me at The Rivoli as TIFF 2018 coverage continues.

Posted on September 12, 2018September 16, 2018

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