Bachata music dominates the world today. With artists like Luis Vargas, Anthony Santos, Juan Luis Guerra, and Romeo Santos, the upbeat tunes with the somber lyrics are a staple of Hispanic and Latino clubs, parties, weddings, and so on. The music has a long history – it’s one that contemporary audiences might not know, and […]
It was a week of Emmy history, franchise announcements, major casting moves, and TIFF surprises. Widow’s Bay truly stole the spotlight with its record-shattering 14 Emmy wins, but plenty more made noise across Hollywood. Netflix’s live-action, Greta Gerwig-led Narnia film is underway, the return of World War Z, and Hungary’s Oscar contender were among the week’s biggest stories.
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Eleven years later, Being Heumann premiered to a sold-out, ecstatic crowd at the 51st Toronto International Film Festival. After the screening, I met up with two of the film’s producers, John Beach and Kevin Cleary, on the red carpet to talk about what this film means to them and how they hope it inspires viewers.
Judy Heumann lived a storied life, challenging the status quo, exposing governmental flaws, and giving a voice to one of the most marginalized, castaway communities: people with disabilities. She passed away suddenly in 2023 at age 75, after years of involvement in the movie adaptation of her biography, “Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a […]
Nick Kozakis is already on his third feature film, but this year marks his first TIFF appearance and his first Midnight Madness world premiere. Kick On follows a group of partiers looking to score to keep their night going, only to cross the wrong mob boss and end up in a bloody fight for survival. […]
With filmmakers and film buffs still mourning the January 2025 passing of director David Lynch, it’s hard not to overstate or oversimplify his legacy. Arguably his most iconic stand-alone film, Blue Velvet feels like the perfect distillation of what Lynch would become known for as a creative. Often referenced and sometimes imitated, Blue Velvet is an earnest yet horrifically effective case study in scraping the pristine veneer off small-town suburbia. His ability to highlight the strange and subversive in the mundane, a quality he first demonstrated in Eraserhead (1977), would only develop further as his career progressed, as would many other hallmarks of this film.
Making its World Premiere at TIFF 2026 and directed by Serville Poblete, Sunburn is a hang-out movie set in St. James Town, a high-rise community in Toronto, and follows a group of young people trying to stay cool during the summer’s hottest day. The temperature triggers a power outage, which sends them out of their […]
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Premiering at TIFF 2026, Nick Kozakis’s 'Kick On' is a bloody riot, a masterclass in practical effects and a breakout for the filmmaker.
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EP 205: Onslaught (2026) & A24 Rotten Tomatoes Mini-Game
September 6, 2026
Read Receipts: A Big Screen Book Club Presents 'The Dog Stars' from Peter Heller (2012) to Ridley Scott (2026)
September 2, 2026
The Awards Tape: 78th Primetime Emmy Awards (2026) Final Predictions
September 2, 2026
EP 204: The Dog Stars (2026) & Coyote vs. Acme (2026)
August 30, 2026
Ladies Night & Women in Film Spotlight: Kelly Reichardt
August 28, 2026
The Awards Tape: 2027 Oscar Contenders Draft Final Rosters
August 25, 2026
EP 203: Speed Run Reviews of Maddie’s Secret, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Tony, and It Ends & Venice, TIFF, and NYFF Previews
August 24, 2026
The Rolling Remote: House of the Dragon (S3), Season MVP's & The Future of Westeros
August 18, 2026
EP 202: The End of Oak Street (2026) & Blind Ranking Dinosaur Movies
August 16, 2026
In the Queue: August 2026 Recommendations & & Watchlist Shuffles for Rom-Coms
August 14, 2026
The Awards Tape: Pre-Fall Festival Oscar Predictions
August 10, 2026
EP 201: One Night Only (2026) & Ranking Rom-Com Movie Couples
August 10, 2026
The Awards Tape: The Invite (2026) Awards Assessment, A24 Campaign Priorities & Fringe Best Picture Nominations Ranking
August 2, 2026
EP 200: Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026), SDCC Marvel News, Avengers: Doomsday Heat Check & MCU Trivia
August 2, 2026
The Awards Tape: 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2026) Lineup Announcement
July 29, 2026
The Rolling Remote: Channel Surfing for TV & Recommendations for Widow's Bay, Hacks & Beginner Anime
July 28, 2026
EP 199: The Invite (2026), I Want Your Sex (2026), The Career of Olivia Wilde & Guess the Letterboxd Review Game
July 25, 2026
Ladies Night: Women in Sports!
July 19, 2026
RETRO//RANKED: Christopher Nolan (13): The Odyssey, Reflections on Seasons 1-7 & Season 8 Announcement
July 19, 2026
Read Receipts: The Odyssey (2026) & A Big Screen Book Club
July 19, 2026
The Awards Tape: The Odyssey Awards Assessment
July 19, 2026
EP 198: The Odyssey (2026) & Nolan Filmography Guessing Game
July 19, 2026
Summer 2026 Box Office Draft Check-In
July 17, 2026
RETRO//RANKED: Christopher Nolan (11-12): Tenet & Oppenheimer
July 16, 2026
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