A Year in Film: A Hollywood Suite Podcast (Hollywood Suite)
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| 01 Nov 2020 | 1978 — Hong Kong New Wave and British Animation | 01:09:53 | |
To cap off 1978, Alicia, Cam and Becky kick back with Hong Kong New Wave films like The 36th Chamber of Shaolin and Drunken Master before travelling to the U.K. to revisit the animated versions of Watership Down and Lord of the Rings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 08 Jun 2021 | 1986 — The Great Mouse Detective & An American Tail: House of Mouse | 00:58:16 | |
Becky, Cam and Alicia sink their teeth into two animated movies about roving rodents that scurried onto the scene in 1986: Disney's The Great Mouse Detective and Amblin's An American Tail.
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| 11 May 2021 | 1975 — The Passenger & Seven Beauties: Viva Italia (feat. Emily Gagne) | 01:04:09 | |
Take a trip to Italy with Alicia, Becky and special guest Emily Gagne (filmmaker and co-host of We Really Like Her! podcast) as they discuss women's roles in front of and behind the camera through Lina Wertmüller's Seven Beauties and Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger. Emily Gagne is a filmmaker, writer and marketing professional based in Toronto. The co-founder of the Toronto-based Spooky B Films, she co-wrote and co-directed short horror film Best Friends Forever (2019) with business partner Josh Korngut. Emily is also the co-host of We Really Like Her!, a podcast she and Danita Steinberg created to celebrate the great work of women in front of and behind the camera. You can listen to WRLH!'s Jane Fonda miniseries (Fondavision) now wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 27 Apr 2021 | 1975 — Mahogany & Cooley High: Black Rep (feat. Carolyn Mauricette) | 00:59:48 | |
Carolyn Mauricette (Development Coordinator & Programmer for the Blood in the Snow Film Festival and co-host of Reely Melanated) joins Cam and Becky as they revisit two important films from Black filmmakers that came out in 1975: Berry Gordy's Mahogany and Michael Schultz's Cooley High. Carolyn is a film programmer and Development Coordinator for the Blood in the Snow Film Festival and a contributing author to the first edition of the Women in Horror Annual, The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films, and The Encyclopedia of Racism in American Film. She is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic and has also written pieces for www.graveyardshiftsisters.com, film reviews for www.cinemaaxis.com, and articles for Grim Magazine. She deep dives into race and representation of people of color in genre film on her website, www.viewfromthedark.ca, and co-hosts the podcast Reely Melanated with Ashlee Blackwell where they talk about movies they love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 01 Feb 2021 | 1992 — Women Take Over: Thrillers and Competing Columbuses | 01:19:42 | |
In the final 1992 episode, Becky, Cam and Alicia take on women-powered thrillers Love Crimes (written and directed by Lizzie Borden) and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (written by Amanda Silver) before navigating not one, but two movies about Christopher Columbus (1492: Conquest of Paradise and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 25 Sep 2020 | Introducing A Year in Film, a Hollywood Suite podcast! | 00:01:00 | |
A sneak peek at A Year in Film Season 1, which will look back on iconic cinematic trends from 1978, 1983, 1992 and 2007. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 15 Jan 2021 | 1992 — Women Take Over: Fully Loaded and Rappers' Delight | 01:25:50 | |
In the second episode in our 1992 series, Becky, Cam and Alicia continue their celebration of women filmmakers (Tamra Davis's Guncrazy and Stacy Cochran's My New Gun), while also paying tribute to two thrillers headlined by rap royalty (Ernest R. Dickerson's Juice and Walter Hill's Trespass). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 01 Mar 2021 | 2007 — Horror Debuts and Naughty Musicals | 01:35:17 | |
Co-hosts Becky, Cam and Alicia return to 2007 to dissect creature features The Host and REC before singing the praises of Hairspray and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 22 Jun 2021 | 1986 — Blue Velvet & The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2: The New American Gothic | 01:04:12 | |
Follow Becky, Cam and Alicia as they take a detour through two small-town horror films from 1986: Blue Velvet and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2.
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| 20 Jul 2021 | 1994 — Wolf & Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Return of the Monster (feat. Andrea Subissati) | 00:52:42 | |
Andrea Subissati (Co-Host of The Faculty of Horror podcast, Executive Editor of Rue Morgue) joins Becky and Alicia for a monster mash-up featuring two maligned horror revamps from 1994: Wolf and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. In 2010, Andrea’s masters thesis on the social impact of zombie cinema was published under the title When There’s No More Room In Hell: The Sociology of the Living Dead. Since then, she has been published in The Undead and Theology (2012), The Canadian Horror Film: Terror of the Soul (2015) and Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror on Film and Television (2017). She joined the staff of Rue Morgue magazine in 2014 and became Executive Editor in 2017. In addition to writing, Andrea has appeared on the TV horror documentary Why Horror? (2014) and is co-founder of the Toronto-based horror lecture series The Black Museum. Follow her on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 27 Jul 2021 | 1994 — Shallow Grave & Four Weddings and a Funeral: British Invasion (feat. Norm Wilner) | 01:00:04 | |
Norm Wilner (senior film writer for NOW Magazine, host and producer of Someone Else’s Movie podcast) travels across the pond with Cam and Becky as they look back on two very different British comedies that came out of 1994: Four Weddings and a Funeral (the first Hugh Grant/Richard Curtis collab) and Shallow Grave (the directorial debut of Danny Boyle). A lifelong Torontonian, Norman Wilner became the senior film writer for NOW Magazine in early 2008. Previously, he had reviewed films for Metro newspapers across Canada, and covered every video format imaginable (yes, even Beta) for the Toronto Star column from 1988 to 2006. His byline has appeared in Cinema Scope, Montage, Marquee and even The Hollywood Reporter that one time. You may also remember him from his appearances as a critic and commentator on any radio or television program that will call him. He’s also the host of the Someone Else’s Movie podcast, which is really good and you should listen to it. He served as secretary and vice-president of the Toronto Film Critics Association from 2008 to 2016; in 2009, he was a member of the features jury for Canada’s Top Ten. A member of the international film critics’ organization FIPRESCI, he’s sat on festival juries in Toronto, Montreal, London, Vienna and Palm Springs. He lives in Little Italy, just a short walk from two coffee shops, three sandwich shops and one movie theatre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 03 Aug 2021 | 1994 — In the Mouth of Madness and Cemetery Man: It Creeps (feat. Brendan Ross) | 00:54:58 | |
Brendan Ross (programmer for Toronto's Neon Dreams Cinema Club) joins Becky and Cam as they resurrect two cult horror flicks from 1994 that are as funny as they are freaky: John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness and Michele Soavi's Cemetery Man. Brendan Ross is a Toronto-based part-time film programmer and full-time Debra Winger enthusiast. Host of the Neon Dreams Cinema Club retro film series since 2015, he also launched the covid-friendly Neon Streams virtual cinema to both recreate the theatrical experience at home and raise money for various charities. Learn more about Neon Dreams by visiting them on Instagram @neondreamscinema. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 10 Aug 2021 | 2000 — Cecil B. Demented & But I'm a Cheerleader: Queer Counter Culture (feat. Stephanie Malek) | 01:01:16 | |
Enter the new millennium with Becky, Alicia and actor/professional fangirl Stephanie Malek as they champion two unapologetically queer cult faves from 2000: John Waters' Cecil B. Demented and Jamie Babbit's But I'm a Cheerleader. Stephanie Malek is an actor, singer, and all around nerd from Toronto, ON. Stephanie is the co-creator of Cardboard Sword Collective, an events and theatre group that hosts nerd-based events online and around the city, and online. They’re best known for their nerd trivia nights at Storm Crow Manor, and their sold out Halloween runs of Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s "Once More With Feeling" where she also performed as Anya. Twitter/Instagram:@stephanie_malek Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 17 Aug 2021 | 2000 — Mission to Mars & Red Planet: Baroque Space (feat. Adam Nayman) | 01:02:07 | |
Prepare to see red as critic, lecturer and instructor Adam Nayman follows Becky and Alicia into uncharted (and occasionally uninhabitable) territory to revisit two of the first sci-fi stinkers of the new millennium: Mission to Mars and Red Planet. Adam Nayman is a contributing editor for Cinema Scope and writes on film for The Ringer, Sight and Sound, Reverse Shot, and Little White Lies. He has written books on the Coen Brothers, Paul Thomas Anderson, David Fincher (forthcoming), Showgirls, and the films of Ben Wheatley. He lectures on cinema and journalism at the University of Toronto and Ryerson University. Twitter: @brofromanother. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 24 Aug 2021 | 2000 — Godzilla 2000 & Dracula 2000: The Millennial Monster (feat. Justin Decloux and Will Sloan) | 00:51:52 | |
Important Cinema Club co-hosts Justin Decloux and Will Sloan team up with Becky to investigate two very different reworkings of the Classic Movie Monster: Godzilla 2000 and Dracula 2000. Justin Decloux is one of the hosts of the Important Cinema Club podcast, as well as a director, author, movie lover and Toronto cinema culture devotee. Justin's first feature film Teddy Bomb (2014) is currently available on Blu-Ray and digital streaming platforms. His second feature film Impossible Horror (2017) is available on Blu-Ray. He is author of Radioactive Dreams: The Cinema of Albert Pyun, and is co-author of The Important Cinema Club Journal No. 1 Will is a writer and reporter, working with York University, Ryerson University, and the Woolwich Observer. He also co-host the podcasts The Important Cinema Club, along with Justin Decloux, as well as Michael and Us. As a freelance writer and journalist, he has written for NPR, Harper's, Toronto Life, Current Affairs, The Globe & Mail, The Believer, and many others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 31 Aug 2021 | 2000 — Girlfight & Love & Basketball: Women in Sports (feat. Radheyan Simonpillai) | 01:00:22 | |
Film critic Radheyan Simonpillai gets in the game with Cam and Becky as they discuss two sports movies directed by women in the year 2000: Karyn Kusama's Girlfight and Gina Prince-Bythewood's Love & Basketball. Rad is the Toronto-based film critic for Canadian national breakfast show Your Morning on CTV. He is also the culture editor for NOW Magazine, the pop culture columnist for CBC syndicated radio and has a Friday Flicks segment on CTV News Channel. Rad also contributes to CTV's eTalk and The Guardian. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 07 Sep 2021 | 2000 — What Lies Beneath & The Cell: Gothic Thrillers | 00:55:56 | |
Go goth(ic) with co-hosts Becky, Cam and Alicia as they summon two psychological horror films about misogyny from 2000: What Lies Beneath and The Cell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Sep 2021 | 2000 — Bring It On! & Center Stage: Werk It | 01:04:34 | |
In the Season 2 finale, Becky, Cam and Alicia cheer on two sleepover favourites about the fine art of dance: 2000's Bring It On! and Center Stage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 21 Sep 2021 | A sneak peek at Season 3! | 00:01:00 | |
Becky, Cam and Alicia are back with new episodes of A Year in Film podcast starting October 5. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 05 Oct 2021 | 1971 — Murders in the Rue Morgue & The Abominable Dr. Phibes: Baroque Horror | 01:00:12 | |
Becky, Cam and Alicia return for the third season of A Year in Film with two baroque horror films from 1971: Murders in the Rue Morgue & The Abominable Dr. Phibes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 12 Oct 2021 | 1971 — Daughters of Darkness & Let's Scare Jessica to Death: Adapting Carmilla (feat. Kat Ellinger) | 01:05:58 | |
Kat Ellinger (Editor-in-Chief of Diabolique Magazine) joins Becky and Alicia to talk about two Carmilla adaptations from 1971: Daughters of Darkness and Let's Scare Jessica to Death. Kat Ellinger is the Editor-in-Chief at Diabolique Magazine, and the co-host of their Daughters of Darkness and Hell's Belles podcasts. She has also written for BFI, Senses of Cinema, Fangoria and Scream Magazine, and provided various home video supplements, commentary (including Blue Underground's 4K Ultra HD version of Daughters of Darkness and Imprint's Bluray of Let's Scare Jessica to Death), liner notes, on camera interviews and audio essays, for a number of companies including Arrow Films, Kino Lorber, Indicator, Second Run and Cult Films. Kat is the author of Daughters of Darkness (Devil's Advocates, Auteur), and All the Colours of Sergio Martino (Arrow Films). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 19 Oct 2021 | 1971 — Macbeth & The Devils: British Witchcraft (feat. Andrea Subissati) | 00:58:39 | |
Something wicked this way comes as Alicia, Becky and special guest Andrea Subissati (Rue Morgue and The Faculty of Horror podcast) head to the U.K. to revisit two controversial films from 1971: Roman Polanski's Macbeth and Ken Russell's The Devils. In 2010, Andrea’s masters thesis on the social impact of zombie cinema was published under the title When There’s No More Room In Hell: The Sociology of the Living Dead. Since then, she has been published in The Undead and Theology (2012), The Canadian Horror Film: Terror of the Soul (2015) and Yuletide Terror: Christmas Horror on Film and Television (2017). She joined the staff of Rue Morgue magazine in 2014 and became Executive Editor in 2017. In addition to writing, Andrea has appeared on the TV horror documentary Why Horror? (2014) and is co-founder of the Toronto-based horror lecture series The Black Museum. Follow her on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 26 Oct 2021 | 1971 — What's a Matter with Helen & Whoever Slew Auntie Roo: The Psycho-Biddy | 00:57:19 | |
On the final episode of Shocktober 2021, Becky, Cam and Alicia respect their elders by visiting two "psycho-biddy" flicks that hit theatres in 1971: What's a Matter with Helen and Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 02 Nov 2021 | 1971 — The Tales of Beatrix Potter & Shinbone Alley: Furry Spectacles | 00:51:40 | |
Becky, Cam and Alicia tackle a few "creature features" from 1971: The Tales of Beatrix Potter and Shinbone Alley. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 09 Nov 2021 | 1971 — Minnie and Moskowitz & W.R. Mysteries of the Organism: Class Struggles (feat. Anna Swanson) | 00:56:46 | |
Film critic Anna Swanson joins Becky and Alicia to discuss two very different explorations of class struggles from 1971: John Cassavetes' Minnie and Moskowitz and Dušan Makavejev's W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism. Anna Swanson is a Toronto-based writer and critic who holds an MA in Cinema Studies from the University of Toronto. Her work can be found at Film School Rejects, The Globe and Mail, Cinema Scope Magazine, and Little White Lies, among others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 16 Nov 2021 | 1980 — Gloria & The Long Good Friday: Mob Tales | 01:00:26 | |
In the first 1980 episode, Becky, Cam and Alicia go gangster with mob flicks Gloria and The Long Good Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 23 Nov 2021 | 1980 — Out of the Blue & Hey Babe!: Canadian Youth Rebel | 01:06:16 | |
Becky, Cam and Alicia head home with a duo of Canadian coming-of-age films from 1980: the musical Hey Babe! (starring a young Yasmine Bleeth's film debut!) and the Dennis Hopper-directed drama Out of the Blue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 30 Nov 2021 | 1980 — The Fog & Death Ship: Horror at Sea (feat. Emily Gagne) | 00:54:43 | |
All hands on deck as Becky, Cam and supervising producer Emily Gagne (also the co-host of We Really Like Her! podcast and screening series) set their sights on 1980 seaside horror flicks The Fog and Ghost Ship. Emily Gagne is a Toronto-based filmmaker, critic and programmer. She currently co-hosts We Really Like Her!, a podcast in which she and Danita Steinberg speak to women about the films and filmmakers they are inspired by. She and Steinberg also host screenings at the Revue Cinema, programming films written and/or directed by women like Valley Girl, Pet Sematary, Crossroads and Wayne’s World. They are currently hosting a miniseries dedicated to the career of Jane Fonda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 07 Dec 2021 | 1980 — Used Cars & The Stuntman: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles | 00:54:24 | |
Hit the breaks because Becky, Cam and Alicia are steering the conversation towards 1980 comedies Used Cars and The Stuntman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Dec 2021 | 1980 — Alligator & Humanoids from the Deep: Underwater Monsters (feat. Justin Decloux and Will Sloan) | 00:48:39 | |
Do a deep dive on the B movies that came after Jaws as Becky and Important Cinema Club co-hosts Justin Decloux and Will Sloan revisit 1980 creature features Alligator and Humanoids from Deep. Justin Decloux is one of the hosts of the Important Cinema Club podcast, as well as a director, author, movie lover and Toronto cinema culture devotee. Justin's first feature film Teddy Bomb (2014) is currently available on Blu-Ray and digital streaming platforms. His second feature film Impossible Horror (2017) is available on Blu-Ray. He is author of Radioactive Dreams: The Cinema of Albert Pyun, and is co-author of The Important Cinema Club Journal No. 1. Will is a writer and reporter, working with York University, Ryerson University, and the Woolwich Observer. He also co-host the podcasts The Important Cinema Club, along with Justin Decloux, as well as Michael and Us. As a freelance writer and journalist, he has written for NPR, Harper's, Toronto Life, Current Affairs, The Globe & Mail, The Believer, and many others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 21 Dec 2021 | 1980 — American Gigolo & Urban Cowboy: Gigolos | 00:58:58 | |
Cam, Alicia and Becky get seduced by two different takes on gender roles from 1980: Paul Schrader's American Gigolo and James Bridges' Urban Cowboy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 28 Dec 2021 | 1997 — Face/Off & Con-Air: Uncaged (feat. Radheyan Simonpillai) | 00:48:11 | |
Our 1997 series kicks off with returning guest host and film critic Radheyan Simonpillai, who joins Alicia and Becky as they celebrate Nicolas Cage's unreal performances in Face/Off and Con-Air. Rad is the Toronto-based film critic for Canadian national breakfast show Your Morning on CTV. He is also the culture editor for NOW Magazine, the pop culture columnist for CBC syndicated radio and has a Friday Flicks segment on CTV News Channel. Rad also contributes to CTV's eTalk and The Guardian. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 04 Jan 2022 | 1997 — Air Force One & Turbulence: In-Flight (feat. Graham Clark) | 01:06:56 | |
Buckle up as Cam, Becky and Stop Podcasting Yourself host Graham Clark take to the skies with 1997's Air Force One and Turbulence. Graham Clark, co-host of Stop Podcasting Yourself, resides in Vancouver, BC. He has appeared regularly on CBC’s The Debaters and was a co-host and writer of City TV’s The CityNews List. He has twice been nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award, (Best newcomer both times), and in 2008 he won the cross Canada Yuk Yuks Great Canadian Laugh Off. He has appeared at the Bumbershoot festival, Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Halifax Comedy Festival and Just For Laughs. Graham has been a guest writer on This Hour Has 22 Minutes and filmed his own hour long Comedy Now! special for CTV. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 11 Jan 2022 | 1997 — Romy & Michele's High School Reunion & B.A.P.S.: Business Ladies (feat. Carolyn Mauricette) | 01:02:18 | |
It's a Business Woman's Special with this week's episode featuring Carolyn Mauricette, who joins Becky and Alicia in Beverly Hills to revisit 1997 comedies Romy & Michele's High School Reunion and B.A.P.S. Carolyn is a film programmer and Development Coordinator for the Blood in the Snow Film Festival and a contributing author to the first edition of the Women in Horror Annual, The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films, and The Encyclopedia of Racism in American Film. She is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic and has also written pieces for Graveyard Shift Sisters, film reviews for Cinema Axis, and articles for Grim Magazine. She deep dives into race and representation of people of color in genre film on her website, View from the Dark, and co-hosts the podcast Reely Melanated with Ashlee Blackwell where they talk about movies they love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 18 Jan 2022 | 1997 — Cats Don't Dance & Mousehunt: Family Flick Throwbacks | 00:50:48 | |
Becky, Cam and Alicia turn the spotlight on animal actors with this week's family-friendly double bill: Cats Don't Dance and Mousehunt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 25 Jan 2022 | 1997 — Event Horizon & Alien Resurrection: Scary Spaceships (feat. Robyn Citizen) | 00:57:00 | |
Travel to galaxies far, far away with Becky, Alicia and special guest (and horror expert!) Robyn Citizen as they take another look at 1997 space odysseys Event Horizon and Alien Resurrection. Robyn Citizen, PhD, is the Senior Manager of Festival Programming at the Toronto International Film Festival. Before joining TIFF’s programming team in 2018, she was a film lecturer at the University of British Columbia from 2012 to 2017, during which she created the course Asian Horror Cinema. She has published essays in edited volumes and film journals, programmed for the Human Rights Film Festival and served on local and international film festival juries. Recently, she wrote chapters in the edited volumes Jordan Peele’s Get Out: Political Horror, The Routledge Companion to Cult Cinema and the forthcoming, The Horror That Haunts Us: Nostalgia, Revisionism and Trauma in Contemporary American Horror Chapter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 01 Feb 2022 | 1997 — Breakdown & The Game: Deadly Conspiracies (feat. Brendan Ross) | 00:59:29 | |
Let the games begin as Brendan Ross joins Becky and Cam as they close off their 1997 series with a truly thrilling double bill. Brendan Ross is a Toronto-based part-time film programmer and full-time Debra Winger enthusiast. Host of the Neon Dreams Cinema Club retro film series since 2015, he also launched the covid-friendly Neon Streams virtual cinema to both recreate the theatrical experience at home and raise money for various charities. Learn more about Neon Dreams by visiting them on Instagram @neondreamscinema. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 08 Feb 2022 | 2005 — Kingdom of Heaven & The New World: Holy Wars (feat. Norm Wilner) | 01:05:57 | |
Norm Wilner (Someone Else's Movie podcast) joins Becky and Alicia as they explore two historical epics from iconic directors released in 2005: Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven and Terrence Malick's A New World. A lifelong Torontonian, Norman Wilner became the senior film writer for NOW Magazine in early 2008. Previously, he had reviewed films for Metro newspapers across Canada, and covered every video format imaginable (yes, even Beta) for the Toronto Star column from 1988 to 2006. His byline has appeared in Cinema Scope, Montage, Marquee and even The Hollywood Reporter that one time. You may also remember him from his appearances as a critic and commentator on any radio or television program that will call him. He’s also the host of the Someone Else’s Movie podcast, which is really good and you should listen to it. He served as secretary and vice-president of the Toronto Film Critics Association from 2008 to 2016; in 2009, he was a member of the features jury for Canada’s Top Ten. A member of the international film critics’ organization FIPRESCI, he’s sat on festival juries in Toronto, Montreal, London, Vienna and Palm Springs. He lives in Little Italy, just a short walk from two coffee shops, three sandwich shops and one movie theatre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 15 Feb 2022 | 2005 — Noroi: The Curse & The Descent: Underground Horror (feat. Trevor Henderson) | 00:57:18 | |
Dive deep on early 2000s horror as Becky, Cam and special guest Trevor Henderson dare to revisit British creature feature The Descent and Japanese found footage fest Noroi: The Curse. Trevor Henderson is an illustrator and writer based in Toronto, Canada. He graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2010, and has been making ghosts and monsters ever since. He loves to create horrific online urban legends, ghost photos, and depictions of horrific cryptids for various clients. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 22 Feb 2022 | 2005 — Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit & Corpse Bride: Stop-Motion Renaissance | 00:53:07 | |
On the first episode of our 2005 series, Cam, Alicia and Becky carve out their opinions on stop-motion animation flicks Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Corpse Bride. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 01 Mar 2022 | 2005 — Brick & Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: Neo-Noir (feat. Adam Nayman) | 00:52:00 | |
Follow Becky, Cam and special guest Adam Nayman as they investigate 2005 neo-noirs Brick (directed by Rian Johnson) and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (directed by Shane Black). Adam Nayman is a contributing editor for Cinema Scope and writes on film for The Ringer, Sight and Sound, Reverse Shot, and Little White Lies. He has written books on the Coen Brothers, Paul Thomas Anderson, David Fincher (forthcoming), Showgirls, and the films of Ben Wheatley. He lectures on cinema and journalism at the University of Toronto and Ryerson University. Twitter: @brofromanother. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 08 Mar 2022 | 2005 — Pride and Prejudice & The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Books on Film (feat. Eastern Yoo) | 01:09:28 | |
Turn a new page with Becky, Alicia and Eastern Promises programmer Eastern Yoo as they rediscover modern book-to-screen classics Pride and Prejudice and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 15 Mar 2022 | 2005 — The Proposition & Wolf Creek: Outback Horror | 00:57:20 | |
On the finale of Season 3, Becky, Cam and Alicia explore the dark corners of the land down under with Australian creepers The Proposition and Wolf Creek. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 29 Mar 2022 | Coming soon: Season 4! | 00:01:00 | |
Ahead of the premiere on April 5, Becky, Cam and Alicia offer a sneak peek at what's in store for A Year in Film Season 4. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 05 Apr 2022 | 1973 — Cannibal Girls & Flesh for Frankenstein: Carnal Horror | 00:51:52 | |
On the Season 4 premiere, Becky, Cam and Alicia dive into the carnal horrors of 1973 with the late Ivan Reitman's Cannibal Girls and Paul Morrissey's Flesh for Frankenstein (sometimes known as Andy Warhol's Frankenstein). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 19 Apr 2022 | 1973 — Godspell & Jesus Christ Superstar: Hippie Musicals (feat. Anthony Oliveira) | 01:05:56 | |
Anthony Oliveira hops on the bus with Becky and Cam as they travel back to 1973 to praise two beloved stage-to-screen adaptations: David Greene's Godspell and Norman Jewison's Jesus Christ Superstar. Anthony Oliveira is a National Magazine and GLAAD award-winning author, pop culture critic, and PhD living in Toronto. He is the film programmer for the Revue Cinema's Dumpster Racoon Cinema programme, and the host of the podcast THE DEVIL'S PARTY, examining christian poetry through a queer readership lens. His first novel, Dayspring, is forthcoming from Strange Light Press in 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 03 May 2022 | 1973 — Messiah of Evil & The Holy Mountain: Psychedelic Fever Dreams (feat. Kat Ellinger) | 01:01:48 | |
Author, editor and film critic Kat Ellinger takes Becky and Cam on a trip with two unreal films from 1973: Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz's Messiah of Evil, and Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain. Kat Ellinger is the Editor-in-Chief at Diabolique Magazine, and the co-host of their Daughters of Darkness and Hell's Belles podcasts. She has also written for BFI, Senses of Cinema, Fangoria and Scream Magazine, and provided various home video supplements, commentary (including Blue Underground's 4K Ultra HD version of Daughters of Darkness and Imprint's Bluray of Let's Scare Jessica to Death), liner notes, on camera interviews and audio essays, for a number of companies including Arrow Films, Kino Lorber, Indicator, Second Run and Cult Films. Kat is the author of Daughters of Darkness (Devil's Advocates, Auteur), and All the Colours of Sergio Martino (Arrow Films). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 17 May 2022 | 1973 — Love and Anarchy & Group Marriage: '70s Women Directors (feat. Lacey Novinka) | 00:52:30 | |
Becky, Alicia and special guest Lacey Novinka zoom in on two groundbreaking, women-directed films from 1973: Lina Wertmüller's Love & Anarchy, and Stephanie Rothman's Group Marriage. Lacey Novinka is a programming coordinator at Hollywood Suite and a recent graduate of Centennial College's Broadcasting program. She is incredibly passionate about film, and credits a screening of Luis Buñuel's Viridiana (programmed by Guillermo Del Toro at TIFF Lightbox) as igniting in her the wonder of cinema, and a lifelong obsession. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Jun 2022 | 1973 — The Devil in Miss Jones & Wakefield Poole's Bible!: '70s Porno Chic (feat. Will Sloan and Justin Decloux) | 00:46:31 | |
Becky is joined by Important Cinema Club co-hosts Will Sloan and Justin Decloux as they take a peek at two pornos from 1973: The Devil in Miss Jones and Wakefield Poole's Bible! Will Sloan hosts the podcast The Important Cinema Club with Justin Decloux, as well as Michael and Us. As a freelance writer and journalist, he has written for Cinema Scope, NPR, Harper's, Toronto Life, The Believer, and many others. Justin Decloux hosts the podcast The Important Cinema Club with Will Sloan, as well as co-hosting the No Such Thing as a Bad Movie and The Bay Street Video Podcast. When he's not podcasting, he's making movies, writing about movies, or watching movies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 12 Jul 2022 | 1985 — Heavenly Bodies & Perfect: Aerobics on Screen (feat. Brendan Ross) | 01:05:13 | |
Neon Cinema Club's Brendan Ross hits the gym with Becky and Alicia as they revisit two films that personify the '80s aerobics boom: Heavenly Bodies and Perfect. Brendan Ross is a Toronto-based film programmer, currently acting as host and curator of the Neon Dreams Cinema Club film series which he founded in 2015. He has programmed for various venues including The Revue Cinema, The Royal Cinema, and TIFF Cinematheque, and is an occasional podcast guest, content creator, and former film distribution guru. Learn more about Neon Dreams by visiting them on Instagram @neondreamscinema. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 31 May 2022 | 1973 — Black Mama, White Mama & Scream Blacula Scream: Pam Grier (feat. Carolyn Mauricette) | 00:50:48 | |
Becky and Cam are joined by writer, programmer and curator Carolyn Mauricette as they tackle the other two Pam Grier movies of 1973: Scream Blacula Scream and Black Mama, White Mama. Carolyn Mauricette is a Toronto-based Rotten Tomatoes approved critic, film writer, Programmer/Development Coordinator for the Blood in the Snow Film Festival and Director of Canadian Programming for the Fantasia International Film Festival. You can find her writing on her website View From the Dark and Hollywood Suite. She has written reviews and articles for the online and print editions of Rue Morgue Magazine and Grim Magazine and is a contributing author to The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films and The Encyclopedia of Racism in American Films. Carolyn has produced talks on Afrofuturism for The Black Museum, Afrofuturism and Black women monsters for Fantasia Film Festival in 2020 and 2021. You can also hear her on Reely Melanated, a film podcast focusing on Black creators and performers, with her co-host Ashlee Blackwell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 28 Jun 2022 | 1985 — Return to Oz & Follow That Bird: 80s Childhood Trauma | 00:55:48 | |
On the first episode of our 1985 series, Becky, Cam and Alicia take flight with Disney's unofficial Wizard of Oz sequel and the first Sesame Street feature film to be released in theatres. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 26 Jul 2022 | 1985 — Day of the Dead & Return of the Living Dead: Romero Revised (feat. Thea Munster) | 00:49:32 | |
It's zombie week as Becky and Alicia are joined by Thea Munster as they dig up 1985's Day of the Dead (directed by George A. Romero) and Return of the Living Dead (directed by Dan O'Bannon). Thea Munster, is a musician, coordinator of odd occurrences, vintage hearse driver and performer. Her love of the strange and unusual led her to create the Toronto Zombie Walk in 2003. As the first event of its kind it became an annual Toronto tradition, attracting thousands of people from all walks of life, and death. Thea has been featured in the documentaries Doc of the Dead, Dead Meat Walking, and most recently Raising the Dead on Hollywood Suite. Thea was also honoured with the role of a zombie in George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead, the part of a medium in The Paranormal Show, and recently designed the costume and played the role of the blind dead knight in Chris Alexander’s latest film Scream of the Blind Dead. Thea continues to explore her passion for performance, horror and the otherworldly by cultivating her talent in music with a focus on the theremin. Her adeptness with the theremin has garnered her much attention. Thea performed at the Hendrick’s Gin hot air balloon lounge in the summer of 2018 and 2019, and her skills have been featured in Rue Morgue Magazine and on Rue Morgue TV in 2021. She has also added theremin and keyboard tracks to many albums created by artists around the globe and formed her own horror band, Night Chill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 09 Aug 2022 | 1985 — Desperately Seeking Susan & Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: 80s Music Idols (feat. Sydney Urbanek) | 01:04:04 | |
Sydney Urbanek hits the studio with Becky and Cam as they revisit two 1985 films that turned pop stars into movie stars: Desperately Seeking Susan (directed by Susan Seidelman, starring Madonna) and Mad Mad Beyond Thunderdome (directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie, starring Tina Turner). Sydney is a freelance writer and editor based out of Toronto, and a contributing editor at Bright Wall/Dark Room. As a former graduate student in Cinema Studies, she writes mostly about things at the intersection of pop music and moving images, and especially how the music and film worlds are tangled together. Some of that writing happens in her newsletter Mononym Mythology, where she goes long on things like pop stars, MTV, and the visual album. Her work has otherwise appeared in CBC Arts, Billboard, the Guardian, Sight and Sound, and elsewhere. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 23 Aug 2022 | 1985 — Gymkata & The Last Dragon: In the Shadow of Lee (feat. Graham Clark and Dave Shumka) | 01:06:58 | |
Graham Clark and Dave Shumka team up with Becky to discuss two 1985 films that were clearly inspired by the iconic Bruce Lee: Gymkata and The Last Dragon. Graham Clark is a three-time Canadian Comedy Award winner and co-host of Maximum Fun's Stop Podcasting Yourself, which just passed its 750th episode. He has appeared on CTV, CBC's The Debaters, Just for Laughs, and HBO. He served as the west coast correspondent for This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Graham has toured around the world with his prize-winning hit show "Graham Clark Reads the Phonebook", and is also the proud owner of a Subaru. Dave Shumka is a writer and podcaster from Vancouver. In 2008, along with Graham Clark he began hosting and producing Stop Podcasting Yourself, a long-running talk show which has won 3 Canadian Comedy Awards. He has produced podcasts for Maximum Fun, Castbox, CBC, and Al Jazeera. His writing credits include CBC’s The Debaters, Corner Gas Animated, and This Is That: Travel Guide to Canada, a Canadian best-seller. Since 2018 he has been the head writer of This Sounds Serious, a comedic mockumentary podcast, which The New Yorker called one of the Best Podcasts of 2020. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 06 Sep 2022 | 1985 — The Peanut Butter Solution & Crime Wave: Canadian Weirdness (feat. Jay Baruchel) | 00:57:54 | |
Actor, comedian, filmmaker and proud Canadian Jay Baruchel stops by to stand on guard for two absolutely outrageous slices of CanCon released in 1985: The Peanut Butter Solution (directed by Michael Rubbo) and Crime Wave (directed by John Paizs). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 20 Sep 2022 | 1999 — Drop Dead Gorgeous & Dick: Kirsten Dunst Forever (feat. Emily Gagne) | 01:05:15 | |
It's a Kirsten Dunst double bill as Emily Gagne joins Becky and Alicia in revisiting two films that helped the former child star become a teen dream: Drop Dead Gorgeous and Dick. Emily is a Toronto-based film and TV creative who co-hosts We Really Like Her!, a podcast and screening series focused on women in film. She has written pop culture criticism for TV Guide Canada, Yahoo, The Mary Sue, Hello Giggles, and Dread Central. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 04 Oct 2022 | 1999 — Cruel Intentions & Jawbreaker: Diabolical Teens (feat. Amil Niazi) | 00:58:33 | |
Amil Niazi hits the hallway with Becky and Cam as they dissect two devilishly fun teen movies from 1999: Cruel Intentions and Jawbreaker. Amil is a writer and cultural critic whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian and Washington Post. She has a monthly column in New York Magazine's The Cut and is also the showrunner and panelist for CBC's weekly pop culture podcast, Pop Chat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 18 Oct 2022 | 1999 — The Mummy & Blast From the Past: Brendan Fraser (feat. Norm Wilner and Emily Gagne) | 01:04:48 | |
Time for some himbo cinema as Becky, special guest Norm Wilner, and supervising producer Emily Gagne ride the Brendan Fraser renaissance wave and revisit 1999's The Mummy and Blast from the Past. Norm Wilner joined TIFF as a programmer after 35 years as a Toronto film critic and entertainment journalist, most recently as the senior film writer for NOW Magazine. He also hosts the Someone Else’s Movie podcast and writes the Shiny Things newsletter. He lives in Little Italy with his wife, the author and designer Kate Atherley, and their dog Winnie, who only cares about movies if there are squirrels in them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 15 Nov 2022 | 1999 — House on Haunted Hill & The Haunting: Haunted House Remakes (feat. Josh Korngut and Emily Gagne) | 00:52:21 | |
You're invited to spend the night at not one, but two haunted houses as Becky is joined by Josh Korngut and Emily Gagne to talk about the 1999 versions of House on Haunted Hill (based on the William Castle film) and The Haunting (based on Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House). Josh Korngut is the managing editor of Dread Central and host of the popular Development Hell podcast where he uncovers scary movies that were never made. Meanwhile, Emily co-hosts We Really Like Her!, a podcast and screening series celebrating women in film. Josh and Emily are creative collaborators whose previous work includes the award-winning short film Best Friends Forever, which screened at film festivals such as Salem Horror, Toronto After Dark, Indie Memphis, Morbido, and Panic Fest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 01 Nov 2022 | 1999 — The Wood & The Best Man: Nuptials (feat. Nichole Perkins) | 01:12:26 | |
It's a meet cute as Nichole Perkins joins Becky and Cam to talk about 1999 rom coms The Wood and The Best Man. Nichole Perkins is a writer and podcast host from Nashville, Tennessee. She hosted This Is Good For You, a podcast about finding pleasure in life, and previously was a co-host of Thirst Aid Kit, a podcast about pop culture and desire. Nichole is the author of Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be, a memoir, and Lilith, But Dark, a poetry collection. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 29 Nov 2022 | 1999 — Galaxy Quest & Deep Blue Sea: Sci-Fi Above & Below (feat. Tananarive Due and Emily Gagne) | 00:53:14 | |
Becky and supervising producer Emily Gagne welcome Tananarive Due aboard as they take a deep dive on two beloved sci-fi flicks from 1999: Galaxy Quest and Deep Blue Sea. Tananarive Due is an award-winning author who teaches Black Horror and Afrofuturism at UCLA. She is an executive producer on Shudder's groundbreaking documentary Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror. She and her husband/collaborator, Steven Barnes, wrote "A Small Town" for Season 2 of Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone on Paramount Plus, and two segments of Shudder’s anthology film Horror Noire. A leading voice in Black speculative fiction for more than 20 years, Due has won an American Book Award, an NAACP Image Award, and a British Fantasy Award, and her writing has been included in best-of-the-year anthologies. Her books include Ghost Summer: Stories, My Soul to Keep, and The Good House. She and her late mother, civil rights activist Patricia Stephens Due, co-authored Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights. She and her husband live with their son, Jason. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 13 Dec 2022 | 2010 — Kick-Ass & MacGruber: Action Flick Satires (feat. Allison Dore) | 01:06:08 | |
Becky, Cam and special guest Allison Dore kick off the 2010 series with two movies about, well, kicking ass: Kick-Ass and MacGruber. Allison is host of the entertainment-focused, daily talk radio show The Breakdown, on SiriusXM channel 167. In 2018, Allison founded Howl & Roar Records, a female-centric comedy record label with a mandate to focus 70% of their output on women in the industry. In the remaining 30% priority is given to men in marginalized communities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 27 Dec 2022 | 2010 — Boy & Submarine: Coming of Age (feat. Jordan Hayles and Emily Gagne) | 01:01:25 | |
Becky and supervising producer Emily Gagne are joined by Jordan Hayles as they get emotional about 2010's Boy (directed by Taika Waititi) and Submarine (directed by Richard Ayoade). Hailing from Scarborough, Ontario, Jordan Hayles is a television and film editor who has taken pride in his attention to detail which has lead to his ascension in his career. His diverse array of work has spanned from Lifestyle, Doc-Style, Sports, and Narrative, with his work appearing on networks such as VICE, NBC, HGTV, Food Network, CBC, CTV, and with the various teams owned by Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment (MLSE). He’s also an advocate for diversity, understanding that in his position there are not many who are fairly represented across the board, and it’s his mission to give back to others, and hopefully break in more talent through the doors as his career advances. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 10 Jan 2023 | 2010 — The Illusionist & A Cat in Paris: Animation Abroad (feat. Luc Chamberland) | 00:58:28 | |
Animation expert Luc Chamberland helps Becky and Alicia draw some conclusions about 2010 films The Illusionist (directed by Sylvain Chomet) and A Cat in Paris (directed by Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli). A multi-award-winning filmmaker, Luc Chamberland was born in St. Lambert, Montreal, and was raised on an intense diet of films, television and comic books. He studied Cinema at Concordia University. He has lived and worked, directing commercials, in Paris, London, Berlin, Munich, Budapest, and Rome. His animation credits include Asterix, Fievel Goes West, We’re Back, and Space Jam and he was the director of animation for the Dreamworks film Joseph: King of Dreams. Thanks to Seth's confidence, he directed the award-winning feature Seth’s Dominion. Meanwhile, he completed a Master’s in film at Raindance-Staffordshire University, UK. Now, back in lovely Montreal, this bon vivant filmmaker concocts many films projects, while living with his exquisite partner, Chantal, and their daughter, Lilith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 24 Jan 2023 | 2010 — Burlesque & Elektra Luxx: Erotica (feat. Laura Desiree) | 00:58:22 | |
Becky and Alicia invite Laura Desiree to the AYIF stage to discuss the silly, yet sultry Burlesque and Elektra Luxx. Raised on a healthy diet of classic hollywood cinema and her father’s room-sized vinyl collection, Laura Desiree has always had curiosity for all things sex and sensuality. While attending The New York Film Academy in 2008, she was seduced by nightclub culture and spent the next 5 years as a bar top Go-Go dancer and Burlesque Performer touring the USA, Canada and Europe. In 2013, Laura relocated to her home Toronto, Canada to create erotic art performances for the stage as the Creative Director at Toronto's Candyland. In 2016 Laura joined the web + TV series Naked News as their lead anchor, credited show writer and segment producer. Laura has produced a number of series for the network’s Love, Sex and Culture segments, including investigations into sexual behaviors, trends in sex and the pursuit of great sex. She has interviewed adult industry performers and leading medical experts around the world and covered events including the AVN Awards, Pornhub Awards, XBiz Awards and Toronto International Film Festival. Laura was one of the hosts and creators of the CAM4 podcast A Mouthful with Laura + Romi, found on all streaming platforms. Her current podcast Licked&Loaded features weekly episodes all in favor of prioritizing pleasure! Laura's latest YouTube series Red Umbrella Talk is a 5-part talk show filmed at New York’s Museum of Sex, that breaks down the misconceptions of Sex Work by presenting questions from the general public to actual industry service providers. Check out the full series on YouTube today! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 07 Feb 2023 | 2010 — The Expendables & RED: Middle-Aged Action Renaissance (feat. Petula Neale) | 00:55:05 | |
Podcaster Petula Neale teams up with Becky and Cam as they take on 2010's obsession with over-the-hill action flicks including The Expendables (directed by Sylvester Stallone) and Red (directed by Robert Schwentke). In the beforetime, Petula hosted her podcast at In a TIFF about films and the Toronto International Film Festival. Now she is the co-host for Back Issue Bloodbath, a podcast about comic books. You can enjoy those alone at home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 21 Feb 2023 | 2010 — Predators & TRON Legacy: 80s Reboots | 00:56:35 | |
On the Season 4 finale, Becky, Cam and Alicia join forces again to tackle two polarizing returns to popular franchises: 2010's Predators (directed by Nimród Antal) and Tron: Legacy (directed by Joseph Kosinski). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 11 Apr 2023 | 1977 — Airport '77 & Rollercoaster: It's a disaster! (feat. Brendan Ross) | 01:01:53 | |
Season 5 kicks off with a BANG as Brendan Ross joins Becky and Cam to investigate the wreckage of a pair of 70s disaster flicks: Airport '77 (directed by Jerry Jameson) and Rollercoaster (directed by James Goldstone). Brendan Ross is a Toronto-based film programmer, currently acting as host and curator of the Neon Dreams Cinema Club film series which he founded in 2015. He has programmed for various venues including The Revue Cinema, The Royal Cinema, and TIFF Cinematheque, and is an occasional podcast guest, content creator, and former film distribution guru. Learn more about Neon Dreams by visiting them on Instagram @neondreamscinema. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 04 Apr 2023 | Coming Attractions: Season 5 arrives April 11! | 00:01:05 | |
Take a sneak peek at Season 5 of Hollywood Suite's A Year in Film podcast, which will cover iconic films from 1977, 1988, 1991 and 2002. Catch new episodes every other week starting April 11, 2023, and look out for new episodes of the A Year in Film TV series coming in May 2023, exclusively on Hollywood Suite. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 25 Apr 2023 | 1977 — Turning Point & New York, New York: WWII Before and After (feat. Anthony Oliveira) | 01:06:46 | |
Anthony Oliveira joins Alicia and Becky to grapple with a pair of polarizing pictures: Herbert Ross' ballet drama The Turning Point and Martin Scorsese's period musical New York, New York. Anthony Oliveira is a National Magazine and GLAAD award-winning author, pop culture critic, and PhD living in Toronto. He is the film programmer for the Revue Cinema's DUMPSTER RACCOON CINEMA programme, and the host of the podcast THE DEVIL'S PARTY, examining Christian poetry through a queer readership lens. His first novel, Dayspring, is forthcoming from Strange Light Press in 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 09 May 2023 | 1977 — Peppermint Soda & Between the Lines: Disillusioned Youth (feat. Emily Gagne) | 01:01:46 | |
Becky and Alicia are joined by Emily Gagne to discuss two women-directed films that handle coming of age in tumultuous times with sensitivity and realism: French film Peppermint Soda (AKA Diabolo Menthe) and the indie Between the Lines. Emily is a film and TV creative who co-hosts We Really Like Her!, a screening series celebrating women in film at Toronto's Revue Cinema. She has written pop culture criticism for TV Guide Canada, Yahoo, The Mary Sue, Hello Giggles, and Dread Central. Find her on Instagram at @ladygagagne or @finalgirlfashion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 23 May 2023 | 1977 — Pyjama Girl Case & The Psychic: Giallo Goes Hollywood (feat. Rachael Nisbet) | 00:58:16 | |
Guest Rachael Nisbet joins Becky and Cam to discuss the Italian horror genre giallo and examine the films The Pyjama Case Girl (AKA La Ragazza dal Pigiama Giallo) and The Psychic (AKA Sette Note in Nero). Rachael Nisbet is an Edinburgh-based writer specialising in Italian genre cinema, with a slant towards style and gialli. She maintains the Hypnotic Crescendos blog and is the co-host of the Fragments of Fear podcast, a show dedicated to the appreciation and discussion of the lesser-known gialli. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 06 Jun 2023 | 1977 — Outrageous & Looking for Mr. Goodbar: Queer 70s (feat. Elizabeth Purchell) | 00:47:46 | |
Guest Elizabeth Purchell joins Becky and Cam for a Pride Month look at two queer 70s classics, Outrageous and Looking for Mr. Goodbar. Elizabeth Purchell is an Austin-based queer film historian, programmer, filmmaker, and the creator of Ask Any Buddy. She’s also the Print Traffic and Special Projects Manager at the American Genre Film Archive. Recently she has appeared on over a dozen home video releases for various boutique labels and both programs and hosts the monthly Queer Cinema: Lost and Found screening series at Austin Film Society. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 20 Jun 2023 | 1977 — Skip Tracer & Rituals: Canadian Survival (feat. Justin Decloux) | 00:50:03 | |
Guest Justin Decloux joins Becky and Cam to discuss the Canadian classics Rituals and Skip Tracer. Justin Decloux hosts the podcast The Important Cinema Club with Will Sloan, as well as co-hosting the No Such Thing as a Bad Movie and The Bay Street Video Podcast. When he's not podcasting, he's making movies, writing about movies, or watching movies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 04 Jul 2023 | 1988 — Earth Girls Are Easy & Vibes: Gorgeous/Goofy Goldblum (feat. Lindsay Blair Goeldner) | 00:53:05 | |
Becky and Alicia are joined by Lindsay Blair Goeldner to discuss Earth Girls Are Easy and Vibes, a pair of unusual but very fun 1988 rom-coms starring one of Hollywood's hottest stars: Jeff Goldblum. Lindsay Blair Goeldner is a film producer and the Vice President of Production at Fae Pictures, an award-winning media production company on a mission to decolonize Hollywood. Originally hailing from Toronto, she is currently based in New York City. She has produced and overseen production on award-winning projects that have played festivals worldwide. Some of her work includes short films Diaspora (dir. Tyler Mckenzie Evans), Scaring Women at Night (dir. Karimah Zakia Issa), Death Valley (dir. Grace Sloan); feature films such as Learn to Swim (dir. Thyrone Tommy), I Like Movies (dir. Chandler Levack); and the series Streams Flow from a River (dir. Christopher Yip), to name a few. Through her work, Lindsay aims to elevate and empower emerging talent which continues to be a defining and driving force in her career. When she's not on set or at a karaoke night, you can find her recommending movies on TikTok. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 18 Jul 2023 | 1988 — Bull Durham & Eight Men Out: The Greatest Game (feat. Adnan Virk) | 01:00:40 | |
Sports broadcaster and cinephile Adnan Virk steps up the A Year in Film plate to take a swing at two iconic baseball movies from 1988, Bull Durham and Eight Men Out. Adnan Virk has been a host at MLB Network and NHL Network since 2019. Prior to that he worked at ESPN, primarily on their baseball and college football coverage for almost 9 years. A native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Virk has worked in broadcasting for 25 years and been on air for 21. He’s also the host of his own movie podcast Cinephile since 2016 and has worked for the Academy twice, winning an Emmy for his Oscars coverage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 01 Aug 2023 | 1988 — Tokyo Pop & The Decline of Western Civilization Part 2: Women Who Rock (feat. Marya E. Gates) | 01:08:53 | |
Guest Marya E. Gates joins Emily and Becky to discuss two music-driven films directed by women: Penelope Spheeris' The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years and Fran Rubel Kuzui's Tokyo Pop. Marya E. Gates is a freelance film writer and historian who specializes in the work of female directors. Bylines include RogerEbert.com, The Playlist, Emmy Mag, Indiewire, Nerdist, Vulture, and more. She is currently working on a book of interviews with female directors for Rizzoli. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 15 Aug 2023 | 1988 — A Fish Called Wanda & Little Nikita: Undercover 80s (feat. Allison Dore) | 00:58:35 | |
Go undercover with Becky, Cam and special guest Allison Dore as they investigate the cases of the 1988 films A Fish Called Wanda and Little Nikita. Allison is host of the entertainment-focused, daily talk radio show The Breakdown, on SiriusXM channel 167. In 2018, Allison founded Howl & Roar Records, a female-centric comedy record label with a mandate to focus 70% of their output on women in the industry. In the remaining 30% priority is given to men in marginalized communities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 29 Aug 2023 | 1988 — Pin & Lady in White: Kindertrauma (feat. Harlan Guthrie) | 01:01:41 | |
Harlan Guthrie, creator of horror podcast Malevolent, and Emily Gagne of We Really Like Her! join Becky to venture into the creepy realm of 1988 cinematic spookfests Pin and the urban legend-inspired Lady in White. Harlan Guthrie is a Canadian writer, editor, director, sound designer, musician, and voice actor. He is the sole creator and talent behind Malevolent, the Lovecraftian horror Audio Drama which is part of the Rusty Quill Network and runner up to the 2021 Discover Pods awards, and DEVISER, the sci-fi horror podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 12 Sep 2023 | 1988 — Prime Evil & Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (feat. Will Sloan) | 01:07:58 | |
Podcaster Will Sloan joins Becky and Cam for a sleazy schlockfest as they tackle a pair of 1988 films: Prime Evil and Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama. Will Sloan hosts the podcast The Important Cinema Club with Justin Decloux, as well as Michael and Us. As a freelance writer and journalist, he has written for Cinema Scope, NPR, Harper's, Toronto Life, The Believer, and many others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 26 Sep 2023 | 1991 — Edward II & Young Soul Rebels: New Queer Cinema (feat. Bruce la Bruce) | 00:53:10 | |
Iconic Canadian filmmaker, photographer and artist Bruce LaBruce joins Becky and Cam to discuss New Queer Cinema and a pair of films from 1991: Edward II and Young Soul Rebels. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 10 Oct 2023 | 1991 — Delirious & Soap Dish: Soaping Up (feat. Philip Tanzini) | 01:10:44 | |
General Hospital actor Philip Tanzini joins Becky and Emily to dish about soaps and the 1991 daytime TV-inspired movies Delirious and Soap Dish. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 24 Oct 2023 | A Year in Film Live! 1993 — Batman: Mask of the Phantasm & Demolition Man: Big City Bads (feat. Anthony Oliveira) | 00:46:28 | |
Special guest Anthony Oliveira joined Becky Shrimpton and Cam Maitland live at Fan Expo Canada to unpack a pair of films about big city criminal chaos – 1993's Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and Demolition Man. Anthony Oliveira is a National Magazine and GLAAD award-winning author, pop culture critic, and PhD living in Toronto. He is the film programmer for the Revue Cinema's DUMPSTER RACCOON CINEMA programme, and the host of the podcast THE DEVIL'S PARTY, examining Christian poetry through a queer readership lens. His first novel, Dayspring, is forthcoming from Strange Light Press in 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 07 Nov 2023 | 1991 — My Girl & Father of the Bride: Little Girls Grown Up (feat. Kimberly-Sue Murray) | 01:02:44 | |
Actor Kimberly-Sue Murray joins Becky to discuss the touching 1991 coming-of-age comedies My Girl and Father of the Bride. Kimberly-Sue Murray is a graduate of the prestigious Canadian Film Centre and is best known for her recurring roles in Shadowhunters, V-Wars and Trader. Murray is also a prolific creator, writing and starring in the award winning short films She Came Knocking, Purl and Werewoman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 21 Nov 2023 | 1991 — Zandalee & Dead Again: Bizarre Love Triangles (feat. Lindsay Gibb) | 00:57:23 | |
Librarian and author Lindsay Gibb joins Alicia and Becky to unravel the 1991 love triangle movies Zandalee and Dead Again. Lindsay Gibb is a librarian at the University of Toronto and the author of National Treasure: Nicolas Cage from ECW's Pop Classics series. She is also the co-host of the Winona Ryder podcast, Winona Forever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 19 Dec 2023 | 1991 — Pure Luck & Hot Shots! Slapstick Hilarity (feat. Petey Gibson) | 01:00:23 | |
Physical comedy takes centre stage when special guest Petey Gibson joins Becky and Alicia to discuss 1991's Pure Luck and Hot Shots! Petey Gibson is a transmasc comedian, actor, producer and writer, currently recurring as C Hemingway on FOX's Alert: Missing Persons Unit, now filming Season 2 after a long and successful strike. His roots lie in comedy as a live comedian and Groundlings-trained improvisor, with appearances on Broad City and Grace & Frankie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 05 Dec 2023 | 1991 — Bugsy & New Jack City: Smooth Criminals (feat. Josh Lewis) | 01:05:21 | |
1991 was a banner year for gangster movies. Podcaster Josh Lewis joins Becky and Cam to discuss Bugsy and New Jack City. Josh Lewis is a freelance film critic (with writing in Cinema Scope and The Film Stage), film programmer, Blu-ray distributor, and host of the genre and exploitation double feature movie podcast SLEAZOIDS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 02 Jan 2024 | 2002 — The Mothman Prophecies & Queen of the Damned (feat. Mary Beth McAndrews) | 01:01:15 | |
Dread Central's Mary Beth McAndrews visits the A Year in Film Podcast to explore 2002's The Mothman Prophesies and Queen of the Damned with Becky and Emily, Mary Beth McAndrews is the editor-in-chief of Dread Central, as well as a filmmaker, journalist, and occasionally an academic. Her debut feature film Bystanders is currently in post-production. When she's not writing or watching horror movies, she spends her free time searching for Mothman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 16 Jan 2024 | 2002 — Bend It Like Beckham & My Big Fat Greek Wedding: Culture Clash (feat. Vanya Garraway) | 01:05:23 | |
Writer and film programmer Vanya Garraway visits the AYIF podcast to chat about two massive hits from 2002: Bend It Like Beckham and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Vanya Garraway is a writer based in Toronto. She is a film programmer at the Revue Cinema (Paid In Sweat, a celebration of sweat in cinema), and a film/pop-culture pundit who is nostalgic for yesterday. She is a poet and a panelist for hire. She is an arts and culture professional of twenty-plus years’ experience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 30 Jan 2024 | 2002 — 8 Mile & 24 Hour Party People: Revisionist Music History feat. Graham Clark | 01:03:12 | |
Podcaster and comedian Graham Clark joins Becky and Cam on the A Year in Film Podcast to chat about two music-themed, and accuracy-challenged movies from 2002: 8 Mile and 24 Hour Party People. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 13 Feb 2024 | 2002 — Reign of Fire & Signs: Fire vs. Water (feat. Alex Nursall) | 01:03:41 | |
Cam and Becky are joined by guest Alex Nursall to chat about the wild McConaughey-starring apocalyptic dragon flick Reign of Fire and M. Night Shyamalan's baffling alien invasion movie Signs. Alex Nursall is an audio director, writer, and illustrator out of Toronto. She is the co-creator/writer, director, and voice of Judith on the award-winning horror podcast Parkdale Haunt (www.parkdalehaunt.com), is the voice of Mairi on the D&D Actual Play podcast Dice Shame (www.diceshamepodcast.com), and is a commercial voice and casting director in her day-to-day life at Pirate Sound. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 27 Feb 2024 | 2002 — Crossroads & Millennium Actress: Pop Idols (feat. Sydney Urbanek) | 01:06:41 | |
Pop culture expert and writer Sydney Urbanek joins Emily and Becky to chat about two pop-idol led films from 2002: the Britney Spears-starring Crossroads and the anime Millennium Actress. Sydney Urbanek is a Toronto-based culture writer and editor. She has an MA in Cinema Studies from the University of Toronto, which she primarily uses to go long on pop stars, MTV, and the visual album in the newsletter Mononym Mythology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 12 Mar 2024 | 2002 — Secretary & Femme Fatale: Naughty Girls | 00:57:16 | |
On the final episode of the A Year in Film Podcast, Hollywood Suite's Alicia Fletcher and Emily Gagne join Becky Shrimpton for a discussion about 2002's Secretary and Femme Fatale. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 12 Apr 2021 | A sneak peek at Season 2 of AYIF! | 00:01:00 | |
Starting April 13, Becky, Cam and Alicia are back for a new season of A Year in Film podcast! Join them every Tuesday as they revisit some of the most memorable movies from 1975, 1986, 1994 and 2000. And this time around, you might even hear from some Very Special Guests. A Year in Film is a Hollywood Suite podcast. Learn more about Hollywood Suite and how to subscribe at hollywoodsuite.ca. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 01 Oct 2020 | 1978 — Disco and Truckers Rule | 01:02:11 | |
In the first episode of Season 1, Becky, Cameron and Alicia look back on two subgenres that made it big in 1978: disco (The Wiz, The Eyes of Laura Mars) and truckers (Convoy, Every Which Way but Loose). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 15 Mar 2021 | 2007: Serial Killers and White-Collar Criminals | 01:25:31 | |
In the final episode of Season 1, Becky, Cam and Alicia investigate cinema's obsession with criminal activity by revisiting Hot Fuzz, Perfume: The Story of A Murderer, Michael Clayton and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 29 Jun 2021 | 1994 — Muriel’s Wedding & The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: Australian Quirk (feat. Allysin Chaynes and Champagna) | 00:55:02 | |
Becky and special guest hosts Allysin Chaynes and Champagna turn the spotlight on two Queer Cinema classics that came out of the Outback in 1994: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and Muriel's Wedding. Allysin Chaynes is a Toronto drag performer and pop cultural sponge, specializing in all things subcultural, queer, camp, strange and unusual. A member of the SpeakeasyTv creative collective on Speakeasy-TV.com, Allysin is an online host, organizer and producer of Toronto’s first digital queer venue. She can be seen across the city in drag bars, theatres, holes in the wall, dive bars and anywhere in-between. She’s a time travelling, anachronistic rockstar, A DJ, A Live musician, and a performer of Magic. Allysin has been creating Drag wonder with queens from the West End for nearly a decade, especially alongside her Sisters in Toronto's House of Filth! You can currently catch her weekly on speakeasy-tv.com or streaming in the show Queens on CBC gem as Naomi. A graduate of MacEwan’s Theatre Arts program and Centennial’s Advanced Script to Screen, Champagna has an extensive background in acting, most recently in CBC Gem Original QUEENSas Elaina Love. Select credits include: POPPORN (OUTtv) SHADOWLANDS (OUTtv), POWER TEAM (ATCO Energy Theatre), MEAT PUPPET (Northern Light Theatre), JANE EYRE (Plain Jane Players) and her own works LOCK UP, and DO BETTER – a critique on TPS inaction. Champagna has conquered Toronto as Bent Beauty Supreme 2019, walking the runway for Hayley Elsaesser and opening for the likes of: Detox, Bob the Drag Queen, Kimchi, Thorgy Thor and Alyssa Edwards. Currently, she is in development for her series WOMB ENVY slated to film this summer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 25 May 2021 | 1986 — Night of the Creeps & Invaders from Mars: Comic Book Horror | 00:48:40 | |
Our 1986 series continues with two B movies from A+ directors behind them: Tobe Hooper's remake of Invaders from Mars and Fred Dekker's Night of the Creeps.
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| 01 Jun 2021 | 1986 — Heavy Metal Parking Lot & Trick or Treat: Metal Head (feat. Graham Clark) | 00:59:18 | |
Stop Podcasting Yourself co-host Graham Clark joins Becky and Alicia to revisit two cult films that rocked audiences in 1986: short doc Heavy Metal Parking Lot and horror fantasy Trick or Treat. Graham Clark, co-host of Stop Podcasting Yourself, resides in Vancouver, BC. He has appeared regularly on CBC’s The Debaters and was a co-host and writer of City TV’s The CityNews List. He has twice been nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award, (Best newcomer both times), and in 2008 he won the cross Canada Yuk Yuks Great Canadian Laugh Off. He has appeared at the Bumbershoot festival, Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Halifax Comedy Festival and Just For Laughs. Graham has been a guest writer on This Hour Has 22 Minutes and filmed his own hour long Comedy Now! special for CTV.
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