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The Kissing Booth, Rom-Coms, and Female Characters: A Fan Interviews Meganne Young

I'm a good writer. I'm good at sitting behind a screen, formulating my web of thoughts into a coherent sentence; lather, rinse, repeat. Maybe that sounds like a brag, but you should know that I'm a good writer because I'm bad at talking. I will never be a public speaker, a theatre performer, or a news broadcaster—but I could easily write all of their lines. When I got an opportunity to sit down for a one-on-one conversation with an actress whose work I admire, I accepted instantly, forgetting ju

TomBelding: Great Article! I'm a Meganne Young fan!

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The Kissing Booth, Rom-Coms, and Female Characters: A Fan Interviews Meganne Young

Live from New York It’s ‘Saturday Night' and I’m Bored!

I was supposed to like this movie. Embarrassing as it is to admit today, I’m as big of a Saturday Night Live fan as your average middle-aged white man. Aside from spending every Saturday night in the mid-aughts staying up until 11:30pm to watch Bill Hader's latest impersonation and The Lonely Island’s digital shorts, I also wore out my father’s box set of the ‘Best of SNL’ compilations. The collection contained clips of the most iconic sketches dating all the way back to 1975. While I don’t keep

Ishika Banerjee: POV Me at any Amy Schumer stand-up. Damn, that sucks tbh I was so looking forward to this but I knew Id be disappointed because no one is funny except me!

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Live from New York It’s ‘Saturday Night' and I’m Bored!

Red Rocket Walked So Anora Could Run

Sean Baker's Anora is taking the world by storm. Since winning the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival back in May 2024, it has won over sixty various awards, and was just nominated for six Oscars. Most notably, it landed the number one spot on my list of the best films of 2024. Before riding this express-train to the spotlight, Sean Baker was just a hidden gem of independent film, always remaining relatively unknown in the mainstream. He reared his head into popular culture a couple times wi

Epiha Inglis: Anora is absolutely brilliant, especially that ingenious ending! I think if you watch his earlier work, like Tangerine, The Florida Project, and Red Rocket, you can see how and why he landed on Anora. If it doesn't win any Oscars, I'm rioting...

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Remembering David Lynch

Today marks the tragic loss of one of the last great American artists, David Lynch. His impact on the culture, cinema, and creative innovation will be eternally unmoved. He's best known for his visionary work as the director of Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, and the television series Twin Peaks. His signature surrealist style even coined the term "Lynchian." Though the majority of his work dates back more than 20 years, he has an ever-growing cult-like fanbase and is revered by his film industry

Danny Varekai: Jenn, your tribute to David Lynch beautifully encapsulates his profound impact on cinema and culture.

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Girl Interrupted Syndrome

I think someone's taste in movies can reveal a lot about them—their personality, their worldview, and even their level of intellect. I'm certainly guilty for being one of those people who make a rash judgment about someone based on their favourite film. Do I shun people I disagree with? No, definitely not. Do I silently form a negative opinion of them in my head? For sure. In the last decade and a half since its release, the film Girl, Interrupted has reached cult classic status, beguiling Tumbl

Ishika Banerjee: I will listen to Lana and never shut up about it, interesting article though I think I agree with the glorification of mental illness aspect. I think people who are bored and have nothing else going on in their lives like to make themselves feel more interesting than they are. To me as long as they don't harbour any toxic ideas or inflict them on others im usually okay, but the lines can blur sometimes and people who don't fully understand the complexities of mental illness and use movies like this as an aesthetic crutch tend to spread misinformation about the community. Lana all the way!

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D.E.B.S: A Film So Bad It's Good

The year is 2005. Avril Lavigne's album ‘Under My Skin’ holds a permanent space in my CD Walkman. Like every other Friday night, I walked down the street to the corner store that also had a small DVD rental section—my mom let me rent 1 movie a week, as long as I returned it on time. Glowing on the new arrivals rack like it was backlit by Jesus himself was DVD of the movie D.E.B.S. As a nine year old girl and an avid Totally Spies fan, the poster of 4 beautiful girls in Spy Academy school uniform

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Woman of the Hour: A Directorial Triumph but an Incohesive Story

The task of adapting a tragic true crime story into a feature film is no small feat, especially for a directorial debut. It takes strong empathic reverence to create a compelling movie while still honouring the real victims of violent crime. Actress and overall lovable person Anna Kendrick was up to the task and made a bold career pivot by choosing Woman of the Hour as her first behind-the-camera project. The story follows the path of serial killer Rodney Alcala, who terrorized countless women i

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Woman of the Hour: A Directorial Triumph but an Incohesive Story

Canadian Cinema Excellence in Matt and Mara

Canada, specifically Vancouver and Toronto, are widely known to those in the industry as ‘Hollywood North.’ We provide ground to some of the largest film and television productions in North America, and yet, our major cities never get to play themselves. Even though our country is ripe with talented artists, how often do we see a Canadian filmmaker make it to the big leagues? Sure, we can take credit for James Cameron (Titanic, Avatar) and Denis Villeneuve (Dune, Arrival) but they assimilated in