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Exclaim!’s 13 Best TV Series of 2025 | Exclaim!
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This year’s ‘best of’ list season is off to a strong start. For Exclaim!, I contributed two blurbs for their Best Television Series of 2025 list. Severance: After the first season of Severance captured the zeitgeist back in 2022, viewers clamoured for answers to the series’ mysteries. Season 2 delivers on that promise and then some. Answering…
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Exclaim!’s 20 Best Films of 2025 | Exclaim!
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For this year’s top twenty list from Exclaim!, I was invited to write up a blurb for one of my personal favourites: The Naked Gun. Given that the sensibilities of The Naked Gun — namely, be as silly as possible and do anything for the laugh — seem like a product of a bygone era, it’s…
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The IFSCA 100 Best Films of the 21st Century (So Far), #10 to #1
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This is the fifth and final part of the IFSCA’s Best Films of the Century (So Far) list, which I administered and compiled for our membership. It was a lot of work to put together, requiring a ton of Excel tomfoolery, and then tracking down users to provide write-ups for the films. In addition…
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The IFSCA 100 Best Films of the 21st Century (So Far), #30 to #11
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This is the fourth part of the IFSCA Best Films of the Century (So Far) list, which I administered. Welcome back to the fourth installment in the IFSCA’s Best of the 21st Century so far! We have so far counted down from 100 to 76, 75 to 51, and 50 to 31. Many of the films we’ve…
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The IFSCA 100 Best Films of the 21st Century (So Far), #50 to #31
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The third part of the IFSCA Best Films of the Century (So Far) list, which I administered. We’re crossing the halfway point in our Best of the Century list! We’ve already counted down from 100 to 76 and 75 to 51, and among them are many modern classics. Now, as we dive into the top half of…
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The IFSCA 100 Best Films of the 21st Century (So Far), #75 to #51
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The second part of the IFSCA Best of the Century (So Far) list. In addition to organizing and administering this list, in this section I also contributed a write-up for Brokeback Mountain (#73). Welcome back to the IFSCA’s 100 Best Films of the 21st Century! In our last post, we counted down from number 100…
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The IFSCA 100 Best Films of the 21st Century (So Far), #100 to #76
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Inspired by the New York Times poll of the same name, I organized and administered a poll of the membership of the International Film Society Critics to determine the films that we consider to be the 100 best of the 21st Century so far. In addition to adminstering this list, in this section I…
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July 2025 First Time Watches | Patreon
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Hey friends, thanks for being here. As per usual, I watched a lot of movies in July, and here are the highlights of the ones that I saw for the first time. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/july-2025-first-136182066
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June 2025 First Time Watches | Patreon
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I know I said I didn’t think I’d have a lot for y’all this month, but it turns out I do, so that’s fun. Anyway, as with every month of the year, I saw a bunch of movies I had never seen before in June, and here are the highlights. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/june-2025-first-134162903
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May 2025 First Time Watches | Patreon
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Every month, I watch films, both new and old, that I haven’t seen before. I’m a bit late posting this, but in May, I watched a dozen that fit this description and here are the highlights! Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/may-2025-first-131501117
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April 2025 First Time Watches | Patreon
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Every month I try to watch a bunch of films, both new and old, that I haven’t seen before. In April I watched an even dozen films that were new to me, and here are a few highlights. Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/april-2025-first-128425330
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The 2025 Canadian Screen Award Nominees and Where to Buy, Rent, or Stream them
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The 13th Canadian Screen Award Nominees are here! This years main ceremony will take place on June 1st with comedian Lisa Gilroy hosting. Some stand outs among the nominees include Matthew Rankin’s Universal Language which scored a towering thirteen nominations and David Cronenberg’s The Shrounds with nine. Be sure to check out the Best…
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Cascadia Film & Television Critics Association 5 Best Television Series of 2024
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This year the Cascadia Film & Television Critics Association membership lived up to its name and voted on our top television series of the year. It was an excellent year for television and this list reflects that. I had the privilege of writing up our number 2 pick, Shrinking Season 2: … The entire…
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Cascadia Film & Television Critics Association 10 Best Films of 2024 | Cascadia Critics
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The membership of the Cascadia Film & Television Critics Association –the group I co-founded– has voted and our top ten films of the year list is now live! Once again the list is full of excellent films, including at least one or two you may not be expecting. Check the list here: https://www.cascadiacritics.com/2024/12/cascadia-critics-ten-best-films-of-2024/
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The 10 Best Films You Didn’t See in 2024 | Exclaim!
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As part of Exclaim!’s 2024 year-end coverage, I contributed to this year’s 10 Best You Didn’t See list, writing about the Canadian gem The King Tide. The King Tide delivers a striking exploration of community, faith and the lengths people will go to in the name of faith. Set in a remote Newfoundland village, the…