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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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