A Year in Film: A Hollywood Suite Podcast

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.

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...

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.co...

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.

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....

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,...

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-...

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.

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.

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 Werewom...

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 CINEM...

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.

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.

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, Th...

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&nbs...

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 wom...

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...

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...

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...

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 mor...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...