Barry Hertz
@hertzbarry.bsky.social
Film Editor, The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada). Author of Welcome to the Family: The Explosive Story Behind Fast & Furious. https://linktr.ee/barryhertz
Bad Toronto movie theatre news: Cineplex Beaches, a six-screen multiplex opened in 1999 under the Alliance Atlantis brand, is closing end of day Feb. 17.
February 8, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Bad Toronto movie theatre news: Cineplex Beaches, a six-screen multiplex opened in 1999 under the Alliance Atlantis brand, is closing end of day Feb. 17.
In a move destined to infuriate copy editors (among other accomplishments), Warner Bros. is insisting that critics use quotations marks when citing the title of Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights.” This is not a joke.
February 7, 2026 at 12:29 AM
In a move destined to infuriate copy editors (among other accomplishments), Warner Bros. is insisting that critics use quotations marks when citing the title of Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights.” This is not a joke.
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I cannot adequately convey how much I loved Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. Read what @hertzbarry.bsky.social has to say about it - and then go see this movie Feb 13 when it opens. Elbows up, laugh your head off, go Canada. NTBTSTM is so, so great.
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The Canadian time bandits behind Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol’s film is a lovingly crafted riff on Back to the Future
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February 5, 2026 at 10:31 PM
I cannot adequately convey how much I loved Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie. Read what @hertzbarry.bsky.social has to say about it - and then go see this movie Feb 13 when it opens. Elbows up, laugh your head off, go Canada. NTBTSTM is so, so great.
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
While onstage to mark his film’s inclusion in TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten program, THE THINGS YOU KILL director Alireza Khatami rips into every fest that rejected him … including TIFF, which passed on film for the fest itself (and after, in his words, paying $600 to rent a Lightbox screen to screen it).
February 5, 2026 at 11:29 PM
While onstage to mark his film’s inclusion in TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten program, THE THINGS YOU KILL director Alireza Khatami rips into every fest that rejected him … including TIFF, which passed on film for the fest itself (and after, in his words, paying $600 to rent a Lightbox screen to screen it).
Interesting tidbit from TIFF’s panel just now on the fest’s upcoming official market: there’s talk (just “talk”) of shutting down more streets to enable easier convenience for attendees.
February 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Interesting tidbit from TIFF’s panel just now on the fest’s upcoming official market: there’s talk (just “talk”) of shutting down more streets to enable easier convenience for attendees.
The story of NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE begins in 2007. Or is it 2023? Maybe 2016? Join me as I follow the time bandits — from Toronto to Berlin to Austin to dimensional planes unknown — behind the funniest Canadian film ever made. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
The Canadian time bandits behind Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol’s film is a lovingly crafted riff on Back to the Future
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:26 PM
The story of NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE begins in 2007. Or is it 2023? Maybe 2016? Join me as I follow the time bandits — from Toronto to Berlin to Austin to dimensional planes unknown — behind the funniest Canadian film ever made. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
NEW: The Capitol Theatre, Yellowknife's only movie theatre (and one of only two independent cinemas in all of Canada's three territories), is closing March 31 after its lease was not renewed: "It is not known what will be done with the space we currently occupy."
February 4, 2026 at 9:58 PM
NEW: The Capitol Theatre, Yellowknife's only movie theatre (and one of only two independent cinemas in all of Canada's three territories), is closing March 31 after its lease was not renewed: "It is not known what will be done with the space we currently occupy."
The best soundtrack of 2026 belongs to S4E07 of INDUSTRY.
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 AM
The best soundtrack of 2026 belongs to S4E07 of INDUSTRY.
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I'm moderating a panel this Friday with @hertzbarry.bsky.social, @nac-cna.bsky.social Nina Lee Aquino, Sarah Slean and Jesse Wente. We're going to be talking about Canadian Culture. It's at 3pm @theglobeandmail.com's 17th Floor. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
Why we’re blowing a generational moment for Canadian culture
We’re checking the origins of our groceries, but where’s the love for the sector that truly defines who we are?
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February 3, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I'm moderating a panel this Friday with @hertzbarry.bsky.social, @nac-cna.bsky.social Nina Lee Aquino, Sarah Slean and Jesse Wente. We're going to be talking about Canadian Culture. It's at 3pm @theglobeandmail.com's 17th Floor. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
A pleasure to talk HOBBS & SHAW with @scottmendelson.bsky.social … and then quickly return to discuss the late-breaking FAST FOREVER news.
2 Mendelson 2 Hertz: Another Hour with Barry Hertz, Talking 'Hobbs & Shaw' and (Eventually) 'Fast Forever'
Listen now | The author of 'Welcome to the Family' returns to the pod to discuss the Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham-starring franchise-starter that wasn't, as well as late-breaking news about 'Fast ...
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February 3, 2026 at 7:26 PM
A pleasure to talk HOBBS & SHAW with @scottmendelson.bsky.social … and then quickly return to discuss the late-breaking FAST FOREVER news.
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The Fast & Furious series is now 25 yrs old. It's a massive, multi-billion-dollar global phenomenon. But it gets little of the analysis that Star Wars, Bond, the Marvel universe + other epic franchises do.
Now a book aims to fill that gap. Great interview with author Barry Hertz on @numlock.com.
Now a book aims to fill that gap. Great interview with author Barry Hertz on @numlock.com.
Thanks tor the F&F&F (fun and fast and furious) chat, @walthickey.bsky.social!
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Numlock Sunday: Barry Hertz on Welcome To The Family
By Walt Hickey
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February 2, 2026 at 11:56 AM
The Fast & Furious series is now 25 yrs old. It's a massive, multi-billion-dollar global phenomenon. But it gets little of the analysis that Star Wars, Bond, the Marvel universe + other epic franchises do.
Now a book aims to fill that gap. Great interview with author Barry Hertz on @numlock.com.
Now a book aims to fill that gap. Great interview with author Barry Hertz on @numlock.com.
Thanks tor the F&F&F (fun and fast and furious) chat, @walthickey.bsky.social!
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Numlock Sunday: Barry Hertz on Welcome To The Family
By Walt Hickey
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February 2, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Thanks tor the F&F&F (fun and fast and furious) chat, @walthickey.bsky.social!
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Trying to stay humble as always, but I think this feature from NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE’s world premiere at SXSW almost a year ago holds up well. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/ar...
How Nirvanna’s Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol became the border-busting kings of a new CanCon era
At SXSW, the creators behind Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie kick open a cultural door that was previously locked to Canadian filmmakers
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February 1, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Trying to stay humble as always, but I think this feature from NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE’s world premiere at SXSW almost a year ago holds up well. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/ar...
Brett Ratner’s vile and vapid MELANIA balances a casually cruel worldview with terminally dull aesthetics. Best viewed as a game of Spot the Bootlicker. Cineplex should market their popcorn tubs as commemorative barf buckets. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
Amazon’s painful Melania documentary is an unintentionally perfect portrait of American cruelty
Brett Ratner film follows the first lady in the lead up to Donald Trump’s 2025 presidential inauguration
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January 30, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Brett Ratner’s vile and vapid MELANIA balances a casually cruel worldview with terminally dull aesthetics. Best viewed as a game of Spot the Bootlicker. Cineplex should market their popcorn tubs as commemorative barf buckets. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
RIP Catherine O’Hara. I do not accept this.
January 30, 2026 at 6:27 PM
RIP Catherine O’Hara. I do not accept this.
FAST FOREVER coming March 17 2028!!! This is not a drill!!!
January 30, 2026 at 5:43 PM
FAST FOREVER coming March 17 2028!!! This is not a drill!!!
My MELANIA screening is not off to a promising start
January 30, 2026 at 5:18 PM
My MELANIA screening is not off to a promising start
NEW: Some genuinely great news for Canadian film and television: This year’s Canadian Screen Awards will be simulcast by CBC, Bell Media, and Corus in rare display of collaboration. (Of Canada’s media giants, only Rogers is sitting this deal out.) www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
January 30, 2026 at 4:35 PM
NEW: Some genuinely great news for Canadian film and television: This year’s Canadian Screen Awards will be simulcast by CBC, Bell Media, and Corus in rare display of collaboration. (Of Canada’s media giants, only Rogers is sitting this deal out.) www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
The hearts (and minds) of Toronto Film Twitter just might explode Valentine's Day weekend. (If any enterprising Canadian distributor is listening, there is plenty of room the week before or after!)
January 29, 2026 at 9:53 PM
The hearts (and minds) of Toronto Film Twitter just might explode Valentine's Day weekend. (If any enterprising Canadian distributor is listening, there is plenty of room the week before or after!)
1. Crank
2. Spy
3. Snatch
4. Wrath of Man
5. Crank: High Voltage
6. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
7. Transporter 2
8. The Beekeeper
9. The Bank Job
10. The Transporter
*Furious 7 doesn’t quite count, for reasons I can’t articulate
2. Spy
3. Snatch
4. Wrath of Man
5. Crank: High Voltage
6. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
7. Transporter 2
8. The Beekeeper
9. The Bank Job
10. The Transporter
*Furious 7 doesn’t quite count, for reasons I can’t articulate
January 29, 2026 at 6:16 PM
1. Crank
2. Spy
3. Snatch
4. Wrath of Man
5. Crank: High Voltage
6. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
7. Transporter 2
8. The Beekeeper
9. The Bank Job
10. The Transporter
*Furious 7 doesn’t quite count, for reasons I can’t articulate
2. Spy
3. Snatch
4. Wrath of Man
5. Crank: High Voltage
6. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
7. Transporter 2
8. The Beekeeper
9. The Bank Job
10. The Transporter
*Furious 7 doesn’t quite count, for reasons I can’t articulate
Trying to think of the last time a series so deftly swerved from its starting point as INDUSTRY, and I guess the next best example is HALT AND CATCH FIRE. Sidebar: It is a historic crime that Ken Leung hasn’t been Emmy-nominated yet.
January 29, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Trying to think of the last time a series so deftly swerved from its starting point as INDUSTRY, and I guess the next best example is HALT AND CATCH FIRE. Sidebar: It is a historic crime that Ken Leung hasn’t been Emmy-nominated yet.
Bezos could've spent the $40M it cost to buy Ratner's MELANIA on any number of things. Like The Washington Post, which is set to cut 300 staff. Or the 16,000 employees Amazon laid off today. More time for those ex-employees to see MELANIA. Ideally twice! www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
What you need to know about Amazon’s Melania Trump documentary
Multimillion-dollar documentary focuses on Melania Trump in the 20 days before her husband’s second presidential inauguration
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January 28, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Bezos could've spent the $40M it cost to buy Ratner's MELANIA on any number of things. Like The Washington Post, which is set to cut 300 staff. Or the 16,000 employees Amazon laid off today. More time for those ex-employees to see MELANIA. Ideally twice! www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
My two favourite Jasons (Statham and Momoa) have ostensibly perfect dead-of-January movies opening this week. But the one going straight to Prime feels too big and fun for streaming, while the one opening theatrically feels more at home, well, at home. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
Jason Statham’s Shelter and Jason Momoa’s The Wrecking Crew duke it out to survive the Black Hole Movie vortex
The Wrecking Crew is a fun and ambitious romp worthy of the big screen, while Shelter is better off on streaming
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January 28, 2026 at 5:27 PM
My two favourite Jasons (Statham and Momoa) have ostensibly perfect dead-of-January movies opening this week. But the one going straight to Prime feels too big and fun for streaming, while the one opening theatrically feels more at home, well, at home. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...
It’s an “Informer” kind of day
January 25, 2026 at 9:41 PM
It’s an “Informer” kind of day
Shave off its final two minutes and 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE is the best January movie ever made.
January 23, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Shave off its final two minutes and 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE is the best January movie ever made.