Radheyan Simonpillai
@justsayrad.bsky.social
Film Critic at CTV's Your Morning.
Pop Culture Columnist at CBC Radio.
Contributor: The Guardian, The Globe & Mail and more.
Pop Culture Columnist at CBC Radio.
Contributor: The Guardian, The Globe & Mail and more.
Hey Toronto: One Battle After Another is coming back to 70MM for the holidays!
This time at TIFF.
December 25-28.
Tickets on sale tomorrow November 19 at 10am.
This time at TIFF.
December 25-28.
Tickets on sale tomorrow November 19 at 10am.
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Hey Toronto: One Battle After Another is coming back to 70MM for the holidays!
This time at TIFF.
December 25-28.
Tickets on sale tomorrow November 19 at 10am.
This time at TIFF.
December 25-28.
Tickets on sale tomorrow November 19 at 10am.
LA folks returning to Toronto for the World Series.
October 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
LA folks returning to Toronto for the World Series.
Trying out a daddy-daughter Halloween fit.
October 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Trying out a daddy-daughter Halloween fit.
One more time on One Battle After Another: its beautifully messy politics, towering artistry, where it stands in PTA's work and how I hope it will be a gateway drug back to Inherent Vice. Listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
September 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
One more time on One Battle After Another: its beautifully messy politics, towering artistry, where it stands in PTA's work and how I hope it will be a gateway drug back to Inherent Vice. Listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
My two favourite movies of the year are in conversation with each other in interesting ways. That's a conversation for another day.
September 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
My two favourite movies of the year are in conversation with each other in interesting ways. That's a conversation for another day.
We're definitely in agreement on best.
September 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We're definitely in agreement on best.
One Battle After Another: Remember when people said this was gonna be a mess. 😅 (Also, updated PTA ranking) boxd.it/Fi4pK
September 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
One Battle After Another: Remember when people said this was gonna be a mess. 😅 (Also, updated PTA ranking) boxd.it/Fi4pK
There's a whole TIFF in 12 playlist helping you plan your final festival weekend y'all.
youtube.com/playlist?lis... #TIFF50
youtube.com/playlist?lis... #TIFF50
September 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
There's a whole TIFF in 12 playlist helping you plan your final festival weekend y'all.
youtube.com/playlist?lis... #TIFF50
youtube.com/playlist?lis... #TIFF50
Listen to the audience response when Lisa LaFlamme (the airdropped moderator) simply recognizes Palestinian lives lost since October 7 at The Road Between Us premiere. This is exactly who this documentary manufacturing consent for genocide is made for.
September 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Listen to the audience response when Lisa LaFlamme (the airdropped moderator) simply recognizes Palestinian lives lost since October 7 at The Road Between Us premiere. This is exactly who this documentary manufacturing consent for genocide is made for.
Matthew McConaughey says his real son auditioned to play his movie son in The Lost Bus without using his last name so Paul Greengrass wouldn't play favourites. Also, America Ferrera! #TIFF50
September 6, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Matthew McConaughey says his real son auditioned to play his movie son in The Lost Bus without using his last name so Paul Greengrass wouldn't play favourites. Also, America Ferrera! #TIFF50
20 years ago, I won tickets to an advance screening of The Constant Gardener and decided on a lark that I would write my first ever film review and submit it to the UofT school paper. That's how this whole thing started.
September 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
20 years ago, I won tickets to an advance screening of The Constant Gardener and decided on a lark that I would write my first ever film review and submit it to the UofT school paper. That's how this whole thing started.
Back for Season 10 baby!!! Here's Teddy and I on @ctvyourmorning.bsky.social wading through some pretty good new movies (Caught Stealing, Splitsville and Lurker) and The Roses. Watch at the 1:19:30 mark. www.ctv.ca/shows/ctv-yo...
August 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Back for Season 10 baby!!! Here's Teddy and I on @ctvyourmorning.bsky.social wading through some pretty good new movies (Caught Stealing, Splitsville and Lurker) and The Roses. Watch at the 1:19:30 mark. www.ctv.ca/shows/ctv-yo...
Not used to being at home when we're on-air.
If you're not in front of a TV right now, you can catch this episode here: youtu.be/cJBscmyAA4w?...
If you're not in front of a TV right now, you can catch this episode here: youtu.be/cJBscmyAA4w?...
August 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Not used to being at home when we're on-air.
If you're not in front of a TV right now, you can catch this episode here: youtu.be/cJBscmyAA4w?...
If you're not in front of a TV right now, you can catch this episode here: youtu.be/cJBscmyAA4w?...
This family reached out to Bradford months ago. He kept quiet until now, after being contacted by media, and only has this do nothing response.
July 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This family reached out to Bradford months ago. He kept quiet until now, after being contacted by media, and only has this do nothing response.
For reference. www.instagram.com/reel/DH_8xZf...
July 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
For reference. www.instagram.com/reel/DH_8xZf...
Remember when Beach councillor Brad "Bubble Zone" Bradford went to the Junction to post a video condemning anti-Israel stickers.
Notice any posts regarding one of his own constituents experiencing this violent form of Islamaphobic hate? Of course not.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/loca...
Notice any posts regarding one of his own constituents experiencing this violent form of Islamaphobic hate? Of course not.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/loca...
July 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Remember when Beach councillor Brad "Bubble Zone" Bradford went to the Junction to post a video condemning anti-Israel stickers.
Notice any posts regarding one of his own constituents experiencing this violent form of Islamaphobic hate? Of course not.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/loca...
Notice any posts regarding one of his own constituents experiencing this violent form of Islamaphobic hate? Of course not.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/loca...
"I do pray that it comes with a parking pass." - @realgdt.bsky.social receiving the key to the city
July 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"I do pray that it comes with a parking pass." - @realgdt.bsky.social receiving the key to the city
Eddington gets it when it comes to the way some flock to QAnon & the FreedomConvoy in response to BLM. But doesn't do justice to the emotional impact of George Floyd's murder for perhaps obvious reasons.
Listen to more on Eddington and my interview with Ari Aster at 1:32 mark. shorturl.at/QC3vU
Listen to more on Eddington and my interview with Ari Aster at 1:32 mark. shorturl.at/QC3vU
July 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Eddington gets it when it comes to the way some flock to QAnon & the FreedomConvoy in response to BLM. But doesn't do justice to the emotional impact of George Floyd's murder for perhaps obvious reasons.
Listen to more on Eddington and my interview with Ari Aster at 1:32 mark. shorturl.at/QC3vU
Listen to more on Eddington and my interview with Ari Aster at 1:32 mark. shorturl.at/QC3vU
Did not realize where this violinist was leading us.
July 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Did not realize where this violinist was leading us.
In the new movie, Lex Luthor tries to have Superman banished to the Phantom Zone for interfering in a genocide he's profiteering from. Can't make this shit up.
July 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
In the new movie, Lex Luthor tries to have Superman banished to the Phantom Zone for interfering in a genocide he's profiteering from. Can't make this shit up.
Wild to look back at 28 Weeks Later. Totally forgot that Idris Elba, Rose Byrne and Jeremy Renner are in this movie while the top-billed star is Robert Carlyle.
June 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Wild to look back at 28 Weeks Later. Totally forgot that Idris Elba, Rose Byrne and Jeremy Renner are in this movie while the top-billed star is Robert Carlyle.