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Loved hearing how Hedda's Nina Hoss (who gives the best performance of the year) found inspiration for her character in Shere Hite and imagined The Hite Report as the research that Eileen never got to publish.
October 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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For @thatshelf.com a celebration of Montreal's #MusicalBox, the live audio documentary experience that makes the term "coverband" seem positively insulting to such magnificence as they help bring the music of #Genesis from the '70s to life

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Celebrating Musical Box and their celebration of Genesis - w/ Live "Supper's Ready" from Toronto!
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November 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Train Dreams is coming to Netflix, but you'll want to see this one in a theatre. A beaut. Very Malickian.
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Films rarely feel as authentically life-affirming as Come See Me in the Good Light
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Come See Me in the Good Light Review: The Poetry of Life
If there is any doubt that art can immortalize the soul, let Come See Me in the Good Light and Andrea Gibson's poetry convince you otherwise.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
.@realgdt.bsky.social's #Frankenstein also manages to be one for the ages–timeless in both its epic horror and its more intimate hope for humanity’s potential. See it on @netflix.com now. thatshelf.com/frankenstein...
Frankenstein Review - That Shelf
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is one for the ages – timeless in both its epic horror and its more intimate hope for humanity's potential.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
#PredatorBadlands, starring Elle Fanning and directed by Dan Trachtenberg, breathes new life into the familiar, decades-long franchise.
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Predator: Badlands Review: The Latest Entry Breathes New Life Into A Familiar Franchise
Predator: Badlands, starring Elle Fanning and directed by Dan Trachtenberg, breathes new life into the familiar, decades-long franchise.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
New from the team behind Jockey and Sing Sing, #TrainDreams is a beautifully elegiac slice of Americana.
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Train Dreams Review: Seeing the Forest for the Trees
Joel Edgerton stars in Train Dreams, a beautifully elegiac slice of Americana from the team behind Jockey and Sing Sing.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Sydney Sweeney's transformative performance elevates boxing biopic #Christy.
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Christy Review: Sydney Sweeney Punches Above Biopic’s Weight
Sydney Sweeney gives a transformative performance as boxer Christy Martin in a biopic that otherwise seems awfully familiar for a tale about a first.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Frequent @contrazoompod.bsky.social guest Paulo Bautista, had the pleasure of attending the NYFF. He reports back with audio diaries on films he saw.
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Contra Zoom Pod Episode 317: 2025 New York Film Festival Diaries
Frequent CZP guest Paulo Bautista, had the pleasure of attending the NYFF. He reports back with audio diaries on films he saw.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Interview: Benjamin Wainwright and Shaniqua Orwok on why #PBSMaigret is more a "why-dunnit" than a "who-dunnit", and what makes the French detective so timelessly appealing. thatshelf.com/interview-ma...
Interview: Maigret's Benjamin Wainwright & Shaniqua Okwok - That Shelf
Interview: Benjamin Wainwright and Shaniqua Orwok on why PBS's Maigret is more a "why-dunnit" than a "who-dunnit".
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November 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The boys are reunited to delve into a classic called Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things by Thomas Casey and find themselves wondering...is she dreadful enough?
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BGM Episode 216: Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things
The boys are reunited to delve into a classic called Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things by Thomas Casey and find themselves wondering...is she dreadful enough?
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November 4, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The Springfield Googolplex podcast reorders AFI's “100 Years… 100 Movies” list by how many times they were referenced on The Simpsons. Can they create a different canon of American film?
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Springfield Googolplex: AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies vs The Simpsons
The Springfield Googolplex podcast reorders AFI's “100 Years… 100 Movies” list by the number of times they were referenced on The Simpsons. Can they create a different canon of American film?
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November 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The 44th edition of VIFF just concluded and @contrazoompod.bsky.social talk about some of their favourite films! Joining the guys is Darren Zakus.
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Contra Zoom Pod Episode 315: 2025 Vancouver International Film Festival
The 44th edition of VIFF just concluded, and Contra Zoom Pod talked about some of their favourite films! Joining the guys is Darren Zakus.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
With the latest version of Frankenstein⁠ coming out from director Guillermo del Toro, @contrazoompod.bsky.social look's back at the history of this monster movie.
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Contra Zoom Pod Episode 316: Old, Young and New Frankenstein
With the latest version of Frankenstein⁠ coming out from director Guillermo del Toro, we look back at the history of this monster movie.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Film critic Norm Wilner joins the Springfield Googolplex podcast to revisit I Know What You Did Last Summer and its parody in “Treehouse of Horror X."
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Springfield Googolplex: I Know What You Did Last Summer
Film critic Norm Wilner joins the Springfield Googolplex podcast to revisit I Know What You Did Last Summer and its parody in “Treehouse of Horror X."
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November 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Starting November 24, the Criterion Channel will debut #BlossomsShanghai, the highly anticipated new series from visionary director Wong Kar Wai.
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Criterion Channel Premieres Wong Kar Wai’s Series Blossoms Shanghai this November
Starting November 24, the Criterion Channel will debut Blossoms Shanghai, the highly anticipated series from visionary director Wong Kar Wai.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
#TheWhiteHouseEffect intelligently depicts the escalating climate crisis from the 1970s onward by selecting footage of the many reminders America received about future catastrophe.
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The White House Effect Review: Damning Reminders
If seeks a fact-based, thorough, yet darkly thrilling and convincing walk-through of the history of the climate crisis, then The White House Effect is it.
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November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Josh O'Connor leads a slow, disappointing heist movie in #TheMastermind, as Kelly Reichardt's latest effort falls short.
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The Mastermind Review: Kelly Reichardt Steals Your Money
Josh O'Connor leads a slow, disappointing heist movie in The Mastermind, as Kelly Reichardt's latest effort falls short.
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November 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Sub/dom biker romance #Pillion is insanely hot and surprisingly sweet.
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Pillion Review: WIFF 2025
Alexander Skarsgard and Harry Melling star in Pillion, the insanely hot and surprisingly sweet sub/dom biker romance from Harry Lighton.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"The stakes are higher. The chaos is bigger." Tessa Thompson and Nina Hoss tell us about their juicy roles in Hedda.
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Tessa Thompson and Nina Hoss Embrace Chaos in Hedda
Hedda stars Tessa Thompson and Nina Hoss tell us about revisiting the classic play through a new lens in Nia DaCosta's radical film adaptation.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Lyana Patrick’s Nechako: It Will Be A Big River Again captures the First Nations’ decades-long battle to revive BC’s river and protect their way of life.
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Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again Review: WIFF 2025
Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again weaves personal stories, environmental justice, and cultural resilience into a compelling portrait of a river and the communities fighting to save it.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Head to That Shelf for the exclusive #Meadowlarks poster premiere, before the film hits theatres on November 28.
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Meadowlarks Exclusive Poster Premiere
Catch the exclusive #Meadowlarks poster premiere, before the film hits theatres on November 28.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Familiar Touch is a tender and heartbreaking film.
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Familiar Touch Review: Kathleen Chalfant Is a Powerful Force
Sarah Friedland's Familiar Touch is a tender and heartbreaking film.
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October 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Familiar Touch is a tender and heartbreaking film.
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Familiar Touch Review: Kathleen Chalfant Is a Powerful Force
Sarah Friedland's Familiar Touch is a tender and heartbreaking film.
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October 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc is strictly for fans of the manga/anime series, but still makes an impression through its explosion of sound and images.
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Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Review: Anime Series’ Hits the Big Screen
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc is strictly for fans of the manga/anime series, but still makes an impression through its explosion of sound and images.
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October 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM