A short clip of my reaction to GOOD BOY (2025)… I liked where this ‘horror’ films goes and for those of you with doggos, hug them all for me!! 🫶🏼 In select cinemas across Canada; coming to @shudder.com soon 🐶

Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons star in the new trailer for #Bugonia - in theaters October 24.

The Raven #Art by Gustave Doré, 1855

Solid lineup in #Toronto’s rep cinemas 👏🏼👏🏼 @torontoplex.bsky.social #toRep

RIP Jane Goodall

Today is October 1st the start of #Spooky Season + International #Coffee Day! Two of my most favourite things!! Did you know that 2025 being designated by the United Nations General Assembly as the International Year of Cooperatives? ☕ ico.org/internationa...

The Revue Cinema in #Toronto is hosting a FREE/PWYC screening of NIGHT RAIDERS (2021), Dir. Danis Goulet. Proceeds from this screening will be directed to the Indian Residential School Survivors Society. Grab your tix ASAP! revuecinema.ca/films/nation...

Lunchtime Visuals: @hollywoodsuite.bsky.social presents a special day of programming curated to commemorate National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. See below for more details + some personal recommendations for you.

Today is September 30 is National Day for Truth & Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. Sharing a few items for your consideration and information today & after... starting with these great resources from the #Toronto Public Library . www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/services/ind...

Next month in Toronto. Tickets link in the comments

Mexico picks WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED / NO NOS MOVERÁN, Pierre Saint-Martin Castellanos’ debut feature, for the #Oscars international feature race

The 63rd New York Film Festival is in full swing—don’t miss this year’s Latin American selections!

Today I met THE WOMAN IN BLACK herself, Pauline Moran, and learned that she played bass in a 60s all-girl band called The She Trinity 🤯

Ready to celebrate the best in international #storytelling & the intersect of #Chinese & #Canadian #culture? Ready to vote for your favs from our #shortfilm & #shortdoc competition finalists? The TORONTO CHINESE CANADIAN FILM FESTIVAL is just 3 weeks away! Visit: TCCFF.CA #tccff25 #TCCFF2025

🎬 The Busan IFF wrapped up today. Congratulations to those who took part in this year's edition! Discover all the awards here: www.biff.kr/eng/

In lieu of lunchtime visuals, my preview of d'bi.young anitafrika's SANKOFA TRILOGY as well as interview with the artist. The Trilogy is currently on stage in #Toronto at The Theatre Centre hyemusings.ca/hyes-picks-d...

🎥 Opening its doors next month, the Sitges Film Festival has released its program! This festival is the number one fantastic film festival in the world! Discover the full program here: tinyurl.com/y4dy8ps4 Still: DON'T LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE - Emilio Portes

SUJO by Fernanda Valadez and Astrid Rondero won the Ariel Award for Best Film from the Mexican Film Academy (Mexico’s Oscars). Valadez and Rondero also won the Best Director award, which makes Valadez the first woman to have ever won that award twice. So deserved! 🇲🇽🏆

Happy September 21st! And thanks to @flashymcflash.bsky.social for reminding me! youtu.be/hCpv6vjE2Ug?...

He’s on Broadway with his best pal Keanu Reeves in WAITING FOR GODOT, and his new movie ADULTHOOD is in theaters now, but somehow @alexwinter.com made the time to talk about Luis Bunuel’s LOS OLVIDADOS. On all podcast platforms, and streaming right here: someoneelsesmovie.com/episodes/ale...

Looking for some laughs? Check out @tosketchfest.bsky.social's COMEDY CABARET tonight. Lineup & ticket details below 👇 torontosketchfest.com/2025/09/11/s... #Toronto

Candid snapshot of Ida Lupino, ca. 1942

Images with alt text for the low vision homies

Hey, the Gutter's own Carol Borden wrote about Kenichi Ugana's new horror movie, The Curse! monstrousindustry.wordpress.com/2025/09/19/f... #FantasticFest #FantasticFest2025

A message to Vince Gasparro, who has banned us from Canada, and our many fans there. 👇

Late Lunchtime Visuals: Reminding you the #Toronto Palestine Film Festival starts next week. Click below to see options to attend in person or virtually. The have a great lineup of films this year! www.tpff.ca/how-to-attend

Late Lunchtime Visuals: RISE OF THE RAVEN premieres on @cbcgem.bsky.social this week. Hear from the show's producer, showrunner & cast members about their experience in creating this series. youtu.be/9knCjGD6r8I?...

When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.

***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Coming on December 16th on #4K and Blu-ray in the US from @criterion.bsky.social: #PeeweesBigAdventure (1985)! One of the most eccentric comedies of the 1980s, Pee-wee’s Big Adventure is a pop-culture touchstone that helped make a manic oddball named Pee-wee Herman—

Hey, the Gutter is going to Fantastic Fest 2025! Remotely! Here are some films the Gutter's own Carol Borden is interested in this year: culturalgutter.com/2025/09/15/h...

If the Ford government decides it doesn't like how a university sets its admissions standard, the new Bill 33 would give the province the ability to unilaterally change them. The implications for university autonomy, critics say, are unprecedented. thelocal.to/bill-33-onta...

Today - Tsui Hark's PEKING OPERA BLUES at Fox, @willsloanesq.bsky.social launches his Ed Wood book w/ GLEN OR GLENDA at Paradise via @dragmetothemovies.bsky.social, ANOTHER 48 HRS via Not-So-Terrible Twos and WEIRD SCIENCE via Drunken Cinema at Revue, more! letterboxd.com/torontoplex/... #toRep

Happy Opening Night to the CaribbeanTales International Film Festival! The festival runs in-person in #Toronto until Sep 13 & virtually until Oct 3rd. Details below ⤵️ caribbeantalesfestival.com

If you're in the GTA, recommend you head out to the last performance of FYRE presented by Theatre Ya Knowww. This is a one-act play where survival meets performance, and clout can’t save you. www.eventbrite.com/e/fyre-prese... #Toronto

In honor of Mary Shelley's birthday, let us drag Victor Frankenstein. culturalgutter.com/2025/03/13/a...

First look at Shawn Levy’s Star Wars: Starfighter 💫 Joining Ryan Gosling, the film will star Amy Adams, Flynn Gray, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, and Daniel Ings In theaters on May 28, 2027.

🚨Attention Writers!🚨 This Magazine is open to pitches for our next issue! We're looking for features, columns, back page letters, and news pieces. (More info about what we look for and how to submit at the link below.) The deadline for pitches is September 12, 2025! this.org/contribute/

In lieu of lunchtime visuals, a song from Björk's VESPERTINE album. This album was released 24 years ago & it is still one of my personal faves. youtu.be/HQp9D2-2cW8?...

Lunchtime Visuals: A clip from Summer Dances. If you’re in #Mississauga, you can catch a performance this weekend. youtu.be/7FzbGNwosoo?...

Lunchtime Visuals: Sharing My Picks List for @tiffnet.bsky.social this year. This list is for those who enjoy cinema from all over the world & includes films that might not screen elsewhere... just yet. youtu.be/zBsOrbKdwmY#... Shoutout to TIFFR.com too

Once, Sesame Street was a lifeline for indie animators. It offered money and incredible freedom to create. This built an indie animation boom that powered MTV, Nickelodeon and much more. We explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-golden...

newsletter | noun | a small publication (such as a leaflet or newspaper) containing news of interest chiefly to a special group www.merriam-webster.com/newsletters

Announcing the final #TIFFTribute Award honourees: Idris Elba, Kazu Hiro, Channing Tatum, Nina Hoss, Catherine O’Hara, Zacharias Kunuk, and Jafar Panahi, joining previously announced Guillermo del Toro, Jodie Foster, HIKARI, and Lee Byung Hun. #TIFF50 tiff.net/press/news/t...

It’s not the final version; more like a place to start… Here’s my shortlist for TIFF 2025 on TIFFR 2025.tiffr.com/schedules/ch... #TIFF #TIFF50

Watch the trailer for Nia DaCosta’s Hedda, starring Tessa Thompson ✨ The film will be released in select theaters on October 22 via Amazon MGM Studios and stream on Prime Video starting October 29.

Lunchtime visuals: Sharing my interview DEAR MS. KITT playwright Chantel Winters. Learn more about the show & grab your ticket to a performance in #Toronto this week, until August 24th.

In lieu of lunchtime visuals... “The idea that only 1% of Canadian screens play Canadian films is embarrassing.” Oscar-winner Sarah Polley speaks out about the lack of support for homegrown cinema. Image c/o Made in Canada Media

I am launching my first ever middle grade (ages 8 - 12) graphic novel GHOST CIRCUS👻🎪 with @yellghoul.bsky.social on August 23rd!! If you can, please come by and say hi! GHOST CIRCUS book launch! Where: Bakka Phoenix Books, 84 Harbord Street, Toronto. When: August 23rd Time: 2pm

So excited to share this one! Mexican American actor Tonatiuh is the breakout star of KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN for his electrifying performance. I hung out with him at El Mercadito in Boyle Heights, where he is from, to profile him for LA Times’ Fall Preview: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Lunchtime Visuals + ICYMI: the dance: made in canada/fait au canada Festival 2025 continues this weekend in #Toronto. Festival info & some of suggestions on my website 👇🏼 hyemusings.ca/in-the-city-...