Emma Badame

Managing Editor / Social Media Director
Emma is a Grade A, Hermione Granger-level pop culture nerd. Aside from garnering her a one-time win on Jeopardy!, she's also parlayed that passion into a career, interviewing everyone from Emma Thompson and Benedict Cumberbatch to Yorgos Lanthimos and Robert Eggers. Emma has attended/produced extensive coverage of TIFF, Comic-Con, and D23 and her work has been featured on/in Billboard, eTalk, The Mary Sue, Cineplex Magazine, Smart Entertainment, MuchMusic, CTV's PopLife, CityTV's Breakfast Television, The Canadian Press and more. She has also recently become a film programmer with the Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival. If she's not watching movies or TV, she's probably planning yet another trip to London or perfecting her GIF game on Twitter.

Articles by Emma Badame:


  • Becoming Cousteau
    September 18, 2021
    TIFF 2021: Becoming Cousteau Review

    In Becoming Cousteau, director Liz Garbus ably demonstrates what made the Captain of the Calypso one of the 20th century’s most inspirational ecological voices.

  • Benedict Cumberbatch and Jesse Plemons in The Power of the Dog
    September 14, 2021
    TIFF 2021: The Power of the Dog Review

    Jane Campion’s return to directing proves a nuanced and quietly-thrilling look at identity, masculinity, and isolation with a career-best performance from Benedict Cumberbatch

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