Emma Badame

Emma Badame

Managing Editor / Senior Critic
Emma is a Grade-A pop culture nerd. Aside from garnering her a one-time win on Jeopardy!, she's parlayed that passion into a career⁠ interviewing everyone from Emma Thompson to Yorgos Lanthimos. Emma spends her days as a digital content specialist for award-winning features and documentaries, as well as accompanying film Impact Campaigns. Over the years, she has produced extensive coverage of TIFF, Comic-Con, and D23, and has been featured on/in eTalk, CBC News, POV Magazine,The Mary Sue, Cineplex Magazine, Smart Entertainment, MuchMusic, CTV's PopLife, CityTV's Breakfast Television, TALK 1010, and more.

Emma is also a film programmer with the Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival and has served on the Short Film Jury at the AoDR Film Awards. She is also a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic and a member of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ).

If she's not watching movies or TV, she's probably planning another trip to London or watching another British panel show.

Articles by Emma Badame:


  • Honey Bunch trailer
    January 16, 2026
    Honey Bunch Trailer: All is Not What It Seems

    Canadian filmmaking team Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli pile on the eerie atmosphere in their sophomore film, Honey Bunch. Catch the new trailer before it hits theatres this Friday!

  • The Choral
    January 6, 2026
    The Choral Review

    At a time when our own world seems harsh and ugly, Nicholas Hytner’s The Choral gives us space to reflect on how music can connect us.

  • October 25, 2025
    Frankenstein Review

    Guillermo del Toro’s latest is one for the ages – timeless in both its epic horror and its more intimate hope for humanity’s potential.

  • Robert Redford: 10 Essential Films
    September 18, 2025
    Robert Redford: 10 Essential Films

    There may not be enough superlatives to adequately describe the career of Robert Redford, not to mention his profound impact on the industry through the Sundance Institute. Still, we’ve selected 10 films that we consider his essentials.

  • & Sons
    September 14, 2025
    & Sons Review: TIFF 2025

    Thanks to a talented cast and a pointed script, & Sons makes a good, but not quite remarkable, addition to the pantheon of family dramas (with a twist).

  • Terence Stamp - 10 Essential Films
    August 17, 2025
    Terence Stamp: 10 Essential Films

    A stalwart of ’60s cinema and known for stand-out roles in The Limey , Superman II , and Priscilla QOTD , Terence Stamp’s iconic career spanned 6 decades. Here are 10 of his most essential films.