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Emma Badame
Managing Editor / Social Media Director / 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.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:
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January 6, 2026
The Choral ReviewAt 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.
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December 3, 2025
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery ReviewWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery proves both a worthy successor and thoroughly engrossing new chapter for Netflix’s crowd-pleasing mysteries.
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November 21, 2025
Wicked: For Good Review: Vibrant Sequel Doesn’t Soar Quite as HighFor lovers of the novel and stage show (and Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo), Wicked: For Good will satisfy…but it doesn’t soar quite as high as its predecessor.
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November 16, 2025
Interview: Edgar Wright on The Running ManFilmmaker Edgar Wright talks with That Shelf about the film’s needle drops, movie stars and massive production.
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November 2, 2025
Interview: Maigret’s Benjamin Wainwright & Shaniqua OkwokBenjamin Wainwright and Shaniqua Orwok on why Maigret is more a “why-dunnit” than a “who-dunnit”, and what makes the French detective so timelessly appealing.
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October 25, 2025
Frankenstein ReviewGuillermo del Toro’s latest is one for the ages – timeless in both its epic horror and its more intimate hope for humanity’s potential.
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September 18, 2025
Robert Redford: 10 Essential FilmsThere 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.
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September 15, 2025
TIFF 2025: A Playlist of Memorable Soundtrack MomentsFrom David Bowie to Sarah McLachlan and beyond, we round up the memorable needle drops from all the festival films we loved at #TIFF50.
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September 14, 2025
& Sons Review: TIFF 2025Thanks 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).
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September 13, 2025
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery Review: TIFF 2025Though Ally Pankiw’s Lilith Fair is a fantastic nostalgic stroll through the late ’90s, it’s also a great reminder that real progress is hard to come by.
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August 31, 2025
The Roses Review: A Slightly Thorny but Sweet-Smelling SuccessThe Roses is a deeply hilarious and unexpectedly touching showcase for two actors at the top of their game: Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch.
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August 17, 2025
Terence Stamp: 10 Essential FilmsA 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.
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August 8, 2025
Interview: Pillow Fright! Programmers Emily Gagne & Danita SteinbergPillow Fright’s Emily Gagne and Danita Steinberg discuss their new Hot Docs series and why they’re adding horror to their programming quivers.
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