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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 12, 2022
SAG Awards Nominations 2022: The Full ListThe Power of the Dog, Ted Lasso and Succession lead the 2022 SAG Award Nominations. Read the list of nods now.
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January 4, 2022
Milestone Movie Anniversaries in 2022From Skyfall to Star Wars and from The Princess Bride to Blade Runner, here are the major movie anniversaries coming your way in 2022.
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December 5, 2021
Interview: Gemma Whelan talks The TowerThat Shelf sat down to talk with Gemma Whelan about her enthralling new crime drama, The Tower, which landed on BritBox on December 1.
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November 24, 2021
5 Things You Should Know About Disney’s EncantoThe filmmakers and voice cast of Disney’s Encanto give That Shelf the lowdown on their film. Here are five things that stood out!
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November 23, 2021
Encanto Review: Disney’s Latest Will Make You SingGorgeous visuals and standout songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda lift Disney’s Encanto from the formulaic to the enchanting.
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November 17, 2021
Lessons In Temperament Review: A Finely-Tuned Look Inside the MindJames Smith, Mitchell Cushman & Outside the March forge something entirely unique out of one family’s struggles with mental health.
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November 5, 2021
Interview: Director Will Sharpe on The Electrical Life of Louis WainThat Shelf speaks to director Will Sharpe about his new feature, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
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October 30, 2021
Rising Sun International Film Festival Announces 2021 Line-UpThe 2021 Rising Sun International Film Festival (RSIFF) has announced its sophomore season’s feature line-up of 78 films.
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September 23, 2021
Get a charge from the first Electrical Life of Louis Wain trailer!Cats, quirk and Cumberbatch! Let the internet rejoice for the first trailer for The Electrical Life of Louis Wain is here.
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September 19, 2021
TIFF 2021: A Playlist of Memorable Soundtrack MomentsFrom ’80s anthems in Scarborough and Spencer to Jamie Dornan & Caitriona Balfe’s joyful dance in Belfast, TIFF 2021 had lots of memorable soundtrack moments. Here’s our lookback.
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September 18, 2021
TIFF 2021: Becoming Cousteau ReviewIn Becoming Cousteau, director Liz Garbus ably demonstrates what made the Captain of the Calypso one of the 20th century’s most inspirational ecological voices.
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September 17, 2021
TIFF 2021: The Mad Women’s Ball ReviewThe Mad Women’s Ball is a stark portrayal of women betrayed by a patriarchal society determined to silence them.
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September 14, 2021
TIFF 2021: The Power of the Dog ReviewJane 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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