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Rachel West

Senior Critic / Strategy Guru

Rachel West is a senior producer for ET Canada with a B.A. (Honours) in Film Studies from Carleton University. She has interviewed everyone from Michael Fassbender to Miss Piggy and has reported live from TIFF, SXSW, Comic-Con, D23, CinemaCon, the SAG Awards and the Golden Globes. Her film writing and interviews have appeared in publications and outlets including Global News, Shaw Connect, The National Post, Toronto Film Scene, Cineplex Magazine, CAA Magazine, Mondo Magazine, Discover Toronto and more. Rachel’s hobbies include introducing herself to cats she meets on the street, travelling, quoting obscure lines from “The Simpsons” and posting all about it on Twitter. Rachel is a member of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) and is on the jury for the 2021 Rising Sun International Film Festival.

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Posts by Rachel West:

• The Lodge Review
  Posted on: 19 Feb 2020
  

• Shelf Survey: The Best Things We Watched in January
  Posted on: 01 Feb 2020
  

• The Gentlemen Review
  Posted on: 29 Jan 2020
  

• When Does Season 2 of Narcos: Mexico Start?
  Posted on: 23 Jan 2020
  

• That Shelf’s Definitive Top 10 Films of 2019
  Posted on: 31 Dec 2019
  

• Cats Review: An Embarrassment for Cats, Humans, and All Involved
  Posted on: 19 Dec 2019
  

• Earthquake Bird Review
  Posted on: 18 Nov 2019
  

• TADFF 2019: Come To Daddy Review
  Posted on: 26 Oct 2019
  

• TADFF 2019: The Assent Review
  Posted on: 24 Oct 2019
  

• TADFF 2019: Paradise Hills Review
  Posted on: 22 Oct 2019
  

• TADFF 2019: 8 Review
  Posted on: 20 Oct 2019
  

• TADFF 2019: Extra Ordinary Review
  Posted on: 18 Oct 2019
  

• TADFF 2019: Alaska Review
  Posted on: 15 Oct 2019
  

• TADFF 2019: Best Friends Forever Review
  Posted on: 15 Oct 2019
  

• Toronto After Dark Preview: 5 Films To Watch 
  Posted on: 07 Oct 2019