Cinema From The Spectrum

With her new film Women Talking having been nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture, Jaime talked with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Sarah Polley about the process behind its making and what she hopes most for audiences to take away from the film. The film, based on Miriam Toews's novel of the same name, tells a story inspired by the real-life tragedy within the Manitoba Colony, a Mennonite colony in Bolivia, in which many women and young girls were sexually assaulted. For writing the film, Polley received her second Academy Award nomination (and first win) for Best Adapted Screenplay. (This conversation was recorded in December.)

For Noirvember, Jaime and Jon take a look at Carl Franklin's Devil in a Blue Dress and Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity.

Jaime and Jon take a look at David Gordon Green's new Halloween trilogy!

Jaime and Jon take a look at a horror film by one of the most notable Canadian filmmakers, David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers!

Jaime and Jon take a look at Stuart Gordon's Re-Animator!

Jaime and Jon take a look at Nobuhiko Obayashi's House in this Horror Corner episode.

As Jaime and Jon cover horror movies, they take a look at Candyman!

Jaime and Jon look back through TIFF 2022, after seeing a sizeable amount of movies this year. In this episode, the films covered are: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Triangle of Sadness Empire of Light The Fabelmans Women Talking No Bears

Jaime and Jon are back, covering three films that are bound to make waves at the Oscars this year: Drive My Car, The Power of the Dog, and West Side Story.

For the month of November, Jaime talks about film noir and neo noir, and what makes these movies great! Follow Jaime on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/jaimerebanal/

Jaime Rebanal and Jonathan Kirkwood sit down to talk about Julia Ducournau's Titane, which became the first horror film to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Jaime recaps the experience of returning back to a movie theater for the first time in months, with opinions on Old, The Suicide Squad, and The Green Knight.

A talk with Poppi Fella Pellagrino on Emerald Fennell's Promising Young Woman.

With the election day results having been called so much later than planned in the United States, Jaime Rebanal looks back at movies that cover elections - and discusses what we can learn from them going into the future - from films like Election and All the President's Men to Borat.

For Halloween, Jaime looks back at the Dracula movies and talks about who it was that gave the best performance as Dracula - from the old Hollywood eras into modern interpretations.

Joined by guest speaker Mel Tran, Jaime Rebanal looks through the long legacy of the renowned animation studio, covering the early works of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, to their eventual Academy Award-winning turn with Spirited Away.

In this episode, Jaime Rebanal covers the long history of black representation in cinema - from the silent era all the way into the films of today. Among the films that are covered include the works of Oscar Micheaux, Spike Lee, Charles Burnett, Barry Jenkins, and Jordan Peele.

Bong Joon-ho's Parasite had won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May of 2019 and became the first film not in the English language to receive the Academy Award for Best Picture. In this episode, Jaime Rebanal is joined by Jonathan Kirkwood where we talk about everything that signifies its Best Picture win is one that it has earned all the way through. SPOILER WARNING: This episode talks extensively about many major plot elements that spoil the film. If you have not seen Parasite, we highly recommend you change that before listening to this.

The Oscars on Sunday, but how do Jaime Rebanal and Jonathan Kirkwood feel about the nominees this year? Find out here.

Martin Scorsese's latest film The Irishman is the director's longest film yet, and it will be viewed by many on Netflix soon. Joined by Jonathan Kirkwood, he and Jaime Rebanal talk about the experience of watching the film in theaters versus Netflix, as well as Martin Scorsese's relationship with the popularity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Months later, Jaime Rebanal talks again about the experience of being at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, having been a press member for the second year in a row.

If you are feeling the blues from your first week at college, these movies should brighten your spirits! -Produced by Sheridanlife Radio