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After years of fervent campaigning from fans, director Zack Snyder’s cut of the 2017 Justice League movie has been greenlit for release in 2021. Culture critics John Semley and Tina Hassannia on why this campaign struck a cultural chord, and what it says about fandom today.
Disney Plus is the latest streaming service on the block, with a library stretching from those classic animated movies from your childhood, to new Marvel blockbusters. It joins Apple TV, Netflix and Amazon Prime. But this ever-growing number of digital companies don't play by the same set of rules as traditional broadcasters. They are largely tax exempt, and they don't have to follow Canadian content regulations. Today on Front Burner, Jayme talks to Tina Hassannia and John Semley, two culture critics who disagree on what streaming services mean for the home-grown screen industry.
This weekend, a new Joker movie hit theatres, polarizing critics and audiences with a gritty take on the DC super-villain’s origin story. The film also caught the attention of intelligence and law enforcement agencies who fear it could trigger public violence. Today on Front Burner, film critic Tina Hassannia unpacks the iconic character and the different sides of the rhetoric surrounding the movie. Warning: There won’t be major spoilers, but this episode will cover some of the film’s plot.
Nicole and Angelo welcome film critics, podcasters, and Beverly Crusher fans Tina Hassannia and Mallory Andrews to discuss Star Trek: Discovery 1x08, "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum," and the TNG classic "Darmok." Topics discussed include: the tyranny of prestige TV, the ethics of first contact, the challenges and rewards of communicating with others, Rodenberry's humanism, and how to have a conversation entirely through Gilgamesh references.
This episode of Long Night with Vish Khanna was recorded at the Theatre Centre in Toronto, Ontario, as part of the Long Winter festival on Saturday February 4, 2017. Our guests were Toronto consultant, activist, and organizer Walied Khogali, Lisa Conway and Andrew Collins of L CON, comedian Ali Hassan, and film critics and Everything But Sports podcast hosts Tina Hassannia […]
Coming soon: The Everything But Sports podcast, hosted by Mallory Andrews and Tina Hassannia. Here's a little teaser of what we're all about—in case the name didn't spell it out for you. Background music: "Dexedrine Dreams Redux" by The Emer Mulholland Group
We welcome critic Tina Hassannia to discuss the films of Kelly Reichardt. Reichardt is an uncompromisingly personal and idiosyncratic director whose movies take their time but land like sledgehammers when you least expect it. From "Meek's Cutoff" to "Wendy And Lucy" to 2016's acclaimed "Certain Women," Reichardt's films are empathy-producing machines worth catching up with. Notes: Follow Tina - @tinahassannia You can find Tina's Website - http://tinahassannia.net/ Kelly Reichardt's Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Reichardt Check out Chris's new novel - WarOnSoundbook.com Follow The Juggernaut - @JuggernautPod Find the Juggernaut on Facebook - www.facebook.com/groups/1792363834316273/
Collected here, reviews for the four Abbas Kiarostami films we've discussed on the show over the years. Our first was back in 2009, when then co-host Matty Robinson and Adam took a look at Kiarmostami’s A TASTE OF CHERRY as part of our Cannes Film Fest Winners marathon. Tasha Robinson, friend of the show and current co-host at The Next Picture Show, joined Adam for a review of CERTIFIED COPY in 2011. Then in 2012, Josh and Adam included 1990’s CLOSE UP in their Contemporary Iranian Cinema marathon. And finally, a review of Kiarostami’s final film, LIKE SOMEBODY IN LOVE from 2012. To hear Adam's conversation with film writer Tina Hassannia about the director’s legacy, which he recorded just days after learning of Kiarostami's passing, you can find that in episode 593 at filmspotting.dot. 0:00-0:55 - Intro 0:55-11:31 - "Taste of Cherry" 11:31-28:30 - "Certified Copy" 28:30-41:42 - "Close Up" 41:42-1:01:39 - "Like Someone in Love" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Up beyond the American border, Toronto based critic Tina Hassianna has formed a necessary voice that manages to combine a formal analysis of great works of American and world cinema with one concerned of how they socially operate. That made her a perfect candidate to write the first English language book examining the work of Iranian director Asgahr Farhadi, which has just been released. For her podcast with Peter, Tina talks about her late entry into the world of film, her interest in oddball works like Gus Van Sant's remake of Psycho, and her many thoughts on the cinema of her home country of Iran and what issues are at stake when Western critics analyze these works. Finally, the two turn back to Nora Ephron's You've Got Mail, which Tina and Peter look at as more than just a 90s romantic comedy, but a formally humorous remake that intelligently analyzes how online personas construct truer selves. 0:00-2:20 Opening3:34-8:49 Establishing Shots - Clint Eastwood's American Sniper9:35-57:34 Deep Focus - Tina Hassania58:29-1:00:43 Mubi Sponsorship - You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet!1:02:09-1:24:04 Double Exposure - You've Got Mail (Nora Ephron)1:24:08-1:26:07 Close / Outtakes