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A Year in Film: A Hollywood Suite Podcast

Hollywood Suite

With the A Year in Film podcast, rewind and unwind with some of the biggest moments in movie history. Join experts from Hollywood Suite’s A Year in Film TV series — Becky Shrimpton, Alicia Fletcher and Cameron Maitland — as they make like Marty McFly and turn back time to revisit a different era of film, tracking the top trends and forgotten milestones that defined each year and continue to influence us to this very day. A Year in Film podcast is hosted by Becky Shrimpton, and produced by Becky

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All Episodes

47:46

1977 — Outrageous & Looking for Mr. Goodbar: Queer...

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2023/06/06

Guest Elizabeth Purchell joins Becky and Cam for a Pride Month look at two queer 70s classics, Outrageous and Looking for Mr. Goodbar. Elizabeth Purchell is an Austin-based queer film historian, programmer, filmmaker, and the creator ofAsk Any Buddy. She’s also the Print Traffic and Special Projects Manager at the American Genre Film Archive. Recently she has appeared on over a dozen home video releases for various boutique labels and both programs and hosts the monthlyQueer Cinema: Lost and

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58:16

1977 — Pyjama Girl Case & The Psychic: Giallo Goes...

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2023/05/23

Guest Rachael Nisbet joins Becky and Cam to discuss the Italian horror genre giallo and examine the films The Pyjama Case Girl (AKA La Ragazza dal Pigiama Giallo) and The Psychic (AKA Sette Note in Nero). Rachael Nisbet is an Edinburgh-based writerspecialisingin Italian genre cinema, with a slant towards style and gialli. She maintains the Hypnotic Crescendos blog and is the co-host of the Fragments of Fear podcast, a show dedicated to the appreciation and discussion of the lesser-known gialli

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1:01:46

1977 — Peppermint Soda & Between the Lines:...

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2023/05/09

Becky and Alicia are joined by Emily Gagne to discuss two women-directed films that handle coming of age in tumultuous times with sensitivity and realism: French filmPeppermint Soda(AKADiabolo Menthe) and the indieBetween the Lines. Emily is a film and TV creative who co-hostsWe Really Like Her!, a screening series celebrating women in film at Toronto's Revue Cinema. She has written pop culture criticism forTV Guide Canada,Yahoo,The Mary Sue,Hello Giggles, andDread Central. Find her on Instagram at

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1:06:46

1977 — Turning Point & New York, New York: WWII...

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2023/04/25

Anthony Oliveira joins Alicia and Becky to grapple with a pair of polarizing pictures: Herbert Ross' ballet drama The Turning Point and Martin Scorsese's period musical New York, New York. Anthony Oliveira is a National Magazine and GLAAD award-winning author, pop culture critic, and PhD living in Toronto. He is the film programmer for the Revue Cinema's DUMPSTER RACCOON CINEMA programme, and the host of the podcast THE DEVIL'S PARTY, examining Christian poetry through a queer readership lens. His

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1:01:53

1977 — Airport '77 & Rollercoaster: It's a disaster!...

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2023/04/11

Season 5 kicks off with a BANG as Brendan Ross joins Becky and Cam to investigate the wreckage of a pair of 70s disaster flicks: Airport '77 (directed by Jerry Jameson) and Rollercoaster (directed by James Goldstone). BrendanRossis a Toronto-based film programmer, currently acting as host and curator of the Neon Dreams Cinema Club film series which he founded in 2015. He has programmed for various venues including The Revue Cinema, The Royal Cinema, and TIFF Cinematheque, and is an occasional

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1:05

Coming Attractions: Season 5 arrives April 11!

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2023/04/04

Take a sneak peek at Season 5 of Hollywood Suite's A Year in Film podcast, which will cover iconic films from 1977, 1988, 1991 and 2002. Catch new episodes every other week starting April 11, 2023, and look out for new episodes of the A Year in Film TV series coming in May 2023, exclusively on Hollywood Suite. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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56:35

2010 — Predators & TRON Legacy: 80s Reboots

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2023/02/21

On the Season 4 finale, Becky, Cam and Alicia join forces again to tackle two polarizing returns to popular franchises: 2010's Predators (directed by Nimród Antal) and Tron: Legacy (directed by Joseph Kosinski). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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55:05

2010 — The Expendables & RED: Middle-Aged Action...

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2023/02/07

Podcaster Petula Neale teams up with Becky and Cam as they take on 2010's obsession with over-the-hill action flicks including The Expendables (directed by Sylvester Stallone) and Red (directed by Robert Schwentke). In the beforetime,Petulahosted her podcast at In a TIFF about films and the Toronto International Film Festival. Now she is the co-host for Back Issue Bloodbath, a podcast about comic books.You can enjoy those alone at home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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58:22

2010 — Burlesque & Elektra Luxx: Erotica (feat. Laura...

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2023/01/24

Becky and Alicia invite Laura Desiree to the AYIF stage to discuss the silly, yet sultry Burlesque and Elektra Luxx. Raised on a healthy diet of classic hollywood cinema and her father’s room-sized vinyl collection,LauraDesiree has always had curiosity for all things sex and sensuality. While attending The New York Film Academy in 2008, she was seduced by nightclub culture and spent the next 5 years as a bar top Go-Go dancer and Burlesque Performer touring the USA, Canada and Europe. In

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58:28

2010 — The Illusionist & A Cat in Paris: Animation...

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2023/01/10

Animation expert Luc Chamberland helps Becky and Alicia draw some conclusions about 2010 films The Illusionist (directed by Sylvain Chomet) and A Cat in Paris (directed by Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli). Amulti-award-winning filmmaker, Luc Chamberland was born in St. Lambert, Montreal, and was raised on an intense diet of films, television and comic books. He studied Cinema at Concordia University. He has lived and worked, directing commercials, in Paris, London, Berlin, Munich, Budapest, and

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1:01:25

2010 — Boy & Submarine: Coming of Age (feat. Jordan...

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2022/12/27

Becky and supervising producer Emily Gagne are joined by Jordan Hayles as they get emotional about 2010's Boy (directed by Taika Waititi) and Submarine (directed by Richard Ayoade). Hailing from Scarborough, Ontario,JordanHaylesis a television and film editor who has taken pride in his attention to detail which has lead to his ascension in his career. His diverse array of work has spanned from Lifestyle, Doc-Style, Sports, and Narrative, with his work appearing on networks such as VICE, NBC, HGTV,

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1:06:08

2010 — Kick-Ass & MacGruber: Action Flick Satires...

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2022/12/13

Becky, Cam and special guest Allison Dore kick off the 2010 series with two movies about, well, kicking ass: Kick-Ass and MacGruber. Allison is host of the entertainment-focused, daily talk radio show The Breakdown, on SiriusXM channel 167. In 2018, Allison founded Howl & Roar Records, a female-centric comedy record label with a mandate to focus 70% of their output on women in the industry. In the remaining 30% priority is given to men in marginalized communities. Hosted on Acast. See

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53:14

1999 — Galaxy Quest & Deep Blue Sea: Sci-Fi Above &...

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2022/11/29

Becky and supervising producer Emily Gagne welcome Tananarive Due aboard as they take a deep dive on two beloved sci-fi flicks from 1999: Galaxy Quest and Deep Blue Sea. Tananarive Due is an award-winning author who teaches Black Horror and Afrofuturism at UCLA. She is an executive producer on Shudder's groundbreaking documentary Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror. She and her husband/collaborator, Steven Barnes, wrote "A Small Town" for Season 2 of Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone on Paramount

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52:21

1999 — House on Haunted Hill & The Haunting: Haunted...

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2022/11/15

You're invited to spend the night at not one, but two haunted houses as Becky is joined by Josh Korngut and Emily Gagne to talk about the 1999 versions of House on Haunted Hill (based on the William Castle film) and The Haunting (based on Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House). Josh Korngut is the managing editor of Dread Central and host of the popular Development Hell podcast where he uncovers scary movies that were never made. Meanwhile, Emily co-hosts We Really Like Her!, a podcast and

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1:12:26

1999 — The Wood & The Best Man: Nuptials (feat....

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2022/11/01

It's a meet cute as Nichole Perkins joins Becky and Cam to talk about 1999 rom coms The Wood and The Best Man. Nichole Perkins is a writer and podcast host from Nashville, Tennessee. She hosted This Is Good For You, a podcast about finding pleasure in life, and previously was a co-host of Thirst Aid Kit, a podcast about pop culture and desire. Nichole is the author of Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be, a memoir, and Lilith, But Dark, a poetry collection. Hosted on Acast. See

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1:04:48

1999 — The Mummy & Blast From the Past: Brendan...

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2022/10/18

Time for some himbo cinema as Becky, special guest Norm Wilner, and supervising producer Emily Gagne ride the Brendan Fraser renaissance wave and revisit 1999's The Mummy and Blast from the Past. Norm Wilner joined TIFF as a programmer after 35 years as a Toronto film critic and entertainment journalist, most recently as the senior film writer for NOW Magazine. He also hosts the Someone Else’s Movie podcast and writes the Shiny Things newsletter. He lives in Little Italy with his wife, the author

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58:33

1999 — Cruel Intentions & Jawbreaker: Diabolical...

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2022/10/04

Amil Niazi hits the hallway with Becky and Cam as they dissect two devilishly fun teen movies from 1999: Cruel Intentions and Jawbreaker. Amilis a writer and cultural critic whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian and Washington Post. She has a monthly column in New York Magazine's The Cut and is also the showrunner and panelist for CBC's weekly pop culture podcast, Pop Chat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:05:15

1999 — Drop Dead Gorgeous & Dick: Kirsten Dunst...

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2022/09/20

It's a Kirsten Dunst double bill as Emily Gagne joins Becky and Alicia in revisiting two films that helped the former child star become a teen dream: Drop Dead Gorgeous and Dick. Emily is a Toronto-based film and TV creative who co-hosts We Really Like Her!, a podcast and screening series focused on women in film. She has written pop culture criticism for TV Guide Canada, Yahoo, The Mary Sue, Hello Giggles, and Dread Central. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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57:54

1985 — The Peanut Butter Solution & Crime Wave:...

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2022/09/06

Actor, comedian, filmmaker and proud Canadian Jay Baruchel stops by to stand on guard for two absolutely outrageous slices of CanCon released in 1985: The Peanut Butter Solution (directed by Michael Rubbo) and Crime Wave (directed by John Paizs). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:06:58

1985 — Gymkata & The Last Dragon: In the Shadow of...

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2022/08/23

Graham Clark and Dave Shumka team up with Becky to discuss two 1985 films that were clearly inspired by the iconic Bruce Lee: Gymkata and The Last Dragon. Graham Clark is a three-time Canadian Comedy Award winner and co-host of Maximum Fun's Stop Podcasting Yourself, which just passed its 750th episode.He has appeared on CTV, CBC's The Debaters, Just for Laughs, and HBO. He served as the west coast correspondent for This Hour Has 22 Minutes.Graham has toured around theworld with his prize-winning

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