Cinemaniax Season 2 is here, and the subject is once again the Toronto International Film Festival, or TIFF. The 2025 … More
Category: interviews
New/Next 2025 at “Film Festival Today” and “Hammer to Nail”
The 2025 New/Next Film Festival ran October 2-5 in Baltimore. I wrote a curtain raiser and one review for Film … More
TIFF 2025 (#TIFF50) at “Film Festival Today” and “Hammer to Nail”
The 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) ran September 4-14, and I was on the ground for the opening … More
5 Reviews and 1 Interview at “Film Festival Today” and “Hammer to Nail”: THE BALCONETTES, THE BALTIMORONS, DOIN’ IT, MY SUNSHINE, THE ROSES, SPLITSVILLE
Over the past three weeks, I published three reviews at Film Festival Today and two reviews and one interview at … More
4 Reviews and 1 Interview at “Film Festival Today” and “Hammer to Nail”: THE BALCONETTES, CORONER TO THE STARS, MY MOTHER’S WEDDING, SUSPENDED TIME
Over the past two weeks, I published one review at Film Festival Today and three reviews and one interview at … More
Cinemaniax Episode 105 Now Available in Video, As Well!
I posted last week that the audio version of Episode #105 of the Cinemaniax podcast—the final one of the year—was … More
Cinemaniax Episode 105 Now Available (in Audio)
Episode #105 of the Cinemaniax podcast—the final one of the year—sees Vulture and New York magazine TV critic Roxana Hadadi … More
Cinemaniax Episode 104 Now Available
Check out Episode #104 of the Cinemaniax podcast, in which Hammer to Nail and Third Impression’s M.J. O’Toole and I … More
2025 Feature-Film Oscar Nominees Covered at both ‘Film Festival Today’ and ‘Hammer to Nail’
Over the course of 2024, a good number of the films now nominated for 2025 Academy Awards received coverage at … More
Welcome to Cinemaniax!
Four years after the end of my television-hosting duties for Dragon Media, over at Howard Community College, I am back … More