Mass Programmer Exodus Raises Question on the eve of Hot Docs 2024 Announcement March 25, 2024 Tomorrow morning the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is scheduled to announce the line-up for the 31st annual edition of the film festival to Read More »
Highlights from the 2023 Toronto After Dark Film Festival October 14, 2023 The line-up and schedule have been announced for the 2023 Toronto After Dark Film Festival. The 17th edition of the festival will be taking place Read More »
Monday Editorial: How to be a Freelance Film Critic During the WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strikes July 17, 2023 I consider myself to be a film critic in the loosest sense of the word. My reviews rarely get more than a few hundred views Read More »
SAG-AFTRA Joins WGA on Strike endangering the fall festival season (including TIFF) July 13, 2023 For the first time since 1980, the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) has voted to go on strike. Read More »
Monday Editorial: Social Media Migration – Leaving Twitter for Bluer Skies July 3, 2023 In addition to being the primary writer, editor, and publisher of Sean Kelly on Movies, as the operator of a sole proprietorship, I am also Read More »
Wrapping Up Fantasia 2022 August 5, 2022 After spending the 2020 and 2021 editions forced to cover the festival virtually, this year saw me return to Montreal to attend the Fantasia Film Read More »
Oscars 2022 Predictions March 26, 2022 This entry is part [part not set] of 19 in the series Sean Kelly on Movies PodcastIn advanced of this Sunday’s Academy Awards, I am joined by fellow critic Ulkar Alakbarova of Let the Movie Move Us, as we both give Read More »
8 Categories Not to Be Presented During Oscars Telecast February 23, 2022 Source: Variety Revisiting a controversial plan from a few years ago, the Academy has made the announcement that there will be 8 categories that will Read More »
R.I.P. Ivan Reitman February 13, 2022 Director and producer Ivan Reitman has died at the age of 75. Reitman is best known as the director of many popular comedies in the Read More »
Monday Editorial: New Year, New Lockdown January 3, 2022 Welcome to the year 2022! In theory, this is supposed to be a big year for me, since I will be turning 40 in just Read More »