Barry Hertz
@hertzbarry.bsky.social
Film Editor, The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada). Author of Welcome to the Family: The Explosive Story Behind Fast & Furious. https://linktr.ee/barryhertz
Fair to say CRTC's new definition of "Canadian content" (and its expanded points system to unlock funding, which took endless consultation) has been greeted by film & TV industry with disappointment bordering on hostility. And that's just from orgs that'll say anything publicly.
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Fair to say CRTC's new definition of "Canadian content" (and its expanded points system to unlock funding, which took endless consultation) has been greeted by film & TV industry with disappointment bordering on hostility. And that's just from orgs that'll say anything publicly.
If @tiffnet.bsky.social doesn't add a "few small beers" combo to its concession stand for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER's 70mm Christmas run, then what are we even doing?
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
If @tiffnet.bsky.social doesn't add a "few small beers" combo to its concession stand for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER's 70mm Christmas run, then what are we even doing?
Ahead of 11.25 release of WELCOME TO THE FAMILY: THE EXPLOSIVE STORY BEHIND FAST & FURIOUS via @grandcentralpub.bsky.social, I'm grateful for these words from @nickdesemlyen.bsky.social, @brofromanother.bsky.social, @alansiegella.bsky.social & @stephenrodrick.bsky.social Order: linktr.ee/barryhertz
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Ahead of 11.25 release of WELCOME TO THE FAMILY: THE EXPLOSIVE STORY BEHIND FAST & FURIOUS via @grandcentralpub.bsky.social, I'm grateful for these words from @nickdesemlyen.bsky.social, @brofromanother.bsky.social, @alansiegella.bsky.social & @stephenrodrick.bsky.social Order: linktr.ee/barryhertz
NEW: Good-ish news for Canada's cultural sector in 2025 Federal Budget, including $150M over 3 years to Telefilm (but not long-promised permanent funding increase), $150M for CBC to "strengthen its mandate" (but no update on 15% budget cut instructed earlier in year), and $26.1M over 3 years to NFB.
November 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
NEW: Good-ish news for Canada's cultural sector in 2025 Federal Budget, including $150M over 3 years to Telefilm (but not long-promised permanent funding increase), $150M for CBC to "strengthen its mandate" (but no update on 15% budget cut instructed earlier in year), and $26.1M over 3 years to NFB.
We are all Doug swallowing a bee
November 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We are all Doug swallowing a bee
Toronto tomorrow morning, either way
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Toronto tomorrow morning, either way
Vancouver’s cinema scene gets its own Westwood Fox Village Theatre moment as Park Theatre, which Cineplex was set to abandon Oct. 26, will be taken over by @riotheatre.bsky.social team alongside private investors including Osgood Perkins, Mike Flanagan, Sean Baker & Finn Wolfhard.
October 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Vancouver’s cinema scene gets its own Westwood Fox Village Theatre moment as Park Theatre, which Cineplex was set to abandon Oct. 26, will be taken over by @riotheatre.bsky.social team alongside private investors including Osgood Perkins, Mike Flanagan, Sean Baker & Finn Wolfhard.
Some say this was all foretold
October 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Some say this was all foretold
So many babies about to be conceived on the Gardiner
October 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
So many babies about to be conceived on the Gardiner
NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE finally gets a theatrical release date: Feb. 13, 2026. (Unless Matt and Jay go back in time and Butterfly Effect a new release strategy altogether.)
October 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE finally gets a theatrical release date: Feb. 13, 2026. (Unless Matt and Jay go back in time and Butterfly Effect a new release strategy altogether.)
Best action-movie news of the season: TIFF will screen the entire 230-minute cut of S.S. Rajamouli’s BAAHUBALI: THE EPIC starting Oct. 31. (Though it’ll be the Hindi dub, not the original Telugu/Tamil version.)
October 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Best action-movie news of the season: TIFF will screen the entire 230-minute cut of S.S. Rajamouli’s BAAHUBALI: THE EPIC starting Oct. 31. (Though it’ll be the Hindi dub, not the original Telugu/Tamil version.)
This all feels like a Matt and Jay scheme …
October 21, 2025 at 3:06 AM
This all feels like a Matt and Jay scheme …
Now’s the time, Blue Jays: release the Villeneuve spider!
October 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Now’s the time, Blue Jays: release the Villeneuve spider!
Attention Windsor & Detroit-area film fans, I'll be at Windsor International Film Festival Oct. 25 for a *free* on-stage conversation about my new book, WELCOME TO THE FAMILY: THE EXPLOSIVE STORY BEHIND FAST & FURIOUS, and what happened when Diesel met Detroit windsorfilmfestival.com/film/ST00004...
October 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Attention Windsor & Detroit-area film fans, I'll be at Windsor International Film Festival Oct. 25 for a *free* on-stage conversation about my new book, WELCOME TO THE FAMILY: THE EXPLOSIVE STORY BEHIND FAST & FURIOUS, and what happened when Diesel met Detroit windsorfilmfestival.com/film/ST00004...
NEW: Cineplex just sold Cineplex Digital Media, its digital place-based media division, to a U.S.-based signage company, continuing the Canadian movie theatre giant's shedding of assets over the past two years. Going theory: it's leaning itself up for a sale.
October 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
NEW: Cineplex just sold Cineplex Digital Media, its digital place-based media division, to a U.S.-based signage company, continuing the Canadian movie theatre giant's shedding of assets over the past two years. Going theory: it's leaning itself up for a sale.
Is Letterboxd the healthiest of the unhealthy apps?
October 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Is Letterboxd the healthiest of the unhealthy apps?
Ontario Science Centre temporary space at Sherway Gardens is great … if it was free. But at $15/ticket (no matter age) and no in/out policy (and no food, in a mall) turns it into an embarrassment. Spanish signage also suggests material procured from a U.S. museum on the cheap?
October 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Ontario Science Centre temporary space at Sherway Gardens is great … if it was free. But at $15/ticket (no matter age) and no in/out policy (and no food, in a mall) turns it into an embarrassment. Spanish signage also suggests material procured from a U.S. museum on the cheap?
With little fanfare (and no real programming changes), Disney+ Canada today added a "Hulu" tab to its mix, retiring the old "Star" branding that served Hulu-less international markets. Oh, and also a monthly $3 price hike for a standard subscription.
October 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
With little fanfare (and no real programming changes), Disney+ Canada today added a "Hulu" tab to its mix, retiring the old "Star" branding that served Hulu-less international markets. Oh, and also a monthly $3 price hike for a standard subscription.
Like many, just patiently killing time until the release of Nick Vallelonga’s THAT’S AMORE!
October 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Like many, just patiently killing time until the release of Nick Vallelonga’s THAT’S AMORE!
Two Canadian dates for NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE THE TOUR ahead of film's early 2026 theatrical release:
Montreal, Cinema Du Musee, Oct. 29
Vancouver, Rio Theatre, Nov. 10
No Toronto stop b/c that city was covered with #TIFF25. Also: "Canadian merch details to come"
Montreal, Cinema Du Musee, Oct. 29
Vancouver, Rio Theatre, Nov. 10
No Toronto stop b/c that city was covered with #TIFF25. Also: "Canadian merch details to come"
October 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Two Canadian dates for NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE THE TOUR ahead of film's early 2026 theatrical release:
Montreal, Cinema Du Musee, Oct. 29
Vancouver, Rio Theatre, Nov. 10
No Toronto stop b/c that city was covered with #TIFF25. Also: "Canadian merch details to come"
Montreal, Cinema Du Musee, Oct. 29
Vancouver, Rio Theatre, Nov. 10
No Toronto stop b/c that city was covered with #TIFF25. Also: "Canadian merch details to come"
The perfect new airplane read by @pleasuremotors.bsky.social from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social — it’s like spending a few hours with your smartest, most self-deprecating friend who happens to know a frightening amount about the twinned histories of art and commerce. chbooks.com/Books/H/How-...
September 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The perfect new airplane read by @pleasuremotors.bsky.social from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social — it’s like spending a few hours with your smartest, most self-deprecating friend who happens to know a frightening amount about the twinned histories of art and commerce. chbooks.com/Books/H/How-...
If you’re in London before Nov. 8, get
tix to The Lady and the Sea at the Bridge Theatre now. Ibsen updated with just the right bombast. Alicia Vikander, Andrew Lincoln, Joe Alwyn, the entire cast had me in pure lean-forward meme mode. Might also be the only play with a splash zone.
tix to The Lady and the Sea at the Bridge Theatre now. Ibsen updated with just the right bombast. Alicia Vikander, Andrew Lincoln, Joe Alwyn, the entire cast had me in pure lean-forward meme mode. Might also be the only play with a splash zone.
September 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
If you’re in London before Nov. 8, get
tix to The Lady and the Sea at the Bridge Theatre now. Ibsen updated with just the right bombast. Alicia Vikander, Andrew Lincoln, Joe Alwyn, the entire cast had me in pure lean-forward meme mode. Might also be the only play with a splash zone.
tix to The Lady and the Sea at the Bridge Theatre now. Ibsen updated with just the right bombast. Alicia Vikander, Andrew Lincoln, Joe Alwyn, the entire cast had me in pure lean-forward meme mode. Might also be the only play with a splash zone.