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Radheyan Simonpillai

@JustSayRad

Film Critic at CTV's @YourMorning. Pop Culture Columnist on @CBCRadio. Contributor @guardian @globeandmail and more.

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Getting into negotiating identity through dance in a big epic conversation with Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Hasan Minhaj in Time Magazine, with exclusive photos to boot. Best of the Best is on Netflix today. time.com/article/2026/09/16/… – at Toronto, Ontario
The Story Behind Netflix's Rousing Bollywood Dance Comedy 'Best of the Best'

The Story Behind Netflix's Rousing Bollywood Dance Comedy 'Best of the Best'

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Hasan Minhaj on the cultural specificity, friendship, and months of dance training that went into their new movie about collegiate dancers.

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an incredible UNO reverse here
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Wrote about Lee Chang-dong's Burning for The Guardian's round up of scariest non-horror movies. theguardian.com/film/2026/oc…
‘I left shellshocked’: writers on their scariest non-horror movies

‘I left shellshocked’: writers on their scariest non-horror movies

For Halloween, Guardian writers have picked the most efficiently terrifying films outside of the horror genre from How to Have Sex to The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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Wrote about the latest Chin and Vasarhelyi joint, where grief turns out to be the challenge they've been ill-equipped to grapple with. theglobeandmail.com/culture/… – at Toronto, Ontario
Documentary Everest: The Other Side is an adventure too thrilling to stomach

Documentary Everest: The Other Side is an adventure too thrilling to stomach

Directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi return with new daredevils

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Britt Caron@briketysplitOct 27
Stark differences in demographics from the photos of these 2 parties.
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Incredible photo from Bradford HQ last night by Laura Proctor in The Local thelocal.to/olivia-chow-re-e…
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If there's an Oliver, Olivier or Olivera Chow out there, please declare yourself before the next election. – at Toronto, Ontario
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Toronto Man@MansTorontoOct 27
Brad is from the East end and no one likes him there #TOpoli
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Brandon Chow coming in third is insanity.
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*Braedon. Autocorrect again. – at Toronto, Ontario
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So on subject for the day, here's @alissamarie and I discussing documentary with @amil. youtu.be/KoH8iWm3znc?si=UDCQ… – at Toronto, Ontario
You Can See Everything and how it fits in the realm of documentary

You Can See Everything and how it fits in the realm of documentary

Nathan Fielder’s documentary about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holme...

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Keep in mind, my wariness is not about Holmes being paid, but in the way it's framed as this litmus test by filmmakers who are capitalizing on the story, before the movie becomes that referenced Nathan For You episode when he browbeats people into giving up their rebate. – at Toronto, Ontario
Radheyan Simonpillai (@JustSayRad) profile pictureRadheyan Simonpillai@JustSayRadOct 26
Spoiler: Loved You Can See Everything. But I'd like to see discussion, as I've been having privately with friends, about all the bros (Fielder, Oppenheim, A24) balking at Elizabeth Holmes potentially profiting from her story, meanwhile Fielder, another subject of the doc, does.
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Replying to @JustSayRad
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The Fraud in Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes Movie Is Nathan Fielder

The Fraud in Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes Movie Is Nathan Fielder

Elizabeth Holmes promised a machine that didn’t work. Nathan Fielder promised a documentary that also failed. Only one got raves.

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Sam Adams@SamuelAAdamsOct 26
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And although that doesn’t apply to subjects who already have fame and money, if docs aren’t journalism (and they’re not) then the blanket proscription against paying subjects doesn’t apply.
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there is a small (but I think growing) cohort of doc-makers who think it’s unethical *not* to at least compensate people in documentaries for their time.
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Spoiler: Loved You Can See Everything. But I'd like to see discussion, as I've been having privately with friends, about all the bros (Fielder, Oppenheim, A24) balking at Elizabeth Holmes potentially profiting from her story, meanwhile Fielder, another subject of the doc, does. – at Toronto, Ontario
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I saw a tweet on this get deleted. And I'm not sure how to feel about it since the movie is both laying misogyny bare while participating in it on the backend. – at Toronto, Ontario
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And of course, I realize there's the part about the crimes she committed. But not sure everyone else involved should be staking moral high ground when they use that for entertainment. – at Toronto, Ontario
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This is a quote about this from my interview with Javier Bardem.
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Jane Schoenbrun talking about how we go watch revolutions in movies and then go home and do nothing & moderator clocking that’s the plot of digger and Jane saying “unfortunately it is the plot of digger”
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Re-upping this conversation with @kvanaren and @brofromanother about how our obsession with spoilers is changing the way we watch movies and the way stories are being told. youtube.com/watch?v=zIfzR5l9…

Why is everyone so anxious about spoilers?

With the release of Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s ‘You Can S...

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Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford has a slew of questionable supporters, including the CEO of Shopify, and the founder of Rebel News. @DesmondCole explains that Bradford’s endorsements shows his proximity to anti-democratic, right-wing rhetoric.

Bad Badford’s BFFs? Nightmare blunt rotation

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For thoughts on Clayface (👎🏾), Wicker (👍🏾), Klara and the Sun (👎🏾) and Wildwood (👍🏾), watch @LindseyDeluce and I at the 1:19:55 mark: crave.ca/en/play/ctv-your-mo… – at Toronto, Ontario
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