Courtney Small

Black Canadian Film ✍️:@POVmagazine @exclaimdotca @thatshelf @CinemaAxis 📻: Frameline. 💳: @theaafca @OFCS @DorianAwards @RottenTomatoes @goldenglobes

[Courtney Small @SmallMind]

Created a resource, Black Canadian Film, that documents films made by Black Canadian filmmakers, Canadian films about the Black experience, etc.

https://t.co/H1QH55Yamm

[Courtney Small @SmallMind]

Heartbreaking loss for the Toronto Tempo but what a comeback. This team does not give up!

[Courtney Small @SmallMind]

@CoreyAtad She steals those last 30 minutes. Such an effective performance.

[Cam Maitland @camfess]

I'm excited to participate in The AXT Exchange 2026 as a panelist.

It was a great chance to meet emerging talent AND connect with likeminded film & TV innovators.

If you're in Toronto, I hope you'll join us June 12-13.

Details and registration can be found via the QR code!

[Courtney Small @SmallMind]

Mark it your calendar, folks. This is a great film. 👇🏿

[NEON @neonrated]

Harlem, 1972. You are invited to a party at the home of Duke Ellington.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM opens in select theaters October 16. Teaser trailer tomorrow.

[POV Magazine @POVmagazine]

Two documentaries, two iconic photographs, and one search for greater truths behind images that captured the war in Vietnam: https://t.co/atXkve7j3O

[Courtney Small @SmallMind]

@ShakExcellence Sad news. Started a Buffy rewatch a few months ago and I had forgotten how good he was in that show.

[jourdain searles @judysquirrels]

I had the pleasure of being on @NPRItsBeenAMin this week with @bmluse and @calllmenadira talking about IS GOD IS, KILL BILL and revenge narratives.
https://t.co/IS9UXY1T1S

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

Kino Lorber Acquires Maya Annik Bedward’s Doc ‘Black Zombie’ https://t.co/CKMw9objmX

[Adam Nayman @brofromanother]

On the raunchy but toothless SCARY MOVIE, for @ringer https://t.co/e2YQdNPpOt

[Courtney Small @SmallMind]

@bykitstone @thawkactors @ColeCommaScott @Kanopy I remember seeing this and Leolo back-to-back when I was younger. Definitely a double bill one does not easily forget.

[Corey Atad @CoreyAtad]

for @TorontoStar, i wrote about The Revue’s first ever Bleak Week, featuring a very Toronto lineup of despairing movies to have a bad* time at

*great https://t.co/WKakC2dd1x

[Barry Hertz @HertzBarry]

Bonus #TIFF26 details:
-"P&I" screenings now "Press & Market" screenings; every film in fest gets one P&M screening; films not in fest get market screenings accessible only to market badge-holders; sales titles in fest can pay for extra market screenings
-TIFF Selects phased out

[Adam Nayman @brofromanother]

On BACKROOMS, for @ringer https://t.co/mcR953OWVZ

[🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker]

For @Letterboxd Journal, I wrote about three of the best films from #Cannes: Katharina Rivilis's I'LL BE GONE IN JUNE, Clio Barnard's I SEE BUILDINGS FALL LIKE LIGHTNING, and Marine Atlan's LA GRADIVA

Read: https://t.co/CXw0r95lHy

[Candice Frederick @ReelTalker]

I interviewed Danielle Deadwyler for the print issue of @THR

[Courtney Small @SmallMind]

Youngblood as the highest grossing Canadian drama in Q1 is not surprising. However, it making most of its money in Quebec is. 👀

[Barry Hertz @HertzBarry]

NEW: @Telefilm_Canada report on Q1 Canadian theatrical box office reveals great numbers:
-Total box office revenue in Canada was $229.4M, up 27% from same period in 2025
-Canadian films earned $5.8M, up 39%
-English-language Canadian films earned $4M, up 166%

[POV Magazine @POVmagazine]

Film sector responds as the CRTC announces the elimination of Programs of National Interest (PNIs), which traditionally protected non-commercial programming including documentary. https://t.co/yxMObmMKts

[sarah-tai black @sarahtai]

i spoke with Boots Riley about I LOVE BOOSTERS and his thinking behind his use of comedy, aesthetics, and returning to the body as political tools https://t.co/cxvLZtbevz

[sarah-tai black @sarahtai]

https://t.co/Ar0FirhzJ9 I Love Boosters review: Boots Riley delivers an exciting but clumsy satire - The Globe and Mail

[sarah-tai black @sarahtai]

unpacked my thoughts on the messy joyride that is I LOVE BOOSTERS and its failure to engage fully with its own politics and characters beyond novelty (accessible link below)

https://t.co/e42cGiUKmQ