CineManiax: Best Films of the Year 2024

CineManiax: Middleburg Film Festival 2025 & Richard Linklater on his film, Nouvelle Vague

Host Chris Reed chats with film critic, Leslie Combemale about her favorite films from this year's Middleburg Film Festival. Chris also connects with acclaimed filmmaker, Richard Linklater to talk about one of his current films, Nouvelle Vague.

CineManiax: Toronto International Film Festival 2025

Host Chris Reed chats with film critic Rendy Jones about their favorite films from this year's Toronto International Film Festival. Chris also connects with filmmaker Siyou Tan to talk about her feature-length debut, Amoeba. Rendy Jones' picks are The Testament of Ann Lee, Frankenstein, and Hedda. Chris's picks are Amoeba, Honey Bunch, and Sentimental Value.

CineManiax: Summer Films 2025

Host Chris Reed chats with film critic Roxana Hadadi about their favorite films of the summer. Chris also connects with filmmaker Fawzia Mirza to discuss her feature-length debut, The Queen of My Dreams.

CineManiax: Sundance Film Festival 2025

Host Chris Reed and film critic MJ O’Toole share their favorite films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Chris talks with Tunisian director and photographer, Amel Guellaty about her Sundance film, Where the Wind Comes From.

CineManiax: Best Films of the Year 2024

Host Chris Reed and film critic Mae Abdulbaki share their top ten favorite films of the year and discuss which ones they think will win awards. Chris talks with Peter Ettedgui, co-director of Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, about this moving documentary that chronicles the highs and lows of actor Christopher Reeve’s life, including before and after the tragic 1995 horse-riding accident that paralyzed him from the neck down.