Venice and TIFF 2026 Recap

This week, we take you out to the ballgame. On the heels of the 2026 World Series in which the Milwaukee Brewers claimed their first championship in franchise history—we also witness the dying of an era. A local New England sandlot where a group of Sunday league teams face off for the last time. It’s baseball nostalgia. It’s Carson Lund’s Eephus. Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media 

This week, to close our 8th Annual Freaky Film Festival, we profile another classic Hollywood horror franchise. One that begs you not to go to sleep.In 1954, Jack Finney published a science-fiction story about ordinary Americans being replaced by emotionless duplicates. At a time when cinematic aliens were mostly schlocky monsters or atomic mutations, Finney’s threat was more realistic and more insidious.These invaders looked like us, sounded like us, and had a seemingly reasonable modus operandi—“Love, desire, ambition, faith, without them, life’s so simple,”—advocating a new world order, free of pain and suffering. Seventy years, four film adaptations, several TV series, and a viral meme later, Invasion of the Body Snatchers remains one of the most revealing mirrors of American cultural anxiety. That history is the focus of this episode.Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media 

This week, we double dip from two filmmakers already profiled on this season of Time Sensitive. How about a uniquely haunting ghost story told from the ghost’s first-person POV? It’s Presence, the experimental horror thriller with a big twist ending, directed by Steven Soderbergh. To accurately set expectations, the film’s screenwriter, David Koepp, says this: “This is not a scary movie; it’s an eerie movie, filled with dread, and it’s quite unsettling, a really intense experience. The last 15 minutes are hard for me. In some of the screenings, I leave early because I just don’t want to go through that every time.”Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media 

This week, it’s a supernatural thriller told almost entirely from the perspective of a dog who senses something sinister lurking in his owner's home. It’s Good Boy directed by Ben Leonberg.Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media 

We are thrilled to kick off our eighth annual Freaky Film Festival! Throughout the month of October, Time Sensitive will be devoted to blood, guts, and the BEST classic and under-the-radar horror films. Last night at 2:17am, every child from Mrs. Gandy's class woke up, got out of bed, walked downstairs, opened the front door, walked across the front yard and into the dark… and they never came back. It’s Zach Cregger’s grotesque fairy tale Weapons.Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media 

This week, we open up the Vault again and travel back 20 years. What happens to a society when it can no longer imagine a future? What happens to a world without hope? In the qualified hands of a future 4x Oscar winner, you get an overlooked masterpiece. It’s Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men.Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media  

From the canals of Venice to the shores of Lake Ontario, Sam and I will tell you exactly what you need to know from the 2026 Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals, and how they are shaping the 2027 Oscar race.Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media 

This week, a gambling-addiction story, a fugitive thriller, a ghost story, and a dark comedy bleed into one another. Will the gambler finally beat the game? Or does winning mean walking away? It’s Edward Berger’s Ballad of a Small Player.Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media 

This week, we are excited to host our annual Comic Timing episode, where we give the full Time Sensitive treatment to a standout comedy special from the last year. Our subject for this episode: Pete Holmes’ Silly Silly Fun Boy.Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media 

This week, it’s time to set the record straight. In an industry propelled by Tik Tok soundbites, streams, and trends, writing a hit song isn’t easy. This one’s for the unsung heroes: the songwriters. It’s the newest movie musical from Irish filmmaker John Carney—Power Ballad. Check us out on...Twitter @TSMoviePodFacebook: Time SensitiveInstagram: @timesensitivepodcastGrab some Merch at TeePublicBig Heads Media