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Tag: Filmmaker

325 | Daniel Robbins (Bad Shabbos)

Posted on May 6, 2025June 3, 2025 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 325 | Daniel Robbins (Bad Shabbos)
325 | Daniel Robbins (Bad Shabbos)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to filmmaker Daniel Robbins about his Jewish comedy Bad Shabbos.

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318 | Tracie Laymon (Bob Trevino Likes It)

Posted on March 18, 2025May 26, 2025 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 318 | Tracie Laymon (Bob Trevino Likes It)
318 | Tracie Laymon (Bob Trevino Likes It)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to filmmaker Tracie Laymon whose feature film debut is Bob Trevino Likes It.

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312 | Caroline Marsden (Vietnam: The War That Changed America)

Posted on February 4, 2025May 26, 2025 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 312 | Caroline Marsden (Vietnam: The War That Changed America)
312 | Caroline Marsden (Vietnam: The War That Changed America)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to producer Caroline Marsden about Vietnam: The War That Changed America streaming on Apple TV+.

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311 | Michael Benson (Planetfall)

Posted on January 28, 2025March 25, 2025 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 311 | Michael Benson (Planetfall)
311 | Michael Benson (Planetfall)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to artist and writer Michael Benson about Planetfall, his photography exhibition at The Image Centre.

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308 | Jeff Finn (Before the End: Searching for Jim Morrison)

Posted on January 7, 2025April 9, 2025 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 308 | Jeff Finn (Before the End: Searching for Jim Morrison)
308 | Jeff Finn (Before the End: Searching for Jim Morrison)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to Jeff Finn the director of Before the End: Searching for Jim Morrison (a 3-part documystery).

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305 | Petey Beats (Adjoining & Popternative)

Posted on September 3, 2024January 7, 2025 By Sammy Younan 1 Comment on 305 | Petey Beats (Adjoining & Popternative)
305 | Petey Beats (Adjoining & Popternative)

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan talks to host & filmmaker Petey Beats about his horror short Adjoining & hosting interviews at Popternative.

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My Summer Lair featuring Jerome Skeete & Philip Leung

Posted on August 22, 2015October 19, 2024 By Sammy Younan No Comments on My Summer Lair featuring Jerome Skeete & Philip Leung
My Summer Lair featuring Jerome Skeete & Philip Leung

Over the moon happy Jerome Skeete & Philip Leung RSVP’ed their invitation to My Summer Lair.

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My Summer Lair featuring Sherren Lee

Posted on August 20, 2015October 19, 2024 By Sammy Younan No Comments on My Summer Lair featuring Sherren Lee
My Summer Lair featuring Sherren Lee

Sherren Lee visits My Summer Lair to celebrate her TIFF short Benjamin playing in TIFF’s 2015 Short Cuts programme.

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  • #SetTheVCR June 2–8, 2025 TV recommendations image from My Summer Lair, featuring a retro-style television graphic promoting a weekly pop culture column by podcast host Sammy Younan.
    #SetTheVCR: June 02-08, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Your Presence is required for these TV Recommendations which range from Power Moves to a Resident Alien. #SetTheVCR for Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • #SetTheVCR TV recommendations cover for May 26 – June 1, 2025, from My Summer Lair podcast, highlighting curated weekly streaming and television picks by Sammy Younan.
    #SetTheVCR: May 26 – June 01, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Here stories from Birbiglia to Bono: it’s a Brave New World filled with TV Recommendations. Wanna Live The Good Life? Enjoy this week’s #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR cover for May 19–25, 2025 from My Summer Lair podcast, featuring weekly streaming and TV recommendations curated by host Sammy Younan.
    #SetTheVCR: May 19-25, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    From Pee-wee Herman to Sherlock Holmes this week’s TV Recommendations are loaded with comedy, angst and drama. Plus for this week’s #SetTheVCR you get to shake it like a Polaroid picture.
  • #SetTheVCR TV guide cover for May 12–18, 2025 from My Summer Lair podcast, with curated streaming and broadcast recommendations by Sammy Younan.
    #SetTheVCR: May 12-18, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Do you have Heart Eyes for fresh TV Recommendations without all the Overcompensating puns? The puns are here to stay that’s what makes it #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: May 05-11, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Even with your Poker Face I can tell you’re seeking TV Recommendations for your Safe House. No worries with this week’s #SetTheVCR I got it in The Black Bag.
  • #SetTheVCR: April 28 – May 04, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    April showers bring May TV listings: these TV recommendations cover all Four Seasons. It’s #SetTheVCR where I put the On in Conan.
  • #SetTheVCR: April 21-27, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    TV Recommendations can be Havoc; You need help. Well Babygirl: I got you; it's your TV Companion: #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: April 14-20, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    I hope you're a light Nightsleeper because the NBA Playoffs start this week. Will a new champion be Minted? Only way to know is to #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: April 07-13, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    For this week's TV Recommendations we stare into The Abyss and a Black Mirror stares back. Welcome to #SetTheVCR which is about as comfortable and as cool as Morningside.
  • #SetTheVCR: March 31 – April 06, 2025
    by Sammy Younan
    Secrets and Serial Killers pepper this week’s TV Recommendations. A combo like that can only mean it’s #SetTheVCR.
  • #CouchWorthy: Bono: Stories of SurrenderMay 29, 2025
    Bono: Stories of Surrender is a vivid reimagining of his one-man stage show Stories of Surrender now streaming on Apple TV.
  • #CouchWorthy: Super Team CanadaMay 16, 2025
    Super Team Canada follows six lesser known and underrated Canadian superheroes, tasked with saving the world.
  • #CouchWorthy: Murderbot: Season 1 May 15, 2025
    Murderbot a private security cyborg hides its acquired autonomy, while completing dangerous assignments is simultaneously drawn to humans.
  • #CouchWorthy: Ernest Cole: Lost and Found April 29, 2025
    Raoul Peck's portrait of South African photographer Ernest Cole offers a harrowing history of Apartheid and chronicles an artist in exile.
  • #CouchWorthy: 2025 Key Midseason & Premiere Dates – April 2025March 28, 2025
    #SetTheVCR is your weekly TV Guide by Sammy Younan to help you plan a fantastic TV schedule from must-watch TV shows to fun discoveries.
  • #CouchWorthy: 2025 Key Midseason & Premiere Dates – March 2025February 28, 2025
    #SetTheVCR is your weekly TV Guide by Sammy Younan to help you plan a fantastic TV schedule from must-watch TV shows to fun discoveries.

  • Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 1: Gotham Nocturne: Overture
    Under-Review: Detective Comics: Gotham Nocturne: Overture
    by Sammy Younan
    My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan reviews Batman - Detective Comics: Gotham Nocturne: OvertureL Volume 1,
  • New Book Alert: California Bear
    by Sammy Younan
    New Book Alert is just that: A useful Yo for a fresh book. from your pal Sammy. What Are You Reading?
  • New Book Alert: The Music Was Just Getting Good
    by Sammy Younan
    New Book Alert is just that: A useful Yo for a fresh book. from your pal Sammy. What Are You Reading?
  • New Book Alert: The Ascent
    by Sammy Younan
    New Book Alert is just that: A useful Yo for a fresh book. from your pal Sammy. What Are You Reading?
  • New Book Alert: Fantastic Four by Ryan North Volume 2
    by Sammy Younan
    New Book Alert is just that: A useful Yo for a fresh book. from your pal Sammy. What Are You Reading?

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