Shae Sennett
Location
Brooklyn, New York
Expertise
Foreign Films, HBO Original Series, Classic Films
- Before writing at /Film, Shae held an entry-level position at Le Cinema Club, an independent film streaming service, and volunteered at the Film-maker's Cooperative, an avant-garde 16mm film archive
- Shae's most-liked review on Letterboxd is a five-star rating of the 2018 Disney musical "Z-O-M-B-I-E-S."
- As a journalist, Shae has interviewed Kang ho Song of "Parasite" fame and acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda.
Experience
Shae Sennett has bylines in publications like Screen Slate, Bright Lights Film Journal, and others. For /Film alone, she has published breaking news, deep-dive analyses, and exclusive interviews. Shae specializes in extensive research and is a big fan of cinematic history. Her personal and professional background is largely in independent and foreign films but she also loves watching and writing about television.
Education
In 2021, Shae Sennett graduated magna cum laude from Hunter College with a B.A. in English and Film. She received the Lumiere Award for distinguished work in Cinema Studies and received special departmental honors in English.
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Stories By Shae Sennett
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James Marsters, who played the bad boy vampire Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, can still recall the worst day he ever had while shooting the series.
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Cordelia Chase didn't get to actually stake a vampire until her final episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, despite frequent appeals from Charisma Carpenter.
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Making a sequel to Buffy the Vampire Slayer was a chance to do repair some of the damage done to characters during Joss Whedon's tenure.
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As Robert Pattinson was getting into costume for his The Batman audition, Matt Reeves played a song from the score and inspired a scene in the final film.
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Parasite filmmaker Bong Joon-ho is teaming with Robert Pattinson and more big names for the upcoming sci-fi adaptation Mickey 17.
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The 'Mac Day' episode of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' came with an unexpected cast and crew gift — a robbery.
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In order to fully pull off Elaine's infamously terrible dance on Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus had to humiliate herself in 'a real kind of a way.'
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The Knives Out franchise and its hero, Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc, have become movie royalty. So will we get a Knives Out 3? (We hope so).
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Brendan Fraser and Darren Aronofsky's The Whale is a powerful film with an ambiguous ending, one that can be interpreted in wildly different ways.
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Nathan Fielder is back for another deliciously uncomfortable meta-TV adventure. This time with The Curse, co-starring Emma Stone for Showtime.
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is a Wes Anderson short film over 10 years in the making. Here's why it took the auteur director so long.
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia may not be ending any time soon, but the creators have already planned out how the story will come to a close.
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Jeff Garlin was the most prominent supporting player on Curb Your Enthusiasm with Larry David, even though that was never part of the plan.
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Succession directors like Mark Mylod would frequently set emotional 'traps' to help the show's actors give a better and more emotionally honest performance.
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All the Kens from Greta Gerwig's Barbie worked out together, inspiring friendly competition, like who could do the most push-ups and pull-ups.
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Paul King, the director of the upcoming Wonka movie, talks about why Hugh Grant was the first person he thought of to embody a funny, sarcastic Ooompa Loompa.
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Spike (James Marsters) is one of Buffy the Vampire Slayer's true fan favorites. However, he would've never taken off without director John T. Kretchmer.
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Kaitlin Olson showed off her physical comedy chops in the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode entitled 'The Gang Buys a Boat' - perhaps too effectively.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer wouldn't be half the show it was without this fast-talking bad boy, but if things had gone according to plan, he would've quickly died.
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Don't Worry Darling ended up being overshadowed by behind-the-scenes controversy, but it's found new life after landing on Netflix.
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You wouldn't expect a series as raunchy as It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia to have a Pretty Woman connection, but the season 7 send-up is hilarious.
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Not everything could make it up onto the screen for Succession. Here's a look at a deleted scene from the series finale that ended up on the cutting room floor.
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Charlie's German Shepherd painting on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia was just a bit of production design, until fan backlash inspired an entire backstory.
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Both Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling had to contend with different issues when it came time to film the rollerblades scene in Greta Gerwig's Barbie.
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Rob McElhenney devoted tons of time and effort into training for that incredible Mac coming out dance in It's Always Sunny's season 13 finale.
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The look for Gwendoline Christie's Principal Weems on Wednesday was directly inspired by the Alfred Hitchcock horror film The Birds.
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Sarah Snook will never forget her time on Succession, and her collection of stolen props will make sure of it.