Jacob looks back at the sex and car crash opus that found Cronenberg working at the peak of his cerebral powers. Read More: // here

The Season 4 finale of The Blacklist was a game-changer as it finally revealed how Red and Liz are related, brought Tom back from his cancelled Blacklist spinoff, and brought a mysterious suitcase into the game. We don’t know too much about the suitcase other than the fact that it contains a set of skeletal remains that could mean a lot of trouble for Red. Nobody behind the scenes is going to spill the beans on who’s stuffed in the suitcase, but creator Jon Bokenkamp had this to tease about when it will come into play Read More: // here

July 22 – Street Food Cinema presents Pretty in Pink at Syd Kronenthal Park // here
Aug 19 @ 9:00pm – Crash (TIFF Cinematheque Special Screenings) // here

NBC’s fall 2017 schedule features very few new series, a LOT of moves of existing series and the return of Must See TV. Shifting nights next season are This Is Us as new Thursday 9 PM anchor, The Blacklist, Blindspot, Taken, Superstore, The Good Place and Great News. The sole regular ongoing new series added for the fall is patriotic military drama The Brave, joined by the revival of Will & Grace and limited series Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders.

WEDNESDAY
8-9 P.M. — The Blacklist
9-10 P.M. — Law & Order: SVU
10-11 P.M. — Chicago P.D.

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It’s the moment The Blacklist‘s fourth season has been building to: Red and Mr. Kaplan will finally face off in the upcoming season finale — and EW has the exclusive first look. After discovering that Mr. Kaplan (Susan Blommaert) was the mastermind behind the downfall of his empire, Red (James Spader) has been on a collision course with his former cleaner. Can they both survive this showdown? Read More: // here

NBC’s THE BLACKLIST (0.9/3 in 18-49, 5.0 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m. ET): Matches its highest 18-49 rating since Jan. 19 (1.0) and delivers its most-watched episode since Feb. 23 (4.978 million).Grows +13% week to week in 18-49 (0.9 vs. 0.8) and +3% in total viewers (4.963 million vs. 4.820 million) Ranks #1 or tied for #1 in the time slot among ABC, CBS and NBC in adults 18-49, total viewers and every other key measure. Read More: // here

Tom Keen is coming home. The Blacklist: Redemption star Ryan Eggold will return to the mothership series as a series regular next season following the freshman drama’s cancellation. Read More: // here

NBC has canceled “The Blacklist: Redemption.” Ordered to series in May of last year and starring Famke Janssen and Ryan Eggold, the spinoff began life as an episode of drama “The Blacklist.” In that episode, Janssen debuted as the mother of Eggold’s character. The spinoff’s premise involved Eggold’s character, Keen, being recruited into a secret “private military organization” called Grey Matters that takes on deep-cover assignments. Keen discovered that his long-lost mother (played by Janssen) was the unit’s mysterious leader, sending him on a mission to uncover the truth about her motives and his past. Read More: // here

NBC has given a 22-episode fifth-season pickup to its drama series The Blacklist, from Sony TV and Davis Entertainment. There is no official decision yet on spinoff The Blacklist:Redemption but it is not expected to come back for a second season. Read More: // here