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Original-Cin Q&A: Director’s Doc on Rescued Cranes Offers Rare Good-News Nature Story

Original-Cin Q&A: Director’s Doc on Rescued Cranes Offers Rare Good-News Nature Story

By Kim Hughes

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 11, 2025Dances with Cranes, Nature documentary, CBC’s The Nature of Things, Whooping cranes, Megan Wennberg, George Archibald, Sarika Cullis-Suzuki, Canadian, Conservation, Canadian director, Canadian documentaryComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Ann Marie Fleming & Sandra Oh on Eco-Suicide in the Futuristic Can I Get a Witness?

Original-Cin Q&A: Ann Marie Fleming & Sandra Oh on Eco-Suicide in the Futuristic Can I Get a Witness?

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 10, 2025Suicide as an environmental approach, Eco sci-fi, Can I Get A Winess?, Director Ann Marie Fleming, Sandra Oh, Keira Jang, Joel Oulette, Jonathan Swift, A Modest ProposalComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Sonequa Martin-Green's Real-Life Trauma Behind My Dead Friend Zoe

Original-Cin Q&A: Sonequa Martin-Green's Real-Life Trauma Behind My Dead Friend Zoe

By John Kirk

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 6, 2025Sonequa Martin-Green, Movies about PTSD, My Dead Friend Zoe, Star Trek: Discovery, Director Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, Sharing personal trauma, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Natalie Morales, Utkarsh AmbudkarComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Directors of Night of the Zoopocalypse Deliver Clive Barker for Kids

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 5, 2025Horror films for families, Night of the Zoopocalypse, Clive Barker, Director Ricardo Curtis, Director Rodrigo Perez-Castro, Zombies in a zoo, Scott Thompson, Gabbi Kosmidis, David Harbour, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Christina NovaComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Egoyan and Seyfried on their Latest Collaboration, Seven Veils

Original-Cin Q&A: Egoyan and Seyfried on their Latest Collaboration, Seven Veils

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 3, 2025Seven Veils, Atom Egoyan, Amanda Seyfried, Canadian drama, TIFF 24, Opera, Films about womenComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Armand Star Renate Reinsve on the Importance of Laughter in Drama

Original-Cin Q&A: Armand Star Renate Reinsve on the Importance of Laughter in Drama

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekFebruary 14, 2025Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, Renate Reinsve, Armand, Q&A, TIFF, Drama, Foreign filmsComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Director of Liza Minnelli Documentary Discusses Her Many Mentors

Original-Cin Q&A: Director of Liza Minnelli Documentary Discusses Her Many Mentors

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 29, 2025Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story, Documentary, Liza Minnelli, Director Bruce David Klein, Halston, Fred Ebb, Judy Garland, Vincente Minnelli, Peter Allen, Michael Feinstein, Liza at the Palace, Cabaret, The Sterile CuckooComment

Original-Cin Chat: Two More Canadians Boldly Go in Star Trek: Section 31

Original-Cin Chat: Two More Canadians Boldly Go in Star Trek: Section 31

By John Kirk

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 22, 2025Star Trek: Section 31, Star Trek: Discovery spin-off, Canadian in Star Trek casts, Humberly González, Kacey Rohl, Persis Khambatta, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Captain Rachel Garrett, Yesterday’s Enterprise, Michelle Yeoh, Emperor Philippa Georgiou, Director Olatunde OsunsanmiComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Hard Truths' Mike Leigh on Why Casting is Separating Sheep from Goats

Original-Cin Q&A: Hard Truths' Mike Leigh on Why Casting is Separating Sheep from Goats

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 22, 2025Director Mike Leigh, Hard Truths, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Oscar-nominated director and actress, Toronto Film Critics Association, Defining a character actor, The process of casting, Rehearsing on location, Separating sheep from goats in castingComment

Original-Cin Q&A: September 5 Director on the Sports Media Who Covered the Munich Massacre

Original-Cin Q&A: September 5 Director on the Sports Media Who Covered the Munich Massacre

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 16, 2025September 5, Docudrama about sports media caught in terrorism, Munich Massacre, 1972 Summer Olympics, Director TIm Fehlberg, Peter Sarsgaard, Ben Chaplin, Roone Arledge, Media in the '70s, John Magaro, Geoffrey MasonComment

Original-Cin Q&A: The Last Showgirl's Pamela Anderson, No More 'Cartoon Characters,' Yes to Soup

Original-Cin Q&A: The Last Showgirl's Pamela Anderson, No More 'Cartoon Characters,' Yes to Soup

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 15, 2025Award season comebacks, Pamela Anderson, The LastShowgirl, Director Gia Coppola, Old school Vegas showgirls, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, Pamela: A Love Story, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

Original-Cin Chat: Doc-Maker Lucy Lawless on CNN War-Zone Warrior Margaret Moth

Original-Cin Chat: Doc-Maker Lucy Lawless on CNN War-Zone Warrior Margaret Moth

By John Kirk

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 18, 2024Actors turned documentary filmmakers, Lucy Lawless, Danger-junkie war correspondents, New Zealand’s Margaret Moth, Never Look Away, CNN war coverage, Journalist war casualties, Xena: Warrior Princess, Hurricane KatrinaComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Memoir of a Snail Director Adam Elliot on Garden Gastropods' Appeal

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 14, 2024Claymation, Australian Adam Elliot, Memoir of a Snail, Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Lifetime tale of a foster child, matching voice actors to characters, Snail behavior, Award season animated filmsComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Eddie Redmayne on Bringing 'The Day of the Jackal' to TV

Original-Cin Q&A: Eddie Redmayne on Bringing 'The Day of the Jackal' to TV

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 11, 2024Classic movie thrillers turned TV series, The Day of the Jackal, Frederick Forsyth, Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch, Showcase and Stack TV, Masters of disguise, Writer Ronan Bennett, Movement coach Alexandra Reynolds, Military advisor Paul BidissComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Hugh Grant’s Heretic Directors Talk About… Hugh Grant

Original-Cin Q&A: Hugh Grant’s Heretic Directors Talk About… Hugh Grant

By Chris Knight

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 7, 2024Heretic, TIFF 24, Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher, Drama, ThrillerComment

Original-Cin Q&A: As Star Trek Lower Decks Lands for Good, Cast Members Recall Best Moments

Original-Cin Q&A: As Star Trek Lower Decks Lands for Good, Cast Members Recall Best Moments

By John Kirk

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 21, 2024Star Trek, Star Trek Lower Decks, Tawny Newsome, Eugene Cordero, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, Animation, Series, Sci-fi, ComedyComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Hallie Meyers-Shyer on Drawing from Her Filmmaker Dad's Life for Goodrich

Original-Cin Q&A: Hallie Meyers-Shyer on Drawing from Her Filmmaker Dad's Life for Goodrich

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 17, 2024Second generation filmmakers, Hallie Meyers-Shyer, Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer, Goodrich, Michael Keaton, Mila Kunis, Home AgainComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Rumours' Guy Maddin and Co-Directors Laugh Off Accusations of Comedy

Original-Cin Q&A: Rumours' Guy Maddin and Co-Directors Laugh Off Accusations of Comedy

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 14, 2024Arthouse filmmakers seeking mainstream, Winnipeg’s Guy Maddin, Winnipeg Film Group, Rumours, Co-directors Galen and Evan Johnson, The G7, Roy Dupuis, Alicia VikanderComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Heather Graham on the Trials of Directing and Landing a Bankable Star

Original-Cin Q&A: Heather Graham on the Trials of Directing and Landing a Bankable Star

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 10, 2024Chosen Family, Heather Graham, Julia Stiles, Directorial debut, Drama, Comedy, Dramedy, Family mattersComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Slow Horses' Jack Lowden on Producing The Outrun and Casting His Wife Saoirse Ronan

Original-Cin Q&A: Slow Horses' Jack Lowden on Producing The Outrun and Casting His Wife Saoirse Ronan

By Bonnie Läufer

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 1, 2024Actor spouses, Jack Lowden, Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun, Films based on best-selling memoirs, Amy Liptrot, Movies set in the Orkney Islands, Movies about addiction, Director Nora FingscheidtComment