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Original-Cin Hot Docs Chat: Director Maxim Derevianko on Ai Weiwei's Turandot

Original-Cin Hot Docs Chat: Director Maxim Derevianko on Ai Weiwei's Turandot

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekApril 24, 2025Hot Docs 2025, Films about opera, Artists turned opera director, Ai Weiwei’s Turandot, Director Maxim Derevianko, Artistic projects interrupted by the pandemic, Choreographer Chiang Ching, Rome Opera House, Puccini, Oksana Lyniv, Oksana DykaComment

Original-Cin Q&A: David Cronenberg on Grief, Conspiracies, and Piercing the Veil of Death and Dying

Original-Cin Q&A: David Cronenberg on Grief, Conspiracies, and Piercing the Veil of Death and Dying

By Liam Lacey

InterviewJim SlotekApril 24, 2025David Cronenberg, The Shrouds, TIFF 24, Interview, Canadian director, Canadian film, Horror, Death and dyingComment

Original-Cin Chat: Burning the Future with Andor's Stellan Skarsgard and Genevieve O’Reilly

Original-Cin Chat: Burning the Future with Andor's Stellan Skarsgard and Genevieve O’Reilly

By John Kirk

InterviewJim SlotekApril 23, 2025Star Wars TV series, Star Wars: Andor - Season 2, Events leading up to the Death Star, Star Wars: Rogue One., Diego Luna, Stellan Skarsgard, Genevieve O’Reilly, Caroline Blakiston, Elizabeth Dulau, Tony GilroyComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Severance's Britt Lower on Marriage Help from a Serial Killer in Psycho Therapy

Original-Cin Q&A: Severance's Britt Lower on Marriage Help from a Serial Killer in Psycho Therapy

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekApril 15, 2025Britt Lower, Severance, Darkest Miriam, Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write about a Serial Killer, Quirky dark comedies, Plots about sharing the confidence of a serial killer, Steve Buscemi, John Magaro, Turkish director Tolga KaraçelikComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Emily Bett Rickards on Nailing the Queen of the Ring

Original-Cin Q&A: Emily Bett Rickards on Nailing the Queen of the Ring

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekApril 8, 2025Queen of the Ring, Emily Bett Rickards, Women's stories, Women in sports, DramaComment

Original-Cin Chat: Kenny Robinson on 30 Years of Nubian Comedy and a Crave Debut

Original-Cin Chat: Kenny Robinson on 30 Years of Nubian Comedy and a Crave Debut

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekApril 8, 2025Black comedians, Yuk Yuk's, Nubian Comedy Revue, Kenny Robinson, Crave TV, People of Comedy: Celebrating 30 Years of the Nubian Show, Russell Peters, Hassan Phills, Zabrina Douglas, Joe Bodolai, Comedy for people of colourComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Two Michaels, Cera and Angarano, on Sacramento and Fatherhood

Original-Cin Q&A: Two Michaels, Cera and Angarano, on Sacramento and Fatherhood

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekApril 7, 2025Road trip comedies, Sacramento, Michael Angarano, Michael Cera, Kristen Stewart, Maya Erskine, Actors who write and direct themselves, Actors dealing with parenthood, On-set romantic relationshipsComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Steve Coogan and Peter Cattaneo on Lessons Learned from Penguins

Original-Cin Q&A: Steve Coogan and Peter Cattaneo on Lessons Learned from Penguins

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 28, 2025The Penguins Lessons, Peter Cattaneo, Steve Coogan, Jonathan Pryce, TIFF 24, Adaptation, Based on a true story, British, Argentina, Animals, Movies about animals, DramaComment

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