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Original-Cin Review/Q&A: Happy End's Michael Haneke is one twisted mister

By Liam Lacey

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 11, 2018Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michael Haneke, Foreign language films, Disturbing filmmakers, social comment, Happy End, Amour, Isabelle Huppert

Original-Cin Q&A: Christian Bale learns Cheyenne and life lessons on Hostiles

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 9, 2018Awards season movies, Native-American portrayals, Christian Bale, Wes Studi, Cheyenne, Scott Cooper, Westerns

Q&A: How Ridley Scott and Christopher Plummer performed a Spacey-ectomy

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekDecember 18, 2017Ridley Scott, Christopher Plummer, Kevin Spacey, J. Paul Getty, drama, awards season movies

Q&A/review Call Me By Your Name: How Armie Hammer got used to being naked

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekDecember 13, 2017Same sex romance, Northern Italy, James Merchant, Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Awards season movies

The Shape of Water: Guillermo Del Toro’s Epic (and Wet) Love Story Freestyles to Brilliance

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewDecember 6, 2017Guillermo del Toro, Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, drama, fantasy, Toronto films, TIFF

The Disaster Artist: Life on 'Planet Tommy' (Wiseau)

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 30, 2017The Room, Mockumentary, Comedy, TIFF, James Franco, Dave Franco, Tommy Wiseau, Seth Rogen

Original-Cin Q&A: Animated Afghan empowerment story, The Breadwinner

Nora Twomey (The Breadwinner)

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 23, 2017Afghanistan, Women's rights, Animation, Islam, Nora Twomey, The Secret of Kells

Q&A, Bharat Nalluri: Dickens liked Christmas, religion not so much

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 21, 2017Dickens, A Christmas Carol, Christopher Plummer, MI5, The Little Ice Age

Q&A: Joachim Trier on Freud, Jung, punk roots and his supernatural thriller Thelma

By Karen Gordon

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 16, 2017Supernatural, Norwegian movies, Joachim Trier, Foreign language Oscar

Original-Cin Q&A: Two movies in, Jacob Tremblay's still a small Wonder

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 15, 2017Jacob Tremblay, Julia Roberts, Drama, Facial deformity, Owen Wilson, R.J. Palacio

Interview: 'Socialite-turned-filmmaker' Maggie Betts ponders 'marriage to God' in Novitiate

By Liam Lacey

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 13, 2017Drama, Religion, Catholicism, Melissa Leo, Margaret Qualley

Beanie Feldstein Q&A: Lady Bird scene-stealer, Jonah Hill's sis, on luck, love and family

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 9, 2017beanie feldstein, Saoirse Ronan, greta gerwig, jonah hill, Hello Dolly!, Hollywood families

Frankie Drake's Lauren Lee Smith talks del Toro and creepy Michael Shannon

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 5, 2017Guillermo del Toro, Shape Of Water, Lauren Lee Smith, CBC, Period films

Q&A: The doc Dina is a love story first, a diagnosis second

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 2, 2017documentaries, Asperger, Sundance, Michael Cera, Tourette Syndrome

California Typewriter: A love story that clacks

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 25, 2017Analog, documentary, Tom Hanks, John Mayer, Sam Shepard, David McCullough, Jeremy Mayer, Doug Nichol, Typewriters, New Kids On The Block

Q&A: Doc director says Russian emigres fear Putin can 'get them' here

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 24, 2017Vladimir Putin, LGBT rights, Foreign adoptions, Donald Trump, documentaries

Breathe: Director Andy Serkis Draws On Real Life to Highlight Disability

By Kim Hughes

InterviewOctober 19, 2017Reality-based movies, Drama, Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Andy Serkis, TIFF 2017

Original-Cin interview: Michael Fassbender learns to ski on The Snowman

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 17, 2017Crime, Author Jo Nesbo, Norway, Michael Fassbender, Murder mystery

Mark Felt: Liam Neeson Brings Controlled Dignity to Watergate Player Deep Throat

By Kim Hughes

InterviewOctober 11, 2017drama, docudramas, Liam Neeson, Watergate, Trump

Ben Stiller: Actor Discusses Ennui and Envy As Explored in Brad’s Status

By Kim Hughes

InterviewSeptember 21, 2017Comedy-drama, pop culture, TIFF 2017