Original-Cin interview - Just Mercy: 'If anger was all it took to create justice, we would have had it a long time ago'
InterviewJim SlotekJust Mercy, Bryan Stevenson, Michael B. Jordan, Equal Justice Initiative, Walter McMillian, Death Row drama, Courtroom drama, Destin Daniel Cretton, The Glass Castle, Marvel, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Brie Larson, 60 Minutes, Monroeville Alabama, Montgomery Alabama
Original-Cin Q&A: The stars of Sam Mendes' 1917 talk about lengthy single shots, and carrying a war film on their shoulders
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim Slotek1917, Sam Mendes, Roger Deakins, Captain Fantastic, George MacKay, Game of Thrones, Dean-Charles Chapman, Krysty Wilson-Cairns, Single shot movie, War films, Colin Firth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew Scott
Original-Cin Q&A: We talk to Joonas Suotamo, the Finnish basketball player now known as Chewbacca
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Joonas Suotamo, Chewbacca, Peter Mayhew, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Final instalment of the Star Wars saga, J.J. Abrams, Chris Terrio
Original-Cin Q&A: The Flash's Robbie Amell talks crowdfunding for Code 8, a feature with his Green Arrow cousin Stephen
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekRobbie Amell, Stephen Amell, The Flash, Arrow, Code 8, DC Universe, TV star passion projects, Crowdfunding, Indiegogo, Reddit, Chris Pare, Jeff Chan, Kari Matchett, Greg Bryk, Peter Outerbridge, Features based on shorts, Super hero movies
Original-Cin Q&A: Horror Maven Audrey Cummings on She Never Died, Putting Female Spin on a Henry Rollins Role, and Maxed-out Credit Cards
InterviewJim SlotekShe Never Died, Audrey Cummings, Berkshire County, Canadian Film Centre, Olunike Adeliyi, Blood in The Snow Film Festival, He Never Died, Henry Rollins, Jason Krawczyk, The Briefcase, South by Southwest, Canadian horror movies, Darken, Peter MacNeil, Black Christmas
Youth-Oriented Musical Film Stand! Explores Contemporary Issues Through the Lens Of History
Preview, InterviewStand!, Plays adapted as films, Canadian, Robert Adetuyi, Marshall Williams, Laura Wiggins, Winnipeg, Musical, young adult
Original-Cin Q&A: Noah Jupe on playing a young Shia LaBeouf and stickhandling Hollywood
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekNoah Jupe, Suburbicon, Wonder, A Quiet Place, A Quiet Place: Part II, Ford v Ferrari, Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Honey Boy, Shia LaBeouf, Alma Har'e, Lucas Hedges, Autobiographical dramas, Child actors, Toronto International Film Festival
Original-Cin Q&A: Roland Emmerich talks Sony balking at making Midway, and chimes in on Marvel movies (not cinema)
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekIndependence Day, Roland Emmerich, The Day After Tomorrow, Godzilla, Midway, Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans, Aaron Eckhart, Nick Jonas, A Bridge Too Far, The Patriot, Wes Tooke, Sony, Anonymous, Stonewall, Moonfall, Jonny Beauchamp, Rhys Ifans, Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Marvel, Martin Scorsese, The Russo Brothers
Original-Cin interview: Motherless Brooklyn's Edward Norton on directing himself, rewriting a best-seller and systemic racism
InterviewJim SlotekMotherless Brooklyn, Edward Norton, Tourettes, Jonathan Lethem, Bruce Willis, Robert Moses, Actor-directors, Jane Jacobs, Hortense Gabel, Alec Baldwin, Donald Trump, James Rouse, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Wynton Marsalis, Thom Yorke
Original-Cin interview: Pain and Glory's Antonio Banderas talks heart attack, and playing a 'self-fiction' of his friend Almodovar
InterviewJim SlotekAntonio Banderas, Pedro Almodóvar, Pain and Glory, Toronto International Film Festival, Banderas heart attack, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, Evita, The Mask of Zorro, Spy Kids, Melanie Griffith, Awards season movies, Filmmakers quasi-autobiographies
Rendezvous with Madness: Long-running Mental-Health Themed Festival Timelier Than Ever
Interview, Preview, Review, ViewsRendezvous With Madness, Geoff Pevere, Conviction, Retrospekt, Bedlam, Mental health issues, documentaries, Dramas, Toronto film festivals, Festival
Original-Cin Q&A: Ang Lee talks Gemini Man, Will Smith and advice for his younger self
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekAng Lee, Will Smith, Gemini Man, "Twin" roles, Digital de-aging technology, Weta Digital, 3D films, Increased frame-rate, 120 frames per second, Netflix films, Movie Q&As
Original-Cin Q&A: Downton Abbey's 'Downstairs staff,' Phyllis Logan and Lesley Nicol talk Imelda Staunton, Thomas Barrow's sexuality and seeing themselves on an IMAX screen
By Bonnie Laufer
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Interview, PreviewJim SlotekDownton Abbey movie, Michelle Dockery, King George V, Queen Mary, Robert James-Collier, Jim Carter, Maggie Smith, Lesley Nicol, Period TV series, Early 20th Cenury England, Julian Fellowes, Michael Engler, Phyllis Logan, Imelda Staunton, Thomas Barrow, Sophie McShera
Original-Cin Q&A: Hustlers' Constance Wu talks pole dancing, J-Lo, Cardi B and why women are tagged as 'catty'
By Bonnie Laufer
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TIFF Interview, Red Penguins: The story of the unsuccessful U.S. attempt to buy the Red Army hockey team
InterviewJim SlotekGabe Polsky, Red Army, Red Penguins, Steve Warshaw, Howard Baldwin, Russian hockey, The fall of the Soviet Union, Viktor Tikhonov, Valery Gushin, Disney, Russian mafia, New Cold War, Dynamo, Spartak, Bolshoi Ballet
TIFF Press Conference: Kristen Stewart Discusses Embodying an Icon in Seberg
By Danita Steinberg
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TIFF Press Conference: The Goldfinch's cast and director talk tragedy, spray tan, cinematic bad-dads and Roger Deakins
By Danita Steinberg
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InterviewJim SlotekThe Goldfinch, Pulitzer Prize, Donna Tartt, Ansel Elgort, Oakes Fegley, Aneurin Barnard, Sarah Paulson, Luke Wilson, Nicole Kidman, Ashleigh Cummings, John Crowley, Roger Deakins, TIFF 2019
TIFF Press Conference: Susan Sarandon and company talk up the euthanasia drama Blackbird
By Danita Steinberg
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InterviewJim SlotekToronto International Film Festival, Blackbird, Euthanisia, Assisted suicide, Susan Sarandon, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Kate Winslet, Bainn Wilson, Roger Michell, Sherryl Clark, Press conferences, Oscar buzz
Original-Cin Interview: Sony Animation's Pam Marsden on the Oscar, Angry Birds 2 and watching a medium grow up
InterviewJim SlotekSony Pictures Animation, Pixar, Best Animated Feature Oscar, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Angry Birds Movie 2, Pam Marsden, Collision Conference, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Hotel Transylvania, Dinosaur, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Genndy Tartakovsky, Deadpool, PG-13
Original-Cin Q&A: Cate Blanchett talks 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette', conflictedness, Richard Linklater and leaf blowers
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekWhere'd You Go Bernadette?, Cate Blanchett, Maria Semple, Richard Linklater, Emma Nelson, Troian Bellisario, Zoe Chao, Runaway moms, Q&A interviews, Domestic inner turmoil
