Original-Cin Q&A: Mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg Talks New Streaming App Just for Phones
By Bonnie Laufer
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TRIPPING the Rideau Canal: Picture yourself in a boat on the Rideau - for four strangely soothing hours
Interview, ReviewJim SlotekReal-time documentary television, Mitch Azaria, TRIPPING the Rideau Canal, Rideau Canal locks, Manotick Ontario, Ambient television, Mood on Demand, TVOntario, Jane Jankovic
Original-Cin Interview: Canadian Strain's Naomi Snieckus talks performing during quarantine, and getting Jann Arden to sing from home
InterviewJim SlotekCOVID-19 effect on movies, Naomi Snieckus, Canadian Strain, Mr. D, Geordie Sabbagh, Jess Salgueiro, Marijuana legalization in Canada, The Firecracker Department, Jann Arden, Work It, Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 2, Carter, Matt Baram
Original-Cin Q&A: Director Ken Loach Once Again Marshalls Reality On-Screen
Original-Cin Q&A: Run This Town's Nina Dobrev and Mena Massoud talk Rob Ford and millennials
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekRob Ford, Run This Town, Damian Lewis, Mena Massoud, Nina Dobrev, Adrienne Batra, Ben Platt, Scott Speedman, Ricky Tollman, Crack Mayor, Millennials, Toronto in the movies
Original-Cin Q&A: Disappearance at Clifton Hill's Hannah Gross and Tuppence Middleton talk Niagara Falls, plus a vid-chat with Albert Shin
By Bonnie Laufer
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Q&A: Director Jesse Zigelstein’s Ace Debut Deftly Explores Hipster Chef Culture
Original-Cin Q&A: The Assistant director Kitty Green about filmdom's toxic beyond-Harvey atmosphere
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekThe Assistant, Kitty Green, Harvey Weinstein, Abusive workplace environments, Sexual misconduct, Menial tasks assigned to women, Documentarians turned fiction filmmakers, Casting JonBenet, Scott Rudin, Julia Garner, Ozark, Matthew Macfadyen, Succession, #MeToo
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
