Original-Cin Q&A: The Secret Garden's Dixie Egerickx on the joy of shooting in a real garden and acting with kids instead of adults
By Bonnie Laufer
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Original-Cin Q&A: Micheál Richardson talks about filming with his dad Liam Neeson, in a movie that evokes his mom's death
By Bonnie Laufer
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Original-Cin Q&A: Director Kris Rey takes Community's Gillian Jacobs back to school in I Used To Go Here
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekI Used to Go Here, Back to college comedies, Kris Rey, Gillian Jacobs, Southern Illinois University, Unexpected, Jemaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords, The Lonely Island, Andy Sandberg, Jorma Taccone, Ad-libbed lines, Movies about finding self-confidence
Original-Cin Q&A: Umbrella Academy’s Ellen Page and Steve Blackman on Superpowers, Family and Fact as Fiction
By Bonnie Laufer
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Preview, InterviewThe Umbrella Academy, Netflix series, superheroes, Ellen, Steve Blackman, American Civil Rights, John Lewis, Greensboro sit-ins, Historical action thriller
Original-Cin Q&A: Writer/director/co-star Jay Baruchel on his passion project Random Acts of Violence and the sad, scary decrepitude of rural towns
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekRandom Acts of Violence, Jay Baruchel, Horror movies, Copycat killers, Movies based on comic books, Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Jordana Brewster, Niamh Wilson, Jesse Chabot, Scary rural shooting locations, Goon: Last of the Enforcers
Original-Cin Q&A: Lou Gossett Jr. on The Cuban, working with Canadians and lessons from a 117-year-old great-grandmother
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekLouis Gossett Jr., The Cuban, Movies about Cuban music, Movies about dementia, Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Sand and Fog, Lauren Holly, Giacomo Gianniotti, Sergio Navarretta, The Book of Negroes, The James Mink Story, Roots, An Officer and Gentleman
Original-Cin Q&A: Jim Gaffigan on playing Rob Ford, performing drive-in stand-up and his two-part concert special on Prime
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekJim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist, Amazon Prime Video, Improvised material, Mayor, Rob Ford, CBS Sunday Morning, Drive-in standup comedy, Amazon Prime, Barcelona, Spain, Kitchener, Ontario, Target Number One, Josh Hartnett
Original-Cin Q&A: War journo Bob Woodruff and son Mack find the 'amazing' sides of trouble spots in Disney+'s Rogue Trip
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekWar correspondents, Bob Woodruff, Mack Woodruff, Rogue Trip, National Geographic, Disney+, War reporters wounded in action, The bright side of world trouble spots, Skull caves in Papua New Guinea, South American palm tree larvae, Father and son TV series
Original-Cin Q&A: Udo Kier on The Painted Bird, Lars von Trier and the lifelong effects of being born amid war rubble
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekUdo Kier, Lars von Trier, Václav Marhoul, The Painted Bird, Jerzy Kosinski, Growing up amid war rubble, Road to Saint Tropez, Medea, Breaking the Waves, Nymphomaniac, Gus Van Sant, My Own Private Idaho
Original-Cin Q&A: Amy Heckerling on Clueless's 25th, the Clueless musical on pandemic pause and the memory of getting respect
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekClueless 25th anniversary, Amy Heckerling, Jane Austen novel Emma, Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Donald Faison, Paul Rudd, Clueless musical, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Aerosmith’s “Cryin’” video
Original-Cin Q&A: 'Joey Pants' thanks Canada for his first lead role in From the Vine, and says he never let his kids watch The Sopranos
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekJoe Pantoliano, Joey Pants, From the Vine, Risky Business, The Matrix, The Sopranos, Kenneth Canio Cancellara, Will Smith, Bad Boys For Life, Sean Cisterna, Wendy Crewson
Original-Cin Q&A: U.K.'s Daniel Mays talks Mike Leigh, and the heart-tugging reality-based hit Fisherman's Friends
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekFisherman’s Friends, Daniel Mays, Tuppence Middleton, James Purefoy, David Hayman, Cornish fisherman who became recording stars, sea shanties, Chris Foggin, Mike Leigh, Vera Drake
Original-Cin Q&A: The Outpost's Rod Lurie talks about war, his second-generation famous-name cast, and a pre-shoot personal tragedy
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekRod Lurie, The Outpost, The Contender, The Last Castle, Jake Tapper, Deadliest battle in Afghanistan, Medal of Honor, Scott Eastwood, Milo Gibson, James Jagger, Will Attenborough, Caleb Landry Jones, Scott Alda Coffey, Gold Star families, Mel's Drive-In, Ty Carter
Original-Cin Q&A: Atom Egoyan and David Thewlis talk up film about an overzealous health inspector with a secret
By Bonnie Laufer
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Original-Cin Q&A: Rachel McAdams watched 'every Bjork interview' for the comedy Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekEurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, Netflix movies, Will Ferrell, Icelandic characters, Rachel McAdams, David Dobkin, Wedding Crashers, Pierce Brosnan, Demi Lovato, Dan Stevens, Downton Abbey, Spoof of Scandivavian pop stars, Bjork, Jaja Ding Dong
Original-Cin Q&A: The makers of Boys State - in which politically opposed teens show adults how to govern - tout their Sundance winning doc
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekBoys State, Student politicians, Mock government exercises, American Legion, Sundance Grand Jury Prize, Hot Docs 2020, Film festivals streaming during COVID-19, Free streaming event for Hot Docs members, Jesse Moss, Amanda McBaine, Bill Clinton as a boy shaking JFK's hand, Political opposites compromising
Original-Cin Q&A: Agnieszka Holland talks about her 'Ukrainian Holocaust' movie Mr. Jones and the lesson of stifling press
By Bonnie Laufer
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Original-Cin Review/Interview: Stealing School director Li Dong talks 'Asian Fs,' school's exaggerated importance and absurd tribunals
Review, InterviewJim SlotekStealing School, Li Dong, Academic tribunals, plagiarism accusations, Celine Tsai, racism, Jonathan Keltz, Over importance of academia, Michelle Monteith, Matthew Edison, Mpho Koah, Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz
Original-Cin Q&A: Teen scream-queen Lulu Wilson on the bloody revenge movie Becky, Star Trek: Picard and feminism
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekLulu Wilson, Becky, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Annabelle: Creation, The Haunting of Hill House, Teenage scream-queen, Kevin Jame, Star Trek PIcard, Gloria Steinem, Female empowered horror films
Original-Cin Q&A: Palestinian director Elia Suleiman talks about his absurdist approach to inflammatory reality
Review, InterviewJim SlotekElia Suleiman, It Must Be Heaven, Palestinian filmmaker, Absurdist social comment, Guy Sprung, Gael Garcia Bernal, Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Movies released online during pandemic, Yasmine Hamdan, Keystone Cops, Buster Keaton, Jacques Tati
