Original-Cin Q&A: Shawn Mendes doc director Grant Singer talks 109-show shoot, voice crises and T.O. homecoming
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekConcert tour documentaries, Shawn Mendes, Shawn Mendes: In Wonder, Grant Singer, The Weeknd, Taylor Swift, Canadian pop sensations, Camila Cabello, Netflix, Pickering
Original-Cin Q&A: ZAPPA director Alex Winter on why the doc is more about the man than the music
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekFrank Zappa documentary, Alex Winter, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Downloaded, The Panama Papers, Showbiz Kids, Gail Zappa, Bill and Ted: Face The Music, Editor Mike Nichols, Senate hearings on record labeling, Ahmet Zappa, Diana Serra Cary, Cameron Boyce
Original-Cin Q&A: Jackie Chan filmmaking partner Stanley Tong talks about their bond, and the Vanguard stunt that almost killed the action star
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekJackie Chan, Writer/director Stanley Tong, Rumble in the Bronx, Supercop, Kung Fu Yoga, Vanguard., Actors doing stunts, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Yang Yang, Top Gun, Michelle Yeoh, Miya Muqi, Near fatal stunts
Original-Cin Q&A: Sound of Metal Director Darius Marder on Capturing Deafness on Film
By Karen Gordon
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Interview, PreviewJim SlotekSound of Metal, TIFF 2018, Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Darius Marder, Q&A, Deafness, Deaf culture, Drama, Derek Cianfrance
Original-Cin Q&A: Lola Pettigrew talks about playing the gay teen title character in the comedy Dating Amber
By Bonnie Laufer
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Original-Cin Q&A: Malin Akerman and Bella Thorne on the 'Fight Club for women,' Chick Fight
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekChick Fight, "Female Fight Club", Malin Akerman, Bella Thorne, Dulcé Sloan, Paul Leyden, Injuries on set, Bella Thorne's dyslexia and fear of crowds, Shake It Up, The Grinch
Original-Cin Q&A: Director of the Anton Yelchin doc Love, Antosha talks about discovering the late actor through his writings, journals and music
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekAnton Yelchin, Love, Antosha, 5 to 7, Only Lovers Left Alive, Green Room, Garret Price, Russian American actors, Hollywood actors who died young, Star Trek, J.J. Abrams, Drake Doremus, Like Crazy
Original-Cin Q&A: Grown-up child stars Adam Brody and Sophie Nélisse talk about the quirky The Kid Detective
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekThe Kid Detective, Adam Brody, The O.C., Sophie Nélisse, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, Former child stars, Evan Morgan, The Dirties, Quebecoise actresses, Canadian movies
The Cuban: Interview/review of a Canadian film that overcame pandemic paralysis by barn-storming the drive-ins
Interview, ReviewJim SlotekSergio Navarretta, The Cuban, Drive-in theatre events, Cuban-Canadian pianist Hilario Duran, Louis Gossett Jr., Ana Golja, Degrassi: Next Class, Pan African Film Festival in L.A, Lavazza Drive-In Film Festival, Glen Campbell, Spirit of the West’s John Mann, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Giacomo Gianniotti, Alzheimer's
Original-Cin Q&A: Star Cathy Ang on Playing Smart, Cool, Inspirational Girl in Over the Moon
By Bonnie Laufer
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Interview, PreviewJim SlotekAnimation, Netflix, Over the Moon, Ken Jeong, Sandra Oh, Cathy Ang, Glen Keane, Children's movies, Asian Americans, Fantasy, Margaret Cho
Original-Cin Q&A: I Am Greta director recalls pointing his camera at a lone activist and following the family through a media storm
By Bonnie Laufer
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Original-Cin Q&A: Colin O'Donoghue on playing 'Gordo' Cooper in Disney's series version of The Right Stuff
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekThe Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe, 1983 movie, Disney Plus series remake, Mercury 7 astronauts, Colin O'Donoghue, Gordon “Gordo” Cooper, Dennis Quaid, Once Upon A Time, Space Camp, Jake McDorman, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Patrick J. Adams, Leonardo DiCaprio, Moon landing 50th anniversary
Original-Cin Q&A: Director Clark Johnson on the GMO activist drama Percy, Christopher Walken anecdotes, and a chance to direct Lovecraft Country
By Bonnie Laufer
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InterviewJim SlotekAnti-GMO activism, Percy, Percy Schmeiser, Christopher Walken, Roberta Maxwell, Zach Braff, Luke Kirby, Adam Beach, Martin Donovan, Clark Johnson, Cesar Chavez, The Dead Zone, Michael J. Fox, Night Heat, The Wire, Homicide: Life on the Street, Sonny Grosso, Lovecraft Country
TIFF 'In Conversation': Barry Jenkins' and Claire Denis' mutual admiration session ponders violence and the value of trust in film
InterviewJim SlotekToronto International Film Festival’s In Conversation With…, Barry Jenkins, Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, Claire Denis, Chocolat, Josh Safdie, Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig, Mati Diop, Atlantics, Outkast’s Andre Benjamin, The Weeknd, Herman Melville’s novella, Billy Budd, Benjamin Britten’s opera Billy Budd, High Life, Beau Travail
Barry Levinson and Denzel Washington ‘In Conversation’ at TIFF: Hollywood titans trade tales and insights
Interview, Preview, ViewsJim SlotekTIFF 2020, In Coversation With, Denzel Washington, Barry Levinson, Rain Man, Diner, Fences, Antwone Fisher, Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman
TIFF Q&A: Midnight Madness programmer Peter Kuplowsky on replicating the madness at home, and answering our Get The Hell Out review
InterviewJim SlotekToronto International Film Festival, Midnight Madness, Programmer Peter Kuplowsky, Shadow In The Cloud, Alex Winter's Freaked, Tetsuro Takeuchi's Guitar Wolf, Get The Hell Out, Taiwanese zombie movie, I.-Fan Wang, Edgar Wright, Stephen Chow, Temple of Devilbuster
TIFF press conference: How Idris Elba learned to love his horse on Concrete Cowboy
By Linda Barnard
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InterviewJim SlotekIdris Elba, Concrete Cowboy, Jamil “Mil” Prattis, Philadelphia's Fletcher Street Stables, Caleb McLaughlin, Stranger Things, Lorraine Toussaint, Orange is the New Black, Toronto International Film Festival, Jharrel Jerome, Moonlight, Lee Daniels, Ricky Staub, Greg Neri’s 2009 novel Ghetto Cowboy, Actors learning to ride a horse
Saoirse Ronan ‘In Conversation’ Reveals Acclaimed Actor’s Debt to Her Directors
Interview, PreviewJim SlotekTIFF 2020, Saoirse Ronan, In Coversation With, Kate Winslet, Lady Bird, greta gerwig, Brooklyn, John Crowley, Timothée Chalamet, Anne T. Donahue
TIFF press conference: Quarantined in North Bay, Penguin Bloom's Naomi Watts talks bird poop, wheelchairs and personal struggle
InterviewJim SlotekNaomi Watts, Naomi Watts quarantined in North Bay, Phillip Noyce thriller Lakewood, Penguin Bloom, "Support animal" birds, Magpies, The Walking Dead’s Andrew Lincoln, Jacki Weaver, Emma Cooper, Bruna Papandrea, Glendyn Ivin, Sam and Cam Bloom., Paralyzing accident, Wheelchair training, Bird poop
Halle Berry, 'In Conversation,' talks about starring in her own directorial debut Bruised, and the long shut-out of Black Best Actresses
By Linda Barnard
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InterviewJim SlotekHalle Berry, Bruised, Netflix, MMA fighter movies, Distribution deals at TIFF, Actors directing themselves, Actors directing debuts, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Spike Lee, Wesley Snipes, Jungle Fever., Monster’s Ball., First Black Best Actress Oscar winner
