Articles — Original Cin

Since 2017: Career film critics continuing the conversation

Posts in Interview

Original-Cin Q&A: Cyrano's Roxanne, Haley Bennett, on Peter Dinklage and Her Partner Joe Wright

Original-Cin Q&A: Cyrano's Roxanne, Haley Bennett, on Peter Dinklage and Her Partner Joe Wright

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekFebruary 22, 2022Period piece films, Classic lit turned into musicals, Cyrano, Joe Wright, Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Movies shot during the pandemicComment

Original-Cin Interview: Nadine Pequeneza on Last of the Right Whales and Filming Death in the Water

Original-Cin Interview: Nadine Pequeneza on Last of the Right Whales and Filming Death in the Water

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekFebruary 17, 2022Comment

Original-Cin Q&A: District 9's Sharlto Copley Gets Into the Unabomber’s Head in Ted K

Original-Cin Q&A: District 9's Sharlto Copley Gets Into the Unabomber’s Head in Ted K

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekFebruary 15, 2022Ted K, Ted Kaczynski, a.k.a. the Unabomber, Tony Stone, Sharlto Copley, District 9, Anti-tech manifesto, mailbombsComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Kevin Smith on his Bio-Doc, a Fight Over Harvey Weinstein and 'Being Me For a Living'

Original-Cin Q&A: Kevin Smith on his Bio-Doc, a Fight Over Harvey Weinstein and 'Being Me For a Living'

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 30, 2022Kevin Smith, Documentaries about filmmakers, Clerk, Clerks, Malcolm Ingram, Harvey Weinstein, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Richard Linklater, Ben AffleckComment

Original-Cin Q&A: NFL great Kurt Warner and His Screen Self Zachary Levi on American Underdog

Original-Cin Q&A: NFL great Kurt Warner and His Screen Self Zachary Levi on American Underdog

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekDecember 27, 2021Sports underdog movies, American Underdog, Kurt Warner, Zachary Levi, Anna Paquin, Arena football, Gratest undrafted player in NFL historyComment

Original-Cin Q&A: The Son Also Rises as Harris Dickinson Plays The King's Man's Heir Apparent

Original-Cin Q&A: The Son Also Rises as Harris Dickinson Plays The King's Man's Heir Apparent

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekDecember 21, 2021The King's Man, Matthew Vaughn, The Secret Service comic book, Harris Dickinson, Ralph Fiennes, Kingsman series, Djimon Hounsou, Rhys Ifans, Gemma ArtertonComment

Original-Cin Q&A: David Alvarez, West Side Story's 'Tough Guy' Bernardo, is a Nice Guy from Montreal

Original-Cin Q&A: David Alvarez, West Side Story's 'Tough Guy' Bernardo, is a Nice Guy from Montreal

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekDecember 10, 2021Steven Spielberg, West Side Story, David Alvarez, Ariana Dabose, Canadians in Hollywood, Stephen Sondheim Comment

Original-Cin Q&A: Benedict Cumberbatch on Accessing His 'Inner A--hole' in The Power of the Dog

Original-Cin Q&A: Benedict Cumberbatch on Accessing His 'Inner A--hole' in The Power of the Dog

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 16, 2021The Power of the Dog, Benedict Cumberbatch playing a rancher, Jane Campion, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee Comments

Original-Cin Q&A: Andrew Garfield on channeling Jonathan Larson's spirit in Tick, Tick... Boom

Original-Cin Q&A: Andrew Garfield on channeling Jonathan Larson's spirit in Tick, Tick... Boom

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 14, 2021Tick, Tick.. Boom, Movie musicals about musicals, Andrew Garfield, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonathan Larson, Rent, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexandra Shipp, Robin De JesusComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Pablo Larrain Talks About His 'Upside Down Fairy Tale' Diana movie Spencer

Original-Cin Q&A: Pablo Larrain Talks About His 'Upside Down Fairy Tale' Diana movie Spencer

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 2, 2021Pablo Larraín, Spencer, Jackie, Experiential movies about tragic iconic women, Princess Diana, Kristen Stewart, The Royal FamilyComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Zombie Heistmeister Zack Snyder and Scream-King Matthias Schweighöfer Talk Up Army of Thieves

Original-Cin Q&A: Zombie Heistmeister Zack Snyder and Scream-King Matthias Schweighöfer Talk Up Army of Thieves

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 28, 2021Army of the Dead, Army of Thieves, Zombie heist comedy, Zack Snyder, Matthias Schweighöfer, Ruby O. FeeComment

Snakehead - Original-Cin Q&A: How the Asian Community Stepped Up for a Movie About Real-life Gangster Sister Ping

Snakehead - Original-Cin Q&A: How the Asian Community Stepped Up for a Movie About Real-life Gangster Sister Ping

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 26, 2021Movies about female Asian gang leaders, Snakehead, Evan Jackson Leong, Sister Ping, Jade Wu, Shuya Chang Comment

Original-Cin Chat: Dune Director Denis Villeneuve on Adapting the “Unadaptable”

Original-Cin Chat: Dune Director Denis Villeneuve on Adapting the “Unadaptable”

By Karen Gordon

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 19, 2021Dune, Denis Villeneuve, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, Timothée Chalamet, Javier Bardem, Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, TIFF 2021, Venice Film Festival, Science fiction, Adaptation, Frank Herbert sci-fi novelComment

TIFF In Conversation With...: Spencer's Kristen Stewart on Princess Di's private hell and the power of silence

TIFF In Conversation With...: Spencer's Kristen Stewart on Princess Di's private hell and the power of silence

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekSeptember 15, 2021TIFF’s online In Conversation With…, Spencer, Kristen Stewart, Pablo Larrain, Princess Diana, Olivier Assayas, Personal ShopperComment

TIFF Tribute Awards presser: How Denis Villeneuve learned to love streaming, and other pandemic epiphanies

TIFF Tribute Awards presser: How Denis Villeneuve learned to love streaming, and other pandemic epiphanies

By Linda Barnard

InterviewJim SlotekSeptember 11, 2021TIFF Tribute Awards, Jessica Chastain, TIFF People’s Choice Award, The Power of the Dog, Denis Villeneuve, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, What stars did during COVID, Danis Goulet, Alanis ObomsawinComment

Original-Cin Interview: Rik Emmett on being the 'Yoko' in the Triumph TIFF film

Original-Cin Interview: Rik Emmett on being the 'Yoko' in the Triumph TIFF film

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekSeptember 9, 2021Rock power trios, Triumph, Rik Emmett, Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine, Gil Moore, Mike Levine, Toronto International Film FestivalComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Shang-Chi's Simu Liu on Living the Dream, Proud Parents Seeing Him on Chinese Posters and 'That Tweet'

Original-Cin Q&A: Shang-Chi's Simu Liu on Living the Dream, Proud Parents Seeing Him on Chinese Posters and 'That Tweet'

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekSeptember 3, 2021Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, First Asian Marvel film hero, Simu Liu, Michelle Yeoh, Tony LeungComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Canada's Katheryn Winnick Talks Sean Penn, Flag Day, Big Sky and Vikings

Original-Cin Q&A: Canada's Katheryn Winnick Talks Sean Penn, Flag Day, Big Sky and Vikings

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekAugust 25, 2021Canadian actresses, Katheryn Winnick, Flag Day, Sean Penn, Jennifer Vogel, Dylan Penn, Big Sky.Comment

Original-Cin Q&A: Paw Patrol Director Cal Brunker Discusses Pups, Pipsqueaks, and Celebs

Original-Cin Q&A: Paw Patrol Director Cal Brunker Discusses Pups, Pipsqueaks, and Celebs

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekAugust 16, 2021Paw Patrol: The Movie, Children's movies, Cal Brunker, Kim Kardashian, Jimmy Kimmel, Animation Comment

Original-Cin Q&A: Co-Star/Writer of the Women's-Lives Anthology Materna Discusses Writing From Grief

Original-Cin Q&A: Co-Star/Writer of the Women's-Lives Anthology Materna Discusses Writing From Grief

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekAugust 11, 2021Materna, New York anthology films, Women's lives, Assol Abdullina, David Gutnik, Jade Eshete, Tribeca Film FestivalComment