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Original-Cin Interview: Buffy Sainte-Marie Comes to TIFF Where She Belongs

Original-Cin Interview: Buffy Sainte-Marie Comes to TIFF Where She Belongs

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekSeptember 6, 2022Buffy Sainte-Marie, Singer-songwriter documentaries, Toronto International Film Festival, Celebration of Nations, Indigenous activists, Up Where We Belong, Oscar-winning songwritersComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Cast of New Tolkien-Based Series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Original-Cin Q&A: Cast of New Tolkien-Based Series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

By Bonnie Laufer

Preview, InterviewJim SlotekAugust 31, 2022The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, J.R.R. Tolkien, J. D. Payne, Patrick McKay, Middle-earth, Amazon, Prime Video, Lindsey Weber, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Sara Zwangobani, Robert Aramayo, Benjamin Walker, Sophia NomvetteComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Danish Villain-For-Hire Pilou Asbaek Talks Taking It to Stallone in Samaritan

Original-Cin Q&A: Danish Villain-For-Hire Pilou Asbaek Talks Taking It to Stallone in Samaritan

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekAugust 26, 2022Danish actors, Game of Thrones, Bergen, Pilou Asbaek, Samaritan, Sylvester Stallone, Javon Walton, Films based on graphic novelsComment

Original-Cin Q&A: The Sandman's Neil Gaiman Asks, 'Who Says the Endless Are a Dysfunctional Family?'

Original-Cin Q&A: The Sandman's Neil Gaiman Asks, 'Who Says the Endless Are a Dysfunctional Family?'

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekAugust 2, 2022The Sandman, Neil Gaiman, Allan Heinberg, Tom Sturridge, The Endless, Netflix, TV series based on graphic novelsComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Alan Cumming and director Jono McLeod on the Real-Life Saga of My Old School

Original-Cin Q&A: Alan Cumming and director Jono McLeod on the Real-Life Saga of My Old School

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJuly 25, 2022Documentaries with re-creations, My Old School, Real-life fake high school students, Jono McLeod, Alan Cumming, Brandon Lee, Bearsden AcademyComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Some Words - Including 'Oh My!' - From George Takei on Voicing a Cat in Paws of Fury

Original-Cin Q&A: Some Words - Including 'Oh My!' - From George Takei on Voicing a Cat in Paws of Fury

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJuly 11, 2022Animated movie voice stars, George Takei, Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, Michael Cera, Ricky Gervais, Cats versus dogs, Mel BrooksComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Karl Urban on Hunting Animated Sea Beasts and Being Covered in Blood on The Boys

Original-Cin Q&A: Karl Urban on Hunting Animated Sea Beasts and Being Covered in Blood on The Boys

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJuly 4, 2022The Sea Beast, Netflix, Karl Urban, The Boys, Chris Williams, Zaris-Angel HatorComment

Interview (With SPOILERS): Star Trek's First Blind Actor on Cancer, Family and Facing Death

Interview (With SPOILERS): Star Trek's First Blind Actor on Cancer, Family and Facing Death

By John Kirk

Interview, PreviewJim SlotekJune 30, 2022Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Blind actors playing blind characters, Bruce Horak, Aenar, a blind species of the Andorian, Celia Rose Gooding, The Gorn, S1E9 “All Those Who Wander”, Characters who die Comments

Original-Cin Q&A: Inuit Horror Filmmaker Nyla Innuksuk on her Debut Slash/Back and Goonies Influence

Original-Cin Q&A: Inuit Horror Filmmaker Nyla Innuksuk on her Debut Slash/Back and Goonies Influence

By Thom Ernst

InterviewJim SlotekJune 23, 2022Canadian horror films, Slash/Back, Inuit directors, The Goonies, Young people fighting monsters, Pangnirtung, NunavutComment

Q&A/Review The Righteous: Republic of Doyle's Mark O'Brien's stark, gothic supernatural directorial debut

Q&A/Review The Righteous: Republic of Doyle's Mark O'Brien's stark, gothic supernatural directorial debut

By Jim Slotek

Review, InterviewJim SlotekJune 1, 2022The Righteous, Mark O'Brien, Republic of Doyle, Ready or Not, Henry Czerny, First-time feature directors, Supernatural gothic horrorComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Dakota's Tim Rozon talks dogs, bears, wolves, Schitt's Creek and Wynnona Earp

Original-Cin Q&A: Dakota's Tim Rozon talks dogs, bears, wolves, Schitt's Creek and Wynnona Earp

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMay 25, 2022Tim Rozon, Wynnona Earp, Schitt’s Creek, Surreal Estate, Movies about dogs, Dakota, Abbie Cornish, Lola Sultan, Patrick MuldoonComment

From the Inside Out Film Fest: The Twisty Gay History of Professional Wrestling and More

From the Inside Out Film Fest: The Twisty Gay History of Professional Wrestling and More

By Jim Slotek

Original-Cin Q&A: Downton's Mr. Molesley, Kevin Doyle, Looks Back in Wonder

Original-Cin Q&A: Downton's Mr. Molesley, Kevin Doyle, Looks Back in Wonder

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMay 19, 2022Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey: A New Era, Kevin Doyle, Mr Molesley, Movies about the shooting of a movie, Maggie Smith, Julian Fellowes, Dan Stevens, Jim Carter, Imelda StauntonComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Director of How Saba Kept Singing, on the Strength and Spirit of Holocaust Survivors

Original-Cin Q&A: Director of How Saba Kept Singing, on the Strength and Spirit of Holocaust Survivors

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekApril 28, 2022How Saba Kept Singing, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Sara Taksler, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, David Wisnia, Avi Wisnia, Stories of Auschwitz, Holocaust Remembrance DayComment

Hot Docs '22: Director Reg Harkema on Comedy Punks, and which Kid in the Hall is like Danzig

Hot Docs '22: Director Reg Harkema on Comedy Punks, and which Kid in the Hall is like Danzig

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekApril 27, 2022The Kids in the Hall, Reg Harkema, The Rivoli, Comedy documentaries, Hot Docs 22, The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks, Bruce McCulloch, Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, Scott ThompsonComment

Hot Docs '22: Batata Director on Life at a Lebanese Potato Farm/Refugee Camp through Syria and ISIS

Hot Docs '22: Batata Director on Life at a Lebanese Potato Farm/Refugee Camp through Syria and ISIS

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekApril 26, 2022Hot Docs, Films about Syrian refugees, Batata, Noura Kevorkian, Raqqa, documentaries, Docs shot over 10 years or more, Syrian-Lebanon relationshipComment

Original-Cin Q&A: All My Puny Sorrows' Director and Stars on the Miriam Toews Experience

Original-Cin Q&A: All My Puny Sorrows' Director and Stars on the Miriam Toews Experience

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekApril 13, 2022Miriam Toews, All My Puny Sorrows, Michael McGowan, The right to die, Alison Pill), Sarah Gadon, Mare WinninghamComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Turning Red director Domee Shi talks Toronto, Goth-Days and Real-Life Friend/Characters

Original-Cin Q&A: Turning Red director Domee Shi talks Toronto, Goth-Days and Real-Life Friend/Characters

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 9, 2022Domee Shi, Pixar movies set in Toronto, Turning Red, Bao, Lindsey Collins, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Hyein Park, Tween girl traumasComment

Original-Cin Q&A: The Adam Project director Shawn Levy talks Ryan Reynolds and Time-Travels to his Bar Mitzvah

Original-Cin Q&A: The Adam Project director Shawn Levy talks Ryan Reynolds and Time-Travels to his Bar Mitzvah

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 7, 2022Time travel movies, Meeting your young self, The Adam Project, Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell, Shawn Levy, Free GuyComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Jockey's Clifton Collins Jr. and Molly Parker on how an aging rider's story affected them

Original-Cin Q&A: Jockey's Clifton Collins Jr. and Molly Parker on how an aging rider's story affected them

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 1, 2022Jockey, Films about horse racing, Clifton Collins Jr., Molly Parker, Moises Arias, Clint Bentley, TranspecosComment