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Original-Cin Q&A: DJ-Turned-Director D.W. Waterson Talks Backspot and Hard-Core Cheerleading

Original-Cin Q&A: DJ-Turned-Director D.W. Waterson Talks Backspot and Hard-Core Cheerleading

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMay 27, 2024Movies about competitive cheerleading, Backspot, Canadian films, Toronto International Film Festival, DJs turned director, D.W. Waterson, Elliot Page, Devery Jacobs, Evan Rachel Wood, Rhymes for Young Ghouls, Into the Forest, Producer Alona MetzerComment

Original-Cin Interview: 'Recovering Actor' Jonathan Frakes on Directing Star Trek: Discovery

Original-Cin Interview: 'Recovering Actor' Jonathan Frakes on Directing Star Trek: Discovery

By John Kirk

InterviewJim SlotekMay 23, 2024Actors turned director, Jonathan Frakes, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Discovery, Episode 509, “Lagrange Point”, Sonequa Martin-Green, Eve Harlow, The Breen, Callum Keith Rennie Comment

Original-Cin Q&A: You Can't Run Forever's J.K. Simmons on Going Psycho With His Wife, Daughter and Son

Original-Cin Q&A: You Can't Run Forever's J.K. Simmons on Going Psycho With His Wife, Daughter and Son

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMay 14, 2024J.K. Simmons, Film stars working with multiple family members, You Can’t Run Forever, Filmmaker Michelle Schumacher, Olivia Simmons, Joe Simmons, I'm Not Here, Sebastian Stan, Jason Reitman’s SNL 1975, Milton BerleComment

Hot Docs Interview: The Day Iceland Stood Still's Producer and Director on a Game-Changing Women's Strike

Hot Docs Interview: The Day Iceland Stood Still's Producer and Director on a Game-Changing Women's Strike

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekApril 26, 2024Women's equality in Iceland, 1975 Women's strike in Iceland, Hot Docs 24, The Day Iceland Stood Still, Director Pamela Hogan, Producer Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir, President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Bjork, Kvennakórinn KatlaComment

Hot Docs Interview: Top Toronto Chef Revisits His Indian Street Kid Past in Born Hungry

Hot Docs Interview: Top Toronto Chef Revisits His Indian Street Kid Past in Born Hungry

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekApril 26, 2024Adopted Indian street kids, Hot Docs 24, Sash Simpson, Born Hungry, Upscale Toronto restaurants, Barry Avrich, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Foster parents, Sandra and Lloyd Simpson, North 44’s Mark McEwan, Lion, Shipra KhannaComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Humane Director Caitlin on Not Being Just Another Cronenberg

Original-Cin Q&A: Humane Director Caitlin on Not Being Just Another Cronenberg

By Karen Gordon

InterviewJim SlotekApril 25, 2024Caitlin Cronenberg, Humane, Ecological disaster, Deadly dysfunctional family, Writer Michael Sparaga, Peter Gallagher, Uni Park, Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire, Cronenberg clan horror traditionComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Sophie Nélisse on Playing a Holocaust Heroine in Irena's Vow

Original-Cin Q&A: Sophie Nélisse on Playing a Holocaust Heroine in Irena's Vow

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekApril 19, 2024Holocaust heroine Irena Gut Opdyke, Irena’s Vow, Plays turned into movies, Sophie Nélisse, Playwright Dan Gordon, Director Louise Archambault, The Book Thief, The Boy in the Striped PajamasComment

National Canadian Film Day: The Movie Moose is Loose!

National Canadian Film Day: The Movie Moose is Loose!

By Jim Slotek and Liam Lacey

Interview, PreviewJim SlotekApril 16, 2024National Canadian Film Day, Reel Canada, Coast-to-coast Canadian movie screenings, Alanis Obomsawin, Sharon Corder, Jack Blum, Atom Egoyan, Ru., I Used To Be Funny, Caitlin Cronenberg’s Humane, Charles Officer, Norman Jewison, Don Shebib, RoadkillComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Zack Snyder on Digging Deeper into Rebel Moon

Original-Cin Q&A: Zack Snyder on Digging Deeper into Rebel Moon

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekApril 15, 2024Rebel Moon, Rebel Moon-Part Two: The Scargiver, Zack Snyder, Space warriors return home, Djimon Hounsou, Sofia Boutella, Staz Nair, Second director Eli SnyderComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Director Tim Van Patten on Michael Douglas's Turn as Ben Franklin

Original-Cin Q&A: Director Tim Van Patten on Michael Douglas's Turn as Ben Franklin

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekApril 8, 2024Benjamin Franklin, Apple TV+ series Franklin, Franco-American alliance of 1778, Michael Douglas, Noah Jupe, First time playing a historical figure, Director Tim Van PattenComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Ripley Helmer Steven Zaillian on Why Moral Ambiguity Works in Black and White

Original-Cin Q&A: Ripley Helmer Steven Zaillian on Why Moral Ambiguity Works in Black and White

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekApril 3, 2024Streaming series in black-and-white, Netflix's Ripley, Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 best selling novel, The Talented Mr Ripley, Writer/director Steven Zaillian, Andrew Scott, Johnny Flynn, Dakota Fanning, Maurizio LombardiComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Star Trek's Strange New Worlds' Ethan Peck on Being Spock

Original-Cin Q&A: Star Trek's Strange New Worlds' Ethan Peck on Being Spock

By John Kirk

InterviewJim SlotekApril 2, 2024Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Toronto Comicon, Ethan Peck, Lieutenant Spock, Strange New Worlds episode Charades, Rebecca Romijn, Jerry O’Connell, Star Trek: Lower Decks Comment

Original-Cin Q&A: Director Ken Loach on his Final Bow with The Old Oak

Original-Cin Q&A: Director Ken Loach on his Final Bow with The Old Oak

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekApril 1, 2024The Old Oak, Ken Loach, David Turner, Ebla Mari, British film, Contemporary storyComment

Original-Cin Q&A: X-Men '97's Rogue/Ex-Federal MP Lenore Zann Talks Social Justice Onscreen and Off

Original-Cin Q&A: X-Men '97's Rogue/Ex-Federal MP Lenore Zann Talks Social Justice Onscreen and Off

By John Kirk

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 22, 2024Canadian actors turned politician, Lenore Zann, X-Men animated series, Continuation sequel series, X-Men '97, Days of Future Past storyline, Disney+Comment

Original-Cin Q&A: Palm Royale's Josh Lucas on Superstar Coworkers and Oscar Dreams

Original-Cin Q&A: Palm Royale's Josh Lucas on Superstar Coworkers and Oscar Dreams

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 19, 2024Palm Royale, Series, Kristen Wiig, Carol Burnett, Allison Janney, Laura Dern, Bruce Dern, Josh Lucas, Ricky Martin, 1960sComment

Original-Cin Q&A: One Life Director James Hawes on Capturing a Hero’s Essence

Original-Cin Q&A: One Life Director James Hawes on Capturing a Hero’s Essence

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 13, 2024One Life, TIFF 23, James Hawes, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, WWII, Nazis, Helena Bonham Carter, DramaComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Code 8 Part II’s Stephen and Robbie Amell on Hamilton’s Grainy Beauty

Original-Cin Q&A: Code 8 Part II’s Stephen and Robbie Amell on Hamilton’s Grainy Beauty

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekFebruary 29, 2024Code 8, Code 8 Part II, Netflix, Sci-fi, Sequel, Shot in Hamilton, Robbie Amell, Stephen Amell, SeriesComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Austin Butler, Callum Turner Bring War Heroes to Life in Masters of the Air

Original-Cin Q&A: Austin Butler, Callum Turner Bring War Heroes to Life in Masters of the Air

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 25, 2024Masters of the Air, Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Raff Law, Barry Keoghan, Anthony Boyle, Josh Bolt, WWII, Drama, Series, AppleTV+Comment

Original-Cin Q&A: Freud’s Last Session Star and Director Discuss Fab Fictional Gabfest

Original-Cin Q&A: Freud’s Last Session Star and Director Discuss Fab Fictional Gabfest

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 8, 2024Freud’s Last Session, Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Brown, Sigmund Freud, Matthew Goode, C.S. Lewis, adaptationComment

Star Trek: Prodigy - Cancellation Averted, With a New Season and a New Audience on Netflix

Star Trek: Prodigy - Cancellation Averted, With a New Season and a New Audience on Netflix

By John Kirk

InterviewJim SlotekDecember 26, 2023Star Trek: Prodigy, Prodigy cancellation averted, Netflix, Co-showrunners, Dan and Kevin Hageman, Brett Gray, Rylee Alazraqui, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Animated Trek seriesComment