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Original-Cin Q&A/review: Journey's End's shell-shock rings true in the PTSD era

By Liam Lacey

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 29, 2018World War I, R.C. Sherriff, Trench warfare, PTSD, Shell shock, Paul Bettany, Saul Dibb, Prince Andrew, First World War Centenary

Original-Cin Q&A: The Office's John Krasinski takes horror-directing plunge in A Quiet Place

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMarch 27, 2018John Krasinski, Actors turned director, The Office, Horror films, post-apocalypse, Emily Blunt, Celebrity married couples, Millicent Simmonds, Wonderstruck

Original-Cin Q&A: Vet Director Rob Cohen on Battling Racism and Hurricanes

By Jim Slotek

InterviewMarch 5, 2018Rob Cohen, Director, Fast and the Furious, Producer, Action, Maggie Grace

The Chi and Boost's bad guy Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine: 'Not African enough?'

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekFebruary 26, 2018Street crime drama, Youth crime, African-Canadians, African actors, The Chi, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Treme, Heroes, Queen of Katwe

Original-Cin Q&A: Ex Machina/Annihilation director Alex Garland writes his own career arc

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekFebruary 19, 2018Ex Machina, Alex Garland, Natalie Portman, Science fiction, Jeff VanderMeer, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Original-Cin Q&A: Director Jeff Malmberg on the Convergence of Trauma, Ritual and Art

By Liam Lacey

InterviewFebruary 9, 2018documentaries, Italy, Marwencol, Chris Sellen, Jeff Malmberg

Original-Cin Q&A: Chilean Oscar nom, LGBT-themed A Fantastic Woman

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekFebruary 5, 2018Foreign-language Oscar, Chilean films, LGBT rights, transgender issues

'Holy hand grenades!' How the Flashback Film Festival's Holy Grail found its groove

By Jim Slotek

Views, InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 31, 2018Flashback Film Fest, '70s movies, '80s movies, '90s movies, Monty Python, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman, Monty Python's Flying Circus

Original-Cin Q&A: Was Helter Skelter a hoax? Manson doc director says yes

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 28, 2018documentary, Charles Manson, Helter Skelter, Vincent Bugliosi

Original-Cin Q&A: Annette Bening and Jamie Bell on why Film Stars (Really and Truly) Don’t Die in Liverpool

By Kim Hughes

InterviewJanuary 24, 2018TIFF 2017, Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, fact based drama, Julie Walters

Original-Cin Q&A Birdland: Peter Lynch on quitting docs and going noir

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 22, 2018Peter Lynch, Noir, Documentaries, Stephen McHattie, Ornithology, Atom Egoyan, Paul Quarrington, Bruce McDonald, Directors Guild of Canada

Original-Cin Review/Q&A: Happy End's Michael Haneke is one twisted mister

By Liam Lacey

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 11, 2018Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michael Haneke, Foreign language films, Disturbing filmmakers, social comment, Happy End, Amour, Isabelle Huppert

Original-Cin Q&A: Christian Bale learns Cheyenne and life lessons on Hostiles

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJanuary 9, 2018Awards season movies, Native-American portrayals, Christian Bale, Wes Studi, Cheyenne, Scott Cooper, Westerns

Q&A: How Ridley Scott and Christopher Plummer performed a Spacey-ectomy

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekDecember 18, 2017Ridley Scott, Christopher Plummer, Kevin Spacey, J. Paul Getty, drama, awards season movies

Q&A/review Call Me By Your Name: How Armie Hammer got used to being naked

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekDecember 13, 2017Same sex romance, Northern Italy, James Merchant, Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Awards season movies

The Shape of Water: Guillermo Del Toro’s Epic (and Wet) Love Story Freestyles to Brilliance

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewDecember 6, 2017Guillermo del Toro, Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, drama, fantasy, Toronto films, TIFF

The Disaster Artist: Life on 'Planet Tommy' (Wiseau)

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 30, 2017The Room, Mockumentary, Comedy, TIFF, James Franco, Dave Franco, Tommy Wiseau, Seth Rogen

Original-Cin Q&A: Animated Afghan empowerment story, The Breadwinner

Nora Twomey (The Breadwinner)

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 23, 2017Afghanistan, Women's rights, Animation, Islam, Nora Twomey, The Secret of Kells

Q&A, Bharat Nalluri: Dickens liked Christmas, religion not so much

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 21, 2017Dickens, A Christmas Carol, Christopher Plummer, MI5, The Little Ice Age

Q&A: Joachim Trier on Freud, Jung, punk roots and his supernatural thriller Thelma

By Karen Gordon

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 16, 2017Supernatural, Norwegian movies, Joachim Trier, Foreign language Oscar