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Original-Cin video Q&A: Toronto and pizza talk from the stars and director of Little Italy

By Bonnie Läufer

InterviewJim SlotekAugust 23, 2018Emma Roberts, Andrea Martin, Danny Aiello, Hayden Christensen, Toronto, Canadian films, Comedy, Rom-com, Romeo and Juliet

Original-Cin Q&A: The 'next Henson' goes rogue w/Happytime Murders - 'My dad's up there thinking I'm crazy.'

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekAugust 21, 2018R-rated puppetry, The Jim Henson Company, Henson Alternative, Brian Henson, Melissa McCarthy, Improv comedy, Elizabeth Banks, Todd Berger, Patrick Bristow, Puppet sex

Original-Cin Q&A w/the romantic leads of Crazy Rich Asians PLUS video yuks w/Ken Jeong and Awkwafina

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekAugust 13, 2018Crazy Rich Asians, The Joy Luck Club, Asian American actors, Stereotyping, Diversity, Minority acting opportunities, Singapore, Fresh Off The Boat, Constance Wu, Jon M. Chu, Henry Fielding

Original-Cin Q&A: Dog Days' Vanessa Hudgens calls cats 'the spawn of Satan'

By Bonnie Läufer

InterviewJim SlotekAugust 6, 2018Dog Days, Dog movies, Dogs people versus cat people, Vanessa Hudgens, Ken Marino, Eva Longoria, Nina Dobrev, Adam Pally, Tone Bell

Original-Cin Q&A: Jim Cummings, the voice of Winnie the Pooh (and Tigger too!)

Jim Cummings (Christopher Robin)

InterviewJim SlotekJuly 30, 2018Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin, A.A. Milne, Jim Cummings, Paul Winchell, Tigger, Disney, Ewan McGregor, Revisiting childhood, Hundred Acre Wood, Marc Forster

Original-Cin Q&A: Lauren Greenfield Spies our Superficial Souls in Doc Generation Wealth

By Kim Hughes

InterviewJuly 26, 2018Lauren Greenfield, The Queen of Versailles, Documentary, Sundance films

Original-Cin Q&A: Simon Pegg on Cruise's action-jones, 'It's easy to dismiss it as insane'

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJuly 24, 2018Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Christopher McQuarrie, Actors doing stunts, Action films

Chinese-born, Toronto-raised animator Domee Shi takes a bow for Pixar's Bao

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJune 12, 2018Pixar, animated shorts, Chinese culture, dim sum, Empty nest syndrome, Incredibles 2, Pete Docter, Brad Bird, Domee Shi

Original-Cin Q&A w/The Incredibles 2's Brad Bird: 'You throw a rock now and you'll hit a superhero'

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJune 12, 2018Brad Bird, Disney Pixar, The Incredibles, Samuel L. Jackson, Superheroes, Animated features, Kidflicks

Original-Cin interview: Hereditary's Ari Aster is a cinephile who told crew to "feel the evil"

By Liam Lacey

InterviewJim SlotekJune 6, 2018Ari Aster, Horror, Psychological horror, Hereditary, Toni Collette, Peter Greenaway, Bobbi Lurie, Edward Albee, Demonic possession

Original-Cin Q&A: Won't You Be My Neighbor's Morgan Neville on Mister Rogers, his counsel to Yo-Yo Ma and his beautiful legacy

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJune 5, 2018Documentaries, Fred Rogers, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Won't You Be My Neighbor, PBS, Morgan Neville, 20 Feet From Stardom, Children's televsion, Presbyterian

Original-Cin Q&A: Trailer Park Boys actor talks about his powerful reverse-racial-profile drama Black Cop

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekMay 29, 2018Racial profiling, Police shootings of blacks, Halifax, PTSD, Cory Bowles, Trailer Park Boys, Toronto International Film Festival

Original-Cin Q&A: Solo/Avengers' Paul Bettany was told a decade ago he'd never work again

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekMay 21, 2018Star Wars, Han solo prequel, Dryden Vos, Paul Bettany, Ron Howard, Joss Whedon, Avengers, Vision, JARVIS

Original-Cin Q&A: Mary Steenburgen talks Book Club, accordion and 'magical unicorn' Diane Keaton

By Bonnie Läufer

InterviewJim SlotekMay 14, 2018Comedies, Veteran actresses, Jane Fonda, Mary Steenburgen, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton, E.L. James, Fifty Shades Of Grey, The Last Man On Earth

Original-Cin interview/review: Doc shines light on women chefs who turned up The Heat

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekMay 9, 2018Documentaries, Gender parity, Celebrity chefs, Women's issues, Restaurant culture, Hot Docs, Gordon Ramsay

Borg vs McEnroe: Director and Actors on Reality Story... And The Debut of One Leo Borg

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekApril 9, 2018Sverrir Gudnason, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, fact based drama, Janus Metz, TIFF 2017, sports movies

Original-Cin Q&A: Director Andrew Haigh and the gritty boy-and-his-horse film Lean On Pete

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekApril 9, 2018Horse racing, Coming-of-age stories, Charlie Plummer, Steve Buscemi, Chloe Sevigny, American frontier, Red state, Homelessness, Andrew Haigh

Original-Cin Interview/Review: Jim Gaffigan talks Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekApril 3, 2018Ted Kennedy, Camelot, Chappaquiddick, Joe Kennedy, Jim Gaffigan, Ed Helms, Jason Clarke, Kate Mara, Historical drama, Political scandal

Original-Cin Q&A/review: Abusive vibe between two women in Allure is blisteringly dark

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekApril 2, 2018Psychological thriller, Abusive relationships, Canadian movies, Evan Rachel Wood, Julia Sarah Stone, Carlos and Jason Sanchez, Westworld, Toronto International Film Festival