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Original-Cin Q&A: Ted Lasso's Hannah Waddingham on Her Apple TV+ Special & Treading the Boards with her Co-Stars

Original-Cin Q&A: Ted Lasso's Hannah Waddingham on Her Apple TV+ Special & Treading the Boards with her Co-Stars

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 21, 2023Hannah Waddingham, Rebecca Welton in Ted Lasso, Hannah Waddingham: Home For Christmas, Retro network variety specials, Phil Dunster, Jason Sudeikis, Leslie Odom Jr.Comment

Original-Cin Q&A: Director Nick Broomfield on Capturing History Through Rock Docs

By Liz Braun

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 16, 2023The Stones and Brian Jones, Nick Broomfield, Documentary, Q&AComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Director of the Doc Cynara Talks Rush-to-Judgment in the Trial of a Dead Teen's Mom

Original-Cin Q&A: Director of the Doc Cynara Talks Rush-to-Judgment in the Trial of a Dead Teen's Mom

By Thom Ernst

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 12, 2023Child death charges, Documentaries about the possibly wrongly accused, Cynara, Sherien Barsoum, Investigative journalism, Toronto Star, Jim Rankin, Lawyer James LockyerComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Creators of For All Mankind Talk Season Four, and Greed Taking Over After Mars

Original-Cin Q&A: Creators of For All Mankind Talk Season Four, and Greed Taking Over After Mars

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 6, 2023For All Mankind, Alternate timeline drama, The Space Race, Creators Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi, Mars colonization, Greed in spaceComment

Original-Cin interview: Canadian Bugs Bunny Eric Bauza Lures Us to Cali (Via a Left Turn at Albuquerque)

Original-Cin interview: Canadian Bugs Bunny Eric Bauza Lures Us to Cali (Via a Left Turn at Albuquerque)

By John Kirk

InterviewJim SlotekNovember 2, 2023Canadian voice actors, Looney Toons characters, Bugs Bunny, Eric Bauza, Space Jam: A New Legacy, California tourism project, Keeping Up with the Canadians, Canadians in HollywoodComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Fingernails director Christos Nikou on Love Apps and Annie Murphy's Dance Moves

Original-Cin Q&A: Fingernails director Christos Nikou on Love Apps and Annie Murphy's Dance Moves

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 31, 2023Techno dating, Fingernails, Sci-fi romantic drama, Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, Jeremy Allen White, Annie Murphy, Toronto International Film Festival, Christos Nikou, Apple TV+Comment

Original-Cin Q&A: The Creators of Dicks: The Musical, on 'Going There' with Nathan Lane and Friends

Original-Cin Q&A: The Creators of Dicks: The Musical, on 'Going There' with Nathan Lane and Friends

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 19, 2023John Waters inspired sex camp, Dicks: The Musical, Josh Sharp, Aaron Jackson, TIFF Midnight Madness movies, Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Borat director Larry Charles, Bowen YangComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Nyad Directors & Trainer Recall the Epic Cuba/Florida Swim and Card Games With Actors Bening and Foster

Original-Cin Q&A: Nyad Directors & Trainer Recall the Epic Cuba/Florida Swim and Card Games With Actors Bening and Foster

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 18, 2023Nyad movie, Long distance swimmer Diana Nyad, Swimming from Cuba to Florida, Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Bonnie Stoll, Free Solo directors E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy ChinComment

Original-Cin Interview: Relax, I’m From the Future’s Director on Opportune Casting

Original-Cin Interview: Relax, I’m From the Future’s Director on Opportune Casting

By Chris Knight

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 12, 2023Rhys Darby, Luke Higginson, Relax, I’m From the Future, Sci fi, Time travel films, Canadian filmComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Strange Planet's Nathan W. Pyle on 'Jitter Liquid,' 'Star Damage' and Whether ETs Wear Socks

Original-Cin Q&A: Strange Planet's Nathan W. Pyle on 'Jitter Liquid,' 'Star Damage' and Whether ETs Wear Socks

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 6, 2023Webcomics, Strange Planet, The, The world through alien eyes, Nathan W. Pyle, Apple+, Tunde Adebimpe, Demi Adejuyigbe, Danny PudiComment

Original-Cin Q&A: The Royal Hotel's Kitty Green on The Outback and Women Living Dangerously

Original-Cin Q&A: The Royal Hotel's Kitty Green on The Outback and Women Living Dangerously

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekOctober 3, 2023Julia Garner, The Assistant, The Royal Hotel, Australian Outback, Women in dangerously remote situations, Jessica Henwick, Kitty Green, Hugo WeavingComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Flora and Son's John Carney on Bono's Daughter Eve Hewson's Reluctant Singing

Original-Cin Q&A: Flora and Son's John Carney on Bono's Daughter Eve Hewson's Reluctant Singing

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekSeptember 25, 2023Musical dramas, John Carney, Flora and Son, Offspring of famous rockers, Eve Hewson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Orén Kinlan, Music-as-therapy storiesComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Veteran Director Albert Hughes Talks Wick-World as He Takes on The Continental

Original-Cin Q&A: Veteran Director Albert Hughes Talks Wick-World as He Takes on The Continental

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekSeptember 19, 2023The Continental: From the World of John Wick, Colin Woodell, Movie prequel TV series, Mel Gibson, Ben Robson, Director Albert Hughes, Menace II Society, Charlotte Brändström, Stylistic shoot-outs and violenceComment

Stallone on CGI and his Marvel Experience: 'Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing'

Stallone on CGI and his Marvel Experience: 'Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing'

By Jim Slotek

InterviewJim SlotekSeptember 16, 2023Sylvester Stallone, Action films with real stunts, Sly, The Expend4bles, The Expendables, Guardians of the Galaxy, Jason Statham, Rocky, Rambo, Ted Kotcheff, TIFF In Conversation With...Comment

TIFF Interview: Directors Spotlight Inuit Trauma & Healing in Tautuktavuk (What We See)

InterviewJim SlotekSeptember 11, 2023Zacharias Kunuk, The Fast Runner, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Carol Kunnuk, TIFF 23, Tautuktavuk (What We See), IsumaComment

TIFF Short Cuts: But What I REALLY Want to Do is Direct a Feature

TIFF Short Cuts: But What I REALLY Want to Do is Direct a Feature

By Jim Slotek

Preview, InterviewJim SlotekSeptember 6, 2023Toronto International Film Festival, Short Cuts programme, Short film as a stepping stone to features, Redlights, Eva Thomas, Starlight Tours inflicted on Indigenous people, Kaniehtiio Horn, Ellyn Jade, Jennifer PodemskComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Golda Director Guy Nattiv Talks Helen Mirren and Israel's Past as Present

Original-Cin Q&A: Golda Director Guy Nattiv Talks Helen Mirren and Israel's Past as Present

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekAugust 23, 2023Historical biopics, Golda Meir, Guy Nattiv, Yom Kippur War, Helen Mirren, Henry Kissinger, Liev Schreiber, Nicholas Martin, Benjamin NetanyahuComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Fresh off Fresh Off The Boat, Randall Park on his Directorial Debut, Shortcomings

Original-Cin Q&A: Fresh off Fresh Off The Boat, Randall Park on his Directorial Debut, Shortcomings

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekAugust 2, 2023Films about filmmakers, Films about young Asian-Americana, Randall Park, Shortcomings, Fresh off The Boat, First-time directors, 2007 graphic novel by Adrian Tomine, Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally MakiComment

Comic-Con's Labour Pains: How SAG/AFTRA Negotiators/Voice Actors Took the Spotlight

Comic-Con's Labour Pains: How SAG/AFTRA Negotiators/Voice Actors Took the Spotlight

By John Kirk

Interview, ViewsJim SlotekJuly 28, 2023WGA/SAG-AFTRA, AI's effect on voice actors, San Diego Comic-Con, SAG/AFTRA Chief Negotiator, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, Zeke Alton, Ashly Burch, Tim Friedlander, Synthesized voices or performancesComment

Original-Cin Q&A: North of Normal Stars on Creating Family

Original-Cin Q&A: North of Normal Stars on Creating Family

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJuly 27, 2023North of Normal, Sarah Gadon, Amanda Fix, River Price-Maenpaa, TIFF 2022, Canadian film, coming of age, Mother-daughter, Robert CarlyleComment