Original-Cin Q&A: Writer/director/co-star Jay Baruchel on his passion project Random Acts of Violence and the sad, scary decrepitude of rural towns
By Bonnie Laufer
Read More
InterviewJim SlotekRandom Acts of Violence, Jay Baruchel, Horror movies, Copycat killers, Movies based on comic books, Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Jordana Brewster, Niamh Wilson, Jesse Chabot, Scary rural shooting locations, Goon: Last of the Enforcers
Original-Cin Q&A: Lou Gossett Jr. on The Cuban, working with Canadians and lessons from a 117-year-old great-grandmother
By Bonnie Laufer
Read More
InterviewJim SlotekLouis Gossett Jr., The Cuban, Movies about Cuban music, Movies about dementia, Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Sand and Fog, Lauren Holly, Giacomo Gianniotti, Sergio Navarretta, The Book of Negroes, The James Mink Story, Roots, An Officer and Gentleman
Original-Cin Q&A: Jim Gaffigan on playing Rob Ford, performing drive-in stand-up and his two-part concert special on Prime
By Bonnie Laufer
Read More
InterviewJim SlotekJim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist, Amazon Prime Video, Improvised material, Mayor, Rob Ford, CBS Sunday Morning, Drive-in standup comedy, Amazon Prime, Barcelona, Spain, Kitchener, Ontario, Target Number One, Josh Hartnett
Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful - a snapshot of maybe-misogynist, provocative fashion photography
By Karen Gordon
Read More
ReviewJim SlotekHelmut Newton, Documentary, Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful, Vogue magazine, Anna Wintour, Provocative fashion photography, Gero von Boehm, Alice Springs, Leni Riefenshtal, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Grace Jones, Nadja Auerman, Charlotte Rampling, Claudia Schiffer, Hanna Schygulla, Isabella Rossellini, Susan Sontag, Misogyny in fashion
Original-Cin Q&A: War journo Bob Woodruff and son Mack find the 'amazing' sides of trouble spots in Disney+'s Rogue Trip
By Bonnie Laufer
Read More
InterviewJim SlotekWar correspondents, Bob Woodruff, Mack Woodruff, Rogue Trip, National Geographic, Disney+, War reporters wounded in action, The bright side of world trouble spots, Skull caves in Papua New Guinea, South American palm tree larvae, Father and son TV series
Lavazza Drive-In Film Festival: World cinema al fresco is just four wheels away
PreviewJim SlotekFilm festivals reacting to COVID-19, Drive-in theatre events, Lavazza Drive-in Film Festival, Ontario Place, The Cuban, Sergio Navarretta, Louis Gossett Jr., Ana Golja, Hilario Durán, Sheep Without A Shepherd, T34, Fisherman’s Friends, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo, I Hate Summer
Original-Cin Q&A: Udo Kier on The Painted Bird, Lars von Trier and the lifelong effects of being born amid war rubble
By Bonnie Laufer
Read More
InterviewJim SlotekUdo Kier, Lars von Trier, Václav Marhoul, The Painted Bird, Jerzy Kosinski, Growing up amid war rubble, Road to Saint Tropez, Medea, Breaking the Waves, Nymphomaniac, Gus Van Sant, My Own Private Idaho
Original-Cin/Hollywood Suite cross-promo: Karen Gordon programs a 21st Century summer dream trio
PROMOTIONAL CONTENT
Read More
ViewsJim SlotekHollywood Suite 2000s channel, Guest programming, Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe, Rock movies, Creem, Rolling Stone, Lester Bangs, Patrick Fugit, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Roger Deakins
Life Is Easy: Freaky Friday Premise Gets Daring New Spin in Brash Kiwi Series
Preview, ReviewLife Is Esay, Cole Jenkins, New Zealand, Comedy, Series, LGBTQ, Freaky Friday, Queer as Folk, Gay Film, Gender issues
Enter the Fat Dragon: Ill-Advised Remake of Spoof Comedy Wastes Its Bankable Lead
ReviewEnter the Fat Dragon, Kung-fu, Kenji Tanigaki, Wong Jing, Donnie Yen, Teresa Mo, Niki Chow, Bruce Lee, Spoof, martial arts, remake
Original-Cin Q&A: Amy Heckerling on Clueless's 25th, the Clueless musical on pandemic pause and the memory of getting respect
By Bonnie Laufer
Read More
InterviewJim SlotekClueless 25th anniversary, Amy Heckerling, Jane Austen novel Emma, Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Donald Faison, Paul Rudd, Clueless musical, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Aerosmith’s “Cryin’” video
Original-Cin Q&A: 'Joey Pants' thanks Canada for his first lead role in From the Vine, and says he never let his kids watch The Sopranos
By Bonnie Laufer
Read More
InterviewJim SlotekJoe Pantoliano, Joey Pants, From the Vine, Risky Business, The Matrix, The Sopranos, Kenneth Canio Cancellara, Will Smith, Bad Boys For Life, Sean Cisterna, Wendy Crewson
Original-Cin Q&A: U.K.'s Daniel Mays talks Mike Leigh, and the heart-tugging reality-based hit Fisherman's Friends
By Bonnie Laufer
Read More
InterviewJim SlotekFisherman’s Friends, Daniel Mays, Tuppence Middleton, James Purefoy, David Hayman, Cornish fisherman who became recording stars, sea shanties, Chris Foggin, Mike Leigh, Vera Drake
White Riot: Doc Chronicles Vintage, Punk-Fuelled (And Oh So Timely) Anti-Racism Crusade
ReviewWhite Riot, documentary, Music documentaries, Rubika Shah, Punk rock, The Clash, Tom Robinson, Steel Pulse, The Selecter, Anti-racism, Rock Against Racism
The Truth: Director Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Nod to French Cinema Propels Ace Family Drama
ReviewThe Truth, Kore-eda Hirokazu, Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, Clementine Grenier, Manon Clavel, French cinema, Family drama, Film within a film, TIFF 2018
The Beach House: Low-Budget Horror Makes Hay from H.P. Lovecraft Tradition
Original-Cin Q&A: The Outpost's Rod Lurie talks about war, his second-generation famous-name cast, and a pre-shoot personal tragedy
By Bonnie Laufer
Read More
InterviewJim SlotekRod Lurie, The Outpost, The Contender, The Last Castle, Jake Tapper, Deadliest battle in Afghanistan, Medal of Honor, Scott Eastwood, Milo Gibson, James Jagger, Will Attenborough, Caleb Landry Jones, Scott Alda Coffey, Gold Star families, Mel's Drive-In, Ty Carter
Greyhound: Captain Tom Hanks writes and delivers a tight, tense, theatre-experience war film
ReviewJim SlotekTom Hanks, Rita Wilson, COVID-19 effect on movies, Saving Private Ryan, Greyhound, C. S. Forester, The Good Shepherd, Battle of the Atlantic, Elisabeth Shue, War movies, Naval battle movies, Stephen Graham, Rob Morgan, The Enemy Below, Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, Aaron Schneider
Original-Cin Q&A: Atom Egoyan and David Thewlis talk up film about an overzealous health inspector with a secret
By Bonnie Laufer
Read More
Family Romance LLC: Herzog's fiction-documentary hybrid explores a world of paid surrogates for all aspects of Japanese life
ReviewJim SlotekWerner Herzog, amily Romance LLC, Yuichi Ishii, Surrogates hired to play friends and family, Japanese culture, Fiction/documentary hybrids, Yorgos Lanthimos, Alps, Steven Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Experience, Sasha Grey, MUBI streaming service
