We talk to Canadian actress Gabrielle Miller about her latest on-screen appearance in the film Down River (in theatres tomorrow) and about the film’s real life inspiration, her character, and why it was sometimes challenging for her to play an actress in a movie.
The Toronto developer (and IGF Nominee) comments on the unexpected two-year journey that took him from TCAF to GDC.
We talk to Theo James, leading man of the next big YA novel adaptation Divergent about his character’s internal struggles, what being in a franchise could mean for his career, his fears of being objectified, why people seem to be drawn to dystopian narratives, and why he approaches every job the same way regardless of size or potential success.
We talk to the one and only Lloyd Kaufman, the man behind the 40 year old independent film production company Troma Entertainment, abut his latest directorial effort, Class of Nuke 'Em High, Volume 1.
We talk to Canadian filmmaker Wiebke von Carolsfeld about her latest feature Stay, starring Aiden Quinn and Taylor Schilling, and about the process of adapting a novel, nailing down two parallel stories across an ocean, getting the right look and casting the perfect charming older man.
We talk to Orange is the New Black star Taylor Schilling about her latest big screen role in the Canadian-Irish drama Stay, opening in Toronto this weekend, and about her character and the fears of having a child and being a parent.
In the second part of our over an hour long sit down with Toronto arts maven and curator of the first ever Pages Festival and Conference Marc Glassman, we discuss the literature of Susanna Moodie, how much graphic novels mean to him, and what he defines success for this inaugural festival to be.
We sit down with actor Jake Gyllenhaal and Canadian director Denis Villeneuve about their second collaboration on the award winning doppelganger thriller Enemy and about the clearly defined roles of the main characters, how the simplest mannerisms can define an entire character, who Gyllenhaal thinks the real protagonist of the film is, why Villeneuve wanted to set and shoot the film in Toronto, and if they will collaborate again.
A long time ago Kristen Bell was on one of the most beloved and tragically cancelled TV shows of all time. This weekend, Veronica Mars is back on the big screen and on On Demand. We got a chance to talk with her about why the time was right to make the movie, how the film's Kickstarter campaign helped them get distribution, what it was like getting the band back together, the conflicted nature of Veronica’s quest this time out, and if she really did try to smuggle a burrito into The Oscars.
Actor Aaron Paul and director Scott Waugh sit down with us to talk about their video game adaptation Need for Speed, and about the film’s old school feel, how Paul gets into character when so many cameras are on him, the most dangerous stunt they attempted together. They also bicker about who gets to keep the nicest car in the movie.
We talk to British director Ben Wheatlely: the man behind Kill List, Sightseers, and this weekend's A Field in England (Oh, and a couple of upcoming Doctor Who episodes) about how he never makes the same film twice, his film’s sense of language, how he directs actors, working with his writer as a co-editor, and his thoughts on his own special kind of genre filmmaking.
We talk with film critic and writer Adam Nayman, who this Friday will introduce a screening of the critically pillared 1995 Paul Verhoeven film Showgirls at Toronto's TIFF Bell Lightbox at an almost sold out screening, and who has a book about the film titled It Doesn't Suck coming out on April 15th. We talk about his personal experiences with the film, how the film and Verhoeven have been misread, questions about the film that he still has, and his ultimate goal for trying to reclaim the film’s reputation.
We talk to actor and writer Maxwell McCabe-Lokos and notable Canadian director Bruce McDonald about their collaboration on the dark comedy The Husband (opening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox this Friday) and about the film’s sense of brevity, their collaboration, what shooting the film digitally brought to the production, avoiding melodrama, trying to find the right tone for the film, and why the film’s most pivotal scene is also the most universally relatable one.
In the Toronto film, art and literary communities, Marc Glassman is a true renaissance man and this weekend the former owner of beloved Pages Bookstore synthesizes all of his loves into the Pages Festival (from the 13th to the 15th). In this first part of a two part interview, we talk about how Glassman's previous work has led to the creation of the festival, as well as in depth looks at events with Atom Egoyan and Bob Bossin and talks about urban narratives and the art and future of the book.
We talk to Vancouver based performers Fiona Vroom, Paula Giroday, and Jovanna Huguet about the webseries and live cabaret they have created about a trio of 1950s suburban housewives with superpowers known as The True Heroines.
