Interview: Gerard Butler
Dork Shelf sits down with Playing for Keeps leading man Gerard Butler to talk about working with kids, his great cast, his fading accent, and trying to make a film with soccer as a backdrop in the United States.
Interview: Darcy Michael
We talk to Canadian stand-up comedian and actor Darcy Michael about his latest role as a LARPing unicorn in the comedy Lloyd the Conqueror, battling while being a heavy smoker, and his stunning amount of weight loss over the past year.
Interview: Andrew Dominik
We talk to director Andrew Dominik about his latest Brad Pitt starring crime drama Killing Them Softly about the economic of crime, making a personal statement following his previously divisive film, sound design as music, and working with Pitt and Ray Liotta.
Gamercamp: Dyad’s Shawn McGrath
Dyad creator Shawn McGrath candidly reveals why he thinks storylines in video games are "idiotic."
Interview: Jolene Van Vugt
We spoke with Nitro Circus stunt performer Jolene Van Vugt about her time in the famed TV (and now big screen) daredevil collective, the inevitable injuries, sympathizing with teammate Tommy Passemante, doubling for Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises, and her recent entry into the Guinness Book Of World Records on a toilet.
Interview: Assassin’s Creed 3 historian Maxime Durand
We spoke with Assassin's Creed 3 team historian Maxime Durand to get a better understanding about how his team weaved historical fact with fiction, in the wake of a controversial Globe and Mail editorial that argued the game "distorts history."
Interview: The Silver Linings Playbook Crew
Dork Shelf sits down with director David O. Russell, former sexiest man alive Bradley Cooper, and rising superstar Jennifer Lawrence about their work on Silver Linings Playbook and creating a film about mental illness that keeps it as real as humanly possible.
Gamercamp: No Quarter with Charles Pratt and Matt Parker
Here's a crazy question: What if - just what if - the current generation of indie game developers were also the future generation of indie rockers, touring the country hitting local bars and selling custom game equipment out of the back of VW vans for $15 a pop?
Gamercamp: Capy’s Kenneth Yeung talks Super TIME Force
Capybara Games' Kenneth Yeung described how Super TIME Force's origins at the 2011 TOJam informed its evolution into its current guise as an upcoming Xbox Live Arcade title.
Gamercamp: Guacamelee! gets set for knockout
For DrinkBox Studios co-founder Chris Harvey, a third-round takedown may be just around the corner with Guacamelee!
Gamercamp: Vander Caballero Interview
Minority Media's Vander Caballero (Papo & Yo) on the need for more empathy and emotion in games.
Interview: Nisha Pahuja
We talk to Nisha Pahuja, director of the 2012 Hot Docs Best Canadian Feature Documentary The World Before Her about gaining access to two very different worlds for her look at becoming a woman in India: beauty pageants and Hindu fundamentalism.
Interview: Jeff Orlowski
Dork Shelf catches up with first time director Jeff Orlowski about his Hot Docs favourite (and suddenly very important) climate change documentary Chasing Ice and we talk a bit about the physical demands of filming on and around glaciers and his relationship with National Geographic photographer and subject, James Balog.
Gamercamp: Dean “Rocket” Hall Interview
Our uncut 24-minute interview with DayZ creator and Gamercamp keynote speaker Dean Hall. We discuss the origins of the wildly popular zombie mod, the standalone version set to launch later this year, his first and only player kill, the trouble with the game industry, and more.
Interview: Deepa Mehta
We talk to award winning Canadian filmmaker Deepa Metha about her most ambitious project to date: a sprawling, epic adaptation of Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children.
