Interview: Julian Richings
We talk to veteran Canadian actor Julian Richings about his return to the Canadian stage and the role of artist John Berger in The Art of Time Ensemble's remounting of I Send You This Cadmium Red
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Interview: Jonathan Hayes
We talk to Jonathan Hayes, director of the Canadian drama Algonquin about the clashing egos within his film's characters, the concept of denial and distance within families, and how his film is now related directly to the work of Casablanca director Michael Curtiz.
Interview: John Mitchell
Back in 1987 the Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman comedy Ishtar became one of the most infamous box office disasters and critically reviled films of all time. But what if the movie itself was ahead of its time and not actually that bad? Filmmaker John Mitchell aims to answer that question with his documentary Waiting for Ishtar, which has recently started an IndieGoGo campaign to help with post-production. We chat with the filmmaker about the history of one of the most misunderstood moves of all time.
Interview: David Webb Peoples
David Webb Peoples had a hand in writing three of the greatest films of the latter half of the 20th Century: Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys, and Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven. We talk with the writer (and his wife and sometimes collaborator Janet) as he prepares to visit the Toronto Screenwriting Conference this weekend.
Interview: Derek Lee and Clif Prowse
We talk to Clif Prowse and Derek Lee, the writers, directors, and stars of the horror thriller Afflicted, about taking the time to get to know their "characters," why their movie isn’t specifically a “found footage” film, their individual strengths as filmmakers, and how having a small crew freed up money to create more ambitious action sequences.
Interview: Denis Hennelly
We talk with Denis Hennelly, director of Goodbye World (available on VOD this Friday) about creating a different kind of apocalyptic drama: one that actually knows what the world "apocalypse" actually means.
The Worlds and Words of Robert Lepage
Canadian theatrical legend and part-time big screen filmmaker Robert Lepage is honoured this weekend at the TIFF Bell Lightbox with a retrospective of some of his genre bending cinematic and theatrical accomplishments in Robert Lepage: Possible Worlds. We take a quick look at his career and talk to the man himself (and collaborator Pedro Pires) about his latest film, Triptych, screening this Friday.
Interview: John Maloof & Charlie Siskel
We talk with John Maloof and Charlie Siskel, the filmmakers behind the documentary Finding Vivian Maier, about bringing the amazing true story of one of the world's most unsung (and for a while completely unknown) street photographers to life.
Interview: Gabrielle Miller
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.
Interview: Theo James
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.
Interview: Lloyd Kaufman
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.
Interview: Wiebke von Carolsfeld
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.
Interview: Taylor Schilling
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.
Interview: Marc Glassman (Part 2 of 2)
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.
Interview: Jake Gyllenhaal & Denis Villeneuve
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.
