Dork Shelf sits down with Gangster Squad actor Giovanni Ribisi to talk about growing up in Los Angeles and starring in a period piece from before his time, transitioning to older roles after starting young, the controversy surrounding the film's shifted release date, and why he loved being immersed in the world of the 1940s.
Yale Stewart's JL8 web comic celebrates its 100th strip filled with adorable and authentic kid versions of the Justice League.
Kick off 2013 with our interview of the star of the first official 2013 film, as we talk to actress Alexandra Daddario about her role as the heroine in Texas Chainsaw 3D and we talk about the physical demands of horror, getting into character, talking with fans, and a little bit about returning to the Percy Jackson franchise later this summer!
We talk to one of the stars of James Cameron and Andrew Adamson's 3D extravaganza Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away, actress and acrobat Erica Linz about the hard preparation that goes into the numerous acrobatic numbers (shot with Cameron’s go-to Pace camera system), her brief time spent in Montreal before touring, and her own personal and exciting charity work.
Dork Shelf talks to the one and only Quentin Tarantino about his latest film Django Unchained, the bridge between Inglorious Basterds and Django, what makes an effective spaghetti western, his rumoured casting choices, shooting on a real Southern plantation, moving his production due to a lack of snow, and the potential for a revival of westerns as a genre following his film.
We talk to the lucky actor to get the high profile role of Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson's kick off to The Hobbit trilogy, British actor Richard Armitage about working with Jackson, being on set in Middle Earth while being a huge Tolkien fan, and Andy Serkis asking the actor to go the extra mile for gritty realism.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Minority Media's Vander Caballero (Papo & Yo) on the need for more empathy and emotion in games.
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.
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.
