Carolyn Talks..., Podcast

CELLS AT WORK! はたらく細胞 Director Takeuchi Hideki and producer Takeguchi Ikumi of WB Japan, sat with me for the 2025 Toronto Japanese Film Festival premiere of the first live-action feature film adaptation of the famous manga and anime series created by Shimizu Akane.

#HatarakuSaibo #Manga #Anime #CarolynTalks #Interview #FilmCritic #JapaneseFilm

#CellsAtWork #はたらく細胞 was adapted for the screen by Tokunaga Yuichi, produced by #WBJapan and stars Mei Nagano, Takeru Satoh, Mana Ashida, Sadao Abe, Koji Yamamoto, and Riisa Naka

Interpreting by Aki Takabatake, CEO of Momo Films Inc.

Visit https://jccc.on.ca/ for information of the festival and the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre

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Award-winning Filmmaker Karen Chapman and first-time producer Enrique Miguel Baniqued of VILLAGE KEEPER joined me to discuss the creative, logistical, and chaotic process of producing an independent film in Toronto.

#VillageKeeperFilm #CarolynTalks #Interview #CanadianFilm #Toronto

#VillageKeeper won the John Dunning Best First Feature Film Award at the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards.

The film premiered at #TIFF24 where I interviewed Karen and lead actresses Olunike Adeliyi and Zahra Bentham.

For screening information follow the film's official account at https://www.instagram.com/p/DIPs4Fat0kj/

*Images courtesy of TIFF and  @levelfilm2628 

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In this new episode of Carolyn Talks Film Review, I chat about director Min Kyu-dong's action THE OLD WOMAN WITH THE KNIFE 파과, starring Lee Hye-young and as deadly assassin Hornclaw and Kim Sung-cheol as her nemesis.

#TheOldWomanWithTheKnife #파과 is based film Gu Byung-mo's 2013 novel of the same name translated into English by Kim Chi-young.

Co-staring Shin Shi-a, Yeon Woo-jin, Kim Moo-yul, and Kim Kang-woo, the film is distributed internationally by  @wellgousa  Images and trailer courtesy of WellGo.

#CarolynTalks #KoreanMovie #filmreview #Action #영화리뷰

#영화파과 #이혜영 #김성철 #김무열 #연우진 #신시아

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Director and editor Miranda Yousef joined me for #CarolynTalks, to discuss her debut feature documentary ART FOR EVERYBODY about the life, work, and consumption of Thomas Kincade, one of America's and modern history's most prolific and commercialized artists.

#ArtForEverybody #FilmCritic #interview

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Documentary filmmaker Lena MacDonald joined me for #CarolynTalks to discuss her film BETRAYAL, about the life and isolation of Cindor Reeves, a man who risked and lost everything when he decided to turn state's evidence against his brother-in-law, Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia tried and convicted of committing war crimes by The Hauge.

#BetrayalDocumentary #HotDocs #FilmCritic #Interview

*Images courtesy of @HotDocsFest and Rout504 Publicity

For screening information on the film and the festival visit the official website at https://www.citizenminutes.ca/

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Haudenosaunee, Mohawk activist and educator Joyce Jonathan Crone joined me for the #HotDocs festival premiere of RED GIRL RISING, the documentary short about her work as an Indigenous communities advocate and founder of www.hopearises.ca.

#RedGirlRising was directed by Faith Howe and Kim Stadfeld.

#HotDocs #ShortFilm #CarolynTalks #FirstNations #interview #LandBack

*Images courtesy of  @HotDocsFest  For screening information on the film and the festival visit the official website at https://www.citizenminutes.ca/

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Filmmaker Lauren Melina joined me for #CarolynTalks to discuss her short film BEFORE YOU, in which a young mother Maya (Tala Ash) looking back to a past abortion and the way the perceptions of her own memories change through sound, colours, and emotions.

'Before You' costars Adam Rodrigues as Avi, Maya's husband who's own grief and anger plays a part in how Tala's emotions are coloured.

#ShortFilm #WomensRights #FilmaDirector #FilmCritic #interview

For more information about Lauren and her advocacy work through film visit https://www.simbelleproductions.com

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Writer and director Florence Bouvy joined me for #CarolynTalks, to discuss her short film WHERE WE STAY, about two best friends, Daniel (Emmanuel Ohene Boafo) and Carry (Michael Muller) discovering their love for each other deepening into something more as Carry's life draws to an end after a long battle with terminal illness.

#QueerFilm #LGBTQ #Interview #FilmCritic #Podcast

Filmed on location in the Netherlands, 'Where We Stay' Premiered at the Palm Springs International Short film Festival and screened at the Cleveland International Film Festival.

Visit Florence's official website at https://florencebouvy.nl/ for festival and screening information.

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Oscar winning Production Designer Hannah Beachler joined me for #CarolynTalks to discuss her stunning work on #SINNERS the multi-genre period feature by filmmaker Ryan Coogler. We spoke how she used the concept of duality, colour schemes, history, and spirituality as inspiration for the eye-catching set pieces.

#SINNERSMovie #RyanCoogler #MichaelBJordan #WunmiMusaku #DelroyLindo #FilmCritic #Interview

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To celebrate the 2025 National Canadian Film Day, writer, director, and producer Kent Donguines joined me to discuss hos feature documentary CANADIAN ADOBO, and how his Filipino heritage and culture inspires his art and career.

National Canadian Film Day is an annual that was created in 2012 by Reel Canada to celebrate and raise awareness of all the amazing filmmakers, creatives, and stories made by and for Canadians.

*This episode of Carolyn Talks..., was recorded live on YouTube

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Visit the official ReelCanada.ca and CanFilmDay.ca websites for more information about the event.

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