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  • Episode 599: In The Seats With...Luke Higginson and 'Relax, I'm From The Future'

    Time is even more of an abstract construct then we give it credit for,,,,

    On this very special episode we're hip deep in even more quirky Can-Con which is in theatres everywhere now.  It's time to 'Relax, I'm From The Future'.

    Casper (Rhys Darby) is a charming, but embarrassingly underprepared time traveler, now trapped in the past. When he befriends Holly (Gabrielle Graham), a jaded drifter, she helps him exploit his trivial knowledge of the future for a series of quick payouts, oblivious to the consequences they have set in motion. When tracked down by a more competent time traveler, Casper and Holly are forced to figure out what they mean to each other and whether the future they’ve threatened is even worth saving. Will they embrace their fate, or do they have the courage to change it?

    Filled to the brim with gonzo charm, 'Relax, I'm From The Future' is a sci-fi comedy that will delight all audiences looking to get their weird on.  We had the unique pleasure of sitting down with writer/director Luke Higginson to talk about the origins of the story, casting the likes of Rhys Darby in an indie Canadian film and so very much more.....

    22 min
  • Episode 598: In The Seats With... Ariane Louis-Seize, Félix-Antoine Bénard and 'Humanist Vampire Seeks Consenting Suicidal Person'

    When you're a vampire, those moral complications we all face can get a little...complicated.

    On this special episode we go back to this last edition of the Toronto International Film Festival to talk about a surprisingly charming film that just might have the best title ever.  It's time for 'Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person'.

    Sasha is a young vampire with a serious problem: she's too sensitive to kill. When her exasperated parents cut off her blood supply, Sasha's life is in jeopardy. Luckily, she meets Paul, a lonely teenager with suicidal tendencies who is willing to give his life to save hers. But their friendly agreement soon becomes a nocturnal quest to fulfill Paul's last wishes before day breaks.

    To say that this gem of French-Canadian cinema is one of the smartest and sweetest films that we've seen this year would be a colossal understatement.  It's a love letter to horror cinema of the 80's and so very much more and we had the perfect opportunity to sit down with co-writer/director Ariane Louis-Seize and star Félix-Antoine Bénard to talk about the making of the film and so very much more....

    29 min
  • Episode 597: In The Seats With....Norm Wilner and 'The Disreputables' at TIFF
    Getting the keys to a movie theatre is pretty much the dream....On this very special episode we dive headfirst into a love of our hosts with a long time friend of the show.  It's time talk about 'The Disreputables".Kicking off tonight and running through the month; The Disreputables is an 8 film series that dives into the social commentary that many of the pulp B-Movies of the 80's had and still rings true to this day.  Programmed by friend of the show, Norm Wilner we get the opportunity to sit down with him to discuss all things "The Disreputables", the reasoning behind some of the choices, the cultural relevancy of films like this and so very much more.To learn more about this and all the programming happening at TIFF, visit them right here.
    35 min
  • Episode 596: In The Seats With...Kim O'Bomswain and 'Telling Our Story'
    Getting to have a full understanding of those who lived here before us is just so very vital....On this very special episode we dive into a vital docu-series which is now on CBC Gem.  It's time for 'Telling Our Story'.From page one of the history books, the notion that the First Nations were “discovered.” is a little ridiculous.  In a sardonic look back, we’re told that the Europeans were the ones who were discovered, starving on their boats, with Jacques Cartier losing 11 men to scurvy before being given a vitamin-laden conifer tea by Iroquois Chief Donnacona. With this starting point, turning history right-side up, Telling Our Story connects beautiful natural scenery with tales and traditions and eloquent and charismatic protagonists from 11 First Peoples – 11 cultures speaking 11 different languages – who inhabited what’s now Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick. They are: Abenaki, Anishinaabe, Atikamekw, Cree of Eeyou Istchee, Innu, Inuit, Kanien'kehá:ka, Mi'kmaq, Naskapi, Huron-Wendat and Wolastoqiyik.  Their stories are, in turn, heart-warming, heartbreaking, hopeful and absolutely vital..After it's premiere at TIFF we had the unique pleasure of sitting down with director Kim O'Bomswain about the origins of the project, the multi-platform nature of it all, being able to experience mass audience reactions at a festival like TIFF and so very much more.Telling Our Story is streaming on CBC Gem now.
    23 min
  • Episode 595: In The Seats With....Aaron Jakubenko and 'Head Count'
    There's something special about seeing some unknown talent, knock it out of the park...On this special episode we are diving into a little slice of indie cinema gold that is in theatres (in the US) and on VOD across North America.  It's time for 'Head Count'.In the style of Blood Simple meets Memento, the upcoming feature film pits an escaped convict against a set of improbable scenarios and a cast of wild characters on his journey of violence, love, and redemption. While it does borrow from a lot of its influences there is something special when you get to see a movie that is so self-assured and that's what 'Head Count' is, from it's writing and directing team of Ben and Jacob Burghart all the way down to it's leading man; Aaron Jakubenko.We had the unique pleasure of talking with Aaron about how he got the job, being with several other Aussie actors shooting an independent film in Kansas and so very much more....'Head Count' is in limited theatrical release in the US and on VOD platforms everywhere now.
    19 min
  • Episode 594: In The Seats With....Gary Clark and 'Flora & Son'

    Music can be such a positive influence....

    It's with a song in our heart that we get ready to talk about this movie which played the Toronto International Film Festival and is now in limited theatrical release as well as available to watch on the Apple+ streaming service..  It's time for 'Flora & Son'.

    Single mom Flora (Eve Hewson) is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max (Orén Kinlan). Encouraged by the police to find Max a hobby, Flora tries to occupy him with a beat-up acoustic guitar. With the help of a washed-up LA musician (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Flora and Max discover the transformative power of music. From the musical mind of John Carney, "Flora and Son" explores the bond between a mother and son on a journey toward a new harmony.

    It's yet another fine entry in the canon from writer/director John Carney but on this interview we get a chance to spend some time with his musical collaborator who John has worked with since 'Sing Street'.  Gary Clark used to be in a band and is a composer in his own right as he has developed a great rapport with John over the years and it shows with some of the catchy and truly memorable songs that are in 'Flora & Son'.

    We had the unique pleasure of sitting down at TIFF with Gary to talk about how he and John came together, their working relationship and the magic that is the moving image with that right piece of music.

    'Flora & Son' is in select theatres and on the Apple+ streaming service now.

    18 min
  • Episode 593: In The Seats With....Theodore Pellerin and 'Solo'

    There's something special about knowing when someone is on the brink of becoming a big deal....

    On this very special episode we are diving head first into some Can-Con that has opened here at the Varsity in Toronto and is expanding across Canada in the coming weeks.  It's time to go 'Solo'.

    Solo tells the story of Simon, a rising star on the Montreal drag scene. It's love at first sight when he meets Olivier, the new recruit to the bar-show where he performs. While Simon thinks he's in for an electrifying love affair, a toxic and destructive dynamic develops between them. At the same time, Simon's mother Claire, a famous opera singer, returns home to work after a 15-year absence. Fascinated by this woman, whom he hardly knows but idealizes, Simon persists in trying to create a bond with her. Weakened by the failure of these two impossible loves, Simon has no choice but to realize that he deserves better.

    You just have to watch Theodore Pellerin's electric performance as Simon to know that he's on the brink of becoming a very big deal as he gives a performance that is hard to look away from.

    We had the pleasure of sitting down with Theodore to talk about how he got the job, his working process, committing to the role and so very much more....

    'Solo' is in theatres now.

    22 min
  • Episode 592: In The Seats With....Jamie Kastner and 'Charlotte's Castle'
    The current housing crises do more then just take the roof from over people's heads...On this episode we're diving into a very relevant documentary on many levels that is streaming for free on tvo.org and is happening in our own backyard.  It's time to enter 'Charlotte's Castle'.Charlotte’s Castle is the story of a cultural hub’s real estate borne crisis, told through one remarkable rental building and its remarkable inhabitants. It chronicles the battle of a quirky cast of unlikely activists who want to hang on to their rented homes against a foreign-owned developer they fear will ruin a cultural landmark, of which they consider themselves the caretakers. Spadina Gardens, the half-block mid-rise apartment at Spadina and Lowther, built in 1904, is the oldest Toronto building to maintain its original floor plans, not to mention many original details (subway tiles that pre-date the subway by half a century!). Vast, luxurious rental units have drawn an equally eclectic mix of tenants: literary, industrial, operatic, distressed gentlefolk to ascending rock stars. They embody the creative class who drew developers to Toronto in the first place, driving property values up. But now, though their plight is understandably often overshadowed by harder luck stories, even they are no longer able to afford the city which they helped to enrich.  The struggle over the preservation of Spadina Gardens is emblematic of the battle, secretly at the heart of the national current housing crisis.It's a film that's told with heart and humor as director Jamie Kastner manages to tackle a very serious subject that is happening in cities all across North America and give it some genuine panache and style.Kastner is a filmmaker whose always trying to shine a light on something relevant in our world while still maintaining a genuine sense of entertainment to anything that he puts on the screen.We had the pleasure of sitting down with Jamie to talk about the origins of the story, the realties that he discovered while making the documentary and so very much more.Charlotte's Castle is available for free on TVO.org now.
    34 min
  • Episode 591: In The Seats With...Chelsea McMullan, Sean O'Neill and 'Swan Song'
    Mounting something beautiful can be an act of all out war...On this very special episode we dive into the art of creation in one of the more hallowed halls of performance art in our fair country.  It's time to mount an iconic ballet coming off of the pandemic, it's time for a 'Swan Song'SWAN SONG immerses viewers inside one of the world’s leading ballet companies as it mounts a legacy-defining new production of Swan Lake, directed by ballet icon Karen Kain on the eve of her retirement.  The verité-driven feature documentary closely follows Kain and a group of young dancers drawn from the National Ballet of Canada’s ranks, weaving Swan Lake’s dramatic creation process with intimate scenes from the subjects’ personal lives as they push toward one of the most significant opening nights in their company’s history. It doesn't only take a village to mount a ballet production, it's actually akin to a war of attrition as director Chelsea McMullan takes us into the thick of the battle, not only following Kain as she prepares for retirement but also in the middle of the company so that we get a sense of how much effort it takes from all involved to make something like this work.We had the pleasure of sitting down with Chelsea and co-writer/producer Sean O'Neill to talk about the challenges of the shoot, the hurdles they had to clear, the magic of dance on screen and how easily this could have turned into something very, VERY different.'Swan Song' is playing at the TIFF Bell Lightbox now and rolling out to various other theatres in the days and weeks to come.
    23 min
  • Episode 590: In The Seats With....Andy Palmer and 'The Re-Education of Molly Singer'
    It's hard to be familiar and fresh all at the same time....On this very special episode we are going back to school with a new movie that is in theatres (in the US) and on VOD platforms this coming Friday.  It's time for 'The Re-Education of Molly Singer'.In college, attorney Molly Singer (Britt Robertson) was the life of every party. Now, she’s about to be fired because she can’t leave her partying ways behind. Molly’s boss, Brenda (Jaime Pressly), tells Molly there’s one way to save her job: re-enroll at her old alma mater, befriend Brenda’s socially awkward son, Elliot (Ty Simpkins), and take him from zero to campus hero. Aided by her best friend (Nico Santos), Molly goes to battle with stuck-up hall monitors, boozed-up frat brothers, and her old archenemy in a hilarious quest through the past to save her future.Breathing life into a well worn genre is usually easier said then done, but 'The Re-Education of Molly Singer' actually manages to pull that off as it flips the gender rolls for the leads and actually allows for it's characters to have time to make us care about them in-between gonzo comic set pieces in the traditional vein of the college comedy.  It gives us something comfortable....but in a new way, and we liked it.In advance of the release we had the unique pleasure of sitting down with director Andy Palmer to find out how he got the job, breathing new life into the college comedy, casting Jonathan Lipnicki (Yup, the kid from Jerry Maguire) and so very much more.'The Re-Education of Molly Singer' is in limited theatrical release (in the US) and VOD platforms everywhere on Sept. 29th.
    16 min

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