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Christian Zyp interviews the owner of the last video store in Edmonton, Kevin Martin. The man I call the Sommelier of Celluloid discusses some of the more obscure films to grace the racks of the The Lobby DVD Store on Whyte Avenue like Ticks, Phantom of The Mall and Homebodies.

Moving Radio correspondents Lindsey Campbell and Mark Davies discuss the issues with Ridley Scott's new film "The Last Duel". This is a look at how the film fails in its attempt to be a period piece about sexual assault and believing victims.

Christian Zyp interviewed Dominique Keller (Writer, Director, and Exec Prod) about her documentary LOVE: THE LAST CHAPTER. It screens as part of CUFF Docs. Stream it online from Nov 24-28, 2021 at CalgaryUndergroundFilm.org

LOVE: THE LAST CHAPTER is a portrait of three different couples in a Calgary seniors' facility as they navigate the delights and challenges of late-in-life romance. It was produced with the help of the National Film Board. 

Christian Zyp interviews Adam Brooks (Director/Producer)about his documentary CLIFF: A PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST. It screens as part of CUFF Docs. You can stream it from Nov 24-28 at CalgaryUndergroundFilm.org

CLIFF: A PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST is a documentary-portrait of one of Winnipeg’s most successful visual artists, Cliff Eyland who, with only months to live, received a double-lung transplant and a new lease on life.

Syrian-Canadian filmmaker Amar Chebib began making videos while growing up skateboarding in the Middle East. Over the past decade, he has made various award-winning short films. His most recent work, JOE BUFFALO, is a short hybrid doc executive produced by Tony Hawk and distributed by The New Yorker about an Indigenous skateboarding legend and survivor of Canada’s notorious Indian Residential School system. It screened at Tribeca, won the Audience Award at SXSW, and made the 2021 Awards Shortlists for the IDA and DOC NYC.

Christian Zyp of MOVING RADIO interviews  Wojciech Lorenc (director/cinematographer/editor) and Valentina Trevino (executive producer) about their documentary FEARLESS. It screened as part of The Calgary Underground Film Festival 2021. 

An intimate portrait of a boxing gym in a small town of Conroe, Texas. The film is constructed as an allegory for the challenges faced by people of color and immigrants in the US.

Christian Zyp interviews Jesse Blanchard, the director, of the feature film "Frank & Zed". It screened as part of The Calgary Underground Film Festival 2021.

In the film, two reanimated corpses, dependent on each other for survival, live a life of solitude until a power-hungry magistrate tricks a group of villagers into attacking their lonely castle, fulfilling an ancient prophecy: The Orgy of Blood. 

MOVING RADIO correspondent Lindsey Campbell interviewed Amelia Moses (director) about her feature film BLOODTHIRSTY. It originally streamed as part of The Calgary Underground Film Festival 2020.

In the feature film BLOODTHIRSTY, indie singer-songwriter Grey Kessler suffers anxiety over having released a successful album and feels pressure for a successful follow-up. She also takes medication to try to stop dreams of herself as a wolf, and she appears to have other medical issues too, though her doctor can find nothing physically wrong.

Christian Zyp of "Moving Radio" interviews Anthony Scott Burns (director/writer/composer) about his feature film "Come True". Shot in Edmonton, you can see the film on most VOD platforms OR find physical copies at RavenBannerReleasing.com

The film stars Julia Sarah Stone and Landon Liboiron. The plot follows a teenage runaway who takes part in a sleep study that becomes a nightmarish descent into the depths of her mind and a frightening examination of the power of dreams.

Christian Zyp of MOVING RADIO interviews w/ Villiam Chahal (dir), Catherine Mondragon (prod) & Kimberly Philpott (actor) about their short film CRISALIDA. 

In the spirit of Ibsen’s "A Doll’s House", this short film explores the emotional and physical circles a woman creates to avoid a volatile relationship.  The narrative hovers between past and present, as the woman moves away from the external conflicts with her partner and inside her head. The true power of this story is that is based on real life experiences of women, their words woven into the script. Violent memories are accompanied by impossibly high heels tapping across the wooden floors of an old house.