In The Seats with...
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In The Seats With Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider for 'Los Hermanos/The Brothers'
May 17, 2021 00:00 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MBYou can't break the bonds of family... On this episode we are looking at the film 'Los Hermanos/The Brothers' which is in limited theatrical and virtual run in theatres in the US in places like New York, Los Angeles and a few other markets... The film follows virtuoso Cuban-born brothers — Ilmar the violinist, and Aldo the pianist — who live on opposite sides of a geopolitical chasm a half century wide. Linked by music and dreams, their unfolding story offers a nuanced, often startling vie...
In The Seats With...Marc Silver and '3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets'
May 17, 2021 00:00 - 24 minutes - 34 MBLife can pivot in an instant... On this episode we're jumping into 'The Impact Series' and the film '3 1/2 Minutes...10 Bullets' as we talk with director Marc Silver. Black Friday 2012: four boys in a red SUV pull into a gas station after spending time at the mall buying sneakers and talking to girls. With music blaring, one boy exits the car and enters the store, a quick stop for a soda and a pack of gum. A man and a woman pull up next to the boys in the station, making a stop for a bottl...
In The Seats With...Brian Morrison, Daniel Strauch and Michael Marx Gibbons for 'Bastard's Road'
May 16, 2021 00:00 - 35 minutes - 48.1 MBThe journey is ALWAYS as important as the destination... “Bastards’ Road” tells the story of US Marine Combat Veteran Jon Hancock’s epic healing journey on foot across the United States. Walking over 5,800 miles, Hancock confronts the demons that had overtaken his life. Visiting his fellow 2/4 Marines - a unit known as the The Magnificent Bastards - and families of their fallen along the way, Jon’s unique insight, humor and compassion illuminates a story much bigger than himself. “Bastards...
In The Seats With...Sean Horlor and Steve Adams and 'Someone Like Me'
May 08, 2021 02:00 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MBDon't we all just want to belong?... It's even more Hot Docs coverage coming as the festival is still in full swing until May 9th over at HotDocs.ca with a plethora of fantastic documentary and independent cinema that deserves and audience. On this episode we talk with directors Sean Horlor and Steve Adams about their film 'Someone Like Me' which follows the complexities of helping a complete stranger escape life threatening violence in their home country of Uganda because they are LGBTQ. ...
In The Seats With...Margaret Byrne and 'Any Given Day'
May 07, 2021 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.3 MBMental health and well being is a truly fragile thing... The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is still in full gear and running until May 9th with an excellent choice of documentary cinema to dive into at a low price over at HotDocs.ca. On this episode we take a look at the film 'Any Given Day' from filmmaker Margaret Byrne as she follows three defendants through a specialized mental health prison probation program while sharing and dealing with her own struggles. This...
In The Seats With...Jason Sherman and 'My Tree'
May 07, 2021 00:00 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MBEven the most innocent of gestures can have a real complicated history.... On this episode we dive into even more from the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival which is running online Canada wide until May 9th at hotdocs.ca. We sit down here with director Jason Sherman about his film 'My Tree'. A personal story about a bar mitzvah gift of a tree being planted in Israel in his name back in 1975 and deciding to track down his tree and learn of all the uncomfortable tr...
In The Seats With...Lukas Forchhammer and Rene Sascha Johannsen and '7 Years of Lukas Graham'
May 07, 2021 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.1 MBEven success comes with some peaks and valleys... It's all Hot Docs all the time, as the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival beings to wind down in it's final weekend with some amazing cinema playing until May 9th at hotdocs.ca geo-locked for all of Canada. On this episode we're getting into the music as we look at '7 Years of Lukas Graham' which tracks the audacious rise of the band 'Lukas Graham' from playing clubs to stadiums and being nominated for Grammys whi...
In The Seats With...Scott Gavik and 'Set!'
May 07, 2021 00:00 - 22 minutes - 31.4 MBCreativity can come from some pretty wild places... It's time for even more Hot Docs which is running until May 9th online at Hotdocs.ca. We dive head first into the world of competitive table setting with the off the wall 'Set!' Yup, this is most certainly a thing as director Scott Gawlik opens up this unsung and unexpectedly fabulous world for us to explore following seven cut-throat competitors as they prepare for a prestigious county fair. A fantastic marriage or artistry,...
In The Seats With...Sheona McDonald and 'Dead Man's Switch: A Crypto Mystery'
May 07, 2021 00:00 - 23 minutes - 32.7 MBSometimes truth IS stranger then fiction... We're diving head first into even more Non-Fiction at Hot Docs which runs until May 9th online at hotdocs.ca. On this episode we're getting more then a little confused diving into the worlds of Cryptocurrency with 'Dead Man's Switch: A Crypto Mystery'. This film unravels the story of a Canadian blockchain wizard who mysteriously died in India on his honeymoon leaving many to wonder. Did the fate of his investors $200 million dollars vanish into...
In The Seats With...Bruce Goldstein and the TCM Classic Film Festival
May 06, 2021 00:00 - 18 minutes - 24.9 MBIt's too easy to forget what a character location can actually be... On this episode we sit down with filmmaker, film programmer Bruce Goldstein to talk about his new short film 'Pelham One Two Three: NYC Underground' which is playing as a part of the 'Streets of New York' section in the TCM Classic Film Festival which kicked off today and runs all weekend on the TCM Channel and HBO Max. Goldstein’s latest film, 'Pelham One Two Three: NYC Underground' is a humorous short essay about one of...
In The Seats With...Mohamed El Aboudi and 'School of Hope'
May 06, 2021 00:00 - 27 minutes - 38 MBHope is important in so many aspects of life... On this episode we are diving head first into even MORE Hot Docs coverage as we talk with director Mohamed El Aboudi and his new film 'School of Hope'. Which looks into the educational systems in Morocco set up for a nomadic tribe of people and we see how the introduction of these new systems can not only cause some difficulties but provide a way to the future for their children growing up in modern times that allows for optimism that old way...
In The Seats With...Alan K Rode and 'Doctor X' at the TCM Classic Film Festival
May 06, 2021 00:00 - 24 minutes - 33.4 MBIt's important to discover films before our time... On this episode we go to something that is near and dear our bosses heart; old movies. With the TCM Classic Film Festival kicking off online today until May 9th. It's running at two virtual venues at the TCM Network and the Classics Curated by TCM Hub over at HBO Max in the States. 'Doctor X' and the horror films of Michael Curtiz is helping kick off the fest in style. This 1932 recently restored version premiered recently on ...
In The Seats With...Mads Hedegaard and 'Cannon Arm And The Arcade Quest'
May 05, 2021 00:00 - 19 minutes - 26.4 MBThe quest for glory...can be a strange one... On this episode we've got even more Hot Docs coverage coming at you as we sit down with director Mads Hedegaard to talk about 'Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest'. In a film about the importance of friendship and community we meet Kim Cannon Arm and the unlikely crew at the Bip Bip Bar which is notorious for its love of 1980's Arcade Video Games. Kim once played Gyrrus for 49 hours straight...and now with the help of this unlikely group of friend...
In The Seats With...Ellen Scherer Crafts and Trevor Crafts for 'Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street'
May 05, 2021 00:00 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MBYou'd never have thought that life on your average city street and a bunch of puppets, would change the course of television forever... On this episode we've got the one you've been waiting for. It debuted at Sundance, is playing now as a part of Hot Docs until May 9th but also hits all VOD platforms as of this Friday. It's 'Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street' Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most impactful children's series in TV history. From...
In The Seats With...Jesse McCracken and 'Grey Roads'
May 04, 2021 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.5 MBGoing home again is always going to unearth some change... in returning home to his home town of Markdale, Ontario he finds change is all around him. No longer a vibrant town and more of a sleepy bedroom community for Toronto commuters, he also finds his family influx, with only his father and grandfather remaining in town as he explores this sense of nostalgia for his old home town and his family. Confronted with two very different images of masculinity, 'Grey Roads' is a journey of self...
In The Seats With...Kelly Wolfert and 'Spider-Mable'
May 04, 2021 00:00 - 19 minutes - 26.2 MBThe only origin stories that can out strip the MCU are the ones that come out of real life... On this episode we dive into the legacy of 'Spider-Mable' which is the heartwarming story of 6 Year Old cancer fighter Mable Tooke who got to live out her dream of fighting crime besides her hero "Spider-Man" and became a viral sensation in more ways then she could have ever imagined and she learns how to harness her new found popularity and give back to the community that played such a big part in ...
In The Seats With...Mary Holland and 'Golden Arm'
May 03, 2021 00:00 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBIt's just so important to believe in yourself... On this episode we learn that empowerment can still be as funny as all hell as we dive into the world of 'Golden Arm' which takes a tough lady trucker who is nursing an arm injury to convince her wimpy best friend to enter the National Ladies Arm Wrestling Championship. We got the distinct pleasure to talk with star Mary Holland about how she got involved with the project, the great year she's been having while on lockdown and yes...if she's...
In The Seats With...Felix Dufour-Laperriere and 'Archipelago'
May 03, 2021 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBLike any art form, it's important to push boundaries... On this episode, we talk with director Felix Dufour-Laperriere whose film 'Archipelago' which is a stunning visual composition that takes a look at the history of the Saint Lawrence River in a melange of evocative imagery and animation that pushes the boundaries of cinema. We sat down with Felix to talk about his inspiration for the film, the use of Animation inside the documentary form and so very much more...
In The Seats With...Matt Ogens and 'Audible'
May 02, 2021 00:00 - 21 minutes - 29 MBYou can still be heard and not say a word... In 'Audible' we go to the Maryland School Of The Deaf and young football player Amaree McKenstry-Hall as he and his teammates are set to defend their winning streak while coming to grips with the loss of a close friend. These graduation students are tackling the mounting pressures of adapting to life in the hearing world while tackling the adversity of growing up while finding their own unique way to make some noise and a statement in a world th...
In The Seats With...Caitlin Durlak and 'Dropstones'
May 02, 2021 00:00 - 20 minutes - 27.8 MBSometimes life is about being able to appreciate what you have... On this episode of 'In The Seats With...' we're diving even deeper into Hot Docs which runs online Canada wide until May 9th with a look at 'Dropstones'. This film follows Sonya, who returns to the remote Fogo Island off of Newfoundland with her two sons after leaving an abusive husband. Despite having left the island only years earlier she returns determined to raise her two sons to be good men in the only place she knows ...
In The Seats With...Anne Dixon and the CAFTCAD Awards
May 01, 2021 00:00 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MBSometimes it's the smallest of adjustments that make the biggest differences... Tonight! On this episode we sit down with designer and CAFTCAD nominee Anne Dixon to talk about the CAFTCAD Awards which are streaming online; TONIGHT this Saturday Night May 1st at 8PM on the CAFTCAD Facebook and YouTube feeds. For over a decade, the Canadian Alliance of Film and Television Costume Arts and Design (CAFTCAD) has brought together Canadian costume professionals from all corners of the industry,...
In The Seats With...Frigge Fri and 'Dark Blossom'
May 01, 2021 00:00 - 18 minutes - 25.5 MBSometimes social media can work positively and negatively at the exact same time... In a roundabout way this is what this episode is all about as we sit down with director Frigge Fri to talk about her new film 'Dark Blossom' playing online now across Canada as a part of the Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival. 'Dark Blossom' is the story of a tight knit group of Danish teen goths who express their darkness through macabre make up and fashion to channel their shared loneliness and...
In The Seats With...Steven McCarthy and the CAFTCAD Awards
April 29, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutes - 35.8 MBThe clothes do more then make the man or the woman...they can make the entire production... On this episode we sit down with actor Steven McCarthy to talk about the CAFTCAD Awards which are streaming online this Saturday Night May 1st at 8PM on the CAFTCAD Facebook and YouTube feeds. Steven is co-hosting the evening with actor Amanda Brugel. For over a decade, the Canadian Alliance of Film and Television Costume Arts and Design (CAFTCAD) has brought together Canadian costume professionals...
In The Seats With...Chris J. Russo and 'Lady Buds'
April 29, 2021 00:00 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBIt's about so much more then just catching a buzz... On this episode we dive even further into the Hot Docs deep end of excellent documentary cinema that is kicking off online today at HotDocs.ca as we looking into the world of cannabis as it tries to give the "green" in the American Dream a whole new meaning. The film follows six small businesswomen as they navigate the newly legal California cannabis trade and the regulations which just make it harder and harder for the independent busin...
In The Seats With...Cody Westman and 'Hell or Clean Water'
April 29, 2021 00:00 - 22 minutes - 30.4 MBTo be able to make real change in the world, sometimes, someone just needs to take one simple step... On this episode we've got even more coming from Hot Docs which kicks off today and we travel to the shores of Newfoundland with director Cody Westman and 'Hell or Clean Water'... It's an almost impossible task that Newfoundland diver Shawn Bath has taken on his shoulders; the task of cleaning up the Ocean floor in his local harbors one stinking tire at a time. Determined to be a part of t...
In The Seats With...Ann Shin and 'A.rtificial I.mmortality'
April 28, 2021 21:32 - 24 minutes - 33.5 MBIf you could live forever...would you want to? On this episode we jump into the opening night affair at Hot Docs 2021 with 'A.rtificial I.mmortality'... Through the advent of artificial intelligence, artificial immortality is no longer science fiction, it's on the brink of being science fact. With the science now available to upload our memories and essentially make a copy of ourselves inside a robot shell it opens up a myriad of ethical and sociological debates which can be applied to te...
In The Seats With...Emanuel Licha and 'Zo Reken'
April 28, 2021 00:00 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBIt's so important to get an accurate sense of what's going on in some places in the world... Time for more Hot Doc coverage which kicks off this April 29th and on this episode we talk with filmmaker Emanuel Licha about his stunning film 'Zo Reken'/ Today, 11 years after the massive earthquake in Haiti that left over a million people homeless and killed hundreds of thousands, the country has still not recovered from the disaster. Despite billions of dollars in aid money, Haiti struggles wit...
In The Seats With...Marq Evans and 'The Glamour and the Squalor'
April 28, 2021 00:00 - 24 minutes - 33.3 MBThe music industry has never seen the likes of that time since... On this episode we dive into the birth of Grunge but also the hey day of music influencing and the radio DJ with the 'Glamour and the Squalor' talking with director Marq Evans 'The Glamour & The Squalor' is the story of Marco Collins, one of America's last great rock radio DJs and a musical tastemaker that changed our culture. Before the Internet made sourcing new music and rising bands a simple matter of keystrokes and RSS ...
In The Seats With...Dominic Cooke and 'The Courier'
April 27, 2021 00:00 - 16 minutes - 22.2 MBThe spy game...can be a tricky one... On this episode we sit down with director Dominic Cooke to talk about 'The Courier'. The Courier is the true story of an unassuming British businessman Greville Wynne (Cumberbatch) recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. At the behest of the UK's MI-6 and a CIA operative (Rachel Brosnahan), he forms a covert, dangerous partnership with Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) in an effort to provide crucial intellige...
In The Seats With...Bobbi Jo Hart and 'Fanny: The Right To Rock'
April 27, 2021 00:00 - 54 minutes - 74.3 MBWe're embracing some rock and roll ideals and getting a little f***ing uncensored on this one... We're kicking off our coverage of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival which runs online for all of Canada from April 29th through May 9th by sitting down with a film about some unsung pioneers in rock music. This is "Fanny: The Right To Rock". It's the 1960's in sunny Sacramento California where two Filipina-American sisters got to get to play music and start a garag...
In The Seats With...David Weiner and 'In Search of Darkness II'
April 27, 2021 00:00 - 40 minutes - 55.1 MBThere's deep diving...and then there's this... On this episode we sit down with Writer/Director David Weiner who is quite simply the king of the pop culture deep dive. With 'In Search of Darkness II' we learn that we needed even more history into the horror genre in the 1980's and how seminal it truly was. When we talk with David, we ask about his inspirations into these deep dives, not repeating himself on yet another 4 hr + documentary that flies by, the importance of curation, what...
In The Seats With...Danielle Kummer and 'Alien On Stage'
April 23, 2021 00:00 - 21 minutes - 28.9 MBYou've got to appreciate creative ingenuity... The Calgary Underground Film Festival is kicking off today online, you can find out more right here; https://www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/ There's a fantastic selection of films running online until May 2nd online but we jumped into the one that really caught our eye. 'Alien On Stage' is the story of an amateur dramatics group lead by a crew of UK bus drivers spend a year creating a stage adaptation of Ridley Scott’s 'Alien'. The show is ...
In The Seats With...Craig Pryce and 'The Marijuana Conspiracy'
April 20, 2021 00:00 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MBThe stigma started somewhere... On this episode we talk with writer/director Craig Pryce about his new and fascinating film 'The Marijuana Consipiracy' about a story that happened in our own Canadian backyard... In 1972, five young women looking for a fresh start in life become part of a radical experiment studying the effects of weed on women. Despite the agendas of the government, they use their unique strengths, and friendship to overcome adversity. It's a story pulled from the 1970's...
In The Seats With...Christo Brock and 'Brewmance'
April 20, 2021 00:00 - 22 minutes - 31.2 MBThere's nothing quite like cracking open a cold one... We'll admit it...we don't need much of an excuse to crack open a cold beer. Finding that right one to hit your lips is just heaven, which is why it just made so much sense to sit down with writer/director Christo Brock about his new film 'Brewmance' which is on VOD platforms now. The American Craft Beer movement began with a group of restless homebrewers searching for something genuine and flavorful. Today it’s evolved into a redefini...
In The Seats With...Kyle Thomas and 'Range Roads'
April 14, 2021 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBLove 'em AND hate 'em...Family is family... Sometimes you have to take a step back for real self discovery and that's what we're looking at on this episode as the family drama 'Range Roads' is gearing up for its debut on the Super Channel this Saturday night at 9PM EST as a part of the Canadian Film Festival. When her parents are killed in a sudden car accident, television actor Frankie King (Alana Hawley Purvis) returns to her hometown in rural Alberta to face this tragedy after being est...
In The Seats With...Nick Crowe and 'UFO Town'
April 13, 2021 00:00 - 13 minutes - 18.4 MBThe truth is out there... On this episode we diving into not only the world of the unexplained but also of the CBC Docs POV and CBC Gem world to talk about 'UFO Town' streaming on CBC Gem now... The documentary follows this UFO case that came out of West Carleton, Ontario in the early 90s when a declassified document and video emerged that appeared to show a spaceship crash-landing in a field in the area. The case went viral in a pre-YouTube and TikTok era when the X-Files was making alien...
In The Seats With...Laura and Lisa Wilson for 'The Last Will and Testament'
April 13, 2021 00:00 - 25 minutes - 35.5 MBSome mysteries still need to be talked out... On this episode we dive into one of the greatest mysteries of the modern age...we're the works of William Shakespeare...actually his own? It’s the greatest literary mystery of all time; who wrote the works of Shakespeare? Although the official story has held sway for centuries, questions over the authorship of the plays and poems have persisted. Mark Twain, Sigmund Freud, Charlie Chaplin and Orson Welles are among the many famous figures who do...
In The Seats With...The Cast and Crew of 'Stealing Chaplin'
April 12, 2021 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28 MBIndie filmmaking is a heist in and of itself... 'Stealing Chaplin' is inspired by real events, two Las Vegas based con men dig up and steal the corpse of comedian Charlie Chaplin in order to ransom it. With the theft gaining the world’s attention and the reward rising daily, soon every local lowlife, criminal and dirty cop wants a piece of the action. On this episode we talk with director Paul Tanter, writers and stars Simon and Doug Phillips along with producer and co-star Ken Bressers ab...
In The Seats With...Tanner Beard and 'The Legend of Hell's Gate'
April 12, 2021 00:00 - 14 minutes - 19.7 MBConspiracies come from everywhere... The story of how 'Hell's Gate' at Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas came to have its name. Relive the story of how three outlaws' expeditions and encounters through historical 1870s Texas were remembered for a lifetime. It's a fairly unexplored piece of Americana and we got the distinct pleasure to sit down with writer/director Tanner Beard about not only the inspiration and making of this story but getting the unique pleasure of working under a cinematic mast...
In The Seats With...Brad Furman and 'City of Lies'
April 10, 2021 00:00 - 19 minutes - 26.3 MBCorruption is everywhere... We've got a good one on this episode as we sit down with director Brad Furman about his new film 'City of Lies' which is on VOD platforms now. Based on the true story of one of the most notorious and unsolved cases in recent time, City of Lies is a provocative thriller revealing a never-before-seen look at the infamous murder of The Notorious B.I.G. shortly following the death of Tupac. L.A.P.D. detective Russell Poole (Johnny Depp) has spent years trying to sol...
In The Seats With...Adam Donshik and Tyler Wayne for 'Goodbye, Butterfly'
April 10, 2021 00:00 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MBGrief can push you to the brink... On this episode we have the pleasure of talking with actor Adam Donshik and Writer/Director Tyler Wayne for their new film 'Goodbye, Butterfly' that is hitting Prime and VOD platforms on April 15th. 'Goodbye, Butterfly' is the story of Ryan Olsen; a loving family man with the perfect life… until the day his five-year-old daughter is murdered. When the official police investigation hits a dead end, Ryan has a chance encounter with Stan Granger, an oddball ...
In The Seats With...Thomas Rinfret and 'The Last Villains; Mad Dog and the Butcher'
April 10, 2021 00:00 - 26 minutes - 35.7 MBIcons get booed too... It's a perfect collision of our bosses two favorite things this week as wrestling and documentary comes together during both Wrestlemania week and the Canadian Film Festival on the Super Channel. We talk with director Thomas Rinfret about 'The Last Villains; Mad Dog & The Butcher' 'The Last Villains' is the larger-than-life story of the legendary Vachon family of pro wrestlers, as recounted by its only surviving member, Paul "The Butcher" Vachon. We talk with Thoma...
In The Seats With...Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard for 'Colette'
April 07, 2021 00:00 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MBShort things can have real power... We're in Oscar season as all 15 of the nominated short films in the Live-Action, Animated and Documentary category are playing in select Virtual (or Actual) Cinemas across North America. We got the distinct pleasure to sit down with director Anthony Giacchino and producer Alice Doyard to talk about their short 'Colette'. As a young girl, Colette Marin-Catherine fought the Nazis as a member of the French Resistance. Since 1945, she has refused to set foo...
In The Seats With...Kelly McCormack and 'Sugar Daddy'
April 05, 2021 00:00 - 23 minutes - 32.8 MBThe eternal struggle between art and finance play out more often then you think... In 'Sugar Daddy' Darren is a wickedly talented and unconventional young musician who dreams of making music like nobody has ever heard before. But she’s broke, juggling multiple part-time jobs, and has no time to create. Desperate for cash, she signs up to a sugar daddy paid-dating website and throws herself down a dark rabbit hole that forces her to grow up fast, shaping her music, and how she sees the world...
In The Seats With...Jason Gorber, Norm Wilner and Steve Norton on 'Netflix Did WHAT?!?'
April 02, 2021 00:00 - 35 minutes - 48.9 MBThe part of being a film critic I miss the most during these days of pandemic is the conversation... On this episode we engage in something that us critics tend to get to do after a screening in a theatre...which is talk about stuff...and BOY did something happen. In case you haven't heard, it was recently announced that Netflix has recently struck a deal with filmmaker Rian Johnson for $450 MILLION dollars to secure the rights to 'Knives Out 2 & 3' both which will be starring Daniel Craig...
In The Seats With...Mark Jason Murray and 'Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself'
April 02, 2021 00:00 - 22 minutes - 31.2 MBYou've got to respect the hustle of a self-mad icon... If you don't know the name, it's about time that you did. The late great Rudy Ray Moore was singer, dancer, comedian, actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur and so very much more. In the world of independent production in showbiz he quite simply is the poster child for never giving up. On this episode we talk with author Mark Jason Murray about his new authorized biography of Rudy Ray Moore called "Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself". We go...
In The Seats With...Stephan Kijak and 'Shoplifters of the World'
April 01, 2021 00:00 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBThese days more then ever...it's important to appreciate those moments that bring us joy... In the Summer of 1987, four friends, reeling from the sudden break-up of the iconic British band The Smiths, embark on a night out of partying to mourn their musical loss. At the same time, an impassioned Smiths fan takes a local radio DJ hostage at gunpoint and forces him to play nothing but Smiths tracks. With the radio station playing as the soundtrack to their night, the friends go on a wild jour...
In The Seats With... Wendy & Richard Pini for 'Elfquest: The Audio Movie'
March 29, 2021 00:00 - 24 minutes - 34 MBIn this business it feels like everything is cyclical... For those in the know; 'ElfQuest' has been one of the more iconic indie comic properties of the last few decades, but getting a big toe in the door at Hollywood to turn these realms of fantasy and action into some big screen spectacle is almost always easier said then actually done. Our guests on this episodes, creators of 'Elfquest' have been down this road to no avail, which is why they're bringing us something new. They are in th...
In The Seats With...Tenney Fairchild and 'Vikes'
March 29, 2021 00:00 - 13 minutes - 18 MBIt's a joy of the job when you find something with some unexpected and very genuine charm to it... 'Vikes' is that kind of story as it tracks the adventures of young Thorvald trying to get the attention of Ida by getting embroiled in the task of trying to change his high school football team's name from the 'Vikings' to something a little less offensive to Norweiganders... It's got all the classic high school coming of age beats with some deft satirical moments and genuine laughs from begi...
In The Seats With...Ingrid Veninger and One(Nine)
March 25, 2021 00:00 - 37 minutes - 50.9 MBIt's nice to have friends of the show on... There's a real beauty in seeing artists being able to come together during a difficult time that we're all sharing and that's what has happened here with One(Nine). 9 renowned female filmmakers from Canada and across the world have each made a short film exploring what it means to find connection in a time of isolation. The team of filmmakers includes Canada's Ingrid Veninger, Mina Shum, Isa Benn and Slater Jewell-Kemker, as well as Dorothee We...