The writer/director team who created Saw hits the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival with a splash, this time for the supernatural frightfest Insidious. Tribute’s Ola Sturik takes a seat with director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell to learn a little about their new spooky flick, and why they wanted a change of pace from […]
Surreal fantasies, sexual awakenings, and a standing ovation at Cannes: par for the course for Gregg Araki. The director of Kaboom talks to Tribute’s Toni-Marie Ippolito about the experience of starting college, becoming an adult, and discovering his voice.
Kristin Scott Thomas stars as a French journalist recovering the past in the adaptation of best-selling novel, Sarah’s Key. She talks to Tribute’s Bonnie Laufer at the Toronto International Film Festival about bringing her unique dignity and grace to difficult and emotional material.
Adapting a bestselling novel into a film is no easy task, especially when the material hits so close to home. Director Gilles Paquet-Brenner talks to Tribute’s Bonnie Laufer at the Toronto International Film Festival about Sarah’s Key, working with Kristin Scott Thomas, and paying homage to his grandfather.
Tackling the controversy of the Iraq War head-on, British director Ken Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty reunite for their new film Route Irish, a character study of the traumatizing effects of war on the fragile psyche of veterans. Loach and Laverty sit down with Tribute’s Ola Sturik at TIFF 2010 to discuss their post-war drama, […]
Ryan Phillippe plumbs his emotional depths for his most difficult role yet in The Bang Bang Club. He talks with Tribute’s Toni-Marie Ippolito at the Toronto International Film Festival about preparing to portray Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Greg Marinovitch and traveling to the poorest areas of South Africa.
Bearing witness to war as a journalist presents a host of troubling moral and personal questions, and Malin Akerman has to struggle with her answers in The Bang Bang Club. She talks to Tribute’s Toni-Marie Ippolito at the Toronto International Film Festival about preparing for her difficult role and indulging herself afterward.
Steven Silver brings the story of four young men capturing the bloody days of South African apartheid to the big screen in The Bang Bang Club, co-starring Frank Rautenbach as Ken Ossterbroek. The director and actor sit down with Tribute’s Toni-Marie Ippolito at the Toronto International Film Festival to talk about adapting a haunting real-life […]
Bill Pullman and Irene Jacob reveal the seductive allure of Brazil in Rio Sex Comedy. The actors sit down with Tribute’s Bonnie Laufer at the Toronto International Film Festival to talk about exploring the heights of luxury and the depths of poverty in Brazil… and revealing bathing suits.
Isabelle Blais brings her new drama The High Cost of Living to the Toronto International Film Festival. The actor talks to Tribute’s Bonnie Laufer about bringing her personal life to her role, the roles available for women today, and the perks (and cold downsides) of shooting in Montreal.
