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Director Barbara Willis-Sweete was instantly a fan of John Gray and Eric Peterson when she saw their two-man play, Billy Bishop Goes to War, on Broadway in the 1970s. She sits down with Ola Sturik of Tribute at the Toronto International Film Festival to talk about how the play has developed over the years and […]
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Philippe Falardeau’s film Monsieur Lazhar poses an interesting question: how do we talk to children about death? In the film, an elementary school teacher in Quebec creates a bond with two of his students who are dealing with the suicide of their former teacher. Falardeau talks to Toni-Marie Ippolito of Tribute about the parallels between […]
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Ralph Fiennes (a.k.a. Lord Voldemort to the many throngs of Harry Potter fans) takes on the task of adapting Shakespeare’s Coriolanus play for the big screen. He also stars in the lead as Caius Martius Coriolanus. Bonnie Laufer of Tribute sat down with Fiennes the day after Coriolanus premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. […]
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Playing the role of a young cancer patient was no easy feat for Joseph Gordon-Levitt, especially when the man that his character is based on wrote the screenplay. He tells Bonnie Laufer of Tribute about how the most important thing for him was to keep it real, to make it feel real for the audience. […]
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Seth Rogen may not have been in the most ideal place when his best friend, Will Reiser, told him he had cancer. But he stood by his friend’s side, even helping him to write the storyline for the film 50/50, which is based on Reiser’s real-life battle with cancer. Bonnie Laufer of Tribute sits down […]
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Bonnie Laufer of Tribute sat down with actress Anna Kendrick to talk about the film 50/50 in which she plays a therapist-in-training to a young man diagnosed with cancer. She also talks about how working with funnyman Seth Rogen helped her work through the heavy-handed role.
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50/50 is based on the true story of a man who gets diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and decides to make the most of his condition. That real-life man is Will Reiser. He relives the emotional experience with Bonnie Laufer of Tribute as he discusses what it was like having the support of […]
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When Abbie Cornish began researching for her role in Madonna’s film W.E., she developed an obsession of sorts. She talks to Bonnie Laufer of Tribute about why she thinks people are so fascinated with royals and reveals what she thinks might just be her best filmmaking experience yet.
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Ethan Hawke admits that not everyone will understand his movie The Woman in the Fifth but he himself loved it, referring to it as a portrait of madness. He chats with Toni-Marie Ippolito of Tribute about having to speak French through most of the movie and about some of his future book and theatre plans.
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According to directors Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin, the theme of their film Undefeated is resilience. The story revolves around an inner city high school football team who attempts to break their school’s 110-year losing streak. Lindsay and Martin talk to Ola Sturik of Tribute about the film’s main characters, especially the team’s resilient coach, […]
