Chad Brunet interviews Alex Ross Perry (director/screenwriter) about his film PAVEMENTS. It looks at the band Pavement in an appropriately unique way. It screens as part of CUFF.Docs Saturday November 23rd, 2024 at 9:30pm at the Globe Cinema. PAVEMENTS appears to be just another music documentary, until it doesn't. A prismatic, narrative, scripted, documentary, musical, metatextual hybrid, the film intimately shows the band preparing for their sold-out 2022 reunion tour while simultaneously...

Christian Zyp interviews Jon Spira (director/screenwriter) about the documentary THE LIFE AND DEATHS OF CHRISTOPHER LEE. It screens as part of CUFF.Docs Sunday November 24th, 2024 at 6:30pm at the Globe CInema. Christopher Lee’s story would be fascinating, even if it only went as far as audiences already know; that of an iconic actor who defined the role of Dracula and went from being the star of the 1960s Hammer horror films to a distinguished career encompassing the 007, STAR WARS, and LORD...

Lucas Anders interviews Jenny Carchman (director) about the documentary WHATEVER IT TAKES. It makes its Alberts Premiere Wednesday November 20th, 2024 at 9:00 pm as part of CUFF.Docs at the Globe Cinema in Calgary. https://www.calgaryundergroundfilm.org/cuff-docs/2024/whatever-it-takes/ WHATEVER IT TAKES is the extraordinary true-crime story of a middle-aged couple subjected to cyberstalking threats by the Fortune 500 company eBay. In the summer of 2019, Ina and David Steiner started being...

Christian Zyp interviews Peter Hays (director) about the documentary FLASHBACK about the legendary club from the 80's nightlife scene in Edmonton. Catch the screening of FLASHBACK at CUFF.Docs Saturday November 23rd,2024  @ 4:45pm at the Globe CInema in Calgary. Peter will be in attendance for a Q&A post screening.  FLASHBACK is the story of a defiant disco dance culture of sweat and sex and drugs and fashion in Edmonton. It became a sensation on the international club circuit despite...

Christian Zyp interviews Neil Grahn (prod/dir) about the documentary series HORSE WARRIORS. It airs on APTN in Canada and will screen as part of CUFF.Docs Saturday November 23rd, 2024 at 12pm. CUFF.Docs will be showing Episodes 1, 7, 8, and 13 – the series finale, ahead of its broadcast on APTN. There will also be a post screening Q&A with participants from the show.  HORSE WARRIORS is a 13 episode docuseries from Neil Grahn and Dominique Keller that follows three dedicated teams as they...

Christian Zyp interviews Matthew Bauckman and Jaret Belliveau (co-directors) about their documentary KUNG FU ELLIOT. Released originally in 2014, CUFF.Docs is having a 10th anniversary screening of the film on Sunday November 24th, 2024 at 9pm at the Globe Cinema in Calgary. KUNG FU ELLIOT tell the bizarre story of Elliot "White Lightning" Scott, a martial artist with big ambitions: he's determined to become Canada's first kung fu action hero with his low-budget karate epic, BLOOD FIGHT. This...

Christian Zyp interviews Alex Lamb and Max Well (co-directors/co-producers) about the documentary THE DONN OF TIKI. It is the Opening Night film for CUFF.Docs on Wednesday November 20th, 2024 at 6:30pm at the Globe Cinema in Calgary. Max Well will be in attendance for a post screening Q&A. THE DONN OF TIKI is the incredulous story of Donn Beach, creator of the Tiki Bar, and perhaps the most important influencer of modern-day cocktails and bar aesthetics. Better known as "Don the...

Christian Zyp interviews Marah Strauch (director/producer) and Bryce LeavittI (director) about their documentary SPACE COWBOY. It makes its Alberta Premiere at CUFF.Docs on Saturday November 23rd, 2024 at 2:30pm at the Globe Cinema in Calgary. SPACE COWBOY focuses on Joe Jennings, a pioneer of skydiving cinematography, as he looks back on creating iconic moments in film and television, while he tries to turn a dreamlike vision into reality. An innovator in the world of skydiving, Joe spent...

Christian Zyp interviews Matthew Salleh (director/cinematographer) & Rose Tucker (producer) about their documentary SLICE OF LIFE: THE AMERICAN DREAM. IN FORMER PIZZA HUTS. See the Canadian Premiere of this film at CUFF.Docs Saturday November 23rd, 2024 at the Globe CInema at 7:15pm. A contemporary portrait of America, told through a collection of stories observed within the walls of former Pizza Hut buildings across the country. These nostalgic spaces hold memories of a bygone era, but...

Christian Zyp interviews Gabri Christa (director) about her experimental dance short film SHEILA. It is screening as part of BROAD VIEW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL on Fri Nov 8th at 9pm at Metro Cinema. sheila is a short experimental documentary about Sheila Rohan, one of the founding members of Dance Theater of Harlem. "It is in many ways an experimental short bio documentary, part dream, but above all I hope it conveys the mystery and strength of this talented, remarkable, inspirational,...

Christian Zyp interviews Rosanna Terracciano (director/choreographer/editor) about the experimental dance short film "PLACE/is a city written on this body?" You can see it as part of BROAD VIEW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL on Fri Nov 8th at 9pm at Metro CInema. Rosanna will be in attendance at the screening to participate in a discussion of the films with member from Mile Zero Dance.  "PLACE/is a city written on this body?" centers on a trilogy of improvised and choreographed chapters based on...

Christian Zyp interviews several people from the EDMONTON UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL (EUFF). Joining the conversation is Christine Miller (Creative Director) and filmmakers Allan Halls, Sandy MacLellan, Eryn Tempest and Matthew Gooding. EUFF is a curated collection of 32 short films that celebrate creative, low-budget filmmaking and exude creative freedom, energy and experimentation. See EUFF at The Aviary (9314 111 Avenue NW) Sunday Oct 20th. Doors open at 12pm and tickets are available at...

Christian Zyp interviews Marc Coleman (writer/director) about his new film MEMBERS CLUB. It's screening Oct 16th, 2024 at 9:30pm as part of NorthWest Fear Fest at the Metro Cinema. In MEMBERS CLUB, "Wet Dreams," a middle-aged male stripper group, have hit rock bottom. After a string of disastrous gigs, the gang considers disbanding. Alan, the group's happy-go-lucky front man, takes over the business and books the boys a lucrative and mysterious gig in rural Essex. But when the group arrives...

Christian Zyp interviews Guy Lavallee (Festival Director) about the 2024 lineup for Northwest Fear Fest. All screenings take place at Metro Cinema from Oct 16-22. Guy discusses several of the films screening at NWFF. The Closing Night film is PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE with special guest Paul WIlliams. Other films featured that will be Alberta Premieres SMILE 2, HEAVIER TRIP, HUSH - SHUSH CUT and more. There are also 40th anniversary screenings of screenings of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET and...

Christian Zyp interviews writer/director Steven Kostanski (Psycho Goreman, The Void, Leprechaun Returns) about his film FRANKIE FREAKO. It screens at Metro Cinema on Oct 6th, 7th and 10th, 2024. In FRANKIE FREAKO, Connor (Connor Sweeney) calls a late-night party hotline that promises out-of-this-world fun. Once he hangs up the phone, he unleashes three pint-sized forces of evil led by the maniacal rock ‘n’ roll goblin Frankie Freako and his life will never be the same.

Lucas Anders interviews cinematographer Daniel Katz about his work on the Ant TImpson film BOOKWORM starring Elijah Wood. See it as part of the Edmonton International Film Festival on Wed, Oct 2nd, 6:30 PM at Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre. In BOOKWORM, eleven-year-old Mildred’s life is turned upside down when her mother lands in hospital and estranged, American magician father, Strawn Wise, comes to look after her. Hoping to entertain the bookish tween, Strawn takes Mildred camping in the...

Lucas Anders interviews Michael Clowater (writer/director) about his film DRIVE BACK HOME. It screens as part of the Edmonton International Film Festival Fri, Sep 27th, 6:30 PM at Landmark Cinemas City centre with a Q&A with director Michael Clowater after. The encore screening is on Tue, Oct 1st, 4:00 PM at Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre as well. DRIVE BACK HOME starts Alan Cumming. It's the winter of 1970, a conservative plumber from a small east coast village who travels to Toronto in...

Christian Zyp interviews Joel Stewart (director) about the film SOUL'S ROAD. It screens as part of the Edmonton International Film Festival on Sun, Sep 29th, 7:30 PM (SOLD OUT) and Wed, Oct 2nd, 2:00 PM @ Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre. SOUL'S ROAD follows Ronan Garrett (country star Dallas Smith), a disgraced rock star who returns to his hometown and people he had forsaken a decade earlier. Following massive success, and an even more massive fall from grace, Ronan returns with little more...

Christian Zyp interviews co-hosts/producers Jessica Truong, Salvador Garcia (a.k.a. food reviewer Fat Sal), and Cynthia Lo about the docuseries EATING EDMONTON. The series EATING EDMONTON uses food, the people who make it, and their experiences as second-generation immigrants to tell richer stories about Edmonton communities. It premieres in full on TELUS Optik TV on Sept. 24, though the episodes will be staggered for release on STORYHIVE’s YouTube page starting the same day.

Christian Zyp interviews Karen Chapman (writer/director) about her feature film VILLAGE KEEPER. It screens as part of the Edmonton International FIlm Festival Mon, Sep 30th, 7:00 PM @ Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre. There will be a Q&A following this screening with director Karen Chapman and producer Enrique Miguel Baniqued. In VILLAGE KEEPER, Jean is a widow paralyzed by anxiety and struggles to protect her kids in a Toronto neighborhood gripped by violence. As her kids grow and find...

Christian Zyp interviews Lowell Dean (director/writer) about two different films he helmed, DARK MATCH and DIE ALONE. You can see DARK MATCH as part of the Edmonton International Film Festival Sat Sept 28th @ 6:30pm at Landmark CIty Centre Cinemas with Lowell Dean in attendance for a pot-screening Q&A. See DIE ALONE in Cineplex Odeon theatres across Canada on Sept 27th, 2024. In DARK MATCH, Miss Behave and her fellow wrestlers reach a creepy destination for an unsanctioned car. They...

Christian Zyp interviews John Makens (director/producer) about the documentary ART AND LIFE: THE STORY OF JIM PHILLIPS. See it as part of the Edmonton International Film Festival on Thu, Oct 3rd at 7:30 PM @ Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre. A pioneer of graphic art, Jim Phillips, known for his bold and visceral imagery, has left an indelible mark on the world of rock posters, surf, and skateboard art. Drawing inspiration from his life in Santa Cruz, California, Jim's journey from publishing...

Christian Zyp interviews Jamie Rafn (director/screenwriter/producer) about his indie rom-com NEAR MISS. See it at the Edmonton International Film Festival Tue, Oct 1st, 6:30 PM @ Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre where Jamie Rafn will be in attendance for a post screening Q&A. The encore screening is on Thu, Oct 3rd, 2:00 PM @ Landmark as well. NEAR MISS revolves around Jim, a kind albeit passive person, married the first and only woman he ever dated. When she leaves him eighteen years...

Christian Zyp interviews Peter Hays (director) about the documentary FLASHBACK about the legendary club from the 80's nightlife scene in Edmonton. Catch a screening of FLASHBACK at the Metro Cinema on Sept 16th or at the Royal Alberta Museum on Oct 17th. FLASHBACK is the story of a defiant disco dance culture of sweat and sex and drugs and fashion in Edmonton. It became a sensation on the international club circuit despite police raids, threats of violence and the scourge of AIDS. Even though...