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In The Seats with...

Where we sit down with industry professionals and talk about their latest projects, influences, the state of the industry and all things under the sun...

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Episode 696: In The Seats With....Jason Buxton and...

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2025/05/07

You never know what's going to drive you to the brink....On this episode we dive into the complex areas of obsession and even Men's mental health with 'Sharp Corner'.Josh (Ben Foster) is increasingly consumed by the fatal car crashes in front of his house. As Josh’s obsession takes hold, he begins to spiral, placing his wife and son in jeopardy and setting in motion a series of events that threaten to permanently break the family apart.'Sharp Corner' is a shocking reminder of the

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26:01

Episode 695: In The Seats With...Lena Macdonald and...

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2025/05/06

Doing the right thing is never as easy as it seems.As we pick up the pieces of the latest installment of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival we're still coming to grips with the myriad of wonderful films that we got to take in at the festival. One in particular had it's world premiere.'Betrayal' is the story of Cindor Reeves whose sister married Charles Taylor; a young idealistic rebel whose methods quickly elevated himself to be the authoritarian leader of

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11:28

Episode 694: In The Seats With...Philip Gelatt and...

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2025/05/01

Well somebody has to have it....On this episode we dive head first into a fascinating 15 part doc series all the episodes which are now available on Substack. It's "First Word on Horror'.First Word on Horror is a fifteen-part documentary series that profiles five of the finest horror writers working today. Across multiple episodes, each author discusses their life, their inspirations, their philosophies, and their writing techniques while reading one of their short stories. As fact and

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25:48

Episode 693: In The Seats With....Austin Andrews,...

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2025/04/25

It's truly amazing to run into a story that you can't believe actually hasn't been told yet....On this special episode we sit down with the writer/director team of Austin Andrews and Andrew Holmes to talk about their new film; 'The Island Between Tides'.Northern BC, 1982. Six-year-old Lily vanishes. For two days and nights, no one can find the cheery girl who'd strayed onto a remote tidal island. Until she's found at the exact spot she was last seen with no memory of being away. Unharmed

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23:21

Episode 692: In The Seats With...Eric Tisch and...

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2025/04/16

Get your elbows up, it's time to support our national arts...On this special episode we are celebrating the shared pleasure and experience of watching a movie in theatre, which just feels appropriate because it is National Canadian Film Day.We sat down with Eric Tisch, one of hard working team over at National Canadian Film Day who put on a myriad of events all across the country about what he did last year during the Toronto International Film Festival.To put it simply, he broke the

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17:53

Episode 691: In The Seats With Samir Oliveros and...

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2025/04/04

Truth is always stranger then fiction...On this special episode we dive into a movie that after a successful festival run, including here at TIFF has finally made it's way back to theatres. It's time for 'The Luckiest Man In America'May 1984. An unemployed ice cream truck driver steps onto the game show Press Your Luck harboring a secret: the key to endless money. But his winning streak is threatened when the bewildered executives uncover his real motivations.We got to talk with

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32:20

Episode 690: In The Seats With....Jamie Kastner and...

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2025/04/04

It's so easy for things to get so complicated...On this special episode, friend of the show writer/director Jaime Kastner returns with 'The Spoils'.Amid the rise of the far-right in Germany, as the spoils of post-WW2 collections hit the world art market afresh, lawyers, curators, politicians, and Jewish groups the world round are duking it out, painting by painting, sketch by sketch, over questions of ownership, history, and morality.A series of failed attempts by the city of Düsseldorf to

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17:11

Episode 689: In The Seats With....Naomi Jaye and...

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2025/03/28

It can take something outside of the norm to shake us out of our standard situations....On this special episode we are diving back into the saddle and back into the archives for an interview we did almost a year ago, but is coming to theatres now. It's time for the story of 'Darkest Miriam'.Miriam Gordon (Britt Lower) lives in a fog of grief while working amidst marginalized members of the public who populate this local branch of the Toronto Public Library. When a burgeoning love-affair

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13:28

Episode 688: In The Seats With....Ricardo Curtis,...

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2025/03/07

There's something to be said about being able to exist in both worlds....On this episode we dive into an unexpectedly enjoyable new animated romp which is in theatres tomorrow. It's time to embrace 'Night of the Zoopocalypse'.After a meteor unleashes a virus that turns zoo animals into mutants, a mountain lion (David Harbour) and wolf (Gabbi Kosmidis) lead a team of surviving animals to stop the virus and rescue their zoo.I'll just say it....this shouldn't have worked as well as it does

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16:24

Episode 687: In The Seats With...Ayisha Issa and...

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2025/02/17

When that bell rings, it's all about the spectacle...On today's episode we dive into a dark then expected tale inside the squared circle of professional wrestling where the violence goes a little above and beyond in "Dark Match".A small-time wrestling company accepts a well-paying gig in a backwoods town only to learn, too late, that the community is run by a mysterious cult leader with devious plans for their match.From writer/director Lowell Dean and on VOD platforms now; 'Dark Match'

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42:58

Episode 686: In The Seats With....Sook Yin Lee and...

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2025/01/31

Relationships change.On this very special episode we dive into one of our favorite Canadian films of the last calendar year which is now playing at the Scotiabank Theatre; it's time for 'Paying For It'.'Paying For It' is a live-action adaptation of acclaimed alternative-cartoonist Chester Brown’s best-selling graphicnovel. In the late 90s, Chester and Sonny are a long-term, committed, romantic couple. When Sonny wants toredefine their relationship, Chester, an introverted cartoonist, starts

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18:19

Episode 685: In The Seats With....Olatunde Osunsanmi...

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2025/01/24

Sometimes it's fun to be the contrarian...Dropping on Paramount Plus we get the fresh entry the Federation of Planets in 'Star Trek: Section 31'.Emperor Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) joins a secret division of Starfleet. Tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets, she also must face the sins of her past.I can't lie, I dug this as the Star Trek universe is trying to spread it's wings a little bit. Plus Michelle Yeoh chewing the scenery and supporting some Canadian made Star

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20:01

Episode 684: In The Seats With...Garry Keane, Stephen...

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2025/01/24

Hope finds a way to keep going....On this very special episode we dive into the powerful new documentary which is available on VOD platforms now; In The Shadow of Beirut.In Sabra, one of Beirut’s toughest urban slums, sectarianism and violence is a permanent way of life. Rabia, a 38-year-old hardworking but undocumented Lebanese mother, cannot afford to admit her chronically ill daughter to hospital, leaving the life of her innocent child hanging in the balance. Father of five, Ayman is

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24:00

Episode 683: In The Seats With....Omar Majeed, Peter...

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2025/01/10

The music NEVER stopped.On this episode we dive into one of the better pop culture documentaries that we have seen in recent memory in 'Disco's Revenge'.In the early 70s, the beat child of New York’s Black and LGBTQ+ communities was born on the city’s underground dance floor. Disco emerged as an exuberant musical genre, a vital social movement and a vibrant culture before enduring a vicious backlash nearly a decade later. In our collective pop-culture imagination, Disco's merely a fad

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Episode 682: In The Seats With...Mohammad Rasoulof...

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2025/01/10

Paranoia crosses all cultural lines....On this episode we dive into one of the better pieces of cinema to come out in recent memory in the Iranian gem; 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig'.Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.Filled with relatable family drama and political tension so palpable you could cut it with a

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23:30

Episode 681: In The Seats With...Allan Hawco,...

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2025/01/10

New year brings new promises of entertainment...We kick off 2025 with a bang and a slew of new episodes and things to be talking about, especially what to start binging on these cold Canadian winter nights.'Saint-Pierre' is the story of a hard nosed Newfoundland cop (Allan Hawco) who is exiled to the French Island of 'Saint-Pierre' to team up with a headstrong deputy and solve crimes that push the boundaries of the local idyllic facade.We had the pleasure of sitting down with the stars of

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15:56

Episode 680: In The Seats With....Brad Bailey and...

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2024/12/12

Those stories we wish we didn't have to be told, are usually the ones that need to be listened to...On this special episode we dive into 'Her Fight, His Name: The Story of Gwen Carr and Eric Garner' which is doing the rounds and Academy Awards eligible. With the 10th anniversary of Eric Garner’s death and no end in sight for this epidemic of police violence it’s more important than ever to share Gwen’s story. Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner, has spent years seeking justice over the

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35:28

Episode 679: In The Seats With...David J Fernandes,...

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2024/12/02

It's time for a perfect combination....On this episode we go head first into the making of "Creepy Bits: Season 2" which just happens to available on demand with our friends over at Hollywood Suite; who just happen to be having their Annual free preview from Dec 1 through Jan 5th so if you haven't already signed up....go for it.'Creepy Bits' is an excellent anthology series that supports burgeoning Canadian talent and is yet another example of what we are capable of as storytellers. We had

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20:24

Episode 678: In The Seats With....Brendan Bellomo,...

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2024/12/02

Even in the face of the horrors of war, art and beauty must prevail...On this very special episode, we're diving into a look at some very people who are sticking to their principles of creating beauty while defending their country from invasion. It's time for 'Porcelain War'Under roaring fighter jets and missile strikes, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind and fight, contending with the soldiers they have become. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they

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46:09

Episode 677: In The Seats With....Jijo Reed and Sugar...

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2024/11/23

I won't lie....this business can kick your ass sixteen different ways....which is why it's always important to have help.On this episode I sit down with noted producer and and founder or Sugar Studios Jijo Reed to discuss the in's and out's of the film and television industry along with his legacy in it and how a place like Sugar Studios is unique in what it provides and so very much more as we go somewhat 'inside baseball' on so many of the moving pieces that come into the art of

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