Lindsey Campbell is joined by Mark Davies for another edition of THANKS TELEFILM where they examine movies that great examples of why their funding is important and why some are... questionable In RADIUS... Liam wakes from a car crash with no memory of who he is. As he makes his way into town to look for help, he finds only dead bodies, all with strange pale eyes. Liam’s first assessment is that a virus is present in the air, but he soon discovers the horrible truth: anyone who comes within a 50...
Mar 30, 2022•15 min•Ep. 63
Lucas Anders & Christian Zyp review THE OUTFIT. The film comes from the Academy Award-winning writer of "The Imitation Game" (Graham Moore). It's a gripping and masterful thriller in which an expert tailor (Mark Rylance) must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.
Mar 30, 2022•20 min•Ep. 62
Christian Zyp interviews Brenda Lieberman (Festival Director) about the Calgary Underground Film Festival (CUFF). You can see CUFF in person at The Globe Theatre in Calgary from April 21st - May 1st OR stream it online, if you live in Alberta. Visit CalgaryUndergroundFilm.org fro more info.
Mar 30, 2022•22 min•Ep. 61
MOVING RADIO correspondent Lucas Anders spoke with local puppeteer Brendan James Boyd about his career and working on the FRAGGLE ROCK reboot shot in Calgary.
Mar 30, 2022•19 min•Ep. 60
MOVING RADIO correspondent Lucas Anders interviews Ryan C. Showers about the SCREAM franchise. You can check out Showers' podcast "Scream with Ryan C, Showers" on all audio streaming platforms.
Jan 31, 2022•18 min•Ep. 59
MOVING RADIO correspondents Mark Davies & Lindsey Campbell bring you another edition of the continuing feature, "Thanks Telefilm!" where they examine films funded by the government agency. This edition looks at "The KId Detective", a once-celebrated child detective, now 32, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity.
Jan 31, 2022•13 min•Ep. 58
Moving Radio correspondent Lucas Anders interviewed Dr. Paul Kingsbury about paranormal investigative teams. Since audiences have a strong appetite for film like GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE, the CONJURING franchise and television series like PARANORMAL and AMERICAN HORROR STORY, Lucas dives into the reality of the paranormal and how it may influence fictional tales.
Dec 21, 2021•26 min•Ep. 57
Christian Zyp interviews the owner of the last video store in Edmonton, Kevin Martin. The man I call the Sommelier of Celluloid discusses some of the more obscure films to grace the racks of the The Lobby DVD Store on Whyte Avenue like Ticks, Phantom of The Mall and Homebodies.
Dec 09, 2021•16 min•Ep. 56
Moving Radio correspondents Lindsey Campbell and Mark Davies discuss the issues with Ridley Scott's new film "The Last Duel". This is a look at how the film fails in its attempt to be a period piece about sexual assault and believing victims.
Dec 09, 2021•14 min•Ep. 55
Christian Zyp interviewed Dominique Keller (Writer, Director, and Exec Prod) about her documentary LOVE: THE LAST CHAPTER. It screens as part of CUFF Docs. Stream it online from Nov 24-28, 2021 at CalgaryUndergroundFilm.org LOVE: THE LAST CHAPTER is a portrait of three different couples in a Calgary seniors' facility as they navigate the delights and challenges of late-in-life romance. It was produced with the help of the National Film Board.
Nov 19, 2021•24 min•Ep. 54
Christian Zyp interviews Adam Brooks (Director/Producer)about his documentary CLIFF: A PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST. It screens as part of CUFF Docs. You can stream it from Nov 24-28 at CalgaryUndergroundFilm.org CLIFF: A PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST is a documentary-portrait of one of Winnipeg’s most successful visual artists, Cliff Eyland who, with only months to live, received a double-lung transplant and a new lease on life.
Nov 19, 2021•21 min•Ep. 53
Syrian-Canadian filmmaker Amar Chebib began making videos while growing up skateboarding in the Middle East. Over the past decade, he has made various award-winning short films. His most recent work, JOE BUFFALO, is a short hybrid doc executive produced by Tony Hawk and distributed by The New Yorker about an Indigenous skateboarding legend and survivor of Canada’s notorious Indian Residential School system. It screened at Tribeca, won the Audience Award at SXSW, and made the 2021 Awards Shortlis...
Nov 14, 2021•17 min•Ep. 52
Christian Zyp of MOVING RADIO interviews Wojciech Lorenc (director/cinematographer/editor) and Valentina Trevino (executive producer) about their documentary FEARLESS. It screened as part of The Calgary Underground Film Festival 2021. An intimate portrait of a boxing gym in a small town of Conroe, Texas. The film is constructed as an allegory for the challenges faced by people of color and immigrants in the US.
Nov 06, 2021•34 min•Ep. 51
Christian Zyp interviews Jesse Blanchard, the director, of the feature film "Frank & Zed". It screened as part of The Calgary Underground Film Festival 2021. In the film, two reanimated corpses, dependent on each other for survival, live a life of solitude until a power-hungry magistrate tricks a group of villagers into attacking their lonely castle, fulfilling an ancient prophecy: The Orgy of Blood.
Nov 06, 2021•21 min•Ep. 50
MOVING RADIO correspondent Lindsey Campbell interviewed Amelia Moses (director) about her feature film BLOODTHIRSTY. It originally streamed as part of The Calgary Underground Film Festival 2020. In the feature film BLOODTHIRSTY, indie singer-songwriter Grey Kessler suffers anxiety over having released a successful album and feels pressure for a successful follow-up. She also takes medication to try to stop dreams of herself as a wolf, and she appears to have other medical issues too, though her ...
Nov 04, 2021•15 min•Ep. 49
Christian Zyp of "Moving Radio" interviews Anthony Scott Burns (director/writer/composer) about his feature film "Come True". Shot in Edmonton, you can see the film on most VOD platforms OR find physical copies at RavenBannerReleasing.com The film stars Julia Sarah Stone and Landon Liboiron. The plot follows a teenage runaway who takes part in a sleep study that becomes a nightmarish descent into the depths of her mind and a frightening examination of the power of dreams.
Nov 04, 2021•26 min•Ep. 48
Christian Zyp of MOVING RADIO interviews w/ Villiam Chahal (dir), Catherine Mondragon (prod) & Kimberly Philpott (actor) about their short film CRISALIDA. In the spirit of Ibsen’s "A Doll’s House", this short film explores the emotional and physical circles a woman creates to avoid a volatile relationship. The narrative hovers between past and present, as the woman moves away from the external conflicts with her partner and inside her head. The true power of this story is that is based on re...
Nov 04, 2021•33 min•Ep. 47
Christian Zyp of MOVING RADIO interviewed Robert Cuffley (director/composer) and Susie Moloney (writer) about their film "Bright Hill Road". You can find it on most VOD streaming services. SYNOPSIS: When a misstep after a workplace shooting puts alcoholic Marcy on leave, she heads out to see her sister in California. Halfway there, she stops for a few days at the Bright Hill Road Boarding House. The walls start to close in on the deeply troubled Marcy, as she loses touch with reality and comes f...
Nov 04, 2021•24 min•Ep. 46
Christian Zyp of MOVING RADIO interviews Guy Lavalee (director/writer) and Tammy Lavalee (subject) about their documentary FAMILY EVER AFTER. You can find it streaming on CBC Gem. An Alberta couple gets more than they bargained for when their attempt to adopt a child through the foster system results in a transformative path to parenthood they never could have imagined. gem.cbc.ca/media/absolutely-ca…a_homepage_shelfnew...
Nov 04, 2021•35 min•Ep. 45
Christian Zyp of MOVING RADIO interviews Elle–Máijá Tailfeathers. Her documentary "Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy" opens at The Metro Cinema Friday November 19th, 2021. Her film witnesses radical and profound change in her community. Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy is an intimate portrait of survival, love and the collective work of healing in the Kainai First Nation in Southern Alberta, a Blackfoot community facing the impacts of substance use and a drug-poisoning epidemi...
Nov 04, 2021•19 min•Ep. 44
Christian Zyp of MOVING RADIO interview Jeff Erbach (writer/director) about his THE NATURE OF NICHOLAS. It screens at The Metro Cinema Sunday October 17th @ 9:30 pm. PLOT... Set in a vaguely late-’50s/early-’60s rural milieu, story centers on the awkward pubescence of sixth grader Nicholas (Jeff Sutton), whose pilot father died in a crash some time before. That event left a huge gap in the lives of both son and mother (Ardith Boxall), and mom is distressed that her only child seems to be growing...
Oct 15, 2021•19 min•Ep. 43
AWA ISKWÊW KÂ-ÂPIHKÊW (THE SASH MAKER) - DIrectors Rebecca Sadowski (Métis) and Tamarra Lessard collaborate on a Métis film with contemporary dance, Cree and English translated poetry, and traditional finger- weaving. The Sash Maker promotes the healing of long- standing cultural wounds. The work communicates a collective yearning for family, understanding, and peace. By reflecting on our past, together we can move forward as people woven from diverse strands and circumstances. Rebecca is an Edm...
Oct 09, 2021•17 min•Ep. 42
Jarret Kamm interviews Courtney Montour (director) about her documentary short film MARY TWO-AXE EARLY: I AM INDIAN AGAIN. The film is focused on the powerful story of Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for over two decades to challenge the discrimination against Indigenous women embedded in Canada’s Indian Act and became a key figure in Canada’s women’s rights movement. You can see it in person Sun, Oct 3rd @ 3:15 PM OR Wed Oct 6th @ 1:30 pm at Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre . If you want to watch...
Sep 30, 2021•26 min•Ep. 41
Christian Zyp interviews TJ Parsell (dir) about his documentary INVISIBLE. It screens as part of The Edmonton International Film Festival in person Fri Oct 8th 6:30 pm & Sat Oct 9th @ 2 :30 at Landmark City Center Cinemas. You can also stream it from Oct 1st - Oct 10 by going to edmontonfilmfest.com INVISIBLE - Growing up gay in the South is hard enough, but to be an openly gay woman in country music is nearly impossible. Nashville is a man's town, yet this group of gay women have persevered...
Sep 30, 2021•37 min•Ep. 40
Christian Zyp interviews Christopher Donaldson (dir/writer) about his film DITCHED. See it Sun, Oct 3rd, 8:30 PM and Mon, Oct 4th, 4:00 PM @ Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre. In the film, after a routine prison transfer crashes in the forest, young Inuit paramedic Melina finds herself surrounded by murderers with a mere 100 feet to climb out of a ditch to escape. When they are attacked by an unseen force in the forest, Melina's short journey to safety becomes the ultimate contest of wills....
Sep 19, 2021•27 min•Ep. 39
Christian Zyp interviews Justin S. Monroe (director/producer/writer) and Tim Carey (subject/artist) about the documentary HOLY FRIT . It's playing as part of The Edmonton International Film Festival on Sat Oct 9th at 6:30 pm and an encore screening happens Sun Oct 10 @ 1 :30 pm at Landmark Cinemas 9 City Center Cinemas. Tim Carey is a talented, yet unknown Los Angeles-based artist. He is also a bit of a jackass, who uses wit and humor to charm you into forgiving his flaws. As a Hail Mary, Tim an...
Sep 19, 2021•35 min•Ep. 38
MOVING RADIO host Christian Zyp speaks with Mattie Cuvilier about the VHS & Pop Culture Expo. Check it out on September 11, 2021 at BlakBar Tavern (10726 Whyte Ave)from 3 - 7 pm.
Sep 07, 2021•13 min•Ep. 37
MOVING RADIO host Christian Zyp interviews Trevor Mack about his film "Portraits From a Fire". It screens as part of The Edmonton International Film Festival and will be the Opening Night film. Catch it Fri, Oct 1st, 6:30 PM and Mon, Oct 4th, 2:30 PM at The Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre. It's a coming-of-age film that follows Tyler, an eccentric and lonely teenager who spends his days filmmaking, vlogging his Indigenous community, and hanging out with his grandparents. The film follows Tyler’s ...
Sep 06, 2021•23 min•Ep. 36
Christian Zyp speaks with Director/Screenwriter Daniel Roby about his latest film "Target Number One". Inspired by real events that took place in 1989, "Target Number One" follows three interconnected stories: an ex-heroin junkie who gets trapped by a criminal organization to set up a drug deal in Thailand; an undercover cop who’s humiliated and decides to take a short cut to enhance the performance of his team; and an investigative reporter who’s forced to re-evaluate his core convictions and m...
Aug 16, 2021•32 min•Ep. 35
Each holiday season Moving Radio host Christian Zyp challenges correspondent Mark Davies with watching a questionable film based around the season. On Nov 17th, 1978 CBS to milk North America's fascination with A New Hope. This special has it all: Bea Arthur... I feel like that's all I need to say even though there's much much more. Viva la Life Day!
Aug 16, 2021•19 min•Ep. 34
