Lucas Anders interviews Colin Askey about this documentary LOVE IN THE TIME OF FENTANYL. It's an intimate, observational look beyond the stigma of people who use drugs, revealing the courage of those facing tragedy in a neighborhood often referred to as ground zero of the overdose crisis.
Christian Zyp interviews the co-founders of Brimstone Pictures, Preston Ewasiuk, David Heacock & Neil Chase. They discuss their new film SPIN THE WHEEL. It's an edge-of-your-seat dark-comedy supernatural thriller about a group of strangers in a dive bar whose faith and resolve are tested past their breaking points as the world ends around them.
Christian Zyp interviews Laura LaFrance (filmmaker) and Dan Smith (Executive DIrector) about KINO CONFIDENTIAL, a special mystery screening event at Metro Cinema. The event takes place Sun March 5th at 6 pm. It will also feature the premiere of Laura La France’s short film, “Long Live Little Cinemas”, stills of which appear on the label of Blindman Brewing's Super 8 Barrel Aged Porter. Get tickets at metrocineam.org
Christian Zyp interviews Adam Bentley (Festival Producer) about the International Festival of Winter Cinema (IFWC). The IFWC has free screenings of local, Canadian, and international cinema in Hawrelak Park February 10 to 19, 2023 on a screen built of snow. It's family friendly and there are also ticketed special events. Find out more information at www.ifwc.ca/
Lucas Anders interviews Clay Tatum about his film THE CIVIL DEAD. It screens at Metro Cinema February 10 @ 7:00 pm, February 12 @ 3:15 pm & February 14 @ 9:30 pm. In THE CIVIL DEAD Clay is a loner photographer who happens upon his long-lost friend, Whit. After a night of catching up, Whit discloses an unsettling secret to Clay, which puts a strain on his marriage and causes him to question his own sanity.
Christian Zyp talks to the resident MOVING RADIO film expert Lindsey Campbell, because she sees everything... almost. It's Part II of the MR Oscar Roundtable discuss with a deeper dive on every major category for the 2023 Academy Awards.
Christian Zyp interviews Edmonton based filmmaker Scott Townend (director/co-writer/co-creator) about his series RUN THE BURBS on CBC and streaming on CBC GEM. The Calgary Underground FIlm Festival (CUFF) presents a special event to give people a sneak peek of two upcoming episodes of the CBC series RUN THE BURBS at Globe Cinema. Tuesday February 7th. Following a screening of RUN THE BURBS Season 2 Episodes 6 & 7, show creators Andrew Phung & Scott Townend will join the audience at The G...
Christian Zyp, Lucas Anders and Mark Davies have a roundtable discussion about the Oscar Nominations for 2023. Instead of examining every category, they discuss favorite acting nominee, sound/visual effects, screenplay, best picture and the biggest oversight of the Oscars this year.
Christian Zyp speaks with Chelsea McMullen (co-writer/co-director) about the film EVER DEADLY. It weaves concert footage with stunning sequences filmed on location in Nunavut, seamlessly bridging landscapes, stories and songs with pain, anger and triumph—all through the expressions of Tanya Tagaq, one of the most innovative musical performers of our time. EVER DEADLY screens at Metro Cinema Wed Jan 25th at 6:30 pm & Sun Jan 29th at 3:30 pm.
Christian Zyp gives you a sample of some of our favorite interviews from MOVING RADIO over the last year. Listen to segments of interviews from Gary Snow (FRIENDLY LOCAL GAME STORE), Joe Hunting (WE MET IN REALITY), Riley Stearns (DUAL), Fran Strine & Ray Parker Jr. (WHO YA GONNA CALL?), Brandon Rhiness (GROTESQUE), Omar Mouallem (THE LAST BARON) and Scott Lebrecht (JURASSIC PUNK).
For the annual CRUEL X-MAS watch, Christian Zyp punishes the eyes of Mark Davies and Lucas Anders by having them watch the animated Christmas special "Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa". Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa is a CGI musical Christmas special that aired once during the 2002 holiday season in syndication and on WB+ (a prepackaged channel for smaller markets). Since it never aired again after that, it was considered to be lost for over a decade. It finally resurfaced on th...
Lindsey Campbell and Mark Davies examine another film funded by Telefilm to see if it worth appreciating. This time it's Sook-Yin Lee's film OCTAVIO IS DEAD. A cryptic tale with no lack of sexual undertones, Octavio is Dead! follows Tyler (Sarah Gadon) on an adventure of self-discovery. In OCTAVIO IS DEAD Tyler escapes her overbearing mother (Rosanna Arquette) and travels to the rich and surreal world of her deceased father, Octavio (Raoul Trujillo), a father she never knew. She discovers that “...
Christian Zyp interviews Michael Patrick Lilly (Chief Creative Officer of FACTORY FILM STUDIO. Thye discuss the move to Edmonton and the project filming in Edmonton, RED PINE CITY. Frank A. Caruso helms the production with Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight, The Expendables), Rick Ravanello and Elise Muller star.
Christian Zyp interviews Bradley Berman (dir/cinematographer)about the documentary JACK HAS A PLAN. It screens as part of CUFF.Docs 2022 Sat. Nov. 26th at 12:00 PM at the globe Cinema in Calgary. Jack Tuller has a plan. And in the final hours of that plan, Jack will have a party with his friends, tell his wife how much he loves her, and finally, he will take a cocktail designed to end his life peacefully. Twenty-five years earlier, the musician was given six months to live. But he lasted 25 year...
Christian Zyp interviews Dave Rodden Short (dir/screenwriter) about his documentary THE EMPRESS OF VANCOUVER. You can see it as part of CUFF.Docs 2022 Sat Nov 26th @ 7:00 pm at the Globe CInema in Calgary. THE EMPRESS OF VANCOUVER is a cinematic and intimate collision of drag, queer history, and performance art, that follows trans icon Oliv Howe as she prepares for the 40th anniversary of her coronation. A genre bending irreverent documentary that blends archival footage, musical elements and ju...
Christian Zyp interviews Brian D. Johnson (dir) about his documentary THE COLOUR OF INK. It screens as part of CUFF.Docs Thurs Nov 24th @ 6:30 pm at the Globe Cinema in Calgary. THE COLOUR OF INK uncovers the mystery and power of our oldest medium through the eyes of Jason Logan, a Toronto inkmaker. Harvesting colours from the natural world—weeds, berries, bark, flowers, rocks, rust—he makes ink from just about anything. Ink is our primal medium. It has always been with us, inscribing the evolut...
Christian Zyp interviews Ted Stenson (dir/screenwriter) about his documentary LIVING WITHOUT MENACE. It screens as part of CUFF.Docs Nov. 26th, 2022 @ 2:15 PM at the Globe Cinema in Calgary. LIVING WITHOUT MENACE examines how for over 70 years, Alberta has been the only inhabited part of the planet without rats. But with the emergence of several ambitious, ecologically-focused rat eradication efforts in other parts of the world, what does the future hold for Alberta's iconic “Rat Patrol”?...
Christian Zyp interviews Rob Freeman (dir/screenwriter) about his documentary DROP THE NEEDLE. It screens as part of CUFF.Docs 2022 in Calgary at at the Globe Cinema Fri Nov 25th at 6;30 pm. The 10th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival takes place from Nov 23-27, 2022. DROP THE NEEDLE is is the story of Play De Record. In August 1990, a record store opened on Yonge St. in Toronto that quickly began serving the needs of college radio and DJs who spun new sounds far from the mainstream. Through th...
Christian Zyp interviews Ry Levy (director) about his documentary OUT IN THE RING about LGBTQ+ professional wrestlers and representation in the sport. It screens as part of Rainbow Visions Film Festival Sun Nov 6, 2022 at 6:45 PM at the Metro Cinema. OUT IN THE RING uses a combination of interviews with LGBTQ+ wrestling talents (past and present), allies & historians, archival footage and rare photos, The documentary uncovers the history of the pro-wrestling industry and the rise of visibili...
Christian Zyp interviews Jason Karman (dir) about his film GOLDEN DELICIOUS. It screens as part of the Rainbow Visions Film Festival on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at 6:45 PM ay the Metro Cinema. Jason will be in attendance for a Q&A. in GOLDEN DELICIOUS, Everyone wants something from high school senior Jake: his father ie pushing him to try out for the basketball team and his girlfriend wants to take their relationship to the next level. But it’s not until Aleks, an openly gay teen with a lo...
Christian Zyp interviews Beth Wishart Mackenzie (dir) about her documentary LANA GETS HER TALK. It screens as part the Broad View Film Festival Sat. Nov 12, 2022 at 2:30pm at the Metro CInema. An observation of Cree artist Lana Whiskeyjack as she works to complete "Lost My Talk", a mixed-media sculpture representing her uncle. This study of an artist and her work gives us some understanding of the trauma experienced by Canada’s Indigenous people in the Indian Residential School system, of its en...
Christian Zyp interviews Laura O'Grady (dir) about her documentary FRANCHESKA: PRAIRIE QUEEN. See is as part of the Rainbow Visions Film Festival November 5, 2022 @ 4:30 pm at the Metro Cinema. It’s hard to become a drag superstar when you have to show up for your shift at the nursing home! Francheska: Prairie Queen follows the journey of Filipino front line worker Francis “Kiko” Yutrago, as he tries to trade a life of 3 jobs and endless work hours for a successful drag career, all while living ...
Christian Zyp interviews Valerie Buhagiar (dir/writer) about her film CARMEN. You can see the Alberta Premier Sat. Nov 12, 2022 at 8pm at Metro Cinema. CARMEN is a charming story set in Malta. Carmen (Natascha McElhone) has looked after her brother, the priest at the local church, since she was sixteen years old. Now almost fifty, she is suddenly left to start a new life. Facing her past, Carmen brings colour to the lives of the villagers in this compelling story about a woman finding her voice....
Christian Zyp interviews Geraldine Carr (Founder, President & Curator) about the Broad View International FIlm Festival (BVIFF). It takes place Nov 11-12, 2022 with all screenings at The Metro Cinema. The purpose of BVIFF is to support and promote the advancement of female-identifying film directors through festival screenings, professional development and leadership training.
Christian Zyp interviews Kevin Martin (owner of The Lobby DVD Shop) about the 40th anniversary screenings of John Carpenter's THE THING and PIECES. See them Oct 18-20 at The Metro Cinema as part of NorthWest Fear Fest.
Christian Zyp interviews Becca Kozak (writer/director/editor) about her documentary GIRLS WITH GUTS. It is distributed through Darkside Releasing. GIRLS WITH GUTS explores post-modern feminism through interviews with primarily Vancouver area Canadian horror movie directors. In Carol Clover’s seminal academic paper on feminism in slasher movies (which ended up in her book “Men, Women and Chainsaws”), she suggested what was original viewed as a misogynistic format was actually a much more subversi...
Christian Zyp speaks with Guy Lavalee from NorthWest Fest(Festival Director). They discuss a new arm of NWF... NorthWest FEAR Fest. From October 18-20 , they are proud to present NorthwestFearFest – 3 nights of bloodcurdling, bloodsoaked genre films from around the world. A little bit of old school, a little bit of new school—and a whole LOT of gory fun! That’s what you’ll get at NWFearFest!
Christian Zyp interviews Scott Lebrecht (Director/Producer) about his documentary JURASSIC PUNK about VFX artist Steve 'Spaz' Williams. See it Sat, Sept 24, 2022 at 6:30 PM at Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre. Steve 'Spaz' Williams is considered a pioneer in computer animation. This intimate account examines his life story and events surrounding the historical moment when digital dinosaurs walked onto the silver screen in Jurassic Park. Steve and a chorus of expert witnesses recount a dramatic tal...
Christian Zyp interviews Julien Knafo (writer/director/composer) about his new film BRAIN FREEZE. It screens Fri, Sep 23rd, 6:30 PM @ Landmark Cinemas 9 City Centre. Julien Knafo will be in attendance for the screening. As winter approaches, an exclusive Golf Club hires a Multinational biotech whose “revolutionary” fertilizer melts the snow, contaminating the water and the residents of Peacock Island, transforming them into mutants. André (15) watches as the infection spreads, leaving him orphan...
Listen to MOVING RADIO correspondent Lucas Anders talk to Gail Maurice (Dir/Writ/Prod) & Melanie Bray (actor) about their film ROSIE. It's the Opening Night Film at the Edmonton International Film Festival. See it THURSDAY, Sept. 22 for a Q&A with Gail Maurice (Director/Writer/Producer) following the 6:30pm film screening. A film about family, love, and misfits, ROSIE tells the story of a young, orphaned, Indigenous girl who is forced to live with her reluctant, street-smart, Aunty Fr...
