In The Seats with...

David Voigt
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...

  1. 14 HRS AGO

    In The Seats With Samir Oliveros and 'The Luckiest Man In America'

    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 co-writer/director Samir Oliveros back at TIFF before the movie had even sold and I got to ask him about this next level star making turn he got out of Paul Walter Hauser, the genuine batshit nature of the story and so very much more.The Luckiest Man In America  is in theatres now.

    18 min

  2. 16 HRS AGO

    In The Seats With....Jamie Kastner and 'The Spoils'

    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 honour German-Jewish art dealer Max Stern, who barely escaped the war, settled in Montreal and became Canada’s most successful art dealer, cuts to the heart of the current crisis in Germany and the art world beyond around the restitution of Nazi-looted art.Through a combination of exclusive interviews, actuality captured over a four-year period, and a gold-mine of rarely seenstock footage, The Spoils traces the be times tragic, often irony-laced strokes in this ongoing battle.We had the pleasure of sitting down with Jamie to talk about how he discovered this story, the realities of the war in Germany and it's subsequent aftermaths that are still taking place on many different levels.It's kicking off it's theatrical run across Canada and all the details are below so you can check out this truly thought provoking and conversation starting film.  Because it's not a story of answers, yet it's one that reminds us how we have to keep asking questions....TorontoEmpress Walk - week long starting April 4Hot Docs - April 5th (Q&A at 7:30pm) MontrealCinema du Musee - April 6th (Q&A at 5PM with Jamie and Clarence moderated by Stéphane), April 8th (12PM), April 10th (12:45PM) OttawaByTowne Cinema - April 7th (Q&A at 6:30pm)WaterlooPrincess Twin - April 23rd (Q&A time TBC)HamiltonPlayhouse Cinema - April 26th (Q&A time TBC)EdmontonMetro - April 27th (Q&A at 12:30pm)Vancouver The Rio - May 3rd (Q&A, time TBC)

    32 min

  3. 6D AGO

    In The Seats With....Naomi Jaye and 'Darkest Miriam'

    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 coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters addressed to her, Miriam’s sheltered existence is about to upended in ways she couldn't have imagined.This is a deeply intense psycho drama that takes us down the rabbit hole that love and grief can do to people in some pretty weird ways.We had the chance to talk with writer/director Naomi Jaye to talk about it all and then some.

    17 min

  4. MAR 7

    In The Seats With....Ricardo Curtis, Rodrigo Perez-Castro and 'Night of the Zoopocalypse'

    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 because even though it's from the mind of the legendary Clive Barker, it's sweet and goofy as all hell to.We had the pleasure of sitting with directors Ricardo Curtis & Rodrigo Perez-Castro to talk about how they got involved with the project, the pressures of adapting something from Clive Barker while still maintaining a family friendly sheen to it all.'Night of the Zoopocalypse' is in theatres Friday March 7th.

    13 min

  5. FEB 17

    In The Seats With...Ayisha Issa and 'Dark Match'

    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' which also stars wrestling legend Chris Jericho is a gonzo film ride to say the least.We had the pleasure of sitting down with star Ayisha Issa who plays "Miss Behave" (epic wrestling name) about getting involved with the project, learning some of the physicality of wrestling and so very much more

    16 min

  6. JAN 31

    In The Seats With....Sook Yin Lee and 'Paying For It'

    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 sleeping with sex workers and discovers a newkind of intimacy in the process. 'Paying For It' is about love, sex and non-monogamy for adults. It deals with thecomplicated subject of the exchange for sex-work versus the complications of romantic love.Adapted from the graphic novel of the same name by Chester Brown this is such a sweet and honest examination of the ever evolving nature of intimacy and one of the reasons that it hits so darn well is because a lot of it is pulled from the life of the films writer/director, the one and only Sook-Yin Lee.Before the film debuted back at TIFF, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Sook-Yin to talk about the nature of the story, the personal and broader elements of it all as she brought this passion project to screen.'Paying For It' is in select theatres across Canada now.

    43 min

  7. JAN 24

    In The Seats With....Olatunde Osunsanmi and 'Star Trek: Section 31'

    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 Trek in our own back yard is never a bad thing.I got the pleasure of sitting down with director Olatunde Osunsanmi who is a veteran of this franchise about dovetailing this story from 'Star Trek: Discovery' into it's own thing, Canada's connection to Star Trek and so very much more....

    18 min

  8. JAN 24

    In The Seats With...Garry Keane, Stephen Gerard Kelly and 'In The Shadow of Beirut'

    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 preparing the way for his daughter Sanaa’s engagement to a local man as his way of protecting her in the neighborhood as he labors to provide the most basic essentials for his family to survive. Young father Aboodi is struggling to kick his drug habit, which has brought him to prison before, as he battles to find a new path in life that will make him a better parent to his toddler son. In nearby Shatila, Abu Ahmad, an 8-year-old, angelic-looking but mischievous Syrian boy who fled ISIS, labors hard to feed his family while forging an unlikely friendship with a civil war veteran and fruit stall owner. In the Shadow of Beirut weaves these four compelling storylines together in a searing portrait of a people and a city struggling to survive amidst some of the most difficult living conditions imaginable. In this failing state, it is the vulnerable who suffer the most.This is an undeniably poignant piece of cinema that allows audiences to see a glimmer of hope and humanity in a place where no one would blame us for thinking that those ideals had been abandoned long ago.We had the pleasure of talking with filmmakers Garry Keane and Stephen Gerard Kelly about the challenges of making a film like 'In The Shadow of Beirut' and so very much more.

    20 min
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    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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      David Voigt
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      2020 - 2025
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