Carolyn Talks..., Podcast

Producer Jonas Lembeck joined me for this episode of Carolyn Talks..., to chat about ALMOST HOME the dramatic German Sci-fi short film directed by Nils Keller, starring Susanne Wolff, Jeremias Meyer, and actor Stephan Kampwirth. #AlmostHome was awarded a student Academy Award, and shortlisted for a 2023 Oscar nomination in the live-action short film category. Follow me on Twitter, Instagram and Ti...

In this episode of Carolyn Talks..., I chat with fellow film critic Valerie Thompson about the documentary #PrettyBabyBrookeShields which premiered at the 2023 #Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Lana Wilson, the film is an intimate look back at the life of former super model, actress, writer and advocate Brooke Shields, and the events that shaped her life. Follow Valerie on social media @ValMTho...

Nominated for an Oscar with director Anders Walter in the Best Live Action Short Film category for their Danish film IVALU, Rebecca joined me in this episode of Carolyn Talks..., to share her thoughts on how the story explores childhood trauma, isolation, and culture of the Greenland Inuit people. Nominated for a 2023 Oscar with Oscar-winning director Anders Walter in the Best Live Action Short Fi...

In this episode of Carolyn Talks..., I chat with film critic Shanelle Genai about Magazine Dreams, the intense dramatic feature film debut of writer-director Elijah Bynum, starring Johnathan Majors as man obsessed with achieving stardom as a body builder. Follow Shanelle on Twitter @shanellegenai Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at: @CarrieCnh12 My live-tweet hashtags #DramasWithCarrie #Saturday...

In this episode of Carolyn Talk..., I speak with writer-director Shalini Adnani, composer Hollie Buhagiar, and editor Anna Meller about their experimental short film WHITE ANT which premiered in the Indie Shorts Program at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Visit their official websites below for more information on their work www.shaliniadnani.com www.holliebuhagiar.com www.annameller.com Follow me...

In this episode of Carolyn Talk..., I speak with Composer and instrumentalist Gene Back about his work on SHORTCOMINGS, the feature directorial debut of actor Randall park. The film which premiered at Sundance 2023, stars Justin H. Min and was written by Adrian Tomine, who also wrote the graphic novel of the same name, the film is based on. Visit Gene's website https://www.genebackmusic.com/, to l...

In this episode of Carolyn Talks..., I spoke with show creator, writer, and actress Aleeza Chanowitz, actress Marnina Schon, and directors Mickey Triest and Aaron Geva, about their new comedy series, CHANSHI which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in the Indie Episodic Program. Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at: @CarrieCnh12 My live-tweet hashtags #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSci...

In this episode of Carolyn Talks..., filmmaker Harry Brandrick joined me to talk about his latest short film THE OUT, starring BAFTA-winner Allan Mustafa as an ex-convict working to regain a place in his daughter's life, while contending with an old acquaintance. #TheOutShortFilm will have its world premiere at the Oscar-qualifying Indyshorts Film Festival in 2023. Follow me on Twitter and Instagr...

In this episode of Carolyn Talks..., I have an insightful and fun conversation with Toronto filmmaker V.T. Nayani about her debut feature film THIS PLACE, which premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, and the 1998 romance drama EVER AFTER starring Drew Barrymore and Dugray Scott. #ThisPlaceFilm #TIFF22 #SHWHTIFF22 Follow V.T. on social media @isit_9knee, and the film's official...

In this episode of So Here's What Happened!, LaNeysha and Carolyn share their thoughts and suggestions based on watched the read and watched over the last few months. Reading: Maybe Meant to Be, by honeyskein, and damcho. TV: Riches , created by Abby Ajai Alaska Daily . Film: Spirited , starring Ryan Reynolds and Will Farrell; Project Wolf Hunting by Kim Hong-seon Marcel the Shell With Shoes On ,...

In this episode of Carolyn Talks..., I spoke with Quebec writer and director Marilyn Cooke about her recently released narrative short film NO GHOSTS IN THE MORGUE, which shows an unconventional and unpredictable journey to finding a new path for medical student Keity. Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at: @CarrieCnh12 Published work: https://authory.com/carolynhinds Podcasts - So Here's What Hap...

In this episode of Carolyn Talks..., I speak with filmmaker Deann Borshay Lien about her 2021 documentary, CROSSINGS, which follows human rights activist Christine Ahn as she organizes a walk for peace with an international delegation of female activists and advocates, from North Korea, across the DMZ into South Korea, in 2015. . Visit mufilms.org to learn more about Deann and her work as a filmma...

For the 2022 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, I spoke with storyboard artist and writer Wei Li about his directorial debut with the animated short film Tehura, which pays homage to the culture of dance and music of the Tahitian Islands, through the character of Tehura. The film features themes of colonial oppression and colonization, and the reclamation of Tehura's cultural identity...

In part 2 of our special recap of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever , LaNeysha and I were joined once again by our friend, and fellow podcaster and film critic Kate Sánchez, to chat about everything that we loved, and didn't quite love about this new enter into the MCU. In this episode we dive a bit deeper into the characterizations, performances and the work of costume designer Ruth Carter, producti...

In this episode of Carolyn Talks..., Korean Canadian filmmaker Jude Chun spoke to me about his feature film debut with UNIDENTIFIED. I watched the film during its screening at the 2022 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, and just had to speak with him about this unpredictable and wonderfully quirky and introspective film about strange UFOs that suddenly appear in the sky in 1993, and j...

Since 2018 when Black Panther , the first film by director Ryan Coogler about the king and protector of Wakanda - a fictional sovereign nation in Africa - premiered, fans around the world were excited to see what the sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever would be about, and we were not disappointed. LaNeysha and I were joined by our friend, and fellow podcaster and film critic Kate Sánchez, to cha...

In this episode of Carolyn Talks..., I speak with Actor Lee Jung-Jae about the political action-thriller #헌트 #HUNT, which is his directorial debut feature film co-written with Jo Seung-hee, and produced by Artist Studio, which he co-founded with fellow actor Jung Woo-sung. I spoke with Lee Jung-jae at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival (#TIFF22) during which HUNT had successful screeni...

In this episode of Carolyn Talks..., I have a fun and very insightful conversation with producer Katya Alexander about what being a producer actually entails, and her latest award winning project, the off-beat comedy #PrettyProblems, which is available for streaming on Amazon #PrimeVideo. Pretty Problems was directed by Kestrin Pantera, and co-written by Charlotte Ubben, and Britt Rentschler and M...

In this episode of Carolyn Talks..., I have an enlightening conversation with V.T. Nayani, director and co-writer and actress Priya Guns, about their feature film This Place , a film about queer love, what it means to be First Nations, Tamil and a racialized person in Canada. The film premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. #ThisPlaceFilm #TIFF22 #SHWHTIFF22 Follow V.T. on socia...

In this episode of Carolyn Talks..., I had a terrific time chatting with writer, director, editor, producer and actor Anthony Shim, actress Choi Seung-yoon, and cinematographer Christopher Lew, about their film Riceboy Sleeps , which at its World Premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival Centered on young single mother So-young who moves to Vancouver, Canada with her young son Dong-...

I had a great time chatting with Toronto-based musician and composer Kalaisan Kalaichelvan about his slightly unorthodox career path which lead to him working on This Place, the queer love story about romance, cultural identity and finding belonging. Having it's world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, This Place was d irected by V.T. Nayani, and co-written with Golshan Abdm...

The Toronto International Film Festival celebrated its return to fully in-person festivities, and Carolyn had a great time screening interesting and thought-provoking films such as The Hotel , by Chinese filmmaker Wang Xiaoshuai, starring Ning Yuanyuan, Ye Du, Qu Ying and Huang Xiaolei. In this episode, Carolyn spoke to Wang about the way his film uses minimal aesthetics to create an atmosphere of...

In this episode of Carolyn Talks..., I chat with Cinematographer Alan Gwisdowski about filming two films, and three stories in one with his new project HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL the satire and faux documentary feature by Adamme Ebo, starring Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown. The film is available for streaming on Peacock TV. Follow me on Twitter and Instagram at: @CarrieCnh12 My live-tweet h...

It's been a minute since our last episode, but LaNeysha and I have great new manga, films and TV shows that we enjoyed this past June and July, and and shared our thoughts on what we watched and read. Book: Chainsaw Man by manga creator Tatsuki Fujimoto TV Shows: Power Book III: Raising Kanan, on STARZ Network Films: Rise of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Next Sohee by writer and director July J...

In this episode of #ICarolynTalks, I speak with South Korean writer and director July Jung about her film, NEXT SOHEE 다음 소희, starring Kim Si-eun as a high school student who makes a devastating decision, and Bae Doo-na as a detective who meets constant road block when no one else seems to share her anger and frustrations about the circumstances that lead to So-hee's death. Find me on Twitter a...