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It's Emily Prentiss! It's Kathy! It's Paget Brewster! The television icon talks about her role as an "angry Karen" in the delightfully unhinged horror film Touch Me. She also talks about Criminal Minds, voiceover work, favourite horror films, and her desire to play, in her words, "a raging bitch". Bui Dam, is an actor and theatre director from the Faroe Islands. He...

Doug Jones (Hellboy, Star Trek: Discovery) has a made playing monsters and being in prosthetics a career. But if you ask him what he really wanted, he would tell you that he would be playing the neighbour next door in a midwestern sitcom. While that is still yet to come, he proves his comedy chops as the alien elder in "Operation Taco Gary's", a hilarious road movie from Mikey K. Dou...

Michael Premo is an artist and filmmaker. His newest documentary is Homegrown, which follows three right-wing activists and members of the Proud Boys in the lead up to the 2020 Election and the January 6th riots. It's a startling look at modern America. After making its debut at the 81st Venice Film Festival in 2024, the film was released on January 6th, and is available exclusively through Ga...

Shelley Smee is many things. She is an artist, who has worked with glass, textiles, beads, and multimedia. But she is also a realtor, and a successful one at that. In this conversation, we delve into the intersection between creativity and commerce. They're not as far apart as you think they there. Follow Shelley - @shelleysmee Follow Endeavours @endeavoursradio Subscribe - Spotify, Apple, Rad...

James Israel is the founder and managing editor of the Humor Times, an online and physical cartoon periodical. Rob Rogers is a freelance contributor, formerly of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. They talk about cartoon, humor in the current of politics, free speech, the drawing process, and if there is hope for the future. The latest issue of the Humor Times is out now. Subscribe: Apple, Spotify, Goog...

Mido Hamada is an actor who has appeared in such films as Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Unknown, and American Sniper. His television credits are long and varied. His latest project is Murder at the Embassy, a good old-fashioned whodunit murder mystery. Mido talks about genre films, having the story set and filming in his home country of Egypt, playing an ambassador, and what it was like t...

Troy Duffy is a cult filmmaker for a generation. His 1999 film, The Boondock Saints, was seen by thousands, if not millions of millennials and became a favourite among many. Now, Duffy is expanding on the world in novel form, with the release of Boondock Saints: Blood Origin, Volume 1, a new book, authored by Duffy, that examines how the McManus brothers came to be. It was released on OCtober 21st...

Lori Rosene-Gambino is the screenwriter behind Anniversary, a new thriller film from director Jan Komasa. She talks about writing a film set exclusively in one location, and how restriction can enhance creativity. She also talks about how the film was inspired by Rene Magritte and his painting the lovers, as well as current "It girl" McKenna Grace, who co-stars in the film. Elliott Hasle...

Terrell Edwards is a jazz saxophonist and singer whose new show Unforgettable, pays tribute to the jazz greats of the 20th century, names like Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Ray Charles. It also pays homage to the iconic Apollo Theatre. Edwards talks about incorporating R&B and soul into his jazz, why this is important to him, going to school with grammy nominee Eric Benet, being discov...

We're back! Hopefully for good this time. Pierre Tsigaridis and Maxime Rancon are the filmmakers behind Traumatika, a new horror film that focuses on a child and his mother who is showing signs of demonic possession. The film is out now. Sean Whalen is one of the starts of the film, and talks about his long and illustrious career in virtually every genre and medium, including being on a soap o...

It's a Triple Threat today on Endeavours. Actor and stuntman Marko Zaror talks about starring in Diablo, a new action film that he developed with friend and co-star Scott Adkins. He also talks about shooting in Colombia. The film is out now. Director Johnny Martin details the insane shoot that was Off The Grid, a bold new action film featuring Josh Duhamel and Greg Kinnear about a scientist wh...

Scott Adkins is an actor and martial artist, who co-stars in the new film Diablo, which he also helped develop and produce. He talks developing the script, shooting in Columbia, and misconceptions about the action genre. The film is out now. Ron Hawkins is a Canadian legend. Whether it's performing as a solo artist, or with any number of his bands, Ron has seen and done it all. His main band -...

Noel Stark has worked as a writer and producer in film and television for over twenty years. Recently, he has moved to the pages with the release of her debut novel Love, Camera, Action. A spicy romance, the story follows A scrappy TV director lands her big break only to go head-to-head with the surly yet sexy director of photography, in this page-turning romance perfect for fans of Ava Wilder and...

Gordon Gerrard is a conductor and the executive director of City Opera Vancouver. COV is presenting the Canadian Premiere of Sophia's Forest, by Librettist Hannah Moscovitch and composer Lembit Beecher. Drawing inspiration from the lived experiences of many who have endured war, loss, and displacement, Sophia's Forest is a modern, contemporary piece on feeling overwhelmed by global conflic...

Kourtney Roy is a photographer and filmmaker currently based in Paris. Her debut feature is Kryptic, a horror-thriller about a cryptid hunter that goes missing and a woman who abandons her life to search for new meaning. It is out now. Chelsea Haberlin is a theatre creator, Artistic director of Neworld Theatre, and the director of Meeting, the debut play from Katherine Gauthier. The immersive show...

Meg Hamand is an author, short story writer, and journalist, whose work has appeared in The Plymouth Pilot News, The Effingham Daily News, Michiana Executive Journal, and 13th Hour Magazine. Her creative pieces have been featured in Hoosier Writers, Indiana English, and Internationally Yours: Prize-Winning Stories. Her debut novel, the historical fiction tale Diamonds of Auschwitz, a intergenerati...

Jeremy Luke is an actor who has appeared in such films as Don Jon, Jersey Boys, and Sully, and was a regular cast member on the series Mob City. He stars opposite David Arquette in the new film Mob Cops, based the extraordinary true tale of cops who were working for the New York Mafia. The film was released on Demand and Digital on April 25th. Beth Lane is an actress-turned-documentary filmmaker w...

Maia Beresford is an actress and singer who is starring as Doralee in Royal City Musical Theatre's production of 9 to 5: The Musical , which runs from April 25-May 11 at The Massey Theatre in New Westminster. Maia talks about channeling her inner Dolly Parton, and how everything from shoes to hairstyle creates a character. She talks about what Dolly means to people and why she is so popular an...

Tolga Karacelik is the filmmaker behind Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer, his debut English-language film. He talks about making films in America versus Europe, serial killers, and working with Steve Buscemi. The film is out now. Josh Mendoza is an author and filmmaker whose new sci-fi novel is Shadow of the Eternal Watcher. He talks about the...

Torsten Ruther and Luii are the director of the new film Uppercut, which is a remake of their German film of the same name. An old retired gym owner and former boxer, meets his protege, a young female boxer from Europe, forming a mismatched alliance. The film is available now

It's triple fun Tuesday! Kiana Madeira - best known for her roles on Trinkets and the Fear Street trilogy and Lovell Adams-Gray (Power Book II: Ghost) talk about their experience working on Morningside, a new Canadian film from writer-director Ron Dias. What does it mean to be Canadian? How will the current trade war era affect Canadian storytelling? Seeing Toronto as a character on screen. Th...

Francesca Piscopo is a dancer and choreographer originally from Italy and now living in Vancouver. She is the artistic associated of DanceHouse, which is staging a production of La Ciudad de los Otros by Colombian dance troupe Sankofa Danzafro. The show runs February 21 & 22 at the Vancouver Playhouse. Subscribe: Apple, Spotify, Pandora, PocketCast Socials@ EndeavoursRadio

Rob Tregenza is a cinematographer and film director whose debut feature Talking With Strangers caught the attention of Jean-Luc Godard, which led to their collaboration Inside/Out. He also talks about working with the great Bela Tarr. Rob's new film is The Fishing Place, a WW2 Holocaust film set and filmed in Norway in both Norwegian and german. Rob talks about making a film in a language he doesn...

Barry Jay and Dylan Flashner are the director and star of Like Father, Like Son, a bold new film about morality and whether the urge to kill is genetic. It also stars Ariel Winter, Dermot Mulroney, Mayim Bialik and Vivica A. Fox and is available on digital and on Demand as of January 31st. Christian White is a multidisciplinary Haida artist and storyteller whose career has spanned 50 years. Workin...

Russell Brown is an actor's director. His dialogue-heavy, rich scripts about art, life, and philosophy are in many ways meta-textual. His latest Loren & Rose is a three-act character study that pays homage to My Dinner With Andre. The film is available now exclusively on Amazon Prime. Subscribe: Apple, Spotify, Pandora, Radio Public, PocketCast, Substack Socials@EndeavoursRadio wordimperfe...