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Toronto based journalist & filmmaker Mark R. Hasan interviews artists & producers for the film / video / filmmusic media site KQEK.com and the filmmaking site Big Head Amusements.com.

In this month's ArtScopeTO podcast, I interview photographer Andre Vittorio, whose current series Abstractions on Metal is showcased from April 5-28, 2018, at Toronto's Urban Gallery. Topics include the aesthetics of shooting architectural subjects, especially Brutalist forms in Toronto.

Further info and stills from the exhibition are available via the Editor's Blog at KQEK.com.

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Visit www.andrevittorio.com for more info on the artist.

Special Thanks to Andre Vittorio for his time, Urban Gallery's manager Calvin Hambrook and curator Allen Shugar, and Glenda Fordham at Fordham P.R. for facilitating the interview.

Direct download: ArtScopeTO_2018-04-15__AndreVittorio__2-track_stereo_MP3..mp3
Category:Painting; Photography -- posted at: 11:35pm EDT

Jazz composer & improviser Marilyn Lerner discusses performing her score live for Frank Borzage's silent classic Street Angel (1928) at Toronto's Revue Cinema in November of 2017.

Also discussed are Lerner's prior scores, including Carl Theodor Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), and the nuances of improvising music live for cinema audiences.

Visit KQEK.com for additional film reviewssoundtrack reviewsinterviews, and read the Editor's Blog by Mark R. Hasan for additional info and related links.

Special Thanks to Marilyn Lerner, the Revue Cinema's Eric Veillette, and Silent Revue series programmer & curator Alicia Fletcher.

Visit Marilyn Lerner's website for more info on the composer and music samples.

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Direct download: 2018-02-21---KQEK_Digital__Marilyn_Lerner__MP3_320_kbps.mp3
Category:Filmmusic -- posted at: 4:49pm EDT

2018's first podcast features a conversation with Peter Roffman, who edited and authored Dear Guelda: The Death and Life of Pioneering Canadian Filmmaker Julian Roffman, newly published as an ebook and available from Amazon.

The nearly hour-long program has son Peter reflecting on the incredible career of Julian Roffman, best known for producing & directing Canada's first feature-length 3D and horror film, The Mask (1961), which I profiled separately in a May 16, 2016 podcast, archived on this channel.

The elder Roffman was invited by John Grierson to join the then-new National Film Board of Canada organization, then became a WWII correspondent, documentarian, and after being blacklisted by Hollywood, Roffman returned to Canada where he established the country's first commercial video post-production house.

Our conversation also includes Roffman's involvement with David O. Selznick, Flipper's Ivan Tors, and much, much more. Reviews of Dear Guelda and related film reviews will follow, but please visit KQEK.com for more info and book links on this podcast.

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Direct download: 2018-01-11---KQEK_Digital__Peter_Roffman__MP3_320_kbps.mp3
Category:Film;Books -- posted at: 1:27pm EDT

In this month's ArtScopeTO podcast, I interview Toronto-based abstract painter Donna Wise, whose current series Flights of Fancy is showcased from December 2-30, 2017, at Toronto's Urban Gallery.

Further info and stills from the exhibition are available via the Editor's Blog at KQEK.com.

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Visit www.donnawiseart.com for more info on the artist.

Special Thanks to Donna Wise for her time, Urban Gallery's manager Calvin Hambrook and curator Allen Shugar and Glenda Fordham at Fordham P.R. for facilitating the interview.

Direct download: ArtScopeTO_2017-12-06__DonnaWise__320_kbps_MP3.mp3
Category:Painting; Photography -- posted at: 2:58am EDT

In this month's ArtScopeTO podcast, I interview renowned painter Mary Lynne Atkinson, whose current series Land on Fire is showcased from November 2-25, 2017, at Toronto's Urban Gallery.

Further info and stills from the exhibition are available via the Editor's Blog at KQEK.com.

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Visit www.atkinsonartworks.com for more info on the artist.

Special Thanks to Mary Lynne Atkinson for her time, Urban Gallery's manager Calvin Hambrook and curator Allen Shugar and Glenda Fordham at Fordham P.R. for facilitating the interview.

Direct download: ArtScopeTO_2017-11-20__MaryLynneAtkinson__MP3_320_kbps.mp3
Category:Painting; Photography -- posted at: 12:54pm EDT

Recorded live at Toronto's Royal Cinema, this week's podcast features an edited version of the Q&A with Italian prog-rock and horror masters Goblin, including Maurizio Guarini, Fabio Pignatelli,Massimo Morante, Agostino Marangolo, and Aiden Zammit, and Rue Morgue Magazine's Aaron von Lupton as moderator.

The Q&A was conducted after the Toronto Premiere screening of Synapse Film's gorgeous 4K restoration of Dario Argento's Suspiria (1977).

Bookending the podcast are some thoughts on the show, plus details on the upcoming screening of the Italian silent classic Dante's Inferno (1911), to which Guarini will be performing his original score live at the Royal on Dec. 6, 2017.

Also of note: starting today, I'm making available for 1 week of free streaming via Vimeo and YouTube my experimental documentary BSV 1172: Your Friendly Neighbourhood Video Store (2016), as a salute Video Store Day, Sat. Oct. 21, 2017. A home video release will follow in late January, 2018.

Visit KQEK.com for more info, links on this podcast.

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Direct download: 2017-10-20---KQEK_Digital__Royal_Suspiria_Goblin_QA_MP3_320_kbps.mp3
Category:Filmmusic -- posted at: 11:08am EDT

In the latest ArtScopeTO podcast, I interview abstract painter Chris Marin, whose current series Passages is showcased from October 5-28, 2017, at Toronto's Urban Gallery.

Further info and stills from the exhibition are available via the Editor's Blog at KQEK.com.

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Special Thanks to Chris Marin for her time, Urban Gallery's manager Calvin Hambrook and curator Allen Shugar and Glenda Fordham at Fordham P.R. for facilitating the interview.

Direct download: ArtScopeTO_2017-10-09__ChrisMarin__320_kbps_MP3.mp3
Category:Painting; Photography -- posted at: 10:25pm EDT

In this week's composer interview, Joe Kraemer discusses his latest work, the Amazon production Comrade Detective, a satire of a fake Soviet era detective series; and King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

Also discussed are DVD audio commentaries and vinyl, and a lengthy editorial on classic Canadian detective shows set in Any City, U.S.A., plus some teasing details on Video Store Day, coming Saturday October 21st to a bricks & mortar video shop near you.

Visit KQEK.com for more info, links, and a review of Comrade Detective: Season 1.

If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

Visit KQEK.com for additional film reviewssoundtrack reviewsinterviews, and read the Editor's Blog by Mark R. Hasan for additional info and related links.

Special Thanks to Joe Kraemer, and Adrianna Perez and Molly McIsaac at White Bear PR for facilitating this interview.

Visit Joe Kraemer's website for more info on the composer and his vast C.V.

Direct download: 2017-09-27---KQEK_Digital__Joe_Kraemer__MP3_320_kbps.mp3
Category:Filmmusic -- posted at: 12:47pm EDT

In my occasional non-film podcast, ArtScopeTO, I chat with Hamilton-Toronto painter & photographer Hanna Kostanski, whose paintings of urban Toronto locations spanning the 1910s through the 1970s are showcased until August 26, 2017 in the exhibit 20th Century Toronto: Intersections & Interactions at The Urban Gallery.

Further info and stills from the exhibition are available via the Editor's Blog at KQEK.com.

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Special Thanks to Hanna Kostanski for her time, Urban Gallery's manager Calvin Hambrook and curator Allen Shugar and Glenda Fordham at Fordham P.R. for facilitating the interview.

Visit Hanna Kostanski's website for more info.


This week’s podcast features a compact Q&A with legendary Goblin member Maurizio Guarini, who joined the iconic Italian prog-rock band and film composing group in 1975, and co-composed & performed on many of Goblin’s greatest albums, including Roller, Suspiria, and Patrick.

Guarini, now based in Richmond Hill outside of Toronto, was recently commissioned by the Italian Institute of Culture to compose and perform a new score for L’inferno (1911), Italy's first feature film, and a surreal adaptation of Dante’s The Divine Comedy, the famous narrative poem completed in 1320.

Visit KQEK.com for more info, links, and a film review of L'Inferno.

If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

Visit KQEK.com for additional film reviewssoundtrack reviewsinterviews, and read the Editor's Blog by Mark R. Hasan for additional info and related links.

Special Thanks to Maurizio Guarini and his wife Cinzia, and David at Daniloff Productions for facilitating the interview.

Visit Maurizio Guarini's website for more info on the composer and his vast C.V.

 

Direct download: 2017-04-07---KQEK_Digital__Maurizio_Guarini__MP3_320_kbps.mp3
Category:Filmmusic -- posted at: 4:36am EDT