Peter Mooney and Steve Cochrane We Were Wolves

Rookie Blue star Peter Mooney and Steve Cochrane star as two estranged brothers who hash out their grievances while packing up their late father’s Kawartha Lake cottage in "We Were Wolves, from first-time writer-director Jordan Canning.  Check out the interview with Peter and Steve who almost seem like they could be brothers in real life. 

Director Tony Ayres - Cutsnake

In Cut Snake 

The past catches up with an ex-con who has rebuilt his life in a small town, in this incendiary noir drama by Australian director Tony Ayres.

Young, charismatic, and hardworking, Sparra Farrell (Alex Russell) seems to be sailing into a happy, respectable life. He has a solid job and an adorable fiancée named Paula (Jessica De Gouw), and already owns a modest house in the country outside Melbourne. The only odd thing is that Sparra says precious little about his past — but that past is about to catch up with him, and wrest control of his present.

Set in 1973, Australian director Tony Ayres's bold return to feature filmmaking is equal parts crime story and love story, an inspired variation on A History of Violence that considers aspects of criminal relations rarely explored onscreen. Sparra's domestic idyll is ruptured when he and Paula receive an unexpected visit from Pommie (Animal Kingdom's Sullivan Stapleton, who also appears at the Festival in Kill Me Three Times).

Pommie knows Sparra's most closely guarded secrets — including the stint he did in a Sydney prison — and expects him to make good on an old promise if he wants to keep those secrets safe. "You always knew there was something different about him," Pommie tells Paula. "That something is me."

Working with a stellar cast and Blake Ayshford's brilliantly structured script, Ayres plumbs the shadowy depths of his characters for the brutal truths that most thrillers only hint at. The result is an incendiary noir drama burning with fear, rage, desire, and irresistible impulses. Money will be stolen, blood shed, dreams shattered, but what's left at the end ofCut Snake is a bond made only stronger by twin forces that should not be underestimated: self-knowledge and acceptance.  I spoke to director Tony Ayers about the film.

Director Jordan Canning on "We Were Wolves"

In the new film "We Were Wolves" two estranged brothers return to the family cottage after the death of their father. Over the course of three days they must learn to let go of the man they thought they knew, and accept responsibility for the men they have become. I spoke to director Jordan Canning about working on the film.

Craig Arnold - Wetbum

You may know him from DeGrassi but up and coming young actor Craig Arnold is going places. Arnold showcase his talent as the bad boy in the new film, Wet Bum. We chatted about the film, working in Canada and much more.

Alex Russell Interview - Cut Snake

Watch out for Australian actor Alex Russell. This up and coming young man from down under  stars in the intense thriller , Cut Snake which premiered at The Toronto International Film festival and will soon be seen in Angelina Jolie's, Unbroken.  Check out my interview with him talking about both films and about impending fame.  In Cut Snake a pair of ex-cons hatch a scheme to burn down a nightclub in Brisbane.