Kristal Cooper, Author at We Got This Covered

Kristal Cooper

Kristal Cooper has been a film buff since the age of two when her parents began sneaking her into the drive-in every weekend. Since then, she's pursued that passion by working for the Toronto International Film Festival and the Canadian Film Centre. She currently acts as Toronto Film Scene's Managing Editor, writes reviews and celebrity interviews for We Got This Covered and continues to slog away at her day job as a small cog in the giant machinery of the Toronto film community.

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Exclusive Interview With Taylor Schilling And Wiebke von Carolsfeld On Stay

An adaptation of the novel by Aislinn Hunter, Stay is a film 10 years in the making. It was a project that so entranced writer/director Wiebke von Carolsfeld that she stuck with it through the years of uncertainty common to smaller budget Canadian projects, juggling the demands that come along with managing a co-production between two countries – Ireland and Canada – and shooting in two vastly different locations.

The Right Kind Of Wrong Review [TIFF 2013]

It’s always interesting to see a Canadian take on a traditional romantic comedy, and The Right Kind of Wrong, based on the book “Sex and Sunsets” by Tim Sandin, is certainly striving to be a worthy successor to its American counterparts…with mixed results.

Roundtable Interview With Julia Louis-Dreyfus On Enough Said

Defying the odds for most comediennes in the industry—aside from maybe Lucille Ball—Louis-Dreyfus has had three monstrously successful television shows since she began her career on Saturday Night Live back in 1982.

Roundtable Interview With Catherine Keener And Toni Collette On Enough Said

When sitting down to do a roundtable interview with Catherine Keener and Toni Collette at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival), about their new movie Enough Said, you get a sense that the set of the Nicole Holofcener film was a bit of a lovefest.

Exclusive Interview With Sarah Paulson On 12 Years A Slave

Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave hasn't even hit theatres yet but it's already causing a stir not only for its brutal truths about the slave trade, but also for its scarily honest portrayals of the real life characters who played a part in the story of Solomon Northup.

The Family Review

In a shocking turn of events that not even the most studied of film scholars could have predicted, Robert De Niro takes on the role of a mobster in Luc Besson’s new action/comedy, The Family, based on the French novel Malavita (published as Badfellas in North America), by Tonino Benacquista.

One Chance Capsule Review [TIFF 2013]

A biopic with a polished look and a sugary-sweet tone, One Chance is the “true story” (with omissions and/or embellishments, of course) of Paul Potts, the inaugural winner of mega-TV hit Britain’s Got Talent.

August: Osage County Review [TIFF 2013]

Heading up an all-star cast in August: Osage County that could very well be dominating the entire upcoming awards season, Meryl Streep stars as the matriarch of a family hell-bent on imploding in the days following the death of husband and father Beverley (Sam Shepherd making the most of his very limited time on screen).

Exclusive Interview With Michael Fassbender On 12 Years A Slave

Throughout the history of cinema there have always been directors who favour certain actors, making them a staple of their work: Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant; Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro; Tim Burton and Johnny Depp; and since 2008, Steve McQueen and Michael Fassbender.

How I Live Now Capsule Review [TIFF 2013]

This dystopian coming-of-age tale is an exciting--and occasionally brutal--depiction of war, familial connection and the harsh realities of growing up too soon.