FYF 156: Joyland Interviews with Alina Khan, Rasti Farooq, Ali Junejo, and Saim Sadiq
04/06/23 • 28 min
If Joyland is playing in your local theater, go check it out. This award winning Pakistani feature, directed and co-penned by Saim Sadiq, is a compelling, uplifting, and ultimately uncompromising narrative. This was a 4:1 interview, so I placed timestamps so you can differentiate who said what.
The talented actors in Joyland interviewed with Sadiq are Alina Khan, Rasti Farooq, and Ali Junejo.
Joyland his New York's Film Forum on April 7, 2023 and rolls out the rest of the month. For a full theatrical schedule go here: https://joyland.oscilloscope.net/ Interview Timestamps:
(8:43) - Rasti Farooq on the acclaim Joyland has received.
(10:09) - Saim Sadiq on honesty and truth of Joyland.
(12:12) - Ali Junejo on the intensity of the story.
(14:23) - Rasti Farooq on her character Mumtaz
(16:22) - Alina Khan on tackling the role of Biba (translated by Saim Sadiq)
(21:12) - Saim Sadiq on the quality of Pakistani Cinema
(22:42) - Ali Junejo on if his family supported his acting journey
(24:10) - Rasti Farooq on her family support
(25:26) - Alina Khan on how her family relationship changed after the Joyland reception.
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If Joyland is playing in your local theater, go check it out. This award winning Pakistani feature, directed and co-penned by Saim Sadiq, is a compelling, uplifting, and ultimately uncompromising narrative. This was a 4:1 interview, so I placed timestamps so you can differentiate who said what.
The talented actors in Joyland interviewed with Sadiq are Alina Khan, Rasti Farooq, and Ali Junejo.
Joyland his New York's Film Forum on April 7, 2023 and rolls out the rest of the month. For a full theatrical schedule go here: https://joyland.oscilloscope.net/ Interview Timestamps:
(8:43) - Rasti Farooq on the acclaim Joyland has received.
(10:09) - Saim Sadiq on honesty and truth of Joyland.
(12:12) - Ali Junejo on the intensity of the story.
(14:23) - Rasti Farooq on her character Mumtaz
(16:22) - Alina Khan on tackling the role of Biba (translated by Saim Sadiq)
(21:12) - Saim Sadiq on the quality of Pakistani Cinema
(22:42) - Ali Junejo on if his family supported his acting journey
(24:10) - Rasti Farooq on her family support
(25:26) - Alina Khan on how her family relationship changed after the Joyland reception.
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2. Subscribe to our YouTube Channels Deepest Dream and Find Your Film (clips)
3. Check out our Find Your Film website: https://findyourfilms.com/
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On Find Your Film episode 155, we have three sets of interviews. Eric Holmes interviews Smoking Causes Coughing director Quentin Dupieux and A Snow Day in Oakland actress Claudia Zevallos. I interview Josiah Cross, actor from A Thousand and One.
Movie recommendations this episode include October Sky (Claudia Zevallos), S.O.B. (Quentin Dupieux), and Interstellar (Josiah Cross).
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(7:53) - Quentin Dupieux - Smoking Causes Coughing
(21:22) - Claudia Zevallos - A Snowy Day in Oakland
(39:23) - A Thousand and One trailer
(41:48) - Josiah Cross - A Thousand and One
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FYF 157: Tom Ryan, Return to the Theatre of Terror, Goran Topalovic, Old School Kung Fu Fest
This Find Your Film episode features two timely events that are taking place this weekend.
Filmmaker Tom Ryan's Return to the Theature of Terror hits Smodcastle Cinemas on April 22 at 1:30 pm pt. You can keep up to date with Tom's movies via his Facebook page (TheatreTerror) and/or his website.
Programmer/writer Goran Topalovic talks about the Old School Kung Fu Film Fest which runs April 21-30 at NYC's Metrograph. For the full film schedule, go to subwaycinema.com.
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