When Canadian specialty station MuchMusic launched in August 1984, founders John Martin and Moses Znaimer had about two hours of planned content to fill six hours of airtime. Their strategy? Pack the place with notable faces, create a party atmosphere in the control room “stage,” and let inaugural VJs Christopher Ward and J.D. Roberts figure out the rest as they went along.
Thus, the iconic “Nation’s Music Station” was born.
It was a scrappy, wild atmosphere in which inexperienced but music-loving kids stepped in front of the cameras with free reign to experiment and play the videos they loved. There were no rules and even less structure, but it worked. At the height of its popularity, MuchMusic was the global destination for artists of all genres. And it was led by a diverse and history-making group of hosts who connected those artists with fans in a new way—through the legendary studios at 299 Queen St.
Thus, the iconic “Nation’s Music Station” was born.
It was a scrappy, wild atmosphere in which inexperienced but music-loving kids stepped in front of the cameras with free reign to experiment and play the videos they loved. There were no rules and even less structure, but it worked. At the height of its popularity, MuchMusic was the global destination for artists of all genres. And it was led by a diverse and history-making group of hosts who connected those artists with fans in a new way—through the legendary studios at 299 Queen St.
- 3/13/2023
- by Amber Dowling
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Julie Baldassi of Younger Daughter Films and Brian Robertson of Low End announce Britt Lower (Severance), Tom Mercier (We Are Who We Are), Jean Yoon (Kim’s Convenience) and Sook-Yin Lee (Shortbus) will star in the drama/thriller/romance The Incident Report.
The film is executive-produced by Academy Award-winning Charlie Kaufman, and written/directed by Naomi Jaye’s (The Pin). Principal photography runs from August 2-29, 2022, in Hamilton and Toronto, Ontario.
Librarian Miriam Gordon (Lower) lives in a fog of grief while working amidst marginalized members of the public who populate her downtown public branch. When a burgeoning love-affair with Janko, a younger foreign cab driver (Mercier) coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters addressed to her, Miriam’s sheltered existence is cracked open.
The Incident Report is Jaye’s sophomore adaptation of the novel written by Martha Baillie. It is...
The film is executive-produced by Academy Award-winning Charlie Kaufman, and written/directed by Naomi Jaye’s (The Pin). Principal photography runs from August 2-29, 2022, in Hamilton and Toronto, Ontario.
Librarian Miriam Gordon (Lower) lives in a fog of grief while working amidst marginalized members of the public who populate her downtown public branch. When a burgeoning love-affair with Janko, a younger foreign cab driver (Mercier) coincides with her receiving a series of oddly threatening letters addressed to her, Miriam’s sheltered existence is cracked open.
The Incident Report is Jaye’s sophomore adaptation of the novel written by Martha Baillie. It is...
- 8/17/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Following his directorial breakout Hedwig and the Angry Inch in 2001, John Cameron Mitchell followed it up a half-a-decade later with 2006’s subversive sex dramedy Shortbus. Now celebrating its 15th anniversary following its Cannes debut, the film has undergone a 4K restoration and a new trailer has arrived ahead of a theatrical run beginning at IFC Center on January 26 via Oscilloscope Laboratories.
Starring Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, Pj Deboy, Raphael Barker, Peter Stickles, Jay Brannan, and Justin Vivian Bond, the film follows the lives of several emotionally challenged characters as they navigate the comic and tragic intersections between love and sex in and around a modern-day underground salon. A sex therapist who has never had an orgasm, a dominatrix who is unable to connect, a gay couple who are deciding whether to open up their relationship, and the people who weave in and out of their lives, all converge...
Starring Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, Pj Deboy, Raphael Barker, Peter Stickles, Jay Brannan, and Justin Vivian Bond, the film follows the lives of several emotionally challenged characters as they navigate the comic and tragic intersections between love and sex in and around a modern-day underground salon. A sex therapist who has never had an orgasm, a dominatrix who is unable to connect, a gay couple who are deciding whether to open up their relationship, and the people who weave in and out of their lives, all converge...
- 1/10/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
In the wake of GLAAD revealing that Lgbtq representation in film has reached a low, Sook-Yin Lee is doing her part with the supernatural thriller Octavio Is Dead! starring Sarah Gadon and Rosanna Arquette.
The film makes its world premiere at the Inside Out Lgbt Film Festival in Canada which starts today and continues through June 3.
As seen in the trailer above, Octavio Is Dead! follows Tyler (Gadon), who is recently unemployed and has learned that her father, a man she’s never met, has died and left her everything. This includes an apartment filled with remains of his complicated life. Her mother Joan (Arquette) remains silent about everything so Tyler decides to explore her father’s stomping grounds before the apartment is sold. Her curiosity about her fathers lowly evolves into a sensual exploration of her own identity and desires.
The film makes its world premiere at the Inside Out Lgbt Film Festival in Canada which starts today and continues through June 3.
As seen in the trailer above, Octavio Is Dead! follows Tyler (Gadon), who is recently unemployed and has learned that her father, a man she’s never met, has died and left her everything. This includes an apartment filled with remains of his complicated life. Her mother Joan (Arquette) remains silent about everything so Tyler decides to explore her father’s stomping grounds before the apartment is sold. Her curiosity about her fathers lowly evolves into a sensual exploration of her own identity and desires.
- 5/24/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: WTFilms reveals the first image of Sook-Yin Lee’s new feature.
Paris-based WTFilms has released a first image of Sarah Gadon and Raoul Trujillo in Canadian director Sook-Yin Lee’s new feature Octavio Is Dead!, which is currently shooting.
Billed as a mysterious, sensual ghost story, the film stars Gadon as a reserved young woman called Tyler, who escapes her overbearing mother, played by Rosanna Arquette, and enters the rich and strange world of her deceased father, Octavio (Trujillo).
“The dailies are electric. On screen, Sarah Gadon, Raoul Trujillo and Rosanna Arquette build passionate, complex and haunting relationships,” said WTFilms co-founder Gregory Chambet.
The feature is produced by Jennifer Weiss, Simone Urdl and Jamie Manning of The Film Farm with the participation of Telefilm Canada, CBC, and the Ontario Media Development Corporation.
Paris-based WTFilms has released a first image of Sarah Gadon and Raoul Trujillo in Canadian director Sook-Yin Lee’s new feature Octavio Is Dead!, which is currently shooting.
Billed as a mysterious, sensual ghost story, the film stars Gadon as a reserved young woman called Tyler, who escapes her overbearing mother, played by Rosanna Arquette, and enters the rich and strange world of her deceased father, Octavio (Trujillo).
“The dailies are electric. On screen, Sarah Gadon, Raoul Trujillo and Rosanna Arquette build passionate, complex and haunting relationships,” said WTFilms co-founder Gregory Chambet.
The feature is produced by Jennifer Weiss, Simone Urdl and Jamie Manning of The Film Farm with the participation of Telefilm Canada, CBC, and the Ontario Media Development Corporation.
- 2/11/2017
- ScreenDaily
Thanks to TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for February 2017 including "12 Monkeys", "The Strain", "Designated Survivor" and a whole lot more:
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12 Monkeys Season 3
TV Series
Gep 12 Monkeys B Inc.
Prod.: Michael Wray
Oct 17 - Feb 17/17
Adventures Of Napkin Man Season 3
TV Series
Breakthrough Entertainment
Prods.: Sharon Summerling,
Stephanie Van
Dir.: Laurie Lynd
Feb 6 – Feb 15/17
Anne
TV Series
CBC/Netflix
Prod.: Susan Murdoch
Sep 22/16 - Feb 03/17
Dark Matter Season 3
TV Series
Prodigy Entertainment Inc.
Exec. Prod.: Jay Firestone, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie
Nov 18/16 - Apr 13/17
Designated Survivor
Season 1
TV Series
Designated 1 Ltd.
Prod.: David Guggenheim
July 25/16 - Apr 30/17
Killjoys Season 3
TV Series
Season III Productions Ltd.
Prod.: Lena Cordina
Jan 12 - May 12/17
Letterkenny Season 3
TV Series
Get'er Done Productions 3 Inc.
Exec. Prod.: Mark Montefiore, Patrick O'Sullivan
Dir.: Jacob Tierney
Feb...
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12 Monkeys Season 3
TV Series
Gep 12 Monkeys B Inc.
Prod.: Michael Wray
Oct 17 - Feb 17/17
Adventures Of Napkin Man Season 3
TV Series
Breakthrough Entertainment
Prods.: Sharon Summerling,
Stephanie Van
Dir.: Laurie Lynd
Feb 6 – Feb 15/17
Anne
TV Series
CBC/Netflix
Prod.: Susan Murdoch
Sep 22/16 - Feb 03/17
Dark Matter Season 3
TV Series
Prodigy Entertainment Inc.
Exec. Prod.: Jay Firestone, Joseph Mallozzi, Paul Mullie
Nov 18/16 - Apr 13/17
Designated Survivor
Season 1
TV Series
Designated 1 Ltd.
Prod.: David Guggenheim
July 25/16 - Apr 30/17
Killjoys Season 3
TV Series
Season III Productions Ltd.
Prod.: Lena Cordina
Jan 12 - May 12/17
Letterkenny Season 3
TV Series
Get'er Done Productions 3 Inc.
Exec. Prod.: Mark Montefiore, Patrick O'Sullivan
Dir.: Jacob Tierney
Feb...
- 1/31/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
We don't post a lot of music video in these pages but we have been known to make an exception from time to time and hat is very much the case for Jooj, the current musical act for frequent John Cameron Mitchell collaborator, director in her own right and fixture on the Canadian arts scene Sook-yin Lee, who partners up with musician Adam Litovitz in this particular endeavor.We posted the first music video from the duo's debut album just a little while back - that particular effort helmed by Brandon Cronenberg - and they're back now with a second effort, this one directed by Yuula Benivolski. Check it out below!...
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- 5/8/2015
- Screen Anarchy
In Brandon Cronenberg’s directorial debut, Antiviral – two competing companies in the thriving field of celebrity disease transfusions make it their business to harvest viruses from famous people and infect customers with clones of that virus, so they have, in essence, fallen ill from their favourite celebrity. If that wasn’t enough to send shivers down your spine, there’s also a black market for meat formed out of cloned celebrity muscle cells. Antiviral is a satire of celebrity fandom – a cold and clinical look at consumerism, modern technology, and the stuff that is making us a little less human. This isn’t much of a horror film, but it does conclude with an abrupt piece of ghoulishly vampiric symbolism. Now Cronenberg and Dp Karim Hussain have teamed up once again to direct the music video for “Shoulder and Whispers,” which looks like the pilot episode of a Canadian version of American Horror Story.
- 4/9/2015
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Outside of Canadian borders artistic polymath Sook-Yin Lee is likely best known as an actor and director thanks to her appearances in John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus and Hedwig And The Angry Inch. But up here north of the border? Well, I don't use that polymath tag lightly and it seems that there's very little in the arts realm that Lee doesn't do. She's arguably the most popular and enduring radio host and producer that national broadcaster CBC has on the roster, while also working as a photographer, a choreographer and musician. And on that music front, Lee and frequent collaborator Adam Litovitz have a little something new on the horizon with their duo Jooj soon to release its debut album. Which leads us to this:Antiviral...
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- 4/8/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Canadian show Bomb Girls is all about the women, which is likely why it's been such a big hit with gay women. But there's also the character of Betty McRae, a Rosie the Riveter type with a confident swagger that noticeably sets her apart from her more feminine counterparts. Ali Liebert plays Betty, the tough-talking, take-no-crap from her male peers bombmaker who seems to soften only in the presence of her co-worker Kate (Charlotte Hegele).
Ali said she took her inspiration for Betty from the likes of James Dean, Bette Davis and Katherine Hepburn, which is probably why she's so effective. "I can be very feminine or masculine and I turned up the masculine dial," Ali said. "I don't walk like her, so as an actor it was so fun finding her general physical presence. It was definitely something I've never really played before which was exciting for me."
The...
Ali said she took her inspiration for Betty from the likes of James Dean, Bette Davis and Katherine Hepburn, which is probably why she's so effective. "I can be very feminine or masculine and I turned up the masculine dial," Ali said. "I don't walk like her, so as an actor it was so fun finding her general physical presence. It was definitely something I've never really played before which was exciting for me."
The...
- 2/1/2012
- by Trish Bendix
- AfterEllen.com
Maybe I’m the only one who didn’t understand the big deal about Juno, but I really am starting to wonder when and how staggeringly awkward and desperately uninteresting hipsters became Hollywood’s go-to protagonists. Regardless, the charm, if there ever was any, has definitely worn off. Year of the Carnivore follows in the wake of 2007’s script by Diablo Cody, which won one of the Academy’s silliest Oscar giveaways. Written and directed by Canadian indie talent Sook-Yin Lee, Year of the Carnivore doesn’t deserve to be called bad, it just hovers at a level too neutral to really elicit any response one way or the other.
When Sammy Smalls (Cristin Milioti) finally hops in the sack with her dream guy, Eugene (Mark Rendall), an aspiring musician who busks outside the grocery store where she’s employed as a security guard, things do not go well. They...
When Sammy Smalls (Cristin Milioti) finally hops in the sack with her dream guy, Eugene (Mark Rendall), an aspiring musician who busks outside the grocery store where she’s employed as a security guard, things do not go well. They...
- 4/18/2011
- by Kyle North
- JustPressPlay.net
William Shatner and Elizabeth Martin attend 31st Annual Genie Awards Gala.Photo copyright Robin Wong / PR Photos. William Shatner and Elizabeth Martin attend 31st Annual Genie Awards Gala.Photo copyright Robin Wong / PR Photos. Melissa Etheridge and Serena Ryder attend 31st Annual Genie Awards Gala.Photo copyright Robin Wong / PR Photos. Kristin Kreuk attends 31st Annual Genie Awards Gala.Photo copyright Robin Wong / PR Photos. Adam Litovitz and Sook Yin Lee attend 31st Annual Genie Awards Gala.Photo copyright Robin Wong / PR Photos. 03/10/2011 - George Stroumboulopoulos - 31st Annual Genie Awards Gala - National Arts Centre - Ottawa, Canada © Robin Wong / PR Photos 03/11/2011 - Rachelle Lefevre - 31st Annual Genie...
- 3/13/2011
- by Michelle Wray
- Monsters and Critics
The nominees for the 31st Annual Genie Awards, Canada’s answer to the Oscars, were unveiled at simultaneous press conferences in Montreal and Toronto yeseterday. After being snubbed by the major Hollywood awards, only receiving 1 nomination and win for Paul Giamatti at the Golden Globes, Barney’s Version has been highly recognized by Canadian audiences. This is no surprise as its source material is a novel from beloved Canadian treasure Mordecai Richler and the film was partially shot in Montreal. Barney’s VersionIncendies leads the pack with 11 nominations including Best Motion Picture and populating most of the acting categories including one for Paul Giamatti for a Performace by an Actor in a Leading Role and Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Dustin Hoffman. Following closely is the other Canadian darling this year, Incendies , which garnered 10 nominations such as Adapted Screenplay (Denis Villeneuve) and Performance by an Actress...
- 2/4/2011
- by Alan L
- SoundOnSight
Yesterday, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (Acct) announced the nominees for the 31rst Genie Awards, Canada's own Oscars.
Best Motion picture:
* 10 1/2
* Les amours imaginaires
* Barney's Version
* Incendies
* Splice
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
* Jay Baruchel in The Trotsky
* Paul Giamatti in Barney's Version
* Robert Naylor in 10 1/2
* Timothy Olyphant in High Life
* François Papineau in Route 132
Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
* Martin Dubreuil in 10 1/2
* Dustin Hoffman in Barney's Version
* Alexis Martin in Route 132
* Callum Keith Rennie in Gunless
* Rossif Sutherland in High Life
Best Actress in a Leading Role:
* Lubna Azabal in Incendies
* Tatiana Maslany in Grown Up Movie Star
* Molly Parker in Trigger
* Rosamund Pike in Barney's Version
* Tracy Wright in Trigger
Best Actress In a Supporting Role:
* Sonja Bennett in Cole
* Anne-Élizabeth Bossé in Les amours imaginaires
* Minnie Driver in Barney's Version
* Terra Hazelton in Fubar 2
* Mary Walsh in Crackie
Best Adapted Screenplay:
* Michael Konyves...
Best Motion picture:
* 10 1/2
* Les amours imaginaires
* Barney's Version
* Incendies
* Splice
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
* Jay Baruchel in The Trotsky
* Paul Giamatti in Barney's Version
* Robert Naylor in 10 1/2
* Timothy Olyphant in High Life
* François Papineau in Route 132
Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
* Martin Dubreuil in 10 1/2
* Dustin Hoffman in Barney's Version
* Alexis Martin in Route 132
* Callum Keith Rennie in Gunless
* Rossif Sutherland in High Life
Best Actress in a Leading Role:
* Lubna Azabal in Incendies
* Tatiana Maslany in Grown Up Movie Star
* Molly Parker in Trigger
* Rosamund Pike in Barney's Version
* Tracy Wright in Trigger
Best Actress In a Supporting Role:
* Sonja Bennett in Cole
* Anne-Élizabeth Bossé in Les amours imaginaires
* Minnie Driver in Barney's Version
* Terra Hazelton in Fubar 2
* Mary Walsh in Crackie
Best Adapted Screenplay:
* Michael Konyves...
- 2/3/2011
- by anhkhoido@gmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
[Editor's note: If anyone says 2010 was a sh!% year for movies, please refer them to this post.]
Instead of the usual "best" or "worst" films of the year lists, I thought a good way to take a look at the highs and lows of the 2010 film year would be to compile almost every single review we published in 2010 and let readers meander through the wasteland as it were.
I'm really amazed at the range of films we managed to cover from around the globe this year. Quiet Earth has certainly come a long way over the years and it's really due to the talents and passion of our team of writers who literally travel a world of fests to bring news and reviews of new films.
I hope you're all taking notes. Many of these films were from fests and will probably be hitting VOD and Blu-ray sometime in the new year, so this is a good chance to get a start on your must-watch lists.
The...
Instead of the usual "best" or "worst" films of the year lists, I thought a good way to take a look at the highs and lows of the 2010 film year would be to compile almost every single review we published in 2010 and let readers meander through the wasteland as it were.
I'm really amazed at the range of films we managed to cover from around the globe this year. Quiet Earth has certainly come a long way over the years and it's really due to the talents and passion of our team of writers who literally travel a world of fests to bring news and reviews of new films.
I hope you're all taking notes. Many of these films were from fests and will probably be hitting VOD and Blu-ray sometime in the new year, so this is a good chance to get a start on your must-watch lists.
The...
- 12/31/2010
- QuietEarth.us
James Mitchell’s Shortbus was the mark of controversy in 2009, what with its real sex scenes, the potential firing of its star Sook Yin Lee by the CBC and its classification by some as ‘pornographic’. What the movie is, is an intimate and lively portrayal of a women lost amongst the interconnectedness of people in a city as well as the unique and faceted sexual identities of individuals and how each choose to reveal themselves as person and partner. The main plot is about Sophie– a woman who is a couple counselor/sex therapist who has never had a successful orgasm and attempts to find it through a weekly social and sexual salon called Shortbus.
This film is honest and sincere and that is exactly what is reflected back within the soundtrack amongst its eclectic mix of artists. Scott Matthew is utterly charming and earnest with his contribution ‘Upside Down...
This film is honest and sincere and that is exactly what is reflected back within the soundtrack amongst its eclectic mix of artists. Scott Matthew is utterly charming and earnest with his contribution ‘Upside Down...
- 12/17/2010
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
After a presence at the latest Toronto International Film Festival, Sook-Yin Lee's Year of the Carnivore will have a theatrical release in Canada on June 18, 2010. After all, E1 Entertainment, the film's Canadian distributor, just released the trailer online a few days ago.
According to the web site of the film, this is the story:
Year Of The Carnivore is a romantic-comedy-drama about a girl with an unrequited crush on a boy who thinks she's bad in bed, so she goes out to get more 'experience'. Sammy Smalls (Cristin Milioti) is a 21-year-old tomboy who works as a store detective at Big Apple Food Town. Her job is to deliver shoplifters to her boss who beats them up so they never re-offend. Sammy feels guilty over her part in the dodgy scheme and wants to quit, but she doesn't have many options. She certainly isn't moving back home to live...
According to the web site of the film, this is the story:
Year Of The Carnivore is a romantic-comedy-drama about a girl with an unrequited crush on a boy who thinks she's bad in bed, so she goes out to get more 'experience'. Sammy Smalls (Cristin Milioti) is a 21-year-old tomboy who works as a store detective at Big Apple Food Town. Her job is to deliver shoplifters to her boss who beats them up so they never re-offend. Sammy feels guilty over her part in the dodgy scheme and wants to quit, but she doesn't have many options. She certainly isn't moving back home to live...
- 4/12/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Is Sook-Yin Lee Canada's answer to Miranda July? To those outside Canada I can certainly see why she might be looked at that way but for those of us who call Canada home Lee has been such a strong media presence for so long that it's hard to see her as anything other than herself.
Lee rose to prominence as a television host before moving on to radio and the written word and now has her fingers in just about everything that has to do with media and art. In front of the camera - and outside home territory - Lee is probably best known for her starring role in John Cameron Mitchell's Short Bus but my guess is that it's behind the camera where Lee will make the biggest impact.
After some short film work, Lee made her feature directorial debut at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival with Year of the Carnivore,...
Lee rose to prominence as a television host before moving on to radio and the written word and now has her fingers in just about everything that has to do with media and art. In front of the camera - and outside home territory - Lee is probably best known for her starring role in John Cameron Mitchell's Short Bus but my guess is that it's behind the camera where Lee will make the biggest impact.
After some short film work, Lee made her feature directorial debut at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival with Year of the Carnivore,...
- 4/11/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Year: 2009
Directors: Sook-Yin Lee
Writers: Sook-Yin Lee
IMDb: link
Review by: Marina Antunes
Rating: 6.5 out of 10
It comes as little surprise that Vancouver navite Sook-Yin Lee eventually turned her eye to directing. Her multi faceted career which includes everything from musician to TV personality, has always been one to watch. Her collection of short films (dating back to the early 90s) have, for the most part, told stories of offbeat romances and it’s good to finally see her take that left-field approach to a full length feature. Enter Year of the Carnivore.
Written and directed by Lee, the story is one which has become a sort of Lee trademark: a carefree girl stuck in a holding pattern. In this case, the girl in question is Sammy, a pretty girl who seems uncomfortable in her own skin yet manages to stand apart form everyone else. She has a crush on Eugene,...
Directors: Sook-Yin Lee
Writers: Sook-Yin Lee
IMDb: link
Review by: Marina Antunes
Rating: 6.5 out of 10
It comes as little surprise that Vancouver navite Sook-Yin Lee eventually turned her eye to directing. Her multi faceted career which includes everything from musician to TV personality, has always been one to watch. Her collection of short films (dating back to the early 90s) have, for the most part, told stories of offbeat romances and it’s good to finally see her take that left-field approach to a full length feature. Enter Year of the Carnivore.
Written and directed by Lee, the story is one which has become a sort of Lee trademark: a carefree girl stuck in a holding pattern. In this case, the girl in question is Sammy, a pretty girl who seems uncomfortable in her own skin yet manages to stand apart form everyone else. She has a crush on Eugene,...
- 2/4/2010
- QuietEarth.us
This New Year I found myself looking back over the last decade rather than the year that has just passed. Naturally, this included all the conventional lists, but as my memory is lame, this proved extraordinarily difficult. And so, my lists were composed not so much of what I thought was the best work of the decade, but the work that I best remembered.
Of course, that's really what's important, anyway. I mean, as individuals we should measure the success of a work of art not by any sort of intellectual or even comparative analysis, but how that work spoke to and affected each one of us. And so now, I look back at a few of my more significant cinematic experiences over the last decade.
In 2001, when the French film Amelie came out, it was an immediate romantic ideal. Unexpected, warm and beautiful, it suggested an incredible world of...
Of course, that's really what's important, anyway. I mean, as individuals we should measure the success of a work of art not by any sort of intellectual or even comparative analysis, but how that work spoke to and affected each one of us. And so now, I look back at a few of my more significant cinematic experiences over the last decade.
In 2001, when the French film Amelie came out, it was an immediate romantic ideal. Unexpected, warm and beautiful, it suggested an incredible world of...
- 1/4/2010
- by Michael Murray
Celeb Sightings: News is starting to ring in from the movie after-parties, and Eye Weekly's rundown grabbed some interesting bits. Like Sook-Yin Lee, star of Shortbus and director of this year's Year of the Carnivore, was drilling attendees about their first orgasms and bad babysitting experiences. And was George Clooney giving one-on-one lip service to Goats party caterers? Meanwhile ... an Italian film producer lost a load of cash and an important script when his bag was stolen at the Four Seasons, Keanu Reeves got asked for his thoughts on the death of Patrick Swayze, Johnnie To signs autographs, and Lassie got her own red carpet comic.
Our Coverage: We've got two new reviews up in the last 24 hours. First up, Erik Davis' take on Michael Cera and his Youth in Revolt. Erik's a big fan of the book, and he says: "it's practically impossible to smash 499 pages of dark comedic...
Our Coverage: We've got two new reviews up in the last 24 hours. First up, Erik Davis' take on Michael Cera and his Youth in Revolt. Erik's a big fan of the book, and he says: "it's practically impossible to smash 499 pages of dark comedic...
- 9/16/2009
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
Sook-Yin Lee is often regarded as a bold actor and broadcaster. In 2001, for instance, she mooned TV cameras on one of her last days as a VJ at MuchMusic. And in the 2006 big-screen drama Shortbus, she performs non-simulated intercourse as the lead character, a sex-therapist.Which is why it's surprising that Lee is timid about the world premiere of Year of the Carnivore . she wrote and directed the feature . at the Toronto International Film Festival."I've been so scared!" the Vancouver native, host of CBC Radio's pop-culture show "Definitely Not the Opera," said in a recent interview."I love this movie, and you set it out into the world and you don't know if it'll get brutalized . or worse, ignored."So I've just been like: 'Oh my God, why do I make things? What am I doing?"'Year of the Carnivore . which...
- 9/11/2009
- Filmicafe
Blackmailing shoplifters into giving sex lessons in the back of the store? I am So down with this! Another film I've been following for quite a while, Yotc will be premiering in the Canada First section at Tiff and is written and directed by Sook-Yin Lee. The story is quite odd, a tomboy, her crush, and her obsession to gain sexual experience to make the man she loves happy.
Year of the Carnivore is a romantic-comedy-drama about a girl with an unrequited crush on a boy who thinks she's bad in bed, so she goes out to get more 'experience'. Sammy Smalls is a 21-year-old tomboy who works as a store detective at Big Apple Food Town. Her job is to deliver shoplifters to her boss who beats them up so they never re-offend. Sammy feels guilty over her part in the dodgy scheme and wants to quit, but she doesn't have many options.
Year of the Carnivore is a romantic-comedy-drama about a girl with an unrequited crush on a boy who thinks she's bad in bed, so she goes out to get more 'experience'. Sammy Smalls is a 21-year-old tomboy who works as a store detective at Big Apple Food Town. Her job is to deliver shoplifters to her boss who beats them up so they never re-offend. Sammy feels guilty over her part in the dodgy scheme and wants to quit, but she doesn't have many options.
- 8/27/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Toronto -- A day after his documentary "She, a Chinese" picked up the Golden Leopard award at Locarno, the Toronto International Film Festival booked Guo Xiaolu's "Once Upon a Time Proletarian: 12 Tales of a Country" for a North American premiere.
The Chinese novelist-director's portrait of intersecting lives in post-Marxist contemporary China will unspool as part of Toronto's Real to Reel sidebar.
"She, a Chinese," Guo's English- and Chinese-language drama about a young girl's uneasy transition from a sleepy village to the nearest town, was earlier booked for Toronto.
Tiff on Tuesday also added to its September lineup documentaries on Disney animation's 1990s rebirth, Holocaust rescuer Ruth Gruber and stranded Algerian refugees.
Veteran Disney producer Don Hahn will receive a world premiere for "Waking Sleeping Beauty," an inside look at how Walt Disney animation produced a string of hits from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" to "Aladdin" and "The Lion King."
The...
The Chinese novelist-director's portrait of intersecting lives in post-Marxist contemporary China will unspool as part of Toronto's Real to Reel sidebar.
"She, a Chinese," Guo's English- and Chinese-language drama about a young girl's uneasy transition from a sleepy village to the nearest town, was earlier booked for Toronto.
Tiff on Tuesday also added to its September lineup documentaries on Disney animation's 1990s rebirth, Holocaust rescuer Ruth Gruber and stranded Algerian refugees.
Veteran Disney producer Don Hahn will receive a world premiere for "Waking Sleeping Beauty," an inside look at how Walt Disney animation produced a string of hits from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" to "Aladdin" and "The Lion King."
The...
- 8/18/2009
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Toronto International Film Festival announced the complete Canadian contingent for the 2009 edition of the festival just moments ago and there are some big names in there including the latest from Terry Gilliam (a partly Canadian production), Atom Egoyan, Jean-Marc Vallee, Reg Harkema, Sook-Yin Lee and more. It’s an exciting lineup, although conspicuous by its absence is Vincenzo Natali’s Splice - a film I know is complete and that I know festival programmers wanted badly to get. Either Natali’s genetic horror is being held back for another lineup - which would be an odd choice - or there’s some sort of backroom drama going on that is seeing the film withheld for political reasons. Check the full announcements below the break!
- 8/4/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
More for Vanguard, Real to Reel, Special Presentations, Galas, Short cuts, and Contemporary World Cinema which includes the World premier of Reginald Harkema's latest, Leslie, My Name is Evil. That link has the 2nd promo trailer (we used to have two) but we were asked by Reggie to remove the first. We also have Sook-Yin Lee's Year of the Carnivore which I've been keeping an eye on for some time. Also playing is The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.
Check out the full list of added films after the break!
Canada First!
Year of the Carnivore Sook-Yin Lee, BC
World Premiere
Year of the Carnivore is a romantic-comedy-drama about a girl with an unrequited crush on a boy who thinks she's bad in bed, so she goes out to get more 'experience.'
All Fall Down Philip Hoffman, On
North American Premiere
Local legend Philip Hoffman's formally adventurous...
Check out the full list of added films after the break!
Canada First!
Year of the Carnivore Sook-Yin Lee, BC
World Premiere
Year of the Carnivore is a romantic-comedy-drama about a girl with an unrequited crush on a boy who thinks she's bad in bed, so she goes out to get more 'experience.'
All Fall Down Philip Hoffman, On
North American Premiere
Local legend Philip Hoffman's formally adventurous...
- 8/4/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Paris, Je T’Aime, what have you wrought? The anthology film is undergoing something of a revival right now and it’s impossible not to look at the success of Paris as the main reason why. The producers of that collection of Paris-set films have since gone on to create the similarly themed New York, I Love You; earlier this year Bong Joon-Ho, Leos Carax and Michel Gondry took a bow in Cannes with their Japan-based effort Tokyo!; and throwing a toque into the ring are the producers of the aptly titled Toronto Stories, a four part collection of Toronto-based tales from local film makers Aaron Woodley, Sook-Yin Lee, Sudz Sutherland and David Weaver.
- 9/11/2008
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
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