Suburbia, often painted as the epitome of safety and tranquility, gets a dark makeover in John Carpenter’s latest cinematic venture, Suburban Screams. This six-episode unscripted anthology promises to unearth the dark secrets of seemingly safe neighborhoods, but does it truly deliver the chills?
The mini-series dives deep into the horrors of suburbia, blending documentary techniques with cinematic reenactments. Real-life tales of terror, as told by those who lived through them, form the backbone of this anthology. From the ghostly aftermath of a Ouija party gone wrong in ‘Kelly’ to the relentless stalking in ‘Phone Stalker‘, the variety of stories is commendable. There’s a mix of urban legends, supernatural tales, and very real crimes that keep the viewer on their toes.
The strongest episode of the bunch is undoubtedly ‘The Bunny Man’. Set in Fairfax, Virginia, it recounts the legend of a man in a rudimentary bunny costume who,...
The mini-series dives deep into the horrors of suburbia, blending documentary techniques with cinematic reenactments. Real-life tales of terror, as told by those who lived through them, form the backbone of this anthology. From the ghostly aftermath of a Ouija party gone wrong in ‘Kelly’ to the relentless stalking in ‘Phone Stalker‘, the variety of stories is commendable. There’s a mix of urban legends, supernatural tales, and very real crimes that keep the viewer on their toes.
The strongest episode of the bunch is undoubtedly ‘The Bunny Man’. Set in Fairfax, Virginia, it recounts the legend of a man in a rudimentary bunny costume who,...
- 10/9/2023
- by Kimberley Elizabeth
Plot: John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams is a genre-busting, unscripted horror anthology series from the mind of legendary director, writer, and producer John Carpenter. The series explores the dark secrets and unspeakable evil that sometimes lurks beneath the surface of the sun-drenched streets, manicured lawns, and friendly neighbors of suburbia. Each episode focuses on one true tale of terror, told by the real people who lived through it. Their firsthand accounts are brought to life through premium cinematic scene work, news clips, home photos, and archival footage, combining the visual language of horror films with the tools and techniques of documentaries, creating a uniquely frightening experience for viewers.
Review: As one of the most famous horror directors of all time, John Carpenter’s name carries enough weight that placing it above the title of a film or series is enough to make it worth checking out. Despite not having directed...
Review: As one of the most famous horror directors of all time, John Carpenter’s name carries enough weight that placing it above the title of a film or series is enough to make it worth checking out. Despite not having directed...
- 10/9/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
One of the many treats headed our way on Friday the 13th is the new Peacock series “John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams,” an unscripted series that features an episode directed by Carpenter himself. The horror anthology series premieres October 13 on Peacock, and it’s said to be “from the mind of legendary director, writer, and producer, John Carpenter.”
Peacock previews, “The series explores the dark secrets and unspeakable evil that sometimes lurks beneath the surface of the sun-drenched streets, manicured lawns and friendly neighbors of suburbia. Each episode focuses on one true tale of terror, told by the real people who lived through it.
“Their firsthand accounts are brought to life through premium cinematic scene-work, news clips, home photos, and archival footage, combining the visual language of horror films with the tools and techniques of documentaries, creating a uniquely frightening experience for viewers.
“Each episode will delve into the monstrous evil...
Peacock previews, “The series explores the dark secrets and unspeakable evil that sometimes lurks beneath the surface of the sun-drenched streets, manicured lawns and friendly neighbors of suburbia. Each episode focuses on one true tale of terror, told by the real people who lived through it.
“Their firsthand accounts are brought to life through premium cinematic scene-work, news clips, home photos, and archival footage, combining the visual language of horror films with the tools and techniques of documentaries, creating a uniquely frightening experience for viewers.
“Each episode will delve into the monstrous evil...
- 10/6/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
[Editor's Note: This article was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being discussed here wouldn't exist.]
"In every neighborhood, there's always that one house that you ride your bike past just a little bit faster than the others." In addition to chilling and thrilling readers this fall with new comic books from their Storm King Comics imprint, John Carpenter and Sandy King will bring nightmares to life onscreen in their new series John Carpenter's Suburban Screams. Telling real-life horror stories from the vital perspectives of the victims themselves, John Carpenter's Suburban Screams will fittingly premiere on Peacock on Friday, October 13th (with the Master of Horror directing one episode of the six-episode series), and we have a look at the series' eerie trailer ahead of its premiere!
Press Release: Hollywood, Calif. — On tree-lined streets filled with children and families … behind the doors of well-appointed homes … in the least assuming neighborhoods, fear awaits, as fans of horror legends John Carpenter and Sandy King know all too well.
"In every neighborhood, there's always that one house that you ride your bike past just a little bit faster than the others." In addition to chilling and thrilling readers this fall with new comic books from their Storm King Comics imprint, John Carpenter and Sandy King will bring nightmares to life onscreen in their new series John Carpenter's Suburban Screams. Telling real-life horror stories from the vital perspectives of the victims themselves, John Carpenter's Suburban Screams will fittingly premiere on Peacock on Friday, October 13th (with the Master of Horror directing one episode of the six-episode series), and we have a look at the series' eerie trailer ahead of its premiere!
Press Release: Hollywood, Calif. — On tree-lined streets filled with children and families … behind the doors of well-appointed homes … in the least assuming neighborhoods, fear awaits, as fans of horror legends John Carpenter and Sandy King know all too well.
- 9/19/2023
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
"I know that house, and I know what it's capable of." Peacock has unveiled a quick 60-second official trailer for their Halloween streaming series called John Carpenter's Suburban Screams - out in October (obviously). After releasing the two new Halloween movies directly streaming on Peacock, the service has now partnered with Carpetner to let him develop his own horror anthology series - basically the same thing Netflix did with Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities. "Each episode will delve into the monstrous evil that lurks beneath the surface of friendly suburbia through the lens of one frightful tale... In addition to firsthand accounts, the episodes will include cinematic reenactments, personal archives, and historic town press coverage." One description says this is like Unsolved Mysteries from John Carpenter, with dramatic recreations. Scary! Episodes by John Carpenter, Michelle Latimer, Jan Pavlacky, Jordan Roberts. The anthology cast: Chloe Zeitounian, Paul A Maynard,...
- 9/18/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Famed director John Carpenter has returned after a thirteen-year absence in the director’s chair. Carpenter has returned to direct an episode of “Suburban Screams.” The new series will be debuting just in time for the Halloween season on October 13th. “Suburban Screams” is a horror anthology series that will stream exclusively on Peacock.
“Suburban Screams” will explore the dark secrets and unspeakable evil that sometimes lurks beneath the surface of the sun-drenched streets, manicured lawns and friendly neighbors of suburbia. Each episode focuses on one true tale of terror, told by the real people who lived through it. In addition to firsthand accounts, the episodes will include cinematic reenactments, personal archives, and historic town press coverage.
Carpenter will direct one episode along with showrunners Jordan Roberts, Michelle Latimer, and Jan Pavlacky. John Carpenter, who is no stranger to composing music, composed the theme song for the show. Don’t...
“Suburban Screams” will explore the dark secrets and unspeakable evil that sometimes lurks beneath the surface of the sun-drenched streets, manicured lawns and friendly neighbors of suburbia. Each episode focuses on one true tale of terror, told by the real people who lived through it. In addition to firsthand accounts, the episodes will include cinematic reenactments, personal archives, and historic town press coverage.
Carpenter will direct one episode along with showrunners Jordan Roberts, Michelle Latimer, and Jan Pavlacky. John Carpenter, who is no stranger to composing music, composed the theme song for the show. Don’t...
- 9/16/2023
- by Stephen Nepa
- Age of the Nerd
It's been 13 years since horror master John Carpenter has blessed the world with a new directorial project, but the icon behind movies like "Halloween," "Escape From New York," and "The Thing" is finally returning to our screens this autumn — with a documentary-like TV horror series. "John Carpenter's Suburban Screams" will feature six nerve-shredding true stories retold by those who experienced them, and will couple the testimony with dramatic (and decidedly scary-looking) visual retellings of the story. The show is also set to include archival footage and news clips.
Carpenter is only set to direct one of the six episodes of "Suburban Screams," but he's involved in the project in other ways, lending his considerable talents as a composer to its soundtrack and executive producing the Peacock project. The show sounds like it will meet at the intersection of reality and horror movie sensibilities, which could be the perfect recipe for some great scares.
Carpenter is only set to direct one of the six episodes of "Suburban Screams," but he's involved in the project in other ways, lending his considerable talents as a composer to its soundtrack and executive producing the Peacock project. The show sounds like it will meet at the intersection of reality and horror movie sensibilities, which could be the perfect recipe for some great scares.
- 9/16/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Horrormeister John Carpenter is finally back in the director’s chair with Peacock’s John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams. Carpenter created the horror anthology series based on true events, and directs one of the six season one episodes.
The unscripted series dives into tales of evil that took place in American suburbs via reenactments and personal archives. Joining Carpenter as episode directors are Jordan Roberts, Michelle Latimer, and Jan Pavlacky.
Carpenter composed the anthology series’ theme music and served as an executive producer along with Roberts, Sandy King, Tony Disanto, Patrick Smith, and Andy Portnoy. Roberts guides the series as showrunner.
John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams will premiere on Friday, October 13, 2023.
‘John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams’ poster (Photo Credit: Peacock)
Peacock offered this description of the horror anthology:
“John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams is a genre-busting unscripted horror anthology series from the mind of legendary director, writer, and producer, John Carpenter.
The unscripted series dives into tales of evil that took place in American suburbs via reenactments and personal archives. Joining Carpenter as episode directors are Jordan Roberts, Michelle Latimer, and Jan Pavlacky.
Carpenter composed the anthology series’ theme music and served as an executive producer along with Roberts, Sandy King, Tony Disanto, Patrick Smith, and Andy Portnoy. Roberts guides the series as showrunner.
John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams will premiere on Friday, October 13, 2023.
‘John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams’ poster (Photo Credit: Peacock)
Peacock offered this description of the horror anthology:
“John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams is a genre-busting unscripted horror anthology series from the mind of legendary director, writer, and producer, John Carpenter.
- 9/15/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
John Carpenter, the mastermind behind classic horror films such as Halloween, The Fog and The Thing, is returning to the director’s chair for the first time in 13 years in John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams. Watch the trailer below.
The six-episode unscripted horror anthology series, which premieres Friday, October 13, on Peacock, is an exploration of true tales of terror that took place in seemingly perfect American hometowns. Carpenter will direct an episode of the series, which he also produces, and composed the theme music. The series is Carpenter’s first major project that he is directing since 2010’s The Ward.
Per the logline, the series explores the dark secrets and unspeakable evil that sometimes lurks beneath the surface of the sun-drenched streets, manicured lawns and friendly neighbors of suburbia.
Each episode focuses on one true tale of terror, told by the real people who lived through it. In addition to firsthand accounts,...
The six-episode unscripted horror anthology series, which premieres Friday, October 13, on Peacock, is an exploration of true tales of terror that took place in seemingly perfect American hometowns. Carpenter will direct an episode of the series, which he also produces, and composed the theme music. The series is Carpenter’s first major project that he is directing since 2010’s The Ward.
Per the logline, the series explores the dark secrets and unspeakable evil that sometimes lurks beneath the surface of the sun-drenched streets, manicured lawns and friendly neighbors of suburbia.
Each episode focuses on one true tale of terror, told by the real people who lived through it. In addition to firsthand accounts,...
- 9/15/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams,” a docuseries about horrific real-life tales of terror that happened in the seemingly perfect American suburbs, will premiere with all six episodes Oct. 13 on Peacock, the streamer announced Thursday.
Per the press release, “Each episode will delve into the monstrous evil that lurks beneath the surface of friendly suburbia through the lens of one frightful tale. In addition to firsthand accounts, the episodes will include cinematic reenactments, personal archives, and historic town press coverage.”
In the first trailer for the series, we get insight from police, survivors and witnesses about bizarre cases, including the hair-raising line: “In one night, police fielded more than 50 calls about a man in a rabbit suit with a hatchet.”
That episode was inspired by the 1970 reports of “The Bunny Man” in Clifton, Virginia. Often regarded as an urban legend, he was reported to brandish different types of weapons in various sightings.
Per the press release, “Each episode will delve into the monstrous evil that lurks beneath the surface of friendly suburbia through the lens of one frightful tale. In addition to firsthand accounts, the episodes will include cinematic reenactments, personal archives, and historic town press coverage.”
In the first trailer for the series, we get insight from police, survivors and witnesses about bizarre cases, including the hair-raising line: “In one night, police fielded more than 50 calls about a man in a rabbit suit with a hatchet.”
That episode was inspired by the 1970 reports of “The Bunny Man” in Clifton, Virginia. Often regarded as an urban legend, he was reported to brandish different types of weapons in various sightings.
- 9/14/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Just when you thought October’s Friday the 13th dance card reached max capacity with Halloween offerings, horror master John Carpenter ensures there’s always room for more with upcoming Peacock series “John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams.”
The unscripted series premieres October 13 on Peacock and stems from the mind of legendary horror director, writer, and producer, John Carpenter.
The series is described as “a genre-busting unscripted horror anthology series from the mind of legendary director, writer, and producer, John Carpenter. The series explores the dark secrets and unspeakable evil that sometimes lurks beneath the surface of the sun-drenched streets, manicured lawns and friendly neighbors of suburbia. Each episode focuses on one true tale of terror, told by the real people who lived through it. Their firsthand accounts are brought to life through premium cinematic scene-work, news clips, home photos, and archival footage, combining the visual language of horror films with...
The unscripted series premieres October 13 on Peacock and stems from the mind of legendary horror director, writer, and producer, John Carpenter.
The series is described as “a genre-busting unscripted horror anthology series from the mind of legendary director, writer, and producer, John Carpenter. The series explores the dark secrets and unspeakable evil that sometimes lurks beneath the surface of the sun-drenched streets, manicured lawns and friendly neighbors of suburbia. Each episode focuses on one true tale of terror, told by the real people who lived through it. Their firsthand accounts are brought to life through premium cinematic scene-work, news clips, home photos, and archival footage, combining the visual language of horror films with...
- 9/14/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
It was just a few months ago that John Carpenter proudly proclaimed a return to the director’s chair. In his case a couch: a new series entitled John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams was shot in Prague while the man worked from home, which he summarily described as “awesome.” While it wasn’t certain what, exactly, he was talking about, today we have a trailer for the project: a six-episode Peacock series for which he helmed an episode, composed the theme, and produced..
Though brief, the preview gives a sense of Suburban Screams‘ unusual approach: a true-crime series with every episode centered “on one true tale of terror, told by the real people who lived through it. Their firsthand accounts are brought to life through premium cinematic scene-work, news clips, home photos, and archival footage.” Contained therein is also traces of Carpenter’s new theme, and, boy, does it sound like him.
Though brief, the preview gives a sense of Suburban Screams‘ unusual approach: a true-crime series with every episode centered “on one true tale of terror, told by the real people who lived through it. Their firsthand accounts are brought to life through premium cinematic scene-work, news clips, home photos, and archival footage.” Contained therein is also traces of Carpenter’s new theme, and, boy, does it sound like him.
- 9/14/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
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The CBC/Radio Canada, Canada’s public broadcaster, has had its federal broadcast license renewed to 2027, but the strings attached include first-time obligations to support indie TV producers from “equity-seeking” communities.
The Crtc, the country’s TV and telecom watchdog will require that CBC’s English-language services direct at least 30 percent of overall programming expenditures to local indie series produced by “indigenous producers, Olmc (bilingual) producers, racialized producers, producers with disabilities and producers who self-identify as LGBTQ2.”
And for the last year of its upcoming broadcast license term, the CBC will see the minimum expenditure level raised to 35 percent.
“The Crtc is modernizing its approach to ensure that the CBC/Radio-Canada’s programming can adapt to and reflect the evolving preferences of Canadians, including equity-seeking and official-language minority communities and indigenous peoples. We are giving the CBC/Radio-Canada more flexibility while ensuring it...
The CBC/Radio Canada, Canada’s public broadcaster, has had its federal broadcast license renewed to 2027, but the strings attached include first-time obligations to support indie TV producers from “equity-seeking” communities.
The Crtc, the country’s TV and telecom watchdog will require that CBC’s English-language services direct at least 30 percent of overall programming expenditures to local indie series produced by “indigenous producers, Olmc (bilingual) producers, racialized producers, producers with disabilities and producers who self-identify as LGBTQ2.”
And for the last year of its upcoming broadcast license term, the CBC will see the minimum expenditure level raised to 35 percent.
“The Crtc is modernizing its approach to ensure that the CBC/Radio-Canada’s programming can adapt to and reflect the evolving preferences of Canadians, including equity-seeking and official-language minority communities and indigenous peoples. We are giving the CBC/Radio-Canada more flexibility while ensuring it...
- 6/22/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
All eyes will be on the Canadian TV industry over the next month as major players such as public broadcaster CBC, Bell Media, Rogers and Corus unveil their 2021-22 upfront plans. But this year, in the wake of heavy hitters like “Schitt’s Creek” and “Kim’s Convenience” coming to an end, the pressure for networks to find the next global-facing series is palpable.
Upfront season follows one of the most tumultuous years for Canadian television in recent memory. In September, the final season of “Schitt’s Creek” made history at the Emmys by sweeping all major comedy categories, solidifying its place as one of the most successful CBC shows of all time.
Three months later, the public broadcaster was on its knees as allegations that filmmaker Michelle Latimer, the producer and director of one of its most exciting new offerings, “Trickster,” was not of Indigenous descent, as she had claimed. The series,...
Upfront season follows one of the most tumultuous years for Canadian television in recent memory. In September, the final season of “Schitt’s Creek” made history at the Emmys by sweeping all major comedy categories, solidifying its place as one of the most successful CBC shows of all time.
Three months later, the public broadcaster was on its knees as allegations that filmmaker Michelle Latimer, the producer and director of one of its most exciting new offerings, “Trickster,” was not of Indigenous descent, as she had claimed. The series,...
- 5/13/2021
- by Amber Dowling
- Variety Film + TV
Though it wasn’t the top program of Tuesday evening according to Nielsen Live+Same Day fast affiliate numbers (that triumph goes to an original of NBC’s “This Is Us”), The CW’s broadcasts of “Two Sentence Horror Stories” and “Trickster” both scored substantial boosts of 66.67% in the key demo, soaring above the previous week’s episodes.
Last night’s new episode of spooky anthology series from Guam-born creator Vera Miao earned a 0.1 rating in the key, adults 18-49 demographic and drew 0.52 million viewers during its 8 p.m. timeslot. The new episode of the coming-of-age tale about an Indigenous teen earned a 0.1 rating in the key demo, and drew 0.37 million viewers at 9 p.m. “Trickster” was recently embedded in a scandal, as its director and producer Michelle Latimer was found guilty of “indigenous-fishing,” claiming to be of Aboriginal descent when she is not. The aftermath led The CW and...
Last night’s new episode of spooky anthology series from Guam-born creator Vera Miao earned a 0.1 rating in the key, adults 18-49 demographic and drew 0.52 million viewers during its 8 p.m. timeslot. The new episode of the coming-of-age tale about an Indigenous teen earned a 0.1 rating in the key demo, and drew 0.37 million viewers at 9 p.m. “Trickster” was recently embedded in a scandal, as its director and producer Michelle Latimer was found guilty of “indigenous-fishing,” claiming to be of Aboriginal descent when she is not. The aftermath led The CW and...
- 2/10/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
"Trickster", the Canadian produced 'coming-of-age' Indigenous supernatural TV series, adapted from Eden Robinson's 2017 novel "Son of a Trickster" has been canceled by public broadcaster CBC after one season, following allegations against co-creator, episode director Michelle Latimer, who resigned from the show after falsely claiming to be "Indigenous':
"...the series follows 'Jared', an 'Indigenous Haisla' teenager and small-time drug dealer in Kitimat, British Columbia, who becomes increasingly aware of the magical events that seem to follow him..."
Questions surrounding Latimer's Indigenous identity claims came under scrutiny after a National Film Board news release said she was of "Algonquin, Métis and French heritage, from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (Maniwaki), Que.," an Algonquin First Nation in Quebec, north of Ottawa.
Latimer's claimed Indigenous identity played a pivotal role in landing the "Trickster" series.
Latimer said she wrote a personal pitch letter to Robinson telling her the first novel was "medicine" and that the...
"...the series follows 'Jared', an 'Indigenous Haisla' teenager and small-time drug dealer in Kitimat, British Columbia, who becomes increasingly aware of the magical events that seem to follow him..."
Questions surrounding Latimer's Indigenous identity claims came under scrutiny after a National Film Board news release said she was of "Algonquin, Métis and French heritage, from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (Maniwaki), Que.," an Algonquin First Nation in Quebec, north of Ottawa.
Latimer's claimed Indigenous identity played a pivotal role in landing the "Trickster" series.
Latimer said she wrote a personal pitch letter to Robinson telling her the first novel was "medicine" and that the...
- 2/3/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The Canadian broadcaster CBC has pulled the plug on a planned second season of its series “Trickster” after co-creator Michelle Latimer was exposed for falsely claiming Indigenous identity last month.
The series, which is also aired in the U.S. on The CW, is an adaptation of the novel “Son of a Trickster” by the Indigenous author Eden Robinson. Led by Joel Oulette, the series was hailed upon its October 2020 release for featuring Indigenous cast and crew.
“We have had many conversations over the last few weeks with a view to continuing production on a second season of Trickster. Those conversations included producers, writers, actors, and the author of the books on which Trickster is based,” the network said in a statement. “Fully respecting everyone’s perspective, season two will not move forward as planned unfortunately.”
Latimer stepped down from the series late last year after a CBC News report...
The series, which is also aired in the U.S. on The CW, is an adaptation of the novel “Son of a Trickster” by the Indigenous author Eden Robinson. Led by Joel Oulette, the series was hailed upon its October 2020 release for featuring Indigenous cast and crew.
“We have had many conversations over the last few weeks with a view to continuing production on a second season of Trickster. Those conversations included producers, writers, actors, and the author of the books on which Trickster is based,” the network said in a statement. “Fully respecting everyone’s perspective, season two will not move forward as planned unfortunately.”
Latimer stepped down from the series late last year after a CBC News report...
- 1/29/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Trickster is coming to an end earlier than planned.
Canadian broadcaster CBC has officially canceled the series due to the revelation that co-creator and director Michelle Latimer is not indigenous, despite claiming to be.
The series centres on Jared, an Indigenous Haisla teenager and small-time drug dealer in Kitimat, British Columbia, who becomes increasingly aware of the magical events that seem to follow him.
It recently kicked off airing its six-episode first season on The CW, and is planned to finish out its run on February 16 on the network.
“We have had many conversations over the last few weeks with a view to continuing production on a second season of Trickster,” a CBC rep said in a statement.
“Those conversations included producers, writers, actors, and the author of the books on which Trickster is based. Fully respecting everyone’s perspective, season two will not move forward as planned unfortunately.
“CBC...
Canadian broadcaster CBC has officially canceled the series due to the revelation that co-creator and director Michelle Latimer is not indigenous, despite claiming to be.
The series centres on Jared, an Indigenous Haisla teenager and small-time drug dealer in Kitimat, British Columbia, who becomes increasingly aware of the magical events that seem to follow him.
It recently kicked off airing its six-episode first season on The CW, and is planned to finish out its run on February 16 on the network.
“We have had many conversations over the last few weeks with a view to continuing production on a second season of Trickster,” a CBC rep said in a statement.
“Those conversations included producers, writers, actors, and the author of the books on which Trickster is based. Fully respecting everyone’s perspective, season two will not move forward as planned unfortunately.
“CBC...
- 1/29/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
CBC has reversed its Season 2 renewal decision for indigenous supernatural drama series Trickster after co-creator/director Michelle Latimer became embroiled in a controversy over her claimed indigenous ancestry.
In the U.S., the CW acquired the series, which debuted on the network on Jan. 12. Three episodes into its six-episode run, the drama has delivered decent numbers for a lower-cost acquisition. The network will air the rest of the Season 1 episodes; I hear it is unlikely to take over the project as a CW original following its cancelation by CBC.
Based on Eden Robinson’s novel Son of a Trickster, the show stars newcomer Joel Oulette as an Indigenous Haisla teenager and small-time drug dealer in Kitimat, British Columbia, who becomes increasingly aware of the magical events that seem to follow him.
The series was working on scripts for Season 2 when CBC in December aired a bombshell investigation, disputing Latimer’s...
In the U.S., the CW acquired the series, which debuted on the network on Jan. 12. Three episodes into its six-episode run, the drama has delivered decent numbers for a lower-cost acquisition. The network will air the rest of the Season 1 episodes; I hear it is unlikely to take over the project as a CW original following its cancelation by CBC.
Based on Eden Robinson’s novel Son of a Trickster, the show stars newcomer Joel Oulette as an Indigenous Haisla teenager and small-time drug dealer in Kitimat, British Columbia, who becomes increasingly aware of the magical events that seem to follow him.
The series was working on scripts for Season 2 when CBC in December aired a bombshell investigation, disputing Latimer’s...
- 1/29/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Canadian broadcaster CBC has pulled the plug on a planned second season of Trickster in the wake of last month’s revelation that co-creator and director Michelle Latimer is not Indigenous, as she has claimed for the past two decades.
The drama, Season 1 of which is currently airing stateside on The CW (the finale airs Feb. 16), centers on an indigenous teen (Joel Oulette) who begins to see strange, otherworldly things — talking ravens, doppelgängers and skin monsters, to name a few! — as he struggles to keep his family above water.
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The drama, Season 1 of which is currently airing stateside on The CW (the finale airs Feb. 16), centers on an indigenous teen (Joel Oulette) who begins to see strange, otherworldly things — talking ravens, doppelgängers and skin monsters, to name a few! — as he struggles to keep his family above water.
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- 1/29/2021
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
Revelations that Canadian director Michelle Latimer’s self-proclaimed Indigenous roots may be nonexistent — an inconvenient truth that led to her film “Inconvenient Indian” being pulled from Sundance — have become a rallying cry for the global Indigenous film collective that the festival and its institute have been fostering for years.
Throughout this community, which spans North and Latin America across the Arctic to New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific Islands and beyond, the basic tenet has been that Indigenous cinema is “about telling our own stories, compared with the long tradition of colonial history where everybody else has been telling our story,” says Anne Lajla Utsi, managing director of the International Sámi Film Institute in Kautokeino, Norway.
The Sámi are an Indigenous people with a population of about 100,000 spread across Norway, Sweden, Finland and northern Russia; they have a traditional song form called yoik. The group has been making its mark on the film circuit,...
Throughout this community, which spans North and Latin America across the Arctic to New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific Islands and beyond, the basic tenet has been that Indigenous cinema is “about telling our own stories, compared with the long tradition of colonial history where everybody else has been telling our story,” says Anne Lajla Utsi, managing director of the International Sámi Film Institute in Kautokeino, Norway.
The Sámi are an Indigenous people with a population of about 100,000 spread across Norway, Sweden, Finland and northern Russia; they have a traditional song form called yoik. The group has been making its mark on the film circuit,...
- 1/28/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
On Tuesday, January 12, The CW is premiering what, by rights, probably should be one of the most talked-about new shows of the season. And yet, from what I can tell, absolutely nobody is talking about Trickster.
And the odd thing is that The CW is probably Ok with that — not the typical state of affairs for an import that arrives fresh off big ratings and very positive reviews from Canada.
The key problem, if you haven’t been paying attention, is that Trickster was co-created and directed by Michelle Latimer, who claimed Indigenous Canadian heritage for much of her life ...
And the odd thing is that The CW is probably Ok with that — not the typical state of affairs for an import that arrives fresh off big ratings and very positive reviews from Canada.
The key problem, if you haven’t been paying attention, is that Trickster was co-created and directed by Michelle Latimer, who claimed Indigenous Canadian heritage for much of her life ...
- 1/12/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
On Tuesday, January 12, The CW is premiering what, by rights, probably should be one of the most talked-about new shows of the season. And yet, from what I can tell, absolutely nobody is talking about Trickster.
And the odd thing is that The CW is probably Ok with that — not the typical state of affairs for an import that arrives fresh off big ratings and very positive reviews from Canada.
The key problem, if you haven’t been paying attention, is that Trickster was co-created and directed by Michelle Latimer, who claimed Indigenous Canadian heritage for much of her life ...
And the odd thing is that The CW is probably Ok with that — not the typical state of affairs for an import that arrives fresh off big ratings and very positive reviews from Canada.
The key problem, if you haven’t been paying attention, is that Trickster was co-created and directed by Michelle Latimer, who claimed Indigenous Canadian heritage for much of her life ...
- 1/12/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Canadian film and television industry has been rocked following allegations that prominent filmmaker and “Inconvenient Indian” director Michelle Latimer is not Indigenous, as she has claimed to be for the past 20 years.
The hurt and anger from the Indigenous filmmaking community that followed on social media has been palpable, drawing further attention to the need for systemic change as awards bodies and the funding arms Latimer has benefited from begin conversations about where to go next.
In an investigative piece published on Dec. 17, CBC News revealed Kitigan Zibi members refute Latimer’s claims to be of “Algonquin, Métis and French heritage, from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (Maniwaki), Quebec.” The news outlet also examined census records showing that Latimer’s grandfather was not Indigenous or Métis as she previously claimed, but French-Canadian. And a genealogist and researcher with an expertise in French-Canadian families independently examined Latimer’s heritage to reveal she...
The hurt and anger from the Indigenous filmmaking community that followed on social media has been palpable, drawing further attention to the need for systemic change as awards bodies and the funding arms Latimer has benefited from begin conversations about where to go next.
In an investigative piece published on Dec. 17, CBC News revealed Kitigan Zibi members refute Latimer’s claims to be of “Algonquin, Métis and French heritage, from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (Maniwaki), Quebec.” The news outlet also examined census records showing that Latimer’s grandfather was not Indigenous or Métis as she previously claimed, but French-Canadian. And a genealogist and researcher with an expertise in French-Canadian families independently examined Latimer’s heritage to reveal she...
- 12/23/2020
- by Amber Dowling
- Variety Film + TV
The National Film Board of Canada announced Tuesday that it will withdraw Michelle Latimer’s documentary Inconvenient Indian from “active distribution.”
“The film will be withdrawn from all upcoming festivals, including the 2021 Sundance Film Festival,” the NFB said in a statement.
Aiding the Board in its decision to pull the doc were Indigenous participants who appear in the film, the NFB's Indigenous Advisory Group and industry partners. The doc’s withdrawal comes nearly a week after Latimer’s claims about her Indigenous identity came under fire.
While promoting her film, which is an adaptation of Thomas King’s non-fiction book of the same name, the Thunder Bay native stated that she claims family roots in Canada’s Quebec Algonquin community.
Members of the Kitigan Zibi nation questioned the legitimacy of the filmmaker’s claims. As a result, Latimer apologized with a statement.
“I now realize that I made a...
“The film will be withdrawn from all upcoming festivals, including the 2021 Sundance Film Festival,” the NFB said in a statement.
Aiding the Board in its decision to pull the doc were Indigenous participants who appear in the film, the NFB's Indigenous Advisory Group and industry partners. The doc’s withdrawal comes nearly a week after Latimer’s claims about her Indigenous identity came under fire.
While promoting her film, which is an adaptation of Thomas King’s non-fiction book of the same name, the Thunder Bay native stated that she claims family roots in Canada’s Quebec Algonquin community.
Members of the Kitigan Zibi nation questioned the legitimacy of the filmmaker’s claims. As a result, Latimer apologized with a statement.
“I now realize that I made a...
- 12/22/2020
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Michelle Latimer’s documentary Inconvenient Indian has been withdrawn from the Sundance Film Festival after the Canadian director came under scrutiny for claiming Indigenous family roots in a Quebec Algonquin community while promoting her film ahead of its Toronto Film Festival world premiere last summer.
“After engaging with the Indigenous participants who appear onscreen, the Nfb’s Indigenous advisory group, and industry partners, the Nfb, 90th Parallel Productions and producer Jesse Wente have decided to withdraw Inconvenient Indian from active distribution,” the National Film Board of Canada said in a statement Tuesday. Canada’s public film producer said the film would ...
“After engaging with the Indigenous participants who appear onscreen, the Nfb’s Indigenous advisory group, and industry partners, the Nfb, 90th Parallel Productions and producer Jesse Wente have decided to withdraw Inconvenient Indian from active distribution,” the National Film Board of Canada said in a statement Tuesday. Canada’s public film producer said the film would ...
- 12/22/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Michelle Latimer’s documentary Inconvenient Indian has been withdrawn from the Sundance Film Festival after the Canadian director came under scrutiny for claiming Indigenous family roots in a Quebec Algonquin community while promoting her film ahead of its Toronto Film Festival world premiere last summer.
“After engaging with the Indigenous participants who appear onscreen, the Nfb’s Indigenous advisory group, and industry partners, the Nfb, 90th Parallel Productions and producer Jesse Wente have decided to withdraw Inconvenient Indian from active distribution,” the National Film Board of Canada said in a statement Tuesday. Canada’s public film producer said the film would ...
“After engaging with the Indigenous participants who appear onscreen, the Nfb’s Indigenous advisory group, and industry partners, the Nfb, 90th Parallel Productions and producer Jesse Wente have decided to withdraw Inconvenient Indian from active distribution,” the National Film Board of Canada said in a statement Tuesday. Canada’s public film producer said the film would ...
- 12/22/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Top Canadian film director Michelle Latimer has apologized after coming under scrutiny for claiming Indigenous family roots in a Quebec Algonquin community when promoting her documentary Inconvenient Indian ahead of its recent world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.
The feature, an adaptation of Thomas King’s book Inconvenient Indian, in which the American-born Canadian writer meditates on what it means to be “Indian” in North America, will next have a U.S. bow at the Sundance Film Festival next month.
Latimer, who describes herself as a Metis/Algonquin filmmaker, in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter said she had responsibility as ...
The feature, an adaptation of Thomas King’s book Inconvenient Indian, in which the American-born Canadian writer meditates on what it means to be “Indian” in North America, will next have a U.S. bow at the Sundance Film Festival next month.
Latimer, who describes herself as a Metis/Algonquin filmmaker, in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter said she had responsibility as ...
- 12/18/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Top Canadian film director Michelle Latimer has apologized after coming under scrutiny for claiming Indigenous family roots in a Quebec Algonquin community when promoting her documentary Inconvenient Indian ahead of its recent world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.
The feature, an adaptation of Thomas King’s book Inconvenient Indian, in which the American-born Canadian writer meditates on what it means to be “Indian” in North America, will next have a U.S. bow at the Sundance Film Festival next month.
Latimer, who describes herself as a Metis/Algonquin filmmaker, in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter said she had responsibility as ...
The feature, an adaptation of Thomas King’s book Inconvenient Indian, in which the American-born Canadian writer meditates on what it means to be “Indian” in North America, will next have a U.S. bow at the Sundance Film Festival next month.
Latimer, who describes herself as a Metis/Algonquin filmmaker, in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter said she had responsibility as ...
- 12/18/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Funny Boy, Posessor, Inconvenient Indian also make cut.
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced its list of top 10 Canadian films for 2020, with Beans, The Nest, and Nadia, Butterfly among the selection.
The list includes Canada’s international feature film submission Funny Boy from Deepa Mehta and is compiled by the TIFF programming team comprising artistic director and TIFF co-head Cameron Bailey, senior director, film, Diana Sanchez, and TIFF programmer Steve Gravestock.
In order to qualify, selections must have screened at a Canadian or international film festival.
The list appears below, followed by TIFF’s top 10 Canadian shorts of the year,...
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced its list of top 10 Canadian films for 2020, with Beans, The Nest, and Nadia, Butterfly among the selection.
The list includes Canada’s international feature film submission Funny Boy from Deepa Mehta and is compiled by the TIFF programming team comprising artistic director and TIFF co-head Cameron Bailey, senior director, film, Diana Sanchez, and TIFF programmer Steve Gravestock.
In order to qualify, selections must have screened at a Canadian or international film festival.
The list appears below, followed by TIFF’s top 10 Canadian shorts of the year,...
- 12/9/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The CW's delayed 2020-21 schedule will officially get underway in January 2021.
Months after announcing that most of its returning series would be postponed due to Covid-19, the network has set a string of premiere dates.
The new season kicks off right after the New Year as new episodes of Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8:00-8:30pm and 8:30-9:00pm Et/Pt) and Penn & Teller: Fool US (9:00-10:00pm Et/Pt) move to Friday nights starting January 8, 2021.
The network will follow that up on Sunday, January 10, 2021 with the debut of the inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards (8:00pm-10pm Et/Pt) celebrating excellence in Superhero/Comic Book/Video Game, Science Fiction-Fantasy, Horror, Actio,n and Animation genres of Film and Television/Streaming.
Tuesday, January 12 marks the return of fan favorite horror anthology series Two Sentence Horror Stories for its second season with back to back...
Months after announcing that most of its returning series would be postponed due to Covid-19, the network has set a string of premiere dates.
The new season kicks off right after the New Year as new episodes of Whose Line Is It Anyway? (8:00-8:30pm and 8:30-9:00pm Et/Pt) and Penn & Teller: Fool US (9:00-10:00pm Et/Pt) move to Friday nights starting January 8, 2021.
The network will follow that up on Sunday, January 10, 2021 with the debut of the inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards (8:00pm-10pm Et/Pt) celebrating excellence in Superhero/Comic Book/Video Game, Science Fiction-Fantasy, Horror, Actio,n and Animation genres of Film and Television/Streaming.
Tuesday, January 12 marks the return of fan favorite horror anthology series Two Sentence Horror Stories for its second season with back to back...
- 10/29/2020
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
In 2012 Thomas King published The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, a compendium of his writings about what it means to be Native, and the types of stories both ascribed to, and told by, the various individuals broadly contained within the aboriginal rubric. Michelle Latimer’s documentary, simply titled Inconvenient […]
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- 9/25/2020
- by Jason Gorber
- Slash Film
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSAbove: aKasha.We've been alerted by the programming team at the Toronto International Film Festival that Sudanese filmmaker Hajooj Kuka (aKasha), along with five other artists, has been sentenced to two months in prison.Speaking of TIFF, Chloé Zhao's Nomadland won the disrupted festival's People's Choice Award. Other notable winners this year include Michelle Latimer's Inconvenient Indian, Chaitanya Tamhane's The Disciple, and Dea Kulumbegashvili's Beginning.The great French actor Michael Lonsdale has died at the age of 89. Lonsdale's career range was incredible, including Jacques Rivette's epic Out 1, the James Bond film Moonraker, Marguerite Duras's India Song, and Spielberg's Munich. His physically towering presence was one of the great connective tissues across international cinema.Recommended VIEWINGSpike Lee has been having a big year, first with Da 5 Bloods...
- 9/23/2020
- MUBI
“You have to be careful of the stories you tell, and you have to watch out for the stories you are told,” goes the meditative opening voiceover of “Inconvenient Indian,” an evocative and visually ripe love poem to Canadian Indigenous culture. Our guide is writer and Native rights activist Thomas King, whose 2012 book “The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America” has been given an absorbing screen treatment by Indigenous Canadian filmmaker Michelle Latimer. As King offers: “History is a story we tell about the past,” and Latimer understands filmmaking is a powerful storytelling tool. Unearthing contemporary Indigenous culture with a tender reverence, “Inconvenient Indian”
Shepherding the film as a sage narrator, King sits comfortably in the backseat of a vintage taxi cab, gazing knowingly at stolen land now known as Toronto. His chauffeur wears a coyote headdress, and occasionally gives the camera cunning glances. The...
Shepherding the film as a sage narrator, King sits comfortably in the backseat of a vintage taxi cab, gazing knowingly at stolen land now known as Toronto. His chauffeur wears a coyote headdress, and occasionally gives the camera cunning glances. The...
- 9/21/2020
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Oscar bellwether bodes well for Golden Lion winner
Searchlight Pictures’ Nomadland starring Frances McDormand has won the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) People’s Choice audience award.
The award is usually a strong indication of at least an Oscar nomination – all winners have done so in the last 10 years, while Green Book and Slumdog MIllionaire won the ultimate prize – and Chloé Zhao’s Venice Golden Lion winner about itinerant life on the fringes has earned plaudits from critics.
Nomadland screened at TIFF and Venice, plays New York Film Festival, and was also an official selection of the cancelled Telluride Film Festival.
Searchlight Pictures’ Nomadland starring Frances McDormand has won the Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) People’s Choice audience award.
The award is usually a strong indication of at least an Oscar nomination – all winners have done so in the last 10 years, while Green Book and Slumdog MIllionaire won the ultimate prize – and Chloé Zhao’s Venice Golden Lion winner about itinerant life on the fringes has earned plaudits from critics.
Nomadland screened at TIFF and Venice, plays New York Film Festival, and was also an official selection of the cancelled Telluride Film Festival.
- 9/20/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
by Nathaniel R
This year's TIFF has wrapped. Normally we cover it extensively, as you know, but they cut out a big swath of press this year including us... *cries*. Hopefully we'll return next year and if not we'll have to find a new favourite festival to obsess over. Herewith the winners and some Oscar stats, and if we've already discussed the movies, there's a link...
Audience Prizes
People's Choice: Nomadland dir. Chloé Zhao.
(First runner up: One Night in Miami... dir. Regina King; Second runner up: Beans dir. Tracey Deer.)
People's Choice, Documentary: Inconvenient Indian dir. Michelle Latimer.
People’s Choice, Midnight Madness: Shadow in the Cloud dir. Roseanne Liang.
That's right All of the audience prizes this year went to female filmmakers! Even the runners up were directed by women. The People's Choice Award is major bragging rights since it often signals kind Oscar fates down the road.
This year's TIFF has wrapped. Normally we cover it extensively, as you know, but they cut out a big swath of press this year including us... *cries*. Hopefully we'll return next year and if not we'll have to find a new favourite festival to obsess over. Herewith the winners and some Oscar stats, and if we've already discussed the movies, there's a link...
Audience Prizes
People's Choice: Nomadland dir. Chloé Zhao.
(First runner up: One Night in Miami... dir. Regina King; Second runner up: Beans dir. Tracey Deer.)
People's Choice, Documentary: Inconvenient Indian dir. Michelle Latimer.
People’s Choice, Midnight Madness: Shadow in the Cloud dir. Roseanne Liang.
That's right All of the audience prizes this year went to female filmmakers! Even the runners up were directed by women. The People's Choice Award is major bragging rights since it often signals kind Oscar fates down the road.
- 9/20/2020
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland,” a low-key drama starring Frances McDormand as a woman who loses her house and travels around the Western United States in a van, has won the People’s Choice Award at the 2020 Toronto International film Festival, TIFF organizers announced on Sunday.
The first runner-up for the award was “One Night in Miami,” the first feature to be directed by actress Regina King. The second runner-up was “Beans,” a coming-of-age story from indigenous Canadian director Tracey Deer.
The People’s Choice Award in the documentary section went to Michelle Latimer’s “Inconvenient Indian,” while the Midnight Madness winner was Roseanne Liang’s “Shadow in the Cloud.”
Over the last eight years in a row, and nine of the last 10 years and 12 of the last 13, the TIFF People’s Choice winner has gone on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. In that stretch, it...
The first runner-up for the award was “One Night in Miami,” the first feature to be directed by actress Regina King. The second runner-up was “Beans,” a coming-of-age story from indigenous Canadian director Tracey Deer.
The People’s Choice Award in the documentary section went to Michelle Latimer’s “Inconvenient Indian,” while the Midnight Madness winner was Roseanne Liang’s “Shadow in the Cloud.”
Over the last eight years in a row, and nine of the last 10 years and 12 of the last 13, the TIFF People’s Choice winner has gone on to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. In that stretch, it...
- 9/20/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Chloé Zhao’s beloved road odyssey “Nomadland” took home the coveted Toronto International Film Festival 2020 People’s Choice Award on Sunday, often a precursor to an eventual Best Picture Academy Award nomination. Last year’s People’s Choice Award went to Taika Waititi’s “Jojo Rabbit,” which sealed the deal at the 2020 Oscars with a Best Adapted Screenplay win, along with a Best Picture nomination. Over the last eight years, every top TIFF winner has gone on to be nominated for Best Picture. “Nomadland” also won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival — making it the first film in history to win both festival prizes. Searchlight will release the movie on December 4.
All this year’s winners were directed by women. The first runner up was “One Night in Miami,” directed by Regina King. The second runner up was “Beans,” directed by Tracey Deer. The TIFF 2020 People’s Choice...
All this year’s winners were directed by women. The first runner up was “One Night in Miami,” directed by Regina King. The second runner up was “Beans,” directed by Tracey Deer. The TIFF 2020 People’s Choice...
- 9/20/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
In today’s Global Bulletin, Sky reports its latest Diamond diversity data, Abacus Media sells “Trickster” abroad, Channel 4 commissions a new home remodeling format and Pier 21 announces two executive appointments.
Diversity
Sky in the U.K. has released its latest Diamond diversity data, reporting progress towards diversity targets for original U.K. productions. The Diamond system was created by the TV industry’s Creative Diversity Network (Cdn) to allow broadcasters to collect and use data to track representation across a wide range of characteristics.
Updated numbers show that 25% of Sky’s on-screen talent now comes from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (Bame) backgrounds, surpassing the broadcaster’s initial 20% target. Sky has also reported improved minority representation in senior production roles, reaching 10% for the first time ever. Among writing positions, Bame representation in drama and comedy reached 17%, 9 points up from Sky’s full-year report shared earlier this summer.
Results come...
Diversity
Sky in the U.K. has released its latest Diamond diversity data, reporting progress towards diversity targets for original U.K. productions. The Diamond system was created by the TV industry’s Creative Diversity Network (Cdn) to allow broadcasters to collect and use data to track representation across a wide range of characteristics.
Updated numbers show that 25% of Sky’s on-screen talent now comes from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (Bame) backgrounds, surpassing the broadcaster’s initial 20% target. Sky has also reported improved minority representation in senior production roles, reaching 10% for the first time ever. Among writing positions, Bame representation in drama and comedy reached 17%, 9 points up from Sky’s full-year report shared earlier this summer.
Results come...
- 9/16/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Canadian director Michelle Latimer says she was intimidated when first adapting as a documentary Thomas King’s book Inconvenient Indian, in which the America-born Canadian writer meditates on what it means to be “Indian” in North America.
“I don’t consider myself a historian, or an academic,” Latimer, a Metis/Algonquin filmmaker, tells The Hollywood Reporter ahead of her film’s world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Saturday.
So she adopted King’s circular style of literary storytelling – where animals are used to tell cryptic tales, and the past is the route to the future – to chronicle ...
“I don’t consider myself a historian, or an academic,” Latimer, a Metis/Algonquin filmmaker, tells The Hollywood Reporter ahead of her film’s world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Saturday.
So she adopted King’s circular style of literary storytelling – where animals are used to tell cryptic tales, and the past is the route to the future – to chronicle ...
- 9/11/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Canadian director Michelle Latimer says she was intimidated when first adapting as a documentary Thomas King’s book Inconvenient Indian, in which the America-born Canadian writer meditates on what it means to be “Indian” in North America.
“I don’t consider myself a historian, or an academic,” Latimer, a Metis/Algonquin filmmaker, tells The Hollywood Reporter ahead of her film’s world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Saturday.
So she adopted King’s circular style of literary storytelling – where animals are used to tell cryptic tales, and the past is the route to the future – to chronicle ...
“I don’t consider myself a historian, or an academic,” Latimer, a Metis/Algonquin filmmaker, tells The Hollywood Reporter ahead of her film’s world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Saturday.
So she adopted King’s circular style of literary storytelling – where animals are used to tell cryptic tales, and the past is the route to the future – to chronicle ...
- 9/11/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
TIFF Review: Inconvenient Indian Explores the Modern Cultural Colonization of Indigenous Populations
As author Thomas King states near the end of Michelle Latimer’s feature-length documentary inspired by his novel of the same name, Inconvenient Indian: “The problem has never been ignorance, but arrogance.” White, Christian colonialists can only say that their ancestors didn’t know any better so often before the words prove meaningless. Whether or not their actions towards the indigenous populations of North America were malicious in intent becomes inconsequential once the case for the pain and suffering wrought is made. The moment they saw the result of their bid for assimilation should have been the moment they stopped, apologized, and moved on. That they didn’t only proves how those actions were even worse than malicious. They might have instead been committed with an unrepentant indifference towards the cost.
Utilizing the old folk tale of a vain coyote (European settlers) and the ducks whose feathers he prized (Native Americans) as analogy,...
Utilizing the old folk tale of a vain coyote (European settlers) and the ducks whose feathers he prized (Native Americans) as analogy,...
- 9/11/2020
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
A few weeks before TIFF 2020, actor-turned-helmer Michelle Latimer is missing the cooler climes of Thunder Bay, on Lake Superior, where she grew up.
But the hottest ticket in Toronto can’t skip town before her rare premiere double-header.
In 2008, Latimer, who is of Algonquin, Metis and French heritage, left a busy acting career and has (mostly) worked behind the camera directing docs and series, notably, Viceland’s eight-parter “Rise,” about Indigenous-led resistance movements, which included an extended episode about the Standing Rock occupation protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline. In January 2020, Latimer was the inaugural artist-in-residence at the Sundance Institute Screenwriting Labs. She’s currently developing a dramatic feature based on the true story of Canada’s only female dangerous offender, in collaboration with Sienna Films.
This week, Latimer is one of a handful of directors attending their physically distanced in-cinema premieres. Hers include feature doc “Inconvenient Indian” (National Film Board...
But the hottest ticket in Toronto can’t skip town before her rare premiere double-header.
In 2008, Latimer, who is of Algonquin, Metis and French heritage, left a busy acting career and has (mostly) worked behind the camera directing docs and series, notably, Viceland’s eight-parter “Rise,” about Indigenous-led resistance movements, which included an extended episode about the Standing Rock occupation protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline. In January 2020, Latimer was the inaugural artist-in-residence at the Sundance Institute Screenwriting Labs. She’s currently developing a dramatic feature based on the true story of Canada’s only female dangerous offender, in collaboration with Sienna Films.
This week, Latimer is one of a handful of directors attending their physically distanced in-cinema premieres. Hers include feature doc “Inconvenient Indian” (National Film Board...
- 9/11/2020
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
In this “is the cinema half-empty or half-full?” world, Canadian producers are focusing on the perks of a leaner, hybrid Toronto fest, rather than empty seats.
“There is so much happening in the world on social and political levels, I am curious how that influences the consciousness of the marketplace,” says Toronto vet Charles Officer, director and co-producer of gang drama “Akilla’s Escape,” starring poet-actor Saul Williams.
“Screening in a smaller pool of titles allows for more visibility,” says Officer. “It’s important the cast of talented Black actors receive exposure at a festival like Toronto, and it’s rare that Black filmmakers in Canada make features — we can’t afford to be passive about opportunities to participate.” XYZ Films is selling the film.
WaZabi Films’ “Beans,” Tracey Deer’s coming-of-ager set during the 1990 standoff between Mohawk communities and government forces in Oka, Quebec, is “relevant to the times we are living in,...
“There is so much happening in the world on social and political levels, I am curious how that influences the consciousness of the marketplace,” says Toronto vet Charles Officer, director and co-producer of gang drama “Akilla’s Escape,” starring poet-actor Saul Williams.
“Screening in a smaller pool of titles allows for more visibility,” says Officer. “It’s important the cast of talented Black actors receive exposure at a festival like Toronto, and it’s rare that Black filmmakers in Canada make features — we can’t afford to be passive about opportunities to participate.” XYZ Films is selling the film.
WaZabi Films’ “Beans,” Tracey Deer’s coming-of-ager set during the 1990 standoff between Mohawk communities and government forces in Oka, Quebec, is “relevant to the times we are living in,...
- 9/9/2020
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
Festival line-up features 43% films directed, co-directed, or created by women.
Beans director Tracey Deer will receive the TIFF Emerging Talent Award during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) next month.
Deer joins the previously announced roster of honourees ahead of the 2020 TIFF Tribute Awards on September 15.
The award, presented by L’Oréal Paris and supported by MGM, champions a woman who is “an emerging talent making groundbreaking strides in the industry” and is presented in the spirit of Toronto native, trailblazer and United Artists co-founder Mary Pickford.
This year’s TIFF Line-up features 43% films directed, co-directed, or created by women, and 49% of films directed,...
Beans director Tracey Deer will receive the TIFF Emerging Talent Award during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) next month.
Deer joins the previously announced roster of honourees ahead of the 2020 TIFF Tribute Awards on September 15.
The award, presented by L’Oréal Paris and supported by MGM, champions a woman who is “an emerging talent making groundbreaking strides in the industry” and is presented in the spirit of Toronto native, trailblazer and United Artists co-founder Mary Pickford.
This year’s TIFF Line-up features 43% films directed, co-directed, or created by women, and 49% of films directed,...
- 8/24/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Festival line-up features 43% films directed, co-directed, or created by women.
Beans director Tracey Deer will receive the TIFF Emerging Talent Award during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) next month.
Deer joins the previously announced roster of honourees ahead of the 2020 TIFF Tribute Awards on September 15.
The award, presented by L’Oréal Paris and supported by MGM, champions a woman who is “an emerging talent making groundbreaking strides in the industry” and is presented in the spirit of Toronto native, trailblazer and United Artists co-founder Mary Pickford.
This year’s TIFF Line-up features 43% films directed, co-directed, or created by women, and 49% of films directed,...
Beans director Tracey Deer will receive the TIFF Emerging Talent Award during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) next month.
Deer joins the previously announced roster of honourees ahead of the 2020 TIFF Tribute Awards on September 15.
The award, presented by L’Oréal Paris and supported by MGM, champions a woman who is “an emerging talent making groundbreaking strides in the industry” and is presented in the spirit of Toronto native, trailblazer and United Artists co-founder Mary Pickford.
This year’s TIFF Line-up features 43% films directed, co-directed, or created by women, and 49% of films directed,...
- 8/24/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
The 45th edition of the Toronto Film Festival is still very much a go, although made up of a reduced programme. After announcing that Spike Lee’s filmed version of the Broadway-acclaimed David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ will open the festival the full line-up has now been released.
Taking place between September 10 – 19, the festival will see the first 5 days made up of physical screenings. The program will also be made up of drive-ins, digital screenings, virtual red carpets, press conferences, industry talks.
The highlights of this year’s festival will include ‘God’s Own Country’ helmer Francis Lee’s ‘Ammonite,’Chloe Zhao’s ‘Nomadland,’ Florian Zeller’s ‘The Father’ and Werner Herzog’s doco “Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds as well as films directed by Regina King, Viggo Mortensen and Halle Berry.
Also in news – Netflix release first look images from Ryan Murphy’s ‘Ratched’
See the full line-up below;
“180 Degree...
Taking place between September 10 – 19, the festival will see the first 5 days made up of physical screenings. The program will also be made up of drive-ins, digital screenings, virtual red carpets, press conferences, industry talks.
The highlights of this year’s festival will include ‘God’s Own Country’ helmer Francis Lee’s ‘Ammonite,’Chloe Zhao’s ‘Nomadland,’ Florian Zeller’s ‘The Father’ and Werner Herzog’s doco “Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds as well as films directed by Regina King, Viggo Mortensen and Halle Berry.
Also in news – Netflix release first look images from Ryan Murphy’s ‘Ratched’
See the full line-up below;
“180 Degree...
- 7/31/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Naomi Watts in ‘Penguin Bloom’ (Photo credit: Hugh Stewart.)
Glendyn Ivin’s Penguin Bloom, the adaptation of Bradley Trevor Greive and Cameron Bloom’s novel starring Naomi Watts, The Walking Dead’s Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The drama produced by Emma Cooper, Watts and Made Up Stories’ Bruna Papandrea, Jodi Matterson and Steve Hutensky is among 50 features in the line-up.
The festival’s 45th edition will run from September 10–19, a combination of physical, socially-distanced screenings, drive-ins, digital screenings, virtual red carpets, press conferences and industry talks.
Penguin Bloom’s selection is another welcome boost for Australian cinema after the news that Roderick MacKay’s The Furnace will have its world premiere in the Horizons section of the Venice International Film Festival.
Scripted by Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps, the film follows Watts as Sam Bloom, a young Sydney...
Glendyn Ivin’s Penguin Bloom, the adaptation of Bradley Trevor Greive and Cameron Bloom’s novel starring Naomi Watts, The Walking Dead’s Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The drama produced by Emma Cooper, Watts and Made Up Stories’ Bruna Papandrea, Jodi Matterson and Steve Hutensky is among 50 features in the line-up.
The festival’s 45th edition will run from September 10–19, a combination of physical, socially-distanced screenings, drive-ins, digital screenings, virtual red carpets, press conferences and industry talks.
Penguin Bloom’s selection is another welcome boost for Australian cinema after the news that Roderick MacKay’s The Furnace will have its world premiere in the Horizons section of the Venice International Film Festival.
Scripted by Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps, the film follows Watts as Sam Bloom, a young Sydney...
- 7/30/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Nicolás Pereda's FaunaToronto International Film Festival have unveiled a dramatically reduced selection of films from their upcoming 2020 edition, including new films by Spike Lee, Nicolás Pereda, Naomi Kawase, and Werner Herzog. The festival's tailored lineup of 50 features, plus five programs of to-be-announced shorts, will screen both physically (for the festival's first five days) and virtually (for the festival's full 10 days.) As previously announced, selected films—such as Chloé Zhao's Nomadland—will premiere in a non-competitive alliance with other major fall festivals in Venice, Telluride, and New York.Opening Night FILMDavid Byrne’s American Utopia (Spike Lee)Closing Night Filma Suitable Boy (Mira Nair)Official SELECTION180 Degree Rule (Farnoosh Samadi)76 Days (Hao Wu, Anonymous, Weixi Chen)Ammonite (Francis Lee)Another Round (Thomas Vinterberg)Bandar Band (Manijeh Hekmat)Beans (Tracey Deer)Beginning (Dea Kulumbegashvili)The Best Is Yet To Come (Wang Jing)Bruised (Halle Berry)City Hall (Frederick Wiseman)Concrete Cowboy...
- 7/30/2020
- MUBI
As announced last month, the Toronto International Film Festival will look quite different this year in the era of Covid-19. Featuring a drastically reduced lineup, physical screenings for only the first half of the festivals, and more changes, the festival has now unveiled their complete feature film lineup.
Along with previously announced films like the opener, Spike Lee’s filmed version of David Byrne’s American Utopia, Francis Lee’s Ammonite, and Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, the festival also includes directorial debuts by Halle Berry and Regina King as well as new work by Werner Herzog, Mira Nair, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Frederick Wiseman, and more.
“We began this year planning for a 45th Festival much like our previous editions,” said Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director and Co-Head of TIFF, “but along the way we had to rethink just about everything. This year’s lineup reflects that tumult. The names you already...
Along with previously announced films like the opener, Spike Lee’s filmed version of David Byrne’s American Utopia, Francis Lee’s Ammonite, and Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, the festival also includes directorial debuts by Halle Berry and Regina King as well as new work by Werner Herzog, Mira Nair, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Frederick Wiseman, and more.
“We began this year planning for a 45th Festival much like our previous editions,” said Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director and Co-Head of TIFF, “but along the way we had to rethink just about everything. This year’s lineup reflects that tumult. The names you already...
- 7/30/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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