Peaches no longer lives in Toronto, but that doesn't mean she's not concerned that her beloved city is being run by an alleged crack-smoking mayor.
During a recent visit home for a screening of her quasi-autobiographical transsexual musical "Peaches Does Herself" at the Lgbt Film Festival, she teamed up with electro duo #entertainment to record a send-off for the city's embattled mayor titled "Bored of Rob Ford."
Ford has made international headlines — and fodder for Jon Stewart, Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel — after journalists from Gawker and the Toronto Star reported being shown an iPhone video of him appearing to smoke crack. Rob Ford has responded to the allegations by saying "I don't use crack cocaine nor am I an addict of crack cocaine."
"It couldn't be avoided," Peaches told Huffington Post Canada of how she first heard about Ford's crack video scandal. “It was world news and then I...
During a recent visit home for a screening of her quasi-autobiographical transsexual musical "Peaches Does Herself" at the Lgbt Film Festival, she teamed up with electro duo #entertainment to record a send-off for the city's embattled mayor titled "Bored of Rob Ford."
Ford has made international headlines — and fodder for Jon Stewart, Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel — after journalists from Gawker and the Toronto Star reported being shown an iPhone video of him appearing to smoke crack. Rob Ford has responded to the allegations by saying "I don't use crack cocaine nor am I an addict of crack cocaine."
"It couldn't be avoided," Peaches told Huffington Post Canada of how she first heard about Ford's crack video scandal. “It was world news and then I...
- 6/24/2013
- by HuffPost Canada Music
- Huffington Post
Suck, which premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, stars Rob Stefaniuk, Jessica Paré, Paul Anthony, Mike Lobel, Chris Ratz, Dave Foley, Henry Rollins, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Carole Pope, and Alex Lifeson; and tells the story of:
Joey (Stefaniuk), the ostensible leader of the Winners, a bar band going exactly nowhere. They’re broke and feuding with one another, and the crappy gigs they’ve managed to cobble together and call a tour are being cancelled. Even their lame manager Jeff (Foley) doesn’t want anything to do with them. Things aren’t much better on the home front. Joey’s permanently enraged girlfriend feels neglected and isn’t thrilled that his ex, Jennifer (Paré), is still in the band. But their luck is about to change.
Picked up by a rather scary goth type, Jennifer shows up the next day looking, well, paler than usual. This...
Joey (Stefaniuk), the ostensible leader of the Winners, a bar band going exactly nowhere. They’re broke and feuding with one another, and the crappy gigs they’ve managed to cobble together and call a tour are being cancelled. Even their lame manager Jeff (Foley) doesn’t want anything to do with them. Things aren’t much better on the home front. Joey’s permanently enraged girlfriend feels neglected and isn’t thrilled that his ex, Jennifer (Paré), is still in the band. But their luck is about to change.
Picked up by a rather scary goth type, Jennifer shows up the next day looking, well, paler than usual. This...
- 3/14/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Year: 2009
Director: Rob Stefaniuk
Writer: Rob Stefaniuk
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Marina Antunes
Rating: 8 out of 10
The first time I heard the name Rob Stefaniuk was in conjunction with Phil the Alien, a little Canadian film which was described as “seriously bent.” Anyone familiar with that project may think they know what to expect with Stefaniuk’s directorial follow-up and though they may be prepared for the zaniness, they’re probably not ready for the sheer awesomeness of Suck.
Written, directed and starring Stefaniuk, it’s the story of a band trying to make it in the hard knock music industry. They’re sound isn’t bad but The Winners, led by Joey (Stefaniuk) are playing dives and going no where fast. So fast in fact that they’re manager (Dave Foley thankfully wearing pants for his entire appearance in this film) is asking to be relieved of...
Director: Rob Stefaniuk
Writer: Rob Stefaniuk
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Marina Antunes
Rating: 8 out of 10
The first time I heard the name Rob Stefaniuk was in conjunction with Phil the Alien, a little Canadian film which was described as “seriously bent.” Anyone familiar with that project may think they know what to expect with Stefaniuk’s directorial follow-up and though they may be prepared for the zaniness, they’re probably not ready for the sheer awesomeness of Suck.
Written, directed and starring Stefaniuk, it’s the story of a band trying to make it in the hard knock music industry. They’re sound isn’t bad but The Winners, led by Joey (Stefaniuk) are playing dives and going no where fast. So fast in fact that they’re manager (Dave Foley thankfully wearing pants for his entire appearance in this film) is asking to be relieved of...
- 12/7/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Hnr's Michael Stevens reporting from Toronto: Thanks go out to Martin & Ingrid's Tiff 09 Kick-Off Party, Wednesday, September 9th @ the Gat + M.Link Festival headquarters in downtown Toronto's Yorkville, providing select wines from Bryan J. Robertson's Kingsway Brokerage Ltd., on behalf of Wild Bunch, Elle Driver, Celluloid Dreams, Film&Doc, Capri Films, The Works International & UMedia, supporting the following films screening at this year's Toronto International Film Festival: Contemporary Cinema : Rabia directed by Sebastian Cordero, will screen a world premiere with Cordero in attendance. "...South American immigrants working in Spain, builder José María and housekeeper Rosa have been together for a few weeks and are very much in love. Rosa's bosses, Señor and Señora Torres, leave their home on a trip, and the volatile José María spends a few days at the run-down mansion, fantasizing about what life with Rosa could be. When a violent confrontation with his foreman results in the other man's death,...
- 9/9/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
Oh, Rob, you take a mighty big risk giving your sophomore film a title like Suck. Either you are supremely confident or supremely foolish ... and my money is on confident.
Canada’s Rob Stefaniuk earned himself a small but dedicated cult with his debut scifi comedy - Phil The Alien - a cult which he now looks ready to expand upon with his sophomore film Suck, a vampire comedy slated to have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. And it’s not just any rock and roll comedy, either ... no, this one boasts songs written by Stefaniuk himself, a soundtrack by John Kastner from The Asexuals and The Doughboys - who you probably don’t know but are very, very good nonetheless - and cameo appearances by Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Carol Pope, Henry Rollins and Moby along with the likes of Malcolm McDowell. Stunt casting? Hell,...
Canada’s Rob Stefaniuk earned himself a small but dedicated cult with his debut scifi comedy - Phil The Alien - a cult which he now looks ready to expand upon with his sophomore film Suck, a vampire comedy slated to have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. And it’s not just any rock and roll comedy, either ... no, this one boasts songs written by Stefaniuk himself, a soundtrack by John Kastner from The Asexuals and The Doughboys - who you probably don’t know but are very, very good nonetheless - and cameo appearances by Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Carol Pope, Henry Rollins and Moby along with the likes of Malcolm McDowell. Stunt casting? Hell,...
- 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
We just got in the first pic!
“Chicks dig me,” sneers Beef (Moby), the shaven-headed self-proclaimed “biggest rock star in Buffalo” as he pushes aside Hugo (Chris Ratz), the spindly roadie for down-and-out rock band The Winners. Marching to his doom down a filthy corridor leading to the dimly lit motel room where the cold white embrace of Jennifer (Jessica Paré), The Winners’ incandescently beautiful bass player, awaits him, Beef will find that while chicks may dig him, this one will love him to death.
And even beyond death. As the phrase goes, rock and roll is indeed a vicious game.
This week, filming will wrap on the Toronto set of Capri Films’ Suck, with Fango having enjoyed unprecedented access, totaling 17 days of the 20-day shoot. Writer/director Rob (Phil The Alien) Stefaniuk, who also stars as the band’s frontman Joey, hopes to bypass the curse of “vampire rock...
“Chicks dig me,” sneers Beef (Moby), the shaven-headed self-proclaimed “biggest rock star in Buffalo” as he pushes aside Hugo (Chris Ratz), the spindly roadie for down-and-out rock band The Winners. Marching to his doom down a filthy corridor leading to the dimly lit motel room where the cold white embrace of Jennifer (Jessica Paré), The Winners’ incandescently beautiful bass player, awaits him, Beef will find that while chicks may dig him, this one will love him to death.
And even beyond death. As the phrase goes, rock and roll is indeed a vicious game.
This week, filming will wrap on the Toronto set of Capri Films’ Suck, with Fango having enjoyed unprecedented access, totaling 17 days of the 20-day shoot. Writer/director Rob (Phil The Alien) Stefaniuk, who also stars as the band’s frontman Joey, hopes to bypass the curse of “vampire rock...
- 12/18/2008
- Fangoria
So there's a movie in the works called Suck starring Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, and Moby, amongst a few other real life rockers. Not only that, but it's a vampire satire about a group of rock 'n roll wannabes in search of immortality and a record deal. What the fuck is this Suck?! It's being written and directed by Canadian filmmaker Rob Stefaniuk, of only Phil the Alien previously. That cool looking poster image above comes from Bloody Disgusting, who adds that the film features an Eddie Van Helsing who hunts down vampires. I don't know much about Suck, but I know enough to say that this sounds badass! In addition to the aforementioned Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, and Moby, both Carole Pope and Henry Rollins will also appear alongside of actors Jessica Paré, Malcolm McDowell and Dave Foley. Shooting is set to begin later this month although the film...
- 11/13/2008
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Directed by Clive Smith, a co-founder of Nelvana Ltd., the underdog animated feature "Pippi Longstocking" is aimed at young children and might make for a peppy video release. A Canadian-Swedish-German-English co-production, "Pippi" has five agreeable songs and plenty of upbeat attitude, but the Legacy Releasing offering is headed for a quick exit in theaters.
A veteran of numerous animated television specials and series ("Family Dog", "A Wookie's Christmas", "Rupert and Beetlejuice"), Smith and his team worked with original Swedish author Astrid Lindgren in fashioning this breezy tale of a seafaring lass with boundless energy and optimism who comes ashore for a round of adventures.
While the lead character seems to come from the 19th century, the primary setting of the story is modern-day. There's almost no contemporary humor and only a few mildly scary moments. Overall, the project hits all the same marks as a Disney extravaganza -- from big production numbers to a domineering villainess -- but the animation is cruder-looking and less-involving.
When her sailing-ship captain father (voice by Gordon Pinsent) is swept overboard in a storm, he floats away but tells young salt Pippi (Melissa Altro) not to worry and to meet him at a place called Villa Villekulla. With her lazy Horse and pet monkey Mr. Nilsson, Pippi moves into the big house alone and quickly makes new friends and a few enemies.
With mismatched stockings and eccentricities, 9-year-old Pippi is superstrong and rarely not smiling and enjoying life. She can cook and get out of any kind of trouble. But even Pippi cannot overcome so-so syncing of characters to the dialogue and singing, little shading and often uninspired backgrounds.
Canadians abound in the cast of voice actors. Singer-dancer Melissa Altro as the irrepressible Pippi has the ringing clarity of a super-confident female Huck Finn. She should garner some new young fans.
Catherine O'Hara is suitably crabby as the town busybody who becomes Pippi's biggest nemesis. Dave Thomas (ABC's "Grace Under Fire") likewise does yeoman service as a thief who covets the chest of gold coins Pippi has in her possession. Musician-songwriter Carole Pope chips in as the teacher who's upstaged by Pippi's education-spoofing "Pluttifikation Song".
PIPPI LONGSTOCKING
Legacy Releasing
A co-production of AB Svensk Filmindustri, IdunaFilm, Trickompany and Nelvana
Director Clive Smith
Producers Waldemar Bergendahl,
Hasmi Giakoumis, Merle-Anne Ridley,
Michael Schaack
Executive producers Lennart Wiklund,
Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, Clive Smith
Screenwriter Catharina Stackelberg
Based on the books by Astrid Lindgren
Art directors Clive Powsey, Christoph Hahm
Animation directors Robin Budd, Bill Giggie,
Ute V. Munchow-Puhl
Music Anders Berglund
Songs Anders Berglund, Great Big Music, Thinkmusic
Color/stereo
Voices: Melissa Altro, Catherine O'Hara, Carole Pope, Dave Thomas, Gordon Pinsent
Running time -- 75 minutes
MPAA rating: G...
A veteran of numerous animated television specials and series ("Family Dog", "A Wookie's Christmas", "Rupert and Beetlejuice"), Smith and his team worked with original Swedish author Astrid Lindgren in fashioning this breezy tale of a seafaring lass with boundless energy and optimism who comes ashore for a round of adventures.
While the lead character seems to come from the 19th century, the primary setting of the story is modern-day. There's almost no contemporary humor and only a few mildly scary moments. Overall, the project hits all the same marks as a Disney extravaganza -- from big production numbers to a domineering villainess -- but the animation is cruder-looking and less-involving.
When her sailing-ship captain father (voice by Gordon Pinsent) is swept overboard in a storm, he floats away but tells young salt Pippi (Melissa Altro) not to worry and to meet him at a place called Villa Villekulla. With her lazy Horse and pet monkey Mr. Nilsson, Pippi moves into the big house alone and quickly makes new friends and a few enemies.
With mismatched stockings and eccentricities, 9-year-old Pippi is superstrong and rarely not smiling and enjoying life. She can cook and get out of any kind of trouble. But even Pippi cannot overcome so-so syncing of characters to the dialogue and singing, little shading and often uninspired backgrounds.
Canadians abound in the cast of voice actors. Singer-dancer Melissa Altro as the irrepressible Pippi has the ringing clarity of a super-confident female Huck Finn. She should garner some new young fans.
Catherine O'Hara is suitably crabby as the town busybody who becomes Pippi's biggest nemesis. Dave Thomas (ABC's "Grace Under Fire") likewise does yeoman service as a thief who covets the chest of gold coins Pippi has in her possession. Musician-songwriter Carole Pope chips in as the teacher who's upstaged by Pippi's education-spoofing "Pluttifikation Song".
PIPPI LONGSTOCKING
Legacy Releasing
A co-production of AB Svensk Filmindustri, IdunaFilm, Trickompany and Nelvana
Director Clive Smith
Producers Waldemar Bergendahl,
Hasmi Giakoumis, Merle-Anne Ridley,
Michael Schaack
Executive producers Lennart Wiklund,
Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, Clive Smith
Screenwriter Catharina Stackelberg
Based on the books by Astrid Lindgren
Art directors Clive Powsey, Christoph Hahm
Animation directors Robin Budd, Bill Giggie,
Ute V. Munchow-Puhl
Music Anders Berglund
Songs Anders Berglund, Great Big Music, Thinkmusic
Color/stereo
Voices: Melissa Altro, Catherine O'Hara, Carole Pope, Dave Thomas, Gordon Pinsent
Running time -- 75 minutes
MPAA rating: G...
- 8/22/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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