What do we tell him? After helping arrange alternative travel for his fellow passengers, he joined a group headed to L.A. by van, playing music on his phone. Still, Dion is still more queen of corny than queen of cool. As it turns out, it also led me to a friends birthday party at the drag bar Crews and Tangos in Torontos gay village. Since premiering in the fall of 2016, Kims Convenience has proven that writing Asian characters can be funny without relying on clichs. Upon seeing Barry Jenkinss emotional adaptation of James Baldwins 1974 novel If Beale Street Could Talk, a universal truth was known: Stephan James was a gift to cinema as we knew it. If NFYs the story of one mans quest for attention and the lies hed tell to get it then its basically just The Bachelor. Maybe theyre just that spectacular. This decade alone, she produced six feature-long documentaries and a short film serving as a powerful inspiration for Canadian women to keep going, even when it feels like the hardest thing in the world. Culture shock ensues. During her time on the show, Maslany miraculously made time to act in other projects, with a focus on indie films. Thats just the basic formula, but from the first episode, NFY was engineering something grander than a five-year troll. By the shows final season, it wasnt just ignoring the line between the NFY universe and our own it was erasing it entirely. In the 2010s, Keanu Reeves graduated from brooding 90s action movie superstar to beloved cult hero. It soon became exactly the TV show we needed to survive the rest of the decade. Superheroes, reboots, blockbuster franchises: that was the 2000s. Meanwhile, the films produced in Quebec this decade by great French-Canadian auteurs like Monia Chokri, Anne mond, Sophie Goyette, Myriam Verreault, Genevive Dulude-De Celles, Louise Archambault and Chlo Robichaud should mean that we never have to speak of Jean-Marc Valle again after what he did to poor Andrea Arnold. On Nov. 15, her new English album, Courage, even debuted at No.1 on the US Billboard 200 chart, a first in 17 years (and an achievement a decade in the making). Dancer Greta Hodgkinson reflects on the rise and achievements of National Ballet of Canada artistic director Karen Kain over the 2010s. Schitt's Creek: Created by Dan Levy, Eugene Levy. When the New York Times named Saskatoon one of the 52 places to go in 2018, the Remai Modern was tipped as the main attraction. ), 2015 saw an influx of younger talent who learned to utilize the internet to build momentum, communities and connections all while creating catchy, unique sounds that have come to define several genres. From Monkman to Margaret (Atwood), Bieber to ballet, Keanu to Come from Away, CBC Arts presents an unapologetic celebration of a decade of outsized achievement. But starting with The Witch in 2015, another trend emerged. (So dont ever let anyone tell you Canadian music is exclusively indie rock or dudes in plaid. In the style of a documentary mystery, the movies a search for Bills long-lost love. Canadas got your back. Werbung. When architect Fumihiko Maki got the assignment to build North Americas first museum of Islamic art and culture, capturing the concept of light was apparently the brief. Soon after the show premiered at Panamania, the arts and culture festival attached to the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto, rumours of its remarkable transmutation of grief into art spread far and wide. Hes 78 and lives alone. Even though her hosting the awards was a big deal, Oh acknowledged something important about representation: that change is excruciatingly slow. So what happened to Tat in that decade between sets? After wrapping her 16-year on/off Vegas gig this past June (a fact: the residency was only supposed to last three years), shes gone on to embark on a 50-plus city tour across North America in support of her new album, Courage, and win the affections of anyone with an affinity for couture fashion, eccentricity and stirring renditions of My Heart Will Go On (in other words, anybody with a pulse). By the end of the 2010s, The Simpsons will have aired 678 episodes, making it by far the longest-running American sitcom. What motivates people to believe the most obvious, calculated lie, despite all evidence to the contrary? Tatiana Gabrielle Maslany was born September 22, 1985 in Regina, Saskatchewan, to Renate, a translator, and Dan, a woodworker. Theres no easy epiphany at the end of Betroffenheit only the promise of engaging once again with the world. But how could it not? Think of Ari Asters Hereditary and Midsommar both, incidentally, produced by A24, the same company that distributed The Witch. And to essentially copy/paste the spiel from the opening credits, heres the premise: Nathan Fielder (the shows star and co-creator) graduated from one of Canadas top business schools (University of Victoria) with really good grades (B average). And thats what he does, minus the bit about actually helping. Frankly, Toronto should always be depicted as exactly this cool. He might not say it out loud, but the characters real KPI is friendship, and what, besides money, is a bigger motivation than the power of love? The roadblocks are even more momentous for Canadian female filmmakers. The whole endeavour is inherently absurd, made even more bonkers if the gambit actually works. Where traditional drag can be viewed as a card in which one side says female and the other says male, many think drag is simply flipping that card. . A heist movie where the robbers break into dreams, Leonardo DiCaprio leads an all-star cast (including Halifaxs Ellen Page). The song brought the superstar DJ to the top 40 in Canada, educating a generation of Canadians about Bradburys terrifying, dystopian storytelling along the way. Alternative drag shows that gender expression isnt a two-dimensional plane its a sphere. Both July Talk and Tagaq have more than proven their capacity to craft challenging, beautiful music and still reach the masses, and its about time they each get international recognition. Plus, where the movies only scored Razzies, their soundtracks were winners. As Buddy Cole, the iconic (and infamous) character from The Kids in the Hall, Scott Thompson has earned everything from fans praise to critics vitriol. If it was before June 15 the day Drizzys debut album dropped congratulations, you (for many reasons, I imagine) are better than me and most people. One year before cleaning up at the Canadian Screen Awards (where his work picked up nine awards, thank you very much), Xavier Dolan earned the Jury Prize at the 67th Cannes Film Festival for Mommy, the Montrealers fifth full-length feature. The series took home the Golden Globe for best television limited series and led to individual wins for stars Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern and Alexander Skarsgrd, as well as a plethora of Emmys. TOP STORY The Orphan Black Star Lined Up to Star as the Marvel Attorney/Superheroine (Photo by Marvel Comics; Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images) The MCU's TV wing just got a little more badass: Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany has been tapped by Marvel to star in its Disney+ She-Hulk series, playing the leading lady who snagged super powers after sharing some of cousin Bruce Banner's . David Altmejds Flux exhibit opens at the Muse dart contemporain de Montral, David Altmejd The Flux and The Puddle (James Ewing/Andrea Rosen Gallery). Emily Kai Bock made dreamy videos for Grimes and Arcade Fire, and in 2018, a then 22-year-old Karena Evans directed four music videos for Drake. (Said filmmaker Jasmin Mozaffari, while accepting her award for direction for her first feature Firecrackers: I think Im one of the few women to win this award; I dont think Ill be the last just watch.) Kathleen Hepburn and Elle-Mji Tailfeatherss staggeringly beautiful feature The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, then TIFF, where Ava DuVernays company Array acquired worldwide rights to the film. That particular outdoor playgrounds been there for ages, but the funicular project, designed by architecture firm DIALOG, makes it even more accessible to citizens with the bonus of some very scenic touches. With her Asian glow jokes and speaking Korean on stage, she oh-so solidified her spot as a Canadian queen I will forever stan. Amy Harrity for The New York Times. Sarah Manning and her many clones make their debut in Orphan Black. Shot among a 50,000-person crowd of motorbike rally spectators in a football stadium (and a mosh pit made up of Bouchers brother and his friends), the video juxtaposed the tiny Boucher atop the shouting, shoving, shirtless masses and created a playful effect that also addressed themes of traditional masculinity. Case in point: the magnitude of Canuck references on his New York City-set police comedy, which CBC Arts producer Eleanor Knowles decided to list in their entirety (at least through Season 4) in this article. But it was still a joy when Vancouvers Ryan Reynolds tossed on some Spandex to play Deadpool, the Marvel superhero defined by his DGAF attitude, comedic timing and lust for revenge in the wake of an experiment gone wrong. In 2014, Karimloo made his Broadway debut as Jean Valjean in Les Misrables, earning a Tony nomination for best actor in a musical representing Canada in one the most iconic roles in the history of the Great White Way. (The number of panel discussions and essays centred around the question What makes Cancon Cancon? speaks to this.) Jean of the Joneses was nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards (including Best Original Screenplay) and an Independent Spirit Award (for Best First Screenplay). Well never know. Designed by KPMB Architects with Architecture49 both Toronto firms the building reflects the wide-open prairie landscape. But before it even premiered in 2013, Tatiana was already a veteran of Canadian film and TV, having started her career at age nine in her hometown of Regina. Xavier Dolan is hot off of proving hes no one-hit wonder with his sophomore feature Les amours imaginaires (Heartbeats), the stylish followup to his sensational debut Jai tu ma mre (I Killed My Mother). Cera capped off the decade with a supporting role in the Tony-nominated Broadway run of The Waverly Gallery, a play about a young man who slowly watches his grandmother succumb to Alzheimers disease. In July of 2012, we all set out on a journey: after four seasons of action, adventure, the Albuquerque underworld and Heisenberg, Breaking Bads fifth and last season premiered and brought with it an intensity I cant possibly describe in a simple paragraph. Possibly! to a serious issue we should definitely have approximately 8,000 panels about until, finally, we were given the resources we deserved to thrive and succeed (thanks in part to gender parity initiatives set by the CBC and Telefilm Canada). Following the benefit singles release on March 12, the song topped the Canadian charts for seven weeks. But I digress. Is he accepting reality or holding on to his illusions, content to replay the memories of an old romance? Most of the time, getting stranded at an airport after an emergency landing is a stressful experience. Few artists can draw out emotions like Inuk musician Tanya Tagaq, and even fewer can bring those emotions out simultaneously. The record took risks, aligned itself with strange, unique visuals and featured lyrics that were introspective, angry and unafraid of what anybody might think. By tailoring her persona to different cultures America, Quebec, France, Japan she IS the epitome of an international star. But despite her global success, Dion was never cool. Now in its 41st year, Buddies is gearing up for a collaboration with Theatre Rusticle for their version of A Midsummer Nights Dream, while the community continues to evolve and grow thanks to the theatres support of (and consistent call for) new talent. Turns out, were also a haven in real life for American TV producers looking for literature they can adapt into Emmy Award machines! (As a gay man, I stand by the fact that it objectively is.). Drake, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Alessia Cara and Shawn Mendes all became global superstars over the course of the last 10 years, producing a slew of hits. Maki worked with Moriyama & Teshima Architects on the project a firm responsible for several Canadian cultural institutions, including the Canadian War Museum and the Ontario Science Centre. Because thats what made a song like Baby so easily digestible: where the magic of crushes and innocent heartbreak that accompany low-stakes relationships tend to fade the further into adulthood you go, Biebers premiere single served as a delightful time machine. Cline, thank you for the moments of gold and the flashes of light. She was polite. Live from New York, its Saturday night! Absolutely check it out. Indigenous artists have always created incredible work, from the blankets Salish weavers constructed from goat hair and woolly dog hair to the intricate carvings made by Inuit sculptors from bones and antlers to Haudenosaunee raised beadwork. CBC Artss own Peter Knegt honoured the milestone by lending space to 40 folks whose ties with Buddies run deep, while the theatre kicked off its 40th year with a remount of Gertrude and Alice in which Gertrude Stein and her partner Alice B. Toklas are reimagined through the efforts of director Karin Randoja and performers/writers Evalyn Parry and Anna Chatterton. Canadian pop no longer necessitated anybody saying Sorry? Tanya Talaga wins the RBC Taylor Prize for her first book, Crystal Pite and Jonathon Youngs dance sensation, This dance-theatre hybrid born from tragedy became the decades most unlikely global hit, 10 Canadians who killed it on Broadway in the 2010s, lending space to 40 folks whose ties with Buddies run deep, Dutchers victory was historic for a few reasons, went on to surpass $1 billion US at the box office worldwide, Toronto drag queen Brooke Lynn Hytes finishes second on the 11th season of, In the 2010s, drag wasn't a race in Canada we ran together (and slayed). (It also doesnt hurt that the lighting regularly shows off his cheekbones and jawline, killing me again and again each time he comes onscreen.) Tanya Tagaq, Inner Ninja by Classified feat. They dont exist. Its glass walls, for instance, are no match against Calgary vandals (or Calgary weather), and according to the local CBC News outlet, the citys spent around $300,000 repairing the panes. And I loved every minute of iteven if I had no idea who the fuck she was. Hes since lived his life according to that system, and the Good Place gang in a mission to find out if Doug is a model example for mankind travel to Alberta to talk to him. It sounded like butterflies, the first time holding hands, and quiet but bold albeit still very harmless emotive declarations. How can we explain their sweeping success and the resonance of their work? And Buddy, as we know, says what he likes. ), Before he was linked to Camila Cabello, before he collaborated with Taylor Swift and before he was anointed the face of Tim Hortons (the biggest achievement of all three), Shawn Mendes was just a Canadian boy, standing in front of the internet, asking all of us to like him. Sympathy for Reeves started pouring in. her squad of superstars). Reeves and his fellow passengers were on a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Burbank, Calif. when their plane had to make an emergency landing in Bakersfield over 160 kilometres away from their destination. (In unrelated news, space seems terrifying. Representation matters and if theres anything we can do even more in the following decade, its ensuring inclusion, equality and the end of old practices that have been holding all of us back. By the end of the 2010s, LGBTQ representation had exploded into the mainstream in a genuinely unprecedented manner, particularly on television. Thats iconic behaviour, but his presentation about the game at E3 a major video game expo was even more so. On April 16 just weeks after his 17th birthday Calgary-bred pianist Jan Lisiecki released his album of Mozart concertos as a debut for the label Deutsche Grammophon. It included Lindsay Nixons essay Windigo, which eventually ended up in their book ntisnak. Like, say, his Giller Prize nomination for last years French Exit, which included a cat inhabited by the spirit of a womans late husband a character every book should have, IMHO. Its a reminder that Edmonton has a thriving theatre community and is at no loss for artistic talent or creativity. However, their legacy in the city remains: in 2017, the two released The Videofag Book, which chronicles the four years and the genius bred from them with contributions by members of Torontos arts community who rightfully valued the fruits of Ellis and Tannahills labour. Because Tat is, first and foremost, a defender of the truth. In 2010, a Reddit thread about Reeves apparently rescuing a woman stranded on the side of the highway who was without a functioning car or cell phone percolated around the web. The Birdcage, Brokeback Mountain, The Imitation Game, Dallas Buyers Club and Philadelphia were all directed by straight men, while Modern Family and even Will & Grace definitely catered to straight audiences. Like the hungry overachievers we are, we then succeeded wildly, all over your face. Nope. But beyond the architectural acclaim, the sheer wanderlust-stoking beauty of these 10 places has made them major destinations. It featured Mozarts Piano Concerto No. Acclaimed but never a smash, its the rarest of comic book adaptations: a movie thats lovingly faithful to the source material. As we approach the dawn of a new decade, I see the following future in my crystal ball/champagne flute: Canada is at the top of its onscreen game. For what artistic culture can thrive when its peoples children have been stolen from their arms? Afterward, Valle went on to direct Amy Adams in the 2018 miniseries Sharp Objects, based on the book by Gillian Flynn, which somehow did not earn Amy Adams a Golden Globe or Emmy (a disgrace Id be happy to write at least 6,000 words about). Somewhere, Do They Know Its Christmas weeps. These can be observed from the filmmakers first features all the way to the largest American studio projects theyve worked on. How did Dion accomplish this tour de force? To say that alternative drag is in any way a new concept is not only misguided but a fundamentally flawed assessment. Nathan tells her theyll stop filming. The shows always been building to this point.). Dobson never quite reached the same echelon of stardom outside of Canada that these songs brought her here, but they remain carved into this decades Canadian pop consciousness. The Quebec success story of the 2010s teaches us that great artists are global in appeal, that we dont need to fret over losing them (or worry that theyll lose their unique artistry and local values) and that films and series that resonate with large audiences can play a significant role in cultural rapprochement and understanding. ), and its music video spotlights Indigenous hoop dancers. Canadas premier pop punk darlings went full pop with this single. In October 2013, Clinton, Ont.s Alice Munro earned the Nobel Prize in Literature, making her the first Canadian and 13th woman to do so. Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany, Schitt's Creek leads Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara and Daniel Levy, and Sons of Anarchy alumnus Kim Coates will be among the presenters at this year's. First stop: Toronto. Halfway through 2019, a series of pictures of the actor holding his hand inches away from the backs of women he took pictures with (including Dolly Parton!) We invite you to close out your own decade by taking a little pride in what your fellow Canadians have accomplished in the 2010s. 50 really is the new 21. Lawren Harriss Mountain Forms sells for a record-breaking $9.5 million, Lawren Harris Mountain Forms (Heffel Fine Art Auction House). So Harris et al. Released in 2002, Hands Clean is Alaniss account and calling out of sexual abuse and manipulation by a music industry figure she was working with in her early pop days and the lyrics still resonate. And, more often than you might realize, those fantasy worlds on screenwere actually somewhere in Canada. Shortly after the birth of Winter this year, Alanis posted a raw and honest blog on her website, in which she described PPD as a sneaky monkey with a machete working its way through my psyche.. Before it was a critically acclaimed 2018 western film starring John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix, The Sisters Brothers was a critically acclaimed 2011 novel written by author Patrick deWitt, whose dark comedy takes readers on an adventure alongside Eli Sisters and his brother Charlie in Oregon and California. While Crazy Rich Asians created buzz on the international screen, Canada had its own surge in Asian representation with Kims Convenience, rich in hilarious storytelling; Manny Jacinto, making the entertainment industry a Good Place; Sandra Oh, a shining example of what can be achieved when Asian actors are given the opportunity to take on lead roles; and Liu, standing in a superhero pose as a testament to what future generations of Asian-Canadians can achieve. As a result, the 20142015 season proved joyous as it shone a spotlight on the past, bringing back beloved characters and guests, and culminating in a 40th-anniversary spectacular in February 2015. Before he was the internets darling, Reeves was just a beloved actor in his own right. Attention turned to filmmakers like Cape Breton Island, N.S.s Ashley McKenzie, compared to Robert Bresson by The New Yorkers Richard Brody; Toronto writer-director Stella Meghie, who was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2017 for the screenplay for her first feature Jean of the Joneses; filmmaker Joyce Wong, who took over a strip mall in Torontos North York area in Wexford Plaza, a film that could arguably be called the mumblecore answer to Rashomon; dramatic-comedy filmmaker Molly McGlynn, Canadas answer to Nicole Holofcener; hybrid docudrama artist Heather Young, who won the FIPRESCI Prize for her first feature, Murmur, this year; and discursive documentary rock star Sofia Bohdanowicz, whose lovely collaborations with actor/filmmaker Deragh Campbell deserve their own miniature chapbook. A Prologue: The 2000s or Clines Lost Decade, Before we dig into Dions 2010s, lets take a quick look at the previous decade a strange one for Dion. So, if youre a Ms. He kicked off the 2010s by choreographing the Broadway production of The Addams Family and went on to work on Summer: The Donna Summer Musical in 2018. We were too. He was accepting the 2018 Polaris Music Prize for his debut album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, sung entirely in the Wolastoq language a language that is severely endangered due to Canadas policies of Indigenous assimilation and cultural genocide. Directed by Claude Poissant, the play revolves around a young man whose companion dies and leaves its titular character to navigate the heartbreaking familial dynamics his late partner was forced to endure. And similar to the Temple of Light in Santiago, this structure is a light-filled dome in the wilderness. And by the time they recruit an exorcist (out, out, incubus!) (Float on down to 450 Pape Avenue if you dare to see it in person. As a current resident of Cambridge, Ont., its important for me to inform all of you that parts of The Handmaids Tale were filmed a stones throw from my apartment, and for a small fee I would be delighted to show you around or sneak us on set. The piece not only brought the pairs relationship full circle but showcased Wus range as a designer. In her pivotal 1991 paper The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion: Contemporary Native Art and Public Art Museums in Canada, Mohawk curator Lee-Ann Martin named the ultimate effect of this erasure: The exclusion of the arts of Native peoples implies that the artistic and cultural contributions to Canadian history by Canadas First Nations [Inuit, and Mtis] are non-existent. Because our art and literature were not acknowledged, as far as the Canadian public was concerned, it didnt exist. On November 15, her new English album, Courage, even debuted at No.1 on the U.S. But until the call for representation isnt so tragically needed, Ill take Liu kicking ass and looking fine in a superhero outfit. At the end of the decade, Dion wanted to take time off again to have another child, but getting pregnant proved to be more difficult for her than the first time. Chilina Kennedys Broadway star reached the stratosphere this decade. Discussing homegrown artists who break out internationally is always tricky. The show even managed to get our countrys name into an Oscar-nominated song when Blame Canada provided a centerpiece to the 1999 South Park movie, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. And in the fall of 2012, NFY (accidentally?) Its an incubus which is way less surprising than Sues reaction. Based on Emma Donoghues gripping 2010 novel which follows a kidnapping and assault victim, and the escape she and her son must make from their captor the film adaptation of Room hit Canadian theatres on Oct. 23, just over a month after screening at TIFF. Miss Chief Eagle Testickle unveils Kent Monkmans latest searing indictment on Facebook. Tatiana Maslany Height Weight Bra Size Body Measurements Age Facts. Youll need a passport to visit this otherworldly temple, a Canadian-led project designed by Torontos Hariri Pontarini Architects. Later stunts, like Summit Ice the worlds first outdoor apparel company to openly promote the true story of the holocaust might have had a more positive real-world outcome. This decade, Canada established itself as a gold mine for internationally renowned music. To try and predict the nominees and winner of the Polaris Prize is tricky; the award is an ever-changing shape-shifter that takes delight in honouring talent the masses have largely undervalued. In 2016, she became the first Canadian actor to win a Primetime Emmy Award for a Canadian . For anyone who doubted whether the CBCs Peter Mansbridge (or Uncle Peter, as he deserves to be called) would find his way into the Disney canon: how dare you/I wont forget it. So if I asked her to do something that felt unnatural or dishonest (like, say, nose nuzzling), I had to justify why I needed it and more often than not, I realized that I didnt. Where were you when you accepted Drake as your personal saviour? It was a tiny boy singing about how much he liked someone and how much he hoped they could be together despite knowing it might never be so. It was a sad day when founders (and former romantic and artistic partners) William Ellis and Jordan Tannahill opted to close Videofag, the beloved performance space in Kensington Market that had thrived since opening four years prior. Instead, she celebrates the release at a drag club in New York City. Since then, its become something to look forward to come (early, early) springtime (or late, late winter) in Canada, and its gotten even bigger thanks to the introduction of Canadian Screen Week, which allows for even more time and attention for well-deserved Canadian productions. The strategy was to exit public consciousness for a little while so that she and her husband Ren 26 years her senior could have a child together. Inside, more decorative shadows are employed. Because from the very first frame, CBCs Schitts Creek established itself as a series rooted in family, in friendship and even in kindness, particularly since each character was painted as flawed and real but still inherently good. And it all began with Justin Biebers Baby.. Its a dubious honour on both accounts and points to the wide array of work that needs to be done not only in Hollywood but also here at home. But some Canadian-made songs didnt quite make the same splash outside of the country, even though they deserved that same worldwide recognition. (So youre welcome, and congrats to us all.)
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