So imagine the delight of the nation when Now, Twains first studio album in 15 years, debuted at No. (In a 2018 episode of In The Making, Pite says her movements took a cue from a description of PTSD: this feeling of having the accelerator and the brake both to the floor.). In a travel reversal, the tense second season finale of Homeland (I guess I should say spoiler alert, but seriously, folks) sees Carrie take Brody to the Quebec border so he can escape on foot to Montreal. And anyone who thinks its screenplay is less worthy of an Oscar nomination than Craig Borten and Melisa Wallacks dangerously problematic script for another Canadian-directed film that doesnt need to be named deserves a big slap from Rihanna. In 2016, she became the first Canadian actor to win a Primetime Emmy Award for a Canadian . Jean-Marc Valles Big Little Lies premieres. In November of 2014, Brampton, Ont.s Rupi Kaur released Milk and Honey, a collection of poems and prose that tackle subjects like sexual assault, violence, love and loss. Sarah Polleys Stories We Tell is released in Canadian cinemas. The Rolf Schock jury also praised Hannigans work running a mentoring foundation, Equilibrium Young Artists, which focuses on young and newly professional musicians across the world (a.k.a. On November 15, her new English album, Courage, even debuted at No.1 on the U.S. Sarah Manning and her many clones make their debut in Orphan Black. The plan: Attract visitors to a petting zoo with a hero pig.. First stop: Toronto. David Altmejds Flux exhibit opens at the Muse dart contemporain de Montral, David Altmejd The Flux and The Puddle (James Ewing/Andrea Rosen Gallery). The sixth novel written by the late Ojibway writer Richard Wagamese, Indian Horse was released in January and garnered overwhelming acclaim for its heart-wrenching depiction of Canadas residential school system and the egregious abuses suffered by students. Starring Canadian besties Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel, This Is the End a Rogen/Evan Goldbergwritten/directed/produced joint took the terror and hilarity of the apocalypse to new heights with their version of what might happen when the world finally ends. Or about the pleasure she gets from looking out the window during a transcontinental flight on a private jet? Crystal Pite and Jonathon Youngs dance sensation Betroffenheit wraps up its global tour in Montreal, A man is sitting hunched in the corner of a bare concrete room, head in his hands, as electrical cables, literal live wires held together by duct tape, unspool themselves around him. And I loved every minute of iteven if I had no idea who the fuck she was. His character, Jason Mendoza, breaks away from another Asian stereotype of being sexless, shy and socially awkward. Here are a few of the many, many examples. I cannot think of a better way to end this decade than with the promise of her musical return. Looking back on the 2010s, I'm struck by the sweeping changes that impacted me, a Canadian female filmmaker, and my people. Lest I sound less than impressed, Im not. Is NFY spoofing reality TV? It sounded like butterflies, the first time holding hands, and quiet but bold albeit still very harmless emotive declarations. All of these moments showed how Canadians responded to the need for better Asian representation during the 2010s. Just look at Sarah Polley, who made the Toronto romance Take This Waltz and NFB documentary Stories We Tell one year apart (2011 and 2012 respectively), and capped off the decade with the brilliant, multivalent CBC miniseries Alias Grace in 2017, tapping American Psycho filmmaker Mary Harron to direct it. Post-truth might have a political whiff to it, but few terms define the decade quite like it. Alanis Nadine Morissette, where have you been? Now this is how you close out a decade. When it comes to the top-grossing movies of the decade, theres not much in the way of variety. I wish I was adding to the canon instead of helping to create it.. More Gaga, less 90s Cline. Ryan Goslings heartbreaking performance in Blue Valentine hits cinemas. Keanu Reeves might be a roadside hero. Instead of Washington State University, nave heroine Anastasia Steele hangs out on the University of British Columbia campus. Time hasnt announced who 2019s Person of the Year will be, but if almost 200,000 fans have anything to say about it, Reeves might stand a fighting chance at the title. Cheyenne Jacksons character, Danny, is from Ottawa and joins the cast of the show-within-a-show TGS with Tracy Jordan after starring in a movie about Canadian football, while Steve Martins Gavin Volure tries to evade house arrest by whisking Liz Lemon off to Toronto (Toronto is just like New York, but without all the stuff!). 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). But in the 2010s, Stella Meghie proved that it was indeed possible. making him the youngest artist in history to chart in the Top 25 with a debut single, Justin Trudeau to spend an evening with Ivanka Trump, drew inspiration from Belcourts painting, this year marked the close of a seven-year tour, 10 songs that should have been bigger outside of Canada, Beck + Call by July Talk feat. things get even more real at least for Sue, who experiences an emotional breakdown while the exorcist does his thing. The film adaptation of Life of Pi comes out in theatres. Whose advice can you believe? Its humbling to think that on a beautiful, balmy August night, anyone even slightly acquainted with the Tragically Hip arguably one of the most important bands in Canadian music, whose ability to blend poetry, politics and incredible hooks have left them untouchable wept openly as lead singer Gord Downie performed for the last time following a terminal cancer diagnosis. Canadian producer J. Jeremy Dutcher wins the Polaris Music Prize. Maslany is the first Canadian to win an Emmy in a major dramatic category for acting in a Canadian series. Interior. Sci-fi TV thriller Orphan Black, comedies Schitt's Creek and Kim's Convenience, . Reeves was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert when the titular host asked him the ultimate question: What do you think happens when we die, Keanu Reeves? Reeves exhaled slowly, paused and looked Colbert in the eyes. (The number of panel discussions and essays centred around the question What makes Cancon Cancon? speaks to this.) With the decade coming to a close, I couldnt be prouder of this nation of queer artists and performers continuing to constantly push the boundaries of art and gender. ! Naturally, this led anybody who prided themselves on being well-versed in Canadian indie (see: me, nine years ago) to bask in a sense of superiority fuelled by the knowledge that theyd been Arcade Fire fans since Funeral came out back in 2004. And his exhibit took full advantage of the interstitial state of the pavilion there was no roof, few walls and a definite feeling that the structure was about to take a new shape. Billy-Ray Belcourts poem Love is a Moontime Teaching appeared here before it ended up in his Griffin Poetry Prize-winning book This Wound is a World. Over four seasons, the greatest and most elaborate stunt Nathan for You ever produced was the series itself. The same could be said of the movie, filmed at a time when indie rock ruled (Broken Social Scene and Metric appear on the soundtrack), the Sonic Boom record store was still on Bloor Street and 20-something dirtbags shared basement apartments in the Annex. online, leading many to proclaim their further adoration for the already widely adored actor. her seven evil exes including, fun fact, the future Captain America (Chris Evans). She-Hulk was born in . With the seemingly unstoppable one-two punch of Ghost and Stuttering both pieces of pop perfection in their own right Dobson built an incredible foundation for herself. So what happened to Tat in that decade between sets? Of course, the Damien Chazelle romantic musical was destined to be a hit after opening to almost unanimous praise at the Venice Film Festival (spoiler: it did go on to earn over $400 million US worldwide). The dream of the artists residency is that it can take you somewhere youve never been (while paying you). Family patriarch Logan Roy was partially raised in Quebec, and his brother Ewan still lives there. about love and the lies we tell ourselves. I like sci-fi mostly the quiet kind, where people are stuck in space alone with maybe one book or maybe zero books. Read: theyre friendly! But her biggest hit, Figures, didnt really perform commercially outside of the Toronto singer-songwriters home country. His iconic slow-motion entrance in the movie quickly became another popular meme, and the actor continued to uphold his internet icon status. This answer and the Vegas-inspired gold dress with a chandelier-sized headpiece make her a winner of the night, topping her fantastic 2017 appearance. His talent deserves a platform. So, he invents a Bachelor-style reality show. The 2010s have been all about fame often vapid, toxic, shallow and undeserved fame, a new kind of parasitic stardom that almost anyone can attain just as long as theyre desperate enough. And since Indigenous peoples supposed lack of history, art, politics, science, medicine and culture was often used to excuse Canadas systematic attempts to wipe out our nations, this sort of erasure had concrete effects on our lives. Suddenly there were two groups of drag queens in the world: the ones who could get on TV, and the ones who couldnt or, more accurately in many circles, the ones who wanted to get on, and the ones who didnt. Plus $9.5 million is a lot of money the most a Canadian painting has ever commanded and this is a really good painting. Also designed by Vancouvers Patkau Architects, the Temple of Light at the Yasodhara Ashram yoga retreat was given an AZ Award by Azure magazine in 2019. It reminded me of Sam Shepard.) From there, Nathans game plan explodes. But Ryan Reynolds locked his superstar status on Deadpool. dollars.) Over the last 10 years, Canadian artists have been storming the world stage like never before in music, film and TV, literature, visual art, dance, theatre and everything in between. We leave behind the industrial room and theatrical costumes, and now its just Young and the five dancers in rehearsal sweats, offering a series of ravishing meditations-in-dance on trauma, hope, support and the painstaking, repetitive work of recovery. It was a triumphant moment of international recognition for Canadian television so triumphant that its easy to forget that at the same awards show only five years prior, Billy Eichner was screaming TATIANA MASLANY WAS SNUBBED!! And in the 2010s, it was more of the same gone supernova. (Remember lip dubs?!) Below, 10 moments that have transformed the zeitgeists relationship to Canadas most famous musical export. Let there be light so, so much light. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the most-viewed video on YouTube until Psys Gangnam Style surpassed it in November of 2012. (Some of us miss the graffiti. Her look that evening leaves fashion observers shook, but its her wild ride with James Corden on his Carpool Karaoke segment later that month that confirms to the world that Dion is now a full-time meme. Comic book movies were getting cranked out faster than the Flash on Adderall, the reboots kept rebooting, and at the same time, a resurgence of cerebral sci-fi and horror was getting love from audiences and critics alike. These words became iconic the moment they were spoken by Wolastoqiyik musicologist, vocalist and composer Jeremy Dutcher. Brooke Lynn Hytes would go on that next year to win Miss Continental, one of the most prestigious pageant titles in the world of drag. But the show went on: videos depicting Canadas glorious landscape and flawless performances by k.d. Her Disney Plus series, which ends its first season this week, found ways to combine comedy with superhero romance. He originated the role of the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webbers 2010 musical Love Never Dies, and has played leading roles in the West End production of its long-running prequel, Phantom of the Opera. her squad of superstars). Industry heavyweights like DallasK (Fifth Harmony), Lauv (Charli XCX), Greg Kurstin (Sia, Adele) and Jrgen Elofsson (Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson) are on board to help Dion sound as cool as her newfound fashion sense, while not alienating her base (a tall order). Succession de HBO, tiene muchas posibilidades de sustituir a Game of Thrones como la serie favorita por los Premios de la Academia de Artes y Ciencias de la Televisin de Estados Unidos. Well, obviously, she experienced a lot of personal growth, but also: Orphan Black ran for five seasons, winning her four consecutive Canadian Screen Awards for her performances. Scientists + artists + activists make good residencies. Darlene Naponses short story She is Water became a finalist for the 2017 Journey Prize after appearing in this issue. This bouncy rap single was a huge smash in Canada, going five times platinum, but failed to perform anywhere else which really is a shame, because Nova Scotias Classified put together an incredibly catchy, fun and motivational single. Whatever I had done resonated with the entire world and the attention was like sunlight on my soul., The plan: Turn the job of moving into Americas next fitness craze.. The emotional track showcases Reyezs powerful vocal and lyrical ability. (Actually, that last bit is still true.). Leading the Television nominees once again is ORPHAN BLACK with a stellar 14 nominations (and wins in the past three consecutive years) including Best Dramatic Series and Actress (Tatiana Maslany). 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. Meanwhile, Dolan became mind-bogglingly prolific and had his arthouse blockbuster moment with Mommy, then produced Adeles Hello music video and directed in Europe and the U.S. As a francophone Qubcoise living in Toronto and working in the film industry, this decade felt like watching the kids we had cared for and supported emotionally and financially for years suddenly fly the coop and leave home. For the last 10 years, we just wanted to perform. (And youre also as Liu has excitedly expressed about to have an Asian superhero to dress up as on Halloween.). The phenomenal success of productions like Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen launched the continents premier stage destination into a bold new era. Both Megan and the actress who plays her are from Montreal, and we also get to meet her Quebecoise mother (played with a questionable accent by Brit Julia Ormond), who, in one episode, makes a random reference to Regina, which surely was the talk of the Saskatchewan capital for most of 2012. Its a trend I hope continues in the 2020s: less obedience, less compromise, more empowerment, more ambition. This year, Gwen Benaway became not only the first trans woman but also the first Indigenous trans woman to win a Governor Generals Literary Award. Im not sure whether the series quite takes a position on issues like solitary confinement or the death penalty, or whether it functions as an investigation into a real part of this country that many of us are lucky enough to never see but either way, its chilling. Youll need a passport to visit this otherworldly temple, a Canadian-led project designed by Torontos Hariri Pontarini Architects. Although Reeves has never officially confirmed this story, it seems so Keanu-esque that we might as well believe it. She pushed and challenged me to be a smarter, more economical filmmaker in the most caring, collaborative way. into the grey woods of 17th-century New England in this Canada/U.S. But just two episodes into the series, the Petting Zoo bit proved the brilliance of NFYs marketing satire. Geoffrey Jamess chilling look inside Kingston Pen opens 2 km away from the prison at Queens Universitys Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Geoffrey James Armed guard outside Tower 3 (TrpanierBaer Gallery). Nope. It seems Carly Rae isnt always the type of girl for you, non-Canadians (and thats your loss). (Years later, I would sit on the Avon Theatre steps where Justin used to play his acoustic guitar and fight back the urge to tell anybody who passed me that he was my son.) In 2017, I met Sandra Oh when I interviewed her at TIFF, and we hugged after I told her that Greys Anatomy got me through college. Its Leonardo DiCaprio versus the wilderness the Canadian wilderness. And earlier this year, he starred alongside a slew of other queer actors in the Netflix reboot of Tales of the City, developed by lesbian writer Lauren Morelli. A Facebook event titled Cheer Up Keanu Day even urged fans to send Reeves love letters and gifts on June 15. The Speed love affair that almost was. Its a parody of reality TV, a docu-drama about seeking human connection, a satire of capitalism and the inherent moral relativism it brews. A meme was bornand Sad Keanu lived on for the rest of the decade. And the supernatural mystery of the plot ultimately crescendos into a finale thats pure horror and ecstasy all at once. The commission gave 94 calls to action that would help Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada move toward reconciliation for these atrocities, and number 83 called on the Canada Council for the Arts to establish, as a funding priority, a strategy for Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists to undertake collaborative projects and produce works that contribute to the reconciliation process. The Canada Council for the Arts responded by creating the {Re}conciliation Initiative in 2015, which funded collaborative arts projects between Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists and communities. And after debuting at 95 on the Billboard Hot 100, it found its way to the top of the charts and became Caras first top-five single (marking the beginning of her ascension through the pop ranks). But BoJack Horseman, an animated show about a famous actor/horse and his peers, managed to evolve into a touchstone for anyone acquainted with unhappiness. Showing Editorial results for tatiana maslany. Take that, The Notebook. Hop a funicular car, and in less than a minute, a sleek glass cube will drop you in the river valley home to an extremely extensive network of trails. It was a whole new reality to me an outlet for an entire bank of repressed queerness. Silence that ranges from contemplative to evoking sheer terror is kind of my jam. Which, like, obviously: on top of Canadas always-uncanny ability to produce larger-than-life pop stars (need I remind any of us of Cline Dion, especially circa 1997? Created by Canadas Lorne Michaels in 1975, the sketch comedy series wove its way into the fabric of our cultural discourse and went on to tackle everything from political headlines to scandals and gossip to the risk of being eaten by a shark as you answer your front door. A trio of Canadian production designers walked away with Oscars, too, and Toronto notably features in the film. 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). The film follows a family dominated by Black women who are forced to confront secrets that have been hidden for decades when a man shows up at their door and promptly falls dead. And while the client (a moving company) was ultimately reluctant to use Nathans idea, the book he published for the episode The Movement: How I Got This Body by Never Going to the Gym in My Life was an Amazon bestseller. Before the Hulu series premiered (and before this years sequel novel The Testaments was released, for that matter), the Royal Winnipeg Ballet debuted a rendition of The Handmaids Tale that saw the story depicted in a truly unique way. As for that YouTube video, it has more than 10 million views as of writing, and however it was made, it remains, per the description, simply amazing., The plan: Attract customers with cheap gas by offering a completely legal rebate that absolutely no one claims.. Martin also co-wrote the book for The Prom, a musical about four Broadway actors who help a lesbian student who has been banned from bringing her girlfriend to their prom (it landed him a Tony nomination in 2019). A dream come true! And theres something extremely 2010s about all of it. (Maslany's legions of adoring fans call themselves #CloneClub on Twitter and contend that the credits on "Orphan Black" should say "Tatiana Maslany" nine or more times, once per clone . Love or loathe its smirking meta spin on superhero action, both the original and the 2018 sequel were total hits, ranking among the 10 highest grossing movies worldwide in their respective years. Once upon a time, Cline Dion had one dream: to become an international star. To the untrained eye (read: mine), the main building is a little like a modernist Imperial walker, rising above a cliff on tall, spindly legs. I, along with all of her truest fans, have been waiting seven years for this moment. The series of photos, overlaid with her paintings and other manipulations, celebrate the North and make it feel romantic while also pointing to climate change, industrial colonization and the parts of our natural world that are going to disappear. By the shows final season, it wasnt just ignoring the line between the NFY universe and our own it was erasing it entirely. Six years earlier, Youngs 14-year-old daughter and her two cousins died in a cabin fire on a family vacation in the B.C. The story about a single mother (played powerfully by Anne Dorval) trying to raise her troubled son (Antoine Olivier Pilon) was praised as a cinematic tour de force, or even better: a gale-force blast of raw, unrelenting emotion. As a result, Mommy went on to become Dolans highest grossing feature, and the following year, the writer/director/producer directed Adeles video for Hello (which would go on to get over 2.5 billion views on YouTube). They crazy, stupid love him: In this episode of Stan Wars, host Peter Knegt gives four Ryan Gosling enthusiasts the chance to compete for the title of his ultimate stan. Nine pieces drew inspiration from Belcourts painting Water Song (which can be found in the National Gallery of Canada), and all nine were a true testament to the vivacity and beauty that define the artists work. 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. In the last weeks of 2019, the My Heart Will Go On singer is enjoying the peak of a mid-life renaissance fueled by millennials nostalgia for less complicated times, her Vogueapproved status as a fashion icon and social medias appetite for self-deprecating yet wholesome celebrities. After earning popularity on Vine (RIP) in 2013, the 15-year-old Pickering, Ont., native went on to release his debut single Life of the Party in June, which became a record-breaker when it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100, making him the youngest artist in history to chart in the Top 25 with a debut single. This summer, I did a show called Dear Alanis, where I performed a stripped-down piano version of the song; I had never realized how devastating the lyric Just make sure you dont tell on me, especially to members of your family was until I sung it myself. Set in Toronto (so rare!) But its exciting that even in the era of viral videos, the audience went wild for dance, for classical music and for a corner of the arts world that, unfairly, gets so overlooked. 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. Traditionally, mainstream drag has always focused on passability, meaning to pass realistically as the opposite of your assigned or expressed daily gender. Shawn Mendes releases Life of the Party (also: meet Shawn Mendes! In a 2019 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Reeves admitted that he had a schoolboy crush on co-star Sandra Bullock while they were filming the 1994 bus thriller. In the shows final scene, the pair reunite, but Macis suddenly uncomfortable around the cameras. Now, hes using his knowledge to help struggling small-business owners make it in this competitive world. Before landing the role of Alexis Rose in Schitt's Creek, she was in consideration of quitting acting. The St. Johns native had, of course, come to prominence thanks to his work on This Hour Has 22 Minutes and subsequent Ricks Rants, the segment in which hed walk through graffitied alleys and, well, rant about whatever nonsense our prime minister and any other relevant soul was up to. Her desire and determination to tell these stories is its own subversively political and transformative act: shes taken the characters who, for decades, had been relegated to the best friend in the romantic comedy and readjusted the lens to focus on them. Deadmau5 released The Veldt, a retelling of Bradburys story of the same name, in 2012. But in 2010, it felt brand new and newer still for Canada, a nation thats global musical offerings at the time felt far removed from the majesty of a young pop singer whod used the internet to earn the attention of Usher and, subsequently, the audiences Usher had placed him in front of. Who knows how many times Canada has been referenced along the way at this point, but a 2019 episode co-written by Canadian Tim Long probably takes the cake for the most times weve been mentioned in a single shot. Most of the time, getting stranded at an airport after an emergency landing is a stressful experience. Fielder is a comedian a dry one. After conquering YouTube and the publishing world, Torontos Lilly Singh turned her sights to late-night TV this past September and made her debut with A Little Late with Lilly Singh, NBCs replacement for Last Call with Carson Daly. Instead, I like to think, we all just run together. And of course, we were in luck: two more mixtapes followed the same year, which completed a trilogy. Back off, Tony Napoli.) Always the wiser, Reeves responded by telling the fan, Youre breathtaking! The crowd went wild, and Reeves took it a step further, telling his audience, Youre all breathtaking! Video of the exchange has garnered millions of views. Featuring half of Hollywood including their fellow Canadians Jay Baruchel and Michael Cera the apocalypse-themed film is audacious, fearless and endlessly hilarious. It debuted at No. CNN called him a national treasure because of it, and he further cemented his status as the internets wholesome boyfriend. There was a big reason to celebrate Domee Shis Oscar win on Feb. 24, and not only because her animated short about an aging Chinese-Canadian woman and a little dumpling that comes to life was the perfect way to spend eight minutes. Musician Lucas Silveira expresses how seeing Jim Carrey in the 2017 documentary Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond took his admiration for the actor to a whole new level. This extended to the literary realm as well. Canada had no greater presence on Broadway this decade than with Irene Sankoff and David Heins smash musical Come From Away. that, frankly, belonged in a much better movie. Since the 90s, she has been synonymous with syrupy power ballads, questionable fashion choices and a passion for golfing. In Canada, Qubcois filmmakers have a fertile onscreen history of non-conformity, risk-taking and unabashedly high levels of emotions. The only asset left to them is a small, unsophisticated town: Schitt's Creek. A terrible business plan a literal joke can draw international publicity. Shrayas beautiful words are accompanied by Juliana Neufelds illustrations, and the book earned glowing praise from publications lucky enough to review it. (As a wee baby music journo, I remember the scramble that year to snag tickets to his show at the Mod Club and my inability to do so because I had no idea who represented him or how to find out.) Heres one reason: her silence is golden. The list of overachievers that dominate pop culture, whose projects are seen by hundreds of thousands of audience members on a consistent basis, is five times as long and more varied. CBC Arts first covered its construction in 2016, when we visited the building site in the foothills of the Andes outside Santiago. Im kidding, of course. ), and its music video spotlights Indigenous hoop dancers. But in a decade of mega-powered blockbusters, Scott Pilgrim was always going to be the misfit. Writer-director Robert Eggers turned Kiosk, Ont. And, of course, now that Indigenous artists have the chance to prove our work is both brilliant and marketable that we can sell out arts shows and end up on bestseller lists more arts institutions, publishers and galleries have supported us.
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