#Sook-Yin Lee

[esqueletosgays]

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (2001)

Director: John Cameron Mitchell Cinematography: Frank G. DeMarco

[rickchung]

Paying for It (dir. Sook-Yin Lee) x VIFF 2024.

It certainly has some strong late-'90s Toronto alternative art scene and quirky indie movie vibes grounded by [Dan] Beirne and [Emily] Lê's strong performances as friends and ex-lovers who respect each other's personal spaces and romantic boundaries. It's both refreshingly sweet and explicitly provocative about its depiction of sensual desires outside of traditionally accepted normative relationships.

Premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival as as part of the Platform program.

[kamaradka]

neko case - knock loud

[fathersonholygore]

[Fantastic Fest Shorts 2024] A FERMENTING WOMAN / DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS

DISCLAIMER: The following reviews contain SPOILERS! A Fermenting Woman (2024) Directed by Priscilla Galvez Screenplay by Maisie Jacobson; based on a story by Galvez Starring Sook-Yin Lee. Drama / Horror ★★★★★ (out of ★★★★★) We need more menstrual horror. Women’s own bodies prepare them for a world of horror, in real life and in fiction, so why shouldn’t we see that represented more in horror…

[sneakydragon]

Sneaky Dragon Episode 620

Episode 620 - This week, Dave and Ian talk about the toy of sex,, getting on the multiplane, ugly hags, hair shirts, overhyped wars, incoherent rock, uncomfortable viewings, deflating impressions, cults of one, and too much comedy.

Hola, Sneakers! It’s Episode 620 of the podcast no one needed! This week Ian and David talk: phone-y baloney; guys and sex dolls; the toy of sex; the multiplanes of existence; the way of all Fleischer; hag-iography; Snow what; Gulliver unravels; a Swift response; future past; world war wonderings; favouring Currie; Dads’ armies; golf bores; bridge nix; the problem with It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad…

[highinbrighton]

starting a collection

[themnmovieman]

Movie Review ~ Close to You

Close to You Synopsis: Sam hasn’t been home since his transition. After four years in Toronto, he takes a long-dreaded trip back to his hometown for his father’s birthday. Once there, he confronts unresolved wounds and reconnects with an old flame.Stars: Elliot Page, Hillary Baack, Wendy Crewson, Peter Outerbridge, Janet Porter, Alex Paxton-Beesley, and Sook-Yin LeeDirector: Dominic SavageRated:…

[jontheblogcentric]

VIFF 2024 Review: Paying For It

Emily Le and Dan Beirne play a couple who try open love and go in unorthodox directions in the oddball romance Paying For It. I first took an interest to Paying For It knowing it’s directed by Sook-Yin Lee. I had no clue of what to expect. Boy was I in for a surprise! Chester Brown and Sonny Lee are a Toronto couple in a tough situation. They’ve had a romantic relationship together for years…

[valleygirlintelligentsia]

of course there's a new sook-yin lee movie as soon as i leave the country

[esqueletosgays]

SHORTBUS (2006)

Director: John Cameron Mitchell Cinematography: Frank G. DeMarco

[bookclub4m]

35 Non-fiction Graphic Novels by BIPOC Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

This Place: 150 Years Retold

Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir by Ai Weiwei with Elettra Stamboulis & Gianluca Costantini

Nat Turner by Kyle Baker

The Talk by Darrin Bell

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

I’m a Wild Seed by Sharon Lee De la Cruz

Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao

Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America by Joel Christian Gill and Ibram X. Kendi

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martinez

The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book by Gord Hill

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

The American Dream? A Journey on Route 66 Discovering Dinosaur Statues, Muffler Man, and the Perfect Breakfast Burrito: a Graphic Memoir by Shing Yin Khor

Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada, and Ko Hyung-Ju

In Limbo by Deb J.J. Lee

This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America by Navied Mahdavian

Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín

Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story by Sarah Myer

Steady Rollin': Preacher Kid, Black Punk and Pedaling Papa by Fred Noland

Citizen 13660 by Mine Okubo

Your Black Friend and Other Strangers by Ben Passmore

Kwändǖr by Cole Pauls

Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey by Edel Rodriguez

Power Born of Dreams: My Story is Palestine by Mohammad Sabaaneh

A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi

Grandmothers, Our Grandmothers: Remembering the "Comfort Women" of World War II by Han Seong-Won

Death Threat by Vivek Shraya and Ness Lee

Palimpsest: Documents From A Korean Adoption by Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom

Big Black: Stand at Attica by Frank "Big Black" Smith, Jared Reinmuth, and Améziane

Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith, Dawud Anyabwile, and Derrick Barnes

The High Desert by James Spooner

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker

Feelings by Manjit Thapp

The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson

Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard by Ronald Wimberly and Braham Revel

[teenagefeeling]

canadian media is such a small world lmao, i was just looking at the credits on a sook-yin lee album (because it contains a song that neko case covered a few years later) and saw jean yoon, who i know because i just watched the sitcom kim's convenience not that long ago and she plays the mom. what a fun little coincidence

[aeolianblues]

On Gentrification: No Tickets At The Door

No Tickets At The Door is an in-depth look into Toronto’s diverse underground music scene and the myriad of challenges that musicians, promoters, and venues are facing during COVID-19. Questions about creative survival and perseverance during lockdown, as well as the overwhelming effects of merciless gentrification, are actively raised and discussed by the community. Part documentary, part love letter to the scene, filmmaker and musician Danny Alexander explores the creative impulses that are driving musicians today while paying close attention to the endangered status of Toronto as an incubator for the arts. Featuring interviews with prominent contributors such as Sook-Yin Lee, Dan Burke, Luna Li, Yamantaka//Sonic Titan, and TRP.P, owners of historic venues like the Horseshoe Tavern, and local politicians who are championing the arts, No Tickets At The Door examines the importance of music communities in the modern age and what is at stake if a city is no longer hospitable towards them.

[theam-cjsw]

The AM: January 20, 2025

Apologies for the hard-to-hear introduction: The mic was muted and was fixed after that.

That aside, it's an eclectic one this week, starting with healing sounds from Singular Balance, moving through a throwback to Chad VanGaalen's Flemish Eye debut, sharing a mini-tribute to the great David Lynch, and wrapping with a pair of instrumental protest songs. Complex moods for a complex day. I hope you enjoy it.

Listen at CJSW or with the streaming links below. Track listing is after the break, too.

Hour One:

Healing Singular Balance • Singular Balance Archive

Butterfly of the Night No. 4 Ryan Lottermoser • NOCTURNA

Airliner - shn shn Remix Kilometre Club, featuring Hollie Kenniff • The Downwind Uproar: A Kilometre Club Remixtape

Love is Not a Place Mary Ocher • Approaching Singularity: Music for The End of Time

Ocean in the Palm Moshimoss • Reminiscence EP

Summer vanishes once a holiday Test Card • Signals

La Mort de la Maîtresse EYE • Mécanique Calypso

New Life Arrangement • Single

Strewn T. Gowdy • Trill Scan

Norther Ex-Easter Island Head • Norther

Maze Philip Clemo • Through the Wave of Blue

Hour Two:

New Dawn Marshall Allen, featuring Neneh Cherry • New Dawn

J.L.T. T2 • It'll All Work Out in Boomland

Standing Stoned Zacht Automaat • Be Happy In Your Workshop

Blood Moon Echolalia • Echolalia

Graduated Assassin Chad VanGaalen • Infiniheart

Human Totem Chad VanGaalen • Infiniheart

Coma Eiko Ishibashi • Antigone

Come On, Baby! Be a Good Girl for the Camera Ada Lea • Notes EP

I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night The Space Lady • The Space Lady's Greatest Hits

Hour Three:

The Answers to the Questions Chrystabell, David Lynch • Cellophane Memories

Falling Julee Cruise • Floating Into the Night

This Magic Moment Lou Reed • Lost Highway Soundtrack

Wishin' Well David Lynch • The Big Dream

As You Sleep By My Feet Jonnine • Single

Vertigo Joni Void, featuring Sook-Yin Lee • Every Life Is A Light

B33 Various Artists, featuring Harmonische-23 • Forest City Series, Vol. 6

Shadows & Form Bristol Manor • Nightlife

This Land is Your Land SUSS • Single

We Shall Overcome Bill Frisell • Orchestras