Daniel Janvier
About Daniel Janvier
Daniel is a graduate of the University of Guelph's theatre studies program. Having performed Shakespeare in drag once, Daniel attempts to sound unique and mysteriously cool when speaking with woman in bars. He then proceeds to take over the dance floor, performing a rendition of Thom Yorke's dancing in Radiohead's Lotus Flower video as performed by a geriatric. Who is suffering. A lot apparently. He is also allergic to cats, the villainous harbingers of apocalypse and the odour of kitty litter - which is a stupid name for a toilet.
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04 Jun 2013
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29 Apr 2013In early 2011, Hosni Mubarak was removed from power following 18 days of political demonstrations labelled the Egyptian revolution – but not by all. One night in Cairo saw 12 cab drivers record their conversations with their fares following Mubarak’s ousting. Director David Munoz then compiled those conversations into Another...
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29 Apr 2013When Rocky Braat returns to Pittsburgh from an extended residency in India, his best friend and filmmaker Steve Hoover documents what becomes the biggest decision of Braat’s life. Hoover sees that his aloof friend has found his purpose in a care centre working with women and children living with HIV....
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21 Feb 2013I went out with a friend to sell some of his old DVDs to one of those buy/sell chains like BMV or Sonic Boom. I’m not sure how many he actually sold, maybe ten or twelve, but he did manage to score twenty dollars – an insignificant return when compared...Archived in Blog Writer Blogs
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14 Feb 2013In celebration of my recently missed deadline, here are a few hastily compiled movies perfect for a Thursday in February. Much Ado About Nothing (2012) Having premiered at last year’s TIFF with lineups reaching from the entrance of the Elgin Theatre, around the block, and ending near the other side...Archived in Blog Writer Blogs
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08 Feb 2013I was asked to be a background actor this Sunday in a short film that my friend had written. I was a reporter waiting at the front door of a court house to harass the leads as they made their way to their car. This required a lot of waiting,...Archived in Blog Writer Blogs
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05 Feb 2013
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01 Feb 2013As a hyper-conceited nobody, I find it helpful to occasionally remind myself that more often than not, I’m a shit writer. I’m still young, so hopefully I won’t be a shit writer forever. As of the end of this paragraph, sepllcherk the application which checks my spelling found no...Archived in Blog Writer Blogs
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25 Jan 2013Hey everyone. Last week I wrote something actually related to film. This week, my mind has been a bit divided and as such I shall present you with a simple tale. This tale is brought to by the Pokemon drink “BEST WISHES.” Once upon a time six or seven and...Archived in Blog Writer Blogs
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25 Jan 2013Italian filmmakers Luca Ragazzi and Gustav Hofer’s newest documentary, Italy: Love It or Leave It will run at Bloor Hot Docs starting this Friday. The two filmmakers were inspired in different directions by their friends leaving for Berlin, London, and Barcelona for the futures seemingly nonexistent in Italy. Gustav wanted...
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24 Jan 2013
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17 Jan 2013The Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival has announced it will run its 24 hour hour filmmaking contest, the T24 Project, from Friday February 15 to Saturday, February 16, 2013. For those unfamiliar with the project, young filmmakers are given an essay style question to answer with a short film in...Archived in Blog On the Scene
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16 Jan 2013Profanity develops from what a culture fears. Languages with strong Latin origins have their curse words based heavily in religion. English has a strong Germanic basis, and takes two of our most common themes from German words for sex and defecation. Anyway, Chloë Sevigny was featured in the two most...Archived in Blog Writer Blogs
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16 Jan 2013Barry Doupé’s latest animated feature-length, The Colours That Combine to Make White Are Important will open Pleasure Dome’s 2013 winter season. The Vancouver-based filmmaker uses a failing Japanese glass factory as an allegory on art and language. Doupé will be attending the 7:30pm screening on Friday January 19, 2013 at...
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13 Dec 2012Rob Schröder and Gabrielle Provaas’ latest work, Meet the Fokkens, will open this Friday at Bloor Hot Docs. The duo focus their lens on the Fokken sisters’ lives in the Amsterdam sex trade. The twins Louise and Martine, appropriately aged 69, were first pressured into prostitution by Louise’s abusive husband....
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12 Dec 2012
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07 Dec 2012This Friday, the Pleasure Dome Artist’s Film Exhibition Group will screen its members works at the enigmatic Cinecycle coffee bar and underground cinema (also: bike repair shop.) The programme, Magic Kingdoms/Vacation Lands will feature videos from Martin Arnold, Pilvi Takala, and Elodie Pong amongst others. The screening begins at 7:00pm...
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06 Dec 2012A while ago we told you about the Monsters and Martians Science Fiction Film Festival, Toronto’s first festival dedicated to science fiction and features new Canadian works that doesn’t require more zombies. Projection Booth East will run the festival through December 6 to 9, 2012. Opening the floodgates will be...
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04 Dec 2012For the last year or so, a friend from uni has been posting news about the first film he was featured in, an indie grind-house flick called In the House of Files. I had various bits of on-set footage, latest poster designs, and tidbits about the film festival screenings appearing...Archived in Blog Writer Blogs
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03 Dec 2012
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