Kier-La Janisse

I quit just over 2 years ago and the NA beers and wines work for me, if I have a hard day and need a drink, I have a glass of fake wine and the ritual of it does the trick. A lot of my drinkng was associated w other habits and i found that the alcohol content was actually the least important part.

Jonathan Kaplan, Director of ‘The Accused’ and ‘ER,’ Dies at 77 The nephew of Van Heflin also helmed ‘Love Field,’ ‘Truck Turner,’ ‘Over the Edge,’ ‘Bad Girls,’ ‘Immediate Family’ and other admired films.

RIP to Jonathan Kaplan, director of the greatest JD film of all time, OVER THE EDGE
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A few weeks ago I did a book launch/reading from my book COCKFIGHT at Midnight Mass books in London, Ontario and the best part was going through their amazing collection of used books - this was my haul!

‘The Yogurt Shop Murders’ Director On Revisiting The Tragic Case After More Than 30 Years: “It Was Just Such A World Of Darkness” Margaret Brown spoke with Deadline about revisiting Austin's infamous yogurt shop murders after more than 30 years

I've been waiting for someone to cover this case in a series, and so glad it's Margaret Brown, who first came onto my radar with her great Townes Van Zandt documentary.
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It won the highest literary honour in Canada for a reason! We are very proud of our BEAR

Thank you!

I've got one of those!

Giving this another push, would appreciate the signal boost if you are so inclined!

I can't be there in person this year because of... AMERICA... but YOU should go, the @severinfilms.bsky.social Super-Shock is always a blast!!!

Who's getting excited about the forthcoming Robert Downey Sr. Reader, co-edited by me and Clint Enns??
I know I am - Luke Insect is killing it with the design as usual...

7/30/74: Monte Hellman cult favorite Cockfighter [DP Néstor Almendros] w/Mr. Warren Oates, Harry Dean Stanton, Laurie Bird, Millie Perkins
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A rave review for my latest book COCKFIGHT in @sightsoundmag.bsky.social!! Now available from @fabpress.bsky.social and in regular distribution catalogues in North America courtesy of SCB. So grateful for such a thoughtful piece, I've been lucky with the few reviews it's gotten so far.

It's really great

Ms .45 Limited Edition 4K UHD Buy Ms .45 Limited Edition 4K UHD from Arrow Films.

New work! New 4K restoration by @arrowvideo.bsky.social MS .45! Produced by me and the magnificent @horrornonna.com. New comm by @horrornonna.com, plus new extras by @bjcolangelo.bsky.social and Kat Ellinger and new art by @sisterhyde.bsky.social

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I have the honor of setting down a few thoughts in words about one of the most important musical figures in my life. May he rest in the knowledge that he gave voice to sentiments many struggle to express.

THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM, a Christmas ghost story based on the short story by Algernon Blackwood, starring Don McKellar and directed by Kier-La Janisse, is set to hit the festival circuit this fall.

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A great deal on some essential Horror classics!!

Kier-La Janisse of “WOODLANDS DARK…” wraps her first narrative film “THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM” - Rue Morgue Her chiller takes its cues from classic ghost stories.

Thanks to Mike Gingold + @ruemorguemag.bsky.social for posting the news about my film!
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What's this!?

An online conference!?

Dedicated to the ghostly and weird tales! Celebrating 100 years of M R James 'A Warning to the Curious'?

With fantastic authors! Incredible panels! Writing workshops! Fantastic keynote speakers!

Check it out!!

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I am travelling and need to sell the books I'm carrying on my travels. When they're available for mail order they'll be on the website, I can't manage that at the moment. There are still 6 boxes of them in storage which will come out eventually.

It's not a feature, that was an error in the article - it's just a very long short

Thank you!

All I am allowed to say about the film at this point is in the article :)

BIG NEWS! Happy to finally announce I've wrapped production on my first narrative film as a director, 'The Occupant of the Room' - a Christmas ghost story starring Don McKellar - in post now, hope to have it in festivals this fall!

Kier-La Janisse’s ‘The Occupant Of The Room’ wraps principal photography (exclusive) The ghost story is being aimed at autumn festivals and markets.

It's official!
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TODAY! I'll be at the Vinegar Syndrome store in Toronto hawking @severinfilms.bsky.social goodies - including a limited number of boardgames which are usually only available in bundles! Plus I pulled some rare books out of storage, KID POWER and YULETIDE TERROR - come by 3-5pm!

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In 1959, a trio of outsider filmmakers – formerly blacklisted screenwriter Ben Maddow (THE ASPHALT JUNGLE), Oscar® nominated editor/director Sidney Meyers (THE QUIET ONE) and future Oscar® winning director Joseph Strick (INTERVIEWS WITH MY LAI VETERANS) – wrote, produced, edited and directed this ‘dramatized documentary’ that San Francisco Cinematheque calls “a masterpiece of verité cinema.” Adrift and bitter after her recent divorce, a woman (Barbara Baxley, NASHVILLE, NORMA RAE) moves through a purgatorial Los Angeles confronted by the poetic grotesqueries of the city’s leering landmarks and underground spaces – to the film’s devastated protagonist this is all apocalyptic spectacle. Gary Merrill (ALL ABOUT EVE) co-stars as the woman’s condemnatory internal voice in this “knockout of a film” (Kier-La Janisse, HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN). Part Mondo film, part stream-of-consciousness experiment, part one-woman scream into the void, THE SAVAGE EYE was filmed on location over a period of four years by a team of cinematographers that included 2x Academy Award® winner Haskell Wexler (MEDIUM COOL), Academy Award® nominee Jack Couffer (JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL) and esteemed street photographer Helen Levitt – with sound editing by Academy Award® winner Verna Fields (JAWS) – capturing a Los Angeles that, in many ways, no longer exists.

"Part Mondo film, part stream-of-consciousness experiment, part one-woman scream into the void" THE SAVAGE EYE (1959) is back in cinemas in a new restoration by @severinfilms.bsky.social. I personally initiated its acquisition and restoration - book it now from The American Genre Film Archive

I actually sent out an email blast to various cinemas just yesterday, trying to get the 4k restoration back on screens!

This is one I picked!