Sook-Yin Lee News

The Globe, Wed., Sept. 30 at 7 p.m.) The first feature length film from director Sook-Yin Lee, Year of the Carnivore is a romp into the underbelly of love.

Two Canadian indies. Two "Kids in the Hall" alums. Two vastly different genres. Stateside, we all know about the crazy worlds of David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan, and the maple leaf filmmakers who make inventive footprints in the world of film.

Sook-Yin Lee's no stranger to dealing with sexuality on film. Her explicit scenes in John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus initially upset her bosses at the CBC, where she's host of Definitely Not The Opera.

Canadian media personality Sook-Yin Lee 's feature-length directorial debut will open the Toronto International Film Festival 's Canada First! program.

Philip French: This is a clumsy comedy, an amateur charade in home-movie style, developed in collaboration with its cast by director John Cameron Mitchell.