The perspicacious A.A. Dowd included CANARY in his Year in Review: 2009.

CANARY hits Europe next week! We'll screen Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 4:30 PM at Utopiales Festival International de Science-Fiction in Nantes, France. "Frissons et révulsion garantis."

I'm pleased to announce that Vancouver International Film Festival has invited Canary to screen on 10/8 and 10/11.

VIFF screening details.

The Auteurs hosts a dense roundtable discussion of CANARY which goes from this this:

[T]he dilemma we have here in writing about Canary seems related to the one that Adams had in constructing it--how to talk about something diffuse, spectral, invisible while looking right at it.

To this:

The film stands on its own merits wherever it goes. Adams's talent is undeniable. And we may also be observing a small change in the way talented, independent artists get their work out into the world. What has happened with Canary, which is only partly the result of the film festival circuit, is worth ten thousand Hulus.

When you're able to set aside an hour or so, you can read this sometimes combative, always incisive roundtable here. We want to thank host Daniel Kasman and participants Dave McDougall, Craig Keller, Michael Sicinski and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky.

With the Rooftop screening in Brooklyn mere days away, Jim Ridley of The Village Voice has written a glowing review of CANARY:

Micro in budget, macro in ambition, accomplishment, and scope, Adams's slyly withholding film prompts multiple viewings--and deserves them.

Read the rest of the review here.

CANARY is in very good company on this list of the Top 10 Films About Healthcare at the TakePart Social Action Network. What an honor to be included with The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, which Alejandro credits as an influence on Canary!

Twitch has published three reviews of Canary, each a glowing take on the film, but the latest takes into account the audience reaction at Fantasia.

I've attended Fantasia for five years now, and CANARY is the only film I've ever seen that was met at the end with resounding silence.

It's interesting to see how post-public-screening reviews differ from those written by critics who have watched the film on DVD.

Read Lauren Baggett's Twitch review here:

http://twitchfilm.net/reviews/2009/07/fantasia-09-review-canary.php

"CANARY is a powerful, haunting and exciting work of art."

We've been invited to screen CANARY at the marvelous Rooftop Films Summer Series.

When: Friday, August 7, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Where: The Old American Can Factory
Address: 232 Third Street at Third Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Tickets are available now.

It's an amazing venue and should be a wonderful evening. Tell all of your friends in the New York area!

Fantasia Film Festival (Montreal) has announced its 2009 line-up and screenings. Canary will screen on July 21 and 22. The Canary catalog listing features a thorough description and great stills.

A Fantasia programmer was asked to name the most intelligent film in the 2009 program. Wait for it...Canary! "Wo boy. Celui-là nous a impressionnés." ("That one really impressed us.")

We're excited that Canary is part of Fantasia. The festival organizers have offered a great deal of personal attention and care so far, and we know each screening will have a great audience!

Sara Schieron reviews Canary for Box Office Magazine:

Adams' camerawork, which constantly skates over the surface of information, treats each crucial detail as casually as something only slightly relevant to the story: in this world, literally nothing is sacred. If you were to project the emotional lethargy and hummingbird heartbeat attention span of Slacker onto J.J. Abrams TV drama Lost you'd be getting close to Canary. The genius of Adams' directorial practice is the way it forces the audience to participate and assume a form of complicity in this deranged alternate universe.

Sara rates Canary four out of five stars, and I believe this is the first time the word "genius" has been used to describe Alejandro and/or his films in an industry publication.

Read the entire review here.