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Blaine Thurier (born 1967) is a Canadian musician and filmmaker. He played synthesizer with the Canadian indie pop supergroup The New Pornographers from their inception in 1997 up to 2021. He also directed several music videos for the band during his tenure.
Sep 21, 2021 · Director and writer Blaine Thurier and actress Alanna Bale spoke to Film Inquiry during the 2021 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, where the Canadian film had its world premiere recently. Blaine Thurier – source: Route 504 PR. Blaine Thurier (director/writer)
Sep 9, 2021 · Blaine Thurier was the longtime keyboardist of the New Pornographers, but he quietly exited the group earlier this year, and now he's directed a film that's screening this week at the...
Jun 15, 2022 · Directed by Vancouver’s Blaine Thurier, who co-wrote the script with Leonard Farlinger, Kicking Blood is a pulsing metaphor for addiction that grew out of Thurier’s familiar view of the many...
Kicking Blood: Directed by Blaine Thurier. With Alanna Bale, Luke Bilyk, Benjamin Sutherland, Ella Jonas Farlinger. When Anna, a centuries old vampire, watches Robbie, a charming but reckless young man, recover from his alcoholism, she decides to quit blood and restore her humanity.
Though best known as the keyboardist for the indie rock band the New Pornographers, Blaine Thurier also cultivated an award-winning second career as a filmmaker on such eccentric comedies...
Blaine Thurier's Kicking Blood works on so many levels, audiences will keep on wishing for a sense of irony or a subtle one-liner until the last minute. But even if it's not perfect, it's...
Sep 10, 2021 · A vampire and an alcoholic both wrestle with their own vices in Blaine Thurier’s humanist look at what it means to be mortal. Touching on the importance of support systems, community, and the sometimes difficult journey to happiness, Kicking Blood finds plenty of blood to drain from its veins.
Aug 31, 2021 · Blaine Thurier’s sultry, perma-stoned, ultra-modern spin on the vampire genre evokes cult-horror figures like George A. Romero and Stuart Gordon.
Filmmaker Blaine Thurier strips back the vampire movie mould and crafts something new that might be lacking tons on plot, but is skilfully executed and utterly absorbing throughout.
