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Karla: Bringing Back the Criminal Barbie
Wednesday April 26, 2006
Digital Journal — Canada’s
most controversial film is scary. Not in an Exorcist kind of way but in
an I-can’t-believe-this-actually-happened way.
Killer Karla Hits Big Screen From Real Life
to Reel Life Thursday April
20th,2006 May 1st Issue "The Globe"
That 70's star Laura Prepon is hitting the big
screen as Canada's hottest coldblooded killer
Cleveland Film
Festival Radio Interview Tuesday
April 18th, 2006
KARLA Official Selection Fantasy Filmfest
Thursday 4/6/06
From Munich to Berlin the German Fantasy Film
Festival is the largest Genre Festival for Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction,
worldwide. The Festival is a Nationwide event in Germany and begins July 18,
2006
Karla Official
Selection of 2006 Palm Beach International Film Festival
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Karla travels to Santa Barbara and Cleveland
Festivals Monday February 27,
2006 Still playing in Canadian theaters (6th consecutive week), "Karla" finishes the Santa Barbara
Film festival with a (unscheduled) 3rd screening and gets ready for The
Cleveland International Film Festival March 17th. Get edited CIFF guide and
schedule here or full version
here.
Film about killers caused outrage in Canada
Friday February 10th, 2006
You can't help but marvel at the wickedness the
performers pack into their roles, but you can't help but be reminded that even
pretty people do pretty awful things.
Karla
star encounters a hostile audience
Thursday, February 2, 2006 “After I
read the screenplay, I went on-line and started finding out more about the
case,” Collins continues. “Then I had a long meeting with Joel Bender and the
producer, Michael Sellers, to make sure that we weren’t making a movie just for
the shock value.…To get into this area, you have to see some things in yourself
that are not very pleasant to look at. And if you are not willing to look at
them, then it’s not really worth doing, is it?”
Karla movie gives the competition a run
Thursday January 26th, 2006
The real-life Homolka, who was released from
prison last year after serving out a plea-bargain sentence, was most recently
seen in Montreal.
Bernardo lead defends role
Tuesday, January 17th, 2006 In
Toronto yesterday to promote the upcoming film (it debuts Friday) about one of
Canada's most notorious rapists and murderers, Collins says he prepared for the
role by pulling up media clippings on line and then watching countless
serial-killer films. "Anthony Hopkins's character in Silence of the
Lambs particularly struck me," he says. "His character just seemed so
remorseless and that was my impression of Paul too. Knowing [these crimes] were
all based on truth made it that much more difficult."
Movie Review: Karla is a Terrifying Portrayal of Evil
Monday, January 16th,
2006 What
makes this film a cut above the everyday murder flick is Prepon’s incredible
portrayal of Homolka............Not
to be overshadowed, Collins is a very strong Bernardo who jumps from fury to
neediness in a matter of seconds, realistically portraying an emotionally
unstable murderer.
Movie gave her 'nightmares' Actress
plays murder victim in Homolka film
Monday, January 16th, 2006
It was months after filming wrapped on Karla
before Sarah Foret stopped having nightmares.
Portrayal chills actor Monday,
January 16th, 2006
Canadians aren't the only ones repulsed by Paul
Bernardo. Playing the rapist-killer in the terrifying Hollywood film Karla was
the most traumatic experience of actor Misha Collins' life.
Victims renamed as 'a courtesy'
Sunday, Ja15th, 2006 LOS ANGELES --
The names of two of the teenaged victims depicted in the true-life movie Karla
were changed out of respect for their families, not out of legal obligation,
according to filmmaker Michael Sellers.
Prison hasn't dulled Bernardo's charm
Friday, January 13th, 2006 Bernardo's devil-in-disguise good looks and
manipulative charm will be brought to life next Friday, when the movie Karla
comes to 100 silver screens across Canada
Karla showings defended
Monday August 15th, 2005
NEW YORK
-- The Canadian film distribution
community is sharply dividing over Karla, as the controversial drama
about Karla Homolka nears completion and the film's Los Angeles-based producer
steps up his attempts to find a route to a Canadian audience in the wake of the
film's first positive review.
Xtreme Entrepreneurs Supports Michael D. Sellers'
Attempts To Screen "Karla" In Canada
Sunday August 14th,2004 Michael
Sellers did not commit the crimes, nor is he saying how wonderful these crimes
are. He is telling a compelling story no different than when my uncle, Marvin
Weinstein, had a book published after the gruesome murder of his daughter by the
hands of two Stanley Steemer employees.
Private screening eyed for Karla film
Saturday August 13th, 2005
The mob is not interested
in hearing what Sellers has to say, but they might be surprised if they did. In
conversation, Sellers emerges as articulate and extremely serious.
A First Look at Karla
An exclusive review of the contentious
film Friday August 12th, 2005
Karla will almost certainly find a
significant audience.
'Karla' leaves unanswered questions
Friday August 12th,2005
Karla, a controversial new film about serial killers Karla Homolka and Paul
Bernardo, implies Homolka had ample opportunity to leave her husband, but leaves
open the key question – which of the two prompted the couple's crimes?
The right to avoid Homolka should be mine
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
I would be more than happy never to hear another word about the crimes committed
by Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, but if it's all the same to Air Canada, I
would rather make that decision for myself.
Film on Karla Homolka to screen in Canada
Tuesday, August 9, 2005
Toronto -- Canadians may yet get a chance to see Karla,
a controversial American film based on the infamous sex crimes of Paul Bernardo
and Karla Homolka that was pulled from the Montreal World Film Festival last
week.
Killer Biopic Stirs Controversy in Canada
Friday August 5th, 2005
Will politicians ever learn? If you
don't want people to go see a movie, leave it alone. Instead, there are now over
300 articles on
Google News, providing hundreds of free column inches -- the dream of every
indie movie marketer. Right now, it looks like the producers are working the
"freedom of artistic expression" and "no one's dragging you to see this" PR
angles, which are straight out of the ol' Miramax playbook.
Karla Homolka and the Montreal World Film Festival
Friday August 5th, 2005
And while you have to respect the feelings of
those close to the murder victims, I have a hard time buying into the notion
that their feelings must reign supreme over all else. Admitting that (a) the
wounds are particularly fresh and raw given Homolka’s very recent release from
prison and (b) few of these films debuted at film festivals that relied so
heavily upon a single corporate sponsor as the Mtl festival apparently does, you
still hafta wonder how many dozens of movies have been made about real-life
villainy at least as vile as that of Homolka and Bernardo? And how many millions
of dollars have been made off of them? And why wasn’t there a greater hue and
cry about those films? What makes Karla so special?
Bad guys can turn into good films
Friday August 5th, 2005
The Montreal Film Festival erred in
caving into an advertiser and scrapping a showing of the new Karla Homolka film.
Unholy Grit-CBC alliance
Friday August 5th 2005
Normally, I support private funding over making a trip to the government trough.
However, an incident in Montreal has me reconsidering my position.
Karla producer will fight for film
Friday August 5th, 2005
TORONTO -- The producer of a film about
notorious killers Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo vowed yesterday to step up his
efforts to have the movie screened in Canada, one day after the cancellation of
a scheduled screening in Montreal.
Producer of Homolka film vowing to step up effort to have it shown in Canada
Thursday August 4th, 2005
"It's attracting international
attention."
Montreal film festival pulls Homolka film
Thursday August 4th, 2005 Montreal
— Bowing to sponsors such as Air Canada, the Montreal World Film Festival has
dropped plans to play host to the premiere of the Hollywood movie about sex
killers Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo.
NBC
SHOW: Dateline
Sunday July 31, 2005 DATELINE FOLLOW-UP
(Ann Curry)
Blood Lust Cinema's
fascination with murderers July 29th, 2005
The making of a Karla
Homolka biopic was always a matter of when, not if. Homolka and her ex-husband
Paul Bernardo have already inspired several true-crime books, a novel, a play
and at least two episodes in the Law & Order franchise, as well as
hundreds of pages of newsprint and hours of television coverage. The controversy
over the upcoming premiere of Karla (formerly titled Deadly)
at the Montreal Film Festival — the city where a newly free Homolka is believed
to be residing — was just as inevitable.
REUTERS
Montreal fest makes killing with crime saga
Tuesday July 26th 2005
The Montreal World Film Festival (Aug. 26-Sept. 5), which faces competition from
the upstart New Montreal FilmFest, defended its screening of the film in a
statement, arguing that "notorious criminals" from Adolf Hitler to the Boston
Strangler had been portrayed in film."Some of the actors have even won Oscars
for their performances in these films, most notably Charlize Theron in the role
of the criminal Aileen Wuornos in 'Monster,"' the festival said.
Reality TV
''70s Show' star Laura Prepon to portray serial
killer in 'Karla'
UPI News Service,
07/26/2005
"That '70s Show" star Laura Prepon is known for
her comedic side but the Montreal Film Festival is about to see her play the
opposite of Donna.
VIDEO
Montreal film fest to screen Homolka film
7/25/05
The American film, which is now called Karla
instead of its previous title, Deadly, will be screened in late August.
PRESS RELEASE
For
immediate distribution - Monday, July 25th, 2005
Controversial film on Karla Homolka to have World Premiere at WFF
Homolka movie to debut at Montreal Film Fest
July 25th 2005
Prime-time killers July 21, 2005
How many would watch?
Court TV,
Monday July 18th, 2005
'Done Deal' Part Three'
June 29, 2005
Homolka film release moved to fall
Wednesday, May
25, 2005
A Hollywood film about schoolgirl killer Karla
Homolka will likely be kept out of Canadian theatres until the fall.
"As I watch that news coverage coming out of (Canada), it's all Karla, all the
time," Sellers said from his Los Angeles office. "I don't want to be a part of
that circus, I don't think we should be. I don't think it's the right thing."
They have Jacko, we have Karly Kurls
Tuesday May
10, 2005 News
directors are cancelling reporters' vacations. Camera crews are on stand-by.
Producers and editors are planning special coverage packages. It looks to be the
hottest story of the summer: No, not a federal election but the release of Karla
Homolka from prison eight weeks from today.
Producer says he's 'not comfortable' screening Homolka, Bernardo film in
victims' communities
Saturday May 07, 2005 HAMILTON
- The makers of a film about Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo plan to donate a
portion of the proceeds to charity or to restrict screenings in Ontario.
Transcript from TV
Show
CANADA
AM with
"Deadly" Producer, Michael
Sellers
5/06/2005
THOMSON:
Let me jump right in and ask you, why did you choose this particular story? Of
all stories that are out there, both good and terrible, why choose this one?
A
Current Affair (Fox TV) The Perfect Couple
Trailer For "Deadly": The Bernardo/Homolka Story
(Forum) May 6th, 2005
A trailer has appeared online
for the movie "Deadly" starring Misha Collins (24) and Laura Prepon (That 70's
Show). While it looks like just another generic serial killer movie, it is
actually a very controversial film in Canada as it retells the story of Paul
Bernardo and Karla Homolka...
Homolka's choice of Montreal raises new concerns
Friday, May 06, 2005
News that convicted killer Karla Homolka may
plan to live in Quebec after her release from jail this summer has raised
concerns among residents in a Montreal neighbourhood.
The Barbie And
Ken Of Serial Killers To Be Chronicled In Deadly
Wednesday
May,4th
2005
The life and crimes of Canada’s worst serial
killing couple, Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo will be chronicled and debut in
the United States later this year after likely hitting the Canadian cinemas
first. The Hollywood film entitled Deadly will not come without controversy.
Homolka film producer offers preview
May 3, 2005
TORONTO (CP) - An exclusive viewing of a Hollywood
film chronicling the depraved crimes of Karla Homolka is being offered to
interested parties in Toronto in advance of a potential Canadian summer release.
The controversial film Deadly could come to Canada just as the schoolgirl killer
is released from prison, a move motivated in large part by sensational media
coverage negating the need for a long publicity campaign.
Attention News Editors: Monday,
May 2,
2005 See it first on Global News with Leslie Roberts: Exclusive scenes
from "Deadly", the controversial film about Karla Homolka's life with Paul
Bernardo. (Canada NewsWire Group is
the nation’s number one resource for time-critical news and information from
more than 10,000 sources coast to coast and around the world.)
Bernardo movie exclusive
Monday, May 2,
2005 -- It's the film everyone's been talking about Deadly, the
story of Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo is set to hit theatres this fall.
But tonight - for the first time - we'll show you clips from the film that's
stirring up controversy across the nation in an exclusive report from
Global's Sean O'Shea. We warn you that some of the images and language in
this report are disturbing.
Painful truth hard to take
4/11/05
An ill-fated union of lovers.
The macabre musings of seemingly ordinary suburban folk. Grisly murders that
shock a nation. Storylines like these populate Canadian cinemas nightly --
that's entertainment.
Dalton doesn't go to the movies 3/31/05
This is Ontario where we are blessed with a
premier and a provincial government that, when not out and out lying to their
constituents are attempting to control their every move, thought and action.
Dalton McGuinty, at the movies 3/28/05
Let's stop here for a second. This is the
kind of unutterably stupid statement a premier can get away with, but a critic
can't. Making a movie about a terrible tragedy isn't "to capitalize" on it.
It's simply to make a movie. And if it were unfortunate to make a movie about
a terrible tragedy, many movies would be unfortunate. Titanic would be
unfortunate, and so would be Hiroshima Mon Amour.
Right Honourable Movie Critics 3/28/05
Personally, I had no idea anyone was making a
film about the Bernardo case until Dalton McGuinty told me - and as sure as
the day follows the night, what would otherwise be a forgettable slice of
direct-to-DVD dreck will become essential viewing when politicians get angry
about it.
Families want to see Bernardo film 3/23/05
"We have very serious concerns
about the film because transcripts (the producers) have... include what went
on inside the house (and) what was on the videotapes and it's very disturbing
information," said Tim Danson.
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Leanne Homolka, also known as Karla Leanne Teale, born May
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manslaughter and sentenced to 12 years in prison for her
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She’s baaaaaaaack!
12/2/05 Canadians
can no longer feel safe walking the streets
thanks to a Quebec Superior Court judge after
restrictions imposed on Karla Homolka were
lifted Wednesday.
CNN.com
Woman who helped husband kill teens is freed
12/01/05
Woman in Infamous Sex Case Gains Freedom
LA TIMES
11/30/05
By ROB GILLIES, Associated Press Writer
Woman in infamous sex case gains freedom
THE MIAMI HERALD
11/30/05
Court lifts constraints on Canada sex
killer-reports
11/30/05 TORONTO
(Reuters) - A
Canadian judge has lifted a number of
court-imposed restrictions on sex killer Karla Homolka, who was released from prison in July
after serving 12 years for her role in the rape,
torture and murder of two schoolgirls, according
to media reports on Wednesday.
Homolka a positive role model, convict's book
says 11/13/05
A new book by Karla
Homolka's former prison lover characterizes the
schoolgirl killer as a positive role model, who
liked bondage sex games.
Cops move into fast lane
11/08/05
Bevan worked as an investigator
on the Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka murder
investigations and said the idea behind the
project started there.
Judges clear Karla
11/4/05
MONTREAL -- Karla Homolka did not violate her
release conditions in the summer and will not
face any additional criminal charges, Quebec
justice officials said yesterday.
She's no risk: Lawyer
10/25/05
MONTREAL -- The lawyer for
schoolgirl killer Karla Homolka's says she's no
longer dangerous and yesterday appealed to a
Quebec judge to strike down restrictions on her
freedoms.
Homolka report completed
Tue, October 18, 2005
LONGUEUIL, QUE. -- Detectives have completed
their probe into whether Ontario schoolgirl
killer Karla Homolka broke her prison release
conditions and will submit their report to the
Crown, police said yesterday.
Police still checking, Homolka's ex-boss says
9/30/05
A Longueuil police spokesperson said the
investigator in charge of the case is still
interviewing people and will probably file a
report to a prosecutor in two weeks.
Victims' parents will testify as Homolka
contests terms of release
September 18, 2005
MONTREAL - The parents of two
teenagers killed by Karla Homolka and her
ex-husband will be allowed to address the court
when Canada's most-notorious ex-inmate appeals
the conditions of her release as
unconstitutional, a judge ruled last week.
COURT TV
PAUL BERNARDO & KARLA HOMOLKA
Friday 9-16-05
Homolka hearing delayed, victims' families to
intervene Thursday
9-15-05
A Quebec Superior Court judge
will allow the parents of Leslie Mahaffey and
Kristen French to intervene at Karla Homolka's
appeal.
'We are victims'
Sun 9-11-05 THERE
IS an "absolute necessity" for Karla Homolka to
prove her "genuine remorse" for her crimes,
Kristen French's mom asserts in an outpouring of
grief and anger.
Silence rebuked
Saturday 9-10-05
French and Mahaffy families file for intervener
status
Attorney angered over Homolka invite
By
United Press International
Thursday, September 8, 2005
Karla's case to Crown
Thur. 9-8-05
A police probe into allegations that Karla Homolka
broke her prison release conditions will be
forwarded to prosecutors by next week, Longueuil
police have confirmed.
Homolka gives CBC kiss-off
Thursday 9-8-05
Karla Homolka has turned down an offer by CBC-TV
in Quebec to appear on a wildly popular Sunday
night talk show in which guests are paraded
before a cheering live audience to a musical
number before being kissed on both cheeks by the
host.
Police grill Lapointe
Wednesday 9-7-05
"She's going back to prison,
that's for sure," predicted Richer, whom the
Quebec media portrayed as more of a villain than
Homolka after his allegations were made public
in the Sun two weeks ago.
Cops investigate claims Killer Karla broke
release rules
Thursday September 1, 2005
LONGUEUIL, Que. -- Municipal
police have opened a formal investigation to
determine if Karla Homolka has violated the
conditions of her release from prison.
Will hounding of Homolka ever end?
Monday 8-29-05
While
it may be true that many people felt they had
read one story too many about Homolka, it is
likely also true that they read them all.
Caught up in Karla's web
Friday August 26, 2005
RONA is on a roll here in
Alberta. The Boucherville, Que.,-based hardware
chain is riding the province's do-it-yourself
wave in fine style.
Whistleblower's lawyer withdraws from case
Thurs, August 25th, 2005
LONGUEUIL, Que. -- Karla Homolka's whistleblower
appeared in court yesterday to face criminal
charges of his own.
Who's to blame for Homolka's choices now?
From Wednesday's Globe and
Mail 8-24-05
It won't
be sympathy exactly that the French farce which
is the continuing Karla Homolka story engenders
for Canada's most notorious female killer, but
it may be something perilously close to it.
Put her behind bars
Wednesday 8-24-05
The real news
yesterday was not that Karla Homolka had been
outed -- in a Sun exclusive -- but that she
should be back behind bars. Let us count the
reasons ...
Readers split
Some want to know every detail, others say
ignore her Wed, 8-24-05
Toronto resident David Martinko
said everyone has a right to know where and what
Homolka is doing.
Victims' families push probe into alleged
Homolka release breach, lawyer says
Tues, 8-23-05
TORONTO (CP) - The families of Karla Homolka's
victims want an investigation into allegations
she has violated court-ordered conditions of her
release, their lawyer said Tuesday.
Karla's boss raises concerns
Tues, August 23, 2005
A Montreal-area man who secretly
employed Karla Homolka at his hardware store to
see if he could either rehabilitate her or get
"the truth" from her says he has evidence she
breached at least two release conditions.
Worried mom sees Homolka
Monday August 22, 2005
MONTREAL --
Karla Homolka has been spotted several times in
a community on Montreal's south shore and is
believed to be working in the area.
Karla Homolka's lawyers apply
to remove Section 810 restrictions
Tues 8-16-05
MONTREAL
-- There should not be limits on Karla
Homolka's freedom since her release from
prison, because she was not convicted of
sex offences, her lawyers are arguing in
an appeal of court-imposed restrictions
on her movements.
No Sign of Karla in Montreal
Friday August 5th, 2005
The City of
Montreal says Karla Homolka has been on her best
behaviour.
Toronto Sun
Karla on the couch
Tue, August 2, 2005
Psychiatrist Dr. Ralph Pohlman, who's examined
hundreds of criminals, tells John Downing that
Homolka has borderline personality disorder. So,
is she a danger?
Homolka
abandons legal battle over media reporting
Thursday, July 14, 2005
Karla Homolka has
dropped her legal battle to stop the media from
reporting on her now that she has left prison.
CBC
Bernardo/Homolka timeline
July 13, 2005
VIDEO
An interview with Karla Homolka
Not much silence from this lamb 7/05/05
''Deeds speak'' is the
motto of a regional police force near Toronto.
It ought to be Karla Homolka's.For weeks now,
her lawyers -- and my, but she has a fleet of
them, a legal-aid team here, a criminal lawyer
there, even it turns out a private detective,
working on her behalf -- have been painting
their client as a terrified lamb paralyzed by
the pack of media hounds chasing her, the nasty
wackos making threats against her and her
then-impending release from prison.
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
I don't want people to think I'm
someone dangerous, who will do something to
their children.' Karla
Homolka during her interview with Radio-Canada
hours after she was released from prison.
MSNBC
Woman Who Tortured, Raped, Killed Girls Released
From Prison
Tuesday
July 5th, 2005
Karla Homolka, 35, was secretly
spirited from prison Monday after serving 12 years
for the rapes, torture and murders of three
teenage girls, including her younger sister.
Fox News
Notorious Sex Killer Karla Homolka Freed
Monday, July 04, 2005
Associated Press
ABC NEWS
Notorious Canadian Killer Out of
Prison Monday July 4th,
2005 Canada's
most notorious female inmate
was secretly spirited
from prison on Monday after serving 12 years for
the rapes, torture and murders of three teenage
girls, including her younger sister.
USA Today
Canada's most infamous female inmate released
7/4/2005 5:45
PM
NBC News
Notorious Sex Killer Set To Leave Prison
July 3rd 2005
The most reviled woman in Canada
is set to walk out of prison Monday, facing death
threats and rage from a public still bitter that
she only served 12 years for the rapes and murders
of teenage girls, including her younger sister.
Homolka to try again for media ban
July 01, 2005
Good Morning America
June 30, 2005
Van carrying woman leaves jail but it's unclear
whether it was Karla Homolka
June 30, 2005
Homolka's lawyers say she would be in danger if
media could pursue her
June 29,2005
Media outlets plan for Homolka's release
June 13, 2005
"She's basically a
celebrity,"
criminologist Scot Wortley of the
University of Toronto said Monday. "For the next
few years, she is going to be subject to a lot
of spying, a lot of reporters will be after her
... that's the cost of celebrity, regardless of
how you gain it."
Threats against Homolka intensify
Sun, June 12, 2005
A much-publicized
online death pool may be gone, but speculation
on vigilante action against Homolka has found
its way onto the most unlikely of cyber places —
websites ostensibly dedicated to weddings, rock
bands and babies.
A pact forged in hell
Sunday June 12, 2005
Prosecutors insist they had to ink the deal to
convict Bernardo. His defence lawyers, on the
other hand, say prosecutors were so hell-bent on
portraying Homolka as a battered wife that they
were blinded to her own role as an aggressor.
Karla 'was an accomplice'
Sun, June 12, 2005
After a 71-day search of the
couple's Port Dalhousie home failed to turn up
Bernardo's sex video "trophies," dealing with
Homolka was the only option, Beaulieu told the
Sun.
Karla Homolka hopes to be eligible for pardon
one day
Fri, June 10, 2005
MONTREAL (CP) - Schoolgirl killer Karla Homolka
hopes she can prove to be a solid enough citizen
that she can one day win a pardon for her crimes,
Correctional Services Canada documents say.
Senator backs Karla
Friday June 10, 2005
"I have to give her a chance ...
I don't consider her dangerous," he said, noting
his appearance at the court hearing was "strictly
personal."
Safe release
focus of plan for Homolka
Friday June 10, 2005
Unlike
most inmates, Homolka's notoriety means she
can't taste freedom by simply walking through
the prison gates into the arms of her waiting
family when she's freed from a Quebec prison
some time between June 30 and July 4, officials
say.
Karla's leash popular: Sun poll
By
BRODIE FENLON, TORONTO SUN
Wed, June 8, 2005 Of those, 64%
said they would "strongly support" court-ordered
conditions such as a curfew and limits on whom
Homolka socializes with. "It's an intense level of
support. It isn't lukewarm. She's a polarizing
figure," said Craig Worden, associate
vice-president of public affairs for Leger
Marketing.
Homolka security increase
Tues June 7, 2005
MONTREAL (CP) - Armed guards wearing bullet-proof
vests and vans parked across access roads are among
apparent increased security measures at a prison
housing Ontario schoolgirl killer Karla Homolka.
Bernardo comments on Homolka hearing
Tues, June 7, 2005
Convicted serial killer Paul Bernardo described the
strict conditions placed on the release of Karla
Homolka a "step in the right direction," reports the
Globe and Mail.
Toronto Sun
Legal cosmetics
Monday June 6, 2005
If you think about it, restrictions
imposed on Karla Homolka when she's released are
more cosmetic than substantial -- a reflection of
society's disapproval of her relatively light
sentence.
Toronto Sun
Crime victims finding a voice
Sunday June 5, 2005
The bigger picture is what the
Homolka mess tells us abut the everyday flaws in our
justice system.
Miami Herald
Homolka transferred to another prison
Saturday, June 4, 2005
French-speaking news
channel LCN says she was transferred to
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, about 20 miles north of
Montreal, after she received a series of threats
during a week of court hearings that determined her
movements will be severely restricted after she is
released later this summer.
NY TIMES
Judge Restricts Homolka's Post - Prison Life
Friday June 3, 2005
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Homolka, 35, sat impassively as
the judge read a long list of conditions and
limitations, which her lawyer had argued would
violate the original plea bargain Homolka made
before she was sentenced for manslaughter in 1993.
Court hears of killer beau
Friday, June, 3, 2005
Defence claims
Homolka poses no risk to reoffend
But Crown cites prison boyfriend as reason for fear
Psychiatrist set to testify at Homolka hearing
Friday June 3, 2005
A courtroom in Joliette, Que., will
once again be the focus of intense national interest
today, as the hearing continues for convicted killer
Karla Homolka. Today, a psychiatrist who examined
Homolka is expected to testify.
The Karla File
Friday, June 3, 2005
NY TIMES
Hearing Held for Notorious Canada Inmate
Thurs, June 2, 2005
AP JOLIETTE, Quebec - Notorious child
killer Karla Homolka covered her face and appeared
to be crying when her crimes were reviewed Thursday
by authorities hoping to restrict her movement after
her impending release from prison.
Media circus descends on sleepy town
Thursday, June 2, 2005
Courthouse officials have recruited several
bilingual employees who will be able to direct
English-speaking journalists to the right courtroom.
Homolka's father says he's not yet ready to
rebuild relationship with Karla
6/1/05
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. (CP) - None of
Karla Homolka's family members will be waiting to
greet her when she emerges from a Quebec prison, her
father said Wednesday as residents braced for the
release of Canada's most notorious female inmate.
Closing the loopholes
Wed, June 1, 2005
The
fascination with Homolka cannot simply be explained
away as just another manifestation of a twisted
popular culture obsessed with tales of the macabre.
The fascination is fuelled by the overwhelming
feeling that a grave injustice has been left to
fester. When justice is properly served a sense of
closure can be achieved, but when the quest for
justice is derailed the story of infamy will live
for eternity. Most people believed Homolka escaped
justice.
Censors Censured in Canada
Tues, May 31,2005
The Canadian province of Ontario will no longer be
able to ban or censor films unless they breach the
criminal code, the Ontario Superior Court ruled
Monday. The court ruled that the Ontario Film Review
Board's authority to censor films violated freedom
of expression. (source: imdb.com)
More Homolka charges?
Tues, May, 31, 2005
Attorney general doesn't rule out a trial in Jane Doe
case
Michael Bryant was asked
repeatedly if Homolka will be charged following an
exclusive Toronto Sun story yesterday in which the woman
called on the province to pursue her case.
Province quashed Doe case
Tues,
May, 31,2005
Ex-police chief confirms officials nixed investigation
into Homolka's role in rape
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Rape raps sought
Mon, May,
30,2005
Homolka victim says she never agreed to deal, seeks charges
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By ALAN CAIRNS, Toronto Sun
IT WAS lust at first
sight. A sickening fatal attraction. The moment Karla Homolka
laid eyes on the tall, blue-eyed, handsome and charming Paul
Bernardo at a pet conference in a Scarborough hotel on Oct. 17,
1987, she fell head over heels for him.
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Evil beyond our belief
5/22/05
With
schoolgirl killer Karla Homolka's release from prison just 6 weeks away,
Alan Cairns takes a disturbing look at one of Canada's most notorious
killers and her marriage in hell to Paul Bernardo in the first of a
2-part series By ALAN CAIRNS, Toronto Sun
K-Day is here
5/21/05
With 45 days to go in Karla Homolka's countdown
to freedom, news organizations have snapped up every apartment
with a view of the Joliette prison yard. Photographers
periodically congregate on nearby rooftops, hoping for a shot of
her pouty face and incongruous halo of blond tresses.
The
Summer of Karla is fast closing in, just as we knew it would 12
years ago, when Crown officials signed perhaps the most
controversial plea bargain of all time.
Homolka's victims' families may attempt to
seize wages
Thursday May 20th 2005
The families of Karla Homolka's two teenage victims are considering an
attempt to garnishee the sex killer's wages if she finds a job after her
July release from prison, their lawyer said yesterday.
Making killer profits
Thu,
May 19, 2005
Macabre entrepreneurs net big bucks with Homolka
memorabilia.
By
Brodie Fenlon,
AP
Web savvy entrepreneurs
have snapped up domain names related to the Paul Bernardo-Karla Homolka
case, while others are peddling videotapes and books about the case on
eBay.
Homolka entitled to welfare
May 13, 2005
Schoolgirl killer qualifies under Quebec
rules
Group offers Homolka help on her release
5/10/05
While others voice outrage at Karla Homolka's
fast-approaching release from prison, a Montreal social-service agency is
promising to give the convicted sex killer a helping hand with her new life.
Let Hamilton have Homolka
Letter
May 10, 2005
Why doesn't Lee Wilson let Karla Homolka move
into his neighbourhood instead of mine if he feels so strongly about her
rights (Letters, May 7, "Homolka can live wherever she wants")?
Homolka can live wherever she wants
Saturday May 07, 2005
No matter what public opinion has
to say about her, Karla Homolka has served her time. Now, in light of her
imminent release (did everyone forget she might someday get out?) politicians
are scrambling to place restrictions on her - restrictions usually reserved for
sex offenders. But Homolka was never charged with any sex crimes
City councillor wants Homolka warning
Friday, May 06, 2005
MONTREAL -- The city councillor for the west-end
neighbourhood where Karla Homolka reportedly hopes to live wants to warn
residents about her.
Homolka not coming home: dad
Thursday, May 05, 2005 Karla
Homolka has yet to reveal her plans but the convicted sex killer will never
return to her hometown of St. Catharines, her father told the National Post.
Homolka expected to agree to curbs
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Police, prosecutors meet: Inspector
believes schoolgirl killer will co-operate.
Lawyers, police meet to discuss Homolka release
May 3,
2005 Police and Crown prosecutors
from Ontario met with Quebec officials on Monday to discuss concerns about Karla
Homolka's impending release.
Where will she go?: Emotions
surrounding Karla Homolka's release promise a rough ride for one of Canada's
most notorious sex killers Saturday, April
30,
2005 OTTAWA - A simmering
national rage awaits Karla Homolka when her prison door swings open this summer.
Good
news for families
Thursday, April 28,
2005 Karla Homolka has been warned
by Niagara police that people in St. Catharines despise her. And that if she
returns to the area, she could be putting her life at risk. This as Niagara
Police and the crown attorney prepare their case to put restrictions on Homolka
once she gets out of prison. Lauran Sabourin tells us the families of Kristen
French and Leslie Mahaffy will have a say in what those restrictions could be.
Homolka not saying where she'll be residing
4/27/05
Karla Homolka spoke with two Niagara regional
police officers on Tuesday regarding her post-prison release intentions.
Who killed Lynda Shaw?
4/22/05
Fifteen years
later, police still searching for person who murdered Brampton woman.
Ontario hopes to rein in Homolka
4/21/05
Canada's most notorious female inmate will be
released this summer, having served her entire 12-year prison sentence for
manslaughter. Parole was never granted to Homolka, meaning the opportunity to
monitor her activities in the community has come and gone......Or has it?
Experts rap way Homolka being released
4/19/05
The executive director of the John Howard Society
says Karla Homolka has little chance of being reintegrated into society, because
of the way she's being released.
Karla Homolka Not a First For Serial Killer Couples
4/19/05
"Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of
Monsters" a history of serial homicide by Peter Vronsky recently published by
Penguin Berkley Books, reports that the Bernardo Homolka case in Ontario,
Canada, is relatively typical for serial killer couples.
Police should keep tabs on Homolka
4/18/05
This case was thoroughly bungled - from the
police's incompetent investigation through the Crown's diabolical deal with
Homolka to the judge's hamfisted attempt to keep the Canadian public in the
dark. The greatest service any attorney-general could render Canadians in
general and the victims' families in particular would be to do his damnedest to
prevent any future such travesty.
Canada on guard for release of sex-slaying figure
4/17/05
On July 5 - the date that
would have marked Leslie's 29th birthday - Homolka will have served every day of
her manslaughter sentence. When she leaves Joliette penitentiary, 62 miles north
of Montreal, a protracted media circus seems likely to follow her wherever she
goes.
Homolka not a threat (Toronto Sun)
4/17/05
A case can be made that both she
and Bernardo deserve to be executed. The fact that Karla plea-bargained her way
out of a life sentence is a condemnation of our justice system, which, put
bluntly, screwed up in this case.
Ex-Homolka lawyer fuming
4/16/05
The lawyer who crafted the infamous 1993 deal that made Karla Homolka a witness
against Paul Bernardo says he can't believe Ontario's attorney general is trying
to place further restrictions on Homolka as she prepares to leave prison. Crown
prosecutors agreed to the deal in the first place, George Walker said.
Lawyers who defended Bernardo criticize Ontario's strategy to rein in Homolka
4/13/05
Dragging Homolka before a
judge to prove she's a threat to the public is a violation of "the spirit" of
her plea bargain, he said. If the spirit of the deal is to be breached, it
follows that Ontario should "go for the gold" and charge Homolka with her
sister's death.
Karla Homolka off hook thanks to 'deal with devil' 4/13/05
Ontario's so-called "deal with the devil" will
ensure Karla Homolka escapes prosecution in the drug-rape death of her sister
when she's released from prison this summer, the Ontario government admitted
yesterday. "I'm not going to go back and second-guess the decision, that's for
sure," said Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant.
Severe restrictions sought for Homolka 4/12/05
Karla Homokla Will Be Set Free This Summer 4/11/05
Que. must act to limit freedoms of schoolgirl killer Karla Homolka: Runciman
4/6/05 The Ontario government
considers the case a high priority, and every legal avenue is being explored,
Bryant said Wednesday.
Bernardo
Appeals Cost Ontario Taxpayers Plenty 4/2/05
Homolka faces restrictions upon release 3/20/05
Karla Homolka: girl next door 3/15/05
Outrage, fear, overreaction and -- let's admit it
-- prurient fascination all rise to the surface each time the words "Karla
Homolka" surface in the national conversation, each time her face smiles
mockingly from our morning paper. The anger, at least, we can justify. The price
of convicting Paul Bernardo for the murders of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy
was Homolka's plea bargain, and we now know that price was sickeningly high.
Videos that emerged after Homolka secured her deal in 1993 showed her not just
participating but revelling in the torture of the two Ontario teenagers, plus
the rape of a third woman.
Bernardo timeline
12/20/04
Ont. gov't wants to track Homolka upon release 12/17/04
Homolka opts out of last parole board review 12/10/04
Homolka won't benefit from book - Author 1/10/03
Does killer profit? Cops investigating possibility Homolka got cash in book deal
11/20/02
Bernardo: I still love Karla 3/30/01
Internet death pool worries Homolka 2/6/01
Bernardo tapes incinerated 12/22/01
Homolka transferred to psychiatric facility 10/8/00
Homolka photos rekindle 'Club Fed' debate 9/22/00
Homolka pays - on TV. 'Law & Order' episode based on the case airs 2/23/2000
Radio Broadcast of the evening edition of Alberta Today from Nov. 9, 1996
Entire Show (Text & Radio)
The new and self-improved Karla Homolka 11/6/99
Bernardo Takes the Stand 8/28/95
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'Karla' gets picked up by Christal Wednesday, January 11th, 2006 Canadian distributor Christal Films has picked up local rights to murder pic "Karla" and is rushing it on to 100 screens Jan. 20.
Controversial Homolka film to be released in French and English on Jan. 20 Tuesday, January 10th, 2006 Montreal-based Christal Films said Karla will open in 100 theatres across the country, with a dubbed-in-French version to be shown in Quebec.
Canadian distributors to release Homolka film Tuesday, January 10th, 2006 Montreal-based distribution house Christal Films announced in a statement early Tuesday that the film will open in 100 theatres across the country on Jan. 20.
Karla opens next week Tuesday, January 10th, 2006 A Montreal-based company has agreed to distribute a controversial feature film about convicted teen-killer Karla Homolka in theatres across Canada, opening on Jan. 20.
Christal Films confirmed yesterday that it has struck a deal with Quantum Entertainment, the Los Angeles-based producers of Karla, to carry the 104-minute film.
Killer Karla
Tuesday, January 10th, 2006 see global coverage, see scenes from the movieHomolka film sold in Europe, producer says Thursday December 8th, 2005 "Our distributor in Germany, for instance, is the same company that did Monster (Charlize Theron's Oscar-winning turn as serial killer Aileen Wuornos)," said Michael Sellers of Hollywood-based Quantum Entertainment. "Our film has the same kind of attributes as a film like Monster. And there has been a positive reaction particularly to Laura's performance as Homolka."
Homolka film spurs global interest Wednesday December 7th, 2005 movie about Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo's schoolgirl-killing spree -- has apparently only whetted the appetite of European distributors, who are snapping the movie up......
When is a Movie More than a Movie?
Update From The Producer November 22nd 2005 We are pleased to announce that as of November 1, 2005, KARLA is complete and Quantum Entertainment is now in the process of lining up subdistributors in countries around the world. This is a process that will continue for a number of months. The following represent the first group of foreign subdistributors: _
Film Ready For Release Saturday October 15th, 2005 A hollywood film about sex offenders Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo is a step closer to making to theatres according to a Canadian Press story.
No Karla flick fight Laws not broken in film about schoolgirl killer, lawyer says Thursday October 13th, 2005 Tim Danson said he watched Michael Sellers movie -- originally called Deadly but renamed Karla -- in a Toronto hotel room two weeks ago and the movie meets legal requirements.
Victims' families won't block Homolka film release Thursday, October 13th, 2005 Sellers believes other changes made to the film, including a revamped epilogue containing actual quotes from a psychiatric evaluation of Homolka, were important ones to make.
"It helps remind the audience not to be excessively sympathetic here," he said. "Yes, she was brutalized (by Bernardo) but that did not, in the view of the psychiatrist, excuse her actions."
Families won't block Karla film: lawyer Wednesday, October 12, 2005 The families of Karla Homolka's victims will not fight the release of a Hollywood movie chronicling the depraved crimes of this country's most notorious female offender, their lawyer said Wednesday.
VIEW MAGAZINE WHEN IS A MOVIE MORE THAN A MOVIE? August 18th-24th 2005
THE FILMMAKERS BEHIND KARLA STAND BY WHAT’S SHAPING UP TO BE THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL MOVIE OF THE YEAR "What I wanted to capture was as much of the built–in attraction and the built–in repulsion that Paul and Karla felt for each other,” explains Karla director Joel Bender. “In the structure of the film, we find people drawn to each other out of a common goal, while in the end they are really out to destroy each other. That, to me, is the story.” From what Sellers describes, the film begins eight years into Homolka’s 12–year sentence, in the midst of a December 2000 psychiatric interview with a doctor who is reviewing her for possible parole. As this meeting progresses, Homolka attempts to spin the story her way, until the psychiatrist forces her to admit to things she doesn’t want to admit to, and makes her go deeper into a story that she doesn’t want to tell.
Watching Karla: It's not flash and trash Wednesday August 17th, 2005 SIMON HOUPT nabs an unfinished copy of the controversial movie and finds it sombre, restrained even.
Distributing Karla Tuesday August 16th, 2005 The idea that Canadian film distributors keep a close eye on the moral failings of incoming movies might seem quaintly reassuring, if it were true. But it doesn't take more than a few minutes watching trailers at the local multiplex to know that the film-distribution community generally adopts a hands-off policy when it comes to deciding what's good for us.
So it's both strange and worrying when ThinkFilm's Jeff Sackman, who in his time has aided and abetted ....