Glenn Sumi, Now Toronto'

"SCOUTS ARE CANCELLED IS...ONE OF THE BEST FILMED POETRY BOOKS EVER..."

Todd Swift, Eyewear

"...ONE OF THE BEST LITERARY BIOGRAPHIES I'VE EVER SEEN."

Ron Foley-MacDonald, Infomonkey

"A STYLIZED LOOK AT THE LIFE OF A MAN WHO THRIVES ON CHAOS..."

Jason Buchanon, NYTimes.com & Allmovie.com

"...A MOVING PORTRAIT OF A SIGNIFICANT VOICE ON THE CANADIAN LITERARY SCENE."

Rob McIennan, Ottawa Poetry Newsletter

"WATCHING JOHN STILES...IS LIKE WATCHING SOMEONE LOST IN A TRANCE. HE SQUEEZES HIS EYES SHUT, CHANNELS THE VOICES OF HIS SPEAKERS AND LOUDLY EMITS SOUNDS OF GROWLING DOGS, WAILING SIRENS AND NON-VERBAL WHOOPS OF JOY AND DESPAIR." 

Geoff Pevere, The Toronto Star

"...UTTERLY ABSORBING...A FASCINATING PORTRAIT OF A FASCINATING SUBJECT." 

Tom McSorley, Directcor of the Canadian Film Institute

"SCOUTS ARE CANCELLED IS ONE OF THE BEST CONTEMPORARY LITERARY BIOGRAPHIES OF THE LAST DECADE."

The Atlantic Film Festival

Awards & Distinctions
Rex Tasker Award for BEST DOCUMENTARY at The Atlantic Film Festival
Top Jury Award for Documentary at the University Film and Video Association's Juried Screenings
Hot Pick at The Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival
Hot Pick at the Atlantic Film Festival

Festivals & Screenings

Hot Docs, Toronto, 2007

The Canadian Film Institute, Ottawa, 2007

Festivaletteratura, Italy, 2007

The Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, 2007

Indie Cinema Series, York Univeristy, Toronto, 2007