Film review: Ganjy packs an emotional wallop
The aftermath of a boxing match is often bloody, but the aftermath of a boxing career can be tragic. ... this rough yet tender film packs an...
#FridayFive: Vancouver International Film Festival #mustseeBC
The Vancouver International Film Festival is underway, and with it comes the annual #mustseeBC series featuring the latest work by some of our province's brightest...
From stage to screen: Eadweard is #mustseeBC
Film adaptations of books are dime-a-dozen. What isn’t seen very often are adaptations from stage to screen. With Eadweard, Vancouver filmmakers Kyle Rideout and...
Festival favourites and award winners get encore screenings
The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) will offer encore screenings of 25 films over three days following the close of this year's festival. Included in these...
VIFF awards recognize BC filmmakers
British Columbia filmmakers were honoured at the Vancouver International Film Fesitval's BC Spotlight Awards Gala on the weekend, with Andrew Huculiak’s Violent and Grant...
Film review: Songs She Wrote About People She Knows is a charmingly quirky film
Kris Elgstrand writes and directs this quirky Canadian comedy about Carol, played by a deadpan Arabella Bushnell, a woman who attends a music therapy...
Film review: Listen Up Philip is a hilariously sad tale of self-involvement
Alex Ross Perry writes and directs this acid funny and unusual told story about a “cruel and miserable” writer who takes narcissism to new...
Film review: Mommy is a brilliant, vivid film-going experience
Only 25 years old and now onto his fifth feature, filmmaker Xavier Dolan continues to astonish by breaking rules and being boldly playful with...
Film review: Maps To The Stars is nasty
What a nasty place Hollywood is. David Cronenberg directs insider Bruce Wagner’s look at the petty and self-obsessed citizens of Hollywood. Burn victim and emotionally...
Film review: The Wound and the Gift is warm and fuzzy
Director Linda Hoagland has created a documentary about animals that have been rescued that is filled with ‘aww’ moments. The Wound and the Gift consists of...