Timbuktu’s Islamic fundamentalism is repetitive and disjointed

There’s a moment in Timbuktu where a woman handling fish in a market with her bare hands is violently threatened by a Jihadist soldier....

Tomorrowland is a lighthearted apocalyptic film

One thing I’ve never understood about people who love action movies is the thrill they get out of seeing skyscrapers, cities, and the world...

Miss Shakespeare follows in her father’s footsteps

What if Judith Shakespeare wanted to follow in her father’s footsteps and become a successful playwright herself? Miss Shakespeare is a new musical by...

The Happy Show is the cure Vancouver needs

The Vancouver Foundation has recently reported that Lower Mainland residents feel lonely and isolated, resulting in lower happiness overall. In order to address this...

Is there such a thing as a Good Kill?

Someone playing Call of Duty or Halo presses the trigger, and bang, a character dies. But they’re not actually dead — they can respawn...

The Lumberjanes are on the case

For those at Miss Quinzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet’s Camp for Hardcore Lady Types, strange supernatural creatures have been afoot. Three-eyed foxes are lurking...

Scientology is exposed in Going Clear

Everyone has a need to find a sense of purpose in what can sometimes seem a meaningless world. Alex Gibney’s Going Clear: Scientology and...

The Sensationalists is an immersive dance experience

Up close and personal on the Cultch stage, the 605 Collective danced around, in between, over, and under us as we were immersed in...

In the Heights is a soulful musical

Nina Rosario (Kate Blackburn) returns to “el barrio” of Washington Heights after her first year at Stanford University, and her family and neighbours greet...

Ballet BC presents two works inspired by The Rite of Spring

Nijinsky’s The Rite of Spring is an iconic modern work of art that has been adapted by ballet companies all over the world since...