Still Alice is a genuine portrayal of life with Alzheimers

Still Alice, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Lisa Genova, stars Julianne Moore as a 50-year-old linguistics professor who is...

A place of knowledge: SFU Galleries celebrates the university’s 50th anniversary

“Art tests things,” Melanie O’Brian, director of SFU Galleries and curator of its upcoming group exhibit, Geometry of Knowing, explained to The Peak. “It...

Five cures for winter boredom

1. Discover Thug Notes If you’re ever in need of a quick summary and analysis of a classic piece of literature, Thug Notes has your...

Cinephilia: Existentialism in 2014 American cinema

Many movies of 2014 pondered the meaning of life and brought up explicit existential questions. Does it really matter whether you live nobly or...

Woodward’s exhibition in the SCA office manipulates ‘then’ and ‘now’

In the current exhibition at the School for the Contemporary Arts (SCA) office at SFU Woodward’s, Pretense on Curation, second year MFA candidate Jaime...

We Are The City succeed in both filmmaking and music

“It feels like happiness. It feels like remembering faces and words. It feels like water. It feels like electricity. It sounds like a humming...

PuSh Festival fights winter blues

Over the past decade, the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival has become an acknowledged and respected event, both locally and internationally.  For their 11th year,...

The best records of 2014

Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire for No Witness (Jagjaguwar) Expanding on the sound of her folksy debut, Angel Olsen’s newest is as exhaustive...

Where are all the flying cars?

I dare you to read The Future and Why We Should Avoid It in public. If you do, prepare to stifle spontaneous giggles, smirks,...

Cinephilia: Your review sucks

Why listen to movie critics when I can offer an equally informed and competent opinion? Aren’t they just talentless hacks bashing other people’s work...