Laughter is bitter in The Skeleton Twins

Sometimes the only thing that stops us from crying is laughing. Perhaps this is the reason depressing subject matter such as suicide, infidelity, and sexual...

The Boxtrolls is entertaining for children and adults

Animated children’s films are a tricky recipe to get right. They must entertain two widely different demographics with antithetic expectations: children need simplistic stories...

Since You Left Us is a hilarious tale of dysfunction

Like watching a hilarious television sitcom, Since You Left Us is about a sister returning home to her dysfunctional family and learning to accept...

SFU grad Joel Salaysay wins Best Fiction Film for Lifers

“When you wash dishes for a living, your mind wanders, not to fantasy worlds and distant universes . . . it wanders to familiar...

Fathers and sons share laughs and tears in Delivery

So four guys walk into a comedy club . . . and end up making a hilarious and sentimental film about their attempts at...

Judith Garay celebrates twenty years, twenty intersections, and twenty dancers

Inspired by Vancouver, its intersections, and its people, 20.20.20 presented a new perspective of the city from September 24 to 27 at SFU Woodward’s....

Dance House brings Wayne McGregor back to Vancouver

With a computerized pin board of 3,200 LED lights serving as the backdrop to Wayne McGregor’s latest work, Far, this acclaimed UK choreographer is...

Every hipster will find something to watch at VIFF

Do you want to become a real hipster, not just someone who plays the persona in floral clothes from Value Village? Want to be...

The Maze Runner is predictable and dull

Wes Ball’s The Maze Runner (adapted from a young adult novel of the same name) begins with an elevator rushing to a bright light...

Ideas worth spreading in Vancouver

This year’s TEDxVancouver will take place on Saturday, October 18 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. An independent event affiliated with the TED Talks, this...