Lorena Alvarado explores memory in Lost Chapters

By: Michelle Young, Co-Editor-in-Chief Lost Chapters (or Los capítulos perdidos) is a quiet and tender documentary/fiction hybrid set in Caracas, Venezuela. The film follows Ena,...

What is being filmed on campus this month?

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Stepping off the bus at the loop near the convocation mall, one immediately notices the set. At first, I thought...

Queerness, death, and resistance in What Happened to the Wolf?

By: Thwin Than Thar Nway, SFU Student Content warning: Brief mention of suicide and homophobia.  War doesn’t just destroy homes, take lives, or displace millions. In...

SHOWSTORM: An interview with Etchos

By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer On August 6, Vancouver-based Filipino artist Etchos will debut SHOWSTORM at the Vancouver Black Library, accompanied by Couch Jams. The...

Crip Trip: a road trip against institutionalization

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Crip Trip is a docu-series about two friends and filmmakers, Frederick Kroetsch and Daniel Ennett, who set out on a...

Three films that challenge our perception of war

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer  Come and See (1985) Elem Klimov’s film tells the story of a boy named Flyora living in what is now Belarus....

Despair and devotion: a review of Fairy Creek

By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer The year is 2025, and the world is in chaos: marked by economic instability, growing authoritarianism, ecological collapse, and an...

Peliplat and the patchwork future of film discourse

By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer Once, reviews were handed down from the altars of broadsheets and bylines. Today, film opinions are filtered by algorithms,...

From the campus to the big screen: SFU student film goes global

By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer What started as a class project has since turned into a creative awakening for Kitty Cheung, SFU alum and...

Film and literature tell the story of The Nickel Boys from different angles

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: this piece talks in-depth about slavery and racial segregation.  Colson Whitehead’s novel The Nickel Boys tells the story of...