The surreal story of masks and an art movement

By: Tam Nguyen, staff writer Content warning: mentions of racial discrimination, cultural genocide, and colonization.  One of the best documentaries I saw this year was So...

Chinatown screenings bring communities together

By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer Dimmed neon signs, muted red lamp posts, the Millenium Gate, faded Chinese lettering on fenced panes of glass, and weathered...

La Suprema: a town forgotten

By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer As an SFU student, I’m always looking for exciting events to attend near campus. So, on September 5, I found...

The underappreciated visual poetry of Satyajit Ray

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer “What interests me is density, how much can you tell, how telling can you make your images.” — Satyajit Ray   Satyajit...

In Case You Missed It: Happy Together captures a vast picture of loneliness

By: Zobia Khalid With its mesmerizing cinematography, Happy Together (1997) artfully emphasizes societal issues that 2SLGBTQIA+ people still deal with today. It unravels the feelings...

Looking back at The Road Forward

By: Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor Content warning: mentions of assimilation, residential schools, and cultural genocide.  Colours bleed into the pages of a black...

In Case You Missed It: Children of Men explores being sedated to injustices around you

By: Yildiz Subuk, Peak Associate Content warning: violence, racism, Islamophobia, and genocide. Alfonso Cauron’s 2006 film, Children Of Men, tells two thematic stories that overlap  throughout...

Films to look out for at this year’s Vancouver Short Film Festival

By: Izzy Cheung, Arts & Culture Editor The Poem We Sang (2024)  Content warning: mentions of genocide.  Photojournalist, cinematographer, and filmmaker Annie Sakkab unearths the emotions...

I don’t know how to feel about Kung Fu Panda 4

By: Jin Song, Peak Associate It’s hard to understate the impact of Kung Fu Panda (2008) on pre-teen me, along with many others. The scene...

A spoilers-free review of The Inventor

By: Jin Song, SFU Student Sometimes, you watch a movie and you can feel how much fun the creators had making it. The Inventor...