Emilia Pérez is entertaining — but reductive

By: Michelle Young, Copy Editor Content warning: mentions of transphobia, homicides, and missing peoples cases.  A crime-thriller musical about a trans Mexican cartel leader is an...

The everlasting power of community in It Takes A Village

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer The Vancouver Asian Film Festival was memorable, bringing community members together through a collective love of storytelling. The power of...

Nobuko Miyamoto: A Song in Movement — establishing a cultural voice

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of internment camps.  The Vancouver Asian Film Festival premiered brilliant films and documentaries this year. One that stood...

Ninan Auassat platforms the self-told stories of Indigenous youth

By: Abigail Streifel, Peak Associate Content warning: mentions of genocide, racism, and suicide. Filmmaker Kim O’Bomsawin wants us all to learn from Indigenous children and young...

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...