The Young Romantics are well represented in SFU’s art collection

On a massive canvas, tar, enamel, varathane, oil, and corduroy create images of bodies which frame a circular opening. Adorned with flowers, the opening...

Comic Connoisseur: Birthright re-energizes cliché-ridden fantasy genre

At first glance, Birthright seems like a hodgepodge of ideas audiences have seen a hundred times over. It has the usual smattering of concepts...

The ladies have it in J Caesar

Julius Caesar is an epic political drama full of betrayal, and I’ve always thought of it as one of Shakespeare’s most masculine plays. But...

A Tribe Called Red’s Suplex is a diverse EP

Suplex, the latest offering from Ottawa’s electronic trio A Tribe Called Red, finds the group jumping from one influence to the next, and even...

Cinephilia: When Marnie Was There is a poignant film about loss

If you’ve ever lost a loved one, you’ve experienced the emptiness, depression, and longing to retain every memory. How are you going to live...

Poltergeist doesn’t live up to its original

The original movie is better. I know that is probably not  what you’re wondering about as you go into 2015’s Poltergeist since most of...

Five obscure films you should see

2015 was looking like a horrible year for movies. The first six months saw some tremendous disappointments like Michael Mann’s clichéd Blackhat, the Wachowski’s...

Comic Connoisseur: Julian Lawrence debuts the coming-of-age tale Drippy’s Mama

On the surface, The Adventures of Drippy the Newsboy has the look of a lighthearted children’s story. Rest assured, the story in Julian Lawrence’s...

Put your problem solving to the test at Smartypantz escape rooms

Real life escape rooms, a concept created by programmers in Silicon Valley, have now made their way to Richmond, Vancouver, and Burnaby. More than...

Hansel and Gretel is updated In a Forest Dark and Deep

From May 20–30, In a Forest, Dark and Deep brought intrigue and mystery to the Havana Theatre. Presented by Naked Goddess Productions and directed...