VIFF 2014 Reviews: White Bird in a Blizzard, 1987

White Bird in a Blizzard By: Christopher Cross, SFU Student Given the many young adult novels being adapted to film recently, it is no surprise that...

Haunting images in Kevin Smith’s Tusk

What the hell did I just see? A walrus rendition of the human centipede? A comedy? A fable? One of the scariest damn things...

Sex and the Suburbs: Hip hop is alive and well in Vancouver

In the 1970s, hip hop was an underground genre beginning to emerge. It started as a form of artistic expression through urban dance parties...

Rich Aucoin: A legendary concert

Aucoin’s performance at Fortune Sound Club on September 16 transformed visuals into raw sound, and music into otherworldly sight. Never have I been so...

Kinnie Starr discusses her music as social activism

Canadian singer, graphic artist, and activist, Kinnie Star, is set to release her newest album, From Far Away, on September 30. Over the past...

SFU encourages Emerge-ing writers

On October 16, Emerge, a collaborative work by some of SFU’s most talented writing students will debut. Emerge is an anthology written by participants...

Coffee, Tragedy, History: Joe’s Cafe: cappuccino and conversation

The self proclaimed purveyor of the “best cappuccino in town,” Joe’s is an ancient inhabitant of Commercial Drive. Opened about 40 years ago, Joe’s...

CJSF celebrates 11 years on the FM dial

CJSF has been around as long as SFU, but they just celebrated their 11th anniversary being at 90.1 on the FM dial on September...

The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

Teenage girls have their young adult adaptations; teenage boys have their super hero flicks; older folks, I suppose, have protagonists like Allan Karlson —...

Ballet Preljocaj’s Empty Moves (parts I, II, & III)

Set to John Cage’s Empty Words, this lengthy work featured four dancers completely in tune with each other and focused on the slightest of...