Nightwood Editions launches four new poetry collections

At the Lost + Found cafe on Hastings street on November 1, Canadian publisher Nightwood Editions launched four poetry collections by emerging Canadian writers....

Charlie Brown stars in this uplifting story of perseverance

For those of you, like myself, who are not familiar with Peanuts, it is pretty much the greatest comic strip ever thought of in...

Cock is a riveting minimalist drama

Cock was fast, intense, and impressive. Put simply, this play was breathtaking. Stephen Drover directs Rumble Theatre’s newest performance on Granville Island, presenting a...

Jan Martens keeps his dancers jumping in The Dog Days are Over

The Dog Days Are Over dazzled at the Scotiabank Dance Centre. This contemporary dance piece by Belgian choreographer Jan Martens created a buzz in...

Chinatown Haunted House is not for the faint of heart

Seven Tyrants Theatre Society, a Vancouver-based non-profit organization, once again opened Judge Dee’s Chinatown Haunted House open to fright-seekers during the Halloween season. This...

Victoria thrills as a plausible heist film

Victoria is an intense, gut-wrenching experience filled with suspense. Director Sebastian Schipper makes the intelligent choice to use one shot for the entire film,...

Solitudes Solo is emotionless, repetitive

Montreal’s Daniel Léveillé has been creating dance works for over 35 years, and has recently begun to incorporate costumes other than complete nudity into...

The Last Witch Hunter is a mundane supernatural murder mystery

The Last Witch Hunter is exactly what viewers have come to expect from superstar Vin Diesel and Sahara director Breck Eisner: a passable action...

Cinephilia: Theeb is a Western set in the East

Theeb is a Western with guns, outlaws, and savages, depicting a world on the brink of change and gentrified order — a frontier moving...

Sean Garrity presents a moving father-daughter journey in Borealis

Borealis, at its heart, tells the story of a father’s attempt to reconnect with his daughter, who is on the verge of becoming completely...