Arts
Movie review: The Secret World of Arrietty
February 20, 2012By Will Ross Arrietty proves cartoons aren’t just for kids, and is beautfully crafted inside and out Though The Secret World of Arrietty wasn’t directed by animation maestro Hayao Miyazaki, it fits handily into his canon, in no small part because he helped to write and plan the production — while still proving at long last that Studio Ghibli can reliably proceed with directors other than Miyazaki and Isao Takahata.…
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Herbivore haunts: downtown edition
February 6, 2012By Meaghan Archer Photo by Jenny Waters (The Peak) Campus rats at Harbour Centre and Woodward's: The Peak presents you a walkable selection of veg- and wallet-friendly lunch locales Being a veg head or even just having the occasional Meatless…
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Review: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
February 6, 2012By Larissa Albuquerque Photo by Les Erkine Perhaps Shakespeare can help you form a truce with iambic pentameter with its postmodern spin on Renaissance-era theatre Whether you dozed through Shakespeare in your high school English classes, or you’re a fan…
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Review: The Grey
February 6, 2012By Clinton Hallahan Photo courtesy of Liddell Entertainment Buoyed by a skilled director and strong cast, The Grey rises above its boring premise Banking heavily on the new Liam Neeson in a constant state of ass-kicking, The Grey is the latest…
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The Ruffled Feathers are poised for flight
February 6, 2012By Eamonn Singleton Photo courtesy of the Ruffled Feathers With talent, creativity, and a new album on their side, all that’s left is a pinch of luck for the Ruffled Feathers to be propelled into success Gina Loes, frontwoman of…
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A night in a Japanese love hotel
January 30, 2012By Julia Whalen (The Aquinian) A photographer takes her quest to present the complexity of gender to the S&M scene in the love hotels of Tokyo FREDERICTON (CUP) — Photographer Nathalie Daoust spent several months in a Japanese love hotel exploring…
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SFU buys out Videomatica’s documentaries
January 30, 2012By Ali Omelaniec Photo by Geoff Lister (The Ubyssey) In preparation for a new cinema studies major, SFU expands its film collection, keeping Videomatica’s stock out of private hands After 28 years of housing one of the most extensive video…
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Movie review: Red Tails
January 23, 2012By Will Ross It’s important that films start to have casts that feature visible minorities, but Red Tails is just counterproductive to the cause Red Tails has everything you’d expect from latter-day George Lucas, who produced the film and directed reshoots.…
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Club PuSh: at the heart of art
January 23, 2012By Sonya Reznitsky Photo courtesy of PuSh Festival Tim Carlson, co-curator of PuSh Festival’s creatively promiscuous little sister, speaks on its successes A gala at the Waldorf marked the opening night for PuSh Festival, a three-week collection of dance, theatre,…
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Ghost town: SFU’s absent arts community
January 23, 2012By Daryn Wright Photo by Jenny Waters What can we blame this time for the student–campus disconnect? I’m not the first to observe the state of SFU’s arts community — or put more broadly, culture community. There is a unique…
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