Alex Bloom
Page to screen: Ryan Coogler
February 28, 2018By: Alex Bloom Ryan Coogler is a talented director who has already made a name for himself, directing Fruitvale Station and Creed — both films where he helped bring out magnificent performances from Michael B. Jordan — but he will forever be known as the director of Black Panther. Black Panther has been met with critical acclaim and unparalleled levels of excitement; Coogler can definitely take a lot of the credit for this (even though there were many individuals without whom the film would not have been so successful, such as Hannah Beachler, who was in charge of…
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Begin your March with an artistic flair at these events
February 24, 2018By: Alex Bloom and Eva Zhu Growing Room: A Feminist Literary Festival comes back to Vancouver [caption id="attachment_103142" align="alignleft" width="302"] (Image courtesy of Room)[/caption] Growing Room: A Feminist Literary Festival will be hosted by the West Coast Feminist Literary Magazine…
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New Music Friday
February 23, 2018By: Alex Bloom, Gabrielle McLaren, Courtney Miller, Natasha Tar [embed]https://open.spotify.com/user/thepeaksfu/playlist/7sq6MuCBO9pe2Q7cOQirNk?si=nLAy5LUPR46Ofeik96niyw[/embed] “Moon River” – Frank Ocean Courtney Miller: First, why would anyone ever try to redo “Moon River.” Second, this is so so so extra with the layered vocals and the…
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Must-see event
February 17, 2018By: Alex Bloom Black History in a Canadian Context: Panel Discussion SFU Students of Caribbean and African Ancestry and the SFU African Students’ Association will be hosting a truly educational event on February 24. There will be a documentary screening…
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Must-see events: Black History Month
February 12, 2018By: Alex Bloom Vancouver International Film Festival VIFF will be offering a Black History Month three-ticket pass for $30 that will allow you to see any combination of the following films: Black Cop, Brown Girl Begins, Quest, or Tell Them…
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Stuff we like and don’t like
February 10, 2018By: Alex Bloom We like: Taking consent seriously Consent is more than someone seeming into it at the time. It should be explicit, and it can be taken back at any time. “Maybe” is not consent, only “yes” is consent,…
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Some of the best and worst examples of sex positivity in media
February 9, 2018By: Alex Bloom and Gabrielle McLaren Best: Pride (2014) In a way this movie is sex positive because it isn’t just about sex or sexuality. It’s about a group of gay and lesbian men and women who go to a…
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MiniDAYZ is not for the faint of heart
February 3, 2018By: Alex Bloom This sandbox zombie survival game put out by Bohemia Interactive takes many of the elements you would associate with console games and manages to distill them into a mobile-friendly format. In MiniDAYZ you start off…
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History in the making: Dee Rees
February 2, 2018By: Alex Bloom Looking at her filmography, it is no surprise that the first full-length movie Dee Rees directed was a documentary. Eventual Salvation (2008) tells the story of her grandmother’s return to Liberia. Rees went on to direct Bessie…
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Shows to see at the Cultch this February
January 30, 2018By: Alex Bloom Jabberwocky — February 6–17 at the York Theatre [caption id="attachment_102466" align="alignleft" width="164"] (Image courtesy of the Cultch)[/caption] Presented by the Old Trout Puppet Workshop, this is a theatrical experience like no other you will see this year.…
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