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Page to screen: Ryan Coogler

Alex Bloom February 28, 2018

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 production design).  As…

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Begin your March with an artistic flair at these events

Alex Bloom and Eva Zhu February 24, 2018

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 Society from March 1–4; the society…

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New Music Friday

Alex Bloom, Gabrielle McLaren, Courtney Miller, and Natasha Tar February 23, 2018

[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 overproduction Gabrielle McLaren: There’s a lot going on here…

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Must-see event

Alex Bloom February 17, 2018

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 about the history…

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Must-see events: Black History Month

Alex Bloom February 12, 2018

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 We Are Rising.…

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Stuff we like and don’t like

Alex Bloom February 10, 2018

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, and an intoxicated…

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Some of the best and worst examples of sex positivity in media

Alex Bloom and Gabrielle McLaren February 9, 2018

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 small mining town in Wales during…

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MiniDAYZ is not for the faint of heart

Alex Bloom February 3, 2018

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 on a beach…

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History in the making: Dee Rees

Alex Bloom February 2, 2018

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 (2015), a biopic…

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Shows to see at the Cultch this February

Alex Bloom January 30, 2018

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. The Globe and…

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