arts
The Disaster Artist is the best reason to watch The Room
November 29, 2017By: Aaron Richardson, Staff Writer When The Room came out in 2003, it was heralded as, perhaps, the worst movie ever made. Directed by Tommy Wiseau, starring Tommy Wiseau, and produced and written by Tommy Wiseau, The Room is nothing less than a fever dream of a man that seems entirely disconnected from reality. Journalist and critic Tom Bissell said, “It is like a movie made by an alien who has never seen a movie, but has had movies thoroughly explained to him.” Like many films that are critical flops, it lacked any redeeming qualities. It is for…
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The East Van Panto returns with a local twist on Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
November 28, 2017By: Tessa Perkins It wouldn’t be the holidays without traditions. Some traditions can be tedious or even irrelevant, but one that is neither of those things is East Van Panto. This year the incredibly talented team from Theatre Replacement will…
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Bah Humbug! brings the holiday spirit to SFU Woodward’s
November 27, 2017By: Tessa Perkins Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a classic story with heart-warming holiday season themes of redemption and gratitude. SFU Woodward’s has teamed up with Vancouver Moving Theatre and Full Circle: First Nations Performance Society to present the…
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Album Reviews
November 23, 2017By: Alex Bloom, Grace Rose, and Eva Zhu Uncommon Ground by Busty and the Bass This Montréal-based band released their debut LP on September 8, and there’s not a single member of the nine-piece band that doesn’t shine on it. For…
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SFU alumna Vanessa Goodman presents world premiere at SFU Woodward’s
November 23, 2017By: Tessa Perkins In this exciting new dance work that took three years to make, SFU Woodward’s Cultural Program has partnered with Dance House and SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts to present the world premiere of Action at a…
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Local fashion company Afro.ditie Creative discusses their vision, celebration of culture, and their designs
November 22, 2017Afro.ditie Creative is a Vancouver-based company that seeks to engage in a conversation about culture through fashion. It was started by Ayodeji and Anastasia Akintemi as a way of expressing and sharing both of their cultures. As stated on their…
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Must-see event: Reel Causes
November 21, 2017By: Alex Bloom Reel Causes is a series of film screenings thats deal with real-world issues. On Thursday, November 23 at 7 p.m. (just prior to the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence) Reel Causes will be showing the…
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My Friend Dahmer is a chilling, honest, but relentlessly non-romanticized portrait of a serial killer
November 20, 2017By: Winona Young My Friend Dahmer is the adaptation of the same-titled graphic novel by Derf Backderf. The film depicts the true events of the high school years of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. It begins when a…
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New adaptation of Titus Andronicus involves clowns and comedy
November 19, 2017By: Tessa Perkins Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus gets a whole new treatment in Colleen Murphy’s new work produced by Rumble Theatre and developed with the assistance of Bard on the Beach. The Bard’s gory tragedy, which includes multiple deaths, sexual assault,…
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Stranger Things 2: stranger, darker and more grown-up than season 1
November 18, 2017By: Gabrielle McLaren Season two picks up about a year after season one ends, but the story is put together so well that you’re pulled back into Hawkins seamlessly. Stranger Things holds a special place in my heart alongside all…
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