Christopher Nolan
Get to know Greek mythology through Homer’s The Odyssey and its counterparts
May 18, 2026By: Julia Nijjar, SFU Student There is nothing better than sitting by the seaside while indulging in literature that captures the essence of summer along the coast. My favourite piece of literature to read by the ocean is Homer’s Odyssey. I adore being perched by the sea watching ships pass by in the distance, imagining it’s Odysseus and his remaining troops travelling back home to his wife Queen Penelope in Ithaca, Greece, after fighting for 10 years in the Trojan War and voyaging home for another 10. In the poem, the cunning and clever protagonist Odysseus undergoes many misfortunes after…
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The erasure of Black narratives persists
February 21, 2024By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor Content warning: mentions of racism and enslavement. Perhaps we know Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks — but what else is known about how Black people shaped history in Canada and the US? There…
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“Tenet,” the failed saviour of cinema, is a convoluted mess
January 26, 2021By: Lester Leong, SFU Student Before the COVID-19 pandemic forced movie studios to delay their upcoming releases, Tenet was one of the most highly anticipated films of 2020. With the renowned success of Christopher Nolan’s filmography, many people were looking…
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Which prolific director should make a live-action version of your favourite Disney movie
March 23, 2015[caption id="attachment_1646" align="alignright" width="300"] Image by Rachelle Tjahyana[/caption] Earlier this month, Disney announced that Tim Burton had been tasked with bringing a live-action version of Dumbo to the silver screen. Perhaps even more surprising is how unsurprising the announcement is,…
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Interstellar is an epic study of evolutionary possibility
November 13, 2014The theory of evolution proposes that all of mankind developed through natural selection from a single-celled organism to the species we exist as today over the passing of millions of years. Should this be true, there are implications that run…
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