cinema
Three films that challenge our perception of war
July 16, 2025By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Come and See (1985) Elem Klimov’s film tells the story of a boy named Flyora living in what is now Belarus. Located in a small village, the boy discovers a rifle which propels his eagerness to join his town’s resistance group, with a burning desire to fight against Nazi occupation. What follows, however, is Flyora’s immediate subjugation to the horrifying magnitude of war, fighting against an army with heavier firepower and brutality than his own. Come and See is not just visceral in its depiction of war, but the argument the film presents leaves no…
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Film and literature tell the story of The Nickel Boys from different angles
March 12, 2025By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: this piece talks in-depth about slavery and racial segregation. Colson Whitehead’s novel The Nickel Boys tells the story of two boys doing time in a reform school. Elwood Curtis, who is falsely accused…
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Klondike is an introspective look into the Ukrainian war’s beginning
July 5, 2023By: Emilio Gutierrez Content warning: mentions of war. On February 22, 2014, the Ukrainian parliament voted to remove then-president, Viktor Yanukovych, from office in response to months of Euromaidan protests over government corruption. Not soon after, armed insurgency at the…
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Martin Scorsese is right about Marvel
March 16, 2021by Genevieve Cheng, SFU Student Director Martin Scorsese became the pinnacle of controversy on social media in November 2019 with his New York Times op-ed “I said Marvel Movies aren’t cinema: Let me explain.” He wrote the piece to explain…
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Guillermo del Toro discusses creative process, casting, and cinematography behind The Shape of Water
December 14, 2017By: Alex Bloom The Peak was recently invited to listen in on a press conference call with Guillermo del Toro, where he discussed his recently released film The Shape of Water. This film is a labour of love and del…
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The best movies you probably didn’t see in 2016
January 4, 2017Hurt and healing, dependency and recovery; these were the subjects of my favorite films from 2016, a year where cinema was not simply art or entertainment, but a form of sustenance, a means to keep on keeping on. But if…
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Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein is a thrilling new work for the Royal Ballet
May 31, 2016Hollywood has taken Frankenstein and turned it into a horror story featuring an iconic green monster with bolts sticking out the sides of his neck. But Mary Shelley’s original novel, as choreographer Liam Scarlett emphasizes, is more of a love…
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CENTRE STAGE: World-class performing arts at a cinema near you
January 4, 2016There’s nothing better than that feeling of anticipation as the house lights dim, the performers take their places, and the deafening silence of an eager audience fills the theatre. I’ve always loved the performing arts, and recently I’ve even started…
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CINEPHILIA: Anomalisa is relatable, funny, and poignant
January 4, 2016We uncomfortably identify with Michael Snow, our self-centered and predatory protagonist of Anomalisa: his neuroses, egoism, and disillusionment. Whether female or male, family or stranger, friend or foe, to Michael every face, voice, and personality is ubiquitous and indistinguishable. His…
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