Film review
Union Street captures Vancouver’s vibrant Black community through history
October 17, 2023Content warning: mentions of systemic racism and displacement. Union Street is a documentary film highlighting Vancouver’s historic Black neighbourhood located in Strathcona. Known colloquially as Hogan’s Alley, it was systemically disrupted and displaced by the City of Vancouver’s construction of the Georgia Viaduct in the 1970s. Union Street features archival visuals and local Black community members’ current efforts in building Black community spaces. The film was directed by Jamila Pomeroy, a “Kenyan-Canadian writer, director, actor, and producer.” It debuted at the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) in September and sold out all three showings weeks beforehand. I could feel the…
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Bottoms is unabashedly gay, unhinged, and bloody
September 28, 2023When I first read the synopsis of Emma Seligman’s Bottoms — two girls start a fight club at their high school to meet girls and lose their virginity — I thought I knew what I was in for. I expected…
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Klondike is an introspective look into the Ukrainian war’s beginning
July 5, 2023Content 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 hands of Russian-backed…
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Standout films released this fall
December 7, 2022Tar directed by Todd Field [caption id="attachment_124114" align="alignnone" width="243"] PHOTO: IMDb[/caption] This film is about the world-famous classical music composer and conductor Lydia Tar. She’s known to be the first ever woman to chief conduct a major German orchestra. Cate…
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Everything Everywhere All At Once shows us the weird and wonderful
May 18, 2022From the company that created witty comedies like Spring Breakers, heart-wrenching dramas like Moonlight, and terrifying horror films like Hereditary, A24’s most recent cinematic release is truly one to remember. Currently screening in theatres since its debut in early April,…
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Sex, drugs, and Taron Egerton: Rocketman soars
June 9, 2019Music biopics are mv jam. Whether it’s Walk the Line or Straight Outta Compton, the three-act structure with the occasional music performance is a tried and tested formula for portraying anyone from Johnny Cash to NWA. And so, going into…
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Pokémon Detective Pikachu: Hollywood’s latest nostalgia film
May 27, 2019Within the first couple shots of the Pidgeot flying across the screen, I felt like a kid starting my own Pokémon adventure again. Seeing all these creatures I grew up with perfectly exist in the real world had me giddy…
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The Labour of Love Throughout Merata: How Mum Decolonized the Screen
May 20, 2019Merata: How Mum Decolonized the Screen is directed by Heperi Mita, and it chronicles his journey of archiving and learning more about the life, art, and activism of his distinguished mother, Merata Mita. This was the closing screening for Vancouver’s…
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Captain Marvel shines with original storytelling, despite its offbeat direction
March 23, 2019Filmmaker duo Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck’s long-awaited Captain Marvel finally hits theatres. The film excels featuring diverse characters and an unconventional style with offbeat tones. Brie Larson brings a strong and empowering performance as Captain Marvel. Larson perfectly portrays…
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Alita: Battle Angel ascends to impressive heights of success
March 3, 2019Prepare for battle, sci-fi fans! Robert Rodriguez delivers a thrilling and epic film with Alita: Battle Angel. Rodriguez layers the story with immersive visuals; the film’s ruined cityscapes are fitting metaphors for not only the characters’ strife, their dangerous…
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