film/tv
Chinatown screenings bring communities together
September 26, 2024Dimmed neon signs, muted red lamp posts, the Millenium Gate, faded Chinese lettering on fenced panes of glass, and weathered buildings; these are all characteristics of a modern-day Chinatown. While the gnarled grips of gentrification have changed the physical pieces of Chinatown, part of this community’s rich culture remains buried under the rubble. Chinatown Today — an organization that aims to share Chinatown’s stories — is holding free movie nights on October 4 and November 8, showcasing films that provide opportunities for “building intercultural and intergenerational relationships.” These will be held at the Massy Arts Society, a quaint studio that…
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La Suprema: a town forgotten
September 17, 2024As an SFU student, I’m always looking for exciting events to attend near campus. So, on September 5, I found myself at the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema for the 7:00 p.m. screening of La Suprema at the kick off of the…
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The underappreciated visual poetry of Satyajit Ray
September 13, 2024“What interests me is density, how much can you tell, how telling can you make your images.” — Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray was a Bengali filmmaker, composer, and writer from Calcutta (now known as Kolkata, India). During the early 1950s,…
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In Case You Missed It: Happy Together captures a vast picture of loneliness
August 2, 2024With its mesmerizing cinematography, Happy Together (1997) artfully emphasizes societal issues that 2SLGBTQIA+ people still deal with today. It unravels the feelings of loneliness, desperation, and identity through its underlying theme of searching for a place to belong. The film…
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Looking back at The Road Forward
June 19, 2024Content warning: mentions of assimilation, residential schools, and cultural genocide. Colours bleed into the pages of a black and white newspaper as a low-tone humming surrounds the screen. The steady, heartbeat-like fervor of a drum echoes through the scene. A…
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Films to look out for at this year’s Vancouver Short Film Festival
June 3, 2024The Poem We Sang (2024) Content warning: mentions of genocide. Photojournalist, cinematographer, and filmmaker Annie Sakkab unearths the emotions and memories behind forced migration. The documentary delves into a family’s flight from Palestine during the Nakba bombings in 1948, as…
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I don’t know how to feel about Kung Fu Panda 4
May 16, 2024It’s hard to understate the impact of Kung Fu Panda (2008) on pre-teen me, along with many others. The scene revealing the truth behind the secret ingredient is something I still think about to this day. It tells us that…
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Twin Peaks blurs the lines between reality and the unconscious mind
March 30, 2024Content warning: mention of death. Shows like The Sopranos and The Simpsons are frequently mentioned as the most groundbreaking shows of all time, and while there is merit to those claims, there is one show that often gets overlooked in…
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The Taste of Things and Perfect Days find inspiration in the simplicity of everyday life
March 25, 2024The Taste of Things and Perfect Days, a French and Japanese film respectively, are two uplifting 2023 releases with simple yet moving stories. Although I watched them both with English subtitles as they were not English films, they exemplified the…
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Songs from the silver screen
March 19, 2024Movies and music go hand-in-hand like peanut butter and jelly. Whether it’s a multi-layered uplifting score, a scary synth track, or a rhythmic pop song, music can add value to film by reflecting the feelings of what’s seen on screen.…
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