film/tv
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 hands of Russian-backed separatists broke out along the Donbas region of Ukraine in retaliation, marking the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian war. It is in these first few months of the war where we find the Klondike protagonists. Written and directed by Ukrainian filmmaker, Maryna Er Gorbach, Klondike tells the story of a pregnant wife (Oxana Cherkashyna) and her husband (Sergiy…
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Past Lives centers around the thought of “what if?”
July 5, 2023By: Kiara Co, SFU Student This was the first time I’ve ever experienced watching an A24 film where the entire theatre was full for its first showtime slot in Vancouver. It surprised me because of how little marketing this film…
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Five series to watch based on your favourite cult classics
June 5, 2023By: Payal R., SFU Student If you liked Abbott Elementary (2021), you may like Shelved (2023) Where to watch: CTV Number of seasons: 1 Genre: Comedy CTV’s Shelved is a single-camera workplace sitcom that follows a group of librarians in…
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SFU films to watch at the Vancouver Short Film Festival
June 1, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Staff Writer Content Warning: mentions of pet death Cathy Huynh, Sean Brennan, and Anastasia Itkina were some of the SFU film graduates selected from over 250 submissions to be featured in the 13th annual Vancouver Short Film…
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Manufacturing the Threat exposes how policing upholds power in Canada
May 15, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Content warning: mentions of Islamophobia, colonialism, and racism. Canada’s façade of tolerance and freedom is stripped away in a new documentary called Manufacturing the Threat. It’s the first feature-length documentary that explores the…
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There Are Hierarchies of Grief honours lost loved ones
May 8, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts and Culture Editor There Are Hierarchies of Grief plunges into the way grief suddenly swallows you. The five-minute short film is part of the CBC Gem series, How to Lose Everything, which features five short films…
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SPOOF: SFU Productions announces three upcoming films
April 9, 2023By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer Engaged & Unstaged SFU Productions is working with Netflix on a reality dating show involving a group of randomly-selected SFU students. Students are blindfolded and brought to a classified area nearby, where they will mingle…
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SPOOF: Netflix’s cancellation parties
April 9, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor & Netflix Representative Netflix invites its subscribers — and its subscribers only — to take part in one of our three cancellation parties. We’re collaborating with SFU, as experts in engagement, to engage students with…
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SPOOF: Things that were definitely shot at SFU
April 9, 2023By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer The Maze Runner (2014) SFU News claims SFU Burnaby campus was created with a “strikingly futuristic design,” but we would all be kidding ourselves if we didn’t admit the architecture was simply built to profit…
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New comedic docuseries reclaims “killjoy”
February 21, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Just as the word “snowflake” has been weaponized by conservatives, “killjoy” is another word that has been historically used to silence those who question authority. Documentarist Shana Myara knows what it’s like to…
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