Film
Director’s Spotlight: Denis Villeneuve
November 16, 2017By: Adrienne Blas Denis Villeneuve is a French-Canadian filmmaker who discovered his passion for film while in university. He first began making a name for himself by directing independent films, and now Villeneuve has gone on to win the Canadian Screen Award four times. He’s best known for directing several critically acclaimed films (Prisoners, Sicario, Arrival) as well as his most recent film, Blade Runner 2049, the highly anticipated sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1980s cult classic. Villeneuve frequently collaborates with genius cinematographer Roger Deakins. They have worked together on three films, and here’s to hoping they continue to do…
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The Vancouver International Film Festival in review
November 4, 2017By: Tessa Perkins and Winona Young Sweet Virginia – directed by Jamie M. Dagg Three men play Texas Hold ‘em in a bar after hours. A stone-faced man sits at a booth and demands the early bird special after being told that…
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Director’s Spotlight: Tim Burton
October 28, 2017By: Jonathan Pabico One of my favourite directors is the legendary Tim Burton. Burton's films are known for their bleak and morbid atmospheres as well as the dark and unsettling feeling they create in a viewer. Despite this, his movies…
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Logan Lucky is the best movie you didn’t know you wanted to see
October 17, 2017By: Yelin Gemma Lee I’m just going to come right out and say it: Logan Lucky is a fucking phenomenal movie. There was nobody more skeptical than me — the trailer was awful. I remember the first time I watched…
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Annabelle: Creation is not for the faint of heart
October 11, 2017By: Elisha Summers If you are looking for a movie about creepy, possessed porcelain dolls, look no further. Annabelle: Creation has you covered . . . and by covered, I mean jumping off the edge of your seat in panic.…
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Director Noah Baumbach has a career that would be a shame to miss
October 5, 2017By: Aaron Richardson Despite rarely experiencing much attention, writer and director Noah Baumbach has received critical acclaim for his movies for over 20 years. Noah Baumbach made a name for himself in 1995 with his directorial debut film Kicking and…
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Kingsman: The Golden Circle has good action and a good cast, but not much else
October 2, 2017By: Jonathan Pabico Kingsman: The Golden Circle is a disappointing sequel by X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn. The film is crowned with fun, stylized action scenes, but it suffers from some severe drawbacks. The film’s narrative gets…
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Find your silver screen gems at VIFF
September 26, 2017By: Tessa Perkins The 36th annual Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) claims they are “expand[ing] the frame” to include more international films, more special presentations and industry talks, and more interdisciplinary events from September 28 to October 13. …
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Dunkirk: the genius of Christopher Nolan
September 11, 2017By: Ana Maria Mejia Morales I usually don’t like action movies. Forgive my taste, but I truly believe that cinema, the seventh art, should be used for more than loud explosions, stunt men, and fragile masculinity. I usually apply this…
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The Switch is a show that tells the stories of transgender people through humour
July 31, 2017Created by Amy Fox of Trembling Void Studios and Elizabeth Marston, The Switch is a show that seeks to represent transgender people in a way that isn’t shallow. Rather than appear as a convenient moral lesson in a show, as…
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