Movies
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 Toro has been developing it almost his whole life. He started by explained the origins of the concept: “Well, I actually was thinking about it since I was six years old . . . Then in 2011 I was having breakfast with Daniel Kraus, a guy I co-authored Trollhunters with, and I said to him, ‘What are you working…
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Lesser-known must-see movies
September 30, 2017By: Aaron Richardson, Staff Writer Man on the Moon (1999) — A story so strange, it’s hard to believe it’s true Based on a true story, Man on the Moon tells the story of the life of Andy Kaufman. In…
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Five harmful myths and stereotypes about sex perpetuated in film and TV
July 15, 20171. Condoms are always kept in wallets In almost every movie and TV show that includes a sex scene, the guy is always taking the condom out of his wallet. This is portrayed in media as normal, and the best…
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Four films to put SFU’s snow crisis into perspective
February 20, 2017SFU Burnaby had suffered an endless onslaught of snow. Classes were cancelled and snow and ice blocked routes that students normally took to reach their destinations. Despite the hills of white, the slush that covered our every step, and the…
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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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The 10 best Christmas movies
November 27, 2016The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) I love this movie. The songs are on point, and it’s also a multi-holiday movie, which is a big plus — especially since most places barely get the Halloween decorations put in the clearance section…
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Give the penis its time in the limelight
July 18, 2016Flaccid penises are awkward. There really isn’t any other way around it. They just kind of hang there, flopping about in the breeze. But that really isn’t a good enough reason to not feature more full-frontal male nudity in film…
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CINEPHILIA: An off-the-leash look at man’s best friend
July 11, 2016The Secret Life of Pets is easily distracted and prone to tangents, like a dog that suddenly chases after a ball. Directed by Yarrow Cheney and Chris Renaud, The Secret Life of Pets imagines what your domesticated critters are doing…
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CINEPHILIA: Top five movies of 2016 so far
June 27, 2016My favourite movies of 2016 so far are anomalies. As our southern neighbours have stooped closer to madness with each passing day of their erratic election campaign, a few great films are returning to simple sincerity; clinging to an older…
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CINEPILIA: Superlatives of Sundance
February 15, 2016The way time is experienced at a film festival is paradoxical — accelerated by the lack of sleep, and at the same time decelerated from living so many lifetimes inside cinema. As I sit here nearly a week later, recalling…
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