review
Cinephilia: Goodnight Mommy is an unsettling psychological tragedy
October 26, 2015Children need their mother’s love; mothers innately care for their children. With this double-edged sword, Goodnight Mommy terrorizes our minds by imagining a scenario where either a mother is neglectful, or a boy is unreceptive to his mother’s care. Finding out which one is the case provides Goodnight Mommy, the feature-length debut from Austrian filmmakers Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz, an ambiguous and horrifying thrust. Elias and his twin brother, Lukas, both of whom are adorable seven-year-olds, live in a remote mansion surrounded by a picturesque landscape and a glistening lake. Their mother begins behaving erratically and viciously after a…
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The timeless tale of Dracula comes to the stage
October 26, 2015Timeless Halloween stories about creatures of the night still remain at the core of this creepy festive season; similarly, even with modern adaptations of vampires such as the Twilight series’ Cullen family and Smith’s Salvatore brothers, traditionalists will insist that…
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Five spooky video games to try this Halloween
October 26, 2015Forget horror movies and Stephen King novels — when it comes to scaring yourself silly this season, it’s all about video games. Whether you’re a fan of top-down roguelikes, point-and-click shockers, or atmospheric RPGs, there are an impressive number of…
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Take a walk with the Lost Souls of Vancouver
October 26, 2015Forbidden Vancouver’s Lost Souls of Gastown tour offers a unique experience, immersing patrons in the ominous past of early Vancouver. They offer student rates and enough knowledge of the area to brag to your friends about next time you go…
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Charles Demers presents an alphabet of horrors
October 19, 2015A collection of essays that have their subjects determined by the letters of the alphabet doesn’t sound particularly like the groundwork for an enjoyable read, but comedian Charles Demers manages to make it so in The Horrors: An A to…
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Gyoza Bar offers a new take on traditional Japanese
October 19, 2015The exposed brick wall of a heritage building makes an unlikely interior for a Japanese restaurant, but Gyoza Bar carefully captures that balance between homeliness and urban fare. Located within walking distance of SFU’s Vancouver campuses, Gyoza Bar offers fusion…
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Massey Theatre celebrates 65th anniversary
October 19, 2015As part of their 65th anniversary celebrations, Massey Theatre presented an innovative new-age gala to encourage diversity and collaboration in the community theatre arts. Walking to the Massey Theatre, I realized I had no idea exactly what kind of event…
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Food Fight: IKEA makes for a surprisingly good restaurant
October 19, 2015IKEA is amazing. It is filled to the rafters with enough affordable flat-pack furniture to keep marriage counselors in business until the sun swallows the planets whole, and a showroom that can keep even those with the shortest attention span…
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Comic Connoisseur: Wayward is a supernatural atrocity
October 19, 2015Let the record state that, I, the Comic Connoisseur, have come to observe a great many a strange and mind boggling animes and mangas in my 22 years of living. From the well-known dreadful epic Akira to the nonsensical onslaught…
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Album reviews: Head of the Herd, Emilie & Ogden, The Zolas
October 19, 2015By: Courtney Miller and Justin Stevens Head of the Herd - Birds on the Roof Birds on the Roof is local Vancouver band Head of the Herd’s third album, and is a follow-up to their hugely successful 2013 record, By…
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