TV
SHOWSTORM: An interview with Etchos
August 6, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer On August 6, Vancouver-based Filipino artist Etchos will debut SHOWSTORM at the Vancouver Black Library, accompanied by Couch Jams. The project is a live multimedia performance of Etchos’ new extended play (EP), performed alongside a screening of an original four-episode miniseries. SHOWSTORM is a crowdfunded project centering themes of immigration, growth, and survival, from a passionate artist sharing her journey and growth with people in hopes that it speaks to them too. This event and the series are set to be vibrant experiences full of memories — ones to be remembered, and ones to be…
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Why I love sitcoms
May 24, 2023By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer For some people, the forced laugh track that follows every bad punchline in sitcom history makes them cringe. To me, it’s the lullaby that lulled me to sleep on the nights when anxiety was high…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Watching TV in class
July 22, 2022By: Yasmin Vejs Simsek, Staff Writer I get it, class can be — and often is — super boring. And I’ll admit that I’ve taken the occasional opportunity to check out Instagram to see which of my friends are on their…
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Five TikToks with actual substance
January 12, 2021By: Meera Eragoda, Copy Editor @umeboi [caption id="attachment_116789" align="alignnone" width="300"] Screenshot courtesy of Sara Wong via TikTok[/caption] One of my favourite accounts on TikTok is Dane Nakama’s. They’re an artist based in Hawaii and the video which got me hooked…
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Community is as funny now as it was back when it aired in 2009
March 26, 2020by James Conn, Peak Associate I knew of popular sitcom Community for a few years prior to actually watching it, mainly because I am a massive fan of the creator and producer of the show – Dan Harmon (best known…
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Good Omens is the most uplifting love story about the apocalypse you’ll watch this summer
June 27, 2019Good Omens has it all: Armageddon, biblical blasphemy, and a possible love story between an angel and a demon. So naturally, Good Omens is an absolute blessing and more. The adaptation of the 1990 Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett novel…
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Hasan Minhaj’s Netflix original is a class act
June 26, 2019By: Mishaa Khan, Peak Associate The 2019 Peabody Entertainment Award winner, Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, is a satirical political comedy series on Netflix that highlights issues around the globe. Topics range from censorship in China to civil rights in…
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Sex Education breaks through the taboo around teenage sex but falls to overplayed clichés
February 17, 2019By: Yelin Gemma Lee Sex Education is a nitty-gritty, in-depth exploration of high schoolers’ sex lives, fully loaded with awkwardness, charming characters, and physical comedy. The new British Netflix show follows Otis, a sexually inexperienced outcast in school whose…
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We don’t always need media to be good, it just needs to be reliable
October 11, 2018Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor Media has gotten better and better over the past few decades. Films budgets are swelling, TV content is way more diverse, and even mainstream video games are made with borderline cinematic graphics and writing.…
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The inaccuracies in medical shows make for good TV, but its ability to misinform is a frustrating cost
September 21, 2018Written by: Ashley Baryer, SFU Student We live in the day and age of hypochondriacs, WebMD self-educated “doctors,” and self-diagnosis. It is no surprise that medicine-based television has skyrocketed in popularity; Grey’s Anatomy enters its fifteenth season at the end…
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