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The CRTC and Unsatisfying Basic Cable

September 13, 2016September 9, 2016News in Brief, Opinion, Technologycable, cbc, CRTC, HBO

Last Wednesday, the CBC reported that the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) disappointed consumers by changing their basic cable deals. Shaw, Bell, and Rogers have all ridded their discounts, no matter how small (Shaw previously

When The Ocean Met The Sky (Review)

September 6, 2016September 6, 2016Reviewreview, When the Ocean Met the Sky

When The Ocean Met The Sky is well shot and strongly scored; however, its shallow characters squander any chance the premise has of justifying a feature length runtime. Three brothers (Tyler, the lost artist; Dan,

Our Grounded Vancouver International Film Festival

August 30, 2016August 30, 2016FestivalsCanadian, Film Festivals, TIFF, Toronto, Vancouver, VIFF

My dad and my sister go to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) every year. It started with my sister wanting to see celebrities. Now it’s about the movies. I was late to the game.

Retaining Canadian Identity Through Forfeiting International Success

August 23, 2016August 21, 2016Exclusive, Making Music VideosHeartland, Street Legal, The Beachcombers, Tragically Hip

The Tragically Hip, “Canada’s band,” concluded their final tour last night in Kingston, Ontario, where the band first formed. Almost as soon as they played their first shows in 1983, local college radio stations took

Tony Zhou’s Knowledge of Film

August 16, 2016August 14, 2016Announcements, OpinionEvery Frame a Painting, Filmmaker, Tony Zhou, Vancouver

Tony Zhou, a native Vancouverite, has made a name for himself by creating videos in which he analyzes a different part of the filmmaking process. The man could build his own film school using these

Revival Theatres

August 2, 2016July 31, 2016In Theatres Now, OpinionCineplex, Cineplex' Scotiabank theatres, The Rio, Theatres, Vancity Theatre

Thanks to there being more than a few different movie theatres (not all owned by Cineplex) throughout Vancouver, there’s a decent variety in selection. Fifth Avenue Cinemas likes to show smaller stuff, Scotia Bank Movie