Shaun Lang

VIFF: Cycles of Abuse Unlocked in CHAINED

September 22, 2020September 21, 2020ReviewAdrian Holmes, Chained, Leia Madu, Marlon Kazadi

Control. Control of our surroundings, control of ourselves and sometimes, control of others. Residing at the top of nature’s food chain, humans are apt to exert their influence where they can in nature’s hierarchies, even

VIFF: A Punishing Weekend with the F*CKING IDIOTS

September 15, 2020September 14, 2020ReviewBen Cotton, Christina Sicoli, David Milchard, F*cking Idiots, Fucking Idiots, Stephen Lobo

It is said that the first step to solving a problem is to admit there is one. The protagonists in Vancouver thespian David Milchard’s debut directorial feature Fucking Idiots do at least this much. Actually

CANCON, Bargain Bins and Videotape

September 8, 2020September 7, 2020VideoCanCon, Crazy Moon, VCR, VHS

For the first time since pre-COVID era, I dusted of my VCR and put in a VHS tape. There were the usual tracking issues and the headache of the cropped pan and scan image after

Tales from the Background: SUPERGIRL

September 1, 2020August 31, 2020Quick TakesChris Wood, Chyler Leigh, David Harewood, Krys Marshall, Melissa Benoist, Supergirl, Tales from the Background

For the first season at least, Supergirl’s fictional setting of Central City was situated comfortably in Southern California. But when the ratings failed to persuade CBS to keep it on the air, the show was

Tales from the Background: SALVATION

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020Quick TakesAaron Douglas, Grace Barrows, Salvation, Tales from the Background

It was an unusually warm and sunny March in Richmond, BC. Folks cycled and walked along the riverside path, birds chirped as jets took to the sky from neighbouring Sea Island, and in an unassuming

Flipping through Egoyan’s CALENDAR

August 18, 2020August 17, 2020ReviewAtom Egoyan, Calendar

Atom Egoyan was raised in BC, but fled east to claim his spot in Toronto’s new film wave of the 80s (BC’s would catch its own wave a few seasons of 21 Jump Street and