Anyone who has made the drive from Vancouver to Burnaby is likely to be familiar with the diagonal thoroughfare that cuts through the orderly street grid. Originally built to connect Vancouver with New Westminster, Kingsway
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VIFF: Level 16 delivers gritty sci-fi with some timely themes
It has been a stellar year at VIFF for female talent with standouts including Carly Stone’s superb Gen-Z romcom The New Romantic (reviewed here) and the stellar cast of Bruce Sweeny’s Kingsway featuring Leo-worthy turns from Camille
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VIFF: Get ready to fall in love with The New Romantic
“Romance is dead” concludes college journalist Blake (Jessica Barden) in her latest romance column. Raised on Nora Ephron rom-coms but surrounded by a hook-up culture fuelled by dating apps, she has grown disenchanted with modern
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VIFF: The Darling – Review
We’ve often seen Canada through a North American lens, but how to we look to the rest of the globe? Korean Filmmaker Lee Seung-Yup turns a lens to Canadian shores as he weaves his characters
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HOLLYWOOD’S CANADA: I Confess – Review
From the day a French priest landed with Jaques Cartier on what would become Canadian soil, the Roman Catholic Church would play a central part in the governing the daily lives lived in the Province
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Jazz, Hippies and Mutant Kangaroos: A DGC Showcase
With the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) only weeks away, a new annual event has sprung up on our fall calendar with the Directors Guild of Canada BC District Showcase Weekend (say that five
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