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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Anthem of a Teenage Prophet – VIFF Review
Premiering alongside the awards ceremony, (and the next day at the Vancouver Playhouse) came a truly spectacular film based off a book with a similar name. It’s not your average teen coming of age film
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Sleeping Giant (Review)
If a filmmaker attempts a coming-of-age story, and their name is not John Hughes, then they are facing an immediate uphill struggle toward sincere originality. This makes it all the more refreshing, then, when I
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The Hummingbird Project – VIFF Review
VIFF only started last week, and nothing better starts it off than a memorable film for the Opening Gala. This year’s opening film covered a rather interesting subject that’s seldom explored (as far as I
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Water (Review)
There is a reason why they call the Indian film industry Bollywood. It is a massive culture in of itself, catering to an estimated population of 1.3 billion people, and its films are not necessarily
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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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