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Exclusive – Thom Fitzgerald Gives You Splinters

August 20, 2018August 28, 2018Exclusive, InterviewSplinters, Thom Fitzgerald, TIFF

Families are not cookie-cut. The term Black Sheep is used freely to describe a brother or sister that stands out from the rest in a wild/negative way. There are also brothers or sisters that become

Casinos and Movies

August 19, 2018August 19, 2018OpinionCards, Casinos, Movies, Poker

It’s been often said that sometimes movie moments are meant to stay in the movies. Because in reality, nobody would experience weird phenomena or get an instant relationship. At least as not as extravagant as

Exclusive – The Vancouver Writers Brigade Has Arrived

August 17, 2018November 17, 2021Exclusive, InterviewAnaisa Visser, Marshall Axani, Vancouver Writers Brigade, Zlatina Pacheva

If you build it they will come. A line of dialogue from Field of Dreams that continues to have many applications. I sometimes wonder if the screenwriter of the film knew the implications those words

The F Word (Review)

August 15, 2018February 5, 2020ReviewDaniel Radcliffe, Michael Dowse, The F Word, Zoe Kazan

Try as they may, any filmmakers’ attempts to avoid the categorization of their respective works by genre is pretty much impossible in this day and age, especially since studios and audiences alike compulsively reach for

VQFF: 1985 Review

August 14, 2018February 5, 2020Review1985, AIDS, Cory Michael Smith, VQFF, Yen Tan

It was on September 17, 1985 that then-U.S President Ronald Reagan first publicly acknowledged Autoimmune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in response to a question about federal funding for cure research. Two months earlier, famed 50s heartthrob

VQFF – Happening Now

August 10, 2018March 9, 2021Announcements, Festivals, Review1985, Anoushka Ratnarajah, Octavio is Dead, Sook-Yin Lee, VQFF, Yen Tan

Just last night was the very beginning of one of many amazing evenings to come: VQFF’s Opening Gala. Having only started, I can already say I was impressed with results. VQFF is currently on its