Incredible superhero home life, remembering Mr. Rogers and a teenager’s rule-choked Iran

New Movies
Volkmar Richter
Also a best-selling mystery from Italy and the return of blaxploitation with Superfly
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Women on an elaborate heist, farm work by women while the men are off to war and a modern gothic horror

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A sailing yarn for summer; a parson’s turn to social responsibility and a quest for true love by an older woman

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Han Solo’s back story, a style maven’s triumph and a small festival of indie films

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"Les Filles Du Roi" shines spotlight on Indigenous history

May 22nd, 2018
“A lot of people have never heard the stories. They don't know some of these histories, especially when we're looking so far back.”

Deadpool jokes again; Jane Fonda reads in Book Club, and two modern icons explain their missions

Also: an artist’s intense struggles, two gay love stories and a bad doggie.
New MoviesVolkmar RichterMay 18th, 2018

Godsboffins! "Platonic Promiscuity"

Oxonian "Inklings" star in "Tolkien," a three hour theological thriller, from Pacific Theatre
TheatreLincoln KayeMay 12th, 2018

To Hell and back. And back. And back.

Itzazoo's "Wet" @ Russian Hall: in-your-face drama of Canadian vets' PTSD
TheatreLincoln KayeMay 11th, 2018

Travel

Kinder Morgan's ursuninity

"Bears" -- First Nations recap pipeline route in a hip, droll, multimedia screed
TheatreLincoln KayeMay 10th, 2018

Annette Bening does Chekov, Melissa McCarthy goes back to college and DOXA offers up another gem

Or you could catch a colorful and bloody revenge thriller and a cryptic Alberta gothic
New MoviesVolkmar RichterMay 10th, 2018

Orchestra in the mosh pit or vice versa?

Australia's "Circa" acrobats meet France's "Debussy Quartet" at Chan Centre
DanceLincoln KayeApr 30th, 2018

Clothes unmake the man

Van Opera premieres witty reimagining of Gogol tragi-farce "The Overcoat"
TheatreLincoln KayeMay 4th, 2018

Finding help for a new mother, battling a rich creep and cruising the big issues in DOXA’s documentaries

New MoviesVolkmar RichterMay 3rd, 2018

#Менятоже, Евгений

Van Opera's lavish #Metoo era "Eugene Onegin" launches "Russian White Nights" Fest
MusicLincoln KayeApr 30th, 2018

Bosons, banalities & bravura

Solo tour de force British-Belgian co-production of "History of the World"
TheatreLincoln KayeApr 29th, 2018

News

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“Charitable” Fraser Institute accepted $500k in foreign funding from Koch oil billionaires

Alexis StoymenoffApr 25th, 2012

Fraser Institute co-founder confirms 'years and years' of U.S. oil billionaires' funding

David P. BallApr 27th, 2012

Ride hailing, electric vehicles, self-driving cars: Ford Canada looks to future

Laura KaneMar 29th, 2017

Opinion

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Open Letter: UBCIC calls for the immediate cessation of the expropriation of lands for the doomed Site C Dam

Vancouver ObserverJun 8th, 2017

Lessons from the UK: why Canada needs proportional representation

Warren BellMay 10th, 2015

Please treat Indigenous women like your sisters

Dylan WaismanApr 16th, 2018

City

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Making the shift: An autonomous vehicle future requires bigger thinking

Keane GruendingMay 15th, 2017

Sunshine Coast a year-round outdoor haven with plenty of 'Beachcombers'

Lauren KrugelSep 6th, 2017

Your water wise summer starts early this year

Vancouver ObserverApr 18th, 2018

Culture

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Reviews: Sweet Virginia is noirish, The Dancer, flashy, and two films on Indigenous issues

Volkmar RichterDec 1st, 2017

Milky Chance 'blossoms' at the Commodore

Craig FleischFeb 6th, 2018

Life

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Your numerology cycles February 1–14

Cassandra MacLeaneFeb 3rd, 2018

Your numerology cycles February 15–28

Cassandra MacLeaneFeb 15th, 2018

Environment

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Guy Dauncey gets ready for a "solar tsunami"

Jenny UechiMay 6th, 2014

Money and influence cast long shadow over province's decisions on Fraser River, records suggest

Jenny UechiFeb 19th, 2015