Us, an artful horror movie, also three good ones back in town from the film festival

Ash is Purest White
Volkmar Richter
They would be Woman at War, from Iceland, Ash is Purest White, from China and the Hummingbird Project, made in Quebec
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"Gross Misconduct' -- ravenning

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Ariel: 'brave spirit[s]'

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Homunculi

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Earthly Delights: Other-Worldly

Mar 16th, 2019
Compagnie Marie Chouinard unfolds Hieronymus Bosch triptych for DΛNCE H⌂USE

New vs old in Birds of Passage; an easy look at a killer sickness in Five Feet Apart and a good one for the kids, Wonder Park

And lots more: hippies try farming, a divorcé seeks love, melodrama and politics in Argentina and a dystopian teen thriller with something of a Handmaid’s Tale vibe
New MoviesVolkmar RichterMar 14th, 2019

Red on red at Vimy Ridge

TheatreLincoln KayeMar 10th, 2019

À la recherche de Mom perdue

Brian Linds twangs Presentation House heartstrings with multi-media, site-specific installation
TheatreLincoln KayeMar 7th, 2019

Travel

Butoh on the brink of The Singularity

Dairakudakan returns to Playhouse with cyborg-dystopian "near future" Manga
DanceLincoln KayeMar 9th, 2019

Watching that new female super hero, more women in film and that giant leap for mankind

Also Peter Bogdanovich’s ode to a genius of movie comedy, the great Buster Keaton
New MoviesVolkmar RichterMar 7th, 2019

"Come from Away" comes home via BAC

Grounded in Limbo on 9/11; what goes around comes around on Trans-Atlantic Great Circle airlanes
TheatreLincoln KayeMar 5th, 2019

"39 Steps" -- farce and frisson

Circle Bright's slick stagecraft, frenetic pratfalls power Patrick Barlow spoof of Hitchcock thriller
TheatreLincoln KayeMar 3rd, 2019

1st Flash, WHICH/ONE, Solo Echo

Ballet BC's Program 2 world premieres new Adi Salant work, reprises Elo and Pite
DanceLincoln KayeMar 1st, 2019

Chloe meets Greta, Ruben Brandt steals art and Jean-Luc Godard ponders the state of the world in his Image Book

Also dancers on an acid trip in Climax and four other movies not available for review
New MoviesVolkmar RichterFeb 28th, 2019

"Peer and purr, and pass the Passion"

Manual Cinema's multimedia paean to Gwendolyn Brooks at Chan Centre
TheatreLincoln KayeFeb 25th, 2019

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

Marguerite Pigott at the American Film Market: Gender Diversity Panel 2018

Tracy WrenOct 22nd, 2018

Life

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Your numerology cycles December 16–31

Cassandra MacLeaneDec 15th, 2018

Your numerology cycles February 15–28

Cassandra MacLeaneFeb 13th, 2019

Your numerology cycles March 16–31

Cassandra MacLeaneMar 12th, 2019

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