Disney wildlife times two, a blast at American politics and a traumatic teen drama

New Movies
Volkmar Richter
Also a couple of small but amiable comedies, one of them Canadian
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More streaming ideas take you to Brazil, low-life China and two Jesse Eisenberg films

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Movie theatres are shut down, so what’s streaming?

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Three women lead off a long line-up of new movies in town

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Pixar’s new one, Onward, new laughs from Greed and a new Emma from Jane Austen

Mar 6th, 2020
And much more: Ben Affleck back from the bar, Ken Loach slams the gig economy, a tri-nation scarefest and a pair of enigmatic art films

Ordinary Love, superb, three superior Canadian films and two imports you can do without

Also a TV show most of us have never heard of spins off a surprise hit
New MoviesVolkmar RichterFeb 27th, 2020

Check Your Privilege @ Gateway, Arts Club

Intersectionalites: cyber-thriller "Cipher" and tragi-farce "Straight White Men"
TheatreLincoln KayeFeb 14th, 2020

The Call of the Wild re-made again, a festival of strong documentaries and a boy’s space adventure in Terra Willy

New MoviesVolkmar RichterFeb 20th, 2020

Travel

Fantasmes à bout de souffle

Montreal's Tentacle Tribe leaves Cultch crowd breathless
DanceLincoln KayeFeb 16th, 2020

Marcus King Band brings Southern Blues North of the border for the first time

MusicCraig FleischFeb 11th, 2020

Portrait of a Lady on Fire, superb, The Assistant, too restrained, Sonic the Hedgehog, fun times

Also Downhill, a weak re-make of a Swedish triumph, and a look-ahead to a documentary festival
New MoviesVolkmar RichterFeb 14th, 2020

Wrinkles in the mind

Bringing essays to life: Foster-Wallace, Suzuki/Cullis on PuSh stages
TheatreLincoln KayeFeb 10th, 2020

Notes from (deeeep) Underground

Cultch recruits Vancouver audiences into Burkett's "Forget Me Not"
TheatreLincoln KayeFeb 9th, 2020

Pillars of salt that sing and dance

Electric Co., Touchstone & City Opera PuSh LatinX & Old World refugee musicals
TheatreLincoln KayeFeb 5th, 2020

Unruly Harley Quinn, morality by The Traitor and Elijah Wood’s psychic adventure in Tofino

Also two queer films and dancing to fight colonialism as part of Black History Month
New MoviesVolkmar RichterFeb 6th, 2020

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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Your water wise summer starts early this year

Vancouver ObserverApr 18th, 2018

Two good kids films (though one is better for adults) and then rampant juvenilia with Hellboy

Volkmar RichterApr 12th, 2019

Fantasmes à bout de souffle

Lincoln KayeFeb 17th, 2020

Culture

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Conflicting toy movies and two films to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day

Volkmar RichterJun 21st, 2019

3 more films for the holiday season: Little Women, Song of Names and Spies in Disguise

Volkmar RichterDec 27th, 2019

Life

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Your numerology cycles July 16–31

Cassandra MacLeaneJul 15th, 2019

Your numerology cycles December 1–15

Cassandra MacLeaneDec 3rd, 2019

Your numerology cycles April 1–15

Cassandra MacLeaneApr 1st, 2020

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