Crazy Rich Asians, family pressure, Alpha, life pre-history, Wall, the Middle-East divide

New Movies
Volkmar Richter
Also: sky watching and wondering in Cielo; sympathy for Nico and violence and Mark Wahlberg at Mile 22
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Kafee mit Sterblichkeit

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Spike Lee takes on the KKK, McQueen reveals a fashion rebel and Summer 1993 offers a rare look at childhood

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Keyboard stars lead BachFest

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A new tale of Winnie the Pooh, a spy comedy in need of laughs and Scotty’s sordid tales of old Hollywood

Aug 3rd, 2018
Also how Elvis reflects America and what a Surrey filmmaker reveals about China

Impossible Tom Cruise stunts, teen life in Eighth Grade and real journalism in Shock & Awe

Plus class and race issues in Blindspotting, three good ones at the VanCity, and, for the kids, Teen Titans playing around with the movies
New MoviesVolkmar RichterJul 27th, 2018

Singalong with Will

Beach party: Beatles meet Bard -- nothing's quite Like It
TheatreLincoln KayeJul 23rd, 2018

Tempestuous teapot tragedy

McDonagh's "Beauty" in the eyes of the beholder @ Jericho Arts
TheatreLincoln KayeJul 25th, 2018

Travel

#Occupational therapy

Bard's #MeToo era take Arisophenes' 2,400 year old farce
TheatreLincoln KayeJul 23rd, 2018

Kompromat kills kleptocrat

Macbeth on the Beach: masterful acting, direction and design
TheatreLincoln KayeJul 22nd, 2018

B'way meta-magic @ Malkin

Backstage byplays & Depression Era nostalgia in TUTS' "42nd St."
TheatreLincoln KayeJul 20th, 2018

Big sequels to Mamma Mia and The Equalizer plus Joaquin Phoenix and Gus Van Sant’s return with Don’t Worry …

More? How about Mary Shelley, who wrote Frankenstein, Arrhythmia, the real Russia, Prodigals, a BC look eastward, and memories of horror with The Accountant of Auschwitz
New MoviesVolkmar RichterJul 20th, 2018

You're toast, YVR

Theatre Sports League's ad-lib take on Lotus Land
TheatreLincoln KayeJul 14th, 2018

Breach of the Bard

A brilliant -- but brutally abridged -- "Timon," Shakespeare's darkest play
TheatreLincoln KayeJul 14th, 2018

Wave a wand to win class war

TUTS' glass-slippered Cinderella lighter on its feet than Disney original
TheatreLincoln KayeJul 13th, 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