Reviews of an unexpected charmer, a really red wedding and a local boy who shines in a mediocre movie

New Movies
Volkmar Richter
Also: documentaries about Toni Morrison and the power of water and an action thriller with Gerard Butler
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Handel, Strozzi & Purcell's Italian muses

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Local kid gets potty mouth in Good Boys, British teen is musically Blinded by the Light and a stunning history is uncovered

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Women mobsters in The Kitchen, country ways in Honeyland and TV journalism as Mike Wallace did it

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EMV's "original instrument" vocals

Aug 3rd, 2019
Bach Fest raises Christ Church rafters with18th and 19th century sacred chorales

Big and dumb Hobbs & Shaw; smart Amateurs and a director's story and dreams in animation

And more: a calming Little Forest, a Free Trip to Egypt to connect with Muslims and two Film Noirs by a woman director
New MoviesVolkmar RichterAug 2nd, 2019

Binge on baroque and beyond

Early Music Vancouver's Bach Fest blows into town on wings of Les Boreades
MusicLincoln KayeJul 29th, 2019

Panto pantsed for Adults Only

"Silence of the Lambs" musical send-up; something to affront everyone
TheatreLincoln KayeJul 28th, 2019

Travel

ETC 2019: Songs of Innocence/Experience

Stay-at-home Rep Fest @ Jericho highlights generation gaps, self-emancipation
TheatreLincoln KayeJul 28th, 2019

Tarantino’s Hollywood vision, one President who was stopped and women who demand to sail

Also: how propaganda really works, an old man’s dreams of space travel and this year’s film noir opener
New MoviesVolkmar RichterJul 25th, 2019

Besties and beasties in love

Orchid Ensemble brings Chinese classic to multi-media life
DanceLincoln KayeJul 22nd, 2019

Spin cycle in the Cosmic Laundromat

Gamers "click" IRL through VR role-playing in multimedia staging of 3,000 year old Chinese classic
CultureLincoln KayeJul 18th, 2019

Super-realistic The Lion King, real acting from Awkwafina and Eisenberg’s Self-Defense target

Also why our housing crisis is not unique, why English democracy protesters were attacked 200 years ago and moral decline in Argentina just before a coup
New MoviesVolkmar RichterJul 19th, 2019

Under the Stars: Boycotts and Bubblegum

Feel-good Fantasy returns to Malkin Bowl
TheatreLincoln KayeJul 17th, 2019

Holy Dips at Vancouver Sangam

Indian Summer Fest treats local palates to mixed masala of arts, laughs and ideas
CultureLincoln KayeJul 8th, 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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Sunshine Coast a year-round outdoor haven with plenty of 'Beachcombers'

Lauren KrugelSep 6th, 2016

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

Culture

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Milky Chance 'blossoms' at the Commodore

Craig FleischFeb 5th, 2018

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

Tracy WrenOct 22nd, 2018

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

Volkmar RichterJun 21st, 2019

Life

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Your numerology cycles February 15–28

Cassandra MacLeaneFeb 12th, 2019

Your numerology cycles March 16–31

Cassandra MacLeaneMar 12th, 2019

Your numerology cycles July 16–31

Cassandra MacLeaneJul 16th, 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