Writers Layla Mrozowski and Brendan Yandt go to a video art exhibition while tripping out on 2C-B. Yeah, that's right. We're not going to explain any further, you'll just have to read about it yourselves—it's that good.
Read MoreWriter Paloma Pacheco speaks with the inimitable Barbara Chirinos, programmer of the Black History Month film series at Vancity Theatre, and touches on the vitality of film as story-telling medium and the importance of diverse experience in art. “What I try to do with all Black History events is to promote them in the broader community. It is very important for the black community to show up because we need to be reminded of what we’ve accomplished, to recognize all of the people that have made contributions, to see people who look like us and to be reminded: We are worthy, we are fantastic, and we contribute to society.”
Read MoreIf you attended our Secrets launch you may have indulged our call for confessions and left a secret or two behind for us to peruse. Some secrets appeared on our Instagram before we passed them on to Curtis AuCoin, who turned them into a poem. Here's the result, accompanied by images from AuCoin's series "What's Personal, What's Secret."
Read More“I learned that I have no control over what other people think.” Patrick shares of his takeaway. “What am I afraid of? What people will say about me or not like me, but is that any of my business?”
Patrick asks me if I’ve ever watched a variety show where contestants are put in booths full of bills of money flying around. I have.
“That’s what my life feels like right now. I love jumping out of bed in the morning because I’m excited to work on so many things. My career is not work—it’s my art, and that’s one and the same.”
Read MoreWade Davis: Photographs collects images from 19 regions worldwide, including Canada's Inuit population in the Arctic, and cultivates a common theme—one that highlights humanity's differences, and all of the similarities that come with them.
Read More“Things To Come is a film about so many things; how we survive the inevitable disappointments and catastrophes of a life; how we navigate the changing seasons of youth, middle age, old age; how we learn to sit with our loneliness; how art and ideas can propel us through it all. But it is, perhaps above all, an impeccable dialogue between two exceptional women—one, a young director distinctly claiming her place as one of the truly great filmmakers of our time, and the other, an actor delivering one of the best performances of an already impressive career.”
Read MoreMembers of the European Union (we're looking at you, United Kingdom) presented a two week-long film festival at the Cinematheque, screening some of their best and boldest. As with any festival, some were hits and some were misses—film writer Liam Siemens reviews.
Read More“The film asks us to pay attention, to listen, to watch everything as it unfolds. All of these moments matter. All of these people matter. To pay them attention is to care.” Gianfranco Rosi's Fire at Sea came to VIFF only a few weeks ago, but has already garnered wide acclaim. Writer Kerria Gray muses on why this documentary is as affecting as it is.
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