"Performance art is unpredictable and ephemeral, which makes it entirely an experience and a kind of art that falls flat when reproduced on Instagram stories or social PR strategies. The truth is, entering the space for performance art is daring; it’s consensual to receiving, witnessing, and participating in an experience impossible to experience once more. The experience could be anything.
Read MoreVIFF, you've nearly come and gone. We still have a few more days of bliss! As it turns out, festival season is busy (didn't you know?), and so we're very lucky to have writers who dedicate their spare time to reflecting on great cinema. Here's a reflection on Yorgos Lanthimos' latest feature, The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
Read MoreKari Kristensen came to Vancouver from Ontario for vacation and—lived the story we all hear occasionally—never left.
Read More“Rest In Power has its roots in my first series about gender-based violence, When Honour Kills (2006), which was my response to a rash of honour killings in the lower mainland in the early to mid-2000s. It questioned this notion of honour that is so powerful families are willing to kill their daughters over it. And let’s be clear here, just daughters, never sons. The two women from that series, Jaswinder Sidhu and Amandeep Atwal, are also featured in Rest In Power.”
Read More“[This leads us] back to the myth that I choose to work with: it’s a story about a king of Iran, whose name is Zahak. By the kisses of the devil, two snakes start growing from his shoulders. He is very afraid of his snakes and seeks a doctor to help him. But the devil transforms himself into a doctor and instructs Zahak to cut off the heads of the young people of his country, make a meal of their brains, and feed it to his snakes.”
Read MoreDuring my childhood, when we grew tired of the trampoline or playing Lego, I would often invite the boy next door over and we would spend the afternoon making collages. Armed with scissors and glue sticks, we flipped through old magazines and cut out absolutely everything that peeked our interests, from cute dogs to plates of spaghetti. Working together, we would fill giant sheets of paper with our random cut outs, not satisfied until all of the white vanished.
Read MoreHere it is, our final round of VQFF previews. These two films are ones to watch out for, I'd say! Mark them down in your calendar, circle them on your copy of the festival program, whatever works. Just make sure you get your butt in a theatre seat! Happy film-festing!
Read MoreTwo more film previews for you to check out. This time, we've got Doris Yeung's Taxi Stories and Travis Matthews' Discreet. A little something for everyone!
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