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Under Review: Not for Us? (Short Film)
“These are fake people” sisters Iman and Ilhan tell each other, scrolling through Instagram posts of their friends “glamping.” As they do this, they sit…
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Under Review: Skinamarink (Movie)
Like many horror buffs, I was compelled to watch Skinamarink after hearing the online buzz about it, and was further intrigued by its ominous plot:…
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Love in the Time of Fentanyl
Not for the faint of heart, Colin Askey’s 2022 documentary, Love in the Time of Fentanyl is an unfiltered look at the state of crisis…
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Real Live Action: Turbulence and Good Stuff (Film Screening)
The cliché that “Vancouver never plays itself” — popularized six years ago in a video essay by Tony Zhou that has close to 2 million…
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Heavy Petting
“You poor creature… have you nowhere to go? No one to love you? You poor creature… will anyone miss you?” When these words are…
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DOXA 2021 Review Special
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy When you watch Kímmapiiyipitssini it is impossible not to constantly be aware of contrast. The idyllic mountains around the Kainai…
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What is (a) Punk? New Acquisitions Screening
Leading up to the screening, I found myself mulling over this very question: what is punk? To me, punk was discovering The Ramones or The…
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Poplife | Film Review
“Come on, boy. We’re taking you home.” Said as a drunken joke, this opening line holds a much more sober meaning in Sam Mohseni’s short…