"Utter absurdity and general discombobulation...quite the cinematic treat." Sarah Bakke reviews two bizarre JFL NorthWest Comedy Festival films: Rick Alverson’s Entertainment (2015) and Çetin İnanç's Turkish Star Wars (1982).
Read MoreAfter telling the alarm to snooze my device blinked––a Facebook notification. It’s so-and-so’s birthday, help them celebrate by sending them a message. It took a moment for my groggy morning mind to focus and place so-and-so’s name. Then I did. So-and-so is dead.
Read MoreJordan's light sensitive piece, outside of being a great conversation starter, forces visitors to be loud to experience the full effect of the artwork. Being loud? In an art gallery? Strangers become friends while collectively shouting at art, while others frantically snap impeccable silhouette photos.
Read MoreYou might recognize Amelia Garvin’s striking artwork if you’ve been checking in for our fiction and poetry series over the past few months. This week, she answered questions by Kyla Jamieson about teenage pipe dreams, high school memories, and, of course, her beautiful artwork.
Read MoreWith a penchant for light erotica and general horseplay, BurnAfterShooting is a photo series that braves Vancouver’s seedy underbelly, striving to push the boundaries of what can be considered tasteful and proper.
Read MoreLight Room is a polychromatic exhibition that took place on Friday, January 29th at 'Untitled' Art Space. It showcased three installation pieces that were designed and curated by local artists Lauren Zbarsky, Alexine McLeod, and Katie So.
Read MoreYou might recognize Amelia Garvin’s striking artwork if you’ve been checking in for our fiction and poetry series over the past few months. This week, she answered questions by Kyla Jamieson about creating art, gathering inspiration, and translating fiction and poetry into illustrations. This is the first of a two-part series.
Read MoreAt 23, designer and entrepreneur Adam Lando is the founder of WTFWear, a growing clothing company based just off of Commercial Drive. From selling snapbacks for $25 each on the street during lunch breaks to dropping out of business school, Lando's success story is anything but ordinary.
Read MoreLeah Nelson and Sarah Leavitt shows us the labour of love, loss, and life in striking film Tangles at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2026.
In Experiments in a Failed Repair, an art exhibition that deconstructs and decolonises the monumentalisation of violence, Ghinwa Yassine challenges viewers to confront human violence through the rubble and remains of homes destroyed by war—and to imagine the lives that once existed within them.
Writer Brett Nelson reviews 'The Effect,' the latest production from The Cultch that explores the chemical nature of love and grapples with depression.
In this review of Frequencies: A Novel, Sophie Ganic’s debut, we explore a chilling blend of dystopian science fiction and feminist horror. Set in the aftermath of a deadly global outbreak, the novel examines isolation, psychological unraveling and past trauma.
Jill Goranson and Kelsi James presents Burn Blue, a multidisciplinary performance, at the 2026 Vancouver Fringe Festival, exploring water, memory, migration and colonisation, and the meaning of home through dance, music, poetry, and puppetry.
