Once again, we’ve got some previews from this year’s VIFF! This batch focuses on outstanding documentaries made by women, and the list does not disappoint. Check ’em out if you like good movies. Trust us.
Read More“It’s Christ-like, he thinks. The way he moves over the pavement, gliding up and down hills without expending any energy, just like Jesus did over that lake or whatever. Jesus never exerted himself when going anywhere and neither should he, he thought. All made in his image, right?”
Read MoreWe’re gearing up for the next two weeks, as the Vancouver International Film Festival takes over various cinema pockets in the city. Festival planning can be risky business (duds and diamonds are often screened side-by-side), so in case you’re nervous about choosing good films, we’ve got a few previews coming your way. We recommend taking a peek, and maybe buying a ticket soon after!
Read More"I was late to outgrow the folklore of the Tooth Fairy. I lied to my friends and told them that I only kept believing in order to reap the benefits at an age when losing my teeth was my only source of income. In reality, the Tooth Fairy was a comforting lie."
Read MorePeople need fashion. The ones who recognize the true potential of fashion are those most in need of revolution. Explaining this concept to a tween demographic, as Jennifer Croll does in her latest book, Bad Girls of Fashion, is not as difficult as one might expect.
Read More“Tell me why the rings of Saturn love each other. Tell me where a rogue wave comes from.”
Read MoreDuring the first half of September, the Cinematheque screened Kieslowski's masterpiece meant for television, The Decalogue (Dekalog), an outstanding event for all cinephiles. “Dekalog testifies to human confusion and the unavoidable collisions of fate. It is not urging virtues or spiritual cleanliness. So what does this portrayal of sin do? It enlightens. It pries open your outlook and makes you empathise with being.”
Read More“Walk the Talk may require a level of participation atypical of most Fringe shows. But it will undoubtedly propel its audience towards feelings of alertness, empathy and connection that put our own comfort levels on display just enough to have us questioning how many walls we really need up in the first place.”
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.
