October 11, 2022

A World Not So Far Off: A Review of Jesse Pickett's Short Film, Reformat

October 11, 2022/ SAD Mag

"If a human kisses a human, it's love or sex. If an A.I. kisses another A.I., it's a performance. If a human kisses a robot, it's an experiment, but the sad thing is, aren't they all experiments?"

With the intersection of racism, homophobia, and sexism, we've become familiar with a world of inequity. Jesse Pickett's debut short film Reformat offers a refreshing take on the harrowing reality with an open letter to his audience about the cost of discrimination captured through a sci-fi lens.

October 06, 2022

Vancouver International Film Festival Review: Until Branches Bend

October 06, 2022/ Angie Rico

Set in the Okanagan, Until Branches Bend introduces the fictional peach-harvesting town of Montague. Robin, a worker of the town’s packing house, discovers a bug that threatens the community’s semblance of calm. With elements of environmental and psychological drama, the film crafts an enveloping examination of the dangers that lurk beneath the surface, depicting more than one type of invasion.

October 01, 2022

Cosmic Forecast October 2022

October 01, 2022/ Keagan Perlette

As autumn begins, a shifting wind blows into through the stars. This month will bring with it a much-needed reprieve from the intense astrology of September. The summer’s Saturn and Pluto retrogrades are wrapping up, as is last month’s Mercury retrograde. The crisp fall air is inviting in a chance for restfulness and reprieve that will cool off anxiety and ease our bodies into the slowness of winter.

September 28, 2022

Sell Out, A Series: 5 Questions with Meaghan Kennedy

September 28, 2022/ Angela Fama

Sell Out is a series by interdisciplinary artist Angela Fama (she/they), who co-creates conversations with individual artists across Vancouver. Questioning ideas of artistry, identity, “day jobs,” and how they intertwine, Fama settles in with each artist (at a local café of their choice) and asks the same series of questions. With one roll of medium format film, Fama captures portraits of the artist, after the verbal conversations have been had.

September 01, 2022

Cosmic Forecast September 2022

September 01, 2022/ Keagan Perlette

This month guides us out of summer and into autumn, a time of transition and deep change. September’s astrology will push and pull us and, ultimately, it will humble us. The next few weeks might be filled with more questions than answers while Virgo and Libra ask us to find some serenity and equilibrium in the midst of it all.

August 30, 2022

New Sounds, New Beginnings: A conversation with AC-PDF

August 30, 2022/ SAD Mag

You're sitting in a café–let’s say Liberty on Main. You dressed hot for someone to tell you tastefully, “You look cool.” You brought a book you intend to read but don’t. Instead, you're listening to the same old tunes you keep repeating until you physically can't listen to them anymore. You crave something new, nostalgic, yet totally original with members you can relate to. You scroll until you reach a band that captures your attention. A two-member duo that, like you, is going through some changes, a reinvention in their sound and lyrics. That band is AC-PDF.

August 26, 2022

Sell Out, A Series: 5 Questions with Stevie Thomas

August 26, 2022/ Angela Fama

Sell Out is a series by interdisciplinary artist Angela Fama (she/they), who co-creates conversations with individual artists across Vancouver. Questioning ideas of artistry, identity, “day jobs,” and how they intertwine, Fama settles in with each artist (at a local café of their choice) and asks the same series of questions. With one roll of medium format film, Fama captures portraits of the artist, after the verbal conversations have been had.