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Film review: Chien Blanc poses hard questions about white allyship and whether racism can be "unlearned"

Film is based on the true 1960s story of Romain Gary and Jean Seberg, and their struggles to retrain a dog bred to attack Black people

SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 8, 2023Rendez-Vous French Film Festival, VISIONS OUEST, VIFF

Film reviews: Saint Omer takes an enigmatic look at courtroom drama, while Descendant plunges into a modern-day search for a slave ship

Both films, part of Black History Month screenings at VIFF Centre, untangle true events

KDocsFF 2023 presents Vancouver premiere of Oscar-nominated documentary Navalny

Also showing at Metro Vancouver's premier social justice documentary film festival: Rebellion, nominated for a BAFTA

FESTS, SCREENStir VancouverJanuary 30, 2023Partner Content

Tales From the Gimli Hospital sees 4K redux, plus more Guy Maddin greatness in Celluloid Dreamland, at The Cinematheque to February 20

Essentials like My Winnipeg and The Saddest Music In the World share space with lesser-known oddball triumphs like Careful

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2023The Cinematheque, Guy Maddin

New B.C. documentary Part of the Pack looks at the impacts of human contact with wolves

Those who succumb to the “call of the wild” may be further endangering animals already feeling the squeeze of urban development

SCREENJanet SmithJanuary 26, 2023VIFF, VIFF Centre, wolves

In Haiti Betrayed, B.C. documentary filmmaker confronts impacts of Canada's foreign policy

Writer-director-producer Elaine Briere examines the role Canada played in the 2004 coup in the world’s first free Black republic, and much more

SCREENGail JohnsonJanuary 25, 2023documentary, VIFF Centre, Elaine Briere, Haiti

VIFF kicks off PANTHEON greatest film series with Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, January 22

Chantal Akerman’s 1975 feminist masterpiece launches yearlong series of screenings and talks on the third Sunday of each month

SCREENStir VancouverJanuary 19, 2023Partner Content, VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival

Film reviews: Michael Roemer retrospective explores broken family bonds, isolation, and civil-rights era

At The Cinematheque, Nothing But a Man and Vengeance Is Mine reveal an overlooked American master

SCREENJanet SmithJanuary 16, 2023The Cinematheque

Film review: Women Talking takes a stark yet deep look at the power of words

Strong performances as females in a religious colony find their voices amid sexual assaults

SCREENJanet SmithJanuary 14, 2023Sarah Polley, Women Talking

The Cinematheque presents major Guy Maddin retrospective

Series features all 12 feature-length films by the Canadian cult icon

SCREENStir VancouverJanuary 13, 2023Partner Content, The Cinematheque

In hyper-stylized Door Mouse, Avan Jogia pays tribute to Vancouver's grittier side

Star’s directorial debut sets dark issues of drugs and missing women inside a neo-noir fairy tale

SCREENJanet SmithJanuary 13, 2023Avan Jogia, VIFF, VIFF Centre

KDocsFF tickets go on sale January 5, with 25 social-justice documentaries on offer

Festival runs February 22 to 26 at VIFF Centre for its biggest festival yet

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 5, 2023KDocsFF, KDOCS, VIFF Centre

2022 in review: Women took a starring role in many of the year's most compelling movies

From complex character portraits like Tár and Emily the Criminal to genre-busting works like The Wonder and Everything Everywhere All at Once, female-centric film ruled

SCREENJanet SmithDecember 30, 20222022 in review

Beyond Hiroshima, Mon Amour: Highlights of The Cinematheque's celebration of French art film original Alain Resnais, to January 4

Seminal documentary Night and Fog, and sci-fi trip Je t’aime, je t’aime amid the offerings

SCREENJanet SmithDecember 28, 2022The Cinematheque

Film review: Hidden Letters takes a subtly subversive look at an ancient, secret language

Far more than an artistic portrait, documentary on Nushu connects oppression of women in China’s past with its present

SCREENJanet SmithDecember 23, 2022VIFF, VIFF Centre

Out in the Ring takes deep dive into wrestling's queer history, streaming via Whistler Film Festival to January 2

Fascinating characters, and some dark times, as documentary travels from 1950s through WWE to today

SCREEN, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithDecember 14, 2022Whistler Film Festival

VIFF celebrates the season with Wes World, Best of 2022, December Docs

Tribute to Wes Anderson’s witty oeuvre kicks off with a party December 21

SCREENStir VancouverDecember 13, 2022Partner Content, VIFF, VIFF Centre

The Cinematheque’s December Film Club screens Meet Me in St. Louis

Vincente Minnelli’s holiday classic marks the birth of the modern film musical

SCREENStir VancouverDecember 9, 2022Partner Content, The Cinematheque, Holiday 2022

Film review: Framing Agnes widens the lens on trans history in a work that pushes documentary form

Blending 1950s talk show, re-enactments, and real personal reflections, Chase Joynt illuminates once-lost research transcripts

SCREENJanet SmithDecember 9, 2022VIFF, VIFF Centre

Vancouver International Black Film Festival launches hybrid program for 2022, December 16 to 20

The second annual fest highlights diversity on and off the camera

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithDecember 6, 2022VIBFF, Vancouver International Black Film Festival

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