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Shadbolt Centre for the Arts delivers classic horror cinema at In Praise of Nightmares, October 27

Evening features silent shorts Un Chien Andalou (1929) and Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)

SCREENStir VancouverOctober 10, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Sembène 100 series screens at The Cinematheque from October 12 to 24

Collection of films by Senegalese writer-director Ousmane Sembène oppose conformity

SCREENStir VancouverOctober 8, 2023Partner Content, The Cinematheque

Society is the murderer in new film Suddenly Slaughter at The Cinematheque, October 10

Work by The Biting School’s Aryo and Arash Khakpour incorporates a previous dance-and-theatre production of the same name

SCREENJanet SmithOctober 5, 2023The Cinematheque, The Biting School

B.C. filmmakers take the spotlight as Whistler International Film Festival unveils first batch of titles

Live event November 29 to December 3 features three locally directed world premieres, including Bruce Sweeney’s She Talks to Strangers

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithOctober 4, 2023Whistler Film Festival, WFF2023, Whistler

Corey Payette's musical theatre production Les Filles du Roi transforms into a film at VIFF, October 5 and 8

Full-length feature details the arrival of French settlers in present-day Montreal in English, French, and Kanien’kéha (Mohawk)

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 3, 2023VIFF, VIFF 2023, Urban Ink Theatre

At Sam Green's 32 Sounds, audiences use headphones to fully experience the live documentary's sonic world

Narrating live at VIFF, the filmmaker explores the physics and metaphysics of sound

SCREENJanet SmithOctober 2, 2023VIFF 2023, Vancouver International Film Festival

Film reviews: Two B.C.-shot standouts, Ken Loach's latest, and more from VIFF

Wild Goat Surf carves out a new kind of coming-of-age tale; Seagrass summons ghosts of history; plus The Old Oak, Rapture, and much more

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 29, 2023VIFF, VIFF 2023, Vancouver International Film Festival, Homepage feature

Stir Q&A: VIFF short Master of the House calls Michelin-star restaurant Kissa Tanto its backdrop

Director Dylan Maranda talks chaotic cinematography, family history, and meeting chef Joël Watanabe for his food-critic-centred narrative

CULINARY, SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 29, 2023VIFF, VIFF 2023

At VIFF, Logan Red Crow shows ups and downs of bareback horse relay racing in Aitamaako'tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun

Documentary shows young Siksika woman’s journey competing in the dangerous male-dominated sport with the love and support of her family

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 29, 2023VIFF, VIFF 2023

Three artfully scary VIFF films that explore the nightmare of adolescence

My Animal blends poetic horror and hockey; Bitten is a dark and gorgeously shot fairy tale; Octopus Skin finds fear in an eccentric family

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 28, 2023Vancouver International Film Festival, Horror

Stir Q&A: PIANOFORTE captures all the agony and ecstasy backstage at the renowned Chopin Piano Competition

Filmmaker Jakub Piątek’s compelling new documentary follows a handful of charismatic young keyboard stars through the world’s most prestigious classical-music contest

MUSIC, SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 27, 2023VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival

At VIFF, I'm Just Here for the Riot takes a nuanced look at the fallout of the Stanley Cup mayhem of 2011

Kat Jayme and Asia Youngman’s new documentary humanizes figures who met with social-media-fed vigilantism and snitching

SCREENAdrian MackSeptember 27, 2023VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival, VIFF 2023, Homepage feature

Film review: Mutiny in Heaven: Nick Cave & The Birthday Party takes a stage dive back into legendary band's chaotic rise and fall

Through a wild mix of rare concert footage, animation, and interviews, new documentary revisits Aussie group that “annihilated” its audiences

SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 14, 2023VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival, Nick Cave

Film review: What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? casts a spell in The Cinematheque's ode to Georgian films

Beautiful characters and old-world enchantment make it a great introduction to a country’s cinema that has only recently been rediscovered by Western viewers

SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 14, 2023The Cinematheque