Stir is a digital media organization dedicated to covering Vancouver’s arts and culture scene through independent journalism.
F.W. Murnau’s 1926 classic follows the demon Mephisto, who makes a bet with an archangel that a good man’s soul can be corrupted
Read MoreLively, detective-like documentary reveals how Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw and Yup’ik ceremonial masks found their way into the hands of Surrealist masters—and new attempts to repatriate them
Read MoreQuick takes on Brief History of a Family, Anora, Viva Niki, and Who by Fire, plus documentaries about everything from design mavericks to Haida logging protests to the children of overseas nannies
Read MoreAt VIFF, she dramatizes ex-boyfriend Chester Brown’s graphic novel about his explorations in hiring sex workers—while still living with the then-VJ
Read MoreThe Chef & the Daruma gets to the heart of the acclaimed culinary artist’s inspirations
Read MoreSlumdog Millionaire composer joins the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at Vancouver International Film Festival keynote event
Read MoreJean-Luc Godard’s principal collaborator introduces Vancouver audiences to Godard’s final film Scénarios, along with Goodbye to Language
Read MoreVancouver Island’s Ari Kinarthy wrote the score and stars in a screening event that memorializes his life
Read More*smiles and kisses you*, Grand Theft Hamlet, and Real offer moving and unsettling views of how we attempt to heal ourselves as part of the Spectrum series
Read MoreNFB documentary traces a spoken-word poet's complex relationship with the woman who left her as a child in Jamaica
Read MoreScreenings taking place from September 26 to October 6 include Luther: Never Too Much, Disco’s Revenge, So Surreal: Behind the Masks, and nine others
Read MoreFaced with tragedy, Colombian-Canadian film and video artist builds a haunting collage about two indivisible spirits at Vancouver Latin American Film Festival
Read MoreThe creative force behind Valentina or the Serenity delves into mourning through the perspective of a young girl
Read MoreQuick takes on La Suprema and Outsider Girls, two energized offerings at the upcoming ode to new cinema
Read MoreCanadian highlights include Oscar contender Universal Language, The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal, and Mexican closer Emilia Pérez
Read MoreAgnieszka Holland’s new film focuses on the zone between Belarus and Poland, where refugees are stuck in a deadly political battle
Read MoreLast of Polygon Gallery’s outdoor screenings feature the cult hit’s battling youth gangs in a famously inspired array of ‘70s costuming
Read MoreNothing is that simple in Wei Shujun’s film, the latest from one of the rising stars of international cinema
Read MorePremiering at VIFF Centre and the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre, remarkable film about the dark legacy of Williams Lake institution wields quiet power
Read MoreOpening with Colombian director Felipe Holguín Caro’s La Suprema, festival’s 22nd edition celebrates more than two decades of cutting-edge cinema
Read More
