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Fix: The Story of an Addicted City kicks off sixth installment of BC film-history series at The Cinematheque

Documentary ode to late Mayor Philip Owen’s fight is part of The Image Before Us program that goes far beyond the province’s picturesque clichés

SCREENJanet SmithMarch 1, 2022The Cinematheque

Film review: Futura captures aching uncertainty of generation on the edge of adulthood

Travelling from Venice to Naples, documentary asks a wide cross-section of kids what the future holds

SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 23, 2022The Cinematheque

Circus Without Borders looks at acrobatics as survival in Africa and the Arctic, at The Cinematheque February 17

Documentary is a perfect primer for Kalabanté at the Chan Centre next week

SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 15, 2022The Cinematheque, CHAN CENTRE

Forgotten film Chameleon Street sees a 4K restoration, at The Cinematheque starting February 4

Indie find riffs stylishly on the exploits of a Michigan con man

SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 4, 2022The Cinematheque

Film reviews: Two experimental documentaries decolonize film in thought-provoking ways

Prism shows the true colours of cinematic bias, while maɬni – towards the ocean, towards the shore digs into Pacific Northwest Indigenous identity

SCREENJanet SmithJanuary 14, 2022The Cinematheque

Lynne Ramsay's dark, agonizing poetry celebrated at The Cinematheque, to February 4

With films like We Need to Talk About Kevin and You Were Never Really Here, the Scottish director is one of the most exciting voices in contemporary cinema

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 11, 2022The Cinematheque

Hara Setsuko Centenary: The Noriko Trilogy screens three of Ozu Yasujirō’s greatest films, at The Cinematheque December 23 to January 3

Good things come in threes in legendary actor’s conflicted “Norikos”, in Late Spring, Early Summer, and Tokyo Story

Messiah/Complex gives Handel's holiday masterpiece a multilingual makeover, at The Cinematheque December 14

Diverse singers from across the country reinterpret the choral work amid spectacular Canadian settings

SCREEN, MUSICJanet SmithDecember 13, 2021The Cinematheque, Festive

Film review: The Truth dissects the little lies that family members tell each other and themselves

French screen legends Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche star in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s subtle look at mother-daughter dynamics

SCREENJanet SmithDecember 3, 2021The Cinematheque

Faya Dayi takes a hallucinatory look at Ethiopia’s khat crops, to November 24 at The Cinematheque

Poetic black-and-white imagery explores the intoxicating hold the green leaves have on a people

SCREENJanet SmithNovember 19, 2021The Cinematheque

Film reviews: Red herrings and real-life intrigue at the European Union Film Festival

Three thought-provoking picks, including the wickedly bleak Slovenian opener Inventory

SCREENStir VancouverNovember 10, 2021The Cinematheque, European Union Film Festival, EUFF

Herzog's Nosferatu the Vampyre conjures real creepiness on the big screen, October 29 and 30, and November 3

Klaus Kinski’s unforgettable ghoul hits The Cinematheque in time for Halloween

SCREENJanet SmithOctober 25, 2021The Cinematheque

Stir Cheat Sheet: 6 fine films beyond Shoplifters by Japanese auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda

The Cinematheque fetes the filmmaker who finds the poetic in family bonds

SCREENStir VancouverOctober 16, 2021The Cinematheque

Obsession and outsiders in first installment of Werner Herzog: Lessons of Darkness retrospective

Aguirre: Wrath of God, Stroszek, and other 1970s standouts kick off The Cinematheque series

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 10, 2021The Cinematheque

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about the marathon cinephile event The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)

The eight-hour art film takes a meditative look at rural Japan’s disappearing way of life

SCREENStir VancouverAugust 20, 2021The Cinematheque

This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection's poetic Lesotho imagery takes the big screen at The Cinematheque August 18 to 23

Film tells the story of an elderly widow’s stand against the resettlement of her village

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithAugust 18, 2021The Cinematheque

Femme fatales, jailbreaks, and Bogart: Highlights from The Cinematheque's summer Film Noir series, to August 26

Classics like In a Lonely Place meet a vivid new restoration of Raw Deal

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithAugust 6, 2021The Cinematheque

Film review: The American Sector tracks down pieces of the Berlin Wall across the U.S.

Documentary directors travel to roadsides, gated homes, and other unexpected spots to gather perspectives on past and present

SCREENJanet SmithJuly 18, 2021The Cinematheque

Film review: The Metamorphosis of Birds blends lush imagery and poetry in story of longing and loss

Portuguese director Catarina Vasconcelos’s aching memoir straddles the realms of visual art and film

SCREENJanet SmithJuly 13, 2021The Cinematheque

The Cinematheque announces it's opening its doors to live screenings again on June 17

The film house is celebrating with the visual wonders of In the Mood for Love, 8 1/2, and Tokyo Story

SCREENJanet SmithJune 10, 2021The Cinematheque

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