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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

Squid Game star goes sleek in the breathless South Korean spy thriller Hunt, at VIFF to December 8

Directing and acting, Lee Jung-jae builds frenetic car chases, shootouts, and espionage intrigue

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithDecember 2, 2022VIFF Centre

Whistler Film Festival reviews: Insanely extreme sports, a pathological skinflint, and an eye-catching indie treat

Human Extreme, Offside: The Harold Ballard Story, and Diaspora among the 2022 fest’s compelling titles

SCREENGail JohnsonNovember 30, 2022Whistler Film Festival, film review, Whistler

Whistler Film Festival: Jules Arita Koostachin draws on Cree cultural practices in Broken Angel

The multidisciplinary artist’s feature has its Western Canadian premiere at the 2022 fest

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonNovember 24, 2022Whistler Film Festival, Jules Koostachin, Indigenous, Cree, Whistler

Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams follows Ferragamo's unlikely rise to luxury footwear king, at VIFF Centre to November 28

Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino traces life from poor Italian village to Hollywood

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithNovember 19, 2022VIFF, VIFF Centre

Alejandro G. Iñárritu's unapologetically personal and dreamlike Bardo opens at VIFF Centre November 18

A Mexican filmmaker is visited by a series of vivid dreams, by old friends, ghosts, and his own uneasy conscience

SCREENStir VancouverNovember 17, 2022Partner Content, VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival, VIFF Centre

Film reviews: European Union Film Festival travels from Helsinki karaoke lounges to an Austrian detention centre

Finland’s Karaoke Paradise, Poland’s I Never Cry, and Austria’s Fox in a Hole are standouts

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 15, 2022The Cinematheque, European Union Film Festival, Homepage feature

SFU Woodward's forges partnership with Turkish Film Festival

Latest episode of ArtScape podcast focuses on event that has screenings at the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts November 19 and 20

SCREENStir VancouverNovember 15, 2022Partner Content, SFUW, SFU Woodward's, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs

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