Director Tom Hooper’s adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit Broadway musical is a litter box full of nightmares. ‘Cats’ is the ravaged corpse of a backyard critter that Hollywood fat cats dragged in theatres. Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer once said, “There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and…
South Korean director Bong Joon-ho satirizes class warfare in his Cannes Film Festival-winning black comedy. ‘Parasite’ is set to sweep the Best Foreign Language Picture category in the upcoming awards season. Bong Joon-ho writes and directs his films similarly to how an architect blueprints a building—with devotion to structure and precision. Among film industry circles,…
Buckle up. It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for—Brad Pitt is going to space. Ad Astra finds Major Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) thrust into most distant family dispute ever, spanning light years across the planetary system. McBride gets pulled from his Space Command job to pursue a lost project (called the Lima Project) that…
It was just another Tuesday afternoon, me in my all-black weekday outfit, a poke bowl in my hands. The format of the bowl was perfect—taste and convenience all in one dish. As a staple dish of Native Hawaiian cuisine, the Poke bowl existed long before the invention of some well-known health food merchants such as…
Vancouver is a city that screams vibrancy and culture, and the only place that 21-year-old photographer Sydney Wong has called home. Naturally, artistry runs in Sydney’s family; many of her cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents enjoy photography. Wong continually finds ways to expand her artistic palette, not only with the taking photos around her city,…
The response we were looking for but not the one we need… So much for respecting your elders. In November of 2019, Chlöe Swarbrick, a 25-year-old member of New Zealand’s parliament, stood before the Speaker of the House to comment on the Zero Carbon bill. A fellow MP—an older man—then heckled her mid-speech. Her response…
Greater Vancouver based athleisure brand NoMiNoU has apologized and withdrawn legging and capris, carrying images of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha and the sacred syllable ‘Om,’ from sales within 24-hours of the Hindu protest; which called it “highly inappropriate.” The legging and capri pattern (below) were part of NoMiNoU’s “Karma Collection” and were priced at $89.99…
The newest exhibit at UBC’s Museum of Anthropology features 11 BC-based artists who use ceramic sculpture to comment on social phenomena in the world around them. “Playing With Fire: Ceramics of the Extraordinary” will run until March 29th, 2020. DTES Hotel Bowls by Judy Chartrand [huge_it_slider id=”9″] This installation is called “if this is…
Two new National Film Board of Canada (NFB) virtual reality works will be presented at the Sundance Film Festival from Jan. 23-Feb. 2, along with an award-winning short doc set in British Columbia’s Haida Gwaii. Recognizing creators who push the boundaries of storytelling with new and immersive technologies, New Frontiers is featuring the world premiere…
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Words Sherry M. Lai My first ever online purchase was a white lace bodycon long-sleeve dress from Forever 21. That was back in 2012 when Instagram was still growing, Justin Bieber was in trouble (as always), and Forever 21 was reaching its peak, not its downfall. After filing for bankruptcy on October 3, 2019, Forever…
My name is Kevin. I’m 46 years old, and I’m in my first year attending the Radio Arts and Entertainment Program at BCIT. I know what you’re thinking: OK, Boomer. Technically, I’m not a Boomer, I’m Gen X, and I don’t care if you’re on my lawn. The only two requests I have are: a)…