Thank you to the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival for inviting LINK magazine writers out to see this year’s films Angkor Awakens: A Portrait of Cambodia dir. Robert H. Lieberman Robert H Lieberman’s new documentary focuses on Cambodia, a country that lies on the precipice of a new future after decades of civil strife. The…
Review by Hamish Singh Infiltration dir. Robert Morin True North Productions The first thing you see when the film starts is a older man in pain. His face completely wrapped in bandages, not saying anything but grunting in agony and misery as the surgeon removes his bandages post-surgery carefully with surgical tweezers. The man had…
Anarchist from the Colony (Hangul: 박 열) dir. Lee Joon-ik Director Lee Joon-ik takes the audience back to Japan in 1923, during the Great Kanto Earthquake and the immediate aftermath through the experiences of a young anarchist. Park Yeol (played by Lee Je-hoon) is an ethnic Korean striving to bring to light Japanese…
In our world today we are seeing more and more movies come out about movements for better causes. This is exactly what the film “Battle of the Sexes” tried to advocate. It is a remarkable story of a in the closet lesbian woman tennis star who is battling not only for the right to be…
KINGSMAN: The Golden Circle dir. Matthew Vaughn 20th Century Fox In Hollywood, action movies are supposed to be over-the-top. They are supposed to appeal to the general consumer — someone who doesn’t want a realistic movie because they want that escape from everyday life for a few hours every now and then. That is…
Covenant is a colony ship bound for a distant planet. A sudden energy flare disrupts their course and the crew members have to be woken from cryosleep. As they’re performing repairs on the ship, they receive a transmission from a nearby planet — a planet that seems to be so perfect in regards to habitability,…
For our April issue, Ray Yu caught up with BCIT alum Var Bhalla, to talk about life after BCIT, starting his own production company (Red Line Media) and his upcoming documentary This Is Home which follows the destruction and rebuild of Fort McMurray after the 2016 forest fires. “It’s a story with a different perspective, from…
If you haven’t seen Hollywood’s latest ‘it movie’ Get Out, not only are you missing out on the greatest box office ROI since The Blair Witch Project, you’ve likely got a bunch of memes in your feed that you don’t yet understand. But don’t let that be the reason you go see this truly…
Soooo… I’m guessing you’re curious about being in movies with the latest Disney stars – who watches Disney anyway? – but not star in it? Man, I feel old. I miss Selena Gomez. If you want to find out more about my Background article in the January Issue, then you’ve come to the right place. The…
What would you do if you were forced to live your life on someone else’s terms? That is a question millions of youth across the globe face as they battle stereotypes and cookie-cutter identities. For Naveen Bhat, who identifies as non-binary (and uses the pronoun “them”), the experience turned into a nightmare. In 2015, Naveen’s…
If you’re younger than 30, you probably don’t know who Warren Beatty is, and you probably don’t care that this film is his mighty comeback from his directing hiatus since the late 90’s. I was a little wary going into this film. Usually movies with the same person directing, writing, and producing end up being…
The New West Film Fest returned to the city last month with a refreshing line-up of feature-length and short films bringing together film lovers from across the spectrum. The three-day festival, which ran from Oct 20-22, and is in its sixth year, opened with the coming-of-age multiple award-winning Canadian film, Closet Monster, which showcases the life…