Entertainment

1. The 35th annual Vancouver International Film Festival takes over local screens for two weeks of cinematic pleasures to stroke your chin to, nod approvingly, shout out “Bravo, bravo” or shrug in confusion, Sept. 29 to Oct. 14.

1. Yodel and twang-friendly roots outfit Petunia and the Vipers play a hometown show in support of their latest release, Dead Bird on the Highway, Sept. 24 at the Rickshaw Theatre. The Crow Quill Night Owls open. Tickets available at ticketfly.

Holmes goes high-tech in dazzling Baskerville

Actors, scenery and costumes won’t be revealed until lights go up

Another week, another few hundred groundbreaking, illuminating new films, many making their world premiere in Canada at the Toronto International Film Festival, which runs until Sept. 18. Here is another short-list of films to watch.

TIFF entry Hello Destroyer to screen at Vancouver International Film Festival

The Vancouver Fringe Festival runs until Sept. 18. And Bella Sang With Us Sept. 14, 16 and 17 at the Cultch Before TV’s Cagney and Lacey came real-life L.D.

Electric jazz band celebrate two decades of music making with new album

The Vancouver Fringe Festival runs until Sept. 18.

The Toronto International Film Festival is the place to get a first peek at all those Oscar-nominee-would-be’s, but it’s also a haven for the best the rest of the world has on offer.