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Motherhood issues, teen angst and counterculture collide in 20th Century Women

Motherhood issues, teen angst and counterculture collide in 20th Century Women

Just as he did in his film Beginnings, writer-director Mike Mills dissects older adulthood in the larger context of a somewhat-autobiographical parent-child relationship.
Hired Belly: Books to Cooks to close, Rivas remembered, Burns celebrated

Hired Belly: Books to Cooks to close, Rivas remembered, Burns celebrated

One for the books Barbara-Jo McIntosh says it’s time to move on .
Vancouver Film Critics Circle takes a shine to Hello Destroyer, Manchester by the Sea

Vancouver Film Critics Circle takes a shine to Hello Destroyer, Manchester by the Sea

The Vancouver Film Critics' Circle announced their top films of 2016 in their 17th annual ceremony last week, attended by nominees, member critics and industry professionals at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
Soldiers battle effects of trauma in The Fighting Season

Soldiers battle effects of trauma in The Fighting Season

There’s no good season for war. Broken bodies, broken hearts and broken minds are shipped back to their loved ones in spring, summer, fall and winter.
Tom Lee Music to move into new Granville Street location

Tom Lee Music to move into new Granville Street location

Music store will move to corner of Granville and Georgia streets
Hidden Figures reveals true story of unlikely group of women working behind the scenes at NASA

Hidden Figures reveals true story of unlikely group of women working behind the scenes at NASA

Where on earth has the true story of three female, African-American mathematicians who were key players in the Mercury launch and NASA’s space race been hiding? I’ve lost some of you already, I know; math movies are rarely sexy.
Stone, Gosling musical La La Land is the perfect tonic for a crap year

Stone, Gosling musical La La Land is the perfect tonic for a crap year

I think we can all agree that 2016 has been a decidedly crap year. In order to cleanse the palate of all that bitterness, then, run out and make the effervescent, infinitely satisfying La La Land one of the last things you do before ringing in 2017.
2016: The Year in Film

2016: The Year in Film

La La Land, Manchester by the Sea, Arrival top year's best movie list
2016: Bauhaus, Nightingale, Savio Volpe, Cabrito tops this year’s best eats

2016: Bauhaus, Nightingale, Savio Volpe, Cabrito tops this year’s best eats

Checking my stained notebook, there was plenty to celebrate this past year: myriad good tastes that underscore Vancouver’s wealth of formidable dining in every style and culinary heritage.
2016: The year in Vancouver theatre

2016: The year in Vancouver theatre

Rivals, Betroffenheit, Onegin, Invisible Hand and Straight Jacket Winter among year’s highlights