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The Chef & the Daruma Review: Change, One California Roll at a Time

by Pat Mullen
September 30, 2024
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The life and work of Japanese-Canadian chef Hidekazu Tojo and his omakase menu fuel foodie doc The Chef & the Daruma.

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I’m Just Here for the Riot Review: When the Hockey Hosers Get Mad

by Susan G. Cole
April 30, 2023
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I'm Just Here for the Riot explores the elements of fandom that inspired Vancouver Canuck fans to take to the streets in 2011.

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Doug and the Slugs and Me Review: Family Band

by Pat Mullen
October 7, 2022
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In Doug and the Slugs and Me, Teresa Alfeld offers a rollicking and personal rockumentary about the offbeat Vancouver rock band.

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Kat Jayme’s Grizzlie Truth

by Rachel Ho
October 3, 2022
Features

Kat Jaymes' The Grizzlie Truth is a documentary from the heart that seeks closures for the fans of Vancouver's short-lived NBA team.

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Love in the Time of Fentanyl Intimately Observes How Harm Reduction Saves Lives

by Paloma Pacheco
May 12, 2022
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An interview with Love in the Time of Fentanyl director Colin Askey on documenting front line workers in Vancouver's East Side amid the opioid crisis.

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TIFF Talk: Sandra Ignagni on ‘Highway to Heaven: A Mosaic in One Mile’

by Pat Mullen
September 19, 2019
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Sandra Ignagni's Highway to Heaven: A Mosaic in One Mile observes a diversity of faiths that exist side by side on Richmond’s No. 5 Road. The director discusses her NFB doc ahead

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Review: ‘The Rankin File: Legacy of a Radical’

by Pat Mullen
May 11, 2018
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Long before a certain obstreperous blowhard vowed to make America great again, Vancouverite Harry Rankin endeavoured to do the same for his beloved city.

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The Façade of Settler Patriotism: Wayne Wapeemukwa Talks Luk’Luk’I

by Pat Mullen
September 7, 2017
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A good film festival always yields some fresh discoveries from filmmakers who tackle hard questions and shake things up with film form. Last year’s winner for Canadian film, Mathieu Denis and Simon

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A Sense of Wonder Under a Bridge

by Marc Glassman
August 22, 2017
Features

With Uninterrupted, Nettie Wild has taken up the challenge of being primarily—at least for this piece—a visual artist, without losing her doc roots.

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Review: ‘Vancouver: No Fixed Address’

by Chelsea Phillips-Carr
May 4, 2017
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Vancouver: No Fixed Address (Canada, 75 min.) Dir. Charles Wilkinson Programme: Canadian Spectrum (World Premiere)   Home ownership in Vancouver has become nearly impossible, and in Vancouver: No Fixed Address, director Charles

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